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William Smith fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1902-1931.

Reference:

R1782-0-4-E, MG30-D18

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102287

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William Smith fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1902-1931.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.7 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence arranged in subject files, 1902-1931; notes and transcripts, also arranged in subject files, 1902-1913; manuscripts and page proofs of the Evolution of Government in Canada, 1928; and miscellaneous material, 1904-1908.

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Smith, William, 1859-1932

Biography/Administrative history:

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Smith, William, 1859-1932 : William Smith, archivist and historian, was educated at the University of Toronto and served with the Post Office Department from 1876 to 1913. In 1902, while assisting in the reorganization of the Newfoundland Post Office, he made the acquaintance of Guglielmo Marconi. He joined the staff of the Public Archives of Canada as secretary of the Board of Publications in 1913 and rose to the rank of Assistant Dominion Archivist. He was the author of a number of works dealing with postal and political history in Canada.

See: H. Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of Our Time, 1912, p. 1041.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS0057 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001674.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1932 from William Smith of Ottawa, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Hudson's Bay Company - Records and correspondence, [1902-1931] "Evolution of Government in Canada", 1928

Labrador - Boundaries, [1902-1931] Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine, [1902-1913]

Guglielmo Marconi - Correspondence, [1902-1931] North West Mounted Police (Canada), [1902-1913]

Telegraphs - Canada, [1902-1931]

Books - Reviews, [1902-1931]

Authors, Canadian - Manuscripts, 1928

William Smith - Finance, Personal, [1904-1908]

Maps, [1904-1908]

Archivists - Canada, [1913-1931]

Historians - Canada, [1902-1931]

Postal service Canada 20th century

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

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MG30-D18
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