- SCA264-GA281-3
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- 1944
File consists of 20 propaganda photographs taken by the Nazi party, largely in Oldenburg and the surrounding area. Includes photographs of naval military officials, Nazi events, and members of the party.
Rowntree, Kenneth
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File consists of 20 propaganda photographs taken by the Nazi party, largely in Oldenburg and the surrounding area. Includes photographs of naval military officials, Nazi events, and members of the party.
Rowntree, Kenneth
Handkerchief of King George V.
File consists of one mounted handkerchief showing a portrait of King George V in military dress [possibly wearing the Order of the Medjidie]. The portrait is surrounded in each corner by images of the Royal Dragoons, Gordon Highlanders, Bengal Lancers and Irish Guards and a border of flags, British, French, Russian, Russian Imperial, Belgian, and one unknown flag [possibly Serbian?].
George V, King of Great Britain
J. Calvert & Co. advertisement
French advertisement for J. Calvet & Co. winery showing a woman holding a French flag and stirring a pot.
Maria Louise Clough scrapbook.
One scrapbook kept by Maria Louise Clough while on a trip from Boston to England, Scotland, France and Italy in 1886 and 1887. The scrapbook contains cards, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and realia (including plant material), and provides insight into the activities and tastes of a young woman from that period of time. Among the contents are: Cunard ephemera (including deck plans, menus, passenger list), theatre ephemera (including Henry Irving in Faust at the Lyceum), a cigarette, lace, Westminster Abbey ephemera, transportation tickets, a moving-part Christmas card, fringe forming part of the decoration of the funeral car of the Duke of Wellington, postcards, engravings, hotel ephemera, identified leaves and flowers, etc.
Clough, Maria Louise
Fonds consists of one 141 page carbon typescript of "Among the beavers: Canadians and others" by Gladys Lillian King. The work is a personal narrative of the work done by the Military Women Police in and around the Beaver Hut in the Strand, London. Also includes two photographs of King with others.
King, Gladys Lilian
Copenhagen, Cologne, Weisbaden, Berlin, Europe.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
No. 4 : Lake Lucerne, Altdorf, Lucerne, Interlaken, Jungfrau, [?, Jua[?] Pass, Montreux, Lousanne.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people, including Ivan, Mary and Mary Keffer, captured on film.
Schneider family
Munich, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, Augsberg.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film taken while touring various towns in Germany including Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, and Augsburg. Ivan Keffer appears at certain points and is likely the person filming Norman Schneider playing and digging in snow. The majority of the footage consists of scenic landscape views of mountain ranges and lakes taken from moving cars, trains and a gondola, as well as shots taken while stationary on a snow covered mountain and in town squares. Various architectural features, such as the Clock Tower and Hercules Fountain in Augsburg, are included as are shots of towns people and tourists, some dressed in lederhosen and others rock climbing.
Schneider family
Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #2.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film taken during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Includes footage of a large scale calisthenics demonstration; Korean athlete Sohn Kee-chung, who won the marathon running gold medal while competing for Japan, speaking and signing autographs; a view of Brandenburg Gate and the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument; a partial pan of a busy Berlin street; an exterior view of Amerika Haus; various scenes shot on the Olympic Village grounds and views of buildings there, as well as athletes and delegation members walking on the grounds, practising for events, playing organized activities, and relaxing; a panoramic view of sail boats in what may be Kiel Bay; uniformed officers marching through the street; and the closing ceremonies. Extended footage of sporting events appear through out including: water polo [continued from end of Berlin #1 reel], marathon running, relay, diving (platform and springboard), and equestrian jumping.
Schneider family
Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #1.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film taken during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Includes the opening ceremonies and the entrance of Olympic teams from Canada, Japan and Germany; the lighting of the Olympic flame in the stadium cauldron; several shots of stadium spectators with arms extended in Nazi salute; views of the Olympic grounds and environs; views of Nazi flags on display on Olympic grounds and outside of the [Reichstag?]; and multiple sporting events including: track, hurdles, polo, and water polo.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film of street and habour scenes in Le Havre, France. Includes the Monument aux Morts and a view of Schneider surnames on the list of the dead; the front of the Bellevue hotel and restaurant; outdoor urinals; the exteriors of the Grand Théâtre and the Galeries du Havre; and a movie poster for Le petit lord fauntleroy; and an unidentified man raising a beer in salute and then spilling it.
Film canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "War monument - Schneiders, Harbour, Sailing boat, Street scenes, semi open toilets, Movie ad, Butcher shops, Who? spills beer, Harbour + Restaurants."
Schneider family
Part of John Walter fonds.
File contains an two envelopes with examples of German ration coupons from the 1920s and examples of scrips from Rochester, New York and Multnomah County in Oregon. The ration coupons include a pencil identification that reads: "Walter Johann".
Walter, John
Arthur Wellesley Wellington letter
Contains one letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington addressed to Francis Fane, the 12th Earl of Westmorland.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
One unidentified English account book with entries from 1800-1809 for wages paid, property taxes, debts, etc.
Fonds consists of seventeen documents relating to the Jardine family, dating from 1797 to 1927, including correspondence, character references, certificates of marriage, articles of partnership, and one will.
Jardine Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of two unknown teenagers in costume seen looking off camera. One is seated wearing a bonnet with [ribbon] hanging from right arm and the other is seen standing wearing a top hat and ribbon with body length tails.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of an unknown young man seen standing with a hat in left hand while leaning against a prop column.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of an unknown young girl seated in a chair, with legs tucked in at her side, and left arm propped on a side table with an open book on top.
Seagram Family
Berne-Bellecour, Etienne Prosper.
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait [Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour] seen standing with gloves and a top hat, and looking at the camera.
Seagram Family
Boscari de Villeplaine, Anna Barbara
Part of Seagram collection
Three quarter length studio portrait of M. Boscari deVilleplaine (nee Hespeler) seen standing with arms crossed along the top of a high back chair and looking off camera.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of a young girl looking toward the camera posed with left hand at face, and left arm and right hand resting on a prop rock.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Laura [?] seen looking off camera. Of note is the ornate hair style and a locket tied around her neck.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full body studio portrait of studio portrait of Julia Seagram seen seated with hands in lap looking of camera.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full body studio portrait of Keren Seagram seen seated in profile reading from a book on a table.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of Thomas Seagram looking toward the camera standing with a cane and left arm resting on the back of a high back chair.
Seagram Family
Part of Seagram collection
Full length studio portrait of William Ballard Seagram looking off camera standing with right hand in pocket and holding a top hat in his left hand.
Seagram Family
Collection contains prints of Canadian landscapes done by William Henry Bartlett in 1841 and portraits of prominent 17th and 18th century politicians from Europe and Canada. Also included are letters from English prime ministers dating around the 1700s. The collection is arranged in one series consisting of print engravings, a file of Bartlett prints, and a scrapbook containing letters.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry)
London, England local government scrapbook.
Scrapbook of manuscript notes, clippings, leaflets, handbills and other ephemera concerning the local government in London, England, from 1886 to 1892. Some of the clippings are accompanied by handwritten annotations. The scrapbook has a front pocket that holds several loose-leaf notes, clippings, and pamphlets.
Clippings cover a wide range of topics concerning the London County Council and Kensington Parliament such as meetings, motions, tax reforms, public addresses, as well as news about the law and parliamentary committees.
Maps showing First World War battles and troop movements.
Part of W.H.E. Schmalz collection.
File consists of two large maps showing battles of the first World War and troop movements in France and Belgium. The maps are hand drawn and annotated by W.H.E. Schmalz.
Schmalz, W.H.E.
Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.
File consists of one journal maintained by Anne Innis Dagg during the course of a European trip in 1956. The journal outlines a walking trip through the UK taken by Anne and two friends.
Dagg, Anne Innis
Silver stater from Aegina (Greece) showing on the obverse a land tortoise with thirteen plates and on the reverse an incuse square with five compartments containing letters and a dolphin.
Pyke, Edgar William
Interview with Aaron T. Francis.
A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Aaron Francis, PhD candidate, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Francis's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include Jamaica, Leeds, England, immigration, COM DEV, art, political science, and Francis's PhD studies. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.
University of Waterloo Archives
An audio-visual recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Judi Jewinski, retired Administrative Dean at Renison University College, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Jewinski's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include teaching, writing and grammar, drama, English literature, Renison College, Faculty of Arts, students, poetry readings, Association of English as a Second Language Association of Ontario, English Language Institute, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Gordon Stubley Language Competency Committee, Maurice Evans, Richard “Dick” Knight, Grace Logan, Harry Tuyn, Neil Hultin, Harry Logan, Gordon Slethaug, Tanya Missere Mihas, Michael Smyth, and Switzerland. The interview was conducted in-person in Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.
University of Waterloo Archives
Computer education in Ontario secondary schools / G.C. Bonham and D.D. Cowan.
Part of Dr. Donald D. Cowan fonds.
Two original typed copies of a manuscript titled, "Computer education in Ontario secondary schools" by G.C. Bonham and Donald Cowan. One copy of the manuscript is thirty-three pages and the other copy is twenty-eight pages. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the first International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) World Conference on Computer Education held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands between August 24-28, 1970.
Cowan, Donald D.
Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.
File consists of an album compiled by Ella Anthes Cook, and including some additions probably by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of family members and friends and snapshots taken on Ella's trip to Europe, around Ontario, at Felsheim, and on her honeymoon. Includes a family photograph taken at Talmon Henry Rieder's 40th birthday, a snapshot taken when Earl Grey visited Berlin, a snapshot taken at the unveiling of Queen Victoria's monument at Victoria Park, and a photograph by Denton of the interior of Zion Evangelical Church.
Rieder and Anthes family
Kaufman, Emma and Julia Matouskova.
Photograph postcard of Emma Kaufman and Julia Matouskova smiling while standing together on a tree-lined sidewalk in Geneva.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
Copy of English Statutes anno 1594
The title page for a book of English statutes published in 1594.
Belair, Charles
Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III and the reverse a 3 (threepence), a 4 (fourpence), four shields surrounding a garter star with crowns in the angles (Shilling and sixpence).
Pyke, Edgar William
Percival Horton-Smith Hartley scrapbooks.
Fonds contains two scrapbooks created by Sir Percival Hartley dating from 1921 to 1939. Both contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes relating to a variety of topics in areas such as theology, physicians, poetry, and the history of England.
Hartley, Sir Percival Horton-Smith
Part of Ontario history collection.
File consists of one small advertising calendar for the Weekly Times of England.
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
File consists of one item of correspondence to Tony Urquhart from an unknown correspondent. Also includes nine photographs of Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
Urquhart, Tony
Part of 1936 Olympics collection.
One brochure with information on attending the 1936 Winter and Summer Olympics. Includes information on the schedule, accommodations, the Olympic Village, an art installation, the youth camp, the torch relay, ticket prices and more.
Part of 1936 Olympics collection.
One map of Berlin with smaller maps of various Olympic sites including the Olympic Village, Reich sports grounds, the marathon course, the regatta courses and a map of the plan for the winter games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Dresdner Bank
Photographs of Berlin Reichssportfeld.
Part of 1936 Olympics collection.
20 photographs showing various exterior and interior shots of the Reichssportfeld (sports complex) in Berlin (which is no longer standing). The photographs show the track, monuments outside the building, performers, and the Olympic torch among others. Photographs are identified on the verso in German.
Motz, William John : Canadian newspaper tour scrapbook.
Part of Motz family fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook kept by William John Motz with photographs and ephemera from the Canadian newspaper tour of Europe from June 6th-July 26th, 1929. The tour visited: Paris, Chester, Windsor, Versailles, The Trossachs, Amiens, Vienna, Vimy, Albert, Prague, Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, Birmingham, Ayr, Scheveningen, London, Hampton, Hever, Kenliworth, Warwick, Stratford, Chester, Wales, Blackpool, Mellrose, Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, Inversaid, Dumfries, Liverpool and others.
Motz Family
Culinary and medicinal household recipe book.
Culinary and medicinal manuscript household recipe notebook including recipes for food (such as jelly and lemonade), medicinal remedies (such as an earache cure and a cough syrup), and household remedies (such as furniture cream and cement).
Contents are divided into sections. First 25 pages are not numbered and include lists of contents. Pages 1 to 73 are numbered and contain culinary recipes, medicinal remedies, and household remedies. Pages 74 to 108 are numbered and left blank with a few pencil-written sums and calculations. Pages 109 to 112 were numbered and are missing. Pages 113 to 115 are numbered and contain culinary recipes and household remedies.
Includes unbound pages with recipes inserted in the book.
Script is in black, blue, and red ink and graphite pencil.
Consists of material relating to the research for, writing and publication of two volumes relating to the Petworth Emigration Scheme: Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada : the Petworth Project, 1832-1837 / by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, and English immigrant voices : labourers letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's, both of which were published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2000.
The files retained by the Project fall into three broad categories :
1) the "results of genealogical research in England and the family history files used in creating the list in Part 2 of Assisting emigration;
2) files relating to research in Canadian genealogical resources;
3) files dealing with the process and creation of the books."
Included are correspondence among the primary researchers and to and from individuals relating to families and individual emigrants, data sheets and electronic databases relating to Petworth emigrants and sponsors, photocopies of original correspondence and documents, research notes, drafts and working papers relating to the editing of the final manuscripts.
The Jackman Foundation
Fonds consists of materials relating to the life and career of Jerzy Pindera, with a specific focus on his time in World War II and as a prisoner of war in Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence, articles, war records and short stories, as well as tapes of interviews conducted with Pindera.
Pindera, Jerzy Tadeusz
Edgar William Pyke coin collection.
Collection of coins ranging from the Persian Empire of the 6th century BCE to 19th century Britain. The coins reflect the development of the monetary systems, art, religion and shifting borders of the world. Also included are a coin weight and various electrotype coin reproductions.
Pyke, Edgar William
Kenneth Rowntree Germany collection.
Collection consists of materials collected by Kenneth Rowntree during his time in Germany as part of the Canadian Army Dental Corps at the end of the Second World War. The collection includes materials primarily created in Oldenburg including a scrapbook relating to the Hitlerjugend, propaganda photographs, a playbill, and a brochure for the Beaver Club.
Rowntree, Kenneth
Victoria Mary Sackville-West letter.
Fonds consists of one holograph letter dated March 9, 1944 from Sackville-West to Mrs. Leslie Hotson discussing the effects of war on South-West England.
Sackville-West, Victoria
Electrotype coin from Syracuse showing on the obverse the head of the nymph Arethusa with a reed crown, surrounded by three dolphins and the reverse a quadriga facing left with a driver holding the reigns and a kentron. A triskele appears above the quadriga and below "ΣYPAKOΣIΩN."
Pyke, Edgar William
W. front, Abbaye aux Hommes (St. Etienne), Caen.
Photograph of the west fa
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of the Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty in Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
St. Alban's Cath[edral]m Eng (from Verulamium Hill)
Photograph of St. Alban's Cathedral from Verulamium Hill, St. Alban's, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Spire of St. Pierre, Caen (from Rue St. Pierre).
Photograph of the spire of the Church of St. Pierre, Caen, France taken from looking down Rue St. Pierre. A number of businesses and people can be seen on the street including a billiards bar, a pharmacy, Sabatier, and more.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of the spire of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin at Oxford in England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Tom Tower Christ Church Colle[ege], Oxford, England.
Photograph of the Tom Tower belltower of Christ Church College, Oxford, England. Two people and a man pulling a cart can be seen at the base of the tower.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of the exterior of the Church of Saint-
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Ruins Wolvesey Palace and Winchester College, Winchester.
One glass plate with two photographs. The first shows Wolvesey Castle (Old Bishop's Palace) and the second Winchester College, both in Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Saxon balusters triforium north transept, St. Albans Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of Anglo-Saxon era balusters on the triforium in the north transpet of St. Albans Cathedral, St. Albans, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Reredos, New Coll[ege] Chapel, Oxford.
Photograph of the reredos at New College Chapel, Oxford, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Nave, St. Alban's Cath[edral], Eng.
Photograph of the nave of St. Alban's Cathedral in England
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Norman door, St. Albans Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of a stone archway identified as a door from the Norman period, in St. Albans Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Two photographs on one plate. The first shows Norman era architectural work in the west aisle of the north end of the transept of Winchester Cathedral. The second shows the tomb of Cardinal Henry Beaufort in Winchester Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Old timbered houses, Rue St. Pierre, Caen.
Photograph of two timber houses on Rue St. Pierre in Caen, France. Note that these buildings still exist at numbers 54 and 52 Rue St. Pierre.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
North nave aisle and window in north transpet, St. Cross near Winchester.
One glass plate with two photographs - the first shows the north nave aisle, and the second a window in the north transept of the Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty in Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
On the Isis at Iffley (from towing path).
Photograph taken on the Isis (The Thames River) in Iffley, England. In the photograph can be seen trees and brush on the banks of the river, as well as four figures on a dock with a boat.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
N. choir aisle. St. Cross Hospital, near Winchester.
Photograph of the north aisle of the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of a the Iffley Mill and poplar trees in Iffley, England on the bank of the River Thames. A bridge can also be seen to the left of the mill.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Magdalen Coll[ege] Tower, Oxford (from other side of bank of Cherwell).
Photograph of the tower of Magdalen College, Oxford, from the other side of the Cherwell River. A bridge can be seen on the left hand side and three people are relaxing on the bank of the river.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Enlargement of south choir aisle Ely Cath[edral].
Photograph of the south choir aisle of Ely Cathedral, Ely, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
East end, Winchester Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of the east end of Winchester Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
House in Cathedral Close, Winchester.
Photograph of Cheyney Court and the Priory Gate, at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of the chevet of the Church of St. Pierre, in Caen, France.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Photograph of a thatched roof cottage in Uffington, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Chancel arches (int), Iffley ch[urch], England.
Photograph of the interior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Iffley showing the arches in the chancel.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Choir & nave, Winchester Cathedral (from the Presbytery).
Photograph of the choir and nave of Winchester Cathedral, England, taken from Presbytery.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Choir of s. trans[ept] (ext) Winchster Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of the choir of the south transept of Winchester Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Apse of Abbaye aux Dames (La St. Trinite), Caen.
Photograph of the apse of the Abbaye of Sainte-Trinite, also known as the Abbaye aux Dames, in Caen, France.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Apse of Abbaye aux Hommes (St. Etienne), Caen.
Photograph of the apse of the Abbaye of Saint Etienne, also called the Abbaye aux Hommes, in Caen, France.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Two photographs on one plate. The first shows arches in the Deanery at Winchester Cathedral, with the tower of the catherdarl in the background. The second shows a triple arch at Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Bell Tower and Cloisters, New Coll[ege], Oxford.
Photograph of the bell tower and cloisters at New College, Oxford, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Abbaye aux Dames (La Ste. Trinite), Caen.
Photograph of the south west corner of Abbey of Sainte-Trinit
Creighton, Charles Dickens
2 bays north side of nave, Winchester Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of two bays in the north side of the nave of the Winchester Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Abbot Ramridge's [Ramryge] tomb, St. Alban's Cath[edral].
Photograph of Abbot Ramryge's tomb in St. Alban's Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Trip over and on continent, Vienna and Budapest.
Photograph of three adults standing in a park. According to annotations, photograph is of the Breithaupt family trip through Europe possibly in 1930, specifically in Vienna or Budapest. Also contains paper developing envelope that contained the negatives when they arrived in archives.
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
Photograph of a group of people sightseeing on a boat, possibly looking at the Rock of Gibraltar (United Kingdom, located south of the Iberian Peninsula).
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
Material accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Telegdi’s visit to the Republic of Hungary on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Fight for Freedom. Telegdi visited Hungary between October 10-14, 2006. Records include invitations, programs, and briefing books containing itineraries, country profile sheets, press clippings, objectives, and information on the Parliament of Hungary and the chronology of parliamentary exchanges between Canada and Hungary. Also contains correspondence including a signed letter from Dénes Tomaj, Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Canada and three signed letters from Dr. Katalin Szili, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary.
Telegdi, Andrew Peter
Minister of Foreign Affairs’ visit to Hungary and Poland.
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
Material created and accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament when he accompanied Peter Mackay, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Budapest, Hungary to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungary Revolution and to participate in bilateral meetings in Warsaw, Poland between October 20-24, 2006. Records include invitations, programs, and correspondence such as a letter of welcome from Robert Hage, Canada's Ambassador to Hungary. Also includes tickets to events such as the Canada Salutes Hungary Gala in Budapest, Hungary, and a memorial publication published by the Hungarian Culture Centre Mindszenty Hall in Windsor, Ontario. In addition, the file contains a briefing book for Hungary and Poland as well as a presentation folder containing a program of events for celebrations in Hungary and other textual material.
Telegdi, Andrew Peter
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament documenting his personal interest and political involvement in matters relating to Canadian-Hungarian relations. Material in this file is primarily related to the planning of events and activities across Canada commemorating the 1956 Hungarian Revolution such as conferences held by the University of Ottawa Institute for Canadian Studies and the University of Toronto, screenings of the film Freedom’s Fury and the CBC documentary The Fifty-Sixers, the opening of the NEW LIVES photographic exhibition curated by the National Arts Centre, and the development of a special stamp issued by Canada Post. Records include correspondence, invitations, brochures, press clippings, news releases, speaking notes, calendars, and other textual material. The file also contains programs for a state dinner in honour of His Excellency László Sólyom, then President of the Republic of Hungary, as well as a picture of Telegdi and Sólyom shaking hands during the event.
Moreover, the file includes a copy of a framework agreement between St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario and Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary to develop co-operation between the two institutions in the fields of education and research.
Telegdi, Andrew Peter