| Main entry | Trotter, Reginald George |
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| Scope and contents | The R.G. Trotter Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes for books, articles, book reviews, and files related to conferences, lectures, and clippings. Included is incoming and outgoing correspondence with the Macmillan Company of Canada, dating from 1928 to 1933; about half of these letters are from 1932, and concern the publication of THE BRITISH EMPIRE-COMMONWEALTH, A STUDY IN POLITICAL EVOLUTION (1932). The existence of other publishing-related materials is likely. |
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| Title proper | R.G. Trotter Papers |
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| BRS Assigned Accession Number | 000001382 |
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| PPP id number | 1386 |
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| Birth or creation dates | 1888 |
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| Death or termination dates | 1951 |
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| Inclusive dates of creator | 1888-1951 |
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| Start date of records | 1920 |
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| End date of records | 1950 |
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| Date of creation of records | ca. [1920-1950] |
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| Extent of descriptive unit | 18.5 ft. |
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| Physical description | Includes textual records and other materials. |
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| Linear metric measurement | 6 m approx. |
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| Type of publishing represented | humanities and social sciences -- history; humanities and social sciences -- political science and current affairs |
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| Telephone number - main | (613) 545-2378 |
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| Telephone number - fax | (613) 545-6300 |
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| Street address | Kathleen Ryan Hall |
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| City and province | Kingston, Ontario |
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| Postal code and email | K7L 3N6 |
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| Biographical sketch | Reginald George Trotter was born in Woodstock, Ontario, in 1888. He earned his BA at Yale and his MA and PhD at Harvard. Trotter taught at Stanford University until 1924. He was then a Professor of Canadian and Colonial history at Queen's University from 1924 to 1951.** Among Trotter's published works are CANADIAN FEDERATION: ITS ORIGIN AND ACHIEVEMENT, A STUDY IN NATION BUILDING (Dent, 1924), CANADIAN HISTORY: A SYLLABUS AND GUIDE TO READING (Macmillan, 1926) and NORTH AMERICA AND THE WAR: A CANADIAN VIEW (Oxford University Press, 1940). |
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| Name of repository | Queen's University Archives |
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| Fonda identification number | A. ARCH 1063 |
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| Finding aids | A finding aid is available. A partial copy has been obtained by CPRD. |
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