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Edward Forbes Bush fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1938-2003.

Reference:

R4392-0-6-E, MG31-E41

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98325

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Edward Forbes Bush fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1938-2003.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.13 m of textual records.
1 photograph.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists mainly of diaries, notebooks, works and drafts of works concerning Edward Forbes Bush's career in the R.C.A.F., as an historian and in his retirement. Fonds also contains correspondence between Bush and his son John. Some correspondence between E.F. Bush and other family members as well with friends can also be found. A dedicated reader and diarist, Bush chronicles in detail the life and times of a well-educated, middle-class English Canadian over the course of nearly seventy years.

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Bush, Edward F, 1922-2007

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Bush, Edward F, 1922-2007 : Born in Orangeville, Ontario, Mr. Bush, public servant, received his primary and secondary education in Toronto. In 1942, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in Canada and Britain, reaching the rank of Flying Officer. He was discharged from the R.C.A.F. in November 1945 and the following September enrolled in the honours history programme at Cambridge. Upon graduation, he held various positions in numerous locations. He taught in England, briefly returned to the R.C.A.F., worked with the Department of Transport as a radio operator and from 1960-1968 was an archivist at the Public Archives of Canada. In September 1968, he began working with Parks Canada as an archivist and historian. In 1969, he obtained his Master of Arts degree in history from Carleton University. In February 1987, Mr. Bush retired from Parks Canada.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 to 11 MSS1356 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000210.pdf

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General note:

Acquired in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1999, and 2005 from Edward Forbes Bush of Nepean, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Canada. Canadian Armed forces - History - World War I Parks Canada, 1969-1985

Historians - Canada, 1938-1990 Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force, 1938-1990
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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118-020145-0
1999-00479-5
2005-00386-7
2005-00705-6
2009-00869-3
MG31-E41

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-E41
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000684.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 1356] 111

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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