Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Lieutenant Commander James D. Laurie. Includes his cadet second class graduation diploma, naval appointments, and orders, certificates, letters of references, and correspondence, dating from 1913 to 1949 as well as documents and correspondence related to insurance policy, pension payments, and adjustments, dating from 1933 to 1958. Also includes a handwritten letter and envelope recovered by divers from the wreck of SS Empress of Ireland, a Christmas card with a picture of an unidentified military band, and a photo album that should contain approximately 100 negatives of pictures taken during a cruise of HMS Berwick from February 1913 to February 1914 but, as of May 2016, all the negatives are missing.

Also includes a journal and note book for the use of junior officers, kept by Midshipman Laurie on HMS Niobe beginning 27 August 1914. The journal includes some coloured detail drawings of ship parts and the dust jacket is actually a map folded over the cover.

Fonds consists of three issues of "The Naval Volunteer" magazine dating to October 1915, November 1915, and February 1916.

Fonds consists of naval messages, call signs, and correspondence kept by Mr. Charles Griffiths, ex-chief yeoman of signals, Royal Canadian Navy.

Fonds consists of the service records, newspaper/magazine clippings, and personal documents relating to the Royal Marine service and life in Canada of John Edwards Gilders, Royal Marines, from 19 August 1898 to 17 August 1905. Gilders also served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces during World War I.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the Cunard Steamship Company Limited and Cunard White Star Lines.

• A programme of events from the RMS Franconia dated Wednesday 17 October 1951,
• A guide to accommodation and general information for passengers from the RMS Mauretania,
• A passenger list from the RMS Aquitania dated 29 September 1948.

Fonds consists of an ink illustrations of sailors, drawing by J. McNally, RCNVR.

Fonds consists of

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Toronto Yacht Club membership cards for Mr. James S. Davis, 1924 to 1939

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Handwritten letter on Johnson Line, Sweden stationary, throwing a jug overboard of M/V Rio de Janero 24 May 1964 by J.S. Davis, found by B.J. Davis in Point Reyes, California, 9 December 1972

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Personal papers and photographs of James S. Davis dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. Includes photographs and drawings, newspaper clippings, certificates, typed manuscripts and 1980 calendar.

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Membership card for Balboa Yacht Club and Canadian Forces Exchange System authorized patron identification card issued 14 June 1984 at CFB, Esquimalt. Belonged to Jim S. Davis.

Fonds consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and documents related to the service of J.W. Radford during World War II and the sinking of the HMCS Regina.

Material related to Walter Litster's career on the CS Restorer, including Certificates of Discharge from 1927-1935, and a radiogram to his wife sent from Guam in 1937.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing memorabilia belonging to Stanley Arthur Fromm, Royal Navy. Consists primarily of photographs from HMS Centurion and HMS Sheffield, as well as a handwritten booklet recounting the sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck and information regarding the Russian Convoy Club for those who took part in Arctic Convoys to North Russian during World War II.