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1839-1999 (Creation)
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- Gagnon, Jean-Pierre, 1942-
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1.8 m of textual records
10 cm of oversize records
58 photographs: b&w, col: 26 x 20 cm or smaller
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Jean-Pierre Gagnon (1942- ) was an historian with the Directorate of History (DHIST) and a writer. He obtained his BA and his Ph.D. in history at Laval University. Apart from his work at DHIST, he taught at Ottawa and Laval Universities and at the Royal Military College of Kingston. While at DHIST, he published "Le 22e bataillon (canadien-français) 1914-1919. étude socio-militaire." He also wrote many articles for historical magazines, for the "Dictionnaire biographique du Canada," and for the "Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec." Moreover, he participated in many national and international conferences. He was invited as a historian to be part of the French television show "Le prix de la liberté" on "Canal D" (a Québec discovery channel). For many years he was secretary and member of the council for the Historical Society of Canada.
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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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Fonds received from Mr. Jean-Pierre Gagnon in 1998-2001
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- French
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File 6B is “Protected B”. The rest of the files are unclassified.
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Finding aids
Copies of the finding aid are located in the first file of the fonds and in the Reading Room at the Directorate of History and Heritage. Electronic copies are also available.
Associated materials
The Directorate of History and Heritage holds articles written by Jean-Pierre Gagnon:
84/249: "Canada's Soldiers in Bermuda During World War One." Paper presented on 22 February 1984 at the Department of Hotel Technology, Bermuda College, as part of the Bermuda/Canada 1609-1984 international conference.
90/273: "Les soldats francophones du premier contingent expéditionnaire du Canada en Europe," Guerre mondiales et conflits contemporains, No. 157 (Janvier 1990), p. 83-101.
91/342: "Canadian Soldiers in Bermuda during World War One," Histoire sociale-Social History, May (1990), p. 9-36.
List of Abbreviations (Canadian, British, American, French, NATO) and British Regiments compiled by Gagnon. Located in Subject Files.
Photocopies of documents held at the NAC and cards used for the writing of his book on the Van-doos have been sent to the "Royal 22e Régiment" Museum, Québec City. Other photocopies have been sent to the corresponding Canadian Forces museums: Les Voltigeurs de Québec (Québec City), Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Montréal), The Canadian Grenadier Guards (Montréal), Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke), and 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Trois-Rivières).
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Further accruals are not expected.
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This is a bilingual fonds; English and French.