Fonds 2001/38 - H.A. Porter fonds

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H.A. Porter fonds

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ON00093 2001/38

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  • Photocopied [2001?] (Reproduction)
  • 1967-1974, predominant 1973 (Creation)

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3 cm of textual records

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Custodial history

Fonds was passed directly to Wilf Lund from Vice Admiral Harry Porter during his interview with him on 1 May 2000.

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Fonds consists of photocopied documents regarding the changes of the Naval rank titles and designations to a unified system based on the Army system. Includes correspondence with high ranking officers and the Minister of National Defence, memoranda from the Chief of Defence Staff, drafts of the policy, and the results of a secret ballot that was held on the HMCS St-Laurent on the question of rank changes. It also includes correspondence with members of the public and partial transcripts from the House of Commons.

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Fonds received from Wilf Lund in September 2001.

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  • English

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Nonre

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The following related material can be found in the Document Collection:
79-385 – [Reminiscences by Air Vice Marshal Leigh Forbes Stevenson 8 Jan 1970, and a speech on unification by Vice Admiral H.A. Porter 2 Apr 1970. 1 reel.]
90/439 – The strategic necessity of the shipyard in Halifax. Address to the Fort York Branch Royal Canadian Legion. 18 Jan 1989.
There is also a biographical file which includes a transcript of an interview with Vice Admiral H.A. Porter by Hal Lawrence, 1982.

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