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Alexander Ross fonds
CA ON00093 92/4 · Fonds · [ca. 1862]-1951

Fonds consists of material documenting Alexander Ross' activities as the Financial Superintendent at the Canadian Military Headquarters. The files cover every aspect of Canadian expenditures in the United Kingdom. Includes the Deputy Minister's working papers on a variety of subjects, including the many committees in which Ross was involved, as well as the Deputy Minister's files related to the settlement of overseas finances after the Second World War. Topics under negotiation included mutual aid, accommodation, supplies, equipment, services and currency rates. Also includes miscellaneous documents concerning the First World War, and working files produced in the preparation of the annual budget from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. Miscellaneous documents concerning the First World War and non-budgetary matters ([ca. 1862]-1951)
II. Dept. of National Defence Budget Files (1923-1951)
III. Financial Superintendent Personal Files (1940-1950)
IV. Deputy Minister's Personal Files (1925-1948)
V. Deputy Minister's Files, Overseas Finances (1942-1949)

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CA ON00093 92/74 · Fonds · 1939-1979, predominant 1941-1945

Fonds consists of material documenting some of the activities of the Wrens during the Second World War, as well as during the 1950s and 1960s. Includes newsletters, newspaper clippings, reunion programmes, photographs, memorabilia and various other documents. Also includes newsletters of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) HMCS Peregrine and HMCS Conestoga, as well as a biographical sketch of Vera Laughton Mathews (Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), 1939-1946).

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CA ON00093 93/154 · Fonds · Photocopied [19-] (originally created 1985)

Fonds consists of material concerning the professional development of officers in the United States army for the period 1985-2025. There are six volumes. Volume I includes the final report for 1985 which reexamined all aspects of the officer professional development system. The remaining five volumes includes: implementation plan; system wide issues; development periods and reserve components; policy impact analysis; and a survey questionnaire.

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CA ON00093 94/168 · Fonds · 1939-1993

Collection consists of material documenting the preliminary work on "The Crucible of War, 1939-1945" (The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Volume III). Includes preliminary narratives, draft chapters, professional correspondence and memoranda, reviews and commentaries, photographs as well as a compilation of newspaper clippings related to the book. Also contains relevant background material consisting mostly of published articles, historical reports, bibliographies and photographs exempt from the final copy. There are eight series:
I. Background Material (1939-1993)
II. Preliminary Narratives (1975-1993)
III. Draft Chapters (1988-1993)
IV. Professional Correspondence and Memoranda (c.1985-1993)
V. Reviews and Commentaries (c.1994)
VI. Publication Negatives (nd)
VII. Official Photographs (nd)
VIII. Related Material (nd., 1939-1945)

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CA ON00093 94/180 · Fonds · Photocopied [199-] (originally created 1943-1945)

Fonds consists of two folders dealing mostly with excerpts from James Somerville's journals during 1943 to 1945. The first folder covers the period from November 1943 to March 1944 and deals with escort carrier requirements, a shortage of destroyers and the need for naval reinforcement in the Pacific. The second folder covers the period April 1944 to March 1945 and discusses Somerville's activities and his meetings with American and Canadian naval officers in Washington and Ottawa.

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Bomber Command fonds
CA ON00093 95/109 · Fonds · 1945

Fonds consists of a summary of operational photography under changing circumstances during the Second World War. This guide gives some indication of the role which photography have played in Bomber Command and provides black and white photographs with captions explaining the theory of operational photography. Each photograph includes a negative number.

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Eric P. Earnshaw fonds
CA ON00093 95/141 · Fonds · 1943-1945

Fonds consists of captain's night order books for HMCS Assiniboine, Huron, and Ottawa. Night books for HMCS Huron were kept by Commander Eric Earnshaw, Lieutenant Commander Harold Groos and Lieutenant Commander Herbert Rayner and night books for HMCS Assiniboine and Ottawa were kept by Earnshaw.

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R.H. Dunn fonds
CA ON00093 95/18 · Fonds · Photocopied 1995 (originally created 1942-1945)

Fonds consist of letters written by Robert Hunter Dunn to his parents in Westmount, Quebec while he was serving in England and continental Europe from 1942 to 1945. Also includes Dominion Day and Remembrance Day programmes.

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CA ON00093 95/2 · Fonds · 1939-1954, 1961-1964

Fonds consists of material documenting the Naval Headquarters of the Royal Canadian Navy during the post-World War II period to 1964. Includes the minutes of the meetings of senior officers regarding policies and plans proposed by Naval Headquarters. Also includes plots and charts created during the Second World War when the Naval Headquarters was known as the Dept. of National Defence Naval Service Headquarters. The documents are concerned with the organization and preparation of Canadian convoys during the Second World War. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. Plots and Charts (1939-1946)
II. Minutes of Meetings of Senior Officers (1946-1954, 1961-1964)

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CA ON00093 95/66; 85/251 · Fonds · 1941-[1946]

Fonds consists of material documenting the activities of HMC Ships during the Second World War. Includes daily and weekly operational summaries detailing the movements and operations of all ships in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Also includes weekly merchant shipping casualty reports, reports for Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) monthly review operations, reports for RCN ships in commission, and reports on mercantile losses in the western Atlantic. There are four series:
I: Daily Operational Summaries (1942-1945);
II: Weekly Operational Summaries (1941-1943) (85/251);
III: Weekly Merchant Shipping Casualty Reports (1942-1945);
IV: Miscellaneous Files (1942-1945).

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CA ON00093 95/85 · Collection · 1992

Fonds consists of the original English manuscript, French translation, the French translation with corrections, and English and French galley proofs, as well as illustrations, both English and French captions, mockups and various materials used in the production of the book "Canada and the battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917". Also includes an extensive collection of related photographs not selected for the book.

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Air Force Headquarters fonds
CA ON00093 96/24 · Fonds · 1918-1965

Fonds consists of seven series of Air Force Headquarters files pertaining to Operations by the RCAF for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mobile Striking Force, Air Defence planning, Air Council meetings, and policy and outline of RCAF Target Force during the 1950s. Files mainly include various correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, minutes of meetings, operation orders, and many other various documents. The seven series are as follows: Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. Operations by the RCAF for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1 Dec 1922 - 21 Sep 1939)
II. Planning: Mobile Striking Force (19 Jan 1948 - 6 Jan 1956)
III. Planning: Air Defence (3 Apr 1933 - 21 Aug 1953)
IV. Conferences, Conventions and Meetings - Air Council Meetings (1938-1964)
V. Mobile Striking Force (19 Aug 1949 - 26 Feb 1959)
VI. Policy and outline of RCAF Target Force during the 1950s (1950 - 1952)
VII. General reference files (1918-1945)
VIII. Organization and Establishments (1918-1964)
IX. Canada's National Effort - Armed Forces in the Early Stages of Major War (1939-1940)

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CA ON00093 96/27 · Fonds · 1990-1996

Fonds consists of files (1990-1996) from the office of the J3 Operations and Plans or pertaining to the implementation of the J-Staff system. Includes briefings to the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Deputy Minister. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. J-Staff system and VCDS-DCDS amalgamation files (1990-1994)
II. Finding Aids to the J3 Operations and National Defence Operations (NDOC)
III. Staff Inspection visit reports and United Nations Mission reports (1993-1996)

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Claude Beauregard fonds
CA ON00093 96/30 · Fonds · 1954-1999

Fonds consists of materials documenting Canada's general experiences in peacekeeping missions, particularly with Canada's participation in United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) -- Namibia, in 1989-1990 as well as material documenting issues of change and renewel taking place in the Canadian Armed Forces in the mid-1990s. The main types of records included are reports from the United Nations on different aspects of UNTAG, minutes from the Canadian Senate and House of Commons as well as other documents emanating from different federal departments, including many branches of the Department of National Defence. There are also published documents from a variety of periodicals and North-American newspapers and monographs. Many of these newspaper articles, as well as various theses, are on microfiches. There are nine series:
I. United Nations Documents (1979-1994)
II. Canadian Federal Government Documents (1960-1994)
III. Articles from Periodicals (1956-1993)
IV. Newspaper Clippings (1985-1993)
V. Other Published Documents (1966-1994)
VI. Microfiches (1954-1995) VII. Added Documents (February 1998)
VIII. Added Documents (December 2001)
IX. Added Documents (July 2002)

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Serge Bernier fonds
CA ON00093 97/4 · Fonds · 1925-1993

Fonds consists of material that were collected and written during the period preceding the publication of the second volume on the history of bilingualism in the armed forces, entitled: Les Canadiens français et le bilinguisme dans les Forces armées canadiennes. Tome II, 1969-1987. Includes a select amount of primary and secondary sources consulted consisting mainly of correspondance, memorandums and reports. Nine preliminary narratives composed by a variety of historians, which deal with a specific aspect of the subject of research, are also included. There are also draft chapters and a complete draft copy of the English translation of the book. Intended mainly for historiographical research, this fonds paints a partial picture of the process of researching and composing a vast historical study. There are five series:
I. Select Primary Sources Consulted
II. Select Secondary Sources Consulted
III. Preliminary Narratives
IV. Draft Chapters
V. Miscellaneous

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John Clearwater fonds
CA ON00093 98/15 · Fonds · 1942-2006

Fonds consists of records collected for the preparation of the books by Dr. John Clearwater: "Canadian Nuclear Weapons", "U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Canada", “They are just Dummies” and documents for a digest named “War Against Iraq”. Includes an accumulation of the archival material consulted preceding publication, such as annual historical reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence and messages, nuclear reports, nuclear technical arrangements, articles, newspaper clippings, brochures, Cabinet and External Affaires agreement negotiations, and RCMP investigation reports. There is also a complete draft copy of the book "Canadian Nuclear Weapons." There are 4 series:
I. Canadian Nuclear Weapons
II. U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Canada
III. Just Dummies: Cruise Missile Testing in Canada
IV. War Against Iraq

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Stephen John Harris fonds
CA ON00093 98/16 · Fonds · 1992-2009

Fonds consists of papers prepared for the Canadian Forces Social Contract symposium in 1998. Also includes photocopies of articles and printouts from web sites regarding the war in Kosovo and the history of Canada’s contributions in the air operations over the former Yugoslavia between March-June 1999. There are also two reports produced by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo re human rights in Kosovo. There are 3 series:

  1. Canadian Forces Social Contract Symposium Papers
  2. History of Air Operations over the Former Yugoslavia Papers
  3. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mission in Kosovo Reports
Jean-Pierre Gagnon fonds
CA ON00093 98/18 · Fonds · 1839-1999

Fonds consists of material documenting Jean-Pierre Gagnon's research on Canadians in the First World War. Includes transcripts from interviews that Gagnon conducted in 1983 with First World War Royal 22e Régiment veterans, Canadian Expeditionary Force files used for his research, and photocopies from the National Archives of Canada of the military records of soldiers and officers who were in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). Also includes miscellaneous pamphlets and publications, military training manuals published by the Dept. of National Defence in the 1970s and in 1991, and chronological accounts of French-Canadian units during the Second World War. There are 11 series:
I. Interviews (n.d., 1983)
II. Miscellaneous Pamphlets (1916-1994)
III. Canadian Expeditionary Force files (1914-1946)
IV. Miscellaneous Documents (1940-1997)
V. Military Training Manuals Published by the Dept. of National Defence (1973-1991)
VI. Chronological Accounts of French Canadian Units during the Second World War (1995)
VII. Documents Related to Canadian Expeditionary Force and First World War (1914-1988)
VIII. Biographical Information on Jean-Pierre Gagnon
IX. Academic work with comments of teacher
X. The 5th Brigade
XI. Translation and Critics of the Book "The 22nd Battalion"

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G.W.L. Nicholson fonds
CA ON00093 98/25; 82/985 · Fonds · 1943-1964

Fonds consists of preparatory materials relating to the publication of “The Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919” as well as preparatory materials related to the publication of “The Canadians in Italy”, which is the second volume of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Materials include drafts of chapters, references for checking drafts and amendment memoranda.
There are two series:
I. Preparatory Materials Relating to the Publication of “The Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919” (98/25)
II. Preparatory Materials Relating to the Publication of “The Canadians in Italy” (82/985)

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CA ON00093 98/36 · Fonds · ca. 1954-1955

Fonds consists of various materials regarding No. 1 Airborne Medical Section during 1954-1955. Includes the following 7 volumes:

  1. [Medical Wannegan - User Trial Report.] - 1 January 1955.
  2. Standard Operating Procedure (Summer): No. 1 Airborne Medical Section, RCAMC. - [195?]
  3. Report on Exercise "Bulldog III" / by Major O.T. Randell, RCAMC, No. 1 Airborne Medical Section, RCAMC. - [1955.] - Protected "A".
  4. Winter Standard Operation Procedure: Staff Tables for sub-section of No. 1 Airborne Medical Section, RCAMC. - [195?]
  5. No. 1 Airborne Medical Platoon, RCAMC: Section Winter SOP. - September 1955.
  6. Report on Exercise "Bulldog II" / by Major O.T. Randell, RCAMC, No. 1 Airborne Medical Section, RCAMC. - [1955.]
  7. Summer SOP. - [195?]
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