THREE SETS OF INDEX CARDS CONSTITUTING A SUBJECT INDEX PRIMARILY FOR THE "5000" BLOCK OF IMMIGRATION BRANCH CENTRAL REGISTRY SUBJECT FILES, ACTIVE FROM THE EARLY 1960S TO 1977. HOLDINGS OF MANY OF THE FILES INDEXED ARE FOUND IN RG 76, ACCESSIONS 83-84/346 AND 83-84/349, BUT SOME OF THE FILES REFERRED TO IN THE CARDS HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE DEPARTMENT.
"CASE" (NOMINAL) INDEX. A SMALL ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS MENTIONNED IN THE 5000 SERIES, WITH A FEW REFERENCES TO FILES IN THE STRAIGHT-NUMERIC "HQ" SERIES AND SOME CONVERSIONS OF FILE NUMBERS TO THE FOURTH (8000-BLOCK) CENTRAL REGISTRY SERIES. THE INDIVIDUALS ARE GENERALLY PERSONS MAKING REPRESENTATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT (SUCH AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, LAWYERS, ETC.) OR CRIMINALS (E.G. CONFIDENCE MEN); RELATIVELY FEW APPEAR TO BE ORDINARY IMMIGRANTS. (BOX 1 ITEM 1).
SUBJECT INDEX. A DETAILED SUBJECT INDEX TO THE CONTENTS OF THE 5000 BLOCK, MAINLY FROM THE 1960S TO 1977, WITH A FEW ENTRIES TO 1980. MANY ENTRIES ABSTRACT THE CONTENTS OF THE FILE DOWN TO THE DOCUMENT LEVEL. INDIVIDUAL IMMIGRANTS' NAMES ARE NOT INDEXED. A FEW REFERENCES ARE TO FILES IN OTHER SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE EARLIER STRAIGHT NUMERIC SERIES (UNPREFIXED, PREFIXES A TO E, AND PREFIXES HQ1 TO HQ4), THE "500" BLOCK, THE SECURITY (SF) SERIES, THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION (F & A) SERIES, AND THE MANPOWER (3000) BLOCK, NOW IN RG 118. A FEW ENTRIES SHOW CONVERSIONS OF 5000 BLOCK NUMBERS TO THE SUCCESSOR 8000-BLOCK SYSTEM. (BOXES 1-3, ITEMS 2 TO 11).
INDEX TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON BILL C-24. A SMALL CARD INDEX TO NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS MAKING COMMENTS ON BILL C-24, WHICH BECAME THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1976. THE FILES ARE LARGELY IN BLOCK 5882 ("TASK FORCE - NEW IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION"), SOME OF WHICH ARE IN ACCESSIONS 83-84/346 BOX 21 AND 83-84/349 BOXES 197-200A. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMENTARY IS ABSTRACTED IN SOME OF THE ENTRIES. (BOX 3 ITEM 12, LOOSE CARDS).
