Dr. George Self was born 6 November 1910 in Canso, Nova Scotia. After a short stint as a bank clerk, he became a teacher and taught for several years in Quebec. At the age of 23, he enrolled at McGill where he obtained his B.A. (1935) and M.A. (1938)
In 1943, he completed his PhD dissertation in International Relations at the University of Chicago and joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving during the final two years of WWII. He then worked at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax and lectured in Public Administration at Dalhousie University.
George Self joined the University of Alberta, Calgary Branch in 1947 teaching economics. He founded the Department of History in which he taught for twenty years. Self was a member of the Map Collection Subcommittee of the university library in 1961-1962 and of the Library Maps and Atlas Committee in 1964-1965. Dr. Self retired in 1976 and spent his retirement in Calgary where he passed away 28 May 1985.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, lecture notes, and subject files. Includes correspondence and minutes of the Map Collection Subcommittee and Library Maps and Atlas Committee.
Administrative records are restricted for a period of 15 years as authorized under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
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File consists of a report on the future staff and space needs for the Department of History (pre-1966), correspondence on pension and expanse claims, letter to the editor reviewing an opera, Report of the Committee to Investigate the Curriculum of the General Course B.A. and B.Sc. Degrees and minutes of the Department of History meetings April 7, 1967 and April 19, 1976.
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File consists of correspondence concerning translated copy of book.
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Files consist of invoices, and correspondence on ordering books for History courses.
The notes are written on the backs of old Christmas letters and bills.
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Files consist of handwritten notes, typescript of a review of Lights on the St. Lawrence, an Anthology ed. By J.L. Gogo & G.M. Self and correspondence.
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File consists of a page of correspondence on a grant
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File consists of correspondence on the work of the Institute, and of the Calgary Chapter's demise.
Dr. Self was part of a "listening group" at the university that would listen to the broadcasts and hold discussions after. The topics of the broadcasts included: Is National Planning a Threat to Democracy?, Johnny Delinquent - Whose Responsibility?, Is Progressive Education a Failure? Is Town Planning a Pipe Dream? Should the Labour Unions stay out of Politics? Is Lobbying Justified in a Democracy? Are the People Getting the News? Comics - Are they a Laughing Matter? Should we have a Customs Union with the United States? Is World Government Possible in the Near Future? Are we Wasting our Natural Resources? Does the BNA Act Cramp our Style?
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File consists of correspondence, letter to the editor, pamphlets from the Canadian Association of Adult Education with further information that accompanied the CBC's broadcasts of "Citizen's Forum."
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File consists of lists of staff and students attending the Calgary Branch 1949 to 1966.
Addresses are restricted.
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File consists of floor plans of closing exercises with platform party, instructions for closing exercises, correspondence.
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File consists of notes from meetings, correspondence from the committee who were proposing to form an Institute for Area Studies in order to promote research and graduate studies in Alberta, Africa and Latin America.
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File consists of correspondence related to a conference Dr. Self attended on African research in Canada.
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File consists of correspondence on courses Dr. Self taught for the department, anonymous feedback forms.
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Files consist of exam questions, correspondence on subjects taught between Self and the Department of Political Econony in Edmonton, lecture notes.
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File consists of 1950 examination questions for Education 129 and 130.
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File consists of a summary of fundings for the proposed revision of the B.Ed. programme
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File consists of correspondence on conducting exams
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File consists of part of dissertation submitted to the University of Chicago by George Self in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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File consists of exam questions.
Dr. Self appears to have assisted the refugess with english classes.
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File consists of correspondence from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to Dr. Self thanking him for his role in assisting with the Hungarian refugee crisis, and a copy of the report "Calgary Serves Hungarian Freedom Fighters."
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File consists of exam questions for Education 242D - Metalwork
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Files consists of typescripts and handwritten notes that Dr. Self gave on the following topics: The Genesis of the Egyptian Civilization; The Mediterranean Colonization of Africa; The Physical Frame: The Climate and Weather (African history); Climatic Regions; Physiography; The Soils (African history); Bushmen, Pygmies and Hottentots; Eastern Hamites; NiloHamites and Nilotes; Northern Hamites; True Negroes;
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Lecture notes include: Boundary -American; Civil War - Preliminaries and Causes 1845-1861; (History 60) Lecture Topics.
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Lecture notes include: Acadia 1607-1714, H-58; Advance to Nationhood; Alaska Boundary, U.S.A. relations 1899-1903; American Civil War and Canada - History 210, 58, 60; The American Revolution including The Quebec Act - H-58; Annexation and Reciprocity; Bagot and Metcalfe - Elgin 1841-1849.
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Lecture notes include: British North America Act 1867; Canada at War; Canada's Century 1891-1916; Canadian West, BNA 1850+ - History 210, 58; Carrying Confederation 1864-1867; Champlain, History 58; Church du New France History 210, 58.
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Lecture notes include: Coming of the White European, H-58; Commercial Union 1885+; Confederation - Framework of Unity 1858-1864; Conservative Ascendancy 1878-1896; Constitutional Act 1791 H-58; Dominion From Sea to Sea; Durham Government Report 1838-1839; Economic and Social Beginnings 1791-1812 H-58; Economic Stagnation and Sectionalism 1867+25; English Colonies du North America 17th Century Summary, History 210, 58, 60; European Rivalries in North America before 1763; Evolving Society 1896+; Expansion of New France H-58; First Foundations 1600-1660; French-Indian Relations; Fur Trade, History 210, 58; Horizons Old and New 1850.
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Lecture notes include: Loyalists h-58; Military Regime and Transition to Civil Power 1759+; Nation and Empire 1880-1910; National Expansion 1896-1907; Population Figures H-58; Post War Readjustment; Race, Creed and Party; Railway Age; Reciprocity 1911; Rise of Provincial Rights; Road to Rebellion 1912-1937.
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Files consist of typescripts and handwritten notes for lectures Dr. Self gave on: French Canada 1850+ and Canada West 1850+; Sectionalism and Deadlock; Seigneurial System; Sinews of Nationalishm; The Struggle for the Continent; Sydenham; Talon; Ware of 1812; Wartime policies and conscription; Riel's 2nd rebellion.
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Lecture notes include: General - includes definitions; Capitalism; Competition, characteristics of Perfect Competition; Costs; Definitions; Elasticity of Demand, Measurement, etc.; Investment and Saving; I and II, Misc. materials both descriptive and expository; Money; Pricing - Output; Supply and Demand; Tariff - Protection and Free Trade.
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Lecture notes include: Napoleon III - domestic and foreign; Intellectual History.
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File consists of a list of organizations interested in the establihsment of a southern branch of the University of Alberta in Calgary, a brochure on "The Need for…A University of Southern Alberta," a list of courses, and a newspaper insert from 1949 highlighting what the new government should include in it's platform.
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File consists of outline of events during registration week, registration procedures.
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File consists of letter of thanks from the Students' Union to Self for presentation, hand-written speaking notes.
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File consists of exam questions.
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File consists of correspondence with publishers on submitting articles.
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Files consist of correspondence on the administration and teaching of summer session courses.
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Files consist of correspondence of the Philosophical Society of Calgary (later called University Forum), minutes and notes from meetings, member accounts, lists of upcoming talks and presentations, usually on matters of current interest, but also on historical topics.
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File consists of a proposal by Self to form a University Naval Training Division, and a manual for the Division.
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File consists of a typescript of an essay with handwritten corrections and comments.
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File consists of list of items for consideration by the Map Committee, recommendations on the purpose and content of the map collection, minutes of meetings, policy statements.
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File consists of issues of the newsletter "Memo to Staff" as circulated from the Office of the Principal. Topics of the memos include general information for new staff members, procedures on class cards and record books, use of campus facilities, postal services, list of committees, installation of a public address system, information on the Committee on Data Processing, and the University Computing Centre.
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Correspondence concerning Dr. Self's management of funeral arrangements for John Graham Millar, Professor of Mathematics and Physics