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Vincent Massey [textual record]

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Series

Date:

1838-1970, predominant 1899-1967.

Reference:

R4817-6-3-E, MG32-A1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

127260

Context of this record:

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Massey family fonds

Vincent Massey
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Series includes:

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

1838-1970, predominant 1899-1967.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4.01 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The series comprises eight sub-series consisting of correspondence; subject files; appointment books, notebooks, journals and diaries; publications; speeches; printed material; Batterwood; and family and professional papers.

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Massey, Vincent, 1887-1967

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Massey, Vincent, 1887-1967 : Vincent Massey, the elder son of Chester D. and Anna Vincent Massey, was born in Toronto in 1887. He attended the University of Toronto and Oxford University. He was involved in the establishment of Hart House from 1910 until its completion in 1919. He served on the staff of Military District Number 2, Camp Borden, 1915-1918, and then went to Ottawa as associate secretary of the War Committee of the Cabinet and its successor, the Repatriation and Employment Committee.

Vincent Massey served as president of Massey-Harris, 1921-1925, Minister without Portfolio in the King government of 1925, the first Canadian Minister to the United States, 1926-1930, president of the National Liberal Federation, 1932-1935, High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 1935-1946, and Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Development of the Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949-1951. He was appointed the first Canadian born Governor General in 1952 and remained in office until 1959. He died in 1967.

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(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_127260

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_127260?usrlang=fr

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Private

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MG32-A1
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