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Howard Cable collection
CA ON00093 2012/20 · Collection · 1943

Collection consists of sheet music for the following songs: “That’s an Order from the Army”, “Fernando the Commando”, “We’re Marching to the Rhythm of the Boogie Beat”, and “On Behalf of the General Staff.” The words and music were written by Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne, and Freddy Grant. The music was written for the Army Show, a musical revue for Canadian soldiers during the Second World War. Later, the term would be used as the operational name for entertainment units in the army. The Army Show also produced a radio broadcast of the same name from 1942-1943.

Cable, Howard, 1920-
Raymond Caven fonds
CA ON00093 2012/19 · Fonds · 1956-[197-]

Fonds consists of slides with photos of RCAF Stations Uplands and Trenton. 5 slides are dated 1956; 3 slides are dated 1959; 1 slide is dated 1961; 4 slides are dated 1966; 10 slides are not dated. Includes aerial images of airfield and barracks, as well as images of the front gate, interior office and meeting room pictures, and backyards with patio furniture.

Caven, Raymond
CA ON00093 2005/24 · Fonds · 1954-1955

Fonds consists of 4 volumes on intelligence, the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos and the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam during 1954-1955. Documents for the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos include statements, draft resolutions, progress reports, correspondence and various other documents covering such topics as opening speeches, incidents, political negociations and agreements, conventions, disputes, elections, proceedings and investigation, plans of action, minutes of meetings, reports on attacks and missions, policies and administrative forms. Documents for the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam include press correspondence, war agreements and various other documents covering such topics as political meetings, political development, petitions and complaints, transfer of locations, foreign accomplishments, demonstrations, infiltration and subversion, interzonal consultation, socio-demographic information and statistics, cases, refugee status, referendums, security positions, and prison components.

International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos
James Megill fonds
CA ON00093 2012/28 · Fonds · 1929-1993

Fonds consists of general material relating to James Megill’s research into the history of the Canadian Military Engineers (CME). The fonds includes notes, skeleton histories, and some statistical information for many Canadian military engineering units. It also includes some personal correspondence re the preparations and work on The History of the Canadian Military Engineers: volume III. There is also some professional documentation such as contracts for work and a resume. Additionally, the fonds includes documents relating to various unit-specific matters such as the appointments of honorary colonels as well as documentation, in some cases photographic, of various events including a bridge construction or a proposition for land acquisition.

Megill, James
CA ON00093 2012/29 · Fonds · Microfilmed in 1945 (originally created 1944?)

Fonds consists of seven 35mm microfilm reels containing copies of measured engineering drawings showing the basic hull and deck constructions as well as mechanical and electrical systems of the HMCS Rainbow II, formerly the USS Argonaut. The first microfilm serves as an index for the other six reels. The microfilmed plans and drawings consist of the submarine’s original design prior to her Guppy II configuration in 1952.

United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships
CA ON00093 2008/15 · Fonds · 1973-1998; predominant 1992-1997

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Land Forces Command Board of Inquiry investigating the Command, Control and Leadership of CANBAT 2. The records include a copy of the final report of the Board and documentation created and maintained by the Board in the conduct of its investigation, reporting and follow-up. There are 4 series:

  1. Reports
  2. Case Files of Military Police Investigation Report
  3. Reference Files
  4. General Files
Canada. Board of Inquiry Into Command, Control and Leadership of CANBAT 2
CA ON00093 2012/32 · Fonds · 1980 - 1996

Fonds consists of coloured photographs of organization charts which identify Generals, Brigadier-Generals and Lieutenant-Generals within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The organization charts contain small photographs of each individual.

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Director Senior Appointments
J.E. Vance fonds
CA ON00093 88/85 · Fonds · 1933-

Fonds consists of the office papers of Lt-Gen J.E. Vance used in the preparation and implementation of the 1987 White Paper. There are documents regarding a review of Canada’s defence policy, the White Paper process and implementation, the implementation of the new defence policy and the documentation of the White Paper. Includes a wide variety of documents, including memoranda, notes, correspondence, briefings, drafts, working papers, essays and minutes to meetings. There is a very detailed inventory of the contents for each of the fourteen folders at the beginning of the fonds and at the beginning of each folder.

Vance, J.E.
Patrick J. Lesage fonds
CA ON00093 2013/5 · Fonds · 1994-2011

Fonds consists of documents relating to the Second Independent Review of the National Defence Act by Chief Justice Lesage in 2011. Includes submissions with supporting documents by various bodies within the Dept. of National Defence and working/reference documents related to the review. There are 2 series:

  1. Reference Files
  2. Submissions
Lesage, Patrick J.
CA ON00093 2011/7 · Fonds · 2005-2011

Fonds consists of graphic and textual material produced by Joint Task Force Afghanistan and collected by DHH 5 Museums as part of the repatriation materials from the operation theatre in Kandahar. Also includes nomination forms entitled “Combat Action Insignia Proforma” for those Canadian Forces personnel who were involved in intense fighting in Afghanistan. There are two series:
I. Combat Action Insignia Proforma Nomination Forms
II. Joint Task Force Afghanistan and International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)

Joint Task Force Afghanistan
2nd Canadian Corps fonds
CA ON00093 112.3M1.009 (D114) · Fonds · 1944-1945

Fonds consists of 2nd Canadian Corps intelligence summaries from the Second World War dated 1944-1945. Includes descriptions of enemy dispositions, weapons and Allied operational progress. A number of sketch drawings of German tanks, grenades and other weaponry are present. Also includes many tracer maps which detail various Allied and enemy positions in Northwest Europe.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Corps, 2nd
CA ON00093 2013/9 · Fonds · 1944-1946

Fonds consists of a photocopy of the war diary of the Canadian Radar Detachment on Loan to Australian Military Forces. It was compiled by Officer Commanding Canadian Radar Detachment Major H.F. Graham from correspondence and documents filed with the Directorate of Armament Development (Radar) at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa and from personal diaries. The diary gives a daily breakdown of the unit’s activities and news during 15 June 1944-14 February 1946 non-inclusively. The diary also includes a list of members of the unit who received decorations during that period.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Radar Detachment to Australia
J3 Operations fonds
CA ON00093 2011/6 · Fonds · 1993-2002

Fonds consists of Canadian Forces situation reports. They were messages that came to the Directorate of History (later the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH)) through the chain of command. They provide an overview of what was happening that week in the Canadian Forces (CF) and on Canadian domestic, United Nations and NATO operations. Some of the major operations include:

Americas and Caribbean
Operation CAULDRON (Haiti; October 1993)
Operation FORWARD ACTION (Haiti; Oct 1993 to Sep 1994)
Operation MATCH (El Salvador; 1991 to 1994)
Operation VISION (Guatemala; 1997)

Africa
Operation CONSONANCE (Mozambique; 1992-1995)
Operation DELIVERANCE (Somalia; 1991-1993)
Operation ECLIPSE (Ethiopia and Eritrea; Nov 2000 to Jun 2001)
Operation LANCE (Uganda-Rwanda; 1993-1994)
Operation PASTEL (Angola; 1991-1995)
Operation PRUDENCE (Central African Republic; 1998-1999)
Operation PYTHON (Western Sahara; 1991-1994)

Europe, Balkan and the Mediterranean
Operation ALLIANCE (Bosnia & Herzegovina; 1995-1996)
Operation CAVALIER (Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1994)
Operation HARMONY (Croatia; 1995)
Operation KINETIC (Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia; Jun 1999 to Jun 2000)
Operation PALLADIUM (Bosnia-Herzegovina; Dec 1995 to Dec 2004)
Operation Sharpguard (Naval blockade in Adriatic Sea ;1993-1996)

Southeast Asia
Operation Toucan (East Timor; Oct 1999 to Apr 2001

Southwest Asia and Middle East
Operation AUGMENTATION (Iraq in the Persian Gulf; 1999 to 2001)
Operation DANACA (Golan Heights; 1974 to 2006)

Domestic (Canada)
Operation ABACUS (Y2K preparation; 1999)
Operation ASSISTANCE (Red River Flood; 1997)
Operation PERSISTENCE (Swissair Flight 111; 1998)
Operation RECUPERATION (Ice Storm of 1998)

The reports also covered military exercises (national and international), assistance to the RCMP, emergencies (floods, forest fires, snowstorms, etc.) and maritime search and rescue operations. There are some folders pertaining to Operation Scotch (the Rwanda airlift) and Operation Delivereance (427 Squadron in Somalia and ALCE Nairobi).

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. J3 Operations
Fonds Louis Noël de Tilly
CA ON00093 91/237 · Fonds · 1966-1992

Le fond est composé de 106 dossiers de correspondance, annotations, rapports, transcriptions, procès verbaux, jugements des tribunaux et d'ébauches de travail.

Untitled
CA ON00093 2010/1 · Collection · Photocopied 2002-2010 (originally created 1945-1964)

Collection consists of material collected, selected and used by the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) Naval History Team in the writing of the official history of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) (Volume 3). The records pertain to the activities of the RCN after the Second World War to the early 1960s. Includes photocopies of the Dept. of National Defence RG 24 records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). There is 1 series:

  1. Photocopies of Library and Archives Canada RG 24 Records
Graves, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1949-
CA ON00093 2008/18 · Fonds · 1981-1996

Fonds consists of the working files of the Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War. Includes bulletins, newsletters of other associations, minutes to meetings, constitution, correspondence, financial reports and statements, and membership information sheets. There are also various documents regarding the conferences held in Waterloo in 1991, Victoria and Quebec City in 1992, and in Winnipeg in 1995. The documents include papers, drafts of papers, memoranda, correspondence and financial records. Arranged in alphabetical order by file title.

Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War
CA ON00093 78/102 · Fonds · 1978

Fonds consists of a memorandum, dated 20 February 1978, regarding the costs of security activities. Includes a summary, attached as Annex A, of military operations in support of various law enforcement agencies, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Director General Military Plans and Operations
CA ON00093 78/114 · Fonds · 1959-1965

Fonds consists of a RCN Staff Officer (Wrens) file, dated 1959 to 1965, regarding employment in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS). Issues addressed include rank and trade structure, uniform instructions, trade specifications, personnel rate, responsibilities and duties of Staff Officer (Wrens), as well as weight standards. Also includes two occupational information monographs prepared by Naval Headquarters, Ottawa.

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy. Staff Officer (Wrens)
Vaughan Stewart fonds
CA ON00093 2013/11 · Fonds · 1946

Fonds consists of copies of two articles on Exercise “Musk Ox”, taken from the June 1946 issue of The Beaver and the 23 February 1946 issue of Saturday Night. Also includes message forms, memoranda, diary notes and exercise logs for January 1946, as well as the War Diary for Exercise “Kelsey” (21 to 23 January 1946), the Moving Force War Diary for Exercise “Musk Ox” (includes appendices for March 1946), several volumes of Capt. Vaughan Stewart’s “The Diary of an Ice-Worm” and a map of Churchill, Manitoba.

Stewart, Vaughan
CA ON00093 2010/17 · Fonds · 1996-2000

Fonds consists of material collected by DHH on the Unknown Soldier millennium project. Includes six volumes of Millennium Project files detailing the repatriation of the Unknown Soldier during 1997-2000, and consisting of minutes to meetings, memoranda, correspondence, briefing notes, emails, reports, agenda and various other documents. Also includes 2 volumes of personnel information sheets of the participants in the project, an information kit in French, draft issue of instructions and a draft issue entitled “Operation Memoria The Repatriation of Canada’s Unknown Soldier 23-28 May 2000.” There are also four videocassettes regarding Operation Memoria and the ceremony of 28 May 2000.

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Directorate of History and Heritage