Consists of scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, public and private correspondence and other paraphernalia which document three distinct periods of McPherson’s career. The original order has been maintained and the original titles are: “War Years,” “Okanagan Helicopters” and “Vancouver Port Authority.”

Correspondence:

a) Oct 6th, 1937. Incoming public letter. Fernand Rinfert.
b) Sep 1st, 1938. Incoming public letter. Fernand Rinfert.
c) May 11th, 1939. Incoming telegram. John Lewis and Co.
d) Nov 2nd, 1940. Incoming public letter. E.H. Coleman.
e) Sep 27th, 1943. Incoming public letter. N. A. McLarty
f) Jul 26th, 1944. Incoming public letter. N.A. McLarty
g) Oct 27th, 1944. Incoming public letter. E.H.Coleman.
h) Aug 23, 1944. Incoming telegram. “Clare.”
i) Sep 4th, 1941. Incoming letter. P.F. Casgrain.
j) Jun 9th, 1942. Incoming legal contract. W.S. Stephenson.
k) Jun 17, 1941. Incoming memorandum. “New York.”

1938 - European trip with the Colemans
1939 - Trip to Amsterdam with Mathieu

Correspondence:

a) Oct 5th, 1946. Outgoing letter. Paul Russell.
b) Sep 28th, 1946. Outgoing letter. “Mr.Crowell.”
c) Sep 27th, 1946. Incoming letter. “Al Savauge.”
d) Sep 26th, 1946. Incoming letter. Paul Russell
e) Sep 25th, 1946. Outgoing telegraph. “Dominions, London.”
f) Sep 25th, 1946. Incoming telegraph. No addressor.
g) Sep 23rd, 1946. Outgoing telegraph. “Dominion, London.”
h) Sep 23rd, 1946. Outgoing letter. G.D. Mallory.
i) Sep 23rd, 1946. Outgoing letter. “Mr. Albert.”
j) Sep 21st, 1946. Outgoing letter. “Mr. Beaudry.”
k) Sep 20th, 1946. Outgoing telegraph. No recipient.
l) Sep 18th, 1946. Outgoing letter. Paul Russell.
m) Sep 16h, 1946. Letter. From: J.A. Phillip, to P.H Russell.
n) Sep 12th, 1946. Incoming memorandum. “Charge D’Affaires.”
o) Sep 10th, 1946. Outgoing telegram. “Canadian Embassy Brussels.”

Accolades, framed photographs and certificates from McPherson’s career and personal life.

This fonds consists mainly of records assembled by McPherson over the course of his professional career. Material documenting McPhersons wartime activities predominates. The fonds contains two sous-fonds. One of these includes a scrapbook and from McPhersons father, Ewan. The other contains research, correspondence and interviews conducted by Kay Alsop in the mid 1990s. Alsop, a prominent Vancouver journalist, intended to write a biography of McPherson but was never able to find a publisher for the book. Alsop therefore decided to donate some of her research files as part of the McPherson fonds. The Alsop Sous-Fonds contains important records which McPherson had given to her, particularly those documenting the decision to intern Japanese-Canadians.

Correspondence:

a) Apr. 10th, 1952. Incoming letter. Sender illegible.
b) Jun 4th, 1948. Incoming letter. E.H. Coleman.
c) Sep 23rd, 1946. Incoming public letter. E.H. Coleman.
d) Oct 26th, 1944. Incoming letter. Sender’s name illegible.
e) Dec 31st, 1946. Incoming letter. Marcel Van Essen.
f) Apr 9th, 1951. Incoming letter. Jacques Rueff.
g) Apr 1st, 1947. Incoming letter. A. Norris.
h) Jun 1st, 1948. Incoming letter. Sender’s name illegible.
i) May 8th, 1948. Incoming letter. J.P Varcoe.
j) Aug 9th, 1948. Copy of Privy Council meeting minutes. A.D.P. Heeney.

Correspondence:

a) Dec 7th, 1971. Incoming letter. Don Jamieson
b) N.D. Incoming letter. Jean Marchand.
c) Sep 30th, 1981. Incoming Letter Michikazu Saigo.
d) Apr. 19th, 1979 Incoming letter. Thomas A. Dohm.
e) Oct. 16th, 1981. Incoming letter. Grace McCarthy.
f) Mar 4th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
g) Apr 16th, 1981. Incoming letter. W.M. Robinson
h) May 31st, 1977. Incoming letter. Roy Illing.
i) Feb 16th, 1983. Copy of a privy council document. Signature illegible.
j) May 3rd, 1983. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin
k) Sep 19th, 1980. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
l) Sep 13th, 1983. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
m) May 24th, 1984. Press release. No signatory.
n) Jul 24th, 1984. Incoming letter. J.S. Thompson.

Correspondence:

a) Sep 20th, 1984. Outgoing letter. Don Mazankowski.
b) Nov 15th, 1984. Incoming letter. Don Mazankowski.
c) N.D. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
d) Jan. 8th, 1985. Incoming letter. Tim Chapman.
e) Nov 13th, 1984. Incoming letter. Otto Lang.
f) Nov 16th, 1984. Incoming letter. Raymond Darfour.
g) Nov 13th, 1984. Incoming letter. Jacques Auger.
h) Nov 28th, 1984. Outgoing letter. Raymond Darfour.
i) Nov 28th, 1984. Outgoing letter. Jim Roche.
j) Nov 26th, 1984. Incoming letter. James l. Thom.
k) Dec 10th, 1984. Incoming letter. G.A Adams.
l) Nov26th, 1984. Outgoing letter. J. Allan.
m) Nov 28th, 1984. Outgoing letter. R.M. Withers.
n) Dec 14th, 1984. Incoming letter. R.M Whithers.
o) Jan 16th, 1985. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
p) Jul 23rd, 1987. Incoming letter. “JM”
q) Nov. 28th, 1984. Outgoing letter. J. Norman Hyland.
r) Nov. 29, 1984. Incoming letter. M.C. Norris.

A loose collection of photos mainly from the Okanagan Helicopters period.

Inter-Allied Reparations Agency. “Reports of the Secretary General for the Years 1946, 1947, 1958 and 1949.” Brussels: Inter-Allied Reparations Agency, 1949.

Correspondence:

a) Feb 3rd, 1958. Outgoing letter. J. Douglas Forin.
b) Jan 20th, 1958. Outgoing letter. J. Douglas Forin.
c) July 17th, 1952. Outgoing letter. P.E. Radley.
d) Apr. 18th, 1955. Outgoing letter. Douglas Forin.
e) May 17th, 1956. Outgoing letter. Campney, Owen, Murphy and Owen.

Contains files with correspondence, personal handwritten notes, legal documents and other material from McPherson’s working life. The series has been organized with the same three distinct periods of employment as McPherson organized his scrapbooks.

Correspondence:

a) Feb 20th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
b) 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
c) Apr 4th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
d) Apr. 7, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
e) May 5th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
f) May 13th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
g) Aug 6th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
h) Aug 6th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
i) Feb 18th, 1941. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
j) Dec 12th, 1940. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
k) May 16th, 1986. Incoming letter. Sonja Bata.
l) Oct 15th, 1940. Outgoing memorandum. No recipient.
m) Jan 22nd, 1991. Outgoing letter. Thomas Bata.
n) Jan. 6th, 1988. Incoming Letter. Jan Bata.

Correspondence:

a) Mar 25th, 1969. Outgoing letter. “Shareholders and Employees.”
b) Sep 28 1970. Incoming letter. “Okanagan Helicopters Limited.”
c) Sep 30th, 1970. Outgoing letter. “Board of Directors, Okanagan Helicopters Limited.”
d) Sep 16th, 1970. Incoming letter. Ian Kennedy.
e) Feb 27th, 1969. Outgoing letter. Claude M. Effinger.
f) Oct 18th, 1963. Contract. Between Okanagan Helicopters and McPherson.

Correspondence:

a) Mar 17th, 1983. Outgoing letter. Joan Astley.
b) May 7th , 1982. Incoming letter. Joan Astley.
c) Jan 2nd, 1982. Incoming letter. Joan Astley.
d) Oct 16th, 1981. Outgoing letter. Joan Astley.
e) May 6th, 1979. Incoming letter. Joan Astley.
f) May 6th, 1976. Outgoing letter. Otto Lang.
g) Dec 14th, 1976. Outgoing letter. Otto Lang.
h) Dec 14th, 1976. Outgoing letter Pierre Franche.
i) Apr 24th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
j) Aug 18th, 1981. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
k) Jul 3rd, 1981. Incoming telex. Jean-Luc Pepin.
l) Jul 27th, 1979. Outgoing letter. Ron Huffington.
m) Aug 8th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
n) Aug 8th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
o) Aug 27th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
p) Sep 19th, 1980. Incoming letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
q) May 27th, 1979. Outgoing letter. R. Illing.
r) May 12th, 1975. Incoming memorandum. Del Taylor.
s) Sep 12th, 1974. Incoming memorandum. Del Taylor.
t) Nov 27, 1975. Incoming memorandum. Del Taylor.
u) Feb 16th, 1983. Copy of a Privy Council memorandum.
v) Nov 10th, 1981. Incoming memorandum. No addressor.
w) May 1st, 1984. Incoming memorandum. C.A. Guerin.
x) May 1st, 1984. Incoming memorandum. M. Swinwood.
y) Oct 18th, 1984. Copy of a memorandum. To: R.M Whithers, From: G.A Saint-Marie.
z) Jan 19th, 1984. Copy of a memorandum. To: J. Allan, From: J. Auger.
aa) Sep 7th, 1983. Copy of a memorandum/. To: R.M. Whithers, From: A.W. Allan.
bb) Sep 21st, 1983. Outgoing letter. Jaffrey Wilkins.
cc) Sep 2nd, 1983. Incoming letter. Jaffrey Wilkins.
dd) Aug 26th, 1974. Outgoing letter. Del Taylor.
ee) Mar 6th, 1977. Incoming memorandum. F.J.N Spoke.
ff) Aug 31st, 1982. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
gg) Jul 2nd., 1982. Outgoing letter. Jacques Auger.
hh) Apr 26th, 1982. Outgoing letter. P.A.H. Franche.
ii) Apr 26th, 1982. Outgoing letter. P.A.H. Franche.
jj) Aug 16th, 1980. Outgoing letter. Jean-Luc Pepin.
kk) Jul 12, 1979. Outgoing letter. Don Mazankowski.
ll) Apr 10th, 1984. Copy of a letter. From: Jacques Auger, To:Lloyd Axworthy.
mm) Sep 21st, 1983. Outgoing letter. Lloyd Axworthy.
nn) Apr 10th, 1984. Copy of a letter. From: Jacques Auger, To: Lloyd Axworthy.
oo) Apr 10th, 1984. Copy of a letter. From: Lloyd Axworthy, To: Y. Pinard.
pp) Oct 18th, 1983. Copy of a letter. From: Valmond Blanchette. To: Pierre Bussieres.

Photographs cover all periods of McPherson’s personal and professional life. There are significant collections of black and white photos from the Quebec conferences and color photos from McPherson’s Moscow trip.

File also includes a fax.