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1 cm of textual records (2 folders)
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Notice biographique
George F. Curtis was born in 1906 in Stogumber, England. He came to Canada in 1913 and was educated at Moose Jaw Collegiate and the University of Saskatchewan, where he graduated with a law degree in 1927. He studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning his BA in Jurisprudence (1930) and his BCL (1931).
Curtis practiced law in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and taught at Dalhousie University until 1945, when he was appointed the founding Dean of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He served in this capacity until 1971 and was later named Dean Emeritus. He died in 2005.
Historique de la conservation
Records were accessioned in 1978; custodial history unknown.
Portée et contenu
Fonds consists of a typescript of law lectures given by Curtis at Dalhousie University in January 1939 and correspondence pertaining to meetings held in 1945 in the Maritimes and British Columbia to discuss the establishment of a world court for permanent peace.
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- anglais
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English.
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Restrictions d'accès
There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
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Éléments associés
Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds (MS-2-615) contains materials pertaining to various United Nations committees from the 1950s-1990s including the International Court of Justice, General Assembly, Security Council, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Other holdings containing papers regarding peace movements include Kell Antoft fonds (MS-2-743), papers of Veterans Against Nuclear Arms and Defence Research Education Centre and the Nova Scotia Committee to Aid American War Objectors fonds (MS-10-7), documentation on support for Vietnam War resisters who can to Nova Scotia.
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Further accruals are not expected.
Note générale
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], George F. Curtis fonds, MS-2-319, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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This fonds description comes from the Dalhousie University Archives Catalog. The complete, original description is available there.