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Photographs of a younger 'Punch' Dickins, his family and friends.

Ontario Science Centre envelope labelled "Keep, CHD Personal Pictures 1930, 1937 + later" containing:
b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print, portrait of CHD in parka, caption on reverse reads "Punch Dickins, Caribou skin parka, winter 1930" [has negative]
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, group portrait of 4 men seated in front of drapes, CHD second from right, caption on reverse reads "Phil Garratt, CHD, Tom Williams, Len Tripp, about 1958 or... 1974 – all members of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame"
b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm print, portrait of CHD, caption on reverse reads "Wpg 1937"
b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm print, portrait of CHD, caption on reverse reads "Wpg 1937" [duplicate of above]
b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm print, portrait of CHD, caption on reverse reads "Wpg 1937" [duplicate of above, with more yellow tones]

colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of CHD receiving Order of Canada from Governor General Michener, caption on reverse reads "Govt House - Ottawa April 1968. Order of Canada investiture Gov. Gen. Michener."

Envelope labelled "WWI Flyers - reunion pics", containing b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, large group portrait on tarmac, 3 aircraft in background, caption reads "Ottawa April 1972 WWI Flyers Re Union -"

b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, portrait of CHD and Maxwell Ward wearing Order of Icarus medals, in front of American flag

Photo album capturing the personal life of 'Punch' Dickins.

Photographs of individuals and planes sent to 'Punch' Dickins by other individuals.

Envelope addressed to CH Dickins, labelled "Photos from Ted Nagle, Dawson Landing, Great Slave Lake, March 1929", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of seaplane aircraft at shore with men tending, caption reads "South End, Reindeer Lake, Man. September 28-1928. Taken by Ted Nagle. RCAF "Viking" Supply aircraft for Vedette on aerial survey. Reindeer Lake, Man., F/O Kelly pilot"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of seaplane aircraft in motion on water, registration ZM, caption reads "Z.M. taking off. September 28-1928, South End, Reindeer Lake. Taken by Ted Nagle C.M.&S. R.C.A.F First aerial Survey Reindeer Lake, Man. from Fort South End. Fl Lt Apps- F/O W. Gilbert"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of seaplane aircraft just above water, registration WS, caption reads "W.S. Taking off. September 28-1928 Reindeer Lake South End. Taken by Ted Nagle"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of men tending to seaplane aircraft at shore, caption reads "Reindeer Lake South End. Sept. 28-1928, Taken by Ted Nagle. Bill W.[J]. Dean in foreground. Later one of CM&S.Co Pilots"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of seaplane aircraft at shore, registration ZM, caption reads "Z.M. South End Reindeer Lake. September 28-1928" -- print has been cut down from original

Envelope from Elvie Smith addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Punch Dickins, containing:
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of aircraft on tarmac, registration C-GMOY, caption on reverse reads "1. Our Baron on the tarmac at Sondre Stromfjord on W coast of Greenland, Aug '94"
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of nose of aircraft and airport tarmac, caption on reverse reads "2. Rekyjavik – on a pretty day"
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of aerial view of island surrounded by ocean, caption on reverse reads "3. This is the island that came out of the sea in 1963. It's already all covered with greenery. They say the volcanic material has a lot of nutrients in it – and that the birds bring the seeds."
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print taken from aircraft with hilly, green terrain below, caption on reverse reads "The south coast of Iceland. Further inland it's totally arid."
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print showing buildings in valley alongside a river, caption on reverse reads "5. The Faroe Island [sic] are beautiful – note the lovely "Irish" greens"
colour ; 15 cm x 10 cm print of red buildings with living roofs, caption on reverse reads "6. Grass covered roofs are again appearing in Torshavn (capital of the Faroes)"
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of rocky hill with group of muskoxen resting, caption on reverse reads "7. Muskox near the airport at Sondre-Strom"
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of rocky terrain and backdrop of mountains, caption on reverse reads "8. We went hiking around Sondre-Strom – pretty and rugged country!"
colour ; 10 cm x 15 cm of icebergs in ocean, caption on reverse reads "9. An ice-berg off the coast near Pangnirtung – we had stopped here on our way home to show a real arctic community to our friends [the Woolings?]. About 80' high and 300' long – and 90% is under-water."

Dominion Securities envelope labelled "Photos, old aircraft, HS2 [L?] Fairchild 71, [??], etc Fairchild 51", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of aircraft in deep snow, National Aviation Museum stamp on verso
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of Laurentide Air Service seaplane on dry-dock with man working on engine, registration G-CAEB, National Aviation Museum stamp on verso
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of Western Canada Airways Ltd. Winnipeg aircraft in field, registration G-CAID, automobile in distance [left], caption reads "Fairchild FC-2 - Wright J5-200 hp engine, Regina airport? 1928 on experimental prairie air mail. "Razorback" cruise 85 mph" [print is damaged]
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of 4 men with dog team in front of aircraft in the snow, registration G-CATL, caption reads "Fairchild FC2W2 G-CAGL [sic]", National Aviation Museum stamp on verso
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of Laurentide Air Service seaplane at shore with two men aboard, registration [G-CADU?]
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited Royal Mail biplane, registration C[F?-??], National Aviation Museum stamp on verso
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of Laurentide Air Service seaplane at dock with 5 men aboard and one man on dock, registration [G-CACX?]

b&w ; 17 cm x 25 cm print, photograph of ski-equipped aircraft with men and bags of air mail in foreground, captions on reverse read "mail by plane[?], winter 1930-31" and "Bellanca GH-300"
b&w ; 16 cm x 25 cm print, photograph of ski-equipped aircraft on snowy landscape with dog sled team in foreground, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Bellanca Pacemaker – 1930 bush plane, CH Dickins"

National Trust envelope labelled "Prints, Junkers ARM JU52-I-M, R.R.", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited aircraft on floats next to dock, caption reads "Junkers JU52-IM- "flying Box Car" - 1930-35, Dock as Jason Mine Patricia District, Ont"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of a small crane loading/retrieving an object on/from a Canadian Airways Limited Junkers aircraft on floats.
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited aircraft CF-ARM on floats next to dock
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited aircraft CF-ARM and another Canadian Airways Limited aircraft, both on floats, next to dock with 4 men on dock about the wings of the aircraft
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited aircraft CF-ARM on floats next to dock, with small river boat 'Hexacon' next to dock alongside small barges. Men work on both the boats and the dock.
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways limited aircraft CF-ARM next to another Canadian Airways Limited aircraft
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Canadian Airways Limited aircraft CF-AQW next to aircraft CF-ARM, both on floats at dock, caption reads "Junkers ARM JU52-I.M. & Junkers W34 at dock"

b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, at dock, caption reads "2 floats upright on Junkers, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, at dock, caption reads "2 floats on Junkers upside down, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, in motion on water, registration CF-ARI

sepia ; 18 cm x 23 cm print, aerial photograph of Fort Smith, detailing buildings and road, low altitude, caption reads "Fort Smith NWT 1927"
sepia ; 18 cm x 23 cm print, aerial photograph of Fort Smith, detailing landscape, shoreline, buildings and roads, low altitude, caption reads "Fort Smith N.W.T. looking NW"
sepia ; 18 cm x 23 cm print, aerial photograph of Fort Smith, detailing shoreline and boats, low altitude
sepia ; 18 cm x 23 cm print, aerial photograph of Fort Smith, detailing landscape, shoreline, buildings and roads, low altitude, caption reads "Fort Smith NWT looking N.W."
sepia ; 18 cm x 23 cm print, aerial photograph of Fort Smith, detailing buildings and road, low altitude

[Series of 4 Resolution Island Aerial prints]:
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, aerial photograph of Resolution Island, depicting snow-covered landscape and airstrip [circled], caption reads "Airstrip at Resolution Is., viewed downhill from the west. Road on the right leads to the Module", date on verso Feb 1961
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, aerial photograph of Resolution Island, depicting snow-covered landscape and coastline as well as 'module' and airstrip [circled], caption reads "Resolution Is. Module and Airstrip (circled), viewed from the east."
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, aerial photograph of Resolution Island, depicting snow-covered landscape and airstrip, caption reads "Airstrip viewed to the west, (uphill), during an approach from the east."
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, aerial photograph of Resolution Island, depicting snow-covered landscape, airstrip [marked 1300 ft in length], caption reads "Airstrip at Resolution Is. From the North Road on south end leads up to the Module."

Yellow Kodak 'your colour prints' envelope labelled "EPA Forest fire, Resolution Island, Sandy Lake Nfld, Book Material", containing:
colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of two floatplanes near a rocky shore, with caption "Sandy Lake Newfoundland"
colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, aerial shot of forest fire along coastline, with caption "Forest fire, Typical"
colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, aerial shot of radar facility on rocky, snow-covered terrain, with caption "Resolution Island Radar station, 1300ft strip"
colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of facility as above from different angle showing sea in background, with caption "Resolution Island, D.E.W. Base radar, 1300ft landing strip"

Letter from Donald F. Parrott to Connie Dickins re. I married a bush pilot, Oct. 27, 1986

Correspondence (5 letters) between Dickins and Ellen Lupu of Reader's Digest Magazine ca. June-July 1989

Correspondence (5 letters) between Dickins and Bill Peppler of COPA (Canadian Owners & Pilots Association) and Lynn Wilson of Canadian Flight Publishing Corporation, ca. November-December 1989

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer folded card, similar to above (loose).

Social Insurance Number card (official duplicate). Issued to Dickins.

Various books about 'Punch' Dickins.

Valuation day prices of publicly traded shares, December 22, 1971 = Prix au jour l'évaluation des actions émis dans le public, 22 décembre 1971.

The Communicator. Vol. 6, no. 1 (Nov. 1981) issue.

The CAHS journal. Vol. 21, no. 2 (summer 1983) issue.

The B.C.I. collection. 1988 or 1989 edition.

Western Canada Aviation Museum aviation review. Vol. 15, no. 3 (Sept. 1989) issue.

Dominion Securities envelope labelled "Keep, Bob Porritt, pics etc", containing:
"From the Northern Scrapbook of Bobby Porritt" sheet [appears to be designed to be folded and used as Christmas greeting card by Porritt], depicts "first commercial & airmail flight north of 60"
Photocopy of "From the Northern Scrapbook of Bobby Porritt" sheet, depicting various northern scenes involving mail delivery

Pages from The Cominico magazine (Dec. 1950 issue), including article "The goose is an awkward bird" by Ted Nagle on p.18-19, with handwritten annotations

Envelopes and stamps commemorating Canadian aviators and aviation history.

Small envelope labelled "CHD & Constance, Constance dupl. S.I. Card, CHD Duplicate of S.I. Card, CHD Cert. Of Confirmation, Note of plot # Edm cemetery where mother & father buried", contains:
Folded note with typed text "Edmonton Cemetry [sic]. Grave 9. Sub Sec. 1. or I. Block 48." and handwritten "Ambrose Dickins, Jessie Dickins, Father & mother of Punch Dickins"

Western Canada Lottery Foundation envelope labelled "McKenzie [sic] R etc, negatives, Mis-places, Steam boats on River, Good - Keep" [contents unrelated], containing errata list for an unknown publication with note: "CHD, My copy, Keep"

13 empty envelopes, previously used by Dickins to house photographs and other materials - writing on envelopes may provide additional information on items housed elsewhere:
"negs & prints Collingwood children with Dorothy Collingwood (cousin) 1918 Putney - London Eng"
"McK. Riv District Prints - Mis Winter to sort, Keep"
"C.H.D. personal - photos Cdn P.&.W. group at Greenfield Village near Detroit. Ford Motor Co. hosts - 1938, Wop May, Hollick Kenyon"
"Prints, People and Family - Parents - etc. 1916 to 1936 Keep"
"Winter, McKenzie [sic] River, First flight north to Resolution - Simpson - aircraft & prop damage at Ft Resolution on southbound flight from Simpson, Jan 1929"
"Grt Bear Lake, July 1980 & 1930"
"McKenzie [sic] River, Prints of Aklavik - 1929, Ft Smith 1927, Ft. Providence - 1929, & at McMurray Jan/29. First flight to Simpson, Resolution etc, Prop damage etc. 1929. Parmenter, [Lundy?], Reilly, Dickins Jan 1929"
"Great Bear Lake, etc, Eldorado prints & McKenzie [sic] River"
"Prints, McKenzie [sic] River, First flights Summer 1929, Aklavik etc."
"Negatives, McKenzie [sic] River & Bear Lake etc. 1929-30, 1928 McAlpine trip, Coppermine, Aklavik etc Keep"
"Various North Prints, Wasson, Simmonds, etc. Coppermine & Eldorado"
"Mostly McKenzie [sic] River & Northern Canada Keep, Book material"
"Negatives, McKenzie [sic] River, Gt Bear Lake & North, Keep"

Typed partial inventory of photographs and other materials

Envelope labelled "McAlpine trip, incl - pic at Sherritt Gordon [mine], 1928", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print, portrait of Aboriginal woman with infant on shoreline, aircraft wing in foreground, caption reads "Eskimos, 1928 Baker Lake
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print of CHD with dogs, caption reads "Baker Lake, 1928, Punch McAlpine trip"
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print of two men with dogs in front of building, caption reads "At Baker Lake, 1928"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings, treed landscape, and lakes, caption reads "Sherritt Gordon 1928"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, group portrait of 6 miners, caption reads "1928 Sherritt Gordon"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, group portrait of 6 miners next to building, caption reads "Mac Alpine + Pearce at Sherrit Gordon mine, Gold Lake - Man. Sept 1928
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of buildings and landscape, caption reads "sherritt looking west"

Envelope labelled "1928 Prints - Pics not used for Book, MacAlpine - Trip 1928", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, group portrait of 5 men standing under aircraft wing, caption reads "Arrival at Cold Lake (now Sheridon) after 3500 mile flight around Hud. Bay & Barren lands to [First night?] return Col MacAlpine - mec. W Nadin - (local mgr trading post) - CHD - Richard Pearse - Sept 1928"
Copy of above print - caption reads "Col McAlpine, Bill Nadin local trader, CHD, Dick Pear[s]e - Cold Lake - Man. Sept 1928, (Sherritt Gordon)"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm copy of above prints
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph [?] of landscape and lake, caption reads "Barrens 1928"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of CHD standing out of cockpit of aircraft on floats, registration G-CASN, caption reads "CH Dickins, first plane at goldfields - Lake Athabasca 1929, near Uranium City."
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print, portrait of man in hat next to tail of aircraft, registration [G-CAS]K, caption reads "Jim Cornwall King of the Peace, 1928, Peace River Jim"
b&w ; 13 cm x 8 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "Col. "Peace River" Jim Cornwall at the plane on Slave River - Sept 5 1928, CH Dickins"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, caption reads "1928-29 Barren lands from the cockpit, 12/12"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of 4 men sitting on a log, caption reads "MacAlpine Party, Sept 1928, on Slave River, L to R MacAlpine, Dickins, Pearce, [?? Rest illegible]

Envelope labelled "1 Print Barren lands", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, caption reads "Barren Lands McAlpine Search, October - 1929" [another print appears in 7-168]

Envelope labelled "First mail flight from Edmonton Fort Simpson via Fort McMurray - Chipewyan - Fort Smith - Fort Resolution - Hay River Fort Providence - Fort Simpson - on the McKenzie [sic] River - Jan 1929", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of men, sleds, and dog teams next to aircraft in snow, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Fort Resolution, Resolution 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of men next to aircraft, one standing out of cockpit, caption reads "Getting started - after over night temperature of -56˚F - below zero. CHD in cockpit with top section of engine cover. Crew man mechanic on ground with lower section" [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of dog team pulling man and sled from aircraft, caption reads "On the river Fort Simpson Jan 1929" [other prints appear in 6-140] [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of people around aircraft in the snow, mail bags beside, one man stands out of cockpit, caption reads "Fort Resolution NWT, Jan 25th 1929 first flight with mail. [Insp. Reilly]"

Envelope labelled "1929 Summer operations on the McKenzie [sic] River. -", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people on shore next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, and sternwheel paddle steamer, caption reads "The new and the old - my plane & S.S. Distributor at Fort Good Hope, N.W.T. June 1929 - McKenzie [sic] River" [another print appears in 6-135]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man standing out of cockpit of aircraft on water, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Great Bear Lake [Dease?] Point, July 1929" [another print appears in 7-160]

b&w ; 16 cm x 25 cm print of crowd of people on shoreline next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "First commercial aeroplane in service on McKenzie [sic] River at Providence N.W.T. 1929, CH Dickins"

Envelope labelled "Northern Scenes, Blizzard at Ft Norman, Winter Feb March 1929", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 2 men in parkas, one on snowshoes, walking toward an aircraft, caption reads "Digging out after Storm Fort Norman, March NWT, 1930, 3 day blow, N W wind to 60 mph"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of two aircraft in the snow, registration G-CASM and unknown, caption reads "Winter blizzard Ft Norman - NWT McKenzie River - airplane skiis [sic] drifted over - anchored planes in the 60 mph wind. -38˚F below zero" [another print appears in 6-142] [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, group portrait of 7 men standing in front of aircraft, caption reads "Just before take off from Ft Norman for Coppermine on the Arctic coast - Jan 1930 - CH Dickins pilot - 2nd from left, caribou skin parka"

Government of Canada envelope labelled "Great Bear Lake", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of 2 aircraft at shore next to tent and cache, registration [LtoR] G-CASM, G-CASN, caption reads "machines moored in Sloan River, Hunter Bay, Bear Lake - Summer 1930 - (5 in picture) 3 far down river" [another print appears in 7-155]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of 6 aircraft on shoreline, buildings on waterfront in background, caption reads "Planes at Great Bear Lake 1931, Cameron Bay, CH Dickins"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of aircraft on the water with man [likely CHD] standing out of cockpit, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Great Bear Lake, July 1930 Hunter Bay Sloan River, Drifting to shore" [has negative]

Mitchell Photo Supply envelope labelled "Cameron bay, Contact Lake, Sloan river, Great Bear Lake N.W.T.", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of men sitting on hill, lake and landscape in background, caption reads "Country around Bear Lake, Contact Lake"
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, group portrait of 12 men outside mine entrance, caption reads "B.E.A.R - Contact Lake"
b&w ; 10 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 15 men outside mine entrance, caption reads "Mining at Bear Lake, group of visitors at Contact L. Mine B.E.A.R., 1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of men loading barrel into aircraft at dock, registration CF-AAO, caption reads "Bear Lake - Cameron Bay, Fairchild 71, 12/12 1933"
b&w ; 11 cm x 16 cm print of inlet and landscape, caption on front reads "Echo Bay - Great Bear Lake.", dedication on reverse reads "Wishing you The seasons best, J.[S?] Byrne, Hailey [??]"
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print, aerial photograph of aircraft in flight, registration G-CASP, caption reads "Between Ft Rae and Grt Bear Lake 1931"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 5 people outside of tent with dog team in snow
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of buildings on waterfront and boat at dock, caption reads "Hunter Bay, D[??] Bay, Gt Bear Lake 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of 2 aircraft at shore next to tent and cache, registration [LtoR] G-CASM, G-CASN, caption reads "Sloan River Great Bear Lake Summer 1930" [another print appears in 6-152]

Dominion Securities envelope labelled "Miscel North. McK. Dist. Summer "Distributor" Keep", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats next to shore, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Slave Lake 1931"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of water and landscape, caption reads "Great Slave Lake, 1930"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement and landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, Copy of above, darker exposure
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of man standing next to aircraft on floats at riverbank, registration G-CASM, caption reads "?"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft on the water, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Western Canada Airways plane leaving Ft. Smith N.W.T."
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of cliffs along river, caption reads "Ramparts"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two aircraft on floats, boats, and men at riverbank, registration G-CASM and G-CAGD
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of sternwheel paddle steamer on river, smaller boat in foreground, caption reads ""Distributor""
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of sternwheel paddle steamer Distributor at dock, tenders in foreground, caption reads "HBC "Distributor""
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of man next to large catch of fish on shore
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of river and landscape, aircraft wing in right foreground
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, caption reads "Snow patches"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 men posing on riverbank next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "L to R, Lew Parmenter, ? not known, Col. Jim K. Cornwall" [another print appears in 8-190]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings on small rocky islands, caption reads "Fort Rae? 1930"
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of CHD standing next to aircraft on riverbank, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of shoreline and mountains behind, water in foreground [another print appears in 6-151]
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of group of men sitting near buildings at waterfront [another print appears in 6-143]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement along shoreline, caption reads "Resolution NWT"

Envelope labelled "Upper Hay River Post, & 2 Fort Rae, Indians etc, 1933.", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of fenced garden in foreground, waterfront in background with floatplane near shore, caption reads "Ft Rae NWT 1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man standing next to barrels in foreground [out of focus], houses on waterfront, caption reads "Ft Rae NWT 1932"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of men seated together; 4 Aboriginal, one Caucasian who wears a habit
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of tipis next to river in the distance
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of settlement next to river
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of small building next to river, caption reads "Fort Nelson BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Fort Nelson BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two Aboriginal men standing next to riverbank, aircraft wing barely visible below
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 men posing for photograph in front of aircraft on floats, one man in background works on aircraft

Envelope labelled "Cameron Bay Picnics & Persons, Prints", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of large group of people standing on hill, another group sitting in the foreground
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of people next to cabin, aircraft, and canoes on shoreline, caption reads "2 for CHD"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Clennell Dickins and 3 other men sitting amongst brush, caption reads "L CHD, McMullin, ?, W. Hale R"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of group of men marching and following a bag piper
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of group of men on shoreline awaiting arrival of aircraft on floats
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of large group of men amongst trees and log cabins, caption reads "Bear Lake Picnic, 1933?"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of men standing on shore looking at 3 aircraft, registration (for centre aircraft) UW, caption reads "Bear Lake 1932, Cameron Bay, RCAF Fairchild"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of canoe at shore in foreground, 6 aircraft at shore in background, caption reads "Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake Summer 1932, cargo planes"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, group portrait of 10 men, caption reads "1933, Eldorado Mine baseball team, Great Bear Lake Picnic" [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of large group of men standing amongst log cabins
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of two men smoking and unloading box of cigarettes from aircraft, caption reads "Bill Tall? Cdn Airways mec. Gerry Murphy "Murphy Service". Unloading at Cameron Bay, 1932" [similar image appears in 8-190]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of 7 men in a canoe, caption reads "John Michaels - Walter Hale - Bear Lake 1932"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of men standing near shore and cabins, aircraft in the background, registration [?]-CARE, [?]-CAS[?] -- some staining on print
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of log cabins, caption reads "Cameron Bay? About 1933"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings on shoreline, caption reads "Cameron Bay, 1932-33, Great Bear Lake"

Envelope labelled "Mis. Prints of McK [sic] R - Falls on River in Barrens Summer, Barrens - Winter etc." contains:
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print, aerial photograph of river and landscape, caption reads "more falls on river in Barrens"
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print, aerial photograph of lake, caption reads "Reliance"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, aerial photograph of river, caption reads "Falls on River near Barrens"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, aerial photograph of small buildings next to river, front caption reads "Dease Bay", reverse caption reads "Sloan River"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, aerial photograph of river and waterfall, caption reads "2nd falls on River in Barrens"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape [another print appears in 7-165]
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of lakes and landscape [another print appears in 7-165]
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of lake amongst barren landscape [another print appears in 7-165]
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape [another print appears in 6-129]

Envelope labelled S.S. D.A. Thomas & other prints, Keep", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of the side of a small church
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of small church next to dwellings [another print appears in 7-165]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of structure next to riverbank
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of structure from above photographs, from different angle
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of coastline
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of river
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, rear of sternwheel paddle steamer D.A. Thomas, caption reads "Peace River?"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, front of sternwheel paddle steamer D.A. Thomas, caption reads "Peace River?"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above

AE AMES envelope labelled "Ft. McMurray, prints 1929, various North, Keep", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 6 men on dock next to aircraft, one holds an infant, aircraft registration G-C[??], caption reads "Parmenter R, [?], Dickins, Skeel, [?] At McMurray", corner of print is damaged
b&w ; 20 cm x 25 cm print, group portrait of 4 men, CHD on right, caption reads "L to R, Lew Parmenter WCA, Fred Lundy WCA, Tom Reilly P.O. Inspector, CHD, Jan 1929 at McMurray"
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of CHD standing on float of aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Engine check completed - Fokker Super S[M]. Ft. McMurray May 1929, CH (Punch) Dickins, on float"

Envelope labelled "Fort McMurray, 1 print of planes at Fitzgerald", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 5 aircraft on a snowy field two in distance, 3 in foreground, registration [L to R] CF-AI[?], CF-AAL, caption reads "Winter 1933-1934"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of 5 aircraft in a snowy field, registration [L to R] CF-AX[?], CF-ARI, CF-AAL, caption reads "McMurray Winter 1935-1936"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of CHD standing out of cockpit in aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Ft. McMurray Summer 29. May 25"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of 3[?] aircraft on snowy field, registration [L to R] CF-AAN, CF-AFL, caption reads "McMurray. Winter 31-32"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on skis in a snowy field, tarp covers engine, registration G-CASQ, caption reads "Heating up preparing to start engine"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "McMurray May 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of aircraft landing[?] in river, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of aircraft approaching river
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of man on top of aircraft cockpit/engine, at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "McMurray"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft taking off from river, registration G-CAS[M], caption reads "McMurray Take Off"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people standing on shore next to aircraft, caption reads "Bellanca CH 300"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of front of aircraft at shoreline, taken from water, caption reads "Junkers W 34"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people looking at aircraft next to dock, CHD in cockpit and man entering door of aircraft, registration G-CASM [another print appears in 8-172]
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 2 aircraft in snowy field, group of people standing next to one, buildings in background, registration of other plane is CF-AAL
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 3 aircraft at snowy field, one aircraft with nose in building, registration [L to R] CF-AAL, CF-A[RI?]
sepia ; 7 cm x 9 cm print of CHD loading cargo into automobile bed
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on pontoons in the water, registration CF-BAM, caption reads "Norseman seaplane 1936-37"
b&w ; 11 cm x 17 cm print, group portrait of 13 men under aircraft wing, one holds a husky dog, caption reads "McMurray, 1933? 34?"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people next to aircraft in snowy field -- damage to bottom right corner of print
b&w ; 11 cm x 17 cm print of 3 aircraft on snow-covered river, riverboat on waterfront in background, caption reads "March 1932, Fitzgerald RCAF Bellancas"
b&w ; 11 cm x 16 cm print of 3 aircraft on snow-covered river, registration G-CASL, caption reads "Fitzgerald March 1932"
Empty envelope labelled "Ft McMurray, 1929-30-35 etc"

Envelope labelled "Keep for album, Miscellaneous Pictures, De Havilland - Canada", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, group portrait of 10 men in front of aircraft outside hangar, caption reads "Doug Bader [??] June 1947. C. Hughes, C D Fairweather, CHD, B. Robnett, Hunter, Bader, Bannock, Sellers, Jones, Garratt", notation indicates Hughes, Fairweather and Robnett from Shell Oil
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of 5 men looking at aircraft engine [CHD right], caption reads "Toronto first flight Beaver", date-stamped Aug 19 1947
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, group portrait of 6 men [CHD 3rd from left] in front of building, caption reads "June 1949"

Quebecair envelope labelled "De Havilland, U.K., group pctres. of overseas managers + Sales Directors, Hatfield, etc. 1947" contains:
b&w ; 16 cm x 21 cm print, group portrait of 11 men in front of Airspeed Ambassador aircraft [another print appears in 8-188]
b&w ; 16 cm x 21 cm print, photograph of men (incl. CHD) gathered in front of Airspeed Ambassador aircraft, caption on reverse reads "at Airspeed factory, 1947"
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, photograph of men (incl. CHD) gathered in front of Airspeed Ambassador aircraft, caption on reverse reads "Airspeed factory"
b&w ; 16 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of 5 men near building and parked cars, caption on reverse reads "Garratt, Dickins, Dyment - TCA, Bishop, Lucas at De H Hatfield, Herts. U.K. 1947"
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, portrait of 7 men outside De Havilland Aircraft Company building, caption on reverse reads "Hatfield, Herts., U.K. 1947. CHD, ?, Rod Douglas, Thom, Byrne?, Hearle, Garratt" [a similar image appears in 8-188]
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, portrait of 6 men standing outside Great Nast Hyde House, caption on reverse reads "'Nast Hyde' Hatfield, Herts., U.K. L to R, Wilkins – De H, CHD, Dr. J. Green – [Cdn Govt?], Grp Capt Peter [Garvin? O'Brian?] - RCAF, John Corbie [sic] – De H, Phil Garratt. 1947, #1."
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, portrait of 6 men standing outside Great Nast Nyde House, caption on reverse reads "#2, Same as #1."

Granite Club Limited Envelope labelled "De Havilland U.K. Sir G. - Kennedy - Lucas - etc" contains:
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "CS Thom"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "HG Rice"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "A.S. Kennedy"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "WD Hunter"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "Burke[?]"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "J Davison"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "PG Lucas"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "F.E.N. St. Barbe"
b&w ; 26 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of a man, caption reads "Sir G. de Havilland #65 Neg 5414 (DHC)"
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, group portrait of 12 men standing next to Airspeed Ambassador aircraft, caption reads "Radlett England Sept 9 / 1947" - print is damaged [another print appears in 8-187]
b&w ; 20 cm x 16 cm print, group portrait of 4 men [CHD 2nd from right], caption reads "Sept - 1949 Hatfield Eng ( Air Cdre [Commodore] Brian Air Cdre Hurley ) RCAF"
b&w ; 13 cm x 19 cm print, photograph of 2 men talking, caption reads "[P?]C Garratt, Doug Bader, 2 artificial legs. R.A.F. Ace at Toronto. June 1947. Flew Chipmunk."
b&w ; 13 cm x 19 cm print, photograph of 2 men talking as one steps into cockpit, caption reads "Doug Bader, legless RAF veteran. Flying chipmunk. June 1947"
b&w ; 16 cm x 22 cm print, group portrait of 11 men standing in front of Airspeed Ambassador Aircraft, caption reads "Badlett England Sept. 9th 1947. Thom, Jardine, Blomberg, R. Walker, St. Barbe, Garratt, Marshall, Crosbie, Dickins, Lucas, Kerr"
b&w ; 16 cm x 21 cm print, group portrait of 7 men in front of de Havilland building, caption reads "Hatfield England Sept - 1947." [a similar image appears in 8-187]
b&w ; 16 cm x 21 cm print, portrait of 2 men speaking in front of aircraft, caption reads "Kerr (New Zealand) Peter De Havilland, Hatfield England Sept. 1947."
b&w ; 21 cm x 16 cm print, group portrait of 5 men standing in front of building [CHD on left], caption reads "Hatfield Sept 19[55?]"
b&w ; 20 cm x 16 cm print, group portrait of 8 men standing in front of building entrance, caption reads "Sept 1949,C.D Turner - Asst GM. Quantas, CC Walker - Mayor Halford - Sir Hudson Fysk - [Chair?] Quantas. Air Cdre Hurley - R.C.A.F., Hatfield Eng"

Ashley & Crippen Photographers envelope labelled "Book Materials, Miscellaneous, Keep, Personalities. - AITA mtgs etc - CHD, W34 Junkers, Oaks, Greenaway, Heaslip, Garratt, CHD, Sawle - etc etc" contains:
b&w ; 20 cm x 25 cm print, group portrait of 6 men including CHD seated holding piece of paper, captions on reverse read "L to R. Unknown, Reg [Mari??], Jack Baird, North Sawle, Tim Sims, CHD" and "1946, Bristol Freighter arrives Montreal from U.K."
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, group portrait of 4 men, caption reads "Cdn Avn Hist Soc meeting Jan 21/64 Toronto, R to Left, Doc Oaks – WCA + N.A.M.E., Jack Dillon – O.P.A.S., CHD – WCA, Alex Milne – [illeg.] Ex RCAF etc."
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, photograph of 7 men seated at long table, caption reads "Royal Canadian Flying Club Assocn, Ottawa, Dinner, Jan - 1947. JA Wilson, Hec Dougal [sic], CHD, unknown, George Ross, Pat Reid, Leonard Apedaile"

Photographs from 'Punch' Dickins' time in the military.

Photocopy of five pages from Royal Air Force 1918 / edited by Christopher Cole. Some text is underlined and copy of cover has handwritten by Dickins: "Keep - see references to 211 Sqdn."

b&w ; 11 cm x 6 cm negative of 3 men standing under wing of aircraft
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm negative of group under Fort Hearne sign

Envelope labelled "Copy Negatives, Coppermine, Summer 1929-1930", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting settlement along shoreline, seascape in background
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting group portrait of Aboriginal people standing on shoreline in front of the tail of an aircraft [also large print in 6-148]
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting group of people next to aircraft on pontoons at shoreline, fishing boat in distance

Photographic negatives partially matched to items in the archive.

Envelope labelled "Collingwood children 1919 London Eng, negs" and "2 negs & prints, Collingwood children & cousin Dorothy Collingwood near London Dec 1917 or Jan 1918", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative, portrait of woman with two children [print in 1-4]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative, portrait of two children

Negative envelope labelled "negatives keep Grannie Dickins, Con & Punch, 1926 or 27" containing:
b&w ; 5 cm x 8 cm film negative of Clennell Dickins, Connie Dickins, Granny Dickins in car, labelled "C H Dickins"
b&w ; 8 cm x 5 cm film negative of Connie Dickins in front of car
b&w ; 8 cm x 5 cm film negative of Clennell Dickins and Connie Dickins in front of car [print in 1-6]
b&w ; 8 cm x 5 cm film negative of Granny Dickins in front of car [print in 1-6]

Government of Canada envelope labelled "not identified, Negatives", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting group of men amongst canvas tents
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting Bellanca aircraft next to shore, registration CF-AKI
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting coastline
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative, aerial photograph depicting settlement on coast
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm film negative depicting group portrait of crowd of people standing in front of aircraft in a snowy field
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting dog team pulling man and sled from aircraft [print in 6-130]

Envelope labelled "B&W neg. at Jasper Sept 2 - 1927, 2 prints of neg", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 8 cm film negative depicting portrait of Clennell and Connie Dickins in front of a lake

Envelope labelled "MacAlpine trip 1928, 2 negatives of party on River Bank and at Cold Lake", contains:
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm negative of 5 men standing under aircraft wing
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm negative of 4 men sitting on log

Envelope labelled "Negatives First flight down McKenzie [sic], Winter, Jan 1929", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting group portrait of ten people in front of aircraft in snowy field, registration [G-CAS]N
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting group portrait of people in front of aircraft in snowy field, registration [G-CASN]

Canadian Business Service envelope labelled "Negatives, Family, Granny Dickins & John at Jasper, Summer 1929, Grannie Dickins & Constance & CHD Edmonton 1926", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 8 cm film negative depicting portrait of [Granny Dickins] standing and holding an infant child in front of a building
b&w ; 13 cm x 8 cm film negative depicting [Granny Dickins] seated on staircase in front of building with infant child in her lap

Dominion securities envelope labelled "Negatives, Family - Jasper 1927 & 77, Grannie Dickins", containing British Columbia Lung Association envelope labelled "Negatives, Jasper, color - Sept. 1927, Sept 1977", containing negative envelope labelled "Color neg - Jasper negs Sept 1977", containing 8 colour photographic negatives on two pieces of film, likely 126 format, depicting group portraits -- some damage

3 strips of 110 colour negative film, 11 images, depicting portraits and landscapes

Photographs, correspondence and miscellaneuos items chronicling the private life of 'Punch' Dickins.

colour ; 21 cm x 26 cm print (faded) of Dickins with the Governor General of Canada (Roland Michener) at Order of Canada ceremony, December 1968; housed in homemade cardboard sleeve captioned "O.C. Dec 1968, Faded pic of induction [??] Gov Gen Michener" [has negative; original negative may be at Library and Archives Canada]

Envelope labelled "Icarus Pics, Edmonton Oct 1972, Keep" contains:
colour ; 9 cm x 9 cm print, group portrait 9 elderly men at Order of Icarus award ceremony, caption reads "Edmonton Oct 1972"
colour ; 9 cm x 9 cm print of woman and man sitting at table
colour ; 10 cm x 13 cm print of CHD shaking hands with another man
colour ; 13 cm x 10 cm print, portrait of Raymond Munro
colour ; 10 cm x 12 cm print of CHD adjusting medal on collar of Donald Watson
colour ; 10 cm x 12 cm print of CHD and others at Order of Icarus award ceremony dinner table
colour ; 10 cm x 13 cm print of CHD and John Reilly holding an award parchment
colour ; 12 cm x 10 cm print, portrait of CHD with Order of Icarus medal, caption reads "1973, C.Dickins"
colour ; 12 cm x 10 cm print, portrait of Moretta F. Reilly with Order of Icarus medal

colour ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, group portrait of 18 people, including CHD, all but one wearing Order of Icarus medals

Small blank envelope labelled "Pics Keep - Sir Frank Whittle 1976 CHD - 1930", contains:
colour ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, group portrait of 4 older men, caption reads "Left - right, Mr Don Cruickshank - President Rolls-Royce Canada Ltd, Mr Jack Beauregard. V.P. Can Pratt & Whitney, Sir Frank Whittle Pioneer. Jet Engines, A Geo Parker Retired Aero Engineer-Engines, taken Oct 22/76 CASI meeting, Rolls-Royce Cafeteria, Lachine Que."

colour ; 20 cm x 26 cm print, photograph of CHD and wife next to Bush Pilots of Canada monument, caption on reverse reads "Yellowknife N.W.T. Sept 20 1979"

b&w ; 21 cm x 13 cm print of CHD [right] and Ted Nagle on airport tarmac in front of aircraft, caption reads "For Ted Nagle, From David Miller, News of the North. 1981 at "Lupin" mine NWT. Echo Bay Mines - aircraft."
Note: Print of photograph accompanying article "Old timers come north to celebrate Echo Bay's 50th". Was originally with items in 3-70.

colour ; 13 cm x 9 cm print, portrait of CHD and Tom Williams, trimmed and partially mounted on paper with caption "W W 1 Flyers Reunion May1981 CHD and Tom Williams, our oldest living member, at Govt House,Victoria,B.C.", caption on reverse reads "WW1 flyers reunion, May 1981. CHD, 82, + Tom Williams, 92, M.C. at Government House, Victoria, B.C."

Envelope labelled "1926, Earl Godfrey" containing b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, portrait of two men in front of, and on, aircraft at dock, caption on recto reads "A.E. Godfrey, 1st Trans-Canada Flight Sept 1926. Dalzell McKee standing on the wing, [AEG]" caption on verso reads "Earl Godfrey, in front of Douglas Seaplane, Trans Canada Flight 1926 (McKee on wing?)"

Envelope labelled "Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of Charles and Anne Lindbergh on the wing of their Lockheed Sirius aircraft ca. July 1931, caption on reverse reads "Charles & Ann [sic] Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik - photo from Walter Gilbert"
sepia ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, same as above, with caption "Charles & Ann [sic] Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik N.W.T. Canada. On seaplane flight to Japan - Photo by Walter Gilbert"

Envelope labelled "Picture of famous pilots taken at #2 A.O.S. Edmonton about 1944" containing b&w ; 10 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 9 men standing in front of aircraft, attached to typed list of the pilots' names (Farrel [sic], May, Reid, Winny, Berry, Jellison, Hollick-Kenyon, Gilbert, Patriarche) and notes on each [has negative]
b&w ; 20 cm x 25 cm print, group portrait of 9 men standing in front of aircraft (same as above), caption on reverse begins "Some of the original bush pilots, July 1944, Edmonton..." and lists all pilots' names (Farrell, May, Reid, Winny, Berry, Jellison, Hollick-Kenyon, Gilbert, Patriarche) and detailed notes on each [has negative]
Typed list "A meeting of famous bush pilots" with names of 9 pilots (Farrell, May, Reid, Winny, Berry, Jellison, Hollick-Kenyon, Gilbert, Patriarche) and other background information

b&w ; 20 cm x 26 cm print, photograph of docked seaplane with 5 persons in foreground, pontoon reads "Vancouver, Pacific Wings Ltd", caption on reverse reads "L to R, Walter Dinsdale – Min of Resources, pilot, Mrs Benidickson - daughter of James A Richardson, 1962"
Release from Canada Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, numbered 5345 and dated Thursday, September 13, 1962, titled "Veteran Junkers Aircraft To Land At RCAF Station Rockcliffe", describing the event in the above picture, with handwritten notes following

b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, portrait of 8 men standing with replica of Silver Dart aircraft, caption on reverse reads "CH Dickins, Victoria [illeg.], Edmonton 1966. L. to R. Westergaard, Forester, McMullen, Leigh Brintnell, ?, Stan McMillan, Jack Moar, Mike Finland"
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print, duplicate of above, caption on reverse reads "Group of WWI Flyers + Bush pilots, Edmonton – with replica of "Silver Dart" – probably 1960-1965. L to R – Westergaard, Forrester [sic], McMullen, Brintnell, unknown, McMillan, Moar, Finland"

Envelope labelled "Calgary, Scraps, Fred McCall, first Trans Canada Flight, Bowness - 1920", contains:
Cut fragment from a photo album featuring a mounted b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of a biplane aircraft, caption reads "Trans-Canada 'Plane, Aerodrome, Bowness, Sept. 1920, Calgary, Alta."
Cut fragment from a photo album featuring a b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print, group portrait of a man in aircraft cockpit with infant, and woman beside aircraft, caption reads "Capt. Fred McCall, Geraldine (Jerry) McCall, aerodrome, Bowness Calgary, Sept. 1920."

Envelope labelled "Mis Prints, Ted Nagle, Vedettes in North, 1929 & 1930, Pine Point, Ted Nagle, First prospectors to Yellowknife, April 1929", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of 3 men standing in snow drift next to aircraft, registration G-CAS[Q], caption reads "No 1. Punch Dickens [sic] landing first C.M. & S.Co. crew at Green Island six miles from mainland and trail to Pine Point. Left To R. Ted (E.H.) Nagle, Punch Dickens [sic] Pilot. C.A.S.Q., Geo Wallingford, (Bob Walton) - picture Taken by Bob Walton March 29-1929. This was the start of the present Pine Point operation."
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of canvas tent in snow, caption on front reads "Start of trail to [main camp?], our Lake camp P.P.", caption on reverse reads "2. Lake Tent at start of Trail to Pine Point Cabin, Ted Nagle March 1929, 17 miles to Pine Point cabin"
b&w ; 11 cm x 13 cm print of sleds in the snow in foreground, men near cabin in background, caption reads "3. Punch after you left Green Island dog teams arrived as arranged by Karl Murdoff. We went into the Pine Point cabin. The first CM & S Co (Cominco) Crew to arrive there to start what is today a great mining operation. Bob Walton (Engineer), Geo Wallingford - Foreman, Ted Nagle - in charge of operations. This cabin burned down a week later lost all our supplies - 2 went on snow shoes to "Rez" for supplies"
Photocopy of a document on Department of the Interior Topographical Survey of Canada letterhead, listing names of a flight crew, photographers, and surveyors, signed Ted Nagle, dated September 28, 1928

Photographs of various types of airplanes.

b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, aerial photograph of Regina cityscape, caption reads "Regina? 1928? From Western Canada airways - plane on experimental prairie air mail - 1928"

Personal letters sent and received by 'Punch' Dickins.

Envelope labelled "CBC Program "Telescope" Fan Letters" contains 55 letters and cards sent to Dickins regarding an episode of the CBC television program 'Telescope' that featured the topic of Canadian Bush Pilots and featured CHD, first aired Feb. 8, 1972

Air Engineer's Certificate. Issued to Dickins by Canada Dept. of National Defence, Jan. 29, 1931.

Singing songs to the spirit : the history and culture of the Inuit, a heritage stamp collection = Un chant au Grand Esprit : l'histoire et la culture des Inuit, une collection de timbres consacrée au patrimoine / text and picture research, Michael Mitchell.

I married a bush pilot / Constance Dickins.

Arctic odyssey "to the land of the bush pilot" / by Ray and Roberta Lank.

The valour & the honour and the 35th anniversary celebration of the roll-out of the "Avro Arrow" CF 105.

de Havilland, you STOL my heart away / compiled by Bert Ellis.

Various journal articles about 'Punch' Dickins.

Canadian aviation. Vol. 61, no. 6A (June 1988) issue.

The journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society. Five issues: vol. 28, no. 3 (fall 1990), vol. 29, no. 3 (fall 1991), vol. 29, no. 4 (winter 1991), vol. 30, no. 2 (summer 1992), vol. 30, no. 4 (winter 1992).

Canadian art buyers guide. Sept./Oct. 1993 issue.

Photocopied sheet of 2 photos with typed captions: "Jan. 1927. Testing RCAF Siskin Fighter at Blatchford Field, Edmonton. L to R. Prof. Robb, U of A. Bert Haddow, C.H.D., Mayor Blatchford, W.F. Ferguson"; "November 1926. Edmonton Airfield, The only building at the field."

Kraft-paper folder labelled "Clippings - bush pilot + other items - historic" containing newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper clippings, photocopies of photographs, photocopies of reception programmes.

Photocopy of part of "The Barren Land trip" chapter from I married a bush pilot (p. 60-77).