Series contains photographic materials. 184 photographs, 1920-1964, are related to the visits, funerals and coronations of British and foreign royalty; other heads of state and heads of government; international conferences and agreements; interior and exterior views of the Parliament Buildings; various places in Canada; presentation of letters of Credence; Regimental colours; Queen's colours; the Highland Light Infantry; Privy Seal.
Series also consists 53 photographs, ca. 1916-1968, including a group portrait of the staff of the Musketry School, including Sgt. W. Howard Measures, Lieut. Lawren Harris and Maj. Vincent Massey, Camp Borden, Ontario, August 1916; activities of W. Howard Measures as secretary to Rt. Hons. W.L. Mackenzie King and R.B.Bennett, and as the originator of Canada's diplomatic protocol service, as Chief of Protocol, Department of External Affairs, and Director, Protocol Branch, Dept. of the Secretary of State, 1926-1962; portraits, many signed, of various heads of state and heads of government and other dignitaries, ca. 1927-1962. Two photographs, 1940, depict members of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, Ottawa, Ontario, 26 August 1940.
Series also includes copy negatives of 3 photographs, 1941-1952, depict Nehru's visit with Indira Ghandi at Queenston power house, October 23, 1959; arrival of Vincent at Union Station, Ottawa, Ontario, from Port Hope, Ontario, February 28, 1952; Prime Minister King and Prime Minister Churchill at No. 10 Downing St., London, England, August 21, 1941.
Series also includes 6 photographs acquired in 2008. These include 3 photographs of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh from 1951 (including one signed portrait each), one photograph of a reception held at City Hall in Montreal on October 30, 1951, one signed portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from 1964, and one photograph of the Freedom of the City of Manchester from November 5, 1926.
