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Reginald George Trotter fonds
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1922-1959 (Creation)
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- Trotter, Reginald George
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3 m of textual records, ca. 80 photographs
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Reginald George Trotter, Canadian historian, was born at Woodstock, Ontario in 1888. He was educated at Yale University (B.A. 1911) and at Harvard (M.A. 1915, Ph.D. 1921). He taught at Leland Standord University until 1924, when he was appointed Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History at Queen's University, a chair he held until his death in 1951. He was the author of Canadian federation (Toronto, 1924) and of Canadian History: A Syllabus and Guide to Reading (Toronto, 1946). He jointly authored with Chester New Modern History (Toronto, 1946) and with C.C. Linyard Canadian World Affairs, 1941-1944 (Toronto, 1955).
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The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, newsclipping and photographs. The papers contain files on the Canadian-American Affairs Conference from 1935-1941, the Canadian Social Science Research Council, 1938-1950, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1934-1959, and the League of Nations Society in Canada, Kingston, Branch, 1937-1946. There is also personal correspondence with colleagues, students and with officers of institutions.
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Donated by estate of R.G. Trotter - 1974, 1988
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- English
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1063
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected