Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1959-2021 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2009.017 extent:
2.73 m (36 volumes)
32 photoprints
38 postcards
1 pin
2025.25 extent:
3.42 m of textual material (including 15 volumes)
86 photoprints
5 CD
6 DVD
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of records produced and collected by David Kilgour, MP for Edmonton Strathcona. Includes personal papers as well as records relating to his parliamentary responsibilities, records pertaining to Kilgour's activities vis a vis External Affairs (re US, Ukraine, Uganda, Turkey, Tibet, Sudan, Vietnam and USSR), Soviet Jewry, human Rights, Trips to Berne and the USSR); and personal records relating to the Liberal Party of Canada, fundraising, official opposition, and the national and northern/western caucus, daily journals which provide details of his daily activity, his reflections on events, and clippings related to his interests and current events, as well as a file on Col. John McCrae who wrote the poem In Flanders Fields, and who was a great uncle of Kilgour's.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Most of this collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted material. Please contact Special Collections staff in advance to request access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
French
Romanian
Chinese
Script of material
Language and script notes
The majority of the records are in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A box list is available for some of the material.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Liberal Party of Canada (Subject)