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[ca. 1897]-1986, predominant [ca. 1950]-1986 (Creation)
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- Grant, Wilkie, 1912-1991
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14 m of textual records (62 boxes)
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Charles Wilkie Grant, QC was born in 1912 at Beaver Mountain, Antigonish County, N.S., son of Norman and Margaret (Taylor) Grant. He graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was called to the bar in 1937. After employment in the attorney-general's department and in New Glasgow, he established a law practice in Guysborough in 1939. He was appointed Queen's counsel in 1972. In addition to his law practice, he was municipal clerk and secretary of the school board. He was also a member and long-time elder of Wesley United Church, charter member of Guysborough Lions Club and served for forty years as member and chairman of the board of Guysborough Memorial Hospital. At the time of his death in 1991, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in Nova Scotia.
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Fonds consists of records documenting Grant's law practice in Guysborough and includes both client files and firm administrative records (chiefly financial). The bulk of the client files relate to the settlement of estates, land transactions, the administration of trusts and adoptions. Fonds also contains court case files and personal records such as correspondence and other material relating to Grant's legal studies at Dalhousie Law School.
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Donated by Jean A. Grant, widow of Wilkie Grant, in 1992 and 1993.
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No access to practice records, financial records, correspondence or trust account records without permission of the donor.
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Published material including books and serials was received with the fonds.