James “Jim” Lord fonds

James Lord fonds. – 1942-2001. – 48 cm textual records [766 letters and 20 other items].

Box 1

Outgoing correspondence from Jim Lord

F.1        December 1942. – 4 letters.
F.2        January 1943. – 6 letters.
F.3        February 1943. – 5 letters.
F.4        April 1943. – 8 letters.
F.5        May 1943. – 10 letters.
F.6        1-15 June 1943. – 15 letters.
F.7        16-30 June 1943. – 15 letters.
F.8        1-15 July 1943. – 14 letters.
F.9        16-31 July 1943. – 14 letters.
F.10     1-15 August 1943. – 11 letters.
F.11     6-17 September 1943. – 12 letters.
F.12     18-30 September 1943. – 12 letters.
F.13     1-15 October 1943. – 15 letters.
F.14     16-31 October 1943. – 15 letters.
F.15     1-15 November 1943. – 12 letters.
F.16     16-30 November 1943. – 15 letters.
F.17     1-15 December 1943. – 14 letters.
F.18     16-31 December 1943. – 16 letters.
F.19     1-15 January 1944. – 15 letters.
F.20     16-31 January 1944. – 15 letters.

Box 2

Outgoing correspondence from Jim Lord

F.1        1-14 February 1944. – 13 letters.
F.2        15-29 February 1944. – 15 letters. [26 Feb. contains part of a Canadian Volunteer Service Medal ribbon]
F.3        1-15 March 1944. – 16 letters.
F.4        16-31 March 1944. – 14 letters. [31 March contains a part of a cake decoration from a wedding]
F.5        1-15 April 1944. – 15 letters.
F.6        16-30 April 1944. – 14 letters.
F.7        1-15 May 1944. – 13 letters.
F.8        16-31 May 1944. – 15 letters.
F.9        1-15 June 1944. – 11 letters.
F.10     16-30 June 1944. – 14 letters.
F.11     1-15 July 1944. – 14 letters.
F.12     16-31 July 1944. – 15 letters.
F.13     1-15 August 1944. – 16 letters.
F.14     16-31 August 1944. – 14 letters.

Box 3

Outgoing correspondence from Jim Lord

F.1        1-15 September 1944. – 15 letters.
F.2        16-30 September 1944. – 15 letters.
F.3        1-15 October 1944. – 12 letters.
F.4        16-31 October 1944. – 15 letters.
F.5        1-15 November 1944. – 15 letters.
F.6        16-30 November 1944. – 13 letters.
F.7        1-15 December 1944. – 15 letters.
F.8        16-30 December 1944. –16 letters.
F.9        1-15 January 1945. – 12 letters.
F.10      16-31 January, 1 February 1945. – 15 letters.
F.11     2-14 February 1945. – 13 letters.
F.12     15-28 February 1945. – 12 letters.
F.13     2-15 March 1945. – 13 letters.
F.14     16-30 March 1945. – 15 letters.
F.15     1-15 April 1945. – 14 letters.
F.16     16-30 April 1945. – 13 letters.
F.17     1-15 May 1945. – 15 letters.

Box 4

Outgoing correspondence from Jim Lord

F.1        16-30 May 1945. – 16 letters.
F.2        1-15 June 1945. – 15 letters.
F.3        16-30 June, 1 July 1945. – 13 letters.
F.4        2-30 July 1945. –16 letters.
F.5        August 1945. – 3 letters.
F.6        [Unsent?] letter from Jim to unidentified man and “the Canadian Radar Mechanic’s Song” [ca. 1945]. – 2 items.
F.7        Miscellaneous documents during service. Includes menus, receipts. – 14 items.

Jim Lord’s received correspondence 

F.8        Letters from Elsie Lord (wife). – 1943-1945. –  6 letters.
F.9        Letters from E.A. Lord (mother). – 1944-1945. – 2 letters.
F.10     Letter from J. Manewell. – 1945. – 1 letter.
F.11     Letters from others. – 1943-1948. – 14 letters.

Later Material

F.12     The Song of Alopeix, 1984 (Lord’s epic poem on Terry Fox). Signed.
F.13     Clippings and obituaries. – 1983-2001. 4 items.