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Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds File
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Clippings, March-December 1939

Newspaper and magazine clippings from British and Canadian news outlets, most discussing the Canadian Manufacturering Association delegation to the UK in August 1939, the political events leading to the outbreak of World War II, and Canada's role in manufacturing arms for Britain's defense.

Winslow-Spragge, Edward, 1886-1953

Correspondence - Canadian Manufacturing Association Visit to London, July-Sept 1939

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, departing July 29, 1939, and returning 7 September, 1939. Includes schedules of meetings with British officials and factory tours, reports and notes from these meetings, lists of members of the delegation and committees, invitations to clubs and dinners, a draft of an article about the potential role of Canadian manufacturing if there were to be a war, and a circular summarizing the creating of the Committee for National Defence's creation and activities.

Winslow-Spragge, Edward, 1886-1953

Correspondence - Canadian Manufacturing Association, July-Aug 1939

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding preparations for the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, seeking munitions contracts for Canadian manufactureres with the British government, departing July 29, 1939, and returning 7 September, 1939. Also includes some correspondence, notes, and a Candian immigration card from after the delegation's departure.

Winslow-Spragge, Edward, 1886-1953

Correspondence - Canadian Manufacturing Association Report to Canadian Government on trip to London, Sept-Dec 1939

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, and the responding delegation to Canada in September of 1939. Includes reports and notes from the meetings with officials in Britain and in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence discussing the ways that Ingersoll-Rand will respond to the war.

Winslow-Spragge, Edward, 1886-1953

Correspondence – Anne Byers with sisters and friends, 1969-2000

File contains letters from and to Anne's sisters (including Alice Winslow-Spragge Simons, Mary Winslow-Spragge Duclos, and Ruth Winslow-Spragge Lewis), friends, and other family members, including her mother-in-law, Mrs. Gordon Byers. Also includes photocopy of reminiscenses of eldest sister, Alice Winslow-Spragge Simons), photocopy of article by Alice W. Simons, an invitation to Alice's bat mitzvah (1988) and her remarks upon the occasion, clipping of a poem by Mary Winslow-Spragge, and a poem by Alice Winslow-Spragge (1939), "Premonitions of Married Life" on the occasion of Anne's wedding.

Byers, Anne Virginia, 1919-2011

Correspondence - Ingersoll-Rand, war work, 1940

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding Winslow's involvement in the Canadian Manufacturer's Association, Ingersoll-Rand's wartime contracts with the Canadian and British governments, as well as reports from meetings with officials. Includes information about a St. Lawrence waterway project, as well as information about corporate taxation and other related legislation.

Winslow-Spragge, Edward, 1886-1953

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