Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley

1907-2002

Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley was born in Calgary in 1907 and educated at the University of Alberta and Oxford. He taught history at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, the University of British Columbia and the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1953. As Director of Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, he was called upon to sit on the Academic Planning Commission of the Université de Moncton in 1969. In 1978, he became general editor of a series of volumes comprising all the known writings of the Métis leader, Louis Riel. In 1982, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Stanley is the author of the following books: The Birth of Western Canada: A History of the Riel Rebellions, 1936 (1960); Canada's Soldiers, 1604-1954: The Military History of an Unmilitary People (1954); In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment (1960); A biography of Louis Riel (1963); New France The Last Phase, 1774-1760 (1968) and Canada Invaded: 1775-1776 (1973). He died in 2002, and was buried with full military honours in Sackville, NB.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Sackville

Archival Material

• Fonds George Francis Gilman Stanley
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  Location

  Library and Archives Canada

  Website/Catalogue Record

  View Archival Record

  Retrieval Number

  R6601-0-2-F, MG31-D70

  Date Range of Material

  [ca 1933]-1986

  Extent

  5.5 m of textual records; 1 photograph

  Scope and Content Note

  The fonds includes administrative records, memoirs, evaluation committee reports and a report from the Academic Planning Commission of the Université de Moncton. It contains reports, correspondence, memoirs, speeches and articles concerning the Riel Project. Also found in the fonds is a photograph of an aerial view of the campus of the Université de Moncton (NB).