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George Perry Graham fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:17 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid consists of a general description and an alphabetical list of correspondents. MSS0077 (90: Open)
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Record information George Perry Graham fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1907-1934.Reference:R4692-0-3-E, MG27-IID8Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:99818Date(s):1907-1934.Place of creation:OntarioExtent:18.05 m of textual records.
8 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: political papers including correspondence, 1907-1911; (with sub-series on letters received; letterbooks, official; letterbooks, private; and telegraph books); memoranda and notes, (with sub-subseries on Department of Railways and Canals, and miscellaneous) 1907-1911; printed material, 1905-1911; personal papers include business correspondence, 1907-1911; letterbooks, 1910-1911; honours, 1918-1934; miscellaneous material, n.d., 1908-1911; and letters and photocopies, 1932.
The fonds also contains photographs of Wilfrid Laurier, waterfront improvements at Brockville, Ont., and a copy of a photograph of George Perry Graham [ca. 1901-1930].Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Graham, George Perry, 1859-1943 : George Perry Graham was born in Eganville, Canada West. A journalist, he was manager of the Morrisburg Herald, 1880-1892, associate editor of the Ottawa Free Press, 1892-1893, and managing director of the Brockville Recorder until 1926. Graham was a Liberal Member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly, 1898-1907, serving as Provincial Secretary, 1904-1905, and Leader of the Opposition, 1907. He was a Member of the House of Commons, 1907-1911, 1912-1917 and 1921-1925, and of the Senate, 1926-1943. He served as Minister of Railways and Canals, 1907-1911, 1923-1926, Minister of Militia and Defence, 1921-1922, and Minister without portfolio, 1926. See: Johnson, "Directory of Parliament", p. 241.Additional information:General note:The Graham Papers were acquired in 1950 from G.P. Graham's grand-daughter, Mrs. Findlay MacLean. Nine letters were acquired in 1988 from Robert F. Nixon.Subject heading:- Canada. Dept. of Militia and Defence
- Cabinet ministers - Canada, 1907-1934 Sir Wilfred Laurier, 1912-1936
- Canada. Parliament. Senate. Senate Appointments, 1926-1934 William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1912-1936
- Journalists, Canadian, 1907-1934 Brockville Recorder, 1910, 1921
- Canada - Canadian Armed Forces, 1921-1922 Traveller's Life Insurance Company, 1907-1911
- Canada - Militia, 1921-1922 Viscount Byng of Vimy, Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1926, 1928
- Transportation - Railroads - Canada, 1907-1911, 1923-1926 Earl of Minto, Gilbert John Elliot, 1901
- Transportation - Shipping - Canada, 1907-1911, 1923-1926 Governor-General Willindon, 1930
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG27-IID8 -
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