| Description | Photocopies of papers acquired by the University of Birmingham; papers are arranged in very approximate alphabetical order, and then chronologically; they include correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain [as Sec of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903 and as an MP] and Lord Aberdeen [John Campbell Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen: Governor-General of Canada, 1893-1898], and Col. George T. Denison [President of the British Empire League in Canada since 1896], /1-136; correspondence from Sir Alexander Galt [Canadian finance minister], /137-138; correspondence with Sir Wilfrid Laurier [Premier of Canada, 1896-1911], /139-156; correspondence with Sir John Macdonald [Canadian Premier and Minister of the Interior, 1878-1891], /157-159; correspondence with Lord Minto [Gilbert John M. K. Elliot, 4th Earl of Minto: Governor-General of Canada, 1898-1904], /160-379; and correspondence with Sir Charles Tupper [Canadian Plenipotentiary at Fishery Conference, 1887-1888, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General for Canada, 1895-1896], /380-401; other correspondents include associated Canadian, Colonial Office, Foreign, and War Office officials, and Royal Secretaries; correspondence relates to official Colonial Office affairs including the Alaskan and Venezuelan boundary disputes [Bond-Blaine Convention, construction of Pyramid Harbour], negotiations relating to Newfoundland and Esquimalt, negotiations relating to placement of steam revenue cutters on the Great Lakes, negotiations relating to Nicaraguan Canal Bill [Clayton-Bulwer Treaty], despatch of Canadian forces to South Africa and development of Boer War, establishment of Col. Baden-Powell's Military Police Force, alteration to form of royal titles on accession of King Edward VII, Pacific Cable scheme and award of tenders, establishment of Canadian Penny Postage and Inter-Imperial Postal Conference, Canadian steamship fast mail-line service, tariff reform, official visits [Duke and Duchess of York], award of official honours, matters relating to development of professional careers of Colonial Office officials; and general Canadian affairs including the reform of the Canadian Senate and constitution; the papers include transcripts of correspondence, telegram deciphers, cables, memoranda and Government publications (Command Papers) |
| Originals | Originals of items can be found in the Laurier Papers (M. G. 26, G1(a) vols 1, 30, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 60, 62, 80, 84, 103, 125, 139, 150, 183, 134, 201, 203, 204, 215, 216, 223, 229, 230), the Aberdeen Papers (M. G. 27, I B5, vol 1), the Denison Papers (M. G. 29, F13, vols 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14), the Galt Papers (M. G. 27, I D8, vol 4, 8), the R. W. Scott Papers (M. G. 27II, D14, vol 4), and the Tupper Papers (M. G. 26, F1(a) vols 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13), all held in the Canadian National Archives |