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WWII photos

File consists of historical photographs collected from the National Archives of Canada (formerly known as Public Archives of Canada prior to 1987), the City of Toronto Archives, Manitoba Archives, and the Canadian War Museum, depicting Canada's involvement in World War II. The material was likely collected for the book, The Last Good War: An Illustrated History of Canada in the Second World War, 1939-1945 (2005).

WWII photos

File consists of historical photographs collected from the National Archives of Canada (formerly known as Public Archives of Canada prior to 1987), the City of Toronto Archives, Saskatchewan Archives Board, and the Canadian War Museum, depicting Canada's involvement in World War II. The material was likely collected for the book, The Last Good War: An Illustrated History of Canada in the Second World War, 1939-1945 (2005).

WWII photos

File consists of historical photographs collected from the Public Archives of Canada (renamed the National Archives of Canada in 1987) and the Canadian War Museum, depicting Canada's involvement in World War II. The material was likely collected for the book, The Last Good War: An Illustrated History of Canada in the Second World War, 1939-1945 (2005).

Wright-Rouyn

File consists of correspondence between Arnold Hoffman and Colonel Thain W. MacDowell, the president of Wright Rouyn Gold Ltd. The correspondence predominantly deals with the development of the Wright Rouyn and Stadacona gold mines. Several letters reference early events of World War II, including Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy and the beginning of the Adriatic Campaign in 1939.

Russell-Hoffman : Molyben. Syndicate

File consists of correspondence relating to the unsuccessful Hoffman-Russell Molybdenum Syndicate. The syndicate was created in 1939 to investigate cobalt and molybdenite deposits near Cobalt, Ontario and was dissolved in 1941 due to poor war-time financial conditions.

Pics in chronological order

File consists of historical photographs collected from the National Archives of Canada (formerly known as Public Archives of Canada prior to 1987), the City of Toronto Archives, Manitoba Archives, and the Canadian War Museum, depicting Canada's involvement in World War II. The material was likely collected for the book, The Last Good War: An Illustrated History of Canada in the Second World War, 1939-1945 (2005).

Nellestyn : Afghanistan intro

File consists of articles from magazines and websites and correspondence for the book project Afghanistan : a soldier's story that involved Colonel (retired) Andrew Nellestyn.