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Gordon Roy McGregor fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1928-1980.

Reference:

R7242-0-6-E, MG30-E283

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102571

Context of this record:

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Gordon Roy McGregor fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1928-1980.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5.5 m of textual records.
91 photographs b&w and col.
5 maps.
1 film reel.
1 audio reel (1 h, 47 min).

Language of material:

English

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The McGregor fonds consists of material relating to his flying and RCAF career, his career at Trans-Canada Air Lines and personal material as follows: personal material, 1933-1971; correspondence relating primarily to McGregor's RCAF career, 1937-1971; subject files relating to RCAF, 1936-1952; RCAF Pilot's logbook, 1939-1945; articles, speeches and printed material, 1937-1974; travel notes, 1945-1970; personal and general correspondence, 1956-1971; semi-personal correspondence, 1946-1970; personal confidential and general outgoing correspondence, 1948-1972; club memberships, 1946-1971; speeches, articles and publicity, 1946-1971; directorships, 1969-1971; personal and employment history and miscellaneous material, 1946-1973; Board of Directors meetings, 1948-1968; memoirs, reference and research material, 1937-1980.

The fonds also contains photographs of a Battle of Britain memorial window, Westminster Abbey, London, England, portraits of Gordon McGregor, one by Yousuf Karsh; a photo of the heads of the five Canadian Crown Corporations taken on the occasion of a visit to the U.S.S.R. showing McGregor, N.J. MacMillan (CN), J.A. Ouimet (CBC), D.F. Bowre (Can. Telecom. Corp.), E.R. Rowzee (Polymer Corp.).

Fonds also includes a film of a collection of scenes of McGregor taking the salute on Battle of Britain Sunday, September 15, 1963 at Montreal, at the Cenotaph in Place du Canada, and at St. Hubert Air Force Base.

Also included are sound recordings of interviews with McGregor.

Fonds also consists of the following maps: the Manitoba provincial trunk highway, 1936-1937; the Ottawa River, Grenville to Ottawa, 1928; northern Saskatchewan; advance of the 2nd Army, 1945; and Trans-Canada Airways, 1937.

Provenance:

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McGregor, Gordon R. (Gordon Roy), 1901-1971

Biography/Administrative history:

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McGregor, Gordon R. (Gordon Roy), 1901-1971 : Gordon Roy McGregor (1901-1971) was born in Montreal and educated at St. Andrew's College in Toronto and McGill University in Montreal, graduating from the latter in 1923 with a degree in Engineering. He then joined Bell Telephone, serving at various centres in Ontario and Quebec, and by 1938 had become Montreal District Manager. His flying career began at Kingston in 1932 and the following year he gained his Private Pilot's License at Ottawa. He was awarded the Webster Trophy as the top amateur pilot in Canada in 1935, 1936 and 1938.

In 1936, he joined the RCAF Reserve and was awarded his RCAF Pilot's wings in 1938. He served with No 115 (Auxiliary) Squadron before the war. In 1940, he went overseas with No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, serving with it throughout the Battle of Britain. He was credited with downing 5 enemy aircraft and with damaging several others and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Returned to Canada in 1942, he commanded the RCAF Wing in the Aleutian Campaign, 1942-1943, and for his services was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He returned overseas early in 1944 and served as the Officer Commanding No. 126 Wing of the Second Tactical Air Force in France and Holland during 1944-1945. He was released from the RCAF in 1945 with the rank of Group Captain.

After the war, McGregor joined Trans-Canada Air Lines as General Traffic Manager at Montreal, 1946-1948, and three years later was named President of Trans-Canada Air Lines, 1948-1968. He was the principal figure in guiding the airline through its years of expansion, with the result that Air Canada, as it was renamed in 1965, became one of the world's leading air carriers. He was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1968 and was posthumously inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974.

At the time of his death in 1971 he was Chairman of Orenda Ltd. and a Director of Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list with descriptive notes. An attempt was made to retain the original filing system but where necessary items have been added to the existing order. MSS0681 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001136.pdf

Photographs: (Electronic) Some item level descriptions are available in the MINISIS database.

Sound recording: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level description.

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General note:

Moving image and sound material was received in 1974 through Miss E. Buchanan of Air Canada. Papers included in volumes 1 to 3 and volume 30 were transferred in 1977 from the Canadian War Museum; two pages from these volumes were received in 1977 from Miss Buchanan. Papers included in volumes 4 to 29 were transferred in 1980 and 1982 through Miss Buchanan.

Location of originals note:

Sound recording: Original held by G.R. McGregor.

Related material:

Related material can be found in the Air Canada fonds (RG70), and in particular the sub-series on Gordon Roy McGregor.

See also the Pierre J. Jeanniot fonds, R15495, for further information relating to company's former president and chief of management from 1984 to 1990.

See also the Philip Smith Fonds, MG31-A20, for further information relating to the history of the company prior to 1985, including numerous interviews with former employees.

See also generally the Canadian National Railway Company fonds, RG30, for further information about Air Canada's parent company for many decades.
Subject heading:

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Log-books, 1939-1945 Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force, [1928-1980]

Air pilots - Canada, [1928-1980] Kingston (Ont.), 1937

World War II - Canada - Armed Forces, [1928-1980] Moose Jaw (Sask.), 1937

Aviation - Canada, 1928-1980 Air Canada, [1945-1980]

World War II - Military service, [1928-1980] Hawker Siddeley Canada Limited, [1969-1980]

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - Officers [1928-1980] Orenda Limited, [1969-1980]

Airlines - Canada, [1945-1980] The Adolescence of an Airline, 1937-1980

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian, [1945-1980] Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. 2nd Canadian Fighter Squadron, [1928-1980]

Canada. Canadian Armed forces - History - World War II, [1928-1980] Patricia Bay Air Force Base (B.C.), [1928-1980]

Canada. Canadian Armed forces - France, [1933-1971] Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. 2nd Tactical Air Force, [1928-1980]

World War II - Aleutians, [1933-1971] Trans Canada Air Lines, [1945-1980]

Canada. Canadian Armed forces - Holland, [1933-1971]

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - History - World War II, [1928-1980]

Military bases - Europe, [1933-1971]

Gordon Roy McGregor - Journeys, 1945-1970

Aviation history, [1928-1980]

Executives - Canada, [1928-1980]

Corporate meetings - Canada, [1948-1968]

Rewards (Prizes, etc.) - Canada, [1928-1980]

Corporation reports - Canada, [1969-1971]

Corporations, Canadian, [1945-1980]

Military bases - Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1973-05-27)
(1974-12-05)
1974-0126 MISA
1974-0181 MISA
1974-107 NPC
1977-203 NPC
1984-071 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E283

Other accession no.:

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77802/2168 CA
77802/2169 CA
77802/2170 CA
77802/2171 CA
77802/2172 CA
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000496.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 681] 70

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MCGREGOR, GORDON ROY 1974-107] 1666

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MCGREGOR, GORDON RAY 1977-203] 3783

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MCGREGOR, G.R. 1977-203]

[Consultation 90 Open]

RV4 160;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TCS 00480;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MCGREGOR, GORDON ROY 1984-071] TCS 01203

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Photographs: No restrictions except on those photographs by Yousuf Karsh. Restrictions on use: For items in copyright: for private study and research purposes, Library and Archives Canada will provide only colour or black and white photographs up to an 8x10 in. format. The photographs will be blindstamped or embossed. For exhibition loans, please contact Loans and Exhibitions, Library and Archives Canada, 550 De la Cité Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0N4. For public, commercial, or other uses contact: www.karsh.org.
Moving images: Reproduction requires the written permission of the copyright holder. Donor restrictions are to be determined.
Sound recording: Reproduction requires the written permission of the copyright holder.

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