This fonds contains records and supplementary material covering all three major aspects of the life of John Wilson McConnell: business and finance, social and philanthropic commitments, and family life. The records covering these subjects stem mainly from ca1898 to the time of McConnell’s death in 1963. Additional financial records exist past this date into the early 1970s due to the trusts administered by McConnell’s legacies. The nature of the records is reflected in the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Scrapbooks, Journals and Address books; 3) Personal and Family records; 4) Philanthropy; 5) High society; and 6) Business Commitments. The records in Series 4 and 5 are further subdivided into subseries: Philanthropy and Fundraising (Hospitals and Health Care; Higher Education; War Efforts); Business Commitments (Promotion; Commercial Trust Co.; Montreal Star; St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries; Property Holdings).
This file contains the 1937 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario.
This file contains the 1940 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario. Also includes a notice of assessment for the 1940 tax year dated from 1946.
This file contains the 1950 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario.
This file contains the 1954 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario.
This file contains the 1957 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario.
This file contains the 1960 corporate tax statement of the Montreal Star Company as presented to the Province of Ontario. The file also includes correspondence, original and copies, between the Montreal Star Company and the office of the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario.
This file contains correspondence and documents regarding possible solutions for consolidating the operations of the Montreal Star Company (Montreal Daily Star, Family Herald, Weekend, Standard) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Documents all in alphabetical order.
This file contains editorials published by the Quebec Provincial Section of the C.C.F. in 1944 concerning the Montreal Star and perceived attacks or lack of coverage by the paper on the C.C.F. The Montreal Star editorial included consists of a carbon copy of the type used to print the paper’s response.
