Recherche dans la collection - Randolph Gherson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Randolph Gherson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1952-1994.

Référence :

R4075-0-4-E, MG31-E116

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

107133

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Randolph Gherson fonds
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Fonds comprend :

8 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1952-1994.

Lieu de création :

Canada

Étendue :

4.45 m of textual records.
9 photographs.

Langue du document :

anglais

Langue du document additionnelle :

anglais, français

Portée et contenu :

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The fonds consists of eight series of documents created or accumulated by Gherson which document his career as an economist, a public servant and a diplomat with the International Wheat Council and the Canadian Departments of Trade and Commerce and External Affairs: International Wheat Council records, Trade and commerce records, Deputy head of the Canadian Mission to the European Communities records, Minister counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Washington records, Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development records, Director general for the European Summit countries and European Community Branch records, Chief air negotiator records, and Ambassador for fisheries conservation records, 1952-1994.

The fonds also contains photographs which depict Gherson, his family, and politicians, 1968-[1980].

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Gherson, Randolph, 1928-

Biographie/Histoire administrative :

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Gherson, Randolph, 1928- : Born in Cairo, Egypt, on 9 January, 1928, a British subject by birth, Randolph Gherson studied at the London School of Economics (B.Sc. Economics, International relations, 1949, and post-graduate studies, 1949-1954) and the Academy of International Law, at the Hague (LSE scholar, 1949). He won the Gladstone Memorial Prize for his PH.D. thesis summary in 1954.

Gherson married Joan Evelyn Slater in 1951 and has two children, Giles and Diane, born on 1 March 1957. From 1949 to 1950, Gherson was research assistant for the Economist Intelligence Unit in London. In 1950, he worked for the Economic Research Division of the Economic Co-operation Administration (Marshall Plan). From 1952 to 1958, he occupied the position of economist and assistant to the Chairman with the International Wheat Council in London.

Gherson emigrated to Canada in 1958 and became a Canadian citizen in 1963. He joined the Department of Trade and Commerce in Ottawa in 1958 as a special assistant to the Chief, Grain Division, in connection with preparations for the United Nations Wheat Conference. Within the Department, he held the following positions: Head, Commodity Trade Policy Division (1963-1964), Head, General relations and international organizations (1964-1966), and Head, US Division (1966-1968). In 1968, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Canadian Mission to the European Communities in Brussels, Belgium. He remained at that position until 1972 and was acting Head of the Mission from 1970-1971. From 1972 to 1976, Gherson served as Minister-Counsellor (Economic) at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

In 1976, Gherson returned to Ottawa to take up the position of Director general of the Western Hemisphere Bureau in the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Since 1980, he has held the following positions within the Department of External Affairs: Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris (1980-1983), Director general of the European Summit Countries and European Community Bureau (1983-1986), Chief Air Negotiator (1986-1991), and Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation (1991-1994). During his posting at the OECD, Gherson also occupied the position of Vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the OECD from 1982 to 1983. He retired from the Canadian public service in February 1994. Mr. Gherson has received the Confederation of Canada Medal (Feb. 1994), the Government of Canada Merit Award (May 1994) and the Meritorious Service medal (30 July 1994).

Instrument de recherche :

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Textual records (Électronique) The finding aid is a descriptive file list of the textual records. MSS2074 (90: Ouvert)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000607.pdf

Information additionnelle :

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Note générale :

Received in 1995 from Randolph Gherson, Larrimac, Que.

Note sur la langue :

The documents are mostly in English with a small portion in French. The French documents are mostly found in the Documents relating to the Canadian Mission to the European communities series and the Diary files and other material relating to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development series.

Versements complémentaires :

Further accruals are expected.

Groupes de documents reliés :

Other records relating to the Canadian government activities related to trade and commerce, external affairs, air transport and fisheries can be found in the following record groups in the Government Archives Division: RG 20, records of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce; RG 25, records of the Department of External Affairs; RG 12, records of the Department of Transport; and RG 23, records of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Wheat trade Randolph Gherson, 1928-

Grain trade International Wheat Council

Canada-US trade International Wheat Agreements

Canada-Mexico trade Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce

Canada-Argentina trade Canada. Dept. of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Western Hemisphere Bureau

Canada-Carribbean Common Market trade Canada. Mission to the European Communities

Airways - North America European Communities

Airways - European Communities European Economic Community

Fisheries, North Atlantic Canada. Embassy (U.S.)

Fishing rights - Newfoundland Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Canada. Chief Air Negotiator

Canada. Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation

Canada. European Summit Countries and European Community Branch

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

United Nations Conference on straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks

Canada-European Communities fisheries agreement
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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123-020063-0
1995/0074
1996-166 DAP
96-072

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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MG31-E116
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

Conditions d'accès :

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Document de restrictions à l'accès

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000664.pdf

Documents textuels

[Consultation96 Restrictions varient]

Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 2074] 150

[Consultation 10 Fermé]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Boîte [GHERSON, RANDOLPH 1996-166] 6295

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

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Photographs: To be determined by MSS with donor. Unknown copyright. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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