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Harold Adams Innis fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]
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Record information Harold Adams Innis fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]
Date:[ca. 1930-1952].Reference:R1457-0-9-E, MG30-A20Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:97910Date(s):[ca. 1930-1952].Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 microfilm reel positive.
3 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of an incomplete and unrevised manuscript, [ca. 1950], of a history of transportation prepared from material which Professor Innis intended to revise and publish. A portion of the manuscript was published as "Empire and Communications" (Oxford, 1950). The manuscript was microfilmed in 1958 for private circulation. It is located on microfilm reel M-292.
The fonds also contains portraits of Mr. Harold A. Innis, [ca. 1930-1952].Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Innis, Harold A., 1894-1952 : H.A. Innis was born near Otterville, Ont. and educated at McMaster University and the University of Chicago. He was appointed lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Toronto in 1920, and in 1937 he became head of the department. In 1947 he was appointed Dean of Graduate Studies. Innis served on several Royal Commissions, was president of the Royal Society of Canada in 1946, and was the author of numerous books and scholarly articles. Innis was a pioneer in Canadian historiography in his early career, developing the staples thesis through his study of railways, the fur trade, fisheries and lumber industries, and, in his later career pioneered in communication studies.
See Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, p. 882; Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 5, p. 278.Additional information:General note:The textual records were copied through the efforts of a group of friends of Professor Innis from the original in the possession of his wife, Mary Q. Innis. The photographs were loaned to the National Archives of Canada and copied. The originals were returned to the lender.Location of originals note:Photographs and textual records were returned to the lender, Mary Quayle Innis.Associated material note:The H.A. Innes fonds has been subsequently given to the University of Toronto Archives, where the material can be consulted.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-A20 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records: microform[Consultation Open]Microfilm reel M-292[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Closed]Box [INNIS, HAROLD A. 1966-119] 1681[Consultation Closed]Terms of use:Photographs: The National Archives of Canada does not provide copies; they must be obtained from lender. Copyright must be established by the holder of the original(s). Credit: Name of Photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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