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Norman Platt Lambert fonds
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1911-1965 (Creation)
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- Lambert, Norman Platt
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1.9 m of textual records
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Norman Platt Lambert was born at Mount Forest, Ontario, in 1885 and educated at the University of Toronto. After attaining his B.A. he entered a career as a newspaper correspondent and worked as a staff-writer for the Totonto Globe from 1909-1918. From 1918 to 1922 Senator Lambert served as Secretary of the Canadian Council of Agriculture based in Winnipeg after which followed a term in the grain and flour business (1922-1931). In 1932 he became Secretary of the National Liberal Federation and in 1938 was appointed to the Senate.He died in 1965.
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The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, press clippings, and personal diaries 1912-1959. A large portion of these papers consists of material concerning western agriculture and politics. Of particular interest in this connection are those files dealing with the Canadian Council of Agriculture, which includes the minutes of the Council from December 29, 1911 to March 31, 1922.
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- English
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2130
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected