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Ramsay Cook fonds
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1940-1947 (Creation)
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- Cook, Ramsay
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0.05 m of textual records
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Ramsay Cook (1931-2016) was the general editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and a history professor at York University for 25 years. He published widely on political and constitutional history, English-French relations, intellectual and artistic life and on Europeans' explorations and first contacts with native North Americans. His book, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada, was awarded the Governor General's Award. Cook was both a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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The fonds consists of correspondence and material relating to Canadian civil liberties, specifically the Civil Liberties Association of Manitoba. Includes letters from A.R.M. Lower, James G. Gardiner, R.J. Manion and Charles J. Power.
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Donated by Ramsay Cook - 1972
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- English
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2153
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Open
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Copyright restrictions may apply.
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See also A.R.M Lower fonds
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No further accruals are expected