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John Joseph Green fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1918-l984.

Reference:

R2900-0-2-E, MG30-E343

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106677

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John Joseph Green fonds
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Fonds includes:

15 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1918-l984.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.9 m of textual records.
220 photographs 213 b&w.
2 prints photolithographs.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of scrapbooks, notebooks, logbooks, articles, correspondence and memoranda which document J.J. Green's academic achievements, and his career as an aeronautical engineer and a public servant.

The fonds also contains photographs of trials of Alexander Graham Bell's hydrofoil HD-4, Baddeck.

Also included in this fonds are two reproductions of pen and ink sketches of Fairchild "Sekani" and Northrop "Delta" aircraft.

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Green, John Joseph

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Green, John Joseph : John Joseph Green, aeronautical engineer and public servant, was born in Portsmouth, England, in l905. In l923, he received a B.S.c. from the University of London. From the Imperial College of Science and Technology, he subsequently received a B.S.c. and a A.R.C.S. in Physics in l928, and a D.I.C. in Aeronautics in l929, and a Ph. D. in Aeronautics in l930. Green emigrated to Canada in l930 where he worked for the National Research Council Aerodynamics Laboratory, l930-43. He was awarded an M.B.E. for valuable public service in the field.

From l943 to l945, Dr. Green served in the RCAF as Chief Research Engineer in the RCAF Test and Development Establishment. A pilot since l933, Green tested no less than twenty-five types of aircraft. Squadron-Leader Green retired from the RCAF in l945 having received the King's Commendation for valuable service in the air.

From l945 to l949 Dr. Green was Chief Research Aeronautical Engineer in the Air Transport Board, Ottawa. From l949 to l955 he was Chief of Division "B", Defence Research Board, and Scientific Advisor to the Chief of the Air Staff, RCAF. In l955 he was Canadian Joint Staff and Defence Research Attaché, Canadian Embassy, Washington. In l959 he became Chief Superintendent, Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment, Valcartier, Quebec. Finally, in l963 he was appointed Director of Research, Litton Systems, Canada, Limited.

Dr. Green has won national and internationnal recognition in the field of aeronautical research and development. He was first president of the Canadian Aeronautics Institute and later president and Honorary Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI). He was a founding member of and a Canadian representative on both the Council of the Advisory Group on Aeronautics Research and Development to NATO and the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS). He was a member of the Association of the Scientific, Engineering and Technological Community of Canada and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Asian Institute of Technology.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list. MSS1032 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002745.pdf

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General note:

Presented in l979 and l982 by Dr. J.J. Green and in l984 by Mrs. Green of Weston, Ontario.

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23 : 2 flattened panoramas from 1980-207 box 05851 (b/c 2000778126)
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Aeronautical engineers, [1926-1984] Ian McCausland, [1931-1984]

Aeronautics - Study and teaching, [1926-1929] Herbert Dingle, [1931-1984]

Pilots and pilotage, [1934-1983] Super Constellation CF-TGG, [1931-1984]

Pilots - Log-books, [1934-1983] A.G. Bell Aeronautical Museum, [1931-1984]

Airplanes - Piloting, [1934-1983] R101 Inquiry, [1931-1984]

Airplanes - Testing, [1934-1983] International Council of Aeronautical Sciences, [1956-1984]

Air pilots, Military, [1934-1983] Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, [1956-1984]

Science - Germany, [1931-194] Canadian Research Management Association, [1956-1984]

Technology - Germany, [1931-1984] Asian Institute of Technology, [1956-1984]

Aeronautics - Research, [194-] Air Industries Association of Canada, [1956-1984]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1980-087 PIC
1980-207 NPC
1986/0129

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MG30-E343
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Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]
Some volumes are open, please consult the Restricted Access Forms for further information.

Finding aid box [FA 1032] 93

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2900] 23

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [GREEN, JOHN JOSEPH 1980-207] C 0095

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old; copyright expired on items more than 50 years old.
Prints: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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