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William Folger Nickle fonds
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1893-1930 (Creation)
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- Nickle, William Folger
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0.67 m of textual records, 10 photographs
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Born at Kingston in 1869, William Folger Nickle was privately tutored, attending Kingston Collegiate Institute, Queen's University, and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1895 (K.C. 1898) and practiced law in Kingston. He was the Director of the Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Company, President of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Society, and Alderman of Kingston, 1905-09. He was an M.L.A. 1908-11 and 1922-26, M.P., 1911-19, and Attorney-General of Ontario, 1923-26. He was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Queen's University, 1921-31. He died in 1957.
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Fonds consists of correspondence; subject files, including those relating to the founding of the firm by Thomas Kirkpatrick in 1828, and its centenary celebrations, plus the life of long-time Kingston lawyer, Joseph Boomer Walkem; photographs; and a scrapbook of clippings relating to W.F. Nickle. Of particular interest are the files relating to the principalship of Queen's University in the 1930s. Also includes the official report from the Dominion Liberal Convention of 1893.
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Donated by W.M. Nickle - 1985
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- English
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1027
3211
5011.9 SE
2999 (Liberal)
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Public domain
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