This sub-series is the single largest sub-series of the Personal Confidential series. It was maintained by Diefenbaker's second personal secretary, Marjorie "Bunny" Pound. It also contains a small group of files that Diefenbaker acquired from the office of his confidant and personal advisor, Senator William Brunt, following the Senator's death in 1962. These files are organized under Brunt's name.
Unlike the the Marion Wagner files sub-series, this sub-series was extremely well arranged in four alphabetical runs for the years 1960 to 1963. These were combined in one large run to which was added a small body of miscellaneous Pound files that served to extend the dates of the sub-series from 1957 to 1969.
Among the most important sections of this sub-series are the Progressive Conservative Party files. The sub-series also contains some constituency material; however, the bulk of Pound's constituency files are found in XII/A File Room Safe Files Subseries. Like the Marion Wagner sub-series, this sub-series includes a portion of Diefenbaker's financial records, found primarily under Accounts.
This sub-series consists mainly of subject files and nominal files. A few of each are marked secret.
Subjects vary widely and include, among many others, accounts; agriculture; appointments of parliamentary secretaries, senators, and lieutenant governors; Atlantic Development Board; Bill of Rights; Hon. W.R. Brunt - correspondence; Hon. W.R. Brunt - political matters; Board of Broadcast Governors; Board of Grain Commissioners; the budget; Canada Council; Canada-U.K. Lateral Air Agreement; Canada-U.S. relations; Canadair; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; CMHC; Canadian National Railways; Canadian Pacific Airlines; capital punishment; Cape Breton coal mines; the caucus; China wheat deal; citizenship; civil defence; Columbia River; Colombo Plan; Common Market; Commonwealth; Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference Confidential Committee; Communists; Congo; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; Cuba; dairy situation; deputy ministers; divorce; Dominion-provinicial relations; elections; emergency measures; ethnic groups; farm income; the flag; finance; fiscal policy; flights over Canada; Food Bank; Foreign Affairs; freight rates; Harbours Board; highway policy; House of Commons; immigration; itineraries; India; Indo-China; Japan; Law of the Sea; legislative program 1959-1962; Liberal Party; minority government; Montreal World`s Fair; Nassau meeting; National Productivity Council; NATO; New Democratic Party; northern development; O'Leary Report; Organization of American States; Pakistan; pipeline; pipeline debate; Parliament; Parliamentary Secretaries; Prince Albert; Progressive Conservative government legislation; Progressive Conservative ministry; provincial governments; Progressive Conservative Party; railway policy; railway strike; Richelieu Canal; Royal Commission - Government Organization; Royal Commission - Health Services; Royal Commission - Taxation; Royal Commission - Transportation; speeches; speeches index; Social Credit Party; Sons of Freedom; South Africa; Soviet imperialism; taxation; trade; Trans-Canada Airlines; Trans-Canada highway; unemployment; USSR; United Nations; United States; uranium; Voice of Women; wheat; World Food Programme; and Yukon Territory.
Subject files marked secret include Berlin, communists, defence, old age pensions, and secret memos.
This sub-series includes more than 100 files titled with the names of individuals, including many Canadian and foreign politicians. Among these file titles are Paul Lafontaine, Jean Lesage, and Gerald Morin. The Hon. Noel Dorion file is marked secret.
