Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
John James Deutsch fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
[ca. 1930]-1976 (Creation)
- Creator
- Deutsch, John James
Physical description area
Physical description
43 m of textual records and other material
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John James Deutsch (1911-1976), Queen's 14th principal (1968-1974), was also a Queen's graduate; but in between he spent over 20 years away from his alma mater, rising to prominence in the federal public service. Born the eldest of 17 children on a farm near Quinton, Saskatchewan, Deutsch was the only one of his family to receive a formal education: he was educated at a Regina high school and at Queen's (BCom 1935). Over 20 years of distinguished public service followed: as a member of the research department of the Bank of Canada (1936-1942); as a special assistant in External Affairs (1942-1944); as director of the International Economic Relations Division of the Department of Finance (1944-1953); and as Secretary of the Treasury Board (1954-1956). In addition he was a member of numerous royal commissions, commissions of inquiry, and advisory commissions. In 1959, after three years as Head of the Department of Economics at UBC, Deutsch was recruited to Queen's by Principal W.A. Mackintosh to overhaul the university's financial management and administration. He served as Vice-Principal (Administration) and professor of economics until 1963, when he was recruited to Ottawa again for another important assignment this time as founding chair of the Economic Council of Canada. He returned to Queen's in 1967 as Principal-designate and in 1968 was appointed Principal and Vice-Chancellor, remaining in these positions until 1974. Dr. Deutsch died at Kingston in 1976.
During his distinguished career Dr. Deutsch received honorary degrees from seventeen Canadian universities. Other awards and honors included a Vanier Medal (1968), Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (1968), Companion of the Order of Canada (1969), the John Orr Award (1969) and the Molson Prize (1973).
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, press clippings and files relating to Queen's University, the Commission on Post Secondary Education, the Economic Council of Canada, the Commission on Railway Pension Costs and many organizations with which Dr. Deutsch was associated. In addition to the very important correspondence, the large collection of briefs to government agencies and commissions of inquiry, special studies, memoranda and reports make these papers a valuable source for reseachers studying monetary policy, education and the ecomony and public administration in Canada. Also a document on "Queen's in the First Decade of the Century."
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mrs. Stephanie Deutsch - 1976
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
1022
2999 (QU-History)
SR212-SR213
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Certain restrictions apply
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Associated materials
Accruals
No further accruals are expected