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Professional records
Title: Professional records
Dates of Material:
1980-2015
Extent:
59.1 cm of textual records
Series consists of records related to Ken Taylor's professional life and includes reports and observations made while on business trips, handwritten and typed speeches and addresses given by Taylor at various lectures and events, appointment books, calendars, event itineraries, trip schedules, biographies and CVs, and passports. Also included is a copy of Douglas Taylor's travel itinerary.
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of the series.
Access restrictions
Files marked RR are restricted for 75 years based on the last dated item in the file.
Finding aids
File list available (see below).
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2018.13 | ||||
| 2018.13, Box 2 | ||||
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| 2 | 7 | "Team Canada / Équipe Canada 1998: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile" | 1998 | Brief report containing Taylor's observations on Canada's Latin American profile. |
| 2 | 8 | "Prime Ministerial Trade Mission, Observations" | 1995 | Report by Taylor on trade with Argentina, Chile and Brazil, written as Chairman of the Government Business Consulting Group, Inc. |
| 2 | 9 | "All Quiet in the Balkans" | 1992 | Report on Taylor's trip to the Republic of Macedonia. |
| 2 | 10 | "Kuwait: As seen from the Hotel Lobby after the storm" | 1991 | Taylor's account of a business trip to Kuwait following the Gulf War when he was Chairman of Matthews Contracting. Includes correspondence, photos and copies of contracts. |
| 2019.02 | ||||
| 2019.02, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 20 | 1994 Marshall D. Johnson Lecture, Sigma Chi Workshop, University of Western Ontario | August 13, 1994 | Copy of a speech given by Taylor at a Sigma Chi Workshop. |
| 1 | 21 | Installation of Kenneth Douglas Taylor as Chancellor of Victoria University speech | 1998 |
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| 1 | 22 | Ontario Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention Keynote Luncheon Address | 2002 |
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| 1 | 23 | KDT Talks | 1981-1983 | Typed and handwritten speeches given at various events. |
| 2019.13 | ||||
| 2019.13, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Appointment book | 2003 |
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| 2019.13, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Appointment book | 2004 |
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| 2 | 2 | Calendar | 2004 | Also includes a small day planner. |
| 2 | 3 | Appointment book | 2005 |
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| 2 | 4 | Calendar | 2006 |
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| 2 | 5 | Appointment book | 2007 |
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| 2019.13, Box 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Appointment book | 2008 |
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| 3 | 2 | Appointment book | 2010 |
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| 3 | 3 | Appointment book | 2011 |
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| 3 | 4 | Appointment book | 2013 |
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| 2019.13, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Appointment book | 2014 |
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| 4 | 2 | Appointment book | 2015 |
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| 4 | 3 | Appointment book | Contains notes and schedules from 1997 to 2008 inside of a 2016 appointment book. Also includes a copy of a speech from 2001. | |
| 2020.03 | ||||
| 2020.03, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 11 | "An Initial Look at Banknote Paper and Banknotes" | 1994 | A report by Taylor for the Government Business Consulting Group, Inc. |
| 1 | 12 | Speeches and addresses | 1980-1983, 1986 |
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| 1 | 13 | Speeches and addresses | 1993-1994, 1998-1999 |
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| 1 | 14 | Speeches and addresses | 2000, [2005?], 2010, [2015?] |
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| 1 | 15 | Trade, business, financial event speeches - undated | [n.d.] | |
| 1 | 16 | Special events speeches - undated | [n.d.] |
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| 1 | 17 | Speeches and addresses - notes | 1981 |
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| 1 | 18 | Speeches and addresses - notes | 1982 |
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| 1 | 19 | Speeches and addresses - notes | 1983 |
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| 1 | 20 | Observations on Cuba | 1999 | Notes made by Taylor following a trip to Havana, Cuba. Includes correspondence. |
| 2020.03, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Notes on Iran | ca. 2014 | Taylor’s notes on the political phases of the 1979 Iranian revolution. |
| 2 | 2 | Articles written by Ken Taylor | 1990, 1997 | Articles written by Taylor and submitted to news outlets. |
| 2 | 3 | Canada/Russia Trade Interest | 1993 | Documents relating to trade relations with Russia. |
| 2 | 4 | Victoria University material | Material relating to Victoria University, likely compiled by Taylor in preparation for his role as Chancellor. Includes a copy of From Cobourg to Toronto: Victoria University in Retrospect (1986), a program for the Victoria University: First 150 Years exhibition (1986), the Victoria University Project Priorities (1986), the University of British Columbia Annual Spring Convocation program (1998), and a copy of Northrop Frye’s installation address (1978). | |
| 2 | 5 | Diary | 1980 | A notebook of Taylor’s daily appointments and meetings from January to December 1980. |
| 2 | 6 | Diary | [198-] | Loose notebook pages detailing Taylor’s daily appointments and meetings from December to January in an unspecified year. Possibly during Taylor’s time as Canadian Consul-General to New York City in the early 1980s. |
| 2 | 7 | Event itineraries | 1987-2001 | Schedules and agendas for professional events. Includes itineraries for Nabisco business trips, Americas Society Chairman’s International Advisory Council meetings, the Victoria University Board of Regents calendar of events, and international trip itineraries. |
| 2 | 8 | Monthly Planner calendars | 1995-1998 | Printed calendars with dates of events and meetings. |
| 2 | 9 | Trip schedules | 1990, 1994-1998 | Copies of travel and trip schedules for Ken and Pat Taylor. |
| 2 | 10 | Ken Taylor calendars - Pat's copies | 1992-1994 | Pat Taylor’s copies of Ken’s calendar schedules. Includes a letter to Pat from Mary K. Estes of Baylor College of Medicine (1992). |
| 2 | 11 | Douglas Taylor travel itinerary | 1997 |
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| 2 | 12 | Canadian passports | 1957-2015 |
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| 2 | 13 | Special passports | 1997-2014 | Issued to office holders and individuals employed by the Government of Canada in a non-diplomatic capacity travelling on official missions. |
| 2 | 14 | Biographies and CVs | 1981, 1998 | Includes business cards. |
| 2022.05 | ||||
| 2022.05, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 7 RR | Biographies and curricula vitae | 1996, [199-]-[20--] |
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