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Accession Number/Numéro D'accession PRF Aerospace Author Accession Number/Numéro d'accession PRF Aerospace Author/Auteur Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment Title/Titre AETE Handbook Date 20 November 1985 Extent/Étendue 1 cm Adminstrative History/Histoire administrative Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at Cold Lake, Alberta traces its origins through the Air Board - 1919, and the Aeronautical Engineering Establishment - 1946. During the Second World War and in subsequent years several other units were formed. They amalgamated in 1951 as the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment (CEPE). In 1971 CEPE was renamed as AETE. It provides aerospace flight test services, flight test expertise, and general engineering services for the Canadian Forces. Custodial History/Histoire de la conservation The booklet was passed from the unit to the DHH archives. It was transferred from the item database in July 1998. Scope and Content/Portée et contenue AETE booklet provides information on its history, role, organization, facilities and capabilities. Related Records/Records associés 91/218 AETE Project status report 79/82 AETE reports 1931-1969 80/116 AETE press scrapbook 1972-1977 73/1138 Consolidation of aerospace agencies Subjects/Sujets Airplanes - Testing Aerospace engineers - Canada Aeronautics, Military - Canada Aeronautics, Military - Research Accession Number/Numéro d'accession 86/397 Author/Auteur Allan, Catherine Title/Titre Catherine Allan fonds Date 1951 - 1986 Extent/Étendue 2.7 m of textual records (13 boxes) with an additional 7 cm of classified material Adminstrative History/Histoire administrative According to chapter one of the unpublished history of the Canadian Armed Forces' Communications and Electronics (C & E) Branch, military communications in Canada officially began in 1903 with the authority granted by the Department of Militia and Defence to organize a Signalling Corps in the Non-Permanent Active Militia. In 1913, the Canadian Signalling Corps was organized into Companies and Troops initially responsible only for visual signalling, with telephone and telegraphic communications remaining the domain of the Canadian Engineers. By 1919, however, the Canadian Signal Corps had assumed responsibility for all Army communications. Shortly after World War I, the Directorate of Signals was established to provide training to both regular and reserve forces. From the 1920s through World War II, Army signallers became involved in Air Force communications. Meanwhile, communications in the Royal Canadian Navy developed separately. In 1965, the strategic Navy, Air Force, and Army communications systems were integrated into a single Canadian Forces Communication System (CFCS). In 1970, the System was officially declared the Canadian Forces Communication Command (CFCC). Following the unification of the Forces in 1968, the Communications and Electronics (C & E) Branch of CFCC was officially formed, though it did not function as a professional group until 1971. The Branch included most, but not all, of the associated personnel in the former Services, with members from the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Technical List/ Telecommunications Branch. Some communicators remained in other Branches, including Naval Operations, Air Operations, Land Ordnance Engineering, and Logistics. Responsibility for the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics Engineering (CFSCEE) and L'Ecole Technique des Forces Canadiennes (ETFC) fell under Training Systems Headquarters (later Training Command). By the mid-1980s, the C & E Branch comprised approximately ten percent of the Canadian Armed Forces. Biography/Biographie Catherine Eleanor Allan was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick. She has a B.A. in History from Queen's University and an M.A. in War Studies from King's College, the University of London. Her work as a military historian includes a history of the establishment of Air Command (narrative and documentation held at the Directorate of History and Heritage), and various narratives on signals intelligence in the Second World War. She was Command Historian at Air Command in the summers of 1976 and 1977; and from 1983 to 1985, she was Communications and Electronics Branch Historian. She served in the Naval and Air Reserves, and has served in the Communications Reserves since 1977 in various command and staff positions. She was promoted to the rank of Colonel in October, 1995 and was Communication Reserve Advisor (Central). Custodial History/Histoire de la conservation These files were passed to the Directorate of History from 726 Communications Squadron in 1986. Scope and Content/Portée et contenue The Catherine Allan fonds consists of the material actively gathered by Catherine Allan to document the history of the Communications and Electronics Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. Many of the documents are copies of articles printed in CF communications trade journals (e.g. Intercom, C & E Newsletter, Sentinel). Related articles have been gathered and interspersed with primary documents (originals or copies) related to the file topics. Letters to Catherine Allan regarding her collection appear in various files, accompanied by notes on assorted CF communications units, projects, and significant events. The fonds also contain several communications-related Armed Forces publications, such as occupational analyses and project reports. The predominant topics of the Catherine Allan fonds include education and training, communications technology and research, officer classification, trades structures, personnel management, the unification of the forces, and women in the communications sector of the Canadian Armed Forces. Finding Aid/Aide de recherche Finding aids are located in the first box of the fonds (FA-1) and in the Finding Aids cabinet under 86/397. Associated Material/Materiel associé See RG 24 at the National Archives of Canada. Accruals No further accruals expected. Related Records/Records associés Six items under the heading "Canadian Forces Communication Command" Eight items under the heading "Communication Command" Other related items - 80/527, 81/33, 84/141, 92/202, 95/123, 95/128 In Kardex 184.009(D12), 959.009(D39) See also DHH Library holdings of "Communications and Electronics newsletter" and "Intercom" Conservation Newspaper clippings photocopied Subjects/Sujets Operational readiness (Military science) Anecdotes Automation Canada - Armed Forces - Officers Canada - Armed Forces - Personnel management Canada - Armed Forces - Reserves Canada - Armed Forces - Uniforms Women and the military - Canada Military education - Canada Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Communication systems Canada. Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics Canada. Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics Engineering United Nations United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon United Nations Force in Cyprus Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Communications, Military Signals and signaling Computers Strategy Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Equipment Radar defense networks SAMSON (Strategic Automatic Message Switching Operational Network) AE Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Communications and Electronics Branch Canada. Canadian Forces Communication Command Accession Number/Numéro d'accession 99/4 Author/Auteur Area Training Centre (Meaford, Ont.) Title/Titre Concepts of Militia Area Training Centres and Evaluation Methodology Date November 1995-November 1996 Extent/Étendue 10 cm. Adminstrative History/Histoire administrative The 1987 "White Paper" on National Defence officially launched the "total force" concept within the Canadian Armed Forces. One of the components of this concept involved increasing the operational capacity of the militia by establishing four Militia Training and Support Centres (MTSC). The first area centre was established at Meaford, Ontario in 1995. The purpose of the training centres is to provide both the physical and administrative framework for a cohesive approach to training within the armed forces. Custodial History/Histoire de la conservation Transferred to the Directorate of History and Heritage by Major Robert Near Scope and Content/Portée et contenue The Militia Area Training Centres Fonds is divided into four unclassified folders and is arranged in chronological order. Generally, the folders provide information regarding reserve training in the mid- 1990's. More specifically, however, folders 1 and 2 are concerned with the concepts of the Area Readiness Training Company (ARTC) at Meaford. Folder 3 highlights the concepts for militia combat evaluation methodology. Folder 4 contains unit evaluations and report 1 provides the Annual Training Directive for 1997-1998. Originals/Originaux yes Restriction none Classification unclassified Finding Aid/Aide de recherche yes Accruals Further accruals are expected. Related Records/Records associés no Subjects/Sujets Canada - Armed Forces - Facilities Canada - Armed Forces - Reserves Military education Royal Canadian Regiment Battle School Canadian Forces Base (Petawawa) Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Land Force Command Accession Number/Numéro d'accession 85/333 Author/Auteur Arnell, J.C. Title/Titre J.C. Arnell fonds Date July 1962 - December 1972 Extent/Étendue 70 cm of textual records Biography/Biographie Dr. John Carstairs Arnell was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 4, 1918. He served with the Canadian Army in the Chemical Warfare laboratories in Ottawa from 1942 to 1946. Arnell then held
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