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Jack Beaton fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1935, 2008.

Reference:

R15515-0-1-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4801868

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Jack Beaton fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1935, 2008.

Place of creation:

China

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.
6 photographs : b&w.
1 print : postcard.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consist of a diary written by Jack Beaton while serving as the Canadian YMCA representative on a six-month trip to Japan, Korea and Hong Kong to study the future plans and policies of the International YMCA; minor annotations were added by granddaughter Belinda Beaton in 2008. The fonds also includes six photographs that were found in the diary and a postcard.

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Beaton, Jack

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Beaton, Jack : John (Jack) W. Beaton was born in Chesley, Ontario in 1887. During the First World War he was attached to the Canadian Corps Headquarters as a representative of the YMCA, from 1916 to 1919. He became the General Secretary of the Montreal YMCA in 1920, remaining in this position until 1951, the year that he died. He undertook many missions around the world on behalf of the YMCA, particularly in the 1934-1936 period.

In 1935 he was chosen to represent the Canadian YMCA as part of a commission of three people to study the future plans and policies of the International YMCA in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. These policies had been affected by the Great Depression, during the course of which the foreign work contributions of the North American YMCA organizations had been greatly reduced. The trip lasted six months and allowed Mr. Beaton to see first-hand the kind of work that was being done with YMCA funding.

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Photo, art, textual (Electronic) Finding aid describes volume 1 at the item level. (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003537.pdf

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Custodial history:

The material was received in 2011 by Dr. Belinda Beaton, granddaughter of Jack Beaton.

Associated material note:

See also National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada fonds.
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Young Men's Christian Association

Young Mens Christian Association - China
Source:

Private

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2015-00379-7
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R15515] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R15515] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R15515] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10