Fonds 79/377 - C.A. Morrison fonds

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C.A. Morrison fonds

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ON00093 79/377

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  • 1977-1980 (Creation)

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45 cm of textual records

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Fonds consists of newspaper and magazine clippings related to Operation Morning Light, administrative documents relating to the collection of information, interview transcripts, recordings of interviews, and correspondence with personnel participating in Operation Morning Light, nominal rolls, and annotated sequences of events, as well as daily summaries of the Operation.

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Fonds acquired from C.A. Morrison ca.1979.

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  • English

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Folder 14 contains Confidential and Secret documents, Folder 10 is Protected A. The remaining documents 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.

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Related material is available in the Document Collection of the Directorate of History and Heritage under the following headings:
79/422 -- Morning Light daily log 24 Jan to 7 Apr 78; Air Command Operation log, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/421 -- Operation Morning Light; Air Transportable Communications and Control Team (Trenton) final report, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/628 -- Operation Morning Light flight records; #3 Regular Support Unit (Winnipeg) and 402 (Reserve) City of Winnipeg Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/362 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 412 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/361 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 413 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/360 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 424 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/367 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 429 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/363 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 436 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/359 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 437 Squadron, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/366 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 440 Squadron Detachment (Yellowknife), annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/358 -- Operation Morning Light flight records, 450 Squadron and 450 Squadron Detachment (Edmonton), annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/372 -- Operation Morning Light; Atomic Energy Control Board "hit" summaries, reports and correspondence, annotated by C.A. Morrison
78/481 -- Kosmos 954; The spy that fell from the sky, Reader's Digest CXIII, (August 1978), 160-187, with marginal notes by C.A. Morrison
79/468 -- Operation Morning Light; Edmonton outgoing messages (situation reports) and Edmonton operating file, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/568 -- Operation Morning Light; fires at Camp Garland, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/470 -- Operation Morning Light; Nuclear Accident Search Team data, by Captain J.H. Lyne, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/371 -- Operation Morning Light; interim report, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/356 -- Operation Morning Light, Canadian Northwest Territories - 1978; a report of United States participation, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/375 -- Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources; Operation Morning Light; memoranda, correspondence, and final report, annotated by C.A. Morrison
80/100 -- Operation Morning Light Narrative by C.A. Morrison. Classified document
85/459 -- Printing plates of photographs taken during Operation Morning Light, the recovery of Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, intended for the narrative prepared by C.A. Morrison but never used
79/30 -- Personal recollections of Operation Morning Light by C.A. Morrison, Major "Mac" MacIsaac and Captain James Schultz. Classified document, unclassified version available
79/686 -- Operation Morning Light; the official history of Cosmos 954, by C.A. Morrison. Classified document
79/452 -- Operation Morning Light; National Defence Operations Centre op log, annotated by C.A. Morrison. Classified document
79/472 -- Cosmos 954 mission profile briefing, by Captain D.G. Cooke, annotated by C.A. Morrison. Classified document
79/423 -- Operation Morning Light; Northern Region Headquarters (Yellowknife) op log, annotated by C.A. Morrison
79/374 -- Canada's response to Cosmos954; an account of what happened when a satellite re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and fell in the Canadian Northwest. Initially given in the form of a presentation by Victor J. Walton, Director General Emergency Planning Canada, at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee meeting, Brussels, June 27, 1978
79/528 -- Operation Morning Light; data from the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba, annotated by C.A. Morrison

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Further accruals are not expected.

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The 14 cassette tapes were transferred to Library and Archives Canada in 2008.

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A list of interviewees is available in the finding aid.

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