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Fonds consists of documents printed from 16 computer disks and includes all the staff work done to prepare and deploy the units of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group [CMBG] for the mission to UNPROFOR [United Nations Protection Force] and Operation Harmony in Croatia. Includes the following on Operation Harmony: a draft establishment; a guide to tactical organization; briefing outlines and assignments, training guidelines for tasked units; and joining instructions. Also includes documents re 4 CMBG staff inspection, and operations and training.

Collection consists of 7 file folders of photocopies of notes, histories, annual historical reports, trial reports, published articles, letters and other documents regarding the Service Battalions in the Canadian Armed Forces. Includes detailed information about the history of the 3rd Experimental Service Battalion, the 5th Service Battalion and the Service Battalion flag; more general information about all of the Service Battalions (Regular and Reserve) and the Annual Militia Service Battalions National Competition; and personal notes and historical projects from BGen Jean-Paul Leclerc on different aspects of the Service Battalion. The very first Service Battalion was formed in 1962 in Gagetown, NB. It gathered elements from the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC), Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC), Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) and later Canadian Provost Corps (C Pro C), Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) and Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC). The goal was to determine if different combat support service units would work better under a single unified command. The unit was named "3rd Experimental Service Battalion". The pros of having a Service Battalion were proved after the very first exercise: simplicity, economy, efficiency and flexibility. In 1965, the Militia adopted the Service Battalion concept. Almost every city in Canada now has a Militia Service Battalion. In 1968, the Service Battalion replaced the former service support Corps in each Regular Force Brigade.

Fonds consists of minutes from the 21 meetings of the Naval Council between September 1940 and May 1941. Topics discussed include: ship, naval base and other naval facility construction and repair; personnel training and management; financial planning; recruiting policies; and various other issues. Fonds also contains a memorandum to the Acting Deputy Minister for Naval Services regarding correspondence about the Naval Council with Mr. Flaberty of the Canadian Press.

Fonds consists of photocopied correspondence of members of Joan Graham's and her husband's families during the South African War of 1887 to 1978, the First World War, and the Second World War, as well as miscellaneous personal documents from 1887 up to 1978. The Boer war letters are between Charles Graham and his wife and their son Douglas Graham to his mother. The First World War letters are between Charlie Graham and his mother, and between Alistair Smales and his own mother. The Second World War letters are between Joan and Chris Bartlett. The letters are sorted by family name, by war period, and by date within each period. The miscellaneous documents are grouped by family name, and include letters, receipts, newspaper clippings, birth and death certificates and other papers. In regards to arrangement, the first folder is divided into 4 files:
1- Graham family Boer War letters,
2- Graham family 1st World War letters,
3- Smales family 1st World War letters,
4- Bartlett family 2nd World War letters. The second folder consists of Graham and Smales family miscellaneous documents.

Fonds consists of Director General Audit (DGA) reports for 1958-1970 and Audit circular letters for 1948-1969. The first folder contains two papers presented at the RCAF Senior Accountant Officer's Course on Financial Management, the Director General Audit annual report for 1977/78, reports from the Director of Audit for 1966/67 and 1967/68, and reports from the Directorate of Operational Audit for 1966/67, 1968/69, 1969/70, Directorate of Audit reports for 1965/66 and Chief Auditor Branch reports for 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, and 1960/61. The second, third and fourth folders contain the Audit circular letters.

Fonds consists of documentation concerning the three commissions in which Charles H. Belzile took part. The documentation is made up of presentations, briefs, reports, and sometimes opinions from various sources including academic specialists, persons from all levels of the military, and in some cases, the general public. Personal and internal correspondence is included, along with general administrative and miscellaneous papers. There are three series in this fonds, divided by commission:
I. Special Commission on Reserve Restructure (SCRR) (1995)
II. Special Advisory Group in Military Justice and Military Police Investigation Services (1997)
III. Military Police Services Review (MPSR) (1998)

Fonds consists of a work prepared by J.F. Cummins in 1931 on the histories of the military districts of Canada. The research covers military history from 1760 to 1930. There are 4 volumes:
Volume I Notes on MDs [Military Districts] No. 1, 2 & 3 (Ontario)
Volume II Notes on MDs [Military Districts] No. 4, 5 & 6 (Quebec)
Volume III Notes on MDs [Military Districts] No. 7, 8 & 9 (Maritimes)
Volume IV Notes on MDs [Military Districts] No. 10, 11, 12 & 13 (West)

Fonds consists of textual and pictorial items collected by Earle G. Dolbel during his stay at Marlag und Milag Nord prison camp from 1941 to 1945. There is a scrapbook and a personal journal. The scrapbook contains drawings, news clipping, label stickers, poems, photographs from home, and contributions from his fellow prisoners; it pays particular attention to the recreational activities and musical theatre productions in the camp. The journal, which covers the time between his capture and his return to Canada, explains more of Mr. Dolbel's routine in the camp. He writes about weather, rations, going to service, and hearing air raids outside. The highlights for Mr. Dolbel came whenever he received mail from his family and packages from the Red Cross. Fonds also contains a copy of the journal made in 1979 by one of his children, and an Imperial Oil magazine from 1988.

Fonds consists of two studies by the Director General Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1965 regarding the Operational Support Ship. The first report is entitled "Replenishment, Command & Control and Sea Lift Arrangements". For each of these topics, it aimed to determine the capacity, the layout, the personnel requirement and other specific aspects. The second report is entitled "Habitability" and was created to propose a Habitability system providing for the ship's complement and approximately 55 passengers. It addresses various aspects, such as living spaces, sanitary spaces, food service, etc.

Collection consists of scholarly material accumulated throughout Colonel Howard Coombs’ military and academic career. This includes manuals, handbooks, pamphlets and guides from a number of institutions, notably the Canadian Forces College (CFC). Also contains a collection of student papers written for a CFC course on operational art, as well as material, including Coombs’ written work, from several US Command and General Staff College (CGSC) courses. An assortment of miscellaneous documents is also included. There are four series:
I. Handbooks, Manuals, etc.
II. Canadian Forces College (CFC) Operational Art
III. Course Material
IV. Miscellaneous Documents

Fonds consists of a handwritten diary-notebook kept by Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay Clark during the Second World War, when he was in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. The diary-notebook contains notes about moving troops (where each unit was going and what it was doing) and about Clark's actions and activities (daily schedules, conferences, lunch, birthdays, etc). It also includes addresses, short notes, technical writings and a lot of abbreviations. There are also a few quotes from famous people (Lincoln, Churchill, etc).

Fonds consists of research papers written by various undergraduate university students during their CO-OP work terms at the Directorate of History and Heritage. The research papers are organized in chronological order by topic into the following periods:

1. 1867-1913 [Pre-First World War period]
2. 1914-1918 [First World War]
3. 1919-1938 [Inter-War period]
4. 1939-1945 [Second World War]
5. 1946-1953 [Post Second World War to Korean War period]
6. 1954 – [Peacekeeping period]

Fonds consists of documents outlining the DDH 280 Program Master Implementation plan for 1965. This includes operational requirements, project milestones, the management system, production and procurement plans, a list of government furnished equipment, test and trial programs, support plans, manpower computation, personnel plans, training plans, a financial summary, correspondence file system. There is also a distribution list showing those that received the file.

Fonds consists of material relating to Canadian military assistance Cyprus during 1964 and in Nigeria during 1967-1968. The records regarding Nigeria document the limited Canadian assistance in the form of training for Nigerian officer cadets in the Royal Canadian Navy, Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force, and the posting of two Canadian Navy officers to the Nigerian Military Academy as instructors. The records regarding Cyprus document the activities of the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Force. Includes messages, briefings, reports and other documents. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. Documents related to Canadian military assistance in Nigeria (1967-1968)
II. Documents related to Canadian military assistance in Cyprus (1964)

Fonds consists of a number of news releases on HMCS Bonaventure and its use in transporting troops and equipment to Cyprus as part of Canada's peacekeeping contribution to the United Nations Force in Cyprus.

Fonds consists of material gathered, organized and broken down by series by Colonel Robert Lewis Raymont, and documenting the activities of the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff and, after 1964, the Office of Chief of Defence Staff from 1944 to 1972. The documents are concerned with policy making in the Department of National Defence in connection with NATO, the war in Korea, integration and unification of the forces, bilingualism, Continental Defence, and other important subjects. There are 10 series:
I. Official subject files (1944-1970)
II. Official subject files (1950-1974)
III. Minutes, agendas and related papers of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (1946-1964), the Vice Chiefs of Staff Committee (1950-1964), and other offices
IV. Miscellaneous papers pertaining to Defence Policy
V. Papers pertaining to Intelligence and NATO
VI. General Charles Foulkes papers
VII. Files relating to Second World War Post Hostilities Programmes
VIII. Papers relating to the Canadian Joint Staff Mission, London
IX. Miscellaneous papers
X. Personal papers and photographs