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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0161 |
| Title: | Edwin Clarence Guillet fonds |
| Dates: | 1943-1949 |
| Extent: | 0.36 m of textual records |
| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | Dr. Edwin Clarence Guillet was born in 1898 in Coburg, Ontario and educated at the Coburg Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto (B. A. 1922, Economics and Political Science) and at McMaster University (B. A. 1926, English and History; M. A. 1927, History). He taught for thirty-three years at the Lindsay Collegiate Institute, at the Central Technical Institute, and at the Eastern High School of Commerce in Toronto. During this time he was also appointed Historiographer of the Department of Education of Ontario and wrote twenty published monographs, numerous articles for Canadian newspapers, magazines, and journals, as well as his fifty volume 'Great Canadian Trials' series. Dr. Guillet died in 1975. |
| Scope and Content: |
Fonds consists of the original manuscripts, and some additional typescripts, of the 'Famous Canadian Trials' series, volumes 1-50, created between 1943 and 1949. |
| Custodial History: | The records were purchased by the Osgoode Hall Law Library in 1968 from Dr. Guillet. |
| Restrictions on Access and Use: | Access is unrestricted. |
| Finding Aid: | File list available. |
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/submissions/fonds/ON00370-f0000161.pdf |
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accession: 1968-007. No further accruals are expected. |
| 1968-007 |
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| Immediate source of acquisition: | The records were transferred from Osgoode Hall Law Library in November 1975. |
| Subject Access Points: | Guillet, Edwin C., 1898-1975 |
| Provenance Access Points: | Guillet, Edwin C., 1898-1975 |
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Date of creation: 2003/01/21 Date of last revision: 2003/04/08 |
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