Leolyn Dana Wilgress fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Leolyn Dana Wilgress fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Date:1926-1963.Reference:R4381-0-0-E, MG31-E9Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103702Date(s):1926-1963.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:10 cm of textual records.
12 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of handwritten drafts of five chapters of memoirs, 1892-1917, and four chapters of "Moscow Through the Years", n.d., 5 cm; memoranda, speeches, pamphlets, and occasional letters concerning such subjects as, Siberia 1919, and Kuibyshev, Russia, 1943, the Atlantic Alliance, NATO, Canadian export trade, western foreign policy, European economic cooperation, Canadian defence, 1958-63, and Commercial Intelligence Journals, 1926-27, 5 cm.
The fonds also contains photographs of a meeting of Commonwealth High Commissioners in London, England, March, 1951; and portraits from international political conferences attended by D.L. Wilgress, 1950-1951.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Wilgress, Leolyn Dana, 1892-1969 : Leolyn Dana Wilgress, born in 1892 at Vancouver, B.C., was educated in Japan and Canada. After graduating from McGill University in 1914, he joined the Department of Trade and Commerce as a trade commissioner. He served in Russia, Romania, England and Germany. In 1932 he became director of the commercial intelligence service. In 1940 Wilgress became deputy-minister of the Department of Trade and Commerce.
Wilgress joined the Department of External Affairs in 1942 as Canada's first minister and later ambassador to the U.S.S.R. He also served with the United Nations, on trade and tariff negotiations, as High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, and on the North Atlantic Council of Deputies. From 1952 to 1953 he was Under Secretary of State for External Affairs. Following this he represented Canada at NATO Council, at OEEC, and as Canadian chairman on the Permanent Joint Board of Defence for Canada and the United States.
See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985 and The Canadian Who's Who, 1967-1969.Additional information:General note:Received in 1971 from Mrs. D. Wilgress.Subject heading:- Canada - Officals and employees, 1926-1963 Siberia (Russia), 1958-1963
- Diplomats - Canada, 1926-1963 Kubibyshev (Russia), 1958-1963
- Manuscripts - Leolyn Dana Wilgress, 1926-1963 Atlantic Alliance, 1958-1963
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Canada, 1926-1963 North American Treaty Organization, 1958-1963
- Canada - Commerce, 1956-1963 Commercial Intelligence Journals1926-1927
- Canada - Military policy, 1958-1963 Moscow Through the Years, n.d
- Canada - Foreign relations
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG31-E9 -
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