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Robert Laird Borden Fonds
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Politics

Series consists of letters, telegrams and memorandums created and received by Robert L. Borden in the course of his activities as Prime Minister of Canada. This includes correspondence between Borden and other prominent Canadian politicians, both federal and provincial, letters between members of the clergy, and private citizens.

Railway Systems and Policies

Series consists of letters, telegrams, memorandums and reports pertaining to the establishment of two major Canadian railway systems, the Canadian Northern Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway. This includes correspondence between Robert L. Borden and other Canadian politicians, engineers, bank managers and private citizens. The reports include such information as decisions regarding railway terminal locations and other route considerations, topography and physical conditions of the landscape, and mileage information.

Robert Laird Borden Fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1041
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1921, predominant 1914-1918

The fonds consists of photocopies of letters, reports, memorandums, maps and telegrams created and received by Robert L. Borden in his capacity as the Prime Minister of Canada. The fonds has been divided into four series: Politics, Railway Systems and Policies, Union Government and World War One.

Borden, Robert Laird

Union Government

Series consists of letters, telegrams and memorandums pertaining to the establishment of the Union Government in Canada in 1917. This includes correspondence primarily between Robert L. Borden and other Canadian politicians, both federal and provincial.
Title based on contents of series.

World War One

Series consists of letters, telegrams and memorandums pertaining to Canada’s involvement in World War One, and the way the Canadian government operated at this time. This includes correspondence primarily between Robert L. Borden and other politicians, Canadian and British.