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Correspondence with Peter Laing regarding McGill charter powers
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CA MUA MG 2004-1
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1963-1977 (Creation)
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3 cm of textual records
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(1899-1985)
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File consists of records relating to a study undertaken by F. R. Scott, Peter M. Laing, and Lazar Sarna into the legal status of McGill University, involving review of its charter and governing bodies. The contains chiefly correspondence between F. R. Scott and Peter. M. Laing exchanging documentation, legal opinions, research notes, etc., as well as copies of consultations with others, including McGill historian Stanley B. Frost. Also includes correspondence between Laing and Principal and Vice-Chancellor Robert E. Bell regarding findings of the study. It also contains typewritten drafts of legal opinions regarding McGill's juridical status with F. R. Scott's handwritten annotations, and F. R. Scott's handwritten notes on McGill's historical timeline. There is, in addition, a consolidation of the laws pertaining to Queen's University, solicited by F. R. Scott as part of his research, a photocopy of the Dobie vs. Temporalities Board decision, and two copies of Bill 1, Charter of the French language in Quebec.