Fonds F0373 - Irving Allan Paisley fonds

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Irving Allan Paisley fonds

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F0373

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  • 1951-1984, predominant 1962-1971 (Creation)
    Creator
    Paisley, Irving Allan

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10.7 m of textual records
20 maps ; 39 x 22 cm or smaller

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(1919-2006)

Biographical history

Irving Allan Paisley, born in Toronto in 1919, was a North York, Ontario, businessman and local politician. Originally in the garment industry, he served with the Canadian army in World War II (1939-1945) and established the War Assets Distribution Company following the conflict before opening Irving Paisley Insurance Services Limited and associated companies. Paisley served North York as an alderman and controller in the 1960s and 1970s and was a member of several of the Council committees (Property Committee, Works Committee, Traffic Committee, Parks Committee) as well as of the North York Planning Board. He also served on the Metropolitan Toronto Transportation Committee, the Social Planning Council of Metro Toronto and the Canadian National Exhibition Board of Directors where he chaired the Building Committee. In 1976 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Pickering Development Corporation which planned to erect a community in the vicinity of the proposed Pickering Airport. Paisley was the founding chairman of the York-Finch General Hospital, played a role in the establishment of the Canadian Save the Children Fund, served on the board of the Reena Foundation, and was a founding member of Temple Sinai Congregation. He died in Toronto on 12 November 2006.

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The fonds documents Irving Allan Paisley's political activities in North York, Ontario, and Metropolitan Toronto for the period 1951-1984. Included are correspondence, reports, briefs, newspaper clippings, financial statements and background material relating to municipal politics, including the North York Council and Board of Control (elections, Environmental Control Committee, Parks and Recreation, Works) and city departments (Board of Education, Department of Health, Planning Department, Works Department) (1962-1972), the York-Finch General Hospital, and several North York Ratepayers' Associations (Windfield Area, Hillcrest Village, Greenwin Gardens, Crestview) (1962-1972). Also included is material from the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board and material related to the official plans of both Metro and North York (1970-1972), the Toronto Transit Commission and plans to build the Spadina Subway route (1962-1972), and several government consultants reports on development issues in the North York area (1970-1972), records relating to the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs Committee on Golf Course Assessment and Taxation (1970-1972), and a proposed development and recreational facility at Downsview (Ont.) airbase (1955-1968). The fonds also includes general subject files largely related to the political life of North York and Metropolitan Toronto and includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings and background material relating to the Canadian National Exhibition Board of Directors (1979-1980), a proposal to build a domed stadium on the site of the Downsview (Ont.) Air Force Base (1962-1984), Indo-Chinese refugees (1979-1980), the North Pickering Development Corporation, including meetings of the Board of Directors and several committees (1976-1979), the North York Planning Department and Public Works Department (1979-1980), the proposed Spadina Expressway, and the Toronto Transit Commission. Maps of zoning areas in North York, land use, parks and recreation areas, roads, and maps related to Downsview Airforce Base are also part of the fonds.

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Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Irving Paisley in 1973, 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1985.

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The fonds was originally arranged by archivists in four groupings: Correspondence and papers, Subject files, Printed material, and Maps. This arrangement can be seen in the structure of the file list attached to this fonds-level description.

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  • English

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    No restrictions on access.

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    A PDF file list is attached to this description.

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    Fonds consists of the following accession: 1972-004. No further accruals are expected.

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    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2025/04/01 J. Grant. Added legacy fonds-level description and imported PDF file list.

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