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              Frank T. Davies fonds
              CA ON00419 DAV · Fonds · 1889-1992, 2015

              Fonds consists of biographical material on Davies; his personal correspondence, scientific articles, notes, reports and talks; his journals and trip notebooks 1928-1980 and college notebooks. Articles, scientific notebooks and reports by Davies and others relating to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-1930 plus material on American Antarctic research in the 1970s. Davies’ articles, notebooks and reports on the Second Polar Year Expedition to Chesterfield Inlet NWT of 1932-1933. Davies’ correspondence, notebooks and procedures relating to his work for the Carnegie Institution 1931-1940, including his work as as director of the observatory in Huancayo, Peru. Articles, reports, publications by Davies and others relating to the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment 1943-1970 relating to research in the Arctic, radio communication, the Canadian research satellites Alouette I (launched 1962) and Alouette II (launched 1965). Reference material related to Davies’ fields of interest. Individual photos and albums relating to Davies, the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, the Second International Polar Year expedition to Chesterfield Inlet, social activities at DRTE etc. There is also a series of records that Davies compiled while planning to write his history of DRTE, as well as a series consisting of 4 objects. The fonds is arranged in 10 series.

              Davies, Frank Thomas, 1904-1981
              G. L. Nelms fonds
              CA ON00419 NEL · Fonds · 1934-2010

              Fonds consists of G.L. Nelms’: correspondence and letters of recommendation 1966-1993; scientific data from the Alouette and Isis satellites 1956-1973, 1981-1988; copies of DND budget files and its research and development policy 1977, 1990-1991; files relating to associations such as the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada and the Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science; files on the history and significance of the Alouette satellites; research and editorial files for the book “No Day Long Enough: Canadian Science in World War II” (1997), the television film “Space Pioneers of Canada” (1981-88) and the film “Calculated Risks: Canadian Science at War 1939-45” (1995-96); reference material relating to radar, defence procurement, defence strategy and management and defence research establishments across Canada; photographs of the building and launching of Alouette I; photographs of Nelms and other designers and builders of Canadian satellites; and photos of the Defence Research Establishment Ottawa (DREO) at Shirley’s Bay. The fonds is arranged into seven series: NEL-1 Personal; NEL-2 Alouette and ISIS Satellites; NEL-3 Defence Research Establishment Ottawa/ Department of National Defence; NEL-4 Associations; NEL-5 History Series; NEL-6 Reference Files; and NEL-7 Photographs.

              Nelms, G. L., 1930-2020