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Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps fonds

  • ON00093 000.2.083 (D132-D135, D145, D174)
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1963

Fonds consists of several volumes of the manual RCOC Instructions and suggested amendments to the work.
Part I of the manual is titled Administration and Duties of Officers and deals with topics such as missions performed by Ordnance Ammunition Depots and the range of stockage and territory served; the operation and maintenance of various equipment; security issues; and the duties and responsibilities of various types of personnel.
Part III is titled Stock Control and is concerned with the issues such as the issuing, conditioning and disposal of stores; inspection and discrepancies; and stock records.
Part V is titled Work Measurement and Methods and deals with subjects such as time sheets; labour and production data; methods of improvement; and progress charts.
Part VII is titled Unit Accounting and deals with topics such as unit ledgers; receipt of stores, issue of stores, internal issues and receipts; and the repair and laundering of stores.
Part VIII is titled Manual of Ammunition and describes the various ammunition depot areas; the storing and handling of ammunition; ventilation and transportation; and fire prevention and first aid.
Part X is titled Unit Ammunition Instructions and deals with issues such as maintenance and salvage; safety precautions; and identifying the various types of ammunition.

Royal Military College of Canada fonds

  • ON00093 000.7 (D8-D28)
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1945

Fonds consists of syllabi for Canadian War Staff and Junior War Staff courses and various other courses at Royal Military College during the Second World War. There is also one syllabi for 1936/1937. They cover a variety of military subjects including tactics, use of air, artillery, armour and infantry, training, intelligence, reconnaissance, etc.

Directorate of Military Intelligence, 1 Military Intelligence fonds

  • ON00093 020.013 (D1)
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1945

Fonds consists of Weekly War Reviews that were published during the Second World War. The Reviews provide weekly updates on the movements of troops and ships, territorial gains and losses, and casualties of both Allied and enemy forces in the many different military theatres. These theatres include Russia, Libya, the Philippines, Malaya, China, Burma, and the Metropolitan. Details of important battles/operations such as Stalingrad and the Battle of Midway are recorded, and information regarding the success of bombing raids gleaned from photographic reconnaissance is also provided. The Reviews also contain any miscellaneous intelligence, such as new breakthroughs in technology. Arranged in chronological and numerical order.

Director General Centennial fonds

  • ON00093 110.003 (D7)
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1968

Fonds consists of a report entitled "A Report by DG Centennial on the contribution by the Department of National Defence to the celebration of Canada"s Centennial of Confederation - 1967", created by the Director General Centennial, prepared in 1968 and arranged in three volumes. The first volume contains an outline history of centennial planning, followed by the Project, Military Administration (Logistics) and Information Co-Ordination divisional section reports. The second volume relates to the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo and the third contains copies of letters, memoranda and unit reports.

Dept. of National Defence Headquarters fonds

  • ON00093 110.006 (D1)
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1937

Fonds consists of circular newsletters issued by Militia Headquarters during 1921-1922 and by National Defence Headquarters during 1924-1937. The newsletters cover a wide variety of different subjects, including military training, finance, clothing, recruiting, dental services, enlistments, rations, etc.

Minister of National Defence fonds.

  • ON00093 111.1.009 (D2A-D27) Series 1; 111.34.003 (D2) Series 2; 73/1380 Series 3
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1970

Fonds consists of Second World War office files from the Minister of National Defence. Includes memorandums, correspondence, investigations, surveys, letters, and instructions dealing with contracts from different companies. Also includes legal and administrative documents of the Department of National Defence (DND), and military regulations. Fonds also includes year-end “Roundup” Information Books and estimates for the Cdn Army, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Also included is an aide-memoire and other notes for the Minister’s use in two meetings overseas. There are three series:
I. Office Files (111.9.009 (D2-D27))
II. Ministers Information Books (111.34.003 (D2))
III. Notes for Minister of Defence meetings (73/1380)

Principal Supply Officers Committee fonds

  • ON00093 112.009 (D86)
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1964

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Principal Supply Officers Committee. The meetings pertain to necessary funds needed for general inventory for the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army. Documents include meeting minutes, agendas and appendices.

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Principal Supply Officers Committee

Army Council fonds

  • ON00093 112.1 (D145-D145A)
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1945, 1953-1964

Fonds consists of minutes to meetings for 1940-1945 and 1953-1964. Also includes papers for consideration at the meetings for 1963-1964.

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Army Council

Advisory Committee on Northern Development fonds

  • ON00093 112.2M2 (D655)
  • Fonds
  • 1952-1956

Fonds consists of five volumes of various documents pertaining to the Advisory Committee on Northern Development (ACND). This includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, memoranda, maps, graphical records, numerical summaries and interdepartmental committee reports. The third volume includes a translation of a Russian document, entitled “In the Heart of the Arctic”, that was prepared by the Defence Scientific Information Service of the Defence Research Board in 1955. Among others, items discussed at the ACND meetings include the following: Inuit settlement, the Northwest Highway System, petroleum in the Arctic, proposed pipelines, oil exploration, arctic expeditions, US hydrographic operations, arctic re-supply, United States Air Force (USAF) activities, the Distant Early Warning Line, the Mid-Canada Line, airstrips in the Far North, navigation in the Hudson Strait and hydroelectric developments in the Yukon.

Canada. Advisory Committee on Northern Development

2nd Canadian Corps fonds

  • ON00093 112.3M1.009 (D114)
  • Fonds
  • 1944-1945

Fonds consists of 2nd Canadian Corps intelligence summaries from the Second World War dated 1944-1945. Includes descriptions of enemy dispositions, weapons and Allied operational progress. A number of sketch drawings of German tanks, grenades and other weaponry are present. Also includes many tracer maps which detail various Allied and enemy positions in Northwest Europe.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Corps, 2nd

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