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Reginald Thornton fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1926-1929.

Reference:

R1796-0-1-E, MG30-C227

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101517

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Reginald Thornton fonds
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Date(s):

1926-1929.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

1 microfilm reel negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the papers of Reginald Thornton relating to his tour of Australia and Canada in 1928, including a diary of section IV, 11 Nov., to 8 Dec., 1928, which covers tours in Canada, and concerns Thornton's talks with politicians and employers in major cities from Vancouver to Montreal. The fonds also consists of correspondence, 1926-1928, with wife, Barbara Thornton, containing comments on the Big Brother Movement; letters of introduction, July 1928, for Thornton from L.S. Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to the Governor General and state governments; newspaper cuttings, 1928-1929, referring to departure of boys emigrating from England; plus one cutting from the Vancouver Morning Sun, n.d., concerning a tour in Canada. This material is located on microfilm reel A-1646.

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Thornton, Reginald, 1887-1968

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Amery, L.S. (Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett), 1873-1955

Biography/Administrative history:

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Thornton, Reginald, 1887-1968 : Reginald Trelawney Thornton (1887-1968), social worker, was a London organizer of the Big Brother Movement, 1926-1931, who visited Canada in 1928.

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General note:

Received in 1985 through the National Archives, London Office. The microfilm was made by the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Subject heading:

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Reginald Thornton - Travel diaries, 1928 Barbara Thorton

Canada - Description and travel, 1928 Big Brother Movement, [1926-1929]

Canada - Emmigration and immigration - England, [1928-1929] Vancouver Morning Sun, n.d

Canada - Cities and towns, 1928

Letters of introduction, 1928

Canada 1921-1930
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Private

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MG30-C227
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