A view of Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan at night; there is snow on the ground and there are lights strung up over the street and a Christmas tree is set up in the middle of the intersection. The two closest buildings have signs which read "Savoy Cafe" and "Canada Hotel"
File contains photographs of interior and exterior of XL Confectionary, along with photos of staff helping customers making with their purchases. Items sub-numbered 3 and 11 were published.
This subseries contains original and photocopied documents from other series and additional notes used in writing Diefenbaker’s memoirs. There is also apparently routine material from the late 1970s which was filed with the memoirs series. Files E/1 - E/63 were arranged by the research staff in the alpha-numeric system used by the Prime Minister’s office. Files E/64 - E/219 were similarly arranged, but do not exactly conform to the PMO filing system. Files E/220 - E/222 contain documents on defence which were pulled and arranged chronologically by Gerald Haslam in 1968. Files E/223 - E/233 were labelled in the hand of Archie McQueen, Diefenbaker’s assistant at the time Diefenbaker’s death.
This subseries contains summaries and photocopies of documents compiled by research assistants, staff at the Public Archives, and others for use in writing Diefenbaker’s memoirs.
This subseries contains correspondence, notes, and drafts for Burton Richardson’s Those Things We Treasure, and a selection of Diefenbaker’s speech notes.
This subseries contains correspondence about publishing John Diefenbaker’s memoirs. It includes correspondence with publishers, possible biographers, and Diefenbaker’s assistants and friends.
This series contains those files which appeared to have been removed from their original order or created specifically for use in writing John Diefenbaker’s memoirs. It also contains correspondence about the memoirs project, notes, and drafts of the memoirs, One Canada. There are notes and annotations in Diefenbaker’s hand throughout this series.
This series contains correspondence (1962-1964) regarding Dean Leddy's participation on the National Selection Committee of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in 1962-1963 and 1963-1964, visits to the University of Saskatchewan by representatives of the Foundation and selection of a University of Saskatchewan faculty representative.
This series contains reference material collected by John Diefenbaker and his staff from 1940, when he was elected to Parliament, to 1957, when he became Prime Minister. A wide range of political and social subjects, both Canadian and international, are present.