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This series consists of awards, diplomas, certificates, honorary degrees, and medals awarded to Professor Skilling throughout his career—many of which are from the Czech Republic. In May 2012, several items were loaned for an exhibition in Prague (and have been returned).

All items in box /007 are oversize materials and were tightly curled. They are now stored in individual folders within a flat document box.

The medals remain in their original cases and have been indicated below. The boxes have not been numbered individually, however they should be identifiable based on the descriptions below. All medals and other artifacts are boxed together.

When appropriate, the original Czech text has been listed along with approximate English translations in square brackets.

Two envelopes with Czech stamps addressed to Professor Skilling and Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Toronto

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1973, 1979

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Newspaper clippings related to Professor Skilling [4 clippings]

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1929-1994

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Identification for Skilling in Czechoslovakia

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1977

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Address book, labelled "Direcciones," post-it note: "International addresses"

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n.d.

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Address book, labelled "Addresses"

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n.d.

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Address book, labelled "Addresses;" post-it note: "Prague address book"

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n.d.

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Marriage certificate [in Czech] and notarized Canadian equivalent

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1937

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

Personal life

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1917-1997

Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds

This series consists of personal items belonging to Professor Skilling, including address books, photographs and slides, an identification card, and his marriage certificate issued in Czechoslovakia (with corresponding Canadian documentation).

The photographs have been organized according to portraits, personal and family life, early school, professional life, and slides. The majority of the photographs are annotated and dated on the verso, and the slides are numbered and dated. Two photographs in “Professional life” [B2012-0005/001P(04)] that are not annotated or dated show Professor Skilling receiving an honorary degree (LL.D) from the University of Toronto in 1982. He is flanked by President James Ham and Chancellor George Ignatieff.

There are four newspaper clippings related to Professor Skilling. The first is a congratulatory message, possibly published in a newsletter issued by the West United Church, about Skilling having won The Gundy-Doran scholarship [dated between 1929-1934]. The second clipping is a photograph of Skilling and his Harbord Collegiate institute junior basketball team [ca. 1928-29]. The third clipping is an article entitled “Viet Nam situation called threat to unity” [1966]. Skilling is quoted and discussed at length in the article. The final clipping is a profile (in English) on H. Gordon Skilling, published in The Prague Post in 1994.

Slavic Review article: "Social and Economic Aspects pf the Czech-German Conflict in Bohemia in the Late 19th Century"