Object is a black framed watercolour cartoon reading "To a Trail Blazer, Happy Birthday" from Reg and Greta, belonging to Robert N. Thompson, depicting Thompson in a canoe pointing at a star.
Object is a carved wood board with an engraved gold-coloured plaque reading "Doctor Robert N. and Mrs. Thompson, in Appreciation of Your Service to Our Country, Clearbrook Kiwanis Club". The board has two plastic sun-like decorations at the top.
The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks and other records relating to Thompson's personal life, his involvement with various organizations, his military career and work in Ethiopia, his political career as a Member of Parliament (MP) and national leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and his work as an educator. The fonds are arranged into the following sous-fonds: -SF 1: Personal History/Biography -SF 2: Organizations – General, A to Z -SF 3: Military Years/Ethiopia -SF 4: Political Years -SF 5: Post-Secondary Institutions -SF 6: Object and Artifacts Related to Robert N. Thompson -SF 7: RNT Photograph Collection Note that in addition to these records, the RNT Fonds is also comprised of the following:
Audio and video cassettes, filed in the database with Coll. 02, the A/V collection; also physically filed with other A/V materials
Scrapbooks containing news clippings and personal memorabilia sorted in chronological order (from 1960 to 1996)
Scrapbooks containing political cartoons clipped from newspapers, sorted in chronological order (1963-1996)
Unprocessed reel to reel (approximately 41) and audio tapes (approximately 55) mostly pertaining to Thompson’s political career
Thompson also donated published Social Credit materials, including 187 booklets/pamphlets, as well as a selection of books (84) from his personal library on the following broad topics: early education textbooks, teaching educational texts, air force, Ethiopia, Amharic language, local history, and a family bible that has no annotations.
Sub-series includes insurance, financial, and medical documents, as well as a copy of Robert N. Thompson's birth certificate
01.01.04 - Personal History/Personal Papers/Legal Documents Box 02 File 01 Birth Certificate of RNT File 02 Documents of Hazel Thompson (Birth, Death, etc.)* File 03 RNT and Hazel M. Kurth; Marriage Certificate (1939) File 04 RNT; Certificate of Naturalization (1943) File 05 Certificate of Ordination and Registration under the Marriage Act File 06 Charitable Donations (1985) File 07 Hazel Thompson; Tax Form (1991) File 08 Hazel Thompson; Medical Records (1987-1992) File 09 House Insurance Records; Report of Theft File 10 Medical Test Results (1943) File 11 Accident Reports (1975) File 12 Correspondence with Barristers (1963-1975) File 13 Personal Financial Statement (1986) File 14 Hazel’s Will (1959-1974) File 15 Cemetery Plot; Contract and Receipt** File 16 Information re Automobile File 17 Health Insurance; North Carolina Hospitalization (1985) File 18 Medical Records; Evelyn May Thompson (1993) File 19 Life Insurance Policies File 20 Miscellaneous File 21 Cardiac/coronary file (1986-1991) File 22 Firearms registration (1939; 1968) File 23 Vaccination certificate (1967-1972) File 24 Immigration Canada letter (1939) File 25 Immigration identification cards (1952) File 26 Passports (1962; 1972; 1987)
Box 24 - Oversized documents -In Danish, a church granted birth certificate for Robert Norman Thompson, 17 May 1917 -Certificate of Ordination for Robert N. Thompson by The Evangelical Free Church of America on 1 June 1959
See also 01.01.03, Box 2, File 15 ** See also 01.0end of RNT)1.03, Box 2, File 24
Object is a gold pocket watch on a chain with engraved pendant with cursive initials and the date 11-3-19. The metal piece reads "11-3-19". The pocket watch is housed in a blue case with a metal clasp. Inside the case "Cejalvo Cruz, S, Madrid".