James Mavor (1854-1925), educator and author, was born and educated in Scotland. He was the second professor of political economy at the University of Toronto, beginning his appointment in 1892. Mavor was instrumental in assisting the emigration to Canada of the Doukhobors in 1916.
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The fonds consists of correspondence of James Mavor with colleagues as well as press clippings relating to a Balkans Crisis in 1908.
The fonds comprises the following accession: 1960-001. No further accruals are expected.
2002/04/09 Awaiting review by the Data Collection Archivist
2003/04/30 Shannon MacDonald. Added URL for online finding aid. Updated wording in extent, accruals, access restrictions.
2003/12/10 Ken Hernden. Updated accruals note.
See James Mavor Papers at the following repositories: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, MS COLL 119; National Archives of Canada, MG 29.
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