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1945-1989, predominant 1973-1989 (Creation)
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- Kimber, Stephen, 195-
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1.8 m of textual records and other material
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Stephen Kimber is a writer, editor, and broadcaster based in Halifax, N.S. He was editor and publisher of Cities magazine through his company, Marimedia Associates Ltd. In 1983 he began teaching journalism at the University of King's College where he became an associate professor. He was appointed director of the School of Journalism in 1996. From 1989 to 2001 he was a weekly columnist and feature writer for the Halifax Daily News. He is the author of four non-fiction books including Net Profits: The Story of National Sea (1989), and his articles have appeared in numerous national publications. As a broadcaster, he was a current affairs producer for the Canadian Television Network and a writer, producter, editor, and host for several Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television and radio programs. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a Dan McArthur Award for radio documentary production, National Author Award for Best Business Magazine article, Canadian Food Writers' Award, and a Citation of Merit from the Atlantic Journalism Awards.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, financial statements, notebooks, letters to the editor, news releases, and page proofs relating to the publication of Kimber's magazine, Cities. Fonds also contains reports, booklets, transcripts of proceedings and interviews, interview notes, notebooks, copies of articles and other research material pertaining to his unpublished commissioned history of Eastern Provincial Airways and his book Net Profits: The Story of National Sea. Also includes a recording of Kimber's interview with Eric Blackwood as part of his research for the Eastern Provincial Airways history, as well as photograph prints and other graphic material assembled for the publication of Cities, issues April 1987 to October 1989. Images primarily depict Halifax and include buildings, events, harbour, people (i.e. politics, business), and transportation.
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Donated by Kimber in 1990.
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Includes 32 cm of graphic material, 56 floppy disks, 1 audio cassette (ca. 90 min.).