Document Record

Creator

Massey, Chester Daniel, 1850-1926

Title

Chester Daniel Massey

Identifier

MIKAN: 127256
Reels/Bobines: C-9210 to C-9216
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 32 A 1, R4817-4-X-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_127256
lac_mikan_127256

Subject

Papers
Business and commerce
Papiers
Affaires et commerce

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1865-1926
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Language

English

Description

Chester Daniel Massey (1850 - 1926) was the second son of Hart Almerrin Massey (1823 - 1896), who was a noted Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Charles served as secretary of the family business from 1870, as director and treasurer of the Massey-Harris Company from 1891 and as company president from 1901 until 1903 when he resigned due to ill health. He remained honourary president of the company until his death in 1926. From 1896 to 1926, he administered his father’s estate, later the Massey Foundation. Chester Massey presented Metropolitan United Church in Toronto with a carillon in memory of his wife, Anna. It was the first carillon in North America.
This collection comprises of correspondence and subject files.
Chester Daniel Massey (1850-1926) était le second fils de Hart Almerrin Massey (1823-1896), un homme d'affaires et un philanthrope bien connu du Canada. Charles a exercé les fonctions de secrétaire pour les affaires de la famille à partir de 1870, de directeur et trésorier de la Massey-Harris Company à partir de 1891 et de président de la Compagnie de 1901 à 1903, l'année où il démissionna pour des raisons de santé. Il conserva toutefois son titre de président honoraire de la compagnie jusqu'à sa mort en 1926. Entre 1896 et 1926, il administra la succession de son père, laquelle devint éventuellement la Fondation Massey. Chester Massey fit don d'un carillon à la Metropolitan United Church de Toronto en souvenir de son épouse Anna. Ce carillon est le premier du genre en Amérique du Nord.
Cette collection contient de la correspondance et des dossiers thématiques.
Textual records The finding aid, part 1, describes volumes 1-7: Hart Massey papers. MSS0565_1 90 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002286.pdf
Textual records Part 2 of the finding aid describes volumes 8-18 of the Hart Massey papers; volumes 19-31, Chester Massey papers; volumes 32-33: Arletta, Anna, Lillian, W.E.H. and Eliza Phelps Massey papers; volumes 33-50: Vincent Massey; volumes 51-62, and 71: Alice Massey papers; and volumes 63-69: Lionel Massey; volume 70: Hart Massey; and volume 70: Parkin family. MSS0565_2 90 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002287.pdf
Textual records Part 3 of the finding aid consists of a file list of the addendum. The electronic finding aids consist of volumes 73, 78 to 97. MSS0565_3 90 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000086.pdf

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