Canadian Archives Direction des archives Branch canadiennes MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Finding Aid No. 2326 / Instrument de recherche no 2326 Prepared in 2003 by Kara Quann for the Préparé en 2003 par Kara Quann pour les Social and Cultural Archives Archives sociales et culturelles ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CORRESPONDENCE SERIES ..................................................1 FAMILY AND PERSONAL MATERIAL SERIES ................................2, 13 PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM SERIES ..............................5, 14 KENNETH DYBA & JOSEPH THOMAS RESEARCH MATERIAL SERIES.....................................................7 Interviews/Research Files .................................................7 Chronological Sub-series .................................................12 iii INTRODUCTION MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date CORRESPONDENCE SERIES 1 1 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean 1926-1929 (Campbell) Halton 1 2 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean 1930-1932 (Campbell) Halton 1 3 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1940-1941 1 4 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1942 1 5 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1943 1 6 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1944 1 7 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1945 1 8 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton ca. 1946-1954 1 9 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton n.d. 1 10 Correspondence, Personal - from Jean (Campbell) Halton to 1942, 1955 Matthew Halton 1 11 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family n.d., 1929 1 12 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1930-1938 1 13 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1941-1946 1 14 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1953-1957 1 15 Correspondence, Personal - Christiane 1944, 1956 1 16 Correspondence, Personal - Fielding, Sean 1955-1957 1 17 Correspondence, Personal - Lynch, Charles 1955-1957 2 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date 1 18 Correspondence, Personal - McMillan, R. 1956 1 19 Correspondence, Personal - Wolffsohn, Elsa 1947 1 20 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1938-1944 1 21 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1945-1949 1 22 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1951-1956 1 23 Correspondence, Miscellaneous - Condolences 1956-1957 1 24 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1975 1 25 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 2002 1 26 Correspondence, Miscellaneous n.d. 1 27 Correspondence, Miscellaneous - from Matthew Halton 1944, 1955 1 28 Correspondence - S.J. Reginald Saunders and Company Ltd. - 1956-1957 Book proposal 1 29 Correspondence - University of Alberta - Awarding of 1954, 1956 Honourary Degree FAMILY AND PERSONAL MATERIAL SERIES 1 30 Autographed American Dollar Bill - Calcutta, India 1942 1 31 Canadian News Hall of Fame - Matthew Halton, elected 1982 posthumously 1 32 “Halton Hi-Lites” vol. I, no. 3, Matthew Halton Memorial Issue, 1958 Matthew Halton High School 1 33 “Halton Hi-Lites” vol. II, no. 3, Matthew Halton Memorial Issue, 1959 Matthew Halton High School 1 34 Journalist’s Notebook - Italy and France [1943-1944] 1 35 “Pincher Creek Memories” 1975 1 36 Receipt from Garfield Weston to Matthew Halton for 1939 contribution for repatriation of Canadian volunteers in Spanish Civil War R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 3 Container File File Title Date 1 37 Royal Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Philip - Notes for 1947 commentators 1 38 Savage Club 1956 1 39 Seth Halton’s geometry exercise book n.d. 1 40 Speech - “A Salute to Soldiers” for North American Guest Night [1943?] 1 41 Speech - [“Being a War Correspondent”] ca. 1944 1 42 Speaking Tour - Association of Canadian Clubs 1956 1 43 Speaking Tour - National War Finance 194-? 1 44 Speaking Tour - Winnipeg Press Club 1944 2 1 Student Papers - [Cambridge University] 1929-1930 2 2 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective I 1929-1930 2 3 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective II 1929-1930 2 4 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective III 1929-1930 2 5 Student Papers - The Expansion of the British Empire 1929-1930 2 6 Student Papers - Kant and Green 1929-1930 2 7 Student Papers - [Oxford University] Mother of Arts and 1929-1930 Eloquence 2 8 Student Papers - Thucydides 1929-1930 2 9 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Book jacket 1944 2 10 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Correspondence 1944-1946 2 11 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Manuscript fragments of Part 2 ca. 1941-1942 “Reaping the Whirlwind” 2 12 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Reviews 1945 2 13 Thursday Club 1955 2 14 War Documents - Report on German atrocities 1944 2 15 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 2 16 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 4 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date 2 17 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 2 18 War Documents - Prisoners of War Division, German Section, 1947 Foreign Service 2 19 War Documents - Russo-Finnish War - Posters and Maps 1939-1940 2 20 Writings and Poetry - “A Matter of Conviction” (revised version n.d. of “A Matter of Principle”) 2 21 Writings and Poetry - “A Matter of Principle” n.d. 2 22 Writings and Poetry - “The Boar’s Head Ring” n.d. 2 23 Writings and Poetry - “The Dream” (handwritten version) 1930 2 24 Writings and Poetry - “The Dream” (typed version) n.d. 2 25 Writings and Poetry - “The Honourable David” n.d. 2 26 Writings and Poetry - “It Happened in Moscow” (revised version n.d. of “Lost Ecstasy” for Toronto Star Weekly) 2 27 Writings and Poetry - “Lost Ecstasy” n.d. 2 28 Writings and Poetry - “Ming Vase” n.d. 2 29 Writings and Poetry - Miscellaneous 2 30 Writings and Poetry - “November Idyll” (early, incomplete n.d. version of “The Dream”) 2 31 Writings and Poetry - “On Toscanini Conducting ‘Italia n.d. Betrayed’” 2 32 Writings and Poetry - “Suspense” n.d. 2 33 Writings and Poetry - “Sympathy” n.d. 2 34 Writings and Poetry - Untitled (written in the Desert War) 194? 2 35 University of Alberta, Convocation Address, May 1956 1956 2 36 Vital Documents - Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificate, Death 1932, 1956, Certificate 1970 2 37 Yugoslavia Trip 1950 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 5 Container File File Title Date PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM SERIES 2 38 Articles ca. 1934-1936 2 39 Articles ca. 1937 2 40 Articles ca. 1938-1941 2 41 Articles ca. 1942-1944 2 42 Articles ca. 1945-1946 2 43 Articles ca. 1947 2 44 Articles ca. 1947 2 45 Articles ca. 1948 2 46 Articles ca. 1948 2 47 Articles ca. 1948 2 48 Articles ca. 1949 2 49 Articles ca. 1949 2 50 Articles ca. 1950 2 51 Articles ca. 1950 3 1 Articles ca. 1951 3 2 Articles ca. 1951 3 3 Articles ca. 1952 3 4 Articles ca. 1952 3 5 Articles ca. 1953 3 6 Articles ca. 1954-1955 3 7 Articles ca. 1955-1956 3 8 Articles n.d. 3 9 Kemsley Newspapers London Series 1944 3 10 Post-War Germany Series Part I (articles) ca. 1950-1955 6 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date 3 11 Post-War Germany Series Part 2 (articles) ca. 1950-1955 3 12 Post-War Germany Series Part 3 (articles) ca. 1950-1955 3 13 Yugoslavia Series - Articles 1950 3 14 Yugoslavia Series - Broadcast - “Window on Yugoslavia” 1950 (1 of 2) 3 15 Yugoslavia Series - Broadcast - “Window on Yugoslavia” 1950 (2 of 2) 3 16 BBC Series - “Imperial Echoes” 1944 3 17 BBC Series - “News from Yesterday: The Great Fire of London” 1949 3 18 BBC Series - “Window on France”; “Commonwealth Christmas” 1949 3 19 BBC Series - “Commonwealth Journey No. 3" 1950 3 20 BBC Series - “At Home and Abroad” 1954 3 21 BBC Series - “Should Germany be Rearmed?: an International 1954 Enquiry, Part 1" 3 22 BBC Series - “Should Germany be Rearmed?: an International 1954 Enquiry, Part 2" 3 23 BBC Series - “Gold Coast Experience” 1955 3 24 CBC Broadcasts 1940-1943 3 25 CBC Broadcasts 1943 4 1 CBC Broadcasts, Jan.-July 1944 1944 4 2 CBC Broadcasts, July-Aug. 1944 1944 4 3 CBC Broadcasts, Aug.-Sept. 1944 1944 4 4 CBC Broadcasts, Sept.-Dec. 1944 1944 4 5 CBC Broadcasts, Jan.-April 1945 1945 4 6 CBC Broadcasts, April-Dec. 1945 1945 4 7 CBC Broadcasts 1946-1949 4 8 CBC Broadcasts 1950-1956 4 9 CBC Broadcasts - Related to Matthew Halton 1956-1978 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 7 Container File File Title Date 4 10 Canadian Series - Broadcasts (1 of 2) 1952-1953 4 11 Canadian Series - Broadcasts (2 of 2) 1952-1953 4 12 Capital Report; News Roundup; Report on Britain Series 1946-1947 4 13 Capital Report; News Roundup; Report on Britain Series 1948-1950 4 14 Capital Report; News Roundup Series 1951-1953 4 15 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-Feb. 1954 1954 4 16 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Feb.-April 1954 1954 4 17 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, May-July 1954 1954 4 18 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Aug.-Oct. 1954 1954 4 19 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Nov.-Dec. 1954 1954 5 1 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-April 1955 1955 5 2 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, April-June 1955 1955 5 3 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, June-Dec. 1955 1955 5 4 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-March 1956 1956 5 5 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, April-Aug. 1956 1956 5 6 Early Broadcasts 1930s-1942 5 7 Television Broadcasts ca. 1953, 1956 KENNETH DYBA & JOSEPH THOMAS RESEARCH MATERIAL SERIES Interviews/Research Files Sub-series 5 8 Interviews/Research Files - Allison, Lewis 1980 5 9 Interviews/Research Files - Amaron, D.G. 1978-1979 5 10 Interviews/Research Files - Anglin, Gerry 1979 8 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date 5 11 Interviews/Research Files - Approach (Language/Images) to ca. 1978-1983 Writing Biography/Drama Part 1 5 12 Interviews/Research Files - Approach (Language/Images) to ca. 1978-1983 Writing Biography/Drama Part 2 5 13 Interviews/Research Files - Armstrong, Jane 1979 5 14 Interviews/Research Files - Beamish, Royd 1979-1980 5 15 Interviews/Research Files - Bowker, Wilbur 1979-1980 5 16 Interviews/Research Files - Bowman, R.T.