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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)

Canada. Air Force Headquarters
CA ON00093 85/436 · Fonds · 1951-1957

Fonds consists of 2 registers of single-engine and twin-engine aircraft during the 1950s. The registers includes the aircraft name and serial number.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Air Materiel Command. Repair Depots
CA ON00093 85/327 · Fonds · 1949-1953

Fonds consists of a Joint-Service Manual of evasion and escape. The Manual was prepared as a guide to personnel of all three services to assist them in determining their action and conduct should they be forced to evade or to have the misfortune to be captured. The manual includes Volume 1 (chapters 1-14; 8 and 13 are missing). Also includes issues of Evasion and Escape monthly bulletins from 24 May 1949 to 24 February 1950 from Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force, Department of the Air Force of United States.

Great Britain. Air Ministry. Directorate of Intelligence
Air Ministry fonds
CA ON00093 2003/52, 75/512 · Fonds · 1932-1948

Fonds consists of seven documents: one book and six booklets. The book is entitled titled “Royal Air Force Manual of Army Co-Operation”, is a second edition, and is part of the Air Ministry’s “Air Publication” series [Air Publication 1176]. It deals principally with the work of army cooperation squadrons and kite balloons for 1932, but it also describes such reconnaissance duties as may be carried out by bomber squadrons. Five booklets are indexes to the Air Ministry Confidential Orders (AMCOs) for 1925-1945. They contain confidential records of the regulations and rules pertaining to the administration of the Air ministry at the time, including information on: nomenclature for equipment including aircraft, and radar stations; reclassification of publications; and regulations (2003/52). The final booklet concerns the heraldic insignia, namely badges and mottoes, used by squadrons within the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force between 1936 and 1944. Along with a brief description of the badges, the reason for design, the motto and the authority that is associated with the unit, the report provides a detailed foreword discussing the symbolic importance of heraldry within the Armed Forces (75/512).

Great Britain. Air Ministry
Air Transport Board fonds
CA ON00093 77/576 · Fonds · 1950-1971

Fonds consists of material maintained by the Air Transport Board and pertaining to contracts regarding airlifts of supplies to Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line sites for the fiscal years 1958-1971. The files contain information on contracts established with such companies as: CP Air (President - Richard W. Ryan), Federal Electric Corporation, Maritime Central Airways, Northern Construction Co. and J.W. Stewart, Okanagan Helicopters, Pacific Western Airlines , Western Electric Company and Wheler Airlines. A small number of files pertain to airlift operations in Korea. The fonds also contains input from the Air Industries and Transport Association of Canada. Arranged according to a block numeric subject classification system employed by the Air Transport Board. The files have been renumbered.

Baldwin, J.R. (John Russel)
Air Transport Group fonds
CA ON00093 76/175 · Fonds · 1976-1987

Fonds consists of Canada’s National Search and Rescue (SAR) statistics from January 1, 1976 to December 31, 1987. The files document the search and rescue operations by case and contains information on the location, arrival time and departure, case number, squadron number, and the type of object and the owner of the object.

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Air Transport Group
CA ON00093 2004/77 · Fonds · 1965-1970

Fonds consists of 7 volumes prepared and compiled by the Airborne Section, Trials and Evaluation Establishment of Canadian Forces Base Rivers from 1965 to 1970. The volumes include trial reports (with in-flight procedures and checklists), photographs of parachutes and parachute drops. The fonds also includes a volume entitled "Duties of the Stick Commander."

Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Rivers, Man.) Airborne Section, Trials and Evaluation Establishment.
Alan James fonds
CA ON00093 2005/5 · Fonds · 1923-2003

Fonds consists of a variety of records relating to peacekeeping and collected by Alan James for research as well as teaching purposes. A large number of Alan James’ publications, generally journal articles from 1957 to 1998, United Nations (UN) and NATO records, as well as information on the Falkland Island’s War are contained in the series. Some of Alan James peacekeeping records are arranged generally, or chronologically, but the majority of records, consisting of United Nations (U.N.) records and newspaper clippings relating to peacekeeping, are arranged according to the country. These records concern peacekeeping in forty-three countries and are arranged into the following 25 series:

  1. Publications
  2. Correspondence
  3. Interviews with Alan James
  4. Meetings and Conferences Attended and Travels
  5. United Nations Records
  6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Records
  7. Records of the Falkland Islands War
  8. Peacekeeping Records: General
  9. Peacekeeping Records: Chronological
  10. Peacekeeping Records in Africa
  11. Peacekeeping Records in Central America
  12. Peacekeeping Records in Europe
  13. Peacekeeping Records in the Caribbean
  14. Peacekeeping Records in India and Pakistan
  15. Peacekeeping Records in the Middle East
  16. Peacekeeping Records in Sri Lanka
  17. Peacekeeping Records in Asia and Asia Pacific
  18. Peacekeeping Records in the Soviet Union and former Soviet States
  19. Multinational Force Observer (MFO) Records
  20. Margaret Joan Anstee Manuscript
  21. Records of the Alexander Haig Resignation
  22. Lester B. Pearson Lecture
  23. Oversize Records
  24. Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64
  25. Britain and the Congo Crisis (1960-63)
James, Alan, 1933-
CA ON00093 94/173 · Fonds · Photocopied [1999-] (originally created 1940-1945)

Fonds consists of correspondence dealing with a variety of topics during the Second World War period (1940-1945). Topics include: Mediterranean operations; actions and appointments made by the First Sea Lord; shipping; and coastal forces.

Alexander, Albert V., 1885-1965
CA ON00093 2005/20 · Fonds · 1960-1964

Fonds consists of 2 files regarding defences, mobilization, organization, and administrative planning policy for the Alberta Area from 1960-1964. Messages, instruction pamphlets, notification letters, certificates of destruction, mobilization exercises, records of decisions, distribution lists, lists of requirements by unit, acknowledgements of receipt, and lists of code words are included among the material. Also included are amendments to the Canadian Army Manning Plan, notices of amendment to the Western Command War Book, amendments to the Canadian Army Defence Plan, and one surveyor's map of Alberta (1960).

Canada. Canadian Army. Alberta Area. Headquarters
CA ON00093 85/334 · Fonds · 1940-1975

Fonds consists of material related to the financial operations of Canada's Armed Forces. Budgets, estimates, and forecasts make up the majority of the collection, though there are also significant amounts of correspondence related to these financial matters.
The papers are divided into eight series:
Series I: Royal Canadian Air Force estimates, files 1-21 (1942-1966);
Series II: Canadian Army annual estimates and related records, files 22-103 (1940-1966);
Series III: Defence Research Board pertaining to estimates, files 104-117 (1945-1971);
Series IV: Royal Canadian Navy estimates and construction projects, files 118-149 (1944-1966);
Series V: Department of National Defence estimates and related papers, files 150-402 (1944-1975);
Series VI: NATO annual reviews, files 403-431 (1952-1970);
Series VII: Financial statements, files 432-450 (1949-1963);
Series VIII: Classification of appropriations into allotments, files 451-457 (1953-1970).

Grant, Alexander Cameron
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)

Ross, Alexander, 1889-1978
Alfred Williams Carter fonds
CA ON00093 76/137 · Fonds · 1916-1976, predominant 1916-1922

Fonds consists of material regarding a projected communications service in the Mackenzie River Basin to Herschel Island in the Arctic, which was planned in 1920 and cancelled in March 1921. Also includes flying logbooks documenting A.W. Carter's service with the Royal Naval Air Services and the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War, and with the RAF and the Air Board following the war until 1922. There is also a transcript of a taped interview concerning his employment with the Air Board and his involvement with the Air Cadets, some correspondence, publications and forms. There are five series:
I: Correspondence (1921, 1963, 1970)
II: Mackenzie River Basin expedition records (1920-1921, n.d.)
III: Publications and Forms (1919-1920, n.d.)
IV: Flying Logbooks (1916-1922)
V: Transcript of Interview (1976)

Carter, Alfred Williams, 1894-1986
Allan Chester Hull fonds
CA ON00093 2004/76 · Fonds · 1968-1972, 1980

Fonds consists of a Submission to the Task Force on Review of Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, written by A.C. Hull. The document contains extracts from letters written between 1967 and 1972, which refer to most of the points made in the submission, and which cover such topics as terms of reference for medical officers, defence policy review, implementation of the Official Languages Act and the organization and structure of the Armed Forces, as well as dress, personnel management, reputation, and performance and career management in the Canadian Forces. Also includes copies of these letters and an inaccurate inventory of documents contained in the file folder. Files are organized chronologically inside a single folder.

Hull, Allan Chester
Andrew B. Cox fonds
CA ON00093 2005/35 · Fonds · 1999, 2005

Fonds consists of the press release for Andrew B. Cox’s book, “Our Spirit Unbroken: Memoirs of a Prisoner of War”, published by Brucedale Press in 1999 and of a newspaper clipping from the Shoreline Beacon discussing the release of Cox’s book. Fonds also includes the transcript of a radio interview conducted with Andrew Cox during which he discusses the release of his book, what led him to join the Royal Air Force (RAF), the breakout of the Second World War, some of his flying experiences with the Hampden bombers, his experience as a prisoner of war, and the importance of celebrating Remembrance Day.

Cox, Andrew B., 1919-
CA ON00093 2004/47 · Fonds · 1934 - 1990

Collection of military documents describing Andrew George Latta McNaughton's life and career. Most of the documents are about his participation in the Second World War as a Commander-in-Chief of the First Canadian Army Overseas and the Minister of the National Defence. It contains messages, copies of broadcast, speeches, transcripts and correspondence. Also includes short biographies, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings. There are three folders: Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1- General files and others 2- Second World War documents 3- Newspaper clippings and magazines articles

McNaughton, A.G.L. (Andrew George Latta), 1887-1966
CA ON00093 2004/46 · Fonds · 1954-1987

Collection consists of an edited transcript of an interview by Captain M.V. Bezeau and photocopies of newspaper clippings regarding imprisonment and release by the Chinese during the Korean War. Also consists MacKenzie's own story, "I Was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds," in the "Weekend Magazine" in 1955.

MacKenzie, Andrew Robert
Angus M. Brown fonds
CA ON00093 98/22 · Fonds · 1990-1997

Fonds consists of documents collected by Angus Brown for the preparation of a historical report of Canadian Arms Control Verification operations. Includes arms control treaties, agreements, mandates and their assessments, Vienna Documents, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe - Canadian Armed Forces (CFE), and the Treaty on Open Skies. Also includes documents on Canadian Arms Control Verification (ACV) Operations - ACV's organization, structure, and regional activities: memoranda, overheads, copies of photographs of site inspections, and reports on the ACV development. There are also reports and discussion papers on the Biological and Chemical Weapons Negotiations - Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM); and Bill C-87 on Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction. There are two series:
I. Arms control treaties, agreements and mandates 1989-97 (1991-1996)
II. Canadian Arms Control Verification Operation (ACV) structure, organization, activity and regional operations (1990-1997)

Brown, Angus M.
CA ON00093 80/125 · Fonds · 1923-1966

Fonds consists of documents dealing almost wholly with Anthony Fenwick Pickard's service in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), but concentrate particularly on his seagoing service and his time as Canadian Naval Commander in Newfoundland after the Second World War. Other material of importance includes: standing orders for heads of ships; notes and transcriptions of various lectures; press clippings from the start and the end of the war, as well as newsworthy naval events during the war; messages, orders and correspondence from the HMS Repulse, HMCS Chambly, HMCS St. Catherines, HMCS Haida, HMCS Quebec and the HMCS Algonquin; nominal lists from the HMCS Quebec; personal documents, cards and invitations; First Canadian Escort Squad material; photographs and information on the HMCS Algonquin's visit to Sierra Leone; and photographs of miscellaneous material.

Pickard, Anthony Fenwick, 1913-1972
Anthony Kellet fonds
CA ON00093 2001/5 · Fonds · 1978-2000, predominant 1985

Fonds consists of 40 files on a variety of topics, including the Canadian army regimental system, terrorism, and Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. There are nine series: Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I - Operational-Administrative factors
II - Institutional Characteristics
III - Symbolical Characteristics
IV - Attitudinal Characteristics
V - Terrorism
VI - Russian and Other Involvement in External Conflicts [Eurasia]
VII - Russian Peacekeeping
VIII - Defence in the Former Soviet Union
IX - Geopol - A Global Geopolitical Database

Kellett, Anthony