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- 1927-1958 (Creation)
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0.26 m of textual records
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Scope and content
The series consists of memorandums, research and reports completed by Mr. Jackson for himself as a consultant and counsel for firms appearing before the Canadian Tariff Board, a government body responsible for the tax levied upon goods imported into Canada. One of the first non-lawyers ever to appear before the Canadian Tariff Board with Mort Mendels, later secretary of the World Bank [3], Mr. Jackson did research and produced reports on numerous Canadian goods and services, which are documented in Series 4. Arranged chronologically, the files within the series record the production, importing, exporting and trade of: coal and coke; cotton and woollen; hogs and wheat; copper, lead and zinc; fine paper; and well as Canada’s railway mileage from the late 1920s to early 1930s. Mixed into the files on cotton and woollen is George H. Wood’s article “An examination of some statistics relating to the wool textile industry” (1927).
The series also consists of reports or articles written about cotton manufacturing companies, the fine paper industry, approaches to post-war planning for York Knitting Mills Limited, Canadian Breweries, railway development and memorandum presented to the Tariff Advisory Board. A letter can also be found within the files on Canada’s breweries regarding a public relations policy for brewers.
For other reports written by Mr. Jackson on Canadian goods and services, see Series 3 (Manuscripts) and Series 9 (Gilbert Jackson & Associates). For research completed for other federal government boards, commissions and special committees, see Series 5 (National War Labour Board), Series 6 (National Selective Advisory Board), Series 7 (Other Federal Government research and reports) and Series 9 (Gilbert Jackson & Associates).
NOTES
- Letter dated Oct. 19, 2004, E. Kendall Cork to Garron Wells re Gilbert E. Jackson OBE, 1890-1959.
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System of arrangement
B2004-0019/004. – 1927-[1928]. See Appendix 3 for file list
B2004-0019/005. – 1929-[1941].
B2004-0019/006 – [1941]-1958.
B2004-0026/002(06)-(07). – 1941, 1958.
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Open