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George Foster fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]
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Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) This finding aid describes volumes 1 to 9; 11 to 104 and 106 to 112 at the file level. MSS0064 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001680.pdf(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
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http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_104832?usrlang=frTextual material (Microform) Microfiches : 1 fiche (4 copies) MSS0064 (90: Open) -
Record information George Foster fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]
Date:1864-1931.Reference:R4815-0-8-E, MG27-IID7Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104832Date(s):1864-1931.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:11.03 m of textual records.
82 photographs : b&w.
1 print : photomechanical reproduction.
2 drawings : pen and black ink on wove paperLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of papers of Sir George Eulas Foster which reflect his public and personal life. This includes correspondence, diaries, speeches, notes, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, autobiographical and biographical material, manuscripts, business files, memorabilia, and family papers, n.d., 1864-1931.
The fonds also contains portraits of George Foster and his family and other photographs 1900-1918; and a postcard of the Saint John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, n.d.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Foster, George E. (George Eulas), Sir, 1847-1931 : The Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster, born in Carleton County, N.B., was educated at the University of New Brunswick, Edinburgh and Heidelberg. He taught school at King's County, N.B. and was Professor of Classics and Ancient Literature at the University of New Brunswick, 1871-1879. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons for King's County, N.B., 1882-1896, and for York County, N.B., 1896-1900. He was defeated in 1900 but returned as a Conservative member representing Toronto North until his Senate appointment in 1921.
Foster was a member of the cabinets of the Macdonald, Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Borden and Meighen governments serving as the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1885-1888, the Minister of Finance, 1888-1896, and the Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1911-1921. His activities in Canada's trade relations and foreign policy included representation on the Dominions' Royal Commission, 1912-1918, the Allied Economic Conference, 1916, and the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919.
In 1920-1921 Foster was the chairman of the Canadian delegation to the League of Nations and was elected vice-president of the First Assembly. In 1926 and 1929 Foster returned to the League of Nations as the Canadian representative. He was knighted in 1912 and appointed an Imperial Privy Counsellor in 1916. He authored Canadian Addresses, 1914, and Citizenship: The Josiah Wood Lectures, 1927.Additional information:General note:Received in 1936 from Dr. Stewart Wallace. Additional material received in 1953 from the Archives of Ontario, and in 1971 from the University of Toronto Library, Dr. Wallace papers.Availability of other formats note:Some diaries are also available on microfilm reel C-1348.Reproduction note:The reproduction date of reel C-1348 is unknown.Subject heading:- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1891
- Canada 19th century
- Legislators - Canada, [1887-1931] Dominions' Royal Commission, [1890-1921]
- Cabinet ministers - Canada, [1887-1931] Conservative Party of Canada, 1927
- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1908 Canada. Prime Minister (Borden : 1911-1920), 1911
- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1911 Sir Robert Laird Borden, 1911
- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1917 Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce, 1911-1921
- Elections - Canada, 1908, 1911, 1917 League of Nations, 1920-1926
- Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1918
- Executive orders - Canada, [1867-1925]
- Separate School Question - Canada, [1864-1896]
- Fisheries, North Atlantic, [1864-1896]
- Temperance - Canada, [1883-1930]
- Canada - Relations - United States, [1883-1930]
- United States - Relations - Canada, [1883-1930]
- Reciprocity - Canada, [1882-1931]
- Canada - Commercial policy, [1882-1931]
- Canada - Economic policy, [1882-1931]
- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1892
- Canada. Parliament - Elections, 1903
- Australia - Description and travel, [1880-1931]
- Orient - Description and travel, [1880-1931]
- Lady Foster - Death and burial, 1919
- Sir George Foster - Death and burial, 1931
- West Indies - Description and travel, [1890-1921]
- Mexico - Description and travel, [1890-1921]
- Foster family - Genealogy, n.d
- Manitoba School Question
- Free trade
- Hommes politiques Canada
- Politicians Canada
- Prime ministers Canada
- Premiers ministres Canada
- Canada
- Great Britain
- Grande-Bretagne
- Europe
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG27-IID7 -
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