Oral History

Master John Ferron 1999, 180 pages

Documenting the life and career of John Ferron (b. 1927), a Toronto-area lawyer who was appointed a Master and Registrar in Bankruptcy in 1973. Interview topics include: Queen's University; Osgoode Hall Law School; articling; early practice; appointment as Master; cases as Registrar in Bankruptcy; decentralizing bankruptcy court; future of Masters and Registrars in Ontario. Interviewer is unknown. File includes five audio cassette recordings from a series of two interviews and a transcript with index (169 p.).

Status: Open

Occupation: Judge, Judge

Number of pages: 180

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Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065364

Archive Code: C 81-4-0-87

Title: Interviews with John Ferron

Date: Mar. 1999

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (includes 5 audio cassettes (ca. 270 minutes))

Restrictions: Closed until 19 Mar. 2014

Container Info: (Textual records are located in container B436533; sound recordings are located in container B436840)

Location: Interview conducted as part of the Legal Aid Project and the Masters Project.