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Raymond Alan Munro fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1940-1985].

Reference:

R1578-0-1-E, MG30-A79

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Sound recordings, Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97982

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Raymond Alan Munro fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

[ca. 1940-1985].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

4701 photographs : b&w and col negatives.
28 cm of textual records : some photocopies.
12 audio discs (1 h, 25 min).
5 audio cassettes (2 h, 39 min, 55 s).
6 film reels (ca. 1 h, 59 min, 27 s).

Language of material:

English

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Raymond Alan Munro collection [graphic material]

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Fonds consists of photographs, ca. 1940-ca. 1985, by Ray Munro, his parents, or others dealing with his military, newspaper, and aviation activities, current events, celebrities, and his family. 51 of the photographs relating to Munro's aviation career were copies made from originals held by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwan, Alta.; these are now de-accessioned.

Fonds also contains textual records consisting of scrapbooks, 1949-1970, relating to R.A. Munro's journalism careerm; and awards, 1969-1970, to R.A. Munro of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Fonds also consists of sound recordings of the CBC radio programs Press photographer and News round-up, interviews by Hilda Brown with Munro about his career, and interviews with inductees into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. Also included are film clips of an expedition to the North Pole, parachuting, a DH Moth, sequences in flight from a single engine float plane at Peace River and of the 1955 Farnborough Air Show.

Provenance:

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Munro, Raymond Alan, 1921-1994

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Fédération Aeronautique Internationale

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Munro, Raymond Alan, 1921-1994 : Raymond A. Munro, journalist and aviator, was born in Montreal and educated in Canada and the United States. He commenced flying in 1937 and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. After the war, he followed a career as a flying newsman for seventeen years, retiring in 1958 as editor-in-chief of the Chatham, Ont. Daily News. He then formed Munro Aviation Company and flew as chief pilot on geophysical operations in northern Canada. Munro captured 28 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale world records and set 33 F.A.I. national records. He was named a member of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973. Raymond A. Munro died 29 May 1994.

Finding aid:

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Photographs: (Paper) Envelopes with captions for 2058 photographs, Box 1 1-962 and Box 2 963-1622, both located in 326. FA-090 (90: Open)

Moving images and sound recordings (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions.

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General note:

Photographs: 1970 negatives. All individually sleeved; most have some summary identification on the outside sleeve, written by R.A. Munro. While a deed of gift was sent to R.A. Munro, it was mistakenly not returned to the National Archives. An intermediary who apparently had the signed documents never brought them to the National Archives. It was, however, R.A. Munro's intent to donate all documents and rights in his documents subject only to the use restriction, which he applied to his other donations.
MIKAN Photo accessions 10626 and 10463 have been de-accessioned.

Custodial history:

Textual records acquired in 1975 from R.A. Munro of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in Calgary, Alta.

AV material received in between 1974 and 1975 from R.A. Munro.

Arrangement note:

Photographs: 1970 negatives are organized by donor in packages relating to the same theme.
Subject heading:

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Reporters and reporting - Canada

Aviation - Canada

Journalism Canada

Nunavut

Adventure and adventurers
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1975-06-19)
123-040313-2
1971-090 NPC
1973-0289 (VSA)
1973-272 NPC
1973-422 NPC
1975-008 NPC
1975-0241 MISA
1995-196 DAP
2001-01159-8
2002-0026 VSA
2012-00015-0
93-274

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-A79
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Conditions of access:

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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Original photographs: Not to be used for commercial advertising purposes. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items over 50 years old. Credit:Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no. For items still in copyright; copyright must be established by the holder of the original(s). Sound recordings: May be used with written permission of copyright owner: no donor restrictions. The audio discs were closed for reproduction until Raymond Munro's death. Mr. Munro died at the age of 72 on 29 May 1994.
Moving images and sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder.
Copied photographs: De-accessioned to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame.

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