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Finding aids in the Military History Research Centre

The finding aids available from the Military History Research Centre are inventories or guides to specific collections of archival material or historical documents that are held in either the George Metcalf Archival Collection or the Hartland Molson Library.

Each finding aid includes a description of the scope and content of a collection, notes on its arrangement, and a detailed inventory of the collection in order to assist researchers in locating relevant material.

A collection of old letters and papers set against a black background.

Researchers interested in consulting materials outlined in the finding aids are required to make an appointment to allow adequate time for the retrieval of material. Please contact the Military History Research Centre three working days in advance of your visit to book an appointment, and provide at that time a list of the materials you would like to consult during your visit.

Please note that finding aids have been created for only a small number of the Military History Research Centre’s collections. Researchers are encouraged to search the Military History Research Centre’s complete holdings via the online collection. Also, not all of the finding aids are available in electronic format.

  • Private Ernest Percival Bartlett Collection (paper only)
  • Brigadier General Clayton Ernest Beattie Collection (paper only)
  • Boucher-Harvie Collection (William Robert Boucher and Captain Douglas Andrew Harvie (paper only)
  • Canadian Battlefields Foundation Collection (paper only)
  • Canadian Expeditionary Force Official Photographs (paper only)
  • Major Kenneth Edgar Clayton-Kennedy Collection (paper only)
  • Herbert Gordon Clemens Collection (paper only)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Waring Gerald Cosbie Collection (paper only)
  • Thomas Earl Walker (paper only)
  • Hendershot Family Collection (Second Lieutenant Charles Cecil Hendershot & Squadron Leader Warren Francis Hendershot) (paper only)
  • Flight Officer Thomas Reid Jones Collection (paper only)
  • John Griffith McConnell Collection (paper only)
  • Air Vice Marshal Clifford Mackay McEwen Collection (paper only)
  • Oral History Collection (paper only)
  • General William Dillon Otter Collection (paper only)
  • RCAF Radar Officers Collection (paper only)
  • Sheet music collection (paper only)

To book an appointment please call 819-776-8652 or email us at mhrc-crhm@warmuseum.ca.