Collection search - Escott Meredith Reid fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material, sound recording]

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Escott Meredith Reid fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1857-1993.

Reference:

R4366-0-0-E, MG31-E46

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103731

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Escott Meredith Reid fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1857-1993.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

8.21 m of textual records.
2 audio reels (45 min).
41 photographs chiefly b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of the following series: Interviews with Canadian Figures; Articles and Speeches; Department of External Affairs correspondence and memoranda; Articles and Speeches, 1933-1980, 0.40 m; Manuscript of "Envoy to Nehru"; Publications, 1905-1989, 0.85 m; Personal Papers, 1857-1988, 0.66 m; Canadian Political Parties Study; International Affairs correspondence and subject files, 1929-1988, 2.17 m; World Bank; and Glendon College.

The fonds also contains photographs depicting events and individuals associated with the career of Escott Reid, particularly as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs 1948-1952, High Commissioner for Canada to India 1952-1957, Canadian Ambassador to Germany 1958-1962, Director of World Bank Operations for South Asia and the Middle East 1962-1965, and as the first Principal of Glendon College, York University, Toronto, 1965-1969.

Fonds also includes sound recordings of a farewell ceremony for Escott Reid on 19 July 1965 at the end of his three-year term as Director of Operations in South Asia and the Middle East.

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Reid, Escott, 1905-1999

Biography/Administrative history:

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Reid, Escott, 1905-1999 : Escott Meredith Reid, diplomat, born in Campbellford, Ont., was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. He was National Secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1932-1938. In 1938, he joined the Department of External Affairs and held various senior posts in Ottawa and Washington between 1938 and 1952. He was High Commissioner to India from 1952 to 1957 and Ambassador to Germany from 1958 to 1962. Reid was Director of Operations in South Asia and the Middle East for the World Bank from 1962 to 1965.

In 1965, he was appointed the first principal of Glendon College of York University, Toronto, and served until the end of 1969. During the same period, Reid was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. From 1970 to 1972, he was a consultant at the Canadian International Development Agency. In 1971, Reid was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada. He is the author of "Strengthening the World Bank", 1973; "Time of Fear and Hope: The Making of the North Atlantic Treaty", 1977; "Envoy to Nehru", 1981; "On Duty: A Canadian at the Making of the United Nations, 1945-1946", 1983; "Hungary and Suez 1956", 1986 and "Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid", 1989. He died in 1999.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The Finding Aid is a descriptive file title list. MSS0054 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000014.pdf

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

Textual record (Microform) Microfiche: 1 fiche (1 copy) MSS0054 (90: Open)

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General note:

Donated by Mr. Reid between 1989 and 1993. Additional material received from the Department of External Affairs in 1970 and 1982.
Subject heading:

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Diplomats - Canada, 1957-1988 United States, 1918-1971

Political parties - Canada, 1867-1942 United Nations, 1918-1971

Politics - Canada, 1930-1942 North American Treaty Organization, 1918-1971

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian, 1918-1980 Germany, 1918-1971

Canada - Foreign relations, 1918-1980 International Air Transport, 1918-1971

Elections - Canada, 1867-1940 Envoy to Nehru, 1981

Reid, Escott Meredith - Manuscripts, 1952-1972 Hungary and Suez, 1986

Reid, Escott Meredith - Diaries, 1952-1962 On Duty: A Canada at the Making of the United Nations, 1945-1946, 1983

Radical Mandarin: The Memoires of Escott Reid, 1989

Canada - Foreign relations - United States, 1932-1962 Strengthening of the World Bank, 1973

Canada - Foreign relations - North American Treaty Organization, 1932-1962 Time of Fear and Hope: The Making of the North Atlantic, 1977

Canada - Foreign relations - India, 1932-1962 World Bank, 1952-1972

Canada - Foreign relations - Germany, 1932-1962 Canadian International Development Agency, 1952-1972

Canada - Foreign relations - International Air Transport, 1932-1962 York University. Glendon College (Toronto, Ont.)1918-1979
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-020124-8
1988/0441
1993-0199 MISA
1993-328 DAP
2337 (1992-11-15)
93-157
93-275

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-E46
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000686.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 54] 7

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1993-328 1992] B129-07

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the donor.
Photographs: No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on selected items. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada.

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