VII/B. Election Campaign 1958 Subseries
- Sub-séries
- 1952-1958, predominant 1957-1958
Parte deJohn 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
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.
Princess Margaret at Prince Albert National Park
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Princess Margaret and official party walking across lawn at Prince Albert National Park, 30 July, 1958.
Princess Margaret at Prince Albert National Park
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Princess Margaret and official party walking across lawn at Prince Albert National Park, 30 July, 1958.
John Diefenbaker holding a plaque in Prime Minister's Office
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
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).
Princess Margaret at Prince Albert National Park
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Princess Margaret waving to crowd from an open car at Prince Albert National Park, 30 July, 1958.
John and Olive Diefenbaker at Prince Albert National Park
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
John and Olive Diefenbaker in official procession at Prince Albert National Park during Princess Margaret's visit, 30 July, 1958.
VII/E. Merril Menzies Subseries
Parte deJohn 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/D. Paul Martineau Subseries
Parte deJohn 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.
VI. Prime Minister's Office Numbered Correspondence Series
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
This series contains John Diefenbaker’s correspondence while Prime Minister, both incoming and outgoing, filed by his office staff. It contains correspondence with cabinet members, 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.
VIII. Prime Minister's Office Unnumbered Correspondence Series
Parte deJohn 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.
VII/F. B.T. Richardson Subseries
Parte deJohn 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.
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Dr. Sant Singh served as an assistant to John Diefenbaker during the 1960s.
VII/C. Election Campaign 1965 Subseries
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
This subseries contains reference material accumulated by Diefenbaker’s staff for the 1965 election campaign.
VII/H. Thomas Van Dusen Subseries
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
Thomas Van Dusen served as executive assistant to John Diefenbaker from 1964-1967.
IX/A. Numbered/Unnumbered Correspondence Subseries
Parte deJohn G. Diefenbaker fonds
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.