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Description and Finding Aid GEORGE IGNATIEFF FONDS F2020 Description and Finding Aid GEORGE IGNATIEFF FONDS F2020 Prepared by Lynn McIntyre April 2013 GEORGE IGNATIEFF FONDS Dates of creation: [191-?] - 1989 Extent: 9 m of textual records Approximately 770 photographs 5 scrapbooks 24 audiovisual records Biographical sketch: George Ignatieff, diplomat and administrator, was born into a Russian aristocratic family in St. Petersburg in 1913. He was the fifth and youngest son of Count Paul Ignatieff and Natalie Ignatieff (née Princess Mestchersky). After fleeing Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution, the family arrived in England in 1920. By the end of that decade they had relocated to Upper Melbourne, Quebec. George Ignatieff was educated at Lower Canada College, Montreal, and in Toronto at Central Technical School and Jarvis Collegiate. In 1936 he graduated with a BA in Political Science and Economics from Trinity College, and then went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, completing his MA in Slavic Studies in 1938. At Lester B. Pearson's suggestion, Ignatieff wrote the External Affairs examination in 1939 and began working at Canada House in London. He returned to the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa in 1944. His many postings included: Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1956-1958), Assistant Undersecretary of State for External Affairs (1960-1962), Permanent Representative to NATO in 1963, and Canadian Ambassador to the UN (1966-1969). In 1972, Ignatieff left the post of Permanent Representative of Canada to the European Office of the UN at Geneva (from 1970) to become ninth Provost and Vice-chancellor of Trinity College, a position he held until 1979. From 1980 to 1986 he was Chancellor of the University of Toronto. He was Chair of the National Museums of Canada Board (1973-1978), and in the 1980s was active in Science for Peace. In 1973 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and in 1984 was awarded the Pearson Peace Medal. Throughout the years he received many honorary degrees and other awards. In 1985 the University of Toronto Press published his memoirs, The Making of a Peacemonger . George Ignatieff married (Jessie) Alison Grant (1916-1992) in 1944; the couple had two sons, Michael (b.1947) and Andrew (b.1952). George Ignatieff died on 10 August 1989 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Scope and content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to George Ignatieff’s professional career and personal life. Genealogical information about the Ignatieff family documents their lives in Russia and immigration to Canada. Some records relate to the Parkin and Grant familes. Family records include memoirs, diaries, photographs, student records, journals and correspondence. Ignatieff’s professional life as a diplomat with the Canadian government is documented by correspondence, subject files, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings and photographs. Records from 1972 to 1986 are mainly from Ignatieff’s career as an administrator at the University of Toronto. These records were generated during day-to-day operations of these offices and include correspondence, subject files, speeches, writings, clippings and notebooks. In addition, there are documents associated with other organizations and activities in which he was involved, as well as documents relating to his honorary degrees and awards. Extensive background material and drafts trace the evolution of Ignatieff’s published memoir, The Making of a Peacemonger. Correspondence and photographs can be found throughout the fonds. Researchers are George Ignatieff fonds encouraged to search broadly. Contains series: 1. Family History 2. Student Records 3. Daily Journals, Address Books, Financial and Personal Records 4 Correspondence 5. Subject Files 6. Writings and Interviews 7. Memoirs 8. Speeches 9. University of Toronto Chancellor’s Office 10. Photographs 11. Clippings and Printed Materials 12. Audiotapes and Videotapes 13. Andrew Ignatieff Notes: Acquisition history: The first donation of materials was received directly from George Ignatieff. Following his father’s death, Andrew Ignatieff donated the remainder of the material in various accessions. Arrangement: The material has been arranged by the archivist following the original order whenever possible. Language: Some documents are written in Russian, Bulgarian, German, Latin and French. Restrictions on access: None Terms governing use and reproduction / publication: Various copyright holders, it is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the fonds. Associated material: Library and Archives Canada holds other Ignatieff papers Related groups of records in different fonds : Michael Ignatieff fonds, F2327 contains considerable material relating to the Ignatieff and Grant families. The Sonja Sinclair fonds, F2223, contains interviews and research creating during the writing of The Making of a Peacemonger . General Notes: Throughout this document, George Ignatieff is referred to as "GI" and Alison (Grant) Ignatieff as "AI". Some early documents refer to her as "JAG" (Jessie Alison Grant) "Ignatieff" is also spelled as "Ignatiev" In some documents. "Defence" is sometimes spelled as "defense." "Dima" refers to Vladimir Ignatieff. Provenance access points : Ignatieff, George, 1913-1989 3 George Ignatieff fonds SERIES 1: FAMILY HISTORY Dates of creation: [191-?] - 1988 Extent: 26 cm of textual records 34 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm and smaller Scope and content: Series consists of Ignatieff genealogy and family history. Included are memoirs of Ignatieff family members reflecting their lives in 19th century Russia and immigration to their new home in Canada during the early 20th century. As well, there is initial correspondence about the publication of GI’s father’s memoirs. This series also contains photographs, journal articles, newspaper clippings, as well as lecture notes, texts for a BBC series and a TVO interview created by Michael Ignatieff. Location / File Listing: FOLDER/UNIT TITLE START END DATE CONTENTS BOX/ DATE FILE # Ignatieff Family Tree 1978 [198-?] Family tree: Genealogy of the sons of 1-1 and History Count Paul and Countess Natalie Ignatieff as prepared by Serge Sheremeteff and edited by Vladimir Ignatieff, September 1978 (See also File 3-10) Family notes from 1917 to 1980 by Vladimir Ignatieff; Includes information on the origins of Paul Ignatieff’s memoirs “Explanatory Notes to the Skeletal Ignatieff Genealogy including the Mestchersky Family,” by Leonid P. Ignatieff, including early history of Russia and the family Many photocopies, one dated from 1978 Correspondence re February December Correspondence concerning publication of 1-2 George Ignatieff’s book 1965 1968 George Ignatieff’s book, “Things New and and his father’s memoirs Old,” 1965 (See also Files 41-1 and 41-2) [Count Paul M. Ignatieff Correspondence concerning publication of (1870-1945)] GI’s father’s memoirs, 1967-1968, and agreement with St. Martin’s Press, 19 December 1968 Family tree – 1797-[195-?] Correspondents include Leonid Ignatieff, Macmillan Company of Canada, University of Toronto Press, Frances Halpenny, Hugh Seton-Watson, Frank A. Upjohn, St. Martin’s Press, Andrew Rossos, Russian Historical Archive and Repository Contents of these two files are mostly original documents. (File 1 of 2) 4 George Ignatieff fonds Correspondence re January October Correspondence concerning publication of 1-3 Count Paul M. Ignatieff’s 1969 1978 GI’s father’s memoirs and his Russian Memoirs manuscript; 1969 to 1974, 1978 Correspondents as above, and Vladimir [Dima] Ignatieff, B.G. Kayfetz, Canadian Jewish Congress, Ian Montagnes, University of Toronto Press, and Jack McClelland, McClelland and Stewart Drafts of the Preface to the memoir, including revised version, 7 February 1973 Letterhead of Count Paul N. Ignatieff (File 2 of 2) References to Count [198-?] [198-?] "Translation of References to Count Paul 1-4 Paul Ignatieff Ignatieff In Memoirs of A.B Krivosheyin (1857-1921), Published in Paris 1973" (Photocopy) Count Paul Ignatieff - [197-?] [197-?] Fall of the Tsarist regime, Volume VI, 1-5 Fall of the Tsarist Questioning and Evidence of Count P.N. regime, Volume VI Ignatieff, edited by P.E. Tsegoloff (Draft and final stenographic transcript of the questions and evidence given in 1917 before the Special Commission of Enquiry of the Provisional Government) Translation from Russian by GI of original 1917 document Photocopy of article in Russian: Slavistic Printings and Reprintings, ed. C.H. Van Schooneveld, 1969 Count Paul Ignatieff - [197-?] [197-?] The Mission of General N.P. Ignatieff to 1-6 The Mission of General Peking (1859-1860, The Peking Treaty ), N.P. Ignatieff to Peking draft, by K.A. Gubastov, "material assembled by Count N.P. Ignatieff and published … 1902 (Photocopy) Photocopy of part of an official document in Russian, 1913, probably GI's birth certificate (See File 5-2) Count Paul Ignatieff 1982 1983 Letter to Ian Montagnes, Editor, University 1-7 Memoir, Foreword of Toronto Press, 11 March 1982, concerning GI’s wish to have the memoirs published in Canada Includes Foreword to The Memoirs of Count Paul Ignatieff written by Professor Seton-Watson (Photocopy; Original is in File 38-15) Count Paul Ignatieff [193-?] [194-?] Paul Ignatieff memoir, p.1 to p.294; 1-8 Memoir Appendix, Bibliographical Notes p.1-44 (Carbon copy typescript on onionskin paper) Count Paul Ignatieff [193-?] [194-?] Typescript of Paul Ignatieff memoir, starting 1-9 5 George Ignatieff fonds Memoir at Chapter VI, p.85 to p.294; Appendix, Bibliographical Notes, p.1-44 Note in file indicates: "Copy 1 of Vol. II," "Once a Minister in Imperial Russia, of original manuscript of Count Paul N. Ignatieff" Count Paul Ignatieff [193-?] [194-?] Typescript of Paul Ignatieff memoir - 1-10 Memoir, Chapters 1 and Chapter 1, Local and Provincial 2 Government, and Chapter 2, The Ministry of Agriculture [Not the same as Chapters 1 and 2 of File 1-8] Photographs [P1516- [1917?] 1985 Photographs, both personal and 1-11 0001 to P1516-0032] professional through the years Includes 33 photographs of the young GI with his family and the older man in his various capacities, shown with world leaders and other dignitaries Includes newspaper clipping of GI on HMCS Iroquois from The Graduate, November-December 1985.
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