Fonds consists of the official souvenir programme for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review and associated Naval activities, 1958.
Fonds consists of approximately 150 photographs relating to Royal Canadian Navy vessels and personnel.
Also includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and programmes regarding the Royal Canadian Navy dating to 1949 and 1950, logbooks and documents related to HMCS Skeena and HMCS Swansea dating, a post card of the Second Canadian Escort Squadron c. 1858, a dinner invitation addressed to Miss Anne Dawson and Mrs. J.P.J. Dawson, and a book titled "Twenty Maxims for Commanding Officers" by P.M. Bliss.
Also includes assorted telegrams regarding the visit of HRH Princess Margaret and the 1958 centenary naval review, HMCS Skeena, and Christmas greetings dating from 1952 to 1958. As well as approximately 23 Royal Navy invitations addressed to Captain John P. Dawson dating to the 1950s, dinner menus, place cards, seating plans, and souvenir programmes for Royal Canadian Navy special events dating from 1957 and 1958 and for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review.
Also includes the commissioning booklet of HMCS Warrior, dated 24 January 1946 and HMCS Skeena. As well as "Seafly" Magazine dated August 1946, an issue of Burrard News dated April 1957, and a programme for the visit of HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Micmac dated 1963. Also includes a dress code circular chart, assorted Christmas card, programmes and trial report for HMCS Skeena, assorted stationary, newspaper clipping regarding the 1959 Royal Visit, membership cards and invitations dating to 1958, and general correspondence and newspaper clippings dating to late 1950s. As well as a press release regarding the visit of Canadian First Escort Squadron, 1964 and a dinner menu from the Hotel Whittebrug, La Hague, 1963.
Dawson, Captain John P.Fonds consists of:
Lists of instructions to yachts that have been invited to attend the B.C. Centenary Naval Review as well as ship lists, maps, and the program of events,
a programme for the transfer of HMCS Winnipeg to Belgium and the commissioning of the Belgian naval ship AF Dufour, 7 August 1959,
CNS log books from SS Commodore consisting of inventory of stores records and temporary loan cards, dating to 1958,
and, assorted gunnery plans/arrangements.
Fonds consists of documents and ephemeral collected by Frederick Ernest Grubb during his naval career beginning with his naval training in 1928. Fonds includes documents related to training and procedures from the Royal Canadian Navy, the Department of National Defence, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets; and the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve as well as memorabilia from events and ceremonies of the Royal Canadian Navy and British Columbia's centennial celebrations in 1958. Also includes documents relating to Grubb's gunnery training and the 1967 training cruise of the Japanese Training Squadron.
L450
Commissioning booklet for HMCS Crescent, 31 October 1955.
L504
4 documents relating to the Royal Canadian Navy's participation in British Columbia's centenary, Operation Century.
L757
1964 and 1966 Programmes for the graduation to be held at Canadian Services College Royal Roads, and an invitation addressed to Commander and Mrs. Grubb to the 1964 graduation ceremony.
L1807
Invitation to cocktails on board the Japanese Training Ship Nippon Maru by invitation of the captains of TS Nippon Maru and TS Kaiwo Maru held on 19 June 1967.
L1873
Folder containing documents relating to the Canadian Armed Forces Centennial Naval Assemblies, including a programme, plan for anchorage, and histories of the Royal Canadian Navy and Naval assemblies more generally.
L1880
Pamphlet titled "Japanese Training Squadron 1967 Training Cruise". Contains details and photos of defense ships Teruzuki, Shikinami; Yudachi, and Murasame.
L1950
Order of service for the unveiling of the plaque to the memory of Rear admiral Walter Hose (1875-1965), held 29 October 1967.
L2122
Lectures for University Naval Training Division on various types of warships, c. 1943.
L2123
Organization chart of the Canadian North Atlantic with the Commander-in-Chief at the head, c. 1944.
L2124
Document titled "Royal Canadian Sea Cadets: Syllabus of training for probationary sea cadets" issued by Commanding Officer Reserve Division dated 18 October 1943, list of books for sea cadets dated 27 December 1943, and a document from the Department of National Defence Naval Service regarding sea cadet summer camps dating to 24 June 1943.
L2125
Documents and correspondence from the department of National Defence (Naval Service) regarding punishment, charges, and misconduct.
L2126
Manual of shore patrol service training, Royal Canadian Navy dated 12 May 1943.
L2127
Document for the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve outlining procedures for kitting new entries, c. 1943 and a document outlining the types of buttons worn by the various branches and rates of the Royal Canadian Navy dating to 3 November 1941.
L2128
Document outlining the procedures for handling requests, H.M.C.S. Stadacona dating to 3 February 1943.
L2129
Report providing instructions on preparation and handling of confidential reports on officers (forms S206 & S450). Prepared by P.W. Earl, A/Captain, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Deputy Commanding Officer Reserve Division, dated 9 February 1944.
L2130
Document titled "The Origin and Earlier History of the RCN", c. 1947.
L2131
Training notes regarding officers' disciplinary classes, HMCS Cornwallis, c. 1942.
L2132
Document outlining general instructions on the duty, administration, and training of members of the University Naval Training Division, dating to 2 April 1943.
L2133
Documents outlining questions and answers on regulating duties, c. 1943.
L2134
Document titled "Outline of Reconnaissance", consisting of 10 lectures on the subjects of reconnaissance, intelligence, and ship recognition for R.C.A.F. Officers.
L2136
Booklet titled "Contract Cruise Manual, Navpers 91 058, 1948: NROTC Senior Contract Students", prepared by Training Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel, April 1948.
L2155
Programme for Remembrance Day Service, HMCS Naden, 11 November 1959.
L2156
Two copies of "Presentation of Ceremonial Drums to the Pacific Command of the Royal Canadian Navy", Victoria BC, 16 June 1961.
L2160
Official souvenir programme for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review and Associated Naval activities, 1958.
L3006
Menu and list of guests to the Royal Canadian Navy Golden Jubilee Reunion Dinner held 4 May 1960.
L3067
Gunnery notebook for naval cadets, 1928-1929.
L3401
Commissioning booklets of HMC Skeena, Fraser, Terra Nova, and Columbia dating to 1957 and 1959. Also, an invitation addressed to Commander and Mrs F.E. Grubb to attend the commissioning ceremony of the HMCS Skeena at Burrard Dry Docks, North Vancouver, Saturday 30 March 1957.
L3402
Programme for the ceremony of presentation of colours by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the First Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and The King's Own Calgary Regiment, held at Beacon Hill Park, Friday 17 July 1959.
L3434
Invitation, reserved seating card, and programme for the Royal Roads Military College End of Year Ceremonies, 1973.
Fonds consists of a souvenir programme for the British Columbia centenary naval review by HRH Princess Margaret, held on 15 July 1958.
Rayner, Rear-Admiral H.S.Fonds consists of a 1981 Canadian Pacific souvenir magazine and envelope. Also includes menus and place mats some from Coast Steamship Princess Lines, some commemorating the 1953 Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, and some commemorating B.C.'s centenary.
Blank, John S.L350
Commissioning booklet of HMCS Saskatchewan, dated 16 February 1963.
L718
Programme for the presentation of colours and graduation exercises to the Canadian Services College Royal Roads by his excellency Major General Georges P. Danier, governor general of Canada, 25 May 1962.
L1872
Document, invitations, and pamphlet regarding the Royal Canadian Navy's centennial celebrations, introduction to Canada's Centennial Naval Assemblies, and CNAV Endeavour.
L1955
Canadian Coast Guard list of ships summary - vessels operated by the department of transport, dated 1967.
L2486
Maritime Museum of British Columbia souvenir guide book published under authority of trustees of the museum in 1969. Introduction signed by Director J.W.D. Symons.
Fonds consists of a book of 10 stamps issued by Canada Post for the Tall Ships 2000 event held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Also includes a book of 10 stamps issued by Canada Post for the Canadian Navy Centennial 1910 to 2010.
Canada PostFonds consists of photocopies of documents relating generally to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy and one informational booklet for the centennial of HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, photocopies of documents related to the service of William Charles Sawyer as a private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, including civilian occupation references, dating primarily to the 1890s, and photocopies of correspondence relating to the maintenance of the graves of Royal Marines on San Juan Island, including a sketch of the grave site.
Also includes a blank, sample certificate of apprenticeship for the Royal Canadian Navy, a certificate awarded to successful apprentices on completion of apprentice training in an HMC Dockyard, and a Centennial Naval Assemblies booklet produced by the Royal Canadian Navy for the 1967 Centennial Naval Review including photos and texts of naval assemblies.
Fonds consists of a programme for the presentation of wards to Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Rainbow, held at Government House, 23 October 1977, a 1973 Esquimalt Sea Cadet Camp information booklet, a duotang containing HMCS Rainbow standing orders, a seamanship pocket manual, and black and white photographs dating from 1918, 1924, 1926, and 1949.
Also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and a drawing, relating to Royal Canadian Navy Sea Cadets, HMCS Rainbow, and Canadian Confederation Centennial Committee of British Columbia c. 1960s.
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets