Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1939-1945 (Creation)
- 1924 - ? (Creation)
- 1920-1944-01-27 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 fonds box (Harold Kearl Fonds)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Donated to the Air Force Museum of Alberta 4 December, 2012 by Harold Kearl. Accessioned and organized in the year 2012 by Curator Alison Mercer.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Harold Kearl on 4 December, 2012.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of photographs and personal correspondence belonging to Harold Kearl and his brother, Elden Kearl, during their service in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Elden Kearl was pronounced KIA on 27 January, 1944. The collection covers the Second World War as well as Post-War funeral photographs and letters pertaining to Elden Kearl, Bomber Command reunion photographs from 1990, and journals written by Harold during his trips back overseas in the mid-1980s and 1990.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The Air Force Museum of Alberta Archives - Accession Number AF2012.038
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- The Air Force Museum of Alberta (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
11/08/2017
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Created by Assistant Curator Mara Garbutt, Summer 2016.