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Alan Butterworth Plaunt Alan Butterworth Plaunt An Inventory of his fond s The Library of the University of British Columbia Special Collections Division Prepared by: Judith Combs, 1971 Revised by: Jenn Roberts, July 2001 Table of Contents Fonds description 1 Series descriptions 2 Inventory list Personal Papers Series Incoming Letters 3 Outgoing Letters 1 8 Subject Files 1 9 Photograph 1 9 Canadian Radio League Serie s Organisation 1 9 Incoming Letters 1 9 Outgoing Letters 23 General Correspondence 23 Form Letters 24 Notebooks 24 Financial Records 24 Minutes 24 Press Releases 24 Support 24 Publicity Material 24 Statistics 24 Printed Material 24 Memoranda, Notes, Etc 25 Newspaper Clippings 25 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Serie s Organisation 25 General Correspondence 25 Memoranda 27 Minutes and Agenda 27 Speeches and Writings 27 Financial Records 27 Reports 27 Submissions 27 Programming 27 Transmission 28 Havana Conference 28 Parliamentary Committee 28 Notes 28 Newspaper Clippings and Extracts 28 Printed Material 28 D Charts, Maps, Etc — 28 Law and Legislation 28 Dorothy Plaunt Dyde Series Correspondence 29 1 Plaunt, Alan Butterworth, 1904-194 1 Alan Butterworth Plaunt fonds. - 1930-1962. 2.7 m of textual records. 10 photographs . Biographical Sketch: Alan Butterworth Plaunt was born in Ottawa on March 25, 1904 to Francis Xavier and Mary Amelia (Butterworth) Plaunt. The family was financially comfortable due to involvement in the lumber and railway tie business in the Ottawa area. Plaunt was educated at University College, University of Toronto (B .A. 1927) ; and Christ Church Oxford (B .A. Honours in modern history, 1929) . At the University of Toronto he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Society and its Secretary during the 1925-26 academic year. He had a lifelong interest in radio broadcasting and he sympathised with the recommendations of the 1929 Aird Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting . His belief in a publicly owned system lead both he and Graham Spry to found the Canadian Radio League in 1930. Plaunt helped establish the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commissio n (CRBC) in 1932 and its successor the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1936. He remained with the CBC until his resignation in 1940 . Plaunt was a member of the League for Social Reconstruction and in 1933 he founded the New Canada Movement to enlighten rural youth about farm problems and the need for a changed social order. Through his various activities he was closely acquainted with David Lewis , Eugene Forsey, Frank Underhill, Frank Scott, and George Grube. Plaunt was married to Dorothy Plaunt Dyde and he died of cancer on September 12, 1941 . Scope and Content : The Plaunt correspondence contains a detailed record of the events surrounding the history of the Canadian Radio League, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (1932), and the Act creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The fonds consists of four series: Personal Papers, the Canadian Radio League, the Canadian Broadcastin g Corporation, and Dorothy Plaunt Dyde. Fonds contains correspondence, financia l records, subject files, clippings, reports, submissions, publicity material, and other documentary forms. Notes: Title based on contents of the fonds . It is assumed that all of Plaunt's papers came from Mrs . Dyde. No restrictions on access . No further accruals expected. 2 Series: Personal Papers . – 1930-1941 . Series consists of materials on radio as well as Plaunt's interest in civil rights, th e New Canada Movement, and Canadian foreign policy . Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, subject files, and a photograph of Plaunt . Canadian Radio League. – 1930-1936 ; predominant 1930-1932 . Founded on December 8, 1930 by Alan Plaunt and Graham Spry, the Canadian Radio League promoted public ownership of Canadian radio . Plaunt was the honorary secretary and financial backer of the organisation. Supported by former fraternity colleagues of both Plaunt and Spry as well as some notable Canadia n figures, such as Louis St. Laurent and Newton W . Rowell, the CRL was an active pressure group. Series consists of organisation index cards, correspondence, notebooks, financial records, minutes, press releases, publicity material, statistics, printed material , newspaper clippings, and working papers . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. – 1936-1942. The Canadian Broadcasting Bill was read and passed in the House of Commons in June 1936 and the Broadcasting Act was proclaimed law on November 2 of the same year. The resulting Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was to regulate private broadcasters . The CBC had a chairman and a policy board of nine (later eleven) members of which Plaunt was one. Gladstone Murray, a former assistant controller with the British Broadcasting Corporation was named the first General Manager of the CBC . Series consists of an organisation file, correspondence, memoranda, minutes and agenda, speeches, writings, financial records, reports, submissions, programmin g records, notes, clippings, legislation, records relating to the Havana Conference and from parliamentary committees. Dorothy Plaunt Dyde . – 1941-1962 . Series consists of general correspondence collected by Mrs . Dyde after Alan Plaunt's death up to the time the records were presented to the library . 3 Inventory List Personal Papers Series Box & fldr no. Subject Date No. of items INCOMING LETTERS 1-1 L'Action Catholique, Quebec [newspaper] 1932 2 Agricola Study Clubs 1933-36 4 Air Law Review [period.] 1937 3 AIRD, John 1930-31, 1936 4 AITKEN, William Traven [1930],1931 2 Alberta. Education Department sa: MCNALLY, 1931 4 G. Fred Alberta. University. Extension Dept sees CORBETT, S.A. Alberta Federation of Labor 193 1 2 ALBRIGHT, W . D. 1931 1 The All-Canadian Congress of Labour 1931-34 6 L'AMI, C.E. n.d. 1 APPLEBEE [1936] 1 1-2 L'Archeveque d'Ottawa 1932 1 Archveche de Quebec 1932 1 ARCHIBALD, E. J. 1936 1 ARCHIBALD, M .E. 1940 1 The Art Gallery of Toronto 1938-39 2 ASHCROFT, R.W. 1940 1 ASHTON, H.H. 1931 1 Association Canadienne-Francaise de 1'Alberta 1931 1 Association d'Education des Canadians- 1931 1 Francais du Manitoba Association of Canadian Advertisers, Toronto 1932 2 ATKINS, John 1939 1 ATKINSON, Joseph E 1930-39 1 1 1-3 BALDWIN. Harry 1936,1940 2 BALDWIN John R sa : Canadian Institute of 1938-40 1 6 International Affairs BALDWIN, Martin see: The Art Gallery of Toronto The-Bank of Toronto, Toronto 1931 1 BEATTIE, Robert 1932 1 BEAUBIEN, A.L. 1936,1938 3 BEAUDET, J.W. 1938 1 BELL, J.P. 1931 1 BELL, Ralph P 1931 1 4 1-3 (cont'd) BENTLEY, W.E. 1931 2 1-4 BERGERON, Lionel 1931 1 BERRY, Cecil sa: Northern Broadcasting 1936-38 3 Corporation Ltd. BETHUNE, Carl P 1931 1 BETTS, Frederick Cronyn 1931 1 BICKERSTETH, J . Burgon 1935,1939 3 BIGGAR, O .M. 1931-32 3 BIRKS, William M . 1930-32 6 BIRTWHISTLE R. Vernon 1938,n.d. 2 BLACK, Walter A 1930-1931 2 1-5 BLAKE, E. Hume 1931-32 19 1-6 BONNYCASTLE, Joan 1937 1 The Border Cities Star, Windsor 1931-32 3 BOURKE, Gerald F 1939 1 BOVEY, Wilfrid 1936 1 BOWMAN, Charles A 1935-36 12 BOWMAN, L.C. 1936 1 BOWMAN, R. T. 1936-37 3 1-7 BRADLEY, John 1931 1 BRADSHAW, Thomas 1932 1 Brandon College Students Association, Brandon 1931 1 Manitoba BREWER, H.G. 1931 1 BREWIN, F.A. 1939 1 0 The British Broadcasting Corporation 1932-38 5 B .C. Education Dept see: WILLIS, S.J. B .C. University. President 1931 2 1-8 BESL. Canadian Legion 1931-36 10 British United Press Ltd. sa: CRANDALL, C .F. 1940 1 BROCK, David 1937 2 1-(8-9) BROCKINGTON, Leonard W sa : CBC 1936-39, n.d. 42 1-10 BROWN, A.T. 1932 1 BROWN, Ray 1936 1 BROWN, W.G. 1931 1 BUCHANAN Donald W sa : CBC 1938-41, n.d. 1 2 BURCHELL, C.J. 1939 1 BURPEE, Lawrence J sa: Royal Society of 1934-37 3 Canada 5 1-10 cont'd BURTON, C.L. 1930-32 4 BUTCHER, H 1931 1 BUTTERWORTH, C.H. 1931 1 1-11 CAHAN, C.H. 1930 1 The Calgary Herald [newspaper] 1932,1936 4 CAMPNEY Ralph O. 1931 1 Canada. Censorship Co-ordination Committee 1940 1 Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1931 1 Canada. House of Commons. Radio Broadcasting 1932 1 Committee Canada. House of Commons . Special Committee 1934,1936 4 on Radio Canada. Department of Marine 1931 3 Canada. Department of Marine Minister sa : HOWE 1936 2 Canada. Department of National Defense . Minister 1931 1 Canada. Department of National Revenue. Minister 1931 1 Canada. Department of Pensions and 1931 1 National Health Canada. Prime Minister's Office 1936,1939 6 Canada. Department of Public Works . Minister 1931 1 Canada. Department of Railways and Canals . 1931 1 Minister Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion- 1940 1 Provincial Relations Canada. Department of Secretary of State 1931 1 Canada. Department of Trade and Commerce. 1936 2 Minister Canada. Department of Transport 1937,1941 2 Canadian Association for Adult Education see: CORBETT, E.A. 1-12 The Canadian Bank of Commerce 1934 1 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation see : BUCHANAN, BROCKINGTON, DILWORTH, FRIGON, MORIN, ETC . Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music 1930,1932 3 Canadian Civil Liberties Union . Montreal Branch 1937-39 3 The Canadian Council on Child and family welfare 1932 1 Canadian Daily Newspapers Association 1931-37 9 sa: PARTRIDGE, Arthur Canadian Daughters' League. Assembly No.5 1931 1 Canadian Education Association 1932 1 Canadian Federation of University Women 1932 1 The Canadian Forum [period .] 1939,1941 3 1-13 Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1938-40 1 6 Toronto sa: MCNAUGHT, BALDWIN, HOLMES 6 1-13 cont'd Canadian Manufacturers Association see : MARSHALL. Alex Canadian National Railways 1937 1 Canadian Nurses Association, Winnipeg 1930 1 1-(13-14) The Canadian Press see : LIVESAY, DUCHEMIN 1931-39 14 1-14 Canadian Press Clipping Service, Toronto 1931-40 5 1-15 Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission 1936 3 Canadian Universities Conference 1932,1936 9 The Canadian Welfare Council 1936 1 CANTLEY, Thomas 1931 1 CARREL, Frank 1930-32 3 CARTER, K.
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