Horace E. Read fonds. 1914-1990.

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Horace E. Read fonds. 1914-1990.

This fonds consists of a variety of materials related to all aspects of Read's career. The fonds includes a range of correspondence; biographical records pertaining to Read himself such as newspaper clippings and a curriculum vitae; conference papers; various association files and Dalhousie committee files; lectures; souvenirs from Read's military career that include certificates, miniature medals, and records of military service; published and printed works; committee files related to the Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board, the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Auto Insurance, Uniformity of Legislation in Canada, and the King's Regulation Revision Committee; and photographs, primarily of Read during the war or attending various functions.

1.6 m of textual records. - 40 photographs : b&w.

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Read, Horace Emerson, 1898-

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Educator, author, and lawyer Horace E. Read was born 8 April 1898 in Port Elgin, New Brunswick, to Charles Herbert and Nellie Gertrude Read. He attended Port Elgin School, Amherst's Cumberland County Academy, Acadia University (B.A. 1921), Dalhousie University (LL.B. 1924), and Harvard University (LL.M. 1925, S.J.D. 1934). In 1925 Read married Helena Louise Miller of Windsor and had two children, Aveleigh Ann and Robert. From the description of Horace E. Read fonds. 1914-1990. (Dalho...