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Gerald Sandford Graham fonds [textual record, graphic material, moving images]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1915-1985.

Reference:

R763-0-5-E, MG31-D14

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140411

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Gerald Sandford Graham fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1915-1985.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

53 photographs b&w.
1.2 cm of textual records.
1 videocassette (1 h, 25 min).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of photographs depicting the No. 2 Platoon, 2nd University contingent, C.E.F., ca. 1915; R.C.C.S. soccer 1 of the 3rd team Canadian Division, France, 5 March 1917; reading room of Beaver Club, London. England, 1940, by A. Louis Jarche, 1915-1940.

The fonds also contains correspondence from Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Grant concerning Professor Graham's Parkin scholarship, his academic career and writing, original, 1926-1941, 1.1 cm (originals, 47 pages); letter from Lord Beaverbrook to Professor Graham in which Lord Beaverbrook deplores the peaceful dismemberment of the British Empire with particular reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the desire of the United States to annex Newfoundland, photocopy, 1958, 0.1 cm (photocopy, 1 page).

Fonds also includes a video recording of Stanley Hawes 80th birthday celebrations in 1985.

Provenance:

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Graham, Gerald Sandford, 1903-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Graham, Gerald Sandford, 1903- : Gerald Sandford Graham, born in 1903 at Sudbury, Ont., received his education from Queen's University, M.A. 1925, and Cambridge University, Ph.D. 1929. He received a number of academic awards including a Queen's Travelling Fellowship to Harvard University, 1926-1927, the Sir George Parkin Scholarship to Germany, 1929-1930 and a Guggenheim Fellowship to the United States, 1941.

His academic positions include Instructor in History at Harvard University, 1930-1936, Assistant Professor and later Professor of History at Queen's University, 1936-1946, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London, 1949-1970 and Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Western, Ont.

He has authored numerous books and articles concerning military history, international studies and other historical subjects.

See also: Canadian Who's Who, 1987.

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General note:

Textual records received in 1973 from Professor Graham of Sussex, England. Letter, dated 1958, copied in 1967 from the original held by Professor Graham. Moving images were received from Graham in 1986.

Location of originals note:

Textual: Originals with Professor Graham.

Dates of creation note:

Letter, dated 1958, was photocopied in 1967.
Subject heading:

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W.L. Grant - Correspondence, 1926-1941 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1958

Mrs. W.L. Grant - Correspondence, 1926-1941

Gerald Sandford Graham - Correspondence, 1926-1941

Gerald Sandford Graham - Biography, 1926-1941

Lord Beaverbrook - Correspondence, 1958

Historians - Canada, 1926-1941

Dismemberment of nations, 1958

Newfoundland - Annexation to United States, 1958

University teachers, 1930-[197-]

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1986-07-02)
1975-424 NPC
1986-0439 MISA

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-D14
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 D 14] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]
Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder. Donor restrictions are to be determined.

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10