Joseph Thorarinn Thorson Fonds

Description

Title Proper	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson Fonds
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized	1926-1942
General material designation	From this fonds, LOI has digitized 32 textual records or images.
Scope and content	This fonds comprises six series containing various pieces of correspondence, reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other documents largely concerning Joseph T. Thorson (regarding his time as a member of government) as well as the following: the Canadian war effort and the court cases for Baron Édouard de Rothschild et al. v. the Custodian of Enemy Property; Mary Braun v. the Custodian; Edward Bitter v. the Secretary of State of Canada, as Custodian of Alien Enemy Property; Maurice Feuchtwanger and Sylvan Gotshal v. the Custodian, the Bank of Montreal; Etienne Feuchtwanger v. the Custodian and Sylvan Gotshal. Also contains files pertaining to the court cases of His Majesty the King v. Gordon C. Edwards and Eikichi Nakashima; Tadao Wakabayashi; and Jitaro Tanaka and Takejiro Tanaka v. His Majesty the King.
Name of creator	Thorson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thorarinn) 1889-1978 created this archive. Judge Donald Thorson of Toronto gave the records to the LAC in 1981 and 1982.
Immediate source of acquisition	The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository

Library and Archives Canada

Digital Objects (32)

Personal letters - meetings with politicians and public servants

Personal letters - national cabinet and political meetings 1937-1939

Personal letters - political consequences of the war may 1940

Personal letters - war news and cabinet changes June 1940

Personal letters - cabinet politics and government policy July - August 1940

Personal letters - session of the House of Commons Nov - Dec 1940

Personal letters - Cabinet politics February 1941

Personal letters - meetings with ministers and members of parliament 9 March - 15 March, 1941

Personal letters - personal information and proceedings in the House of Commons and Committees 20 March - 31 March, 1941

Personal letters - personal information and House of Commons proceedings 6 April - 28 April, 1941

Personal letters - personal information and proceedings of Committees of the House of Commons 2 May - 15 May 1941

Personal letters - personal information and proceedings of Committees of the House of Commons 16 May - 31 May, 1941

Personal letters - bills before Committees of the House of Commons, 1 June - 6 June, 1941

Personal letters - appointment as minister of National War Services, 11 June - 17 June, 1941

Personal letters - proceedings of committees of the House of Commons, 9 July - 17 July, 1941

Political correspondence - congratulatory letters following election, 1926

Ministerial memoranda and correspondence - general correspondence 1941

Ministerial memoranda and correspondence – Canadian war effort, correspondence and speeches 1941

Exchequer court - clippings

File 2: Baron Edouard de Rothschild et al vs. The Custodian of Enemy Property – draft of judgement, December 1945

File 27: Mary Braun Administratrix of the estate of Jacob G. Brown vs. The Custodian – reasons for judgement and suggested headnote, March 17, 1944

File 28: Edward Bitter vs. the Secretary of State of Canada, as Custodian of Alien Enemy Property – reasons for judgement and suggested headnote, April 24, 1944

File 39: Maurice Feuchtwanger and Sylvan Gotshal vs. the Custodian, the Bank of Montreal and Etienne Feuchtwanger vs. The Custodian and Sylvan Gotshal – reasons for judgement, October 3, 1944

File 52: Baron Edouard de Rothschild et al vs The Secretary of State for Canada – reasons for judgement, June 5, 1945

File 1: His Majesty the King vs Gordon C. Edwards – reasons for judgement and newspaper clippings, March 26, 1946

File 21: Eikichi Nakashima, Tadao Wakabayski, Vitaro Tanaka and Takejiro Tanaka vs. His Majesty the King – reasons for judgement, August 28, 1947

Armistice day – address concerning the world situation and the significance of the Great War

Election speeches – 1926 election, discussion of Manitoba and national issues

Personal letters – personal, disarmament conference (Geneva, League of Nations) and European situation. Includes a 1932 letter from Mackenzie King concerning Manitoba politics. 19 May 1928, 16 Jan. 1932, 20 Feb. 1937, 11 May – 19 Sept 1938

Personal letters – personal, Disarmament Conference and European situation. Includes a 1932 letter of congratulations from Mackenzie King 21 Sept. – 9 Oct. 1938

Personal letters – War expenditures Committee, debates in the House of Commons and comments on Liberal colleagues 30 March – 10 Sept 1939

Personal letters – war expenditures committee, pessimistic forecasts on war, comments on Liberal colleagues and reactions to his appointment as Minister, 13 Nov. 1940 – 20 June 1941

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