Collection search - George Vickers Haythorne fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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George Vickers Haythorne fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1921-1997.

Reference:

R4391-0-9-E, MG31-E23

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103712

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George Vickers Haythorne fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1921-1997.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6.18 m of textual records.
91 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of records relating to George V. Haythorne's career in the fields of economics, labour relations and international development management, 1921-1993. These records are divided into seven series: Department of Labour; Prices and Incomes Commission; Publications; Personal Correspondence; Subject Files; Speeches; and International Development Management.

The fonds also contains photographs of George V. Haythorne and colleagues at the Dept. of Labour; photos illustrating the Mennonite Settlement at Reesor, Ont.; portraits including Haythorne and Jean-Luc Pepin, [ca. 1930-1970], and photographs of Haythorne attending various national and international labour-related conferences and congresses [ca. 1950s-1960s]. There are also two group photographs of Student Christian Movement conferences from 1930 and 1931. Photographers/ studios include Charlton & Rathburn, P.E. McDonald (Toronto), G.G.Burachex (Geneva), Turofsky (Toronto), URS G. Arni, and L. Bianco (Geneva).

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Haythorne, George Vickers, 1909-2001

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Haythorne, George Vickers, 1909-2001 : George Vickers Haythorne, born in 1909 at Edmonton, Alberta, received his education from the University of Alberta (B.A., 1930; M.A., 1932) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1949). He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1948. From 1938 to 1942, Haythorne was the Secretary of the Nova Scotia Economic Council.

Haythorne held several positions with the Canadian Department of Labour including: Chief investigator, National Selective Service, 1942; Associate Director, National Selective Service, 1943-1946; Director, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Branch, 1946-1947; Director, Economics and Research Branch, 1948-1953; Assistant Deputy Minister, Manpower, 1953-1961; and, Deputy Minister, 1961-1969. During his years with the Department of Labour, Haythorne served as the Canadian Government representative on the governing body of the International Labour Organization (1956-1969) and was a delegate at numerous I.L.O. Conferences between 1953 and 1969. He was also chairman of the International Labour Office, Committee of Experts on Productivity (1952) and president of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (1954-1955).

From 1969 to 1972, he was a Commissioner of the Prices and Incomes Commission. In 1973, Haythorne was a Senior Visitor, Economic and Industrial Relations at Cambridge University .

From 1974 to 1979, Haythorne was Director of the Institute for Development Management for Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. During those years, he also taught at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. From 1980 until his retirement, he was a consultant, advisor and teacher for the Canadian International Development Agency, the World University Service of Canada and the Commonwealth Secretariat in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia.

Haythorne authored numerous publications including Land and Labour and Labor in Canadian Agriculture. He died in 2001.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS1502 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000247.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1976, 1980, 1991 and 1995 from Dr. George V. Haythorne of Ottawa, Ont. Additional material received in 2005 from Elinor Mueller.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Officials and employees, 1928-1975 Canada. Dept. of Labour, 1935-1975

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian, 1948-1973 Prices and Incomes Commission, 1955-1975

Labour - Canada, 1946-1971 International Labour Organization, 1946-1971

Labour movement - Canada, 1946-1971 Seafarer's International Union of North America, 1946-1971

Labour disputes - Canada, 1946-1971 Land and Labour, 1926-1961

Agricultural labourers - Canada, 1946-1971 Labour in Canadian Agriculture, 1937-1961

Development management Student Christian Movement of Canada, 1921-1974

l all Nova Scotia Economic Council, 1921-1974

Canadian Youth Commission, 1921-1974

Workers' Educational Association of Canada, 1921-1974

League of Nations Society, 1921-1974

Institute of Development Management; Botswana; Lesotho; Swaziland; Sierra Leone; Zaire; Zimbabwe
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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119-020248-4
1981-097 NPC
1991/0309
2005-00347-6

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-E23

Other accession no.:

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1991/0309 MSS
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000673.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 1502] 117

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R4391] 36--37

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [HAYTHORNE, GEORGE V. 1981-097] 6202

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on access. Copyright varies. See individual items. Any photograph originally created before January 1, 1949 copyright is expired. For any photograph originally created on or after January 1, 1949, copyright applies until the death of the photographer plus fifty years.

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