Personal correspondence
6 photographs : b&w
Series consists of incoming and outgoing personal correspondence, 1935–1977 : JNH’s outgoing correspondence, n.d.,1935–1944, 1954, incoming/outgoing correspondence, n.d., 1941–1953, and incoming correspondence, n.d., 1941–1945, 1961–1964, 1977; Aileen Dunkeld/Harris’s incoming correspondence, n.d.,1942–1951; JNH’s family’s incoming correspondence, including letters from Aileen, 1938–1951; and incoming/outgoing correspondence re JNH’s writing and publishing. Correspondents are primarily JHN’s wife Aileen, his father and other family members, a British friend, Jean Reynolds, various other friends and colleagues, including poet George Benson Johnston,and RAF officials. Subjects include family/social matters, JNH’s activities in England, 1937–1942, including his experiences in the Royal Air Force; detention in a German Stalag, 1942–1945; and post-war employment seeking and writing in Canada.
- World War, 1939–1945 Prisoners and prisons German
- Prisoners of war Canada
- Prisoners of war Germany
BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
2011.01 | ||||
2011.01, Box 1 | ||||
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John Norman Harris—Outgoing | ||||
1 | 1 | Family | 1935-1942 | |
1 | 2 | Family | n.d., 1936-1939 | |
1 | 2 | Photograph : b&w | 1937 | P1 Royal Air Force plane in air |
1 | 3 | Various—Royal Air Force (RAF) telegrams | 1937-1942 | |
1 | 4 | Family | 1940 | |
1 | 5 | Aileen | 1941-1942 | |
1 | 6 | Aileen—From Stalag | 1942 | |
1 | 7 | Aileen—From Stalag | 1943 | |
1 | 8 | Aileen—From Stalag | 1944 | |
1 | 9 | Family—From Stalag | 1944 | |
1 | 10 | Aileen | 1954 | |
John Norman Harris—Incoming/Outgoing | ||||
1 | 11 | Family and others | n.d., 1941 | |
1 | 12 | Family and others | 1942 | |
1 | 13 | Family—To/From Stalag | 1942 | |
1 | 14 | Family and others—To/From Stalag | 1943 | |
1 | 15 | Aileen—To/From Stalag | 1945 | |
1 | 16 | Aileen | 1945 | |
1 | 17 | Aileen | 1945 | |
1 | 18 | Family and others | 1945-1953 | |
1 | 19 | George Johnston | 1953-1955 | |
John Norman Harris—Incoming | ||||
1 | 20 | Aileen | n.d., 1941-1942 | |
1 | 21 | Aileen—To Stalag | 1942 | |
1 | 22 | Aileen—To Stalag | 1943 | |
1 | 23 | Aileen—To Stalag | 1944 | |
1 | 24 | Family and others—To Stalag | 1944 | |
1 | 25 | Family—To Stalag | 1945 | |
1 | 26 | Congratulations for “(MacLean’s Best Short Story)” | 1950 | |
1 | 27 | Various | 1961-1964, 1977 | |
2011.01, Box 2 | ||||
Aileen Dunkeld/Harris—Incoming | ||||
2 | 1 | Various | n.d., 1942 | |
2 | 2 | Family | n.d., 1942, 1943 | |
2 | 3 | Various | 1943 | |
2 | 4 | Family | 1944-1947, 1951 | |
2 | 5 | Various | n.d., 1944-1946, 1949 | |
Family—Incoming (includes letters from Aileen) | ||||
2 | 6 | Family | 1938-1942 | |
2 | 6 | Photograph : b&w | March 1938 | P1 JNH in RAF uniform |
2 | 6 | Photograph : b&w | March 1938 | P2 JNH in plane with Mr. Reynolds |
2 | 6 | Photograph : b&w | February 1939 | P5 JNH with Reynolds children |
2 | 6 | Photographs : b&w | March 1938 | P3–4 JHN with Reynolds children |
2 | 7 | Family | 1942 | |
2 | 8 | Family | 1943-1947 | |
2 | 9 | Family | 1944-1951 | |
2011.13 | ||||
2011.13, Box 1 | ||||
John Norman Harris—Outgoing | ||||
1 | 1 | Grandmother | [ca. 1938] | |
1 | 2 | Grandmother - From Stalag | 1943 |