Series consists of photographs of events and activities, visits to countries for professional activites and personal vacations, individuals and groups associated with the life and career of Harrison, including the following appointments: Director, Geological Survey of Canada, 1956-1964; Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1964-1972; President, International Union of Geological Sciences, 1961-1964; Vice-Presidnet, Society of Economic Geology, 1962-1964; President, International Council of Scientific Unions, 1966-1968; President, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1967-1970; Assistant Director General for Science, UNESCO, 1973-1976.
The photographs also document a tour of Pompeii by members of the International Union of Geological Sciences, October, 1963; the 22nd meeting of the International Geological Congress, New Delhi, 1964; display of "moon rocks" gathered by U.S astronauts on the moon, Ottawa, October 1969; unidentified social event honouring Harrison, possibly at the end of his term as Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1964; meeting of the Science Advisory Board of the Northwest Territories, Alaska, 1981; geothermal energy training sponsored by the United Nations University, ca. 1978-1982; meeting of the International Council of Scientific Unions, 1983; visit of UNESCO officials to Fort Rae, 1988.
Also included are photos of field parties of the Geological Survey of Canada in and around the following geographical locations, 1935-1951: Barrington Lake, Batty Lake, Beresford Lake, Burntwood Lake, Cockeram Lake, Elbow Lake, File Lake, Flintstone Lake, Herb Lake, Ilford, Kisseynew Lake, Kississing Lake, Lac Brochet, Lasthope Lake, Magami Lake, Morton Lake, Nokomis Lake, North Indian Lake, Otter Rapids, Rat Lake, Sherridon, Shethanei Lake, Snow Lake, South Indian Lake, Spearhill, Stanley River, Sturgeon Weir, Twin Falls, Wekusko Portage, Wishart Lake, Woosey Lake, Man.; South Henik Lake, NWT; Kirkland Lake, Ont.; Amulet, Cléricy, Kinojevis River, Knob Lake, Quebec.
The series also contains photographs of visits to the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Curaçao,Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, Nevis, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, St. Lucia, Santo Domingo, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, USSR, Venezuela, Vvirgin Islands, Yugoslavia.
Also included are photographs of the following individuals: Dick Adlington, Gilles Allard, Dick Beare, Bill Bildstein, Russ Bishop, Phil Black, Bob Blakely, Ade Booth, Don Bulmer, Jim Campbell, Bill Cantrell, John Currie, Luke Danieles, Jim Davies, Bill Dean, Larry Dixon, Jack Donoghue, Jim Dunnet, Rick Durocher, Ross Duthie, Ken Eade, Peter Eastwood, Phil Eckman, Rusty Evans, Walter F. Fahrig, Stew Ferguson, Bob Forrest, Yves O. Fortier, Hugh Fraser, Dick Fullerton, Nels R. Gadd, Jim Gibson, Slim Gobert, Harry Greely, Joe Greene, Bill Hale, Bill Harding, James M. Harrison, Gunnar Haugrud, Fred Hodgson, Jeff Home-Hay, John Irvine, C.M. Isbister, Bob Jordan, Max Juby, J.O.K Kalliokoski, Nick Kasian, Jim Kippen, Wally Kost, Walt Kozak, Hal Kristjanson, Norm Kydd, Paddy Laine, Kris Larsen, Pete Leggo, Jack Leitch, Charlie Lennox, Edwin Lilly, Langtry Lynn, Bob McBain, Don McDougall, Bob McIntosh, Jim McNinch, Joe Maltman, Nick Maximick, Kanjana Meerose, Geoff Minnes, Neely Moore, Alec Mosher, Derek Mott, Walt Musick, Dave Organ, Hank Parsons, Terry Patrick, HRH Prince Philip, Terry Podolsky, Raymond Priestley, Charlie Proudfoot, Ted Purcell, Ernie Reid, Dave Robertson, Eddie Rode, Tony Sawatzky, Trevor Sewell, Ted Shanks, Mitchell Sharpe, Norm Sliter, Specs Spector, C.H Stockwell, T.P Storey, John Stout, Harry Stubbs, Marno Thorsteinson, Doug Turner, Joel Twiss, G.M Wright and Ralph Young.
Finally photographs in this series document the Science Council of Canada, ca. 1966; delegates attending the 33rd Alaska Science Conference, Fairbanks, September, 1982; Commonwealth Science Council, 1985 and the Arctic Science Prize Committee, 1987.
