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Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Prince Rupert fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1944- 1985; predominant 1944- 1945

The fonds consists of records from the HMCS Prince Rupert. It includes a Master-At-Arms rough report book from 1944- 1945, a copy of "The Communication Weekly" from April 26, 1945, a booklet for the HMCS Prince Rupert reunion in 1985, a 22 lb. brass plaque of the ship's crest, and the HMCS Prince Rupert's red ensign and white ensign.

Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Prince Rupert

Collins family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1910-1985

The fonds consists of personal and professional records from the Collins family. It includes family photographs and negatives taken in Prince Rupert, England, Alaska, and Panama. There are also photographs of soliders taken during the Second World War in Japan, a photograph of the cargo ship Earlscourt Park which was built in 1944 at the Prince Rupert Drydock, and Thomas W. senior on a fishing trip with Bing Crosby. There are 105 architectural drawings including blueprints, plans, and maps pertaining to the drydock in Prince Rupert and the City of Prince Rupert's engineering department. Personal documents for Thomas W. Sr. include correspondence (1956), postcards addressed to Thomas and Agnes (1910, 1920, 1939, 1952), a wedding invitation, statement of service with CNR at the drydock (1921- 1939), Canadian Gangway Pass (1963), Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Line card (1919), unemployment insurance commission card (1943), Active Service Book - Canadian Pay (1918), Indenture to Apprentice (1901), Canadian Expeditionary Force Discharge Certificate (1919), a Sick Furlough form and a fortnightly time book for payments made to dock employees with lists of names and payments pencilled in. Documents for Jack include certificates for perfect attendance at Sunday School (1930) and the Introductory Examination for the Toronto Conservatory of Music (1934), correspondence including three hand-written letters; two written to his father in 1963 and one regarding the Queen Charlotte Canners Ltd. (1950), and a postcard (1939). Also includes an Unemployment Insurance Commission form (1963) Kincolith Preceptory No. 59 Freemason's constitution and Bylaws, a notice of motion, Masonic ephemera, an autograph book (1934), and a Wartime Merchant Shipping Limited Shipyard Terms booklet. Documents for Thomas W. Jr. include a postcard, 3 Booth Memorial High School Student Association cards (1938, 1940-42), a War Dept. report at the Sub-Port in Prince Rupert (1944), and a handwritten diary of his time served on the U.S.S. destroyers McKean and Henry W. Tucker from 1945 to 1946. The diary ends on October 31, 1946 where he notes that he has been away for two years.

Collins (family)

J. Kenneth Dopson fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1944, 1983

The fonds consists of photographs of the Prince Rupert Drydock. Seven of the photographs were taken during the war and the others were taken later in 1983 when it was demolished.

Dopson, J. Kenneth

Clifford McInnis fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1934-1968

The fonds consists of documents, maps, and photographs related to the time Clifford McInnis spent in Prince Rupert and Port Edward employed by the United States Army during the Second World War.

McInnis, Clifford

Roderick Montgomery fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1942-1962

The fonds consists of textual records belonging to Roderick Montgomery. It includes personal documents from when Roderick served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War such as a Soldier's Service Book and five Soldier's Pay Books, correspondence, and a discharge certificate. It also includes his membership dues book for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, income tax receipts, bank books, and other receipts.

Montgomery, Roderick

Trevor D. Johnston fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1924-1962

The fonds consists of records related to Trevor D. Johnston's life. It includes personal war records and photographs from his time in the military. Other items include personal correspondence, forms and lists related to his work at S.D. Johnston Co. in 1939, and household receipts from various businesses. It also includes correspondence and certificates regarding Emily Mary Johnston's service in a military hospital.

Johnston, Trevor D.

John S. Wilson family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1921-1957

The fonds consists of records from when E. John Wilson was Lieutenant for the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps "Captain Cook" in Prince Rupert. It also includes photographs, correspondence, and ephemera from John S. Wilson. Included from the sea cadet corps is a record book of "firing guns competition" from 1943-1945, the 1945 night order book, strength reports, correspondence, parade and training schedules, division lists, nominal roll lists, a course outline for Rifle Coaching, the October 1946 issue of Wescoast Wardroom News, and the April 1946 issue of The Navy League of Canada Sea Cadet Log . The photographs are of family and friends, staff and students at Borden Street and Booth Schools, May Queen candidates, Carlisle and Claxton canneries, sea cadets, and the Wilson Home at 416 Dunsmuir Street.

John S. Wilson family fonds

Zabudney family fonds

  • Fonds
  • [between 1941 and 1946]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Zabudney family and friends. It also includes photographs and negatives of people in army uniforms.

Zabudney (family)

United States Army (Prince Rupert, B.C.) fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1943-1945

The fonds consists of records from the United States Army in Prince Rupert during the Second World War. It includes a souvenir booklet from 1945 entitled Prince Rupert Sub-Port of Embarkation, a 1945 American Officers' Roster, Muskeg News from the Corp of Engineers A.P.O. 997, The Daily Acropolis News, Port Post, a Telephone Directory for U.S. Army Prince Rupert and Port Edward, and ephemera.

United States Army (Prince Rupert, B.C.)

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Prince Rupert Division fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1939

The fonds consists of records from the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) in Prince Rupert. It consists of minutes of the first meeting of the Historical Committee of the RCNVR Prince Rupert Division on September 14, 1939, and records of the first and second contingent of the RCNVR departing from Prince Rupert on September 6 and 12, 1939.

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Prince Rupert Division

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