Collection search - Leonard H. Nicholson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Leonard H. Nicholson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1874-1983.

Reference:

R4932-0-1-E, MG31-E54

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103737

Context of this record:

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Leonard H. Nicholson fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

32 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1874-1983.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.49 m of textual records.
57 photographs b&w and col.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of textual records concerning the Boy Scouts; St. John Ambulance; rifle clubs; gun control; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; personal papers; subject files; speeches.

Fonds also contains photographic materials. Included are 32 photographs, ca. 1895-1980, of individuals and groups of members of the Porter, Scott, Howe, Tracy and Richards families, New Brunswick, ca. 1895-1979; an activities of Leonard H. Nicholson as a member of the R.C.M.P., the Boy Scouts of Canada, and the Shooting Federation of Canada, ca. 1955-1980. Copies of 24 photographs, 1929-1967, depict the Boy Scout Jamboree, Greece, 1965; and are portraits of Leonard Hanson Nicholson. There is also one photograph of Leonard Hanson Nicholson, recipient of the Outdoorsman of the Year Award, 1976, with Robert Pederson, president, Canadian Wildlife Federation, and Edward Hazelwood, executive director, Winchester Canada, Quebec City, May, 1976.

Provenance:

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Nicholson, Leonard Hanson, 1904-1983

Biography/Administrative history:

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Nicholson, Leonard Hanson, 1904-1983 : Leonard H. Nicholson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner, born in 1904 at Mount Middleton, N.B., enlisted in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) in 1923. After a brief career in both the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia provincial police forces, he returned to the R.C.M.P. in 1931. Between 1941 and 1946, he served in various Provost Staff appointments with different Canadian army field formations in Canada and Europe. He was R.C.M.P. Commissioner from 1951 to 1959.

Upon his retirement, Nicholson became deeply involved in the work of the Boy Scouts and St. John Ambulance Brigade. In the autumn of 1959 he accepted the position of Chief Scout. In 1965 he was appointed international Commissioner and was appointed Honourary President in 1975. He held three Scout Awards - the Bronze Wolf from the World Scout Conference, the Silver Wolf from the Boy Scouts of Canada and the Vanier Medal from L'Association des Scouts du Canada.

As well as his involvement in these volunteer associations, Nicholson was also very active and concerned with rifle shooting both as a competitor and a committee worker. He played an active part in the Parliamentary Gun Control debate in 1977 and 1978, speaking for the most part for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, of which he was a Director. Nicholson also maintained his interest in security and police matters and was one of four honourary members of the Canadian Intelligence and Security Association.

Finding aid:

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS1473

Additional information:

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General note:

Received in 1983 from Mrs. Mary Nicholson of Woodlawn, Ont.___

Availability of other formats note:

Copies of 24 photographs, 1929-1967 (accession 1971-057 NPC): The images were loaned to the Library and Archives Canada and copied, ca. 1971. The originals were returned to the lender. Copy negatives available: C-36620 to C-36643.

Associated material note:

Publications: Transferred to the Public Archives Library.
Subject heading:

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Boy Scouts - Canada, 1959-1983 St. John Ambulance, 1957-1982

Canada - Clubs, 1954-1982 Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, 1954-1982

Shooting - Clubs, 1954-1982 Shooting Federation of Canada, 1954-1982

Gun control - Canada, 1961-1980 Bisley Team, 1979

Firearms ownership - Canada, 1961-1980 Canadian Wildlife Federation, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Hunting - Canada - Safety measures, 1961-1980 Narcotic Survey Mission, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Police - Canada, 1974-1982 Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1974-1982

Nicholson family - Genealogy, 1903-1983 Bank of Nova Scotia, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Curling - Canada, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Natives of North America - Canada, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Security consultants - Canada, 1921-1922, 1955-1982

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1971-057 NPC
1978-199 NPC
1984-041 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-E54
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 E 54] 1--18

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1473] 116

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Box [NICHOLSON, LEONARD HANSON 1971-057] 1660

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Box [NICHOLSON, LEONARD HANSON 1984-041] 5658

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [NICHOLSON, LEONARD HANSON 1978-199] TCS 01202

[Consultation 90 Open]

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32 photographs, ca. 1895-1980 (accession 1984-041 NPC): No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / C-.
Copies of 24 photographs, 1929-1967 (accession 1971-057 NPC): Copyright: Copyright varies.

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