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1945-[197-] (Creation)
- Creator
- Guerret, Jacqueline
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1 file of textual records
11 photos: b&w, 24 x 18 cm or smaller
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Biographical history
Jacqueline Guerret was the secretary for the officer in charge of the welcome centre for Canadian forces in France, called “Canada Corner” from 1944 to 1946. She began working for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1949 and retired in 1980. At the time of her retirement, she was responsible for travelling exhibits and catalogues of reproductions of paintings. She has since passed away.
Custodial history
The collection was gathered by Jacqueline Guerret and passed to Odile Blondy with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Guerret’s death. Blondy forwarded the collection to DHH where it was received in January 2012.
Scope and content
Collection consists of photographs and papers from Canada Corner, the welcome centre for Canadian Forces in Paris, France in 1944-1946. Canada Corner was run by the Canadian Forces Hospitality and Information Bureau. The photographs show some of the staff and visitors, including Jacqueline Guerret. There is, as well, one photograph of Jacqueline Guerret taken several decades later. The textual records consist of poems entitled “Ode to a Canadian”, “Cynara”, and “Long Ago”. Also included is a document entitled “Diary of a Canadian on 7 Days Leave in Paris”, as well as one called “If You Marry French Girls!”. These documents are generally anecdotal, save for one entitled “Knights of Columbus Canadian War Services”, which is a simple newsletter that lists senior appointments of the Knights of Columbus War Services Overseas, dated 1 November 1945. There are also two menus, one autographed extensively as well as one with a personal farewell.
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The collection was donated to DHH by Ms. Odile Blondy in January 2012.
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- English
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Unclassified
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None
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No further accruals are expected.
General note
Collection contains menus written in French.