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1917-1999, predominant 1940-1956 (Creation)
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2.35 m of textual records and other material
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William Beaton (Bill) (1896-1956) was Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario for eleven consecutive years from 1941-1952. Before moving to Sudbury, Beaton had worked for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (TN&O) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in North Bay, Ontario. In 1921 he was transferred to Sudbury as Assistant Chief Clerk. By 1927, he resigned from the railway and remained in Sudbury, where he was self-employed in the insurance business. Beaton, an influential figure in sports in Northeastern Ontario, was active in swimming and canoeing, and he coached or managed hockey and baseball teams. He won the senior tandem paddling race with G.G. McCubbin at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1926. They defeated olympic paddlers, and set a new record for the course. Beaton and his wife Isla won nine consecutive mixed tandem canoe races in Northern Ontario. They competed until 1936. The Beaton Classic, an annual sports marathon in the city, is named in his honour. Bill Beaton passed away on April 1, 1956
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The Bill Beaton fonds consists mostly of correspondence, reports, personnel files, speeches and documentation. They pertain to the mayoralty during the economic boom years (1939-1958) for the city of Sudbury . The speeches were given at local events and at CKSO radio on a weekly basis. The records provide insight to the structure of the education system and the infrastructure of the developing city. Within the documents of the fonds, there are 3 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. This fonds also contains documentation on the community of Sudbury that includes: service clubs, education, Inco and the hiring of employees, W.E. Mason, and the city championships. The correspondence and the documentation files also reveal the political views of Bill Beaton on national and international issues. Specific topics regarding the debate over the Canadian flag, and World War II are well documented. Photographs of the Beaton family (originally created ca. 1916-1950) contained in the fonds are copies of the originals, which were kept by the family.
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The fonds was received in one accrual in May of 1998.
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