Collection search - Stephen J. Harper fonds [multiple media (chiefly electronic)]

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Stephen J. Harper fonds [multiple media (chiefly electronic)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1904-2021, predominant 2005-2015.

Reference:

R16093-0-7-E

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Sound recordings, Textual material, Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5087109

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Stephen J. Harper fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1904-2021, predominant 2005-2015.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

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1,258,098 digital photographs.
400,456 digital textual records.
8,111 digital pictures : advertisements, banners, button art, design mockups, gif, infographics, logos, podium art, photocards, posters, screenshots.
4,288 digital sound recordings (857 h, 25 min).
1,761 digital moving images (208 h, 1 min).
755 digital architectural drawings : floor plans, seating plans.
535 digital diagrams.
147 digital cartographic material : plans.
126 digital maps.
49 digital remote sensing images.
24 digital objects.
10 digital drawings.
4 digital technical drawings.
1 digital painting.
123.3 m of textual records.
899 photographs : 696 col. prints, 2 col. contact sheets (149 frames), 29 b&w prints, and 25 col. negatives.
510 videocassettes (171 h, 40 min) : DVCAM, HDV, Betacam SX, VHS, HDCAM.
147 drawings.
99 optical discs (123 h, 30 min) : XDCAM, DVD.
12 audio compact disks (4 h, 38 min).
10 coins.
10 pins.
9 prints.
6 maps.
6 postage stamps.
4 watercolours.
3 plaques.
3 postcards.
3 ribbons.
2 postage stamp booklets.
2 postal covers.
2 temporary tattoos.
1 artist's book.
1 bumper sticker.
1 audio cassette (45 min).
1 fabric sculpture.
1 flag.
1 flash card (1 h, 14 min).
1 hockey card.
1 magnet.
1 medal.
1 medallion.
1 microcassette (1 h, 50 min).
1 quilt.
1 slide.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French
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Stephen J. Harper fonds [multiple media (some electronic]

Stephen J. Harper fonds [multiple media]

Oral history project - Prime Minister Stephen Harper [textual record (electronic), moving images (electronic), sound recording (electronic)]
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The fonds documents Stephen J. Harper's tenure as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister (2006-2015), as well as elements of his time as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2003-2015) and Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (2002-2006). Various aspects of the Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper's personal, political, and ministerial activities are detailed, as are the activities of the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) as an institution, of individual PMO staffers under Stephen Harper's leadership, and of staff employed in managing the Prime Minister's Official Residence.

The textual records contained within the fonds consist of correspondence, memoranda, notes, speeches, subject files, staff files, office administration files, briefing material, invitations, reference and planning documents, gift management files, tour files, scheduling files, leadership and election campaign material, and social media account data. Miscellaneous supporting maps, plans, drawings, paintings, pictures, and objects may be found interspersed with the textual records.

Also included within the fonds are vast collections of official photographs and audiovisual recordings that document almost all of the Prime Minister's public utterances and public appearances during his time in office. In addition to documenting routine daily events and interactions (e.g., stump speeches, constituency events, family moments), the photos and recordings touch upon many of the most formative events of the era (e.g., speeches on the 2006 parliamentary motion recognizing the Québécois nation; the Canadian government response to the 2008 economic crisis; the 2008-2009 prorogation dispute; the 2010 Olympic Winter Games held in Vancouver; the 2012-2016 Senate expenses scandal; the aftermath of the 2013 Lac Mégantic disaster; the 2014 Parliament Hill terrorism incident; etc.).

The fonds, which consists of both digital and analog records, has been arranged into the following 18 series:

Office of the Prime Minister - Official Photographers;
Office of the Prime Minister - Speechwriting unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Correspondence unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Deputy Chief of Staff unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Appointments unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Issues Management unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Personnel and Administration unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Policy unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Communications unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Office of the Chief of Staff;
Office of the Prime Minister - Office of the Principal Secretary;
Office of the Prime Minister - [Shared correspondence management systems];
Office of the Prime Minister - Tour and Scheduling unit;
Office of the Prime Minister - Gift Coordinator;
Office of the Prime Minister - Executive office;
Office of the Prime Minister - Stakeholder Relations unit;
Party leadership and Leader of the Official Opposition; and
Oral History Project.

Where appropriate, the series have been divided into sub-series or sub-sub-series.

All but the last of the series listed above reflect PMO business areas / functions or contain records that were managed by PMO staff on behalf of the Prime Minister. The Oral History Project series consists of interviews and transcripts commissioned by Library and Archives Canada and completed in 2021.

Provenance:

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Harper, Stephen, 1959-

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) See lower level descriptions. MSS2703 (99: Closed pending processing)

Additional information:

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Physical description note:

Digital records received in multiple file format(s), predominantly the following: AI, AMR, AVI, BMP, CR2, CSS, CSV, DCM, DNG, DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOT, DOTX, EMF, EPS, FLV, GIF, HTM, HTML, HWP, ICS, JP2, JPEG, JPG, JS, M4V, MDB, MHT, MIME, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPG, MSG, MXF, NEF, ODT, OFT, OLE2, PDF, PNG, PPS, PPSX, PPT, PPTM, PPTX, PSD, PST, PUB, RAF, RTF, SAV, TIF, TIFF, TXT, VML, VSD, WAV, WMA, WMV, WPD, WPS, XLS, XLSM, XLSX, XLT, XML, XPS, XSD, XSLX, and ZIP (28.01 TB).

Custodial history:

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Most of the records in this fonds were deposited with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) by the Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper over several years following the 2015 federal election. Deposits were made in November 2015, July and August 2016, September and October 2017, February, May, June, and November 2018, and June 2019. All of the records placed on deposit were transferred directly from their active storage location (e.g., 24 Sussex Drive, Center Block, etc.) by Mr. Harper, Mr. Harper's designated representatives, or staff in the Office of the Privy Council (PCO). Mr. Harper donated these records to LAC through the signing of formal deeds of gift in June 2018 and May 2022.

In addition to the above material, Chinook Productions was mandated by LAC to undertake an oral history project on the life and career of Stephen J. Harper. While the interviews conducted, as well as the transcripts, are an integral part of the Stephen J. Harper fonds, the project was funded by LAC and the records were not created by Stephen Harper or his staff in the course of his career. The project was completed in 2022.

Arrangement note:

Original file titles were retained when the title was present and descriptive. Some information has been added to original titles where appropriate to help with discoverability. Some photographic and textual records have been described at the item level to support enhanced access to material of particularly high research interest. All audiovisual records have been described at the item level in the Film, Video and Sound (MISACS) database.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2018-00319-4
2018-00337-2
2019-00181-0
2019-00227-2
2021-00086-9
2021-0073 VSA
2021-0074 VSA
2021-0075 VSA
2021-0076 VSA
2022-00147-8
2022-0049 VSA
2023-00147-1
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001387.pdf

Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic(photo): electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Sound recordings : electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Sound recordings

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Textual records

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Moving images (video): electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

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