Collection search - E. Ritch Toop fonds [multiple media]

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E. Ritch Toop fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1972-1995.

Reference:

R3181-0-2-E

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products, Photographs, Textual material, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

160981

Context of this record:

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E. Ritch Toop fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1972-1995.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6 postal covers.
45 medals.
0.03 m textual records.
5 photographs.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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The fonds consists of records created and accumulated by E. Rich Toop while pursuing his philatelic interests. The fonds is divided into 3 series; Medals, Certificates and documentation, and postal covers.

Provenance:

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Toop, Ritch, 1923-1995

Biography/Administrative history:

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Toop, Ritch, 1923-1995 : Ewen Richards (Ritch) Toop was born in Ramsay Township, Lanark County in 1923. He lived in the Ottawa region until his death in 1995. Mr. Toop married his first wife Phyllis Flawn in 1945 who died in 1961. They had one daughter, Lynn Kangas who lives out west. In 1963, Mr. Toop married his second wife, Maureen Clark. He died on October 13, 1995 at Ottawa.

He joined the RCAF in 1941, and served continuously through World War Two. In 1960 he served as a logistics supply officer at numerous bases. Holding this position until 1968, Mr. Toop was converted from a Squadron Leader to a Major in 1968 when the Armed Forces integrated. After spending a number of years with Logistics Command Headquarters and Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa he retired in 1973.

Ritch Toop combined his philatelic hobby and his work, when in 1972 he became manager in the Philatelic Services Branch (First Day Covers) with the Post Office Department in Ottawa. He remained here until 1978 when he transferred to the National Postal Museum as a Special Projects Officer. Toop remained there until the museum closed in 1985.

Philately was an area of interest to Mr. Toop. He was a philatelic collector, researcher, exhibitor, and writer. He wrote and published with Lt. Col. Bill Bailey a five volume series on Canadian Military Postal History and Canadian Post Marks. They were working on volume six at the time of his death. Toop's main philatelic interest was military postal history. He was a member of several different philatelic organizations; Military Postal History Society, Canadian Forces Philatelic Society, R.A. Stamp Club, Postal History Society of Canada, Canadian Aerophilatelic Society, and the American Philatelic Society. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and received the Order of the Beaver from the British North America Philatelic Society.

Finding aid:

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(Paper) Item level finding aid for medals series only. The finding aid lists the files foin the Certificates and Documentation series . CPA-205

Additional information:

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General note:

Records include textual records, graphic, and objects. The photographs include 1 b&w and 4 colour.

Source of title:

Title based on contents of the fonds.

Custodial history:

Most of the material was acquired from Mrs. Maureen Toop. The rest was previously acquired by The National Postal Museum from E. Rich Toop.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1996-02531-7
1996-424 DAP
96-162
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Conditions of access:

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Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1992-003] C57

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1992-054] C57

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1992-065] C58

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

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Copyright various.
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