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Arthur and Joyce Andrew fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1937-2001.

Reference:

R11030-0-6-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

210810

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Arthur and Joyce Andrew fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1937-2001.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.9 m of textual records.
24 photographs : b&w and col.
3 audiocassettes.
1.6 MB of textual records (53 files).

Language of material:

English

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Arthur and Joyce Andrew fonds [textual record (some electronic), sound recording]

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Fonds consists of material created and received by Arthur Andrew during his military service, his career as a diplomat in the Foreign Service, and his time as a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto and King's College, Halifax. Textual records include personal and business correspondence, subject files on a variety of topics both personal and work-related, and drafts of articles and essays intended for publication.

Textual records of Joyce Andrew are also present in this fonds, including correspondence and memoirs relating to her life as a diplomat's wife, and subject files on topics of personal interest.

The fonds also includes photographs of Arthur Andrew's army unit; scenes with Canadian and foreign dignitaries; images of Joyce Andrew and her friends; and photographs of Pierre Trudeau's visit to China.

The fonds has been organized as follows: Papers of Arthur Andrew series (sub-series - correspondence, politics and government, writings); and Papers of Joyce Andrew series (sub-series - correspondence, subject files, and memoirs).

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Andrew, Arthur, 1915-
Additional name(s):

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Andrew, Joyce Mowbray, 1919-

Andrew, Arthur, 1915-
Biography/Administrative history:

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Andrew, Arthur, 1915- : Arthur Julian Andrew was a career diplomat who represented Canada in a variety of domestic and overseas postings throughout his long career. Born in 1915 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, he studied at King's College School (Windsor, NS) and Dalhousie University (BA 1937, MA 1947). He served as sub-editor of the Canadian Press, Atlantic Bureau from 1937-1939. During World War II, he served with the Princess Louise Fusiliers, retiring as a Captain in 1946.

Andrew joined the Department of External Affairs in 1947, and between 1950 and 1962, he filled a number of diplomatic posts in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, as well as serving at headquarters in Ottawa. His first ambassadorial appointment came in 1962, as Ambassador to Israel and High Commissioner to Cyprus. He also served as Ambassador to Sweden (1965-1969), and Ambassador to Greece (1976-1978). His other External Affairs appointments were as Director-General of the Asia and Pacific Bureau (1971-1974) and Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs (1974-1976).

In addition to his diplomatic career, Andrew also had connections to the academic community. He authored books on international relations and was a Foreign Service Visitor at the University of Toronto (1969-1970) and a visiting professor at the University of King's College, Halifax (1978-1993). He was awarded an honorary doctorate by King's College in 1971. Mr. Andrew died in 1994.

Andrew, Joyce Mowbray, 1919- : Joyce Mowbray Andrew (née Sircom), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel G.C. Sircom, was born in Halifax in 1919. She married Arthur Andrew in 1940. The couple had two daughters, Stephanie and Victoria. In addition to her responsibilities as a mother and diplomat's wife, Joyce Andrew was one of the founding members of the External Affairs Wives Association (now the Foreign Service Community Association), a mutual aid group for families in the Foreign Service.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) MSS2364 (90: Open)
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000951.pdf
Subject heading:

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Diplomats Canada

Diplomats' spouses Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2004-00246-8
2004-01597-7
2010-00903-7
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Access restriction document

http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001129.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]
Some files in this fonds are closed or are subject to restrictions. See restricted access form and lower-level descriptions for details.

Volume [R11030] 1--5

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Volume [R11030] 7--11

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11030] 6

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

Electronic container [R15615] R15615-15-2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

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