Fonds consists of correspondence, honours and appointments, copies and summaries of government and military correspondence, speeches and addresses, an illustrated chart, and clippings from various magazines. The majority of the records in this fonds consist of records collected by Perley on the incident with Col. Bruce. Also included are letters regarding election protests in Argenteuil and Conservative party leadership strategy. Fonds also includes regards relating to Perley's involvement with the Imperial War Graves Commission, and with his appointment as Canadian High Commissioner to London. Also included is a Privy Council report on the legality of the government's requisitioning of the ship, "C.A. Jacques" in 1917, and government correspondence and memoranda regarding the control of Canadian forces overseas. Fonds also includes biographical information about Sir George Perley, records arising from his appointment to K.D.M.G. in 1915, and his commission as Honourary Colonel in 1928. Also included are newspaper obituaries for Perley's son-in-law, Irving Perley-Robertson, some personal records, and some letters Perley sent home during the First World War.
Fonds contains the following files: Perley- Biographical, 1857-1938; Honours And Appointments, Including St. Michael And St. George, 1915, 1928; Correspondence And Circulars, 1872-1937; Speeches, Addresses And Reports, 1915-1922; Election Protests, 1908, 1909; Conservative Party Strategy, 1909; World War I, 1915-1916; Ship "C.A. Jacques", 1917; Col. Herbert A. Bruce And The Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1916- 1917; Col. Herbert A. Bruce And The Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1917- 1930; Imperial War Graves Commission, 1919-1922; Control Of Canadian Forces Overseas, 1922; Canadian High Commissioner, 1918- 1922; Commissioner, Farewell Letters, 1922; Illustrated Chart Of Canadian History, c.1927; Robertson Family History; Irving G. Robertson Papers, 1899-1919; Irving Robertson, War Letters, 1914-1919; Toronto Telegram, Draft Offer To Purchase By Southam, 1928; Clippings, Stornoway, 1950.
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