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1963-1983 (Creation)
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80 cm of textual records
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William John Eccles, historian, was born on 17 July 1917 in Thirsk, Yorkshire, and came to Canada as a boy. He was educated at McGill University and received his graduate training there and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He began teaching at the University of Manitoba in 1953, moving to the University of Alberta in 1957 and the University of Toronto in 1963. He retired from the University of Toronto in 1983 and died in Toronto on October 2 1998. He was the author of Frontenac: The Courtier Governor (1959), The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760 (1969), and France in America (1972).
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Collection accumulated by Professor Eccles until acquired by Professor Dale Standen.
Scope and content
The collection consists of 18 volumes of photocopied documents relating to aboriginal land claims in North America. The documentation was used in the Bear Island (Temagami) court case. Fonds consists of the following series: New France 1540-1763 British North America to 1763 Evolution of the Proclamation of 1763 Native Title 1763-1979 Records of European Traders Non-Surrender of N. Daki-Inenan
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Collection acquired from Professor Dale Standen in 1983.
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Open
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www.trentu.ca/library/archives/83-013.htm