Robert Norman Thompson fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
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Robert Norman Thompson fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
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Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS0847 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000127.pdfPhotographs (Electronic) Some item level descriptions are available in the MINISIS database. (Restrictions not set) -
Record information Robert Norman Thompson fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Date:1951-1976.Reference:R7105-0-6-E, MG32-C2Type of material:Textual material, Sound recordings, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103560Date(s):1951-1976.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:2.4 m of textual records.
96 audio reels.
34 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: personal party files; Social Credit Association of Canada; Red Deer constituency; government departments and agencies; miscellaneous personal; Africa; Ethiopia; speeches and articles; and printed material and clippings.
Fonds also consists of sound recordings of speeches and talks by Thompson.
Fonds also consists of photographs of the Avro Canada Jetliner aircraft CF-EJD; Thompson; and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Thompson, Robert N. (Robert Norman), 1914- : Robert Thompson was born 17 May 1914 at Duluth, Minnesota. He taught school in Alberta and practised as a chiropractor before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force, in which he served in the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme, 1941-1943. From 1944 to 1958 he was engaged in educational and mission work in Ethiopia and the Sudan, becoming a personal friend of H.I.M. Haile Selassi I.
He was elected president of the Social Credit Association of Canada in 1960, and elected to the House of Commons for Red Deer in 1962, serving through three general elections until 1972. From 1961 to 1967 he was national leader of the Social Credit Party. Thompson joined the Progressive Conservative caucus prior to the election of 1968 and sat as a P.C. member until 1972. Thompson died at Fort Langley, British Columbia 16 November 1997.Additional information:General note:Received in 1972, 1977 and 1987 from Robert N. Thompson.Subject heading:- Political participation - Canada, 1960-1972, 1976 Social Credit Association of Canada, 1960-1972
- Political parties - Canada, 1960-1972 Red Deer (Alta.), 1962-1972
- Robert Norman Thompson - Career in politics and government, 1960-1972 Africa, [1960-1972]
- Legislators - Canada, 1962-1972 Ethiopia, [1960-1972]
- Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Constituents, 1962-1972
- Canada - Executive departments, 1962-1972
- Political oratory - Canada, 1960-1972
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Canada
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG32-C2 -
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