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Herbert R. Balls [textual record]

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Sub-series

Date:

1931-1967.

Reference:

R771-5-8-E, RG54-A-2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140499

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The Comptroller of the Treasury fonds

Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury files

Herbert R. Balls
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Sub-series includes:

145 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1931-1967.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.60 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created during the period when H.R. Balls was Comptroller of the Treasury. They do however consists of some records relating to the role of comptroller from its creation in 1931. These records were registered within three registry systems (Comptroller, Finance and Supply and Services), and the conversion from one system to the other has not been achieved in certain cases. The records are composed of general correspondence relating to the creation and role of the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the management of regional offices of the Comptroller across Canada. (RG54, Vols.192-204)

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Balls, Herbert, 1910-1992

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Balls, Herbert, 1910-1992 : Herbert Balls was born in Winnipeg in 1910; he received a B.A. (hons.) from the University of Manitoba in 1931 and did post-graduate work in political science and economics at the Universities of Manitoba and Toronto.

Balls joined the civil service in 1931 as an audit accountant with the Auditor-General. In 1938 he served as a researcher for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations. Balls worked subsequently in the Department of Finance and in 1956-57 he was Special Accounting Advisor to the Province of Saskatchewan. He was a director of the government owned Northern Ontario Pipeline from 1956-1968.

Balls served as Comptroller of the Treasury from 1958-1969 when he became Deputy Minister of Services, a post he held until retirement in 1975. Balls was President of the Civil Service Co-operative Credit Society from 1957-59, President of the United Appeal of Ottawa, 1963-64, chairman of the Community Funds and Councils of Canada, 1965-1969, and an elder and member of the Board of Trustees of Dominion-Chalmers United Church. He published actively in the field of public administration and had an avid interest in history.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 54-3 is imported and sorted by volume number. Listed are the volume number, file number, file description and outside dates. See consists of field in MIKAN for file level descriptions. The finding aid is also attached as a PDF to this record. 54-3 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/54-3_140499_volumes_194-204_open.pdf

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Custodial history:

These records were given, at first, to the Manuscript Division of the National Archives, by Mr. H.R. Balls' widow. Personal files were segregated from the departmental ones and transferred to Government Archives Division.

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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121-020287-5
1993-94/553 GAD
RG54-A-2

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RG54-A-2
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Textual records

[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Volume [RG54] 192--204

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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