This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.

Thomas Van Dusen served as executive assistant to John Diefenbaker from 1964-1967.

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, clippings, and memorabilia sent to Diefenbaker by the general public. The letters cover a full range of political topics of the day. There is also correspondence from Diefenbaker’s Prince Albert constituents asking for his assistance as their Member of Parliament.

Historic newspapers and newspaper clippings of local content/interest

This subseries contains the annual club achievement reports for the club.

This subseries contains the reports and information on conventions attended by the club.

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 contains summaries and photocopies of documents compiled by research assistants, staff at the Public Archives, and others for use in writing Diefenbaker’s memoirs.

This subseries contains correspondence about publishing John Diefenbaker’s memoirs. It includes correspondence with publishers, possible biographers, and Diefenbaker’s assistants and friends.

This subseries contains drafts, Diefenbaker’s own notes, and background material for the memoirs.