Artifacts. -- 1931-1987. -- 32 cm of certificates and other material
Scope and content: This series contains mementos and honours which Walker received
primarily as a result of his success as a novelist and his P.O.W. experience. It also includes his
commission as a second Lieutenant, Land Forces (The Black Watch).
Arrangement is chronological by date of receipt.
Title based on contents of series.
Items:
BOX NO. 13
1. Commission as Second-Lieutenant, British Land Forces (The Black Watch), dated 26 January
1931
2. Warrant making David Harry Walker, Lieutenant-Colonel in The Black Watch, a Member of
the Order of the British Empire ; signed by Queen Mary, Grand Master, 14 November 1946
3. Certificate admitting Major David Harry Walker to the Royal Company of Archers, King's
Body Guard for Scotland, dated 4 February 1948
4. Governor General's award for fiction, 1952 (medal)
5. Governor General's award for fiction, 1953 (medal)
6. Honourary Doctor of Letters from the University of New Brunswick (1955)
7. Certificate appointing David H. Walker a member of The Canada Council, dated 15 April 1957
8. Certificate making David H. Walker a member of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Commission ; dated at Government House, 24 June 1965
9. Medallion commemorating the 10th anniversary of The Canada Council
10. Warrant appointing Major David Harry Walker a Member of the Order of Canada ; signed at Rideau Hall by Governor-General Jeanne Sauve, 29 June 1987