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Robert Laird Borden fonds
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1866-1938 (Creation)
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- Borden, Sir Robert Laird
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225 microfilm reels : positive
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Robert Laird Borden (1854-1937) was born at Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia. He attended Horton Academy and then taught school in New Jersey before beginning the study of law. Called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1878, Borden pursued a legal career in Halifax until political duties ended his legal practice in 1911. In the House of Commons, Borden represented Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1896 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1917, Carleton, Ontario, from 1905 to 1908, and King's, Nova Scotia, from 1917 to 1920. He was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1901 and became Prime Minister after the defeat of the Laurier government in the 1911 federal election. In the Borden ministries, 1911 to 1920, Borden was President of the Privy Council from 1911 to 1917 and Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1912 to 1920. After his retirement Borden was appointed representative of Canada at the Washington Conference, 1921-1922, and was chief Canadian delegate at the Assembly of the League of Nations in 1930 and Canadian representative on the Council of the League. He also served as Chancellor of McGill and Queen's Universities, first president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and President of the League of Nations Society. Other notable positions included President of the Crown Life Insurance Company and Barclay's Bank (Canada).
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The fonds consists of correspondence regarding political and judicial matters including the Paris Peace Conference, 1919, the disarmament conference of 1921, and correspondence between the Governor General and the Colonial Office, referred to Borden for his information and papers of the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference consisting of memoranda and reports on topics discussed at the conference, prepared fpr use within the Imperial War Cabinet and by the British Empie delegation. Also included are notes, memoranda, lectures, speeches, clippings, reports, addresses, diplomas, memoir notes, family papers, and diaries.
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Purchase made possible through the generous assistance of the Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund.
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- English
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MF 3965-4179
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Originals located at National Archives of Canada.
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Open
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Queen's University Archives provides this material for personal study only. It does not provide research services for this material. Permission to publish must be obtained from the National Archives of Canada.
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No further accruals are expected