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REID, ESCOTT MEREDITH MG 31, E 46 Finding Aid No. 54 / Instrument REID, ESCOTT MEREDITH MG 31, E 46 Finding Aid No. 54 / Instrument de recherche no 54 Prepared in 1990 by Préparé en 1990 par D. Cameron and revised in 1995 by D. Cameron et révisé en Normand Laplante for the Public 1995 par Normand Laplante Archives Programme. pour le Programme des archives de la vie publique TABLE OF CONTENTS Notes on Finding Aid vi Preface by Reid vii INTERVIEWS WITH CANADIAN FIGURES, 1930-1932 1 ARTICLES AND SPEECHES, 1918-1971 5 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1939-1962 13 ARTICLES AND SPEECHES, 1933-1980 20 MANUSCRIPT OF ENVOY TO NEHRU 26 PUBLICATIONS SERIES Envoy to Nehru 27 Hungary and Suez 1956 28 Memories: The Making of a Radical Mandarin 1905-1938 29 On Duty: A Canadian at the Making of the United Nations 1945-1946 29 Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid 30 Strengthening the World Bank 30, 67 Time of Fear and Hope 33 Articles and Speeches, 1980-1989 33 PERSONAL PAPERS SERIES Family Correspondence 33 Academic Career 34 Reid Farm 35 Scrapbooks 35 Tributes to Escott Reid 67 -iii- CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES STUDIES Series 1930-1935 36 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SERIES Subject Files 40, 67 Correspondence 43, 68 WORLD BANK SERIES 64 WORLD BANK INVESTIGATION 64 GLENDON COLLEGE SERIES 65 OVER-SIZE MATERIAL 66 -vi- NOTES ON FINDING AID The manuscript Envoy to Nehru is the story of the relationship between Canada and India during the years 1952 to 1957 while Reid was Canadian High Commissioner in India. The information contained in the published edition is fairly consistent with the draft. Capters 15 - 21, 27 and 31 do not appear in the final edition, the chapter numbering system and, in some cases, the layout has been altered but any other variances are slight. This material is found in Volume 15, page 37. The International Affairs Series Correspondence was originally found in 6 series and these are indicated numerically in brackets after the name of the correspondent. -vii- Interviews With Canadian Figures, 1930-1932 The following preface was prepared by Escott Reid in 1961 as an explanation of the research project he had undertaken. From the summer of 1930 when I returned to Canada from Oxford to the summer of 1932 when I became the first national secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs I was studying various aspects of Canadian political parties under a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in the social sciences. I kept notes of talks which I had with about eighty people. I used to type out my recollection of a talk as soon as I could get back to my typewriter. This volume is a complete, unedited transcript of those notes. It was copied from the original set of notes by an Indian stenographer in New Dehli in the spring of 1957. I have not been able to check it against the original which must be among my papers stored in Ottawa. The changes which I have made in the text as typed by the Indian stenographer are marked in red. (There is one exception to this: the first interview, which is one with J.W. Dafoe on August 28, 1930. My original record consists of pencilled notes which my Indian stenographer found difficulty in deciphering. Since I had to make so many changes in this text I have had it retyped.) The interviews have been arranged in order of their date. There is only one interview in 1930, the one with J.W. Dafoe. This took place when I went to Winnipeg to get married. I arrived in Winnipeg three days before the wedding and the day after my arrival George Ferguson of the then Manitoba Free Press took me in to meet Dafoe and I had about an hour's talk with him. The next two interviews, with John Stevenson, then Canadian correspondent of the London Times, and J.S. Woodsworth, took place in March of 1931 in Ottawa where my wife and I stayed from about February to June. Then follow the interviews I had during the summer of 1931, first in Western Canada and then in the Maritime Provinces. I started my Western tour in Winnipeg and then went to Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Baldworth and Kenaston, back to Regina, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, back to Vancouver, and then Edmonton. These interviews took place from July 7 to September 10, 1931. I started my Maritime tour at Campellton, N.B., and went on to Fredericton, Saint John, Charlottetown, Sydney, Antigonish, New Glasgow and Halifax. These interviews took place from September 27, 1930 to October 16, 1931. The next set of interviews took place the following summer in Ontario and Quebec. I started in Toronto and then went to London, Windsor, Kingsville, St. Thomas, Peterboro [sic], Kingston, Brockville, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec. These interviews took place from June 8, 1932 to July 17, 1932. I had intended to write a book on Canadian political parties. But I tried to cover too broad an area and too long a period of history and I got bogged down in a detailed investigation of the changes in the regional and racial bases of party strength from Confederation on as reflected in the votes cast in the general elections. -viii- The following articles of mine on Canadian politics were published: "The Rise of National Parties in Canada". Papers and Proceedings of the Canadian Political Science Association. Vol. IV, 1932. "Canadian Political Parties: A Study of the Economic and Racial Bases of Conservatism and Liberalism in 1930". Contributions to Canadian Economics. Vol. VI, 1933. "The Effect of the Depression on Canadian Politics, 1929-1932". American Political Science Review. June, 1933. "Democracy and Political Leadership in Canada". University of Toronto Quarterly. April, 1935. "The Saskatchewan Liberal Machine Before 1929". Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. February, 1936. "The Canadian General Elections of 1935 - and After". American Political Science Review. February 1936. Escott Reid Canadian Embassy, Bonn, Germany, June 1961. REID, Escott Meredith MG 31, E 46 _________________________________________________________________ Vol. File Subject Date Interviews With Canadian Figures, 1930-1932 1 1 Dafoe, J.W. Page 1 1 2 Stevenson, John Page 5 1 3 Woodsworth, J.S. Page 6 1 4 Healy, W.J. Page 8 1 5 Dafoe, J.W. Page 9 1 6 Chipman, George Page 13 1 7 Bernier, Joe Page 16 1 8 Crerar, T.A. Page 18 1 9 Mackenzie, D.G. Page 22 1 10 Hamilton, Page 26 1 11 Western Labour Convention Page 29 1 12 Crerar, T.A. Page 32 1 13 Johnson, G.E.E. Page 35 1 14 Kerr, W.F. Page 37 1 15 Haultain, Sir Frederick Page 41 1 16 Gardiner, J.G. Page 44 1 17 Fry, Page 48 2 REID, Escott Meredith MG 31 E 46 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. File Subject Date 1 18 Moxon, Page 49 1 19 Waldron, Pat Page 52 1 20 MacNab, Archie Page 54 1 21 Evans, John Page 56 1 22 Davies, C.C. (Charlie) Page 57 1 23 Craig, Page 59 1 24 MacIntosh, Cameron Page 60 1 25 Johnston, J. Fred Page 62 1 26 Sandilands, Page 65 1 27 Martin, W.M. Page 68 1 28 Saskatchewan, Miscellaneous Page 70 1 29 Wood, Henry wise Page 71 1 30 Peterson, C.W. Page 73 1 31 MacEwan, Page 74 1 32 Woods, Colonel Page 74 1 33 Smith, Norman Page 75 1 34 Odlum, General Page 78 1 35 Norcross, J.E. Page 79 1 36 Young, Doctor H.E. Page 81 1 37 Nicolas, Benny Page 81 1 38 Bowser, W.J. Page 82 1 39 Reid, R.L. Page 84 1 40 Robertson, Professor Page 85 MG 31 E 46 REID, Escott Meredith 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. File Subject Date 1 41 Hoadley, George Page 87 1 42 Hunt, J.D. Page 89 1 43 Mclaughlin, Joe Page 90 1 44 Ewing, Judge Page 92 1 45 Herbert, J.T. Page 93 1 46 Bridges, Page 93 1 47 McDade, George Page 94 1 48 McNair, Page 95 1 49 Keirstead, Professor W.C. Page 95 1 50 Baxter, Page 96 1 51 New Brunswick, Miscellaneous Page 98 1 52 Arsenault, Judge A.E. Page 99 1 53 Kendall, Doctor A.S. Page 104 1 54 McLeod, Doctor W.M. Page 107 1 55 Maddin, J.W. Page 109 1 56 Chisholm, W. Page 112 1 57 Sinclair, Page 113 1 58 Stanley, Principal Page 116 1 59 Pearson, J. Fred Page 117 1 60 Macdonald, J. Angus Page 121 1 61 Hawkes, Arthur Page 122 1 62 Parker, W.R.P. Page 123 1 63 Rosie, Fred Page 124 1 64 Oatman, Page 125 4 REID, Escott Meredith MG 31 E 46 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. File Subject Date 1 65 Campbell, Page 125 1 66 Hodgins, Page 126 1 67 Martin, W.G. Page 127 1 68 Martin, Paul Page 128 1 69 Martin, Paul (letter) Page 129 1 70 Spencer, N.L. Page 132 1 71 McLaughlin, Page 133 1 72 Smith, Austin Page 134 1 73 Hepburn, Mitchel Page 135 1 74 Campbell, Colin Page 137 1 75 Huycke, Judge Page 138 1 76 Davis, Elmer Page 139 1 77 Gray, Lt. Colonel A.W. Page 141 1 78 Baker, A.E. Page 142 1 79 Brockville Taxi Driver Page 143 1 80 Parish, A.G. Page 143 1 81 Morgan, Page 143 1 82 Stewart, Page 143 1 83 Savard, Adjutor Page 145 1 84 Jacobs, Sam Page 147 1 85 Cameron, A. Kirk Page 148 1 86 McMaster, Andrew R. Page 154 1 87 Perks, Bert Page 155 1 88 Power, Major Chubby Page 157 MG 31 E 46 REID, Escott Meredith 5 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol.
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