Economic Development - ETRC

P012
Paul Desruisseaux fonds. - 1928-1984. - 0.45 m of textual records and other documents.
Biographical sketch:
Lawyer, businessman, and public figure Paul Desruisseaux was born in Sherbrooke on 1 May 1905 to Geoffrey Desruisseaux and Sarah
Gauthier. In 1945, he married Céline Duchesne. They had four children. Paul Desruisseaux studied at the École du Sacré-Coeur and the
Séminaire St-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke, the law school of Université de Montréal, the Babson Institute, and Harvard University.
In 1934, he was admitted to the Quebec Bar. The following year, he opened an office in Sherbrooke and practised law there until 1961.
Desruisseaux was also a businessman who founded and managed many companies. In 1955, he and Alphée Gauthier bought La Tribune
Ltée, which owned La Tribune newspaper, radio stations CHLT and CKTS, and CHLT television station. In 1966, after many strikes and
conflicts, La Tribune Ltee was sold to Québec Télémédia Inc. The same year, Desruisseaux was appointed to the Senate by Governor-
General Georges Vanier at the request of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Paul Desruisseaux sat on the boards of many humanitarian
organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross Society in Sherbrooke and the Canadian Association for Retarded Children. In 1964,
Desruisseaux was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by Université de Sherbrooke. Paul Desruisseaux died in 1982, two years after
retiring from the Senate, following a lengthy illness.
Scope and content:
The fonds contains source material on Paul Desruisseaux’s career as a lawyer, senator, businessman, and humanitarian from 1950 to
1980 and on his wife Céline’s volunteer activities. It consists of documentary materials of various kinds, including correspondence,
statistics, declarations, speeches, financial statements, press clippings, publications, subject files, annual reports, press releases and
photographs. It is comprised of the following series: La Tribune Ltée ([195-]-1970), Senate (1966-1980), Université de Sherbrooke
(1955-1984), Civil Code (1928), Canadian Association for Retarded Children (1967-1969), Kennedy Foundation (1965-1969), Press
Clippings (Economy, Politics, Journalism ([195-?]-1981), Photographs (1962-[197-?]), and Miscellaneous Documents (1928-1983).
Notes:
Title based on contents of fonds.
The fonds also contains 9 photographs, 3 prints and 1 map.
The documents were donated in 1983 by Céline Desruisseaux, wife of Paul Desruisseaux.
The documents are in English and in French.
P012/001
La Tribune Ltee. - [195-]-1970. - 0.03 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The series contains source material on Paul Desruisseax’s involvement with La Tribune Ltee from approximately the 1950s to 1970.
It contains the following files: CHLT-TV (1951-1953), Miscellaneous Documents ([195-]-[196-]), and 60th Anniversary (1970).
Notes:
Title is based on contents of series.
The documents are in French and English.
P012/001/001
CHLT-TV. - 1951-1953. - 0.01 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains source material on Desruisseaux’s involvement with CHLT-TV from 1951 to 1953. It includes
information on the history of La Tribune, and the development of beginnings of CHLT-TV in Sherbrooke. It
contains an historical sketch, a report on the City of Sherbrooke, and correspondence.
Notes:
Title is based on contents of file.
The documents are in French and English.
P012/001/002
Miscellaneous Documents. - [195-]-[196-]. - 0.01 m of textual records.
Paul Desruisseux fonds P012/001/001
Scope and content:
The file contains source material on CHLT-TV and La Tribune from approximately the 1950s and 1960s. It
contains an advertisement for CHLT-TV, code of contact for publicity and journalism, salary statistics for
media work, statistics of the employees of La Tribune Ltee, a declaration of the president of La Tribune Ltee,
and a financial statement for the year end 1964 for Telegram & Publishing Co., Ltd.
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