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...... Biographical/Sketch/Administrative History ...... 7 ...... Scope and Content ...... 7 ...... Restrictions ...... 7 ...... Arrangement ...... 7 ...... Title Notes ...... 7 ...... PF208-1 Certificates and memorabilia 8 2012018-001 Biography and pictures 8 2012018-01P Photograph of George Gale 8 2012018-02P Photograph of George Gale 8 2012018-03P Photograph of George Gale 9 2012018-04P Photograph of George Gale 9 2012018-05P Photograph of George Gale 9 2012018-06P Photograph of George Gale in judicial robes 10 2012018-07P Photographs of George Gale in judicial robes 10 2012018-08P Photograph of George Gale on the bench 10 2012018-09P Photograph of George Gale, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip 10 2012018-10P Photograph of George Gale seated on sofa 11 2012018-002 "Chief Justice Gale" name plate 11 2012018-003 Commemorative coin honouring the 10th anniversary of the 11 2012018-004 Commission appointing George Alexander Gale to be one of His Majesty's Counsel learned in the law for the of 11 2012018-005 Gale Cup Moot Competition 1993 programme and letter from Robert Gale 11 2012018-006 Letter and newspaper clipping regarding a Simcoe County Law Association dinner honouring George Gale 11 2012018-007 McMaster University Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree and address 12 2012018-008 Menu from a dinner honouring the , the Honourable John Robert Cartwright 12 2012018-009 Order of Canada 12 2012018-010 wooden plaque 12 2012018-011 Osgoode Hall - miscellaneous 12 2012018-012 The 1875-1975 medallion 13 2012018-013 University of badge 13 2012018-014 Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) certificate issued to George Gale 13 2012018-015 University of Windsor honourary degree: programme and photographs 13 2012018-11P Photographs of George Gale at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Windsor 13 2012018-016 Weir & Foulds firm history 14 2012018-017 Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) certificate issued to George Gale 14 2012018-103 Order of Canada certificate 14 2013030-001 Certificate appointing George Alexander Gale as Chief Justice of Ontario 14 2013030-002 Letter from Willam G. Davis to George A. Gale on the 30th anniversary of his appointment to the bench 14 2013030-003 90th birthday greetings 14 PF208-2 Photographs 15 2012018-12P Photograph of drawing of George Gale 15

Page 3 of 33 2012018-13P Photographs of George Gale 15 2012018-14P Photographs of George Gale and others at a dinner honouring his 30 years on the bench 15 2012018-15P Photographs of George Gale and others at a Lawyers' Club dinner 15 2013030-01P Photographs of George A. Gale and Queen Elizabeth II at Osgoode Hall 16 2013030-02P Photograph of a bust of George A. Gale sculpted by Kenneth Jarvis 16 2013030-03P Photograph of George A. Gale receiving the Order of Canada 16 2013030-04P Photograph of Osgoode Hall 16 PF208-3 Publications 16 2012018-018 The Florida Bar journal (vol. xxxi, no. 6) 17 2012018-019 Insurance Counsel journal, fall issue (vol. xxiii, no. 4) 17 2012018-020 Law a hundred years hence (an address delivered by Chief Justice Gale on November 13, 1964 in Toronto) 17 2012018-021 Michigan State Bar journal (vol. 32, no. 9) 17 2012018-022 Michigan State Bar journal (vol. 32, no. 11) 17 PF208-4 Scrapbooks 17 2012018-023 Scrapbook 18 2012018-16P Photograph of Justices Helen Kinnear, George Gale, Thomas J. Darby, Harold E. Fuller, and James Stanbury on the bench of the Lincoln County courthouse 18 2012018-17P Osgoode Hall class of 1932 - 20 year reunion, Toronto, Nov. 15, 1952 18 2012018-18P Photograph of Dalton Wells, George Gale, Colin Gibson and J.B. Aylesworth at a curling rink 18 2012018-19P Photograph of J.C. McRuer and John W. Pickup 19 2012018-024 Scrapbook 19 2012018-20P Photograph of group of Canadian chief justices in Victoria, BC 19 2012018-21P Photograph of George Gale and unidentified man 19 2012018-22P Photograph of George Gale, John J. Robinette and William G.C. Howland 19 2012018-23P Photograph of George Gale, Jackson Osborne, Mrs. Osborne and E.M. Henry 20 2012018-24P Photograph of Stanley Randall and George Gale greeting members of the Expo '70 delegation 20 2012018-25P Photograph of a group of Canadian chief justices in Montreal 20 2012018-26P Photograph of George Gale with two unidentified men 20 2012018-27P Photograph of Allan F. Lawrence, C.E. Bennett, George Gale and Walter Little 20 2012018-28P Photograph of J.C. McRuer and George Gale 21 2012018-29P Photograph of George Gale and Judy LaMarsh 21 2012018-30P Photograph of Barry Pepper and George Gale in front of the Sir William Campbell plaque 21 2012018-31P Photograph of John Currie, Kevin Carroll and George Gale 21 2012018-025 Scrapbook 21 2012018-32P Photograph of Kenneth Jarvis sculpting a bust of George Gale 22 PF208-5 Speeches 22 2012018-026 Speeches, correspondence re: 22 2012018-027 Index of speeches 22 2012018-028 Miscellaneous stories, jokes 22 2012018-029 "Evidence at trial": address to Attorney General's Department 22 2012018-030 "Religion and the law": St. John's Church, York Mills 23 2012018-031 "A look at the courts in Canada": 29th annual convention, International Association of Insurance Counsel at the Greenbrier 23 2012018-032 Opening of the courts, Montreal 23

Page 4 of 33 2012018-033 "The responsibilities of the lawyer": Osgoode Hall Inn of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity 23 2012018-034 "The future of students": Niagara Falls (high school) 23 2012018-035 "Courts of Canada": 6th Judicial District of U.S. Federal Courts, Cincinnati 23 2012018-036 "Sermon": Brampton Reformatory 23 2012018-037 "Competition from other sciences - how to combat it": Hamilton Lawyers' Club 24 2012018-038 "Photographs in court": Press Club 24 2012018-039 "Rules of evidence": medical lectures 24 2012018-040 "Courts of Canada": Osgoode Hall 24 2012018-041 "Courts of Canada": dentists 24 2012018-042 Retirement - Hon. D.P.J. Kelly 24 2012018-043 "Advocacy": U. of T. Law School 24 2012018-044 Law a hundred years hence: an address delivered by Chief Justice Gale on November 13, 1964 in Toronto 25 2012018-045 "Personal v. community freedoms": County of York Law Association 25 2012018-046 "Ladies in the law": Canadian Bar Association, Niagara Falls 25 2012018-047 Welcome to Osgoode Hall Law School: Obiter Dicta 25 2012018-048 "Developments in the criminal law": Harvard Associates 25 2012018-049 The new courthouse: Lawyers' Club 25 2012018-050 "Law of marriage": Women's Law Association 25 2012018-051 Stories, including "Horse thief": Ontario sheriffs, Peterborough 26 2012018-052 Introduction of Chief Justice Challies: Lawyers' Club 26 2012018-053 "Courts of Canada": Rotary Club 26 2012018-054 "Contempt of court": County Court Judges Association 26 2012018-055 "Personal v. community freedoms": Queen's University 26 2012018-056 "The future of St. John's": St. John's Anglican Church York Mills, 150th anniversary 26 2012018-057 Openings of new court houses: Brampton, Kitchener, Toronto, Walkerton, Whitby 26 2012018-058 Opening of the courts in Jan. 27 2012018-059 "Accelerating trials": Hamilton Lawyers' Club 27 2012018-060 Lord Parker dinner 27 2012018-061 "Changes in the criminal law": Schools, Old Boys Association 27 2012018-062 5th annual Brotherhood award dinner 27 2012018-063 "Changes in the law": mid-winter meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, Royal York Hotel 27 2012018-064 "Changes in the law": Nova Scotia Bar 27 2012018-065 Lord Denning dinner 28 2012018-066 Appointments to the bench 28 2012018-067 "Changes in the law": Alberta Law Society 28 2012018-068 Calls to the Bar 28 2012018-069 "The conduct of a trial": County Court Judges luncheon 28 2012018-070 "The role of the courts": Annandale High School, Canadian Affairs 28 2012018-071 Funerals 28 2012018-072 "The changing law": Chartered Life Underwriters 29 2012018-073 "Privileged communications": Windsor Medical Legal Assn. 29 2012018-074 Swearing-in of Chief Judge Bennett, County Court: court room #20 29 2012018-075 Reply to a toast "to the law": Dominion Conference on Crime, Hart House, June 1965 29 2012018-076 Law school lecture 29 2012018-077 "Rules of evidence": Compensation Board - Walkerton 29 2012018-078 "Sentencing": law enforcement alumni of Seneca College 29

Page 5 of 33 2012018-079 "There is a justice in Canada": County Court judges 29 2012018-080 "The problem of television in the courtroom": provincial judges 30 2012018-081 "Sentencing": Rotary Clubs of Southampton, Port Elgin & Paisley 30 2012018-082 "Appellate judicial function": Queen's University 30 2012018-083 "Chief Scout's award": Boy Scouts, Guelph 30 2012018-084 Swearing in ceremonies (judges) 30 2012018-085 Retiring judges 30 2012018-086 Barrie dinner: dinner honouring CJO - 30 years on the bench 31 2012018-087 Metropolitan Toronto Legal Secretaries Association: Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto 31 2012018-088 Gale 30th anniversary dinner: Prince Hotel, Toronto 31 2012018-089 Canadian Corps of Commissionaires 31 2012018-090 Benchers dinner honouring C.J.O. 31 2012018-091 Last sitting: Thursday, December 23, 1976 31 2012018-092 Lawyers' Club dinner 31 2012018-093 Judges retirement dinner, Osgoode Hall 32 2012018-094 "Appellate judicial function": Queen's University 32 2012018-095 "The work of law reform": Advocates Society, Bermuda 32 2012018-096 Rules Committee dinner 32 2012018-097 "The work of law reform": Toronto Business and Prof. Women's Club 32 2012018-098 Phi Delta Phi: "Reminiscences of the former CJO" 32 2012018-099 "Reminiscences": Hamilton Rotary Club 32 2012018-100 "Reminiscences": St. Catharines Rotary Club 32 2012018-101 John Robinette 50th anniversary of call to the Bar: Advocates' Society 33 2012018-102 Trial notes and addresses 33

Page 6 of 33 PF208 George A. Gale fonds. -- 1906-1996. -- 57.5 cm of textual records, 77 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23 x 60 cm or smaller, 2 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 6.5 x 4.5 cm, 5 artifacts Biographical/Sketch/Administrative History George Alexander Gale was born in City on 24 June 1906, son of Robert Henry Gale (later the mayor of ) and Elma Gertrude Read. After the Gale family relocated to Vancouver, Gale attended Prince of Wales High School between 1920 and 1925. He then enrolled in University College at the University of Toronto, where he served as vice-president of the college's Literary and Athletic Society in 1928 and treasurer of the University College executive in 1929. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a BA in 1929, Gale enrolled at Osgoode Hall Law School. He articled with Donald, Mason, White and Foulds in Toronto and was called to the Bar in June 1932. Gale was admitted to partnership in the firm of Mason, Foulds, Davidson & Gale in 1944 and made a King's Counsel in 1945. Gale remained with the firm until 28 October 1946, when he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, at the time believed to be the youngest person appointed to that position. He was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice for Ontario on 2 July 1964 and then Chief Justice of Ontario on 25 September 1967. He retired from the bench on 29 December 1976. Gale was appointed vice-chairman of the Ontario Law Reform Commission on 1 March 1977.

In addition to his work as a lawyer and judge, Gale served on a variety of committees and boards, including the board of governors of the Ecumenical Foundation of Canada, the Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation, the board of management of Beverley Lodge, the executive committee of the Canadian Judicial Council, the board of governors of Wycliffe College, the board of governors of College, and the Judicial Council for Provincial Judges. He was a honourary lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, a warden at St. John's York Mills Anglican Church, a honourary president of the Ontario Curling Association, and a honourary member of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires. He was also a member of the Lawyers' Club of Toronto, the University Club, the Toronto Curling Club, the York Club, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi.

Gale was made a companion of the Order of Canada on 11 July 1977 and received honourary Doctor of Laws degrees from McMaster University (1978), York University (1979), and the University of Windsor (1980).

George Gale died in Toronto on 25 July 1997. Scope and Content Fonds consists of records created and maintained by George Gale. The majority of the records relate to his career as a lawyer and judge, however, some items pertain to his personal and family life. The fonds includes scrapbooks, certificates, published writings, photographs, speeches, and artifacts. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Arrangement Fonds has been arranged in five series: certificates and memorabilia, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, speeches. Title Notes Title based on contents of the fonds.

Page 7 of 33 PF208-1 Certificates and memorabilia. -- [1929?], 1945-1996. -- 4.5 cm of textual records, 17 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.7 x 35.3 cm or smaller, 2 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 6.5 x 4.5 cm, 5 artifacts Scope and Content Series consists of items accumulated by George Gale pertaining to events in his career as a lawyer and judge as well as his honours and awards. Items in the series include biographical sketches, photographs, certificates and awards, newspaper articles, correspondence, programmes, and artifacts such as a plaque, a medallion, a coin and Gale's office name plate. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Arrangement Series is arranged in alphabetical order by file or item title. Title Notes Title based on contents of the series. 2012018-001 Biography and pictures. -- 1950, [1970?]-1983. -- 0.5 cm of textual records, 12 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.7 x 35.3 cm or smaller, 2 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 6.5 x 4.5 cm Scope and Content File consists of biographical material pertaining to George Gale and his legal career. The records include photographs of Gale, biographical sketches used for publication in "People of today", "Who's who in America", and "Canada's who's who", as well as articles about Gale in newspapers or periodicals including "Obiter dicta" and the "Southampton beacon". Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-01P Photograph of George Gale. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph (head-and-shoulders) of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-02P Photograph of George Gale. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph (head-and-shoulders) of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Page 8 of 33 Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-03P Photograph of George Gale. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm, 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph (head-and-shoulders) of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-04P Photograph of George Gale. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm, 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph (head-and-shoulders) of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-05P Photograph of George Gale. -- [1977?]. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm, 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content Item is a portrait photograph of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image.

Page 9 of 33 2012018-06P Photograph of George Gale in judicial robes. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm

Scope and Content Item is a portrait photograph of George Gale in his judicial robes. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-07P Photographs of George Gale in judicial robes. -- [197-]. -- 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm Scope and Content File consists of two informal photographs of George Gale in his judicial robes. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-08P Photograph of George Gale on the bench. -- 22 Oct. 1969. -- 2 photographs : b&w ; 20.3 x 15.2 cm on cards 31.5 x 23 cm and 17.5 x 12.6 cm Scope and Content Item is a formal portrait photograph of George Gale in judicial robes on the bench. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-09P Photograph of George Gale, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. -- 26 June 1973. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 24.3 x 19.2 cm on card 25.5 x 20.4 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale, Cheif Justice of Ontario, speaking at a lectern under a tent in front of Osgoode Hall during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Toronto in June 1973. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, are seated on Gale's left. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Page 10 of 33 Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-10P Photograph of George Gale seated on sofa. -- [197-]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.7 x 35.3 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale seated on a sofa. A framed photograph of Governor General Pauline McGibbon is on a table next to Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. 2012018-002 "Chief Justice Gale" name plate. -- [ca. 1964]. -- 1 brass name plate Scope and Content Item is a brass name plate that reads "Chief Justice Gale". This item was likely removed from George Gale's office door in Osgoode Hall. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2012018-003 Commemorative coin honouring the 10th anniversary of the Order of Canada. -- 1977. -- 1 coin Scope and Content Item is a medal commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Order of Canada (1967-1977). On the front of the coin is a flying owl, a crown and a maple leaf. On the back of the coin is a relief of the profiles of two men and the words "GVBERNATOR DOMINAQVE GABRIELLA LEGER VIR EXC JVLTVS SVMMVS R.P." The coin is gold and is in a black case with a padded lid. Inside the lid, in gold printing, is the inscription "Tenth Anniversary of the Order of Canada 1967-1977". Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-004 Commission appointing George Alexander Gale to be one of His Majesty's Counsel learned in the law for the Province of Ontario. -- 20 Nov. 1945. -- 1 p. Scope and Content Item is a certificate relating to George Gale's appointment as a King's Counsel in November 1945. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-005 Gale Cup Moot Competition 1993 programme and letter from Robert Gale. -- 1993. -- 7 p. Scope and Content File consists of a programme for the 1993 Gale Cup Moot Competition, for which Robert Gale was the guest speaker, and a letter sent along with the programme by Robert Gale to George and Hilda Gale regarding the event. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-006 Letter and newspaper clipping regarding a Simcoe County Law Association dinner honouring George Gale. -- 1976, 1992. -- 3 p. Scope and Content File consists of a letter sent to Robert Gale from lawyer Robert F. Evans regarding enclosed copies of a Page 11 of 33 newspaper clipping and programme for a 31 May 1976 dinner given by the Simcoe County Law Association in honour of George Gale's 30th anniversary as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-007 McMaster University Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree and address. -- 1 Nov. 1968. -- 3 p.

Scope and Content File consists of a Doctor of Laws degree issued to George Gale and the text of an address honouring Gale given by H.G. Thode at the McMaster University convocation ceremony held on 1 November 1968. The degree is signed by Chancellor Argue Martin. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-008 Menu from a dinner honouring the Chief Justice of Canada, the Honourable John Robert Cartwright. -- 17 Nov. 1967. -- 1 item Scope and Content Item is a menu for a dinner held by the benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada to honour John Cartwright, Chief Justice of Canada. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-009 Order of Canada. -- 1978-1987. -- 1 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of brochures, booklets, and a draft letter written by George Gale pertaining to the Order of Canada. The records concern the ordering and wearing of Order of Canada badges as well as Gale's support for the nomination of Richard Bell to the Order of Canada. Included is a copy of "A round table from sea to sea...the Order of Canada" by Maxwell Cohen and a February 1987 publication listing the companions, officers and members of the Order of Canada. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-010 Osgoode Hall Law School wooden plaque. -- [between 1950 and 1969]. -- 1 plaque Scope and Content Item is a wooden plaque featuring the coat of arms of Osgoode Hall Law School. The plaque was available for sale by the Law School during the 1950s and 1960s. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-011 Osgoode Hall - miscellaneous. -- 1977, 1991. -- 1 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of correspondence sent or received by George Gale pertaining to his participation in a 1991 oral history project of the Canadian Judicial Council, as well as letters exchanged between Gale and Lord Denning regarding Gale's request for information about the division of the Court of Appeal and the divisional courts in England. Also included in the file is a copy of the candidate guide to the 1991 Law Society bencher Page 12 of 33 elections. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-012 The Supreme Court of Canada 1875-1975 medallion. -- 1975. -- 1 medallion Scope and Content Item is a commemorative medal in a case issued on the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1975. It depicts the Supreme Court of Canada building. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-013 University of Toronto badge. -- [1929?]. -- 1 badge Scope and Content Item is a felt badge featuring the coat of arms of the University of Toronto on a maple leaf appliquéd on a letter "T". The motto reads "velut arbor aevo", or "may it grow as a tree through the ages". Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-014 University of Windsor Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) certificate issued to George Gale. -- 31 May 1980. -- 1 p. Scope and Content Item is a honourary degree issued to George Gale by the University of Windsor. The degree was presented at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Windsor on 31 May 1980. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2012018-015 University of Windsor honourary degree: programme and photographs. -- 31 May 1980. -- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.2 x 25.5 cm and 17.7 x 12.5 cm, 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of a programme, notice, photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to the honourary degrees issued at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Windsor on 31 May 1980. George Gale was the recipient of a Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-11P Photographs of George Gale at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Windsor. -- 31 May 1980. -- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.2 x 25.5 cm and 17.7 x 12.5 cm Scope and Content File consists of photographs of George Gale receiving his honourary degree and posing afterwards with three unidentified men. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file.

Page 13 of 33 2012018-016 Weir & Foulds firm history. -- 1983. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of a copy of a firm history of Weir & Foulds, prepared by firm partner John P. Hamilton. A letter written to George Gale by Hamilton regarding the history is included in the file. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-017 York University Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) certificate issued to George Gale. -- 1979. -- 1 p. Scope and Content Item is an honourary Doctor of Laws degree issued to George Gale by York University. The degree was presented at a 1979 convocation ceremony held at York University. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-103 Order of Canada certificate. -- 11 July 1977. -- 1 p. Scope and Content Item is a certificate issued to George Gale on his appointment as a Companion of the Order of Canada on 11 July 1977. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2013030-001 Certificate appointing George Alexander Gale as Chief Justice of Ontario. -- 6 Oct. 1967. -- 1 p. ; 38 x 48 cm Scope and Content Item is a certificate appointing George Gale to the position of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, commonly known as the Chief Justice of Ontario. Item is signed by , and . Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2013030-002 Letter from Willam G. Davis to George A. Gale on the 30th anniversary of his appointment to the bench. -- 31 May 1976. -- 1 p. ; 35.5 x 20.5 mounted of mat 43.5 x 28 cm Scope and Content Item is a letter commemorating George A. Gale's 30-year career as an Ontario court judge, signed by Premier of Ontario William G. Davis. It details a brief chronology of Gale's appointments and achievements on the bench. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2013030-003 90th birthday greetings. -- 24 June 1996. -- 5 p. Scope and Content File consists of birthday greetings sent to George A. Gale on the occasion of his 90th birthday from Ontario

Page 14 of 33 Premier Mike Harris, Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, Chief Justice of Ontario R. Roy McMurtry, and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. PF208-2 Photographs. -- [197-], 1973, 1976-1977. -- 43 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23 x 60 cm or smaller Scope and Content Series consists of portrait photographs of George Gale and photographs of Gale and others at social events, including a ceremony commemorating Gale's retirement from the bench and the Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Osgoode Hall. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Arrangement Series is arranged in alphabetical order by item or file title. Title Notes Title based on contents of the series. 2012018-12P Photograph of drawing of George Gale. -- [197-?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of a drawing of George Gale by John Gilroy. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-13P Photographs of George Gale. -- 2 Dec. 1976. -- 2 photographs : col. ; 25.5 x 20 cm Scope and Content File consists of photographs of George Gale posing with unidentified men after receiving a plaque at a dinner in his honour. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-14P Photographs of George Gale and others at a dinner honouring his 30 years on the bench. -- 30 Oct. 1976. -- 12 photographs : col. ; 22.2 x 25 cm Scope and Content File consists of photographs of George Gale at a dinner given by R. Roy McMurtry and the Province of Ontario in honour of Gale's 30 years as a judge in the Ontario courts, held at the Westin Prince Hotel in Toronto. The photographs show Gale posing with attendees, seated at the head table, and views of the room. Included in these images are R. Roy McMurtry, Pauline McGibbon, Premier William Davis, John J. Robinette, Bora Laskin, as well as Gale's three sons, Peter, Robert and David. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2012018-15P Photographs of George Gale and others at a Lawyers' Club dinner. -- [1976 or 1977]. -- 21 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Page 15 of 33 Scope and Content File consists of photographs taken at a dinner of the Lawyers' Club. The photographs show attendees sitting at dining tables, smoking cigars and drinking out of a silver cup. Depicted in the photographs are George Gale, John J. Robinette, Roland Michener, John Arnup, Stanley Biggs and other unidentified men. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2013030-01P Photographs of George A. Gale and Queen Elizabeth II at Osgoode Hall. -- 26 June 1973. -- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 or smaller Scope and Content File consists of photographs of George A. Gale (then Chief Justice of Ontario) with Queen Elizabeth II during her 26 June 1973 visit to Osgoode Hall to commemorate its reopening. These photos depict Gale and the Queen walking on the front lawn, posing at the front door (with Hilda Gale in the foreground) and in the interior of Osgoode Hall. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file. 2013030-02P Photograph of a bust of George A. Gale sculpted by Kenneth Jarvis. -- 1976. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 35.5 x 28 cm mounted on mat 38 x 30 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of Kenneth Jarvis's bust of George Gale, sculpted in 1976 to commemorate Gale's 30 years on the bench. It is signed and dated by Jarvis in the lower right corner. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the image. 2013030-03P Photograph of George A. Gale receiving the Order of Canada. -- 11 July 1977. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 19.4 x 24.4 cm mounted on mat 21.5 x 26.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale receiving the Companion of the Order of Canada medal at Rideau Hall from Governor General Jules Léger on 11 July 1977. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the image. 2013030-04P Photograph of Osgoode Hall. -- [192-?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 60 cm mounted on mat Scope and Content Item is a panoramic view of the front facade of Osgoode Hall and the front lawn, looking north-east. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the image. PF208-3 Publications. -- 1953, 1956-1957, 1965. -- 2.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Series consists of published articles written by George Gale about a variety of legal subjects. Restrictions

Page 16 of 33 No restrictions on access. Arrangement Series is arranged in alphabetical order by item title. Title Notes Title based on contents of the series. 2012018-018 The Florida Bar journal (vol. xxxi, no. 6). -- June 1957. -- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 v.) Scope and Content Item features a mention (p. 320) of George Gale's attendance at the Florida Bar's 1957 annual convention, where he delivered a banquet address titled "Our judicial system", as well as a photo of Gale posing with other conference attendees (p. 329). Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-019 Insurance Counsel journal, fall issue (vol. xxiii, no. 4). -- Oct. 1956. -- 1 cm of textual records (1 v.) Scope and Content Item features an article titled "A look at the courts in Canada" (p. 399-408) written by George Gale. The article is the text of an address delivered by Gale at the 29th annual convention of the International Association of Insurance Counsel at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia on 14 July 1956. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-020 Law a hundred years hence (an address delivered by Chief Justice Gale on November 13, 1964 in Toronto). -- Apr. 1965. -- 6 p. Scope and Content Item is a published copy of the address, reprinted from the Canadian Bar Journal. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-021 Michigan State Bar journal (vol. 32, no. 9). -- Sept. 1953. -- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 v.) Scope and Content Item features a biography and photo of George Gale (p. 13), who was a speaker at the annual meeting of the Michigan State Bar held on 25 September 1953. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-022 Michigan State Bar journal (vol. 32, no. 11). -- Nov. 1953. -- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 v.) Scope and Content Item features an article written by George Gale titled "Defiance of the courts - a trend?" (p. 30-35), which is the text of an address delivered by Gale at a luncheon honouring the judiciary at the 1953 annual meeting of Michigan State Bar. Restrictions No restrictions on access. PF208-4 Scrapbooks. -- 1906-1982. -- 22.5 cm of textual records, 17 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller Scope and Content Series consists of three scrapbooks maintained by George Gale and/or his office staff. The contents of the scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, letters and cards, photographs and other ephemeral items dating from Gale's early childhood to the end of his professional career, but mainly pertaining to his activities and accomplishments as a judge. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Page 17 of 33 Title Notes Title based on contents of the series. 2012018-023 Scrapbook. -- 1906-1969. -- 9.5 cm of textual records (1 v.), 4 photographs : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm or smaller Scope and Content Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the life and career of George Gale from his early work as a newly appointed judge to his later career as Chief Justice of Ontario. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, programmes and other ephemeral items concerning cases over which Gale presided, his appointments and professional accomplishments, personal and family news, and other notable events in his life. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-16P Photograph of Justices Helen Kinnear, George Gale, Thomas J. Darby, Harold E. Fuller, and James Stanbury on the bench of the Lincoln County courthouse. -- 9 Mar. 1949. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph depicting, left to right, Helen Kinnear, George Gale (standing), Thomas J. Darby, Harold E. Fuller and James Stanbury on the bench at the Lincoln County courthouse on the occasion of Thomas Darby's installation as a judge of Lincoln County. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Photograph in the public domain. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-17P Osgoode Hall class of 1932 - 20 year reunion, Toronto, Nov. 15, 1952. -- 15 Nov. 1952. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm Scope and Content Item is a group photograph of the attendees at the 20-year reunion of the Osgoode Hall Law School class of 1932. George Gale is seated in the centre of the photo at the head table. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-18P Photograph of Dalton Wells, George Gale, Colin Gibson and J.B. Aylesworth at a curling rink. -- [ca. 1952]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a group photograph depicting, left to right, Dalton Wells, George Gale, Colin Gibson and J.B. Aylesworth posing with curling brooms and stones in front of a scoreboard. They are wearing tams and curling sweaters. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Page 18 of 33 Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-19P Photograph of J.C. McRuer and John W. Pickup. -- [ca. 1956]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm

Scope and Content Item is a photograph of two unidentified judges standing on either side of J.C. McRuer and John W. Pickup. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on content of the item. 2012018-024 Scrapbook. -- 1964-1976. -- 8 cm of textual records (1 v.), 12 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller Scope and Content Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the career of George Gale from the mid-1960s to 1976, when he retired as Chief Justice of Ontario. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, programmes, telegrams and invitations. The items primarily document notable legal cases over which he presided as well as his professional associations and activities, and his retirement from the bench. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-20P Photograph of group of Canadian chief justices in Victoria, BC. -- 1966. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25 cm Scope and Content Item is a group photograph taken at a meeting of chief justices of Canada held in Victoria, British Columbia. George Gale is located in the centre of the back row, standing over the left shoulder of General George Randolph Pearkes, the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, who is seated in the centre of the photograph. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-21P Photograph of George Gale and unidentified man. -- 4 June 1969. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 25.2 x 20.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale shaking hands with an unidentified man in an office. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-22P Photograph of George Gale, John J. Robinette and William G.C. Howland. -- 1969. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Page 19 of 33 Scope and Content Item is a photograph of (left to right) George Gale, John J. Robinette, William G.C. Howland and an unidentified man sitting at a dining table at a social event in Convocation Hall. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-23P Photograph of George Gale, Jackson Osborne, Mrs. Osborne and E.M. Henry. -- 1969. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of (left to right) George Gale with Jackson Osborne, Mrs. Osborne and E.M. Henry, Official Guardian of Ontario, on the occasion of Osborne's retirement from the Official Guardian's Office, taken at Osgoode Hall. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-24P Photograph of Stanley Randall and George Gale greeting members of the Expo '70 delegation. -- 12 Feb. 1970. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of MPP Stanley Randall and George Gale greeting four members of the Expo '70 delegation to Osaka, Japan. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-25P Photograph of a group of Canadian chief justices in Montreal. -- 1970. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Scope and Content Item is an outdoor group photograph of attendees at the Canadian Judicial Conference in August 1970. George Gale is located in the centre of the first row, and Bora Laskin is seventh from the right in the first row. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-26P Photograph of George Gale with two unidentified men. -- [Aug. 1970?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale standing with two unidentified men, likely taken during the Canadian Judicial Conference held in Montreal in August 1970. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-27P Photograph of Allan F. Lawrence, C.E. Bennett, George Gale and Walter Little. -- [1971?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm Scope and Content

Page 20 of 33 Item is a photograph of (left to right) Allan F. Lawrence, C.E. Bennett, George Gale and Walter Little. All of the men are dressed in tuxedos. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on caption on verso. 2012018-28P Photograph of J.C. McRuer and George Gale. -- [ca. 1971]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of J.C. McRuer (centre), an unidentified man (left) and George Gale (right). Gale and the unidentified man are wearing yarmulkes, and all three are dressed in tuxedos. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-29P Photograph of George Gale and Judy LaMarsh. -- [1974?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of George Gale, Judy LaMarsh, an unidentified woman and an unidentified man, posing outdoors. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-30P Photograph of Barry Pepper and George Gale in front of the Sir William Campbell plaque. -- 28 May 1975. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph taken at the unveiling of an Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque at Campbell House. Depicted are (left to right) Barry Pepper, two unidentified men and George Gale. The men are posed in front of the plaque with University Avenue in the background. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-31P Photograph of John Currie, Kevin Carroll and George Gale. -- [1976?]. -- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.8 x 18.2 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of (left to right) John Currie, Kevin Carroll (standing) and George Gale (smoking a cigar), in conversation at a social gathering. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-025 Scrapbook. -- 1976-1982. -- 5 cm of textual records (1 v.), 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm Scope and Content Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the life and career of George Gale. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, programmes, invitations, a photograph, invitations, letters and cards regarding his retirement and appointment to the Ontario Judicial Council, the marriages and achievements of his sons and

Page 21 of 33 daughter-in-law Peggy Gale, his honourary Doctor of Laws degrees, and his appointment as companion to the Order of Canada. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. 2012018-32P Photograph of Kenneth Jarvis sculpting a bust of George Gale. -- [ca. 1977]. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm Scope and Content Item is a photograph of Kenneth Jarvis working on his sculpture of a bust of George Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the item. PF208-5 Speeches. -- [1950?]-1979. -- 28 cm of textual records Scope and Content Series consists of speeches given by George Gale between on a variety of legal subjects at meetings of professional organizations, conferences, call to the Bar ceremonies, Opening of the Courts ceremonies, schools, clubs and churches. Included in the series is an index of the speeches. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the series. 2012018-026 Speeches, correspondence re:. -- 1964-1971, 1979. -- 1 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of correspondence received by George Gale regarding requests for Gale to speak at special events and the publication of speeches given. The records pertain to events held by universities and schools, clubs, professional associations, charitable associations, churches, hospitals and law associations in the 1960s and 1970s. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-027 Index of speeches. -- [ca. 1979]. -- 3 p. Scope and Content Item is a numbered index of speeches given by Gale between 1954 and 1979, detailing the title of the speech, the event at which the speech was given, and the date. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-028 Miscellaneous stories, jokes. -- 1953, 1958. -- 12 p. Scope and Content File consists of joke correspondence, an article from the Chicago Bar Record, notes about amusing incidents on the bench, and a letter. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-029 "Evidence at trial": address to Attorney General's Department. -- 1954. -- 3 p. Scope and Content Item is a numbered outline used by George Gale in an address to the Attorney General's department in 1954. It details steps to take in presenting evidence during a trial, including how to manage witnesses, the judge,

Page 22 of 33 cross examination and a lawyer's own behaviour. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-030 "Religion and the law": St. John's Church, York Mills. -- 1955. -- 8 p. Scope and Content Item is the full text of a typewritten address given by George Gale to the congregants of his church, St. John's Anglican Church in York Mills. The text is divided into numbered sections and has been annotated in pen by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-031 "A look at the courts in Canada": 29th annual convention, International Association of Insurance Counsel at the Greenbrier. -- July 1956. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of the full text of a typewritten address given by George Gale on 14 July 1956 at the annual convention of the International Association of Insurance Counsel held in West Virginia, as well as a transcript of that address, which includes the introduction of association president Lester P. Dodd. The script of Gale's address has been heavily annotated by him. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-032 Opening of the courts, Montreal. -- 1956. -- 8 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the 1956 opening of the courts held in Montreal. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-033 "The responsibilities of the lawyer": Osgoode Hall Inn of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. -- 5 Feb. 1958. -- 5 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to the active Osgoode Hall members of Phi Delta Phi fraternity. The text has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-034 "The future of students": Niagara Falls (high school). -- 1958. -- 14 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a high school convocation held in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-035 "Courts of Canada": 6th Judicial District of U.S. Federal Courts, Cincinnati. -- 1958. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a gathering of members of the 6th Judicial District of the U.S. Federal Courts in Cincinnati, Ohio. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-036 "Sermon": Brampton Reformatory. -- 1959. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content

Page 23 of 33 Item is a full-text typewritten address on the subject of religion given by George Gale to the inmates of the Brampton Reformatory in the spring of 1959. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-037 "Competition from other sciences - how to combat it": Hamilton Lawyers' Club. -- Oct. 1959. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a meeting of the Hamilton Lawyers' Club. The text has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-038 "Photographs in court": Press Club. -- 1959-1960. -- 23 p. Scope and Content File consists of an outline for an address given by George Gale to a Press Club dinner in February 1960. Included with the outline are copies of correspondence exchanged between Gale and E.C. Phelan, managing editor of the Globe and Mail, in January 1959. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-039 "Rules of evidence": medical lectures. -- 1955-1963. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address prepared by George Gale on the subject of rules of evidence. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-040 "Courts of Canada": Osgoode Hall. -- Sept. 1964. -- 16 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address prepared by George Gale and delivered to first-year law students at Osgoode Hall Law School on the subject of the court system in Canada. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-041 "Courts of Canada": dentists. -- May 1964. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address on the subject of the court system in Canada, written and annotated by George Gale and delivered to a meeting of dentists. Included is a page of related notes. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-042 Retirement - Hon. D.P.J. Kelly. -- 12 Nov. 1964. -- 9 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale on the occasion of the retirement of Justice Daniel P.J. Kelly from the Ontario High Court of Justice in 1964. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-043 "Advocacy": U. of T. Law School. -- Oct. 1964. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to students at the University of Toronto Law School on the subject of advocacy. The item has been annotated by Gale.

Page 24 of 33 Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-044 Law a hundred years hence: an address delivered by Chief Justice Gale on November 13, 1964 in Toronto. -- [1965?]. -- 4 p. Scope and Content Item is a printed booklet featuring an address given by George Gale, reprinted from the Canadian Bar Journal (Apr. 1965). Booklet features a photo of Gale and has been annotated in pencil. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-045 "Personal v. community freedoms": County of York Law Association. -- 1964. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of an annotated full-text address given by George Gale to a dinner of the County of York Law Association on 26 November 1964 on the subject of the rights of the individual versus the rights of society. Included is a memorandum regarding the theme of the dinner and a brief on judicial administration of trial divisions. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-046 "Ladies in the law": Canadian Bar Association, Niagara Falls. -- 4 Feb. 1965. -- 24 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Canadian Bar Association on the subject of women in law. Item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-047 Welcome to Osgoode Hall Law School: Obiter Dicta. -- 1965. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item is the text of a welcome message to new students entering Osgoode Hall Law School written by George Gale and published in the Fall 1965 issue of "Obiter Dicta". Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-048 "Developments in the criminal law": Harvard Associates. -- June 1965. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is an annotated full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of Harvard Associates on the subject of new developments in criminal law. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-049 The new courthouse: Lawyers' Club. -- 30 Sept. 1965. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Lawyers' Club on the subject of the new courthouse on University Avenue in Toronto. Item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-050 "Law of marriage": Women's Law Association. -- 11 Dec. 1965. -- 21 p. Scope and Content Item is a point-form and full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Women's Law Association of Ontario on the subject of divorce, marriage and the law.

Page 25 of 33 Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-051 Stories, including "Horse thief": Ontario sheriffs, Peterborough. -- 7 Jan. 1966. -- 22 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a dinner of Ontario sheriffs held in Peterborough, Ontario, on the general topic of women and the law and other anecdotal stories. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-052 Introduction of Chief Justice Challies: Lawyers' Club. -- 10 Jan. 1966. -- 10 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to introduce Chief Justice George Challies at a Lawyers' Club dinner held on 10 January 1966. This item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-053 "Courts of Canada": Rotary Club. -- 19 Feb. 1966. -- 20 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale on the subject of courts in Canada to the Rotary Club. This address appears to be a version of a 1956 address on the same subject. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-054 "Contempt of court": County Court Judges Association. -- 28 Apr. 1966. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a meeting of the County Court Judges Association on the subject of contempt of court. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-055 "Personal v. community freedoms": Queen's University. -- 1966. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at an event at Queen's University on the subject of personal versus community freedoms. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-056 "The future of St. John's": St. John's Anglican Church York Mills, 150th anniversary. -- 22 Sept. 1966. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of Gale's church, St. John's Anglican Church at York Mills. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-057 Openings of new court houses: Brampton, Kitchener, Toronto, Walkerton, Whitby. -- 1966- 1967. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of full-text typewritten addresses given by George Gale at the openings of courthouses in Walkerton, Whitby, Kitchener and Toronto. Included is a draft of an address to be given at the opening of the Brampton courthouse.

Page 26 of 33 Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-058 Opening of the courts in Jan.. -- 1965-1967. -- 1 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of full-text typewritten addresses given by George Gale at the 1965, 1966, and 1967 opening of courts ceremonies. Also included is an address to the grand jury at the opening of the court ceremony held on 11 January 1965. The text of the 1967 address has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-059 "Accelerating trials": Hamilton Lawyers' Club. -- 5 Oct. 1966. -- 23 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Hamilton Lawyers' Club on the subject of accelerating litigation. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-060 Lord Parker dinner. -- 29 Apr. 1967. -- 7 p. Scope and Content Item is a copy of a full-text introductory address given by George Gale at a dinner honouring Baron Parker of Waddington, the Lord Chief Justice of England. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-061 "Changes in the criminal law": University of Toronto Schools, Old Boys Association. -- 25 Oct. 1967. -- 14 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a meeting of the Old Boys Association of University of Toronto School on the subject of morality and criminal law. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-062 5th annual Brotherhood award dinner. -- 19 Feb. 1968. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the 5th annual Brotherhood award dinner held at the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-063 "Changes in the law": mid-winter meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, Royal York Hotel. - - 3 Feb. 1968. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the mid-witner meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, held at the Royal York Hotel, on the subject of changes in law. The item has been heavily annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-064 "Changes in the law": Nova Scotia Bar. -- June 1968. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of members of the Nova Scotia Bar on the subject of changes in law. The item has been annotated by Gale.

Page 27 of 33 Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-065 Lord Denning dinner. -- 12 Apr. 1969. -- 3 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a dinner honouring Lord Denning. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-066 Appointments to the bench. -- 1969-1970. -- 6 p. Scope and Content File consists of two full-text typewritten addresses given by George Gale for ceremonies marking appointments to the bench on 11 April 1969 and the swearing-in ceremony of Justice John Arnup to the Supreme Court of Canada on 22 May 1970. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-067 "Changes in the law": Alberta Law Society. -- May 1969. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Alberta Law Society on the subject of changes in law. The item is annotated in parts by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-068 Calls to the Bar. -- 1967-1975. -- 1 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of notes and full-text speeches, in handwritten and typewritten formats, of addresses given by George Gale at call to the Bar ceremonies between 1967 and 1975. Included are addresses from ceremonies for honourary calls for S. Ronald Basford, Warren Allmand, John Turner, and Emil Lang. Some items in this file have been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-069 "The conduct of a trial": County Court Judges luncheon. -- 9 Apr. 1969. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a luncheon of County Court Judges on the trial process. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-070 "The role of the courts": Annandale High School, Canadian Affairs. -- 24 Oct. 1969. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to the Canadian Affairs Club at Annandale High School in Tillsonburg, Ontario, on the subject of the court system in Canada. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-071 Funerals. -- 23 May 1967. -- 3 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the funeral of Chief Justice Dana Porter. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Page 28 of 33 2012018-072 "The changing law": Chartered Life Underwriters. -- 13 Nov. 1969. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address prepared by George Gale for a group of Chartered Life Underwriters. An annotation on the item indicates that this address was not presented due to illness. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-073 "Privileged communications": Windsor Medical Legal Assn.. -- 15 Nov. 1969. -- 19 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address prepared by George Gale for a gathering of the Windsor Medical Legal Association on the subject of privileged professional communication. An annotation on the item indicates that this address was not presented due to illness. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-074 Swearing-in of Chief Judge Bennett, County Court: court room #20. -- 12 Dec. 1969. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the swearing-in of Chief Judge Colin E. Bennett. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-075 Reply to a toast "to the law": Dominion Conference on Crime, Hart House, June 1965. -- 31 May 1965. -- 8 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the Dominion Conference on Crime, held at Hart House, University of Toronto, in June 1965. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-076 Law school lecture. -- [196-?]. -- 9 p. Scope and Content Item consists of typewritten notes prepared by George Gale for a law school lecture that offers advice on how to conduct oneself as a lawyer in court. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-077 "Rules of evidence": Compensation Board - Walkerton. -- 27 Aug. 1970. -- 10 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of members of the Ontario Compensation Board on the subject of rules of evidence in court cases. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-078 "Sentencing": law enforcement alumni of Seneca College. -- 22 Nov. 1970. -- 14 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of alumni of the Law Enforcement Program of Seneca College on the subject of sentences in criminal law. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-079 "There is a justice in Canada": County Court judges. -- 22 Apr. 1971. -- 0.5 cm of textual records

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Page 29 of 33 File consists of a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a gathering of county court judges on the subject of legal justice in Canada. Included in the file is a photocopied newspaper article titled, "Survey shows most feel they can't get justice in court". Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-080 "The problem of television in the courtroom": provincial judges. -- 25 Jan. 1974. -- 9 p. Scope and Content File consists of notes and a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of provincial judges on the subject of television in the courtroom. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-081 "Sentencing": Rotary Clubs of Southampton, Port Elgin & Paisley. -- 1975, 1978. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of two copies of a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to the Rotary Clubs of Southampton, Port Elgin and Paisley on 16 July 1975 on the subject of sentencing for crimes. One copy of the address has been annotated by Gale. Also included in the file is a memorandum from W.A. Bogart and a photocopied editorial from the New York Times titled "Jail-sentence reform" by Marvin E. Frankel. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-082 "Appellate judicial function": Queen's University. -- 25 Mar. 1975. -- 14 p. Scope and Content Item is a copy of a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a Queen's University Faculty of Law dinner on the subject of appellate judicial function. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-083 "Chief Scout's award": Boy Scouts, Guelph. -- 31 May 1975. -- 5 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at the presentation of an award for the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts in Guelph, Ontario. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-084 Swearing in ceremonies (judges). -- 1974-1976. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of typewritten addresses given by George Gale at judicial swearing-in ceremonies between 1974 and 1976, including ceremonies for Robert C. Rutherford, Donald R. Steele, McLeod A. Craig, John C. Holland, Janet Boland, Robert F. Reid, James Hugessen, Sydney Robins, John Morden, Francis Weatherston, Duncan G. Blair, Horace Krever, and , as well as the retirement of Malcolm Roderick McKinnon. Some of the items in the file have been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-085 Retiring judges. -- 1975. -- 6 p. Scope and Content File consists of handwritten and typewritten notes prepared by George Gale for ceremonies honouring judges retiring from the bench, including William Brennan and Dalton Wells. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Page 30 of 33 2012018-086 Barrie dinner: dinner honouring CJO - 30 years on the bench. -- 31 May 1976. -- 7 p. Scope and Content Item is a typewritten address given by George Gale at a dinner held in Barrie, Ontario, in honour of his 30 years on the bench in Ontario. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-087 Metropolitan Toronto Legal Secretaries Association: Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto. -- 5 Oct. 1976. -- 8 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a dinner of the Metropolitan Toronto Legal Secretaries Association, held at the Park Plaza Hotel. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-088 Gale 30th anniversary dinner: Prince Hotel, Toronto. -- 30 Oct. 1976. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a dinner held in honour of his 30 years on the bench. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-089 Canadian Corps of Commissionaires. -- 10 Nov. 1976. -- 4 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a dinner given by the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-090 Benchers dinner honouring C.J.O.. -- 1976. -- 14 p. Scope and Content File consists of a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a 2 December 1976 dinner held by the benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada in honour of his retirement from the bench. Also included in the file is a copy of a letter from Wendall MacKay, Deputy Minister of Justice of Prince Edward Island, to Gale regarding his gift of three Court of Appeal hoods to the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, and two lists of Ontario judges appointed between 1936 and 1976. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-091 Last sitting: Thursday, December 23, 1976. -- 23 Dec. 1976. -- 1 p. Scope and Content Item is a typewritten address given by George Gale on his last day in court as Chief Justice of Ontario. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-092 Lawyers' Club dinner. -- 10 Jan. 1977. -- 8 p. Scope and Content File consists of typewritten notes prepared by George Gale for an address regarding his retirement, delivered at a dinner gathering of the Lawyers' Club held on 10 January 1977. Restrictions No restrictions on access.

Page 31 of 33 2012018-093 Judges retirement dinner, Osgoode Hall. -- 26 Feb. 1977. -- 6 p. Scope and Content Item consists of typewritten notes for an address given by George Gale at a judges dinner held at Osgoode Hall. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-094 "Appellate judicial function": Queen's University. -- 31 Mar. 1977. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of a full-text typewritten address prepared by George Gale for a gathering at the Faculty of Law at Queen's University on the subject of appellate judicial function. Also included is an address, not written by Gale, on the subject of appellate advocacy. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-095 "The work of law reform": Advocates Society, Bermuda. -- Apr. 1977. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of records pertaining to the work of the Ontario Law Reform Commission as presented to a conference of the Advocates Society held in Bermuda in April 1977. These records include a typewritten address on the subject of the work of law reform annotated by Gale, as well as a handwritten address by Gale, typewritten notes on law reform, and a paper by Derek Mendes da Costa titled "The Ontario Law Reform Commission: a comment: a paper for publication in the Advocate". Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-096 Rules Committee dinner. -- 27 May 1977. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item consists of typewritten notes for an address given by George Gale to a dinner of the Rules Committee. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-097 "The work of law reform": Toronto Business and Prof. Women's Club. -- 13 Oct. 1977. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the Toronto Business and Professional Women's Club. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-098 Phi Delta Phi: "Reminiscences of the former CJO". -- 25 Oct. 1977. -- 2 p. Scope and Content Item is a point-form typewritten address given by George Gale to a 25 October 1977 gathering of members of Phi Delta Phi. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-099 "Reminiscences": Hamilton Rotary Club. -- 9 Mar. 1978. -- 0.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of two copies of a full-text typewritten of an address given by George Gale to a 9 March 1978 meeting of the Hamilton Rotary Club. One of these copies has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-100 "Reminiscences": St. Catharines Rotary Club. -- 31 May 1979. -- 8 p.

Page 32 of 33 Scope and Content Item is a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale to a meeting of the St. Catharines Rotary Club. The item has been annotated by Gale. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-101 John Robinette 50th anniversary of call to the Bar: Advocates' Society. -- 22 June 1979. -- 10 p. Scope and Content File consists of a full-text typewritten address given by George Gale at a dinner of the Advocates' Society in honour of the 50th anniversary of John J. Robinette's call to the Bar. Also included in the file is a letter from John Arnup to George Gale regarding the content of Arnup's planned remarks for this event and a copy of that address. Restrictions No restrictions on access. 2012018-102 Trial notes and addresses. -- [between 1950 and 1970]. -- 4.5 cm of textual records Scope and Content File consists of typewritten notes and full-text addresses, written by George Gale in his capacity as a judge, used to address juries in trials over which he presided. The items in this file pertain to specific cases (Regina v. Widdifield, Regina v. Turfin, Regina v. LaPlante) as well as general subjects or charges including manslaughter, murder, sexual assault, assault, libel and negligence. These notes and addresses have been arranged in the following categories: self defence, general criminal charge, charge to grand jury, murder, drunkenness, insanity, provocation, verdicts, parties to offences, questions and oaths, manslaughter, rape, miscellaneous criminal charges, criminal notes, negligence charges, other charges, questions for jury, and notes for civil cases. Restrictions No restrictions on access. Title Notes Title based on contents of the file.

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