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St. John's District Office files relating to the Book of Remembrance project [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1960-1976

Reference:

R1183-28-7-E, RG38-D-5-b

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134497

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Department of Veterans Affairs fonds

St. John's District Office files relating to the Book of Remembrance project
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Series includes:

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

1960-1976

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.4 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings and reference files created by the Veterans Affairs District Office in St. John's during the course of the Book of Remembrance project. These files include research correspondence, lists of names, clippings and administrative correspondence on matters affecting the production of the Book of Remembrance. Later amendments and addenda to the Book, calendars and material relating to the two dedication ceremonies are also included in these files.

When the Books of Remembrance (which are on permanent display in the Memorial Chamber in the Parliament Buildings) were first compiled, the names of Newfoundlanders who had served in the First and Second World Wars were not included. To remedy this situation, the Province of Newfoundland and the federal Department of Veteran's Affairs embarked on a joint effort in 1967 to produce a Newfoundland Book of Remembrance which would include the names of all Newfoundlanders who gave their lives as members of the Armed Forces and auxiliary services of Newfoundland, Great Britain, Canada, and their Allies in the First and Second World Wars.

The Provincial Government appointed a Newfoundland Book of Remembrance Committee under the chairmanship of Allan Fraser, provincial archivist. The Committee spent several years compiling lists of names through exhaustive research and public appeals assisted in large part by the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. John's and in Ottawa.

The Newfoundland Book of Remembrance, containing over 2300 names, was deposited in the Memorial Chamber and dedicated at Ottawa on 21 October 1973; a replica of the Book was dedicated and placed in the Confederation Building, St. John's, on 13 October 1974.

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Textual record (Electronic) The finding aid 38-19 for volumes 254-255 can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. The typed finding aid is also available as a PDF attached to this record. 38-19 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/38-19_134497_vols_254-255.pdf

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117-000124-5
1989-90/124 GAD
RG38-D-5-b

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RG38-D-5-b
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG38] 254--255

[Consultation 90 Open]

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