Collection search - Clarence Rupert Dunlap fonds [graphic material, moving images, textual record]

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Clarence Rupert Dunlap fonds [graphic material, moving images, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1928-1977.

Reference:

R5481-0-X-E, MG31-G5

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103794

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Clarence Rupert Dunlap fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1928-1977.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3,240 photographs : b&w and col.
2 cm of textual records.
2 prints : photomechanical reproductions.
1 film reel (2 min, 17 s).

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Clarence Rupert Dunlap collection [graphic material]

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Fonds consists of photographs, 1928-1968, which relate to the R.C.A.F. career of Air Marshal C.R. Dunlap.

Fonds also contains textual records, 1928-1977, which are personal papers including correspondence; a photocopy of the typescript "The Saga of the Siskins" by Ernie MacNab, n.d.; and appointments and certificates relating to Dunlap's education and military service.

Fonds also contains 2 prints. There is an illustrated certificate of distinguished service, 1962, presented to Air Marshall C.R. Dunlap, in recognition of his service with NATO from 1958-1962; reproduction of a badge, n.d., of the Defence Research Board; and a view, n.d., of the National Defence College at Kingston, Ontario.

Fonds also contains a film which documents the departure of Air Marshal C.R. Dunlap from the post of Air Officer Commanding, North West Air Command, Edmonton, 1951.

Provenance:

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Dunlap, Clarence Rupert, 1908-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Dunlap, Clarence Rupert, 1908- : Clarence Rupert Dunlap, C.B.D., Silver Star, Croix de Guerre, D.C.L., D. Eng., B. Sc., military officer, known as Larry, was born in 1908 at Sydney Mines, N.S. He received his education from Acadia University and the Nova Scotia Technical College, receiving his B. Sc. in 1928. He then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) and received his pilots wings in the following year. He served in various capacities with the R.C.A.F. during the next ten years, and in 1939 was Director of Armament at Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa. In 1942 he was posted as Commanding Officer of R.C.A.F. Station Leeming, York, England, and in 1943 went to North Africa as C.O. of a bomber wing which undertook raids in Sicily, Italy, and Sardinia. C.B.D., Silver Star, Croix de Guerre, D.C.L., D. Eng., B. Sc., 1928-1968.

In 1945 he was promoted to Air Commodore, and was appointed to the Air Staff Headquarters. He served subsequently as C.O. of North West Air Command, Edmonton, and held a similar position at St. Hubert, Que. In 1951 he became Commandant of the National Defence College, Kingston, he was made Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in 1956 and Chief, 1962-1964. From 1964 to 1967 Dunlap was Deputy Commander in Chief, NORAD. He retired from service in 1968.

See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, and Canadian Who's Who, 1984.

Finding aid:

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Photographs: (Paper) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." FA-500

Moving images: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions.

Additional information:

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General note:

Received during the years 1974 to 1977 from Air Marshall C.R. Dunlap. Certificates were transferred in 1984 from the Documentary Art and Photography Division. The "Saga of the Siskins" was photocopied in 1977, the year Dunlap presented some of the other records.

Location of originals note:

Photocopies of the typescript "Saga of the Siskins": Made from the original in the possession of Air Marshal C.R. Dunlap.
Subject heading:

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World War II - Canada - Armed forces overseas

World War II - Air raids

World War II - Aerial operations

Clarence Robert Dunlap - Career in aviation, [1929-1968]

Clarence Robert Dunlap - Career in military, 1928-1968

Clarence Robert Dunlap - Military leadership, 1939-1968

Air pilots - Canada, 1929-1968

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - Officers, 1942-1968

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - Military life, 1928-1968

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - Promotions, 1939-1964

United States - Foreign relations - Canada, 1964-1967

Canada - Foreign relations - United States, 1964-1967

Canada - Military policy, 1945-1968

Military operations - Canada, 1964-1967

Ernie MacNab - Authorship, n.d

Military administration - Canada, 1945-1968

World War II - Military service

W.A. Curtis - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

C.H. Dickins - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

Charles Poulkes - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

C.B. Pearson - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

J.W. Pickersgill - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

Lloyd B. Rochester - Correspondence, [1928-1977]

Military education - Canada

Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1977-08-26)
1975-017 NPC
1976-008 NPC
1977-0253 MISA
1985-050 PIC
R112
RG24

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-G5
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 G 5] 1--3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [DUNLAP, CLARENCE RUPERT 1975-017]

[Consultation 90 Open]

4092;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PF 0004;

[Consultation 90 Open]

SC 0425;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]
Illustrated certificate, reproduction of badge, view of the National Defence College at Kingston.

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Photographs: 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 / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Illustrated certificate, reproduction of badge, view of the National Defence College at Kingston: To be determined. Copyright: Unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Moving images: Copyright expired. There are no donor restrictions on reproduction.

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