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Gravel et Associés fonds [multiple media]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1805-1981.

Référence :

R3085-0-2-E, MG28-III38

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques, Dessins d'architecture et techniques, Cartes et documents cartographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

106976

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Gravel et Associés fonds
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Fonds comprend :

12 description(s) de niveau inférieur
Voir description(s) de niveau inférieur

Date(s) :

1805-1981.

Équivalent bilingue :

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Lieu de création :

Québec (Province)

Étendue :

213.892 m of textual records.
ca. 155 maps.
ca. 62 architectural drawings.
ca. 19 leaves of textual records graphs.
ca. 3 technical drawings.
10 photographs b&w.

Langue du document :

anglais

Langue du document additionnelle :

anglais, français

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The fonds consists of the accumulated records of a Quebec law firm for a period in excess of one hundred and fifty years. From the nineteenth to the twentieth century, its cases reflect the social, political, military and economic history of Canada and of Quebec. Included are legal records for maritime, civil and criminal cases of the law firm as well as personal papers and papers related to the operation of the law firm. There is correspondence, inquiry reports, published proceedings, factums, declarations, judgements, petitions, transcriptions of evidence, exhibits, memoranda, letterbooks, financial records and family papers.

The records were organized by the law firm into the following series: Series A: Old Litigation; Series B: Modern Litigation; Series C: Client Litigation; Series D: Capital Cases; Series E: Personal Papers; Letterbooks (Old Series); Letterbooks (New Series); Financial records; Legal notes; and an index to the records of the law firm throughout its history. There is also a diploma from the University of Laval granted to François Gravel in 1946 (vol. 1028).

In addition the fonds contains maps and plans pertaining primarily to the province of Quebec and to client cases such as Price Brothers and Company Ltd. There are also architectural plans and drawings of various buildings and churches in Quebec City.

Also included are photographs from an album, 1953-1955, pertaining to the Wilbert Coffin murder trial.

Some files were destroyed before the acquisition of this fonds by the National Archives of Canada.

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Gravel et Associés
Nom(s) additionnel(s) :

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Stuart, J. (James), 1780-1853

Gravel, Joseph-Pierre-Augustin, 1883-1971

Gravel, François de Billy, 1924-1981
Biographie/Histoire administrative :

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Gravel et Associés : Founded in 1801 by Sir James Stuart, this law firm was the oldest in Canada. Originally specializing in maritime law, the firm later diversified its activities to include civil and then criminal law.

Stuart, J. (James), 1780-1853 : Sir James Stuart was born in 1780 in Fort Hunter, New York and came in Canada in 1781 with his family; he died at Quebec on 14 July 1853. He was the third son of the Rev. John Stuart and Jane Okill. He completed his apprenticeship in the study of law and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1801. That same year, he founded a law firm which became, more than a century later, Gravel et Associés.

He was appointed as Solicitor General for Lower Canada in 1805 and was later dismissed by the governor, James Craig in May 1809. A supporter of the Canadian Party, he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Lower Canada for Montreal East, 1808-1820; Buckingham, 1814; and for William Henry, 1825-1827. He was appointed to the post of Attorney General on 31 January 1825 but was suspended from it by Lord Aylmer in November 1832.

Stuart was appointed a member of the Executive Council on 6 July 1827 and remained in that post until the Act of Union took effect on 10 February 1841. Appointed a member of the Special Council on 2 April 1838 and called again to the Special Council on 11 November 1839, he was a member and later President of this body until the Act of Union. On 22 October 1838 he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Lower Canada, retaining this position until his death.

Gravel, Joseph-Pierre-Augustin, 1883-1971 : In 1906, Joseph Pierre Augustin Gravel (1883-1971) became a member of the law firm of Sir Adolphe Caron, which was known as "Caron, Pentland, Stuart and Brodie". Following the deaths of the other members of the law firm, Gravel became the senior partner of "Gravel, Thomson and Hearn" and later, "Gravel and Associates".

From 1920, Gravel was a professor of commercial law and maritime law in the Law Faculty of Laval University. He was a tenured professor and a Doctor of Laws Honoris causa in 1922. He was the Secretary of the Faculty from 1945 to 1953 and Professor Emeritus in 1953. In total, Gravel held the Faculty chair for a period of 33 years. He married Lucie Gosselin (1890-1918) in 1916 and was remarried in 1920 to Blanche de Billy.

Gravel, François de Billy, 1924-1981 : François de Billy Gravel was born in Quebec City in 1924 and died there in 1981. A son of Joseph Pierre Augustin Gravel, François was called to the Bar in 1949, after completion of his studies in the Séminaire de Québec, 1946; and at Laval University, where he acquired his LL.L. in 1949. He succeeded his father, J.P.A. Gravel, as senior partner of "Gravel, Fréchette & Germain", which became subsequently, "Gravel and Associates", and finally, "Gravel and Maranda".

Gravel became interested in capital cases. During his legal career, he appealed the convictions of four men for the capital crime of murder, taking the appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada. The most well known case was his appeal of the murder conviction against Wilbert Coffin.

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Textual records: (Papier) The finding aid is a file list of the entire fonds. Access to certain parts of the finding aid is restricted. MSS1530 (18: Restreint)

Cartographic items and other material (maps, architectural drawings): (Papier) Itemized listing available. Accession indexed according to building type and architect.

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Note générale :

Presented in 1981 by Vincent Gauthier and the Royal Trust Company, executors of the estate of François de Billy Gravel.

Note sur le classement :

The business records found in the Financial Series have not been organized.

Note sur l'emplacement des documents connexes :

Published materials (firm's law library): Transferred to the National Library of Canada in 1995. A list of these books is available through the Economic and Scientific Archives in the Manuscript Division.
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Canadian Bar Association

Lawyers - Quebec (Province), 1805-1981 Université Laval (Québec, Québec), 1805-1876

Maritime law, [1805-1981] Quebec Turf Club, 1874-1879

Criminal law, [1805-1981] J. Charles V. Gravel, [1805-1976]

Civil law, [1805-1981] Andrew Cecil M. Thomson, [1805-1976]

Law firms - Quebec (Province), 1805-1981 Joseph-Pierre-Augustin Gravel, [1805-1976]

Law teachers - Quebec (Province), 1805-1981 Charles Andrew Pentland, [1805-1976]

Jurisprudence, 1900-1979 Gustavus G. Stuart, [1805-1976]

Lawyers - Societies, etc., [1900-1979] Charles E. Brodie, [1805-1976]

Law and politics, 1950-1981 Andrew Charles Stuart, [1805-1976]

Bills, Private - Quebec (Province), [1812-1920] Andrew Stuart Jr., [1805-1976]

Governmental investigations, [1812-1920] Andrew Stuart, [1805-1976]

Canada. Privy Council - Committees, [1812-1920] Canada. Supreme Court, 1950-1981

Appellate procedure - Canada, [1950-1981] Quebec (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly, [1812-1920]

Law - Cases, 1900-1979 Wilbert Coffin, 1953-1981

Actions and defenses - Canada, 1950-1981 Venant Clavet, 1953-1954

Examination of witnesses, 1950-1981 Ovila Boucher, 1951-1954

Legal instruments, 1950-1981 Albert J. Guay, 1950

Executors and administrators, [1805-1976] Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, [1871-1978]

Practice of law, 1805-1976 Canadian National Railways, [1871-1978]

Law offices - Accounting, [1861-1976] Canada Pacific Railway, [1871-1978]

Business enterprises - Quebec (Province), 1805-1981 Royal Bank of Canada, [1871-1978]

Price Brothers & Co. Ltd., [1871-1978]

Quebec Bar Association, [1900-1979]
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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066-88
1988-035 NPC

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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MG28-III38

Autre no d'acquisition :

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83402/4443 CA
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Document de restrictions à l'accès

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000278.pdf

Documents textuels

[Consultation96 Restrictions varient]

Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 1530] 118--119

[Consultation 10 Fermé]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Dessins techniques architecturaux

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Documents cartographiques

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

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Maps, architectural drawings, technical drawings and related textual records: No donor restrictions.
Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. For items less than 50 years old, copyright unknown. For items more than 50 years old, copyright expired. Credit the National Archives of Canada.

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