Collection search - David Arnold Keys fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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David Arnold Keys fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1900-1977.

Reference:

R5969-0-7-E, MG30-B59

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102737

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David Arnold Keys fonds
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Fonds includes:

10 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1900-1977.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.27 m of textual records.
382 photographs : b&w and col.
1 print : etching ; 11 x 9.6 cm (image).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: correspondence, the bulk of which is between Dr. Keys and his sisters Jean and Erskine, (n.d., 1906-1977); reports and msicellaneous files concerning Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (1947-1974); popular addresses and papers on the topics of atomic energy and scientific advances (n.d., 1913-1968); subject files on such topics as the Order of Canada, Deep River Village and biographical sketches (n.d., 1923, 1945-1974); printed material, including university magazines, school yearbooks and conference programmes (n.d., 1919-1974); personal files, including drafts of Keys' biography, diaries, guest books, academic records, awards and financial material (n.d., 1900-1977); scrapbooks and clippings that document Keys' career (n.d., 1915-1977); four notebooks of correspondence to Keys' mother (1918-1919), research notes (n.d., 1913-1916) and diaries that document Keys' time as director of the Chalk River nuclear plant and his retirement in Deep River (1948-1975).

Fonds also consists of photographs of David A. Keys' professional and professional life, 1911-1973.

The fonds also includes a portrait of Dr. David Arnold Keys by Frederick Bourchier Taylor.

Provenance:

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Keys, David A. (David Arnold), 1890-1977

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McGill University

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Keys, David A. (David Arnold), 1890-1977 : David A. Keys was born in Toronto, the son of Professor D.R. Keys of the University of Toronto. In spite of missing considerable schooling due to illness, he studied for one year in Munich, 1910-1911 under Whilhem Roentgen, the discoverer of X-rays; graduated with a BA (1915) and a MA (1916) from the University of Toronto; and received a MA (1916) and PhD (1920) from Harvard plus another PhD from Cambridge in 1922. During WW I he did research on anti-submarine warfare for the British Admiralty.

Keys began teaching physics at McGill in 1922, eventually becoming Macdonald Professor of Physics 1941-1947. In 1947 he was chosen by C.J. Mackenzie to become the National Research Council Vice-President in charge of the Atomic Energy Project at Chalk River, Ontario. Considerable atomic research was done here as well as the building of Canada's earliest nuclear reactors. From 1955 to 1965 he was Scientific Advisor to the President of Atomic Energy of Canada. After his retirement Keys remained in Deep River until his death on 28 October 1977.

Keys was the author of popular physics textbooks which went through numerous editions: Applied geophysics, College physics and An elementary course in physics as well as lab manuals. He was also the author of numerous scientific and popular articles on geophysics and nuclear research. Keys received many awards and honorary degrees for his scientific contributions.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of file titles. MSS1519 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000250.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1972 from D.A. Keys of Deep River, Ont. and in 1977 and 1995 from Dr. John Keys of Ottawa, Ont. Bound AECL reports and popular addresses were transferred in 1971 from Atomic Energy of Canada.
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Scrapbooks Canada

David Arnold Keys - Correspondence, 1906-1977 Chalk River (Ont.), [1923, 1945-1974]

Jean Keys - Correspondence, 1960-1977 Douglas Point (Ont.), [1923, 1945-1974]

Erskine Keys - Correspondence, 1960-1977 Deep River (Ont.), [1923, 1945-1974]

Keys family - Correspondence, [1906-1977] Whiteshell (Man.), [1923, 1945-1974]

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited - Records and correspondence, 1947-1974 Order of Canada, [1945-1974]

David Arnold Keys - Oratory, 1947-1968 Canada. National Research Council

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian, 1947-1968 C.J. MacKenzie

David Arnold Keys - Writings, [1913-1968]

David Arnold Keys - Diaries, 1900-1910, 1977

David Arnold Keys - Autobiography, [1900-1977]

Autographs, [1900-1977]

Rewards (Prizes, etc.) - Canada, [1923, 1945-1974]

University and colleges - Periodicals, [1919-1974]

Canada. National Research Council - Officials and employees, 1945-1955

Physicists - Canada, 1922-1977

School yearbooks, [1919-1974]

Nuclear Research

Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Research - Chalk River, (Ontario)

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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123-020015-0
1984-167 PIC
1984-224 NPC
1995/0075

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B59
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1519] 117

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old.
Print: No restrictions. Copyright: Frederick Bourchier Taylor (expires 2037). Crown copyright on reproductions. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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