Series consists of photographic materials, ca. 1941-1985, depicting events and individuals associated with the career of Major-General Daniel C. Spry as an officer of the Canadian Army, and as International Director of the Boy Scout Movement. The following events are documented: Major-General Daniel C. Spry and plaque in the D.C. Spry Boardroom during the official opening of a new Boy Scouts of Canada building, Halifax, N.S., 15 July 1983; ceremonies marking the fortieth anniversary of the liberation of Knokke-Heist, Belgium, November 1984. The following individuals are documented: portraits of members of the Boy Scout World Bureau and their families, mounted in an album presented to Daniel C. Spry on the occasion of his retirement as International Director of the Boy Scout World Bureau, 1965. Photos by unknown photographers and by the following: Andrews-Newton Photographers, Ottawa; Joseph Robichaud Photography, Dartmouth, N.S.
Series also contains 59 photographs, n.d., depict forts in Canada before 1900: The Old Fort Toronto, Fort William, Fort Francis, Fort Alexander, Lower Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Fort Garry Gate and Hotel, Fort Garry; Canadian cities at the time of their construction: Plan of Mr. Dawson's Rd. in Thunder Bay, Main and Portage Avenues in Winnipeg, beginnings of Calgary, Edmonton 1871, Indian Head in Saskatchewan, Grand Mèremin Québec, "The Founding of Halifax". Included are maps depicting the following: The Red River Expeditionary Force, plans for manoeuvres and direction of troops' path, ammunition supply for divisional artillery and tactics and strategies, pulp and paper mills in Ocean Falls in British Columbia and in Grand Mère in Québec; grain elevators in Fort William, Ontario, Ogilvie's mill and elevator in Fort Garry, and Indian Head in Saskatchewan; an unidentified portrait of a member of the military; the Sault Ste. Marie Locks; three unidentified photos of sketches of exploration in the Canadian wilds; working up the Winnipeg River; the mouth of the Winnipeg River; the Provincial Parliament Buildings in Regina; and the Turner Valley Oil Fields; photographs by the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, and the Department of Trade and Commerce.
