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Royal Canadian Navy Historical Section fonds
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1729-2003, predominant 1939-1966 (Creation)
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99.72m of textual records (499 boxes)
30 bound volumes of textual records
5 small boxes of cards
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Fonds consists of reference files compiled by the Naval Historical Section during the 1950s and kept up-to-date until 1965-1966. Documents added after 1966 were added by staff at the Directorate of History, or later by the Directorate of History and Heritage, and, therefore, were not part of the original collection. Most of the documents cover the period of E.C. Russell's tenure as Naval Historian during 1952-1966, and also includes material collected by the first Naval Historian, Dr. Gilbert Norman Tucker, during the Second World War. The material documents the history of the Royal Canadian Navy from the First World War up to the 1960s, with the Second World War being the most covered.
In addition to individual files, there are also 38 series of files with finding aids. These include:
- 1000 General Information - Subject Files
- 1000-5 History and Activities of the Canadian Naval Service
- 1000-100/2 Naval Board
- 1000-100/3 Naval Staff
- 1000-973 Torpedo Anti-Submarines
- 1250 Combined Operations
- 1320 Communications - Signals, Telegrams and Cables
- 1440-5 Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) History (General)
- 1440-6 Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1440-7 Esquimalt, British Columbia
- 1440-166/25 Newfoundland
- 1440-186 University Naval Training Division
- 1480 Naval Intelligence - Soviet Union
- 1480-157/100 Great Britain. Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division
- 1612 Hydrography - Oceanography
- 1650 Operations and Plans (Royal Canadian Navy)
- 1650 U-boats (General)
- 1650 U-boats (German)
- 1650 U-boats (German) - Personnel (Prisoners of War)
- 1650-DS U-boats - Daily States: HMC, HM and Allied Ships
- 1650-1 U-boats - Naval lans and Policies
- 1650-1 U-boats - Operations ans Plans (NATO)
- 1650-239/187 Korean Operations
- 1700-100/78-78A Naval Historical Section Administrative Files
- 1700-100/219 Air Sqaudrons and Groups
- 1700-905 Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- 1886 Current History Books
- 4000-100/14 Service Personnel
- 4531 Personnel Selection
- 8000 Ships and Shipping
- 8000-160 Canadian Minesweeping Squadrons
- 8000-260 Canadian Escort Squadrons
- 8280 Sydney Files
- 8280 Convoys and Convoy Organization
- 8280 Convoys Naval Messages
- 8440 Escort Groups and Forces
- 8700 Movements and Programmes - Warships
- 8885 Staff Requirements
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Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Fonds was created by the Naval Historical Section and passed to the Directorate of History when the other historical sections amalgamated in 1967.
Arrangement
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- English
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Classified material is stored in boxes 400-404.
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Finding aids
A copy of the finding aid is located in the Reading Room at the Directorate of History and Heritage. Electronic copies are also available.
Associated materials
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
General note
Researchers should request and refer to files in reference notes as per example: DHH Naval Kardex 81/520/8000 - HMCS Algonquin.
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Originally titled the Naval Kardex collection.
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Oversize material is stored in Box 315. Box 315 and the 30 bound volumes are stored in the Oversize Area.
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Researchers should request and refer to files in reference notes as per example: DHH Naval Kardex 81/520/8000 – HMCS Algonquin.
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Oversize documents are stored in Box 315 and 316. The 30 bound volumes are stored in Oversize.
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Additional material (Ships' movement cards) was added in 2010 under the reference number 2010/15.