Part of head table at Northview Heights School dinner. On back is written: "Master of Ceremonies, Andrew McEwan, Head of History, Northview Heights Secondary School."
This series contains photographs and slides belonging to John Diefenbaker and his family. It includes many professional portraits of Diefenbaker and his second wife Olive. There are some historic photographs collected as a result of Diefenbaker’s interest in Canadian history and Sir John A. Macdonald.
John Diefenbaker in doorway, chatting with hosts at Northview Heights School. On back is written: "The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Mr. F. J. Burford, Principal, Northview Heights Secondary School, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McEwan, Head of History, Northview Secondary School."
Fonds includes personal correspondence and papers, as well as background and reference material assembled by John Diefenbaker and his staff. There is also large collection of press clippings, supplemented by press clippings gathered by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
John Diefenbaker holding Sir John A Macdonald plaque, standing by sideboard with Macdonald statue in East Block office. Ellen Fairclough watching on as unidentified man films plaque.
Note on the date: Date has been estimated based on a passage from Ellen Fairclough's memoir "Saturday's Child", pg 163, where she says she presented Diefenbaker with a table reputed to have been used by Sir John A. MacDonald, and gave it a plaque describing its history. She says that he was "delighted with it. He called in reporters and cameramen, who took pictures and lsiten to his anecdotes about Sir John" (Saturday's Child, pg 163).
Photograph of photo showing the Little Stone School House in early Saskatoon. Caption at bottom reads: "Little school which, seven years ago, sufficed for Saskatoon."
This subseries contains correspondence between Diefenbaker and clients, or prospective clients, seeking legal advice on a wide range of topics. Many files are incomplete and it is impossible to determine the outcome of the case. There are also files of miscellaneous documents relating not only to the Requests for Assistance Subseries, but to the Case Files Subseries and the Collections Subseries.
This series includes the papers generated and accumulated by Diefenbaker from March 1940 to December 1956, excluding his legal papers (MG 01/I Legal Series) and his family correspondence (MG 01/V Family Series). In addition to the four subseries there are files on political and other topics.
Merril Menzies was an economist and brother-in-law of Dr. Glen Green, one of Diefenbaker’s closest political supporters in Prince Albert. In late 1956 Green gave Diefenbaker a paper by Menzies on the possibilities of northern development in Canada. As a result, Menzies became Diefenbaker’s chief economic advisor and the force behind the Northern Vision policy of the 1958 campaign. He resigned his position prior to the 1963 election.
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Merril Menzies while serving as Diefenbaker’s economic advisor.
