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Richard S. Cumbo fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1967-1987.

Reference:

R14721-0-9-E, MG31-H160

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101802

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Richard S. Cumbo fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1967-1987.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

80 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal papers and subject files; Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem-Knights of Malta, correspondence, newsletters, minutes clippings and correspondence; Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto administrative papers, as well as research notes, press and other studies of the Maltese community and personal records; papers concerning the Ontario Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and Citizenship (OACMC) which includes a OACMC submission to the Ontario Government, and other reports. Textual records have been divided into four series as follows: Personal papers and subject files; Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem-Knights Malta; Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto; and Ontario Advisory of Multiculturalism and Citizenship.

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Cumbo, Richard S., 1948-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Cumbo, Richard S., 1948- : Richard Cumbo, community leader, was born in Sliema, Malta, and came to Toronto with his parents in 1951. In 1971, he was appointed director of North America's oldest and largest Maltese organization, the Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto and, in 1973, he was elected general secretary. In 1974, he co-founded the Federation of Maltese Organizations (then known as the Malta Day Committee) with Alfred Goggi. He resigned from the Society in 1975, but returned in 1976 to serve as general secretary and interim president, 1976-1977. He has served as public relations officer since 1977.

Cumbo was instrumental in organizing the fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1972 and the sixtieth in 1982. He has been both an archivist and historian of the Maltese community in Canada and has published extensively on the subject. He writes for papers in Malta and the Bloor West Villager in Toronto. Richard Cumbo was invested in the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta. In 1977, he was invested as Knight Commander. Cumbo was a member of the Toronto Historical Board, 1981-1983, and the Ontario Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and Citizenship.

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS1692

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1692
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000314.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1986 from Richard J. Cumbo of Toronto, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Maltese - Canada, 1967-1987 Louis Shicklund, 1967-1986

Malta - History, 1967-1987 George Bonovia, 1974-1982

Ontario - History, 1967-1987 Father Lawrence E. Attard, 1974-1983

Louis Shickluna - Biography, 1967-1987 Mulitculturialism Historical Society of Ontario, 1978

Maltese organizations - Canada, 1967-1987 Soverign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem - Knights Malta, 1974-1983

Maltese organizations - United States, 1967-1987 Malta Day, 1971-1986

Soverign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem - Knights Malta - Meetings, 1974-1983 Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto, 1971-1986

Soverign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem - Knights Malta - Newsletters, 1974-1983 Media and Communications Committee, 1980-1984

Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto - Meetings, 1971-1984 "Equality Now"

Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto - Anniversary, 1971-1986 Report of the House of Commons Special on Visible Minorities in Canadian Society, 1984

Toronto (Ont.) - Beauty contest, 1971-1986 "ADecade in Review", 1973-1983

Multiculturalism - Ontario, 1979-1984 "Group Defamation", 1979-1984

Citizenship - Canada, 1979-1984

Media and Communications Committee - Meetings, 1979-1984

Media and Communications Committee - Reports, 1979-1984
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H160
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000751.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 1692] 130

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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