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Peter C. Newman fonds. First accrual.

Manuscripts:
Boxes 1-5
Typescript of Renegade in Power (1963)
Typescript of The Distemper of our Times (1968)

Box 6
Copies of Toronto Daily Star columns
Copies of Maclean’s Magazine articles
Correspondence
Notes for a lecture at York University, 8 Dec. 1965
Ts., Conversation with Lester B. Pearson, 4 May 1964, 4 pp. by Floyd S. Chalmers
One article on Trudeau
Typescript and galley proofs of Home Country: People, Places, and Power Politics (1973?)

Boxes 7-20
Research material, includes notes, interviews, rough drafts

Boxes 21-26
Typescripts, unsorted

Boxes 27 & 27A
Newspaper clippings from Canadian newspapers
Envelope of reviews of Distemper of our Times

Box 28
Printed matter (unsorted) includes press releases and speeches

Box 28A
Newman’s annotated copies of Hansard

Box 28B
Royal Commission Reports

Box 28C
Judicial Inquiries

Box 28D
Research materials: Statements by Jean Lesage, 1964-1965; Confederation of Tomorrow Conference, 1967; Commission of Inquiry into Complaints made by George Victor Spencer, 1966

Boxes 29-56
The following boxes contain material used by Newman in creating The Canadian Establishment, Volume 1. For the most part, the material has been arranged under the subject headings used by Newman and in order to understand the particular aspects of many of these subject divisions, the book itself must be consulted. Correspondence relating to each subject has been kept with the research material relating to that subject.

Box 29
Banking

Boxes 29A-B
Annual Reports

Box 30
Banking: Correspondence and Interviews

Box 31
Corporate Power

Box 32
Clubs - information about
Clubs - correspondence
Clubs - Membership Lists

Box 33
Harvard Business School: Correspondence and Interviews

Box 34
Services and Business Intelligence
C.D. Howe, War-time and Canadian Business
Executive offices and “trappings”

Box 35
Private schools

Box 36
C.P.R.
Bell Telephone
Noranda
Order of Canada and Who’s Who
Introductory material
Directors and shareholders
Chief Executive Officer

Box 37
Business Establishment: Maritimes, Montreal, The West, Winnipeg

Box 38
Business Establishment: Toronto and Vancouver

Boxes 39-40
Wealth

Box 41
Bata family
Nelson Davis
Eaton Family

Box 42
C.D. Howe
Max Meighen
David Macdonald Stewart

Box 43
J.M. Keynes and Economic Theory

Box 44
John Angus (Bud) McDougald and Argus Corp.

Box 45
Molson family and Doug Willmot
Jake Moore
Richardson family
E.P. Taylor

Boxes 46-47
Manuscript (second draft?) of The Canadian Establishment

Boxes 48-52
The Canadian Establishment, Volume 1: Manuscripts, proofs and research notes

The Canadian Establishment, Volume 1: Interviews

Box 53
Note: Audio cassettes are stored separately. Transcripts are predominantly photocopies.
Aird, John B., 31 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 1
Ambridge, Douglas W., 12 pp. and 10 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 2 & 96

Anderson, Alfred, 24 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 3
Anderson, Clare, 18 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 3. May also include Donald S. Anderson.
Asper, 23 pp. transcript, 11 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 4
Axworthy, Lloyd, 15 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 101

Baldwin, John, 2 pp. notes re interview November 1973
Barbeau, Jacques, 17 pp. transcript, 20 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 5
Barber, 21 pp. transcript
Barrett, David, 64 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 6, 32; also 2 pp. notes re interview
Bata, Thomas J. or G., 29 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 77 retained by Newman
Bawden, Harry, 17 pp. transcript, 41 pp. transcript (p. 1 missing), Audio cassette 8
Bedson, Audio cassette 56
Bennett, Roy and William J.,44 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 10
Bisson, Andre, 33 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 9-10
Blair, Robert, 24 pp. transcript, 4 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 11
Brown, Colin, 23 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 12
Brown, Thomas,19 pp., 12 pp. and 16 pp. transcripts, Audio cassettes 13-14
Burns, Charles F.W., 50 pp., 25 pp. transcripts, October 1974, Audio cassettes 15-16

Calgary, notes from, 5 pp., Audio cassette 17
Cameron, Harold, 14 pp. transcript
Card, E.H., 29 pp. transcript, Audio cassette l9
Caves, Professor, 18 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 18
Chalmers, Floyd S., 7 transcripts (19 pp., 25 pp., 30 pp., 20 pp., 23 pp., 30 pp., 3 pp.); 3 pp. notes re first interview, Audio cassettes 20-23, 47
Child, Arthur J.E., 25 pp. transcript, 20 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 24-25
Chipman, Murray, 2 pp. notes re interview October 1974
Clement, Wallace, 4 pp. notes re interview June 1974
Clyne, John V., 63 pp. transcript and 19 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 26-28
Coates, Dan, 7 pp. notes
Cohen, Albert D., 8 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 29 & 64
Cohen, Marshall, 2 pp. notes re interview April 1974
Cooper, Covert, Audio cassettes 30-31
Crowe, Marshall, 2 pp. notes, 5 pp. notes re second interview June 1974

Box 54
Davis, Nelson M., 35 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 35
Desmarais, Paul 6 transcripts (24 pp., 18 pp., 19 pp. with 6 pp. of excerpts; 11 pp. of excerpts; 14 pp. excerpts), 5 pp. fact sheet
Deutsch, John J, 38 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 36
Dimma, William A., 38 pp. transcript. Audio cassette 34
F.S.C., Audio cassette 33

Ferguson, George, 4 pp. notes
Ferguson, Maynard, Audio cassette 91
Firestone, O.J. (Jack), 36 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 115
Frazee (?), Audio cassette 66
Fullarton, Douglas H., 12 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 50
Freedman, Audio cassette 98

Genest, Pierre, 18 pp. transcript, 14 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 37
Gonick, Cy, 13 pp. transcript, 6 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 38
Gordon, Walter, 21 pp. transcript of 1 Nov. 1973 with 5 pp. notes, Audio cassette 39
Gotlieb, Allan, April 1974, 4 pp. notes
Griffin, A.G.S., 29 pp. transcript, 18 pp. transcript, 21 pp. transcript, Sept. 1974 Audio cassettes 40-42 and possibly 43

Hamilton, William, 13 pp. transcript, 11 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 44
Harries, Hu, 10 pp. transcript ( typescript), 25 pp. transcript (typed) Audio cassette 25
Harris, William B., 32 pp. transcript + 1 p. notes, Audio cassette 45
Henderson, Ian A., 32 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 46
Hockin, Tom, (transcript filed under Private Schools in Box 35 presumably), Audio cassette 107
Howe, C.D., 66 pp. quotations from C.BC. program about Howe by Robert Hambleton
Hunter, Donald, 15 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 47 & 81
Hurtig, Mel, 14 pp. transcript , Audio cassette 49

Jack, Mel, 13 and 19 pp. transcripts, June 1974, 2 pp. notes re interview, June 1974, Audio cassette 50 & 88
Jackman, Hal, 18 pp. transcript, 12 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 51
Jackman, Henry R. Sr, 22 pp. transcript
Jarislowsky, Stephen A., 24 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 43 (?) and 52-53; 4 pp. of notes of interview at end of 1974
Johnson, Al, 8 pp. notes of interview April 1974, Audio cassette 54
Johnson, Leo, 48 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 55
Jones, Audio cassette 56

Kanee, Sol, 7 pp. transcript, 38 pp. transcript
Keate, J.S. Stuart, four transcripts 7, 5 (not finished), 9, 14 pp., Audio cassettes 50, 57 and 76

Box 55
Knowles, Stanley, two transcripts, 24 pp., 2 pp., also 2 pp. notes of interview, 29 November 1973, Audio cassettes 58-59
Labatt, John, three transcripts, 23 pp., 44 pp., 10 pp., Audio cassette
Lee, William, 10 pp. transcript, 104 pp.
Leeming, Howard, 16 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 61

Lennard, Gordon H.,18 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 63 (?)
Lougheed, E. Peter, 1 p. note, Audio cassette 32
MacAulay, John, 17 pp. transcript + 1 note, Audio cassettes 64-65 and 109
MacIntosh, Robert W., 17 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 66
MacKenzie, Maxwell W., 23 pp. transcript, 3 pp. notes of interview November 29, 1973, Audio cassette 86
Malone, Cliff Jr., Richard C., and Brig. R.S., 42 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 67-68
Mansur, David, 29 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 18
Martin, Hugh, Lorre, and Paul Jr., two transcripts, 6 pp. and 8 pp., Audio cassettes 58 and 69
Matthews, A. Bruce, two transcripts, 26 pp. and 6 pp., 1 p. notes of interview May 1974, Audio cassette 70
Maunder, Brian, 8 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 62
McCabe, Michael, 4 pp. notes of interview, June 1974
McDougald, John Angus (Bud), five transcripts, 97 pp., 22 pp., 25 pp., 42 pp., 29 pp., Audio cassettes 71-74 119, 120, 121, also 16 pp. excerpts of quotations, with 2 pp.
McGeer, three transcripts, 15 pp., 15 pp., 7 pp., Audio cassettes 75-76
McKinnon, Hector, 8 pp. notes of interview, Audio cassette 77
McLaughlin, R.S., S. Bruce and W. Earle, 16 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 78
Meighen, Maxwell, 23 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 79
Mitchell, W.O., 15 pp. transcript
Moore, John Henderson, 29 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 80
Mulroney, 16 pp. transcript (corrected),15 pp. transcript (uncorrected) and p. 1-9 (corrected),13 pp. transcript (uncorrected), Audio cassettes, 63, 81-82
Murray, J. Richard, 18 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 83
Nichol, John and David, 16 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 106
Nickle, Carl O., 11 pp. transcript, 20 pp. transcript

O’Hagen, Richard, 2 pp. notes re interview June 1974
Ostry, Bernard and Sylvia, 4 pp. notes re interview April 1974
Ottawa, notes to self, 1 pp. and 3 pp. (Spring1974)

Pare, Paul, 9 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 84
Parkin, John C., 23 pp. transcript, 8 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 85
Pepin, Jean-Luc,13 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 86

Box 56
Perry, Harvey, 26 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 87
Picard, Laurent, 17 pp. transcript, 14 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 88
Pitfield, Michael, 23 pp. notes on interview November 1974, Audio cassettes 89 & 100
Porter, Marsh M., 33 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 90
Powis, Alfred, 18 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 105
Price, Brig., Audio cassette 59
Purves, R.P., 12 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 29

Purvis, Audio cassette 56

Rae, John, 24 pp. transcript of January 1975 interview, Audio cassette 91
Ramsay, 27 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 92
Reisman, Simon, 6 pp. notes re interview June 26, 1974
Richardson, George, 16 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 29
Riley, Conrad S. and Culver, 9 pp., 13 pp. transcripts Audio cassettes 48 & 93
Ripley, T. Stewart and Wilder, 19 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 94
Ritchie, A.E., 4 pp. notes re interview
Roberts, Harold and K.A.,13 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 96
Roberts, Ed, 21 pp. transcript (incomplete), Audio cassette 95
Roblin, Duff, 9 pp., 17 pp. transcripts, Audio cassette 97
Roman, Steve, 15 pp. transcript
Ryan, Audio cassette 14

Saint-Denis, Annette, 4 pp. notes re interview November 28, 1973
Schreyer, Ed, Audio cassette 98
Scott, Peter, 27 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 99
Sharwood, Gordon, 32 pp. transcript (incomplete), Audio cassette 100
Sinclair, Ian, 21 pp. transcript of December 1974 interview
Smith, Gordon, 10 pp. transcript, Audio cassettes 93 & 101
Spry, Graham, 5 pp. notes re interview November 27,1973
Stewart, David, 2 pp. notes re interview
Sweatman, Alan, 29 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 93

Tarshis, Lorie, 37 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 102
Taylor, E. P., 25 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 103
Thain, Don, 25 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 104
Thomson, Audio cassette 105
Touche, Rodney, 10 pp. transcript, 31 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 106
Tunnell, Arthur L., 12 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 107
Twaits, Audio cassette 108

Vogel, Garson, 31 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 109
Watkins, Mel, 21 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 118
Watts, Murray, 12 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 110
Webster, Howard, 2 pp. notes, five transcripts, 12 pp., 44 pp., 20 pp., 31 pp., 20 pp. transcripts, Audio cassettes 78, 111 and 112; also letter from Newman, Oct. 20, 1975
Webster, Jack, Audio cassette 113
Weston, Galen, Audio cassette 114
Wilmot, Bud, Audio cassette 114
White, Arthur, Stanford, and Kenneth A., 27 pp. transcript, Audio cassette 84
Wilder, William P., five transcripts, 55 pp., 19 pp., 18 pp., 20 pp., 4 pp., Audio cassettes 54, 92, 115, 116 transcript
Winnipeg notes, 1 p., 7 pp.
Wisener, Robert, transcript not extant, Audio cassette 117

Box 57
The Canadian Establishment Volume I (1979), revised edition
Photocopies of typescripts and proofs

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