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Mark Tunnicliffe fonds
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86 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Mark Tunnicliffe served 35 years in the Canadian Navy before retiring in 2007. He then joined Defence Research and Development Canada as a Defence Scientist in Ottawa.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of research material related to the development of oceanography and ocean acoustics in support of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) tactics during and after the Second World War. Includes: a collection of research material from Library and Archives Canada (LAC, the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) Archives and the National Research Council (NRC); published sources; and the Defence Research and Development Canada’s (DRDC) Canadian Information Defence Database (CANDID) of original papers. Some of the major topics covered include: British and Canadian acoustic research; Canadian oceanography; anti-submarine warfare; sonar; the National Research Council of Canada; operational research and the United States Second World War ocean acoustics. It is arranged in alphabetical order by subject and/or topic and each file includes a list of documents.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Fonds received 7 May 2013 from Mark Tunnicliffe in Ottawa, ON.
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- English
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Restrictions on access
Unclassified
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
None
Finding aids
Copies of the finding aid are located in the first file of the fonds and in the Reading Room of the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH). Electronic copies are also available.
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
General note
9 CDs have been removed from circulation; researchers must use the textual copies.