Duncan Alexander MacGibbon, economist, was born in Lochaber Bay, Quebec, on 12 March 1882. He was educated at McMaster University and then went to Brandon College, Manitoba, to teach. He left Brandon to enrol at the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1915. He began to teach at McMaster University but his teaching career was halted by World War I. After the war he joined the University of Alberta as professor and head of the Department of Political Economy. He served as Commissioner for the Alberta Government on banking and credit with respect to the industry of agriculture in 1922. He was a member of the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission, Canada, 1923-1924. He left the University of Alberta in 1929 to become a member of the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners, a post he held until his retirement in 1949. In 1930 he was attached to the Canadian delegation to Imperial Conference, London; in 1932 he served the same role at the imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa in 1932. After his retirement, he returned to McMaster University to teach part-time. Among his many writings, MacGibbon published two definitive books on the grain trade: The Canadian Grain Trade (1932) and The Canadian Grain Trade, 1931-1951 (1952). He died in Hamilton, Ont. on 10 October 1969.
Scope and Content
Item is Duncan Alexander MacGibbon's Bachelor of Arts degree (1908) from McMaster University.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Duncan Alexander MacGibbon fonds (McMaster University Archives.)
Language Note
Diploma is in Latin, although liberties have been taken with the language, particularly in the case of names.
Storage Range
Oversized drawer 2
Related Material
Duncan Alexander MacGibbon fonds (McMaster University Archives)
Boissevain Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1961 Meeting re: By-law nos. 1-11, no date Certificate of Incorporation, 14 March 1928 Memorandum of Association, 14 March 1928 Meeting By-law nos. 1-7, 5 April 1928 Agreement between Boissevain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1931 Acceptance of share on allotment, 14 August 1931 By-law nos. 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Shareholders meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Directors meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 By-law no. 14, 7 November 1931 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Letter re: Draft by-laws of the New Co-operative Union of Manitoba, October 20, 1958 Resolutions re Financial Statements Elevator Associations Annual Meetings Resolution to be used by those Associations which have granted a bonus to Agent or other payments since the statements were drawn By-law 26 November 7, 1966 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 21 July 1928 - volume 5, 4 December 1969 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1946 - 1964 (7 reports) Financial records and statistics Auditors report, July 31, 1955, July 31, 1958 Cost of Elevator and equipment, 29 January 1929 Analysis of Operating Results 1953 - 1960 Statement of surplus by years 1953 - 1955 General Expenses 1955 - 1956 Correspondence, 1929 - 1960 Membership list Membership list, March 1943 - 3 May 1946 Membership certificates, 1951 - 1957 Changes in Membership, 26 November 1956 Memberships of new members July 5, 1960 Miscellaneous, Membership Card to Co-operative Association Ltd. Newspaper clipping for advertisement for Boissevain Co-operative Seeds Department Letter to the Editor no date Various notes for minutes no dates Attendance of Directors at meetings 1953 - 1961 Directors Reports 1954 - 1967 (13 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Morton; local Pool Committee mintues November 27, 1980 - June 6, 1991.
File consists of correspondence and recommendations of the Social Science Research Council of Canada on the proposed granting council for the social sciences and humanities.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 2: Board of Governors
2.4 Correspondence and subject files
Box 6
