The collection is classified into 38 series representing broad subjects, periods of regimental history, and units within the regiment. Many of the series are further divided into sub-series. Files are generally described to the item level. Many of the files contain material both "about" and "created by" the subject. The collection consists of correspondence, nominal rolls, ledgers, scrapbooks, war diaries, Part I and Part II Orders, maps, blueprints, annual reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, clippings, programmes, posters, postcards, souvenirs, and personnel documents documenting regimental activities and achievements during war and peace times, and the service of individual members of the Regiment. Also included is biographical information on the Colonels-in-Chief, Colonels of the Regiment and other Regimental personalities. Some series include pamphlets and other ephemera related to military history, regimental traditions, the Regimental Colours, training policies and procedures, uniforms and equipment, allied regiments, the airborne role, the Regimental Band, mascots, and sports. Also featured are records of the Regimental Executive Committee, the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Regiment, the PPCLI Cadets, and the biennial Exercise Ric-A-Dam-Doo conference. Significant personal papers and collections of regimental leaders and personalities include those of Princess Patricia (Lady Patricia Ramsay), Lady Patricia Brabourne (Countess Mountbatten of Burma), Hamilton Gault, Cameron Ware, G.G. Brown, and W.B.S. Sutherland. Individual collections contained within the collection include those of W.E. Bastedo (who corresponded with many Great War veterans in the 1960s), BAJ Franklin, K.F. Bunyan, E.K. Fitzgerald, Hub Gray, Eleanor M. Rieger, John Milburn, Leslie A. White, and Stephen Trache. Significant personal papers within the collection include those of Agar Adamson, Leslie W. Basham, K.C. Burness, George S. Currie, James A. de Lalanne, Walter Draycot, Dorothy Gault, Victor F. Gianelli, Stanley Jones, F.J. Kendall, N.J. McFarlane, Hugh M. McKenzie, Jenny Macgregor Morris, Donald Munro, Hugh W. Niven, D.F. Parrott, John Louis A. Robertson, and Peter Worthington. Generally, documentation of activities more recent than 1994 has been reassigned to other fonds and collections at the PPCLI archives, but some more recent records that document earlier activities continue to be added to the collection.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry AssociationThis manuscript covers the period of Stanley Jones' enlistment with PPCLI in 1914 until his capture and subsequent death in 1916. The manuscript is a collection of letters exchanged between Stanley Jones and his wife Lucille Jones. The letters discuss regimental operations and various individuals in the Regiment.
Stanley Jones, Lucille JonesThis series consists of files documenting activities of the PPCLI during World War II.
This sub-series consists of 141 files containing World War II war diaries, operation reports, orders, Battalion, Company, Platoon, Section, Daily orders, operational orders, training orders and Adjutant correspondence, as well as 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Operation Reports.
Movement order for PPCLI on the SS ORAMA on departure from Canada for England.
William G. ColquhounRules and Regulations for conduct on board the SS ORAMA applying to PPCLI.
William G. Colquhoun, H. F. CottonOperation reviews and lessons learned during operations in Italy, submitted by unit historical officers and compiled by Canadian Military Headquarters.
Canadian Military HeadquartersCommander 2 CIB Gen. Bert Hoffmeister's description of the action on the Gothic Line from the Metauro to the Marecchia.
Bert Hoffmeister