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.

Dr. Sant Singh served as an assistant to John Diefenbaker during the 1960s.

This subseries contains correspondence dealing with such subjects as: trips and engagements; requests and appeals; the House of Commons; Royal Commissions; elections; the Progressive Conservative Party; law; resources; health and welfare; transportation and communication; and Canada’s foreign relations.

This subseries contains reference material and correspondence with heads of state, members of federal and provincial governments, prominent Canadians, and friends of Diefenbaker. Issues referred to include: government scandals; the economy; unification of the armed forces; the flag; elections; Quebec; Canada Pension Plan; Medicare; Expo ’67; unity and leadership of the Progressive Conservative party; and foreign affairs, particularly Canada-U.S. relations.

This subseries contains correspondence, notes, and drafts for Burton Richardson’s Those Things We Treasure, and a selection of Diefenbaker’s speech notes.

This subseries contains transcripts of various interviews with Diefenbaker used subsequently for writing the memoirs.

This subseries contains original and photocopied documents from other series and additional notes used in writing Diefenbaker’s memoirs. There is also apparently routine material from the late 1970s which was filed with the memoirs series. Files E/1 - E/63 were arranged by the research staff in the alpha-numeric system used by the Prime Minister’s office. Files E/64 - E/219 were similarly arranged, but do not exactly conform to the PMO filing system. Files E/220 - E/222 contain documents on defence which were pulled and arranged chronologically by Gerald Haslam in 1968. Files E/223 - E/233 were labelled in the hand of Archie McQueen, Diefenbaker’s assistant at the time Diefenbaker’s death.

This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by a “G” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies, yet has an emphasis on early Moose Jaw and women. It includes: the first labour strike, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, Moose Jaw’s first bank robbery, Moose Jaw’s first royal visit, Mrs. Card, Moose Jaw’s first female settlers, early prairie fires, and the Pole Trail.

This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by an “M” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies greatly and includes: Ethel Widmere Scott, the first oil well, the Moose Jaw clock tower, 1921 train holdups, the police department in 1911, the “Seeing Moose Jaw First” day in 1913, the Cordova Building plan, E. Pauline Johnson, Labour Day of 1909, George Marshall, pioneer railroading tragedies, Tasinaskaw Brule, sanitary conditions in 1901, the coronation of Edward VII, the Walter Main Circus, the Robin Hood Flour Mill, St. John’s Church clergyman’s house, the 1909 Earthquake, and Charles Aeneas.

This subseries consists of newspaper articles written by Leith Knight that were cut out of newspapers and adhered to backing paper. These differ further from the loose newspaper articles because the majority also adhere to the categorization system used for her drafts. The letters found in this subseries are: A, M, N, O, P, and Q. As with the drafts, there are also a number of articles which are not marked by a letter and a number.

This subseries contains the meeting minutes for district meetings for the club.

This subseries contains general information of the members of the club, such as new membership forms, and updated personal information.

This subseries contains information forms completed by prospective members.