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William Bennett Munro fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1839-1918.

Reference:

R2263-0-X-E, MG30-C30

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98277

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William Bennett Munro fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1839-1918.

Place of creation:

United States

Extent:

1.5 cm of textual records.
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence and memoranda relating to the naming of the town of Almonte, Ont., 1916-1918, 15 pages; Almonte collection including documents signed by the Mexican General Don Juan Neponucento Almonte, status and protocols of the Order of Guadaloupe, and diplomatic commissions, 1839-1859, 59 pages; miscellaneous correspondence including letters from H.G. Joly de Lotbinière, Benjamin Sulte and W.L. Mackenzie King, 1899-1913, 4 pages.

Fonds also contains a portrait of General Don Juan M. Almonte, ca. 1864.

Provenance:

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Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957

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Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957 : Professor William Bennett Munro, born in 1875 at Almonte, Ont., received his education from Queen's University, B.A., 1895, M.A. 1896, and L.L.B., 1898, Harvard University, M.A. 1899, and PhD., 1900, University of Edinburgh and University of Berlin. He taught political science at Williams College, Mass., 1901-1904, spent 25 years on faculty at Harvard, and was professor of history and government, 1929-1945, and became Treasurer of the California Institute of Technology. Munro was a trustee and officer of a number of learned societies and institutions. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army as a Major attached to the General Staff. The author of many works dealing with American municipal government, Professor Munro also wrote several books on early Canada, including The Seigneurial System in Canada (New York, 1907), The Seigneurs of Old Canada (Toronto, 1914), and Crusaders of New France (Yale, 1918).

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1910, and Encyclopedia Canadiana.

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General note:

Acquired in 1941 and 1949 from W.B. Munro.
Subject heading:

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Don Juan Neponucento Almonte, 1839-1859

Order of Guadaloupe, 1839-1859

Almonte (Ont.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1949-086 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-C30
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 C 30] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MUNRO, WILLIAM BENNETT 1949-086] 4819

[Consultation 90 Open]

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

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10