General Information
The Canadian War Museum's Military History Research Centre
houses, in
one convenient location, the George Metcalf Archival Collection and the
Hartland Molson Library. These extensive national collections of primary
and secondary research material document Canada's military history from
the pre-contact period to the present.
The George Metcalf
Archival Collection contains unique archival documents and
photographic
materials, and is especially strong on First and Second World Wars. The
archival collection, consisting of approximately 413 metres of
documentation, includes original letters, diaries, scrapbooks, logbooks,
maps, 3-D maps, blueprints, postcards, sheet music, records, oral history
tapes and other printed material. The photographic portion of the
collection holds approximately 65,000 items including original photographic
prints in black and white and colour, negatives, glass slides,
daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereoscopic slides, hand-tinted
portraits, film reels and videos.
The Hartland Molson Library Collection has
approximately 55,000
volumes including
regimental histories, published personal memoirs, periodicals and
newspapers, wartime pamphlets, military technical and field manuals,
multi-media, and 5,000 rare books. The Hamilton Spectator newspaper
collection which includes 144,000 Second World War newspaper clippings
is available electronically with fulltext searching capabilities at the
Democracy at War website.
Opening Hours
The
Military History Research Centre is open to the public:
May 1st to
mid-October:
Monday to Friday 9:00 - 4:30
Mid-October to
April 30th:
Tuesday to Friday 9:00 - 4:30
Contact Information
Military History Research Centre
Canadian War Museum
1 Vimy Place
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0M8
General inquiries: (819) 776-8652
vimy.biblio@warmuseum.ca
Image Reproduction Services or
Permissions : (819) 776-8686 or (819) 776-8655
imageservices@warmuseum.ca
Archives related inquiries :
vimy.archives@warmuseum.ca
Fax: (819) 776-8623
