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Title
Interviews with Sydney Robins
Dates of Creation
Apr. 1997 - July 1997
Physical Description
3 files of textual records (includes 12 audio cassettes (ca. 690 minutes))
Scope and Content

Files consist of oral history records documenting the life and career of Sydney Robins (b. 1923), a Toronto-area lawyer who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1976, and later appointed to the Court of Appeal (1981). Interview topics include: University of Toronto; Osgoode Hall Law School; Harvard Law School; Osgoode Hall, lecturer in torts; articling; sole practitioner; Law Society of Upper Canada; select cases as counsel; labour law; appointment to Supreme Court of Ontario; select cases; appointment to Court of Appeal; select cases in Court of Appeal. Interview conducted by Christine J. N. Kates. File includes 12 audio cassette recordings from a series of six interviews and a transcript with index (457 p.).

File/Item Ref. Code
C 81-1-0-132
File or Item Forms a Part of

This file or item forms a part of the following group of records:

C 81-1 Osgoode Society Oral History Programme - General Programme interview files

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Location and Ordering Information
Textual records located in container B436764; sound recordings located in container B436745 Note this information for retrieval of this item.To help you find what you need, also note the File/Item Ref. Code and/or the Creator Ref. shown above.