VII/B. Election Campaign 1958 Subseries
- Subseries
- 1952-1958, predominant 1957-1958
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.
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VII/B. Election Campaign 1958 Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.
VII/C. Election Campaign 1965 Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.
VII/D. Paul Martineau Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Paul Martineau, born at Bryson, Quebec, in 1921, was a lawyer and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pontiac-Temiscamingue from 1958 to 1965. He served as Diefenbaker’s Parliamentary Secretary (1959-1961), Deputy Speaker (1962), and Minister of Mines and Technical Services (1962-1963).
This subseries contains the reference material assembled by Paul Martineau while serving as Diefenbaker’s Parliamentary Secretary.
VII/E. Merril Menzies Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
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.
VII/F. B.T. Richardson Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Burton Taylor Richardson was a journalist, born in Manitoba in 1906. He was editor of the Toronto Telegram from 1953 to 1962 and special assistant to John Diefenbaker from 1963 to 1966. He wrote Canada and Mr. Diefenbaker in 1962 and briefly helped Diefenbaker with his own memoirs.
This series contains reference material assembled by Burton T. Richardson while serving as Diefenbaker’s special assistant.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Dr. Sant Singh served as an assistant to John Diefenbaker during the 1960s.
VII/H. Thomas Van Dusen Subseries
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Thomas Van Dusen served as executive assistant to John Diefenbaker from 1964-1967.
VIII. Prime Minister's Office Unnumbered Correspondence Series
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
This series contains John Diefenbaker’s correspondence while Prime Minister, both incoming and outgoing, which was filed by his office staff. Together with the correspondence in MG 01/VI PMO Numbered Correspondence, it comprises the whole of Diefenbaker’s correspondence during the period, excluding that with his family. It contains correspondence with members of his cabinet, the Civil Service, other politicians, foreign leaders, personal friends and advisors, and the general public, all arranged in the same series of subject files. The topics covered include almost all the political and social questions of the period.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Snapshot of a building with a thatched roof which John Diefenbaker's inscription describes as being "[i]n village near Kiev," October 1969.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
John Diefenbaker's inscription on the back of this snapshot reads "near Kiev -- Water lifter similar to those near Homestead," thatched roof cottage in background, October 1969.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Vimy Memorial, 1936.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Snapshot of the "Hotel du Lion D'Or" and the fortified wall behind it. Taken during John Diefenbaker's pilgrimage to Vimy, circa 1936.
Vincent Massey with Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Vincent Massey greets Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower at Uplands Airport upon their arrival in Canada, 21 July, 1958.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
John and Olive Diefenbaker standing inside an unidentified church with an unidentified woman (both women's heads are covered), Mexico, April 1960.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
John Diefenbaker and unidentified man looking at large artifact of carved stone, on display in unidentified museum, Mexico City, April 1960.