Description
 DHH Library
DHH Archival Database
Kardex Collection
Document Collection
Permanent Reference Files
Biographical Files
Unit Annual Historical Reports (AHRs)
Steiger Materials
Public Record Office and Related Materials
Naval Historian's Collection
Pamphlet Collections
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DHH Library |
The DHH Library contains approximately 20 000 books, documents, and periodicals which collectively enables research and promotes a greater understanding of Canadian military history.
This collection includes Official histories of allied and enemy forces, general histories, campaign histories and some technical works, as well as numerous Canadian and British regimental histories. Some bound runs of periodicals are held. There is an extensive collection of officers' lists and printed regulations and administrative orders, mostly Canadian, for example: Admiralty Fleet Orders, Militia Orders, General Orders, Canadian Army Orders, Air Force Administrative Orders, Canadian Forces Supplementary Orders, etc. It also contains numerous documents on peacekeeping.
Two library collection catalogues allow access to our collection:
- Pre 1993 - available only in our Public Reading room and only on CD-ROM;
- Post 1993 - contained within a new lirary collections managemrnt system, InMagic.
Access: The Library collection is accessible to the public from DHH's Public Reading Room.
Circulation: Certaines documents can be borrowed/loaned through inter-library loan services.
LIBARY HOLDINGS Online. |
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DHH Archive Database |
As of January 1995 the FONDS database was established. It contains descriptions of archival collections. These collections include new materials on peace-keeping. Extracts are available in .PDF file format. |
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Kardex Collection |
Papers from the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, mainly 1939-1964, filed according to the Directorate Kardex classification system. The files includes the papers of Lieutenant-Colonel H.M. Jackson, who compiled information on a number of military topics -- in particular his heavily used notes on the careers of First World War Canadian officers. The Kardex Collection was closed to acquisitions in 1971. |
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Document Collection |
Begun in 1971, the Document Collection is catalogued on cards, and includes all documents, reports and narratives received between 1971 and December 1994. This collection is now closed to acquisitions. |
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Permanent Reference Files |
Working files of booklets, newspaper clippings, photographs and similar ephemeral materials. Files have been created for Canadian bases in Canada and abroad, Canadian units, Canadian ships, squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces, and aircraft types, both Canadian and foreign. |
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Biographical Files |
Open working files for many Canadian servicemen and civilians, of all ranks and professions, and for some selected foreigners. The biographical files are supplemented by card files of Second World War honours and awards, casualties, prisoners of war, etc., for Canadian personnel. There is also a card file of Canadians who served in the British flying services in the First World War. |
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Unit Annual Historical Reports (AHRs) |
Submitted, by regulation, by every Canadian Forces unit each year. |
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Steiger Materials |
The late Mr. Steiger's collection of documents in the German language which originated in Germany during the Second World War. Many are translated into English. They also include: documents relating to research on specific aspects of the First World War; lists of documents held in other archives; and some secondary published material about German military history in general. |
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Public Record Office and Related Materials |
Large quantities of Public Record Office documents photocopied in London for research on the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy histories. |
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Naval Historian's Collection |
Large collection of naval materials arranged by the old Royal Canadian Navy file number and catalogued in a separate Kardex. |
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Pamphlet Collections |
A small collection of training pamphlets, Canadian and British origin. |
History & Archives
