Fonds consists of records relating to George V. Haythorne's career in the fields of economics, labour relations and international development management, 1921-1993. These records are divided into seven series: Department of Labour; Prices and Incomes Commission; Publications; Personal Correspondence; Subject Files; Speeches; and International Development Management.
The fonds also contains photographs of George V. Haythorne and colleagues at the Dept. of Labour; photos illustrating the Mennonite Settlement at Reesor, Ont.; portraits including Haythorne and Jean-Luc Pepin, [ca. 1930-1970], and photographs of Haythorne attending various national and international labour-related conferences and congresses [ca. 1950s-1960s]. There are also two group photographs of Student Christian Movement conferences from 1930 and 1931. Photographers/ studios include Charlton & Rathburn, P.E. McDonald (Toronto), G.G.Burachex (Geneva), Turofsky (Toronto), URS G. Arni, and L. Bianco (Geneva).
Haythorne, George Vickers, 1909-2001 : George Vickers Haythorne, born in 1909 at Edmonton, Alberta, received his education from the University of Alberta (B.A., 1930; M.A., 1932) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1949). He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1948. From 1938 to 1942, Haythorne was the Secretary of the Nova Scotia Economic Council.
Haythorne held several positions with the Canadian Department of Labour including: Chief investigator, National Selective Service, 1942; Associate Director, National Selective Service, 1943-1946; Director, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Branch, 1946-1947; Director, Economics and Research Branch, 1948-1953; Assistant Deputy Minister, Manpower, 1953-1961; and, Deputy Minister, 1961-1969. During his years with the Department of Labour, Haythorne served as the Canadian Government representative on the governing body of the International Labour Organization (1956-1969) and was a delegate at numerous I.L.O. Conferences between 1953 and 1969. He was also chairman of the International Labour Office, Committee of Experts on Productivity (1952) and president of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (1954-1955).
From 1969 to 1972, he was a Commissioner of the Prices and Incomes Commission. In 1973, Haythorne was a Senior Visitor, Economic and Industrial Relations at Cambridge University .
From 1974 to 1979, Haythorne was Director of the Institute for Development Management for Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. During those years, he also taught at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. From 1980 until his retirement, he was a consultant, advisor and teacher for the Canadian International Development Agency, the World University Service of Canada and the Commonwealth Secretariat in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia.
Haythorne authored numerous publications including Land and Labour and Labor in Canadian Agriculture. He died in 2001.
