Barry Wilson Collection
Barry Wilson has been working for the Western Producer for 30 years as a journalist writing on topics such as federal policy development, federal-provincial agricultural relations, national farm lobbies, world trade talks, and world food issues.
At the age of fourteen Mr. Wilson began collecting political memorabilia and the items in the Collection all have a unique story behind them. At the core of the Barry Wilson Collection are the signatures of every Canadian Prime Minister between 1867 and 2009.
This web exhibit focuses on the motivations behind and highlights of the collection. It features images of all the items in the Wilson Collection and an oral history conducted with Barry Wilson, and a lecture given by Barry Wilson in Chelsea, Quebec to the Gatineau Valley Historical Society. All of these items in the collection are linked to the Archives and Research Collections archival finding aid.
Link to Timeline Widget: click here
Link to Oral History: click here
Link to Finding Aid: click here
Link to Descriptive Record: click here
- Barry Wilson Lecture Given to the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
| History of the Rebellion in Wexford |
Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell was the owner of the newspaper The Belleville Intelligencer and publisher via the Intelligencer Office. In 1864, The Intelligencer published History of the Rise,... |
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| The Life and Times of the Right Honorable Sir John A. MacDonald |
This book is the first biography written of Canada’s first Prime Minister and is signed by the author J.S. Collins. This volume was published in 1883 by the Rose Publishing Company,... |
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| Rules, Orders & Forms of Proceeding of the House of Commons |
This book was printed by J.B. Taylor in 1873 and is a first edition for the Canadian House of Commons. The book is comprised of 47 pages, as opposed to the contemporary Rules which are comprised... |
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| The Greatest Englishman of History |
An address delivered by the Right Honourable Arthur Meighen. This is a signed copy of a speech delivered by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen to the Canadian Club, Toronto, on... |
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| Yousuf Karsh Photograph of Louis St. Laurent |
This portrait was taken by famous Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. This portrait was taken in 1957 and is signed by both Karsh and St. Laurent. |
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| John Diefenbaker Election Posters |
John Diefenbaker Election Posters. |
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