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Daniel Coates fonds [multiple media (some electronic)]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1916-1999.

Reference:

2007-0088 VSA, 2003-02685-1

BAN no.:

2003-02685-1

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

210450

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1916-1999.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

3.46 m of textual records.
53 videocassettes (25 h, 41 min).
74 audio cassettes (99 h, 41 min).
22 diskettes.
4 photographs.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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This accession consists of correspondence, notes, reports, memoranda, faxes and the occasional clipping (usually xeroxed) detailing Mr. Coates' varied career. The fonds reflects his work as a researcher for and advisor to the Liberal Party, to various ministers and to Prime Minister John N. Turner, as well as his activity as executive assistant/advisor to the Hon. Robert Andras, and speech-writer and advisor to the Hon. Bernard Valcourt. It details portions of his life as a senior governmental administrator, as well activities in private life (on Board of Directors of Repap Enterprises). Finally, it reflects Mr. Coates' interest and activity in think-tank activity; he was the moving force behind "Scenarios for the Future", which brought together leading lights from the worlds of business, government and academia to plot out the best course for Canada's future development within the context of a rapidly changing world.

This fonds is particularly valuable for the very frank "insider" memoranda written by Mr. Coates to his political bosses, particularly to the Hon Robert Andras and the Rt. Hon John N. Turner, which address volatile issues of government mismanagement and, possibly, corruption. The memos in the Turner series are extraordinarily revealing about Mr. Turner himself, as well at the behind-the-scenes activity of his government.

There is also a run of original W.L.M. King material, approximately 30 cm in extent), which consists of correspondence between Mr. King and his Minister of Labour, Mitchell Humphrey (1941-1944), as well as other original material on labour-management issues (1916-1941), and especially dealing with strikes during the Second World War (1916-1946).

The fonds also comprises audio tapes, video tapes, diskettes and photographs. Most of this non-textual material is related to "Scenarios for the Future", five large conferences held in 1996-1997.

Provenance:

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Coates, Daniel, 1940-

Finding aid:

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Moving images (Electronic) Refer to MISACS database for item-level descriptions. (90: Open)

Sound recordings (Electronic) Refer to MISACS database for item-level descriptions. (90: Open)

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2007-0088 VSA
R11000-0-1-E

Other accession no.:

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2007-0088 VSA
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Textual records

[Consultation10 Closed]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation10 Closed]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Closed for reproduction.
Moving images: Reproduction with written permission of copyright ownwer. No donor restrictions.
Sound recordings: Reproduction with written permission of copyright ownwer. No donor restrictions.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24