Gordon Fairweather Mg 32 C 72 Finding Aid No. 1990
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GORDON FAIRWEATHER MG 32 C 72 FINDING AID NO. 1990 / INSTRUMENT DE RECHERCHE NO 1990 Prepared in 1994 by Tanya Préparé en 1994 par Tanya Karlebach of the Political Karlebach du section des Archives Section archives politiques TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction .................................................... i Correspondence Series ............................................. 1 Parliamentary Office Subject Series - Official Files.......................... 13 Parliamentary Office Subject Series - Working Files......................... 25 Human Rights Subject Series .................................. 30 INTRODUCTION The records in this fonds were received in five separate accessions from Gordon Fairweather's parliamentary office and the Office of the Canadian Human Rights Commissioner. The fonds therefore represents two distinct phases of Fairweather's career and this distinction has been preserved in the arrangement of the records. Four series were discernible in the fonds: a Correspondence series, the Parliamentary office series-official files, Parliamentary office series-working files, and Human rights subject series. Although almost all files contain some correspondence, some files were originally titled as "correspondence" in the original file title and contained only correspondence. These files have been organized into one coherent series spanning both periods of Fairweather's career. The rough original order has been maintained by creating two sub-series, one based on chronological blocks of files, and the second on an alphabetical structure. As far as possible the file contents remain in the original order and different files from the same year or alphabetical group have not been combined. This results in some years, or letters, having multiple files; the rationale being that the original context of the records is undisturbed. The file titles in this series begin with the sub-series name, a hyphen and then the specific file designator. The two parliamentary series relate to Fairweather's terms in the House of Commons and consist of alphabetical runs of subject files. The official files had been filed in a hanging file cabinet in a clear alphabetical order. In contrast the working files were far less organized and appear to contain more material of personal concern to Fairweather. The Human rights series is composed solely of records from the Office of the Human Rights Commission. These have been organized into alphabetical order by subject. Anye original file titles have been preserved. In all four series, the file title is followed in some instances by a colon which introduces a brief description of the file contents and subjects. These descriptions are not comprehensive and other material will exist in the files. In some cases large files have been refiled into a number of different folders. This division is indicated by the designation (Part A), (Part B) etc. Material of a similar nature, such as speeches and speech material, or files on the same topic, such as Anglican Church, have been cross referenced in the similar files in other series. This allows these files to be assessed in the context and period within which they were created and used, rather than within an artificial grouping. GORDON FAIRWEATHER MG 32 C 72 Vol. File Subject Date CORRESPONDENCE SERIES 1 1 Chronological Correspondence-Congratulatory Messages: letters, telegrams 1958 and cards to Gordon Fairweather upon his appointment as Attorney General of New Brunswick. (Part A) 2 Chronological Correspondence-Congratulatory Messages (Part B) 1958 3 Chronological Correspondence-1962: includes congratulations upon election 1962 to the House of Commons. 4 Chronological Correspondence-1963: also includes clippings. 1963 5 Chronological Correspondence-1964: includes correspondence regarding a 1964 poem written by Fairweather about Jack Pickersgill. 6 Chronological Correspondence-1964: includes correspondence about the 1964 Progressive Conservative Policy Conference in Fredericton. 7 Chronological Correspondence-1964: some political correspondence 1964 regarding the disunity of the P.C. Party and leadership difficulties. 8 Chronological Correspondence-1965: includes political correspondence from 1965 1965 relating to the Progressive Conservative leadership. 1 9 Chronological Correspondence-1965: includes letters regarding P.C. 1965 leadership. 10 Chronological Correspondence-1965 1965 11 Chronological Correspondence-1965: a number of letters from New 1965 Brunswick friends and constituents regarding the Progressive Conservative leadership. Also some correspondence with Grattan O'Leary. 2 GORDON FAIRWEATHER MG 32 C 72 Vol. File Subject Date 12 Chronological Correspondence-1965: includes correspondence between 1965 Dalton Camp and Leon Balcer regarding the position of Quebec Progressive Conservatives. 13 Chronological Correspondence-1966: includes a telegram from Fairweather 1966 supporting Hatfield. 14 Chronological Correspondence-1967: primarily personal letters from family. 1967 15 Chronological Correspondence-1967: includes correspondence relating to a 1967 television appearance by Fairweather. Correspondents include, Alden Nowlan, Robert Stanfield and Andrew Brewin. 16 Chronological Correspondence-1967: includes correspondence regarding the 1967 election of Lucien Lamoureux as Queen's counsel. Correspondents include, J.C, Van Horne, Eugene Forsey, Peter Newman and a variety of M.Ps sending notes of commendation. 17 Chronological Correspondence-1968 1968 18 Chronological Correspondence-1968: correspondents include, Norman 1968 Atkins, Maurice Sauve, H. McCain and Lucien Lamoureux. 19 Chronological Correspondence-1968 1968 1 20 Chronological Correspondence-1969: includes a letter to Fairweather urging 1969 him to run for the Provincial leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. 21 Chronological Correspondence-1969 1969 22 Chronological Correspondence-1969: includes get well wishes from a number 1969 of parliamentarians. 23 Chronological Correspondence-1969: correspondents include Tommy 1969 Douglas, Dalton Camp, Ramsay Cook, Mitchell Sharp and Grattan O'Leary. 24 Chronological Correspondence-1970 1970 25 Chronological Correspondence-1970 1970 26 Chronological Correspondence-1970: predominately personal. 1970 27 Chronological Correspondence-1971: includes correspondence regarding a 1971 trip made by Fairweather to Israel. (See also Volume 16, file 7 for other 1971 correspondence.) MG 32 C 72 GORDON FAIRWEATHER 3 Vol. File Subject Date 28 Chronological Correspondence-1972: includes telegrams of congratulation 1972 and replies from Fairweather. 29 Chronological Correspondence-1972: correspondents include Dalton Camp, 1972 Tim Creery and John Turner. 30 Chronological Correspondence-1972: primarily constituent concerns. 1972 2 1 Chronological Correspondence-1973: includes a number of reference letters 1973 and requests for recommendation. 2 Chronological Correspondence-1973: includes notes from a number of M.P.s 1973 on Fairweather's work in Parliament. Various letters of thanks to Fairweather for speeches given or help received. 2 3 Chronological Correspondence-1974: contains correspondence relating to 1974 Fairweather's community service and donations to various charities. 4 Chronological Correspondence-1974: includes correspondence relating to the 1974 murder of two Canadian women at Victoria Falls. 5 Chronological Correspondence-1974: includes resumes and requests for 1974 reference letters. 6 Chronological Correspondence-1975: includes letter from Grattan O'Leary 1975 mentioning Flora MacDonald's leadership campaign. 7 Chronological Correspondence-1975 1975 8 Chronological Correspondence-1975: contains material relating to Copyright 1975 Law in Canada as well as various constituent correspondence. 9 Chronological Correspondence-1975: correspondents include, Robert 1975 Stanfield, Monique Begin, Don Mazankowski and other M.P.s writing to commend Fairweather on speeches given in the house. 8 Chronological Correspondence-1976 1976 9 Chronological Correspondence-1976: primarily personal. 1976 10 Chronological Correspondence-1977: contains constituency correspondence 1977 and material relating to an exhibit by Noel Harding at Canada House in London. 11 Chronological Correspondence-1977: includes correspondence and notes 1977 between Joe Clark and Fairweather regarding Fairweather's resignation of his seat. 4 GORDON FAIRWEATHER MG 32 C 72 Vol. File Subject Date 2 12 Chronological Correspondence-resignation: includes letters, notes and 1977 telegrams congratulating Fairweather on his appointment as Chief Commissioner of Canada's Human Rights Commission. (Part A) 13 Chronological Correspondence-resignation (Part B) 1977 14 Chronological Correspondence-resignation (Part C) 1977 15 Chronological Correspondence-resignation (Part D) 1977 16 Chronological Correspondence-resignation (Part E) 1977 17 Chronological Correspondence-resignation (Part F) 1977 3 1 Chronological Correspondence-1977: includes notes for remarks made by 1977 Fairweather at a testimonial dinner given in his honour. Also includes some correspondence with Ed Ritchie, Canada's ambassador to Ireland. (Part A) 2 Chronological Correspondence-1977 (Part B) 1977 3 Chronological Correspondence-1977: consists of primarily constituency 1977 correspondence. 4 Chronological Correspondence-1977: primarily personal. 1977 5 Chronological Correspondence-1978: primarily personal, includes a letter 1978 from Brian Mulroney regarding a dinner for Michael Meighen. (Part A) 6 Chronological Correspondence-1978