Historic newspapers and newspaper clippings of local content/interest

File includes letters to/from Dr. Seager Wheeler corresponding with members of the press or publication companies for the purpose of reporting achievements, research, experiments and the like.

File includes letters to/from individuals on their own behalf for personal inquires.

Subseries L1.1 contains letters to and from institutions including associations, government bodies, religious bodies, and educational fixtures such as universities and colleges.

This subseries contains records of the routine administration of Diefenbaker’s legal practice. There are financial records, legal diaries, and administrative correspondence. There is also correspondence with Diefenbaker’s partners and other lawyers and judges.

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 contains documents relating to Diefenbaker’s actions for the collection of rents, unpaid loans and other debts. Those cases involving extensive litigation to collect the debts are to be found in the case files.

This subseries contains cards received by the club by other clubs, organizations, and general members of the public.

This subseries consists of various pieces of memorabilia collected by Kaiser. Items include degrees, yearbooks, certificates of baptism, report cards, books, pamphlets and cards, infant’s shoes, photographs, negatives, daily registers of students of the Baildon School District, meeting minutes for the shareholders of Moose Jaw, Granton & Blue Hill Rural Telephone Co. Ltd., and the Baildon Ladies Aid, and stamps of the Baildon Rural Telephone Co. Ltd..

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 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 personal records and general correspondence, including Diefenbaker’s financial records, invitations, and requests for assistance from persons outside of Diefenbaker’s constituency.

This subseries contains the annual reports of the elections of the club.