File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from December 20, 1942 to February 27, 1943. Includes 19 letters with original envelopes, 3 airgraph letters, and 1 postcard. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family; a letter to Aunt Ella is also included.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from March 1, 1943 to April 30, 1943. Includes 16 letters with original envelopes (some with stamps), 1 airgraph letter, and 1 telegram. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from May 1, 1943 to June 27, 1943. Includes 15 letters with original envelopes (most with stamps) and 1 airgraph letter. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from July 6, 1943 to August 28, 1943. Includes 17 letters with original envelopes, 3 airgraph letters, and 1 postcard. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family; a letter to Dad is also included.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from September 4, 1943 to December 30, 1943. Includes 30 aerograms (with stamps) and letters with original envelopes (some with stamps) and 1 airgraph letter. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family; also included are a letter to Dad and a letter from Smart's friend Elise to Mrs. Smart.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from January 2 to December 25, 1944. Includes 60 aerograms and letters with original envelopes and stamps, addressed to his mother or to mother and family.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from January 1 to December 19, 1945. Includes 48 letters with original envelopes and aerograms with stamps. Correspondence is addressed to his mother; also included are a letter to Helen and a letter to Norman.

File consists of a roll of honour containing the names and ranks of members of the Second Canadian Survey Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (First Canadian Army) who were killed in action and wounded during the war. Verso contains an ms. list of names, ranks, and dates and locations [of deaths], divided by country (France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany).

Fonds consists of the correspondence of H. Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, written while he was stationed in England during World War II. Includes letters, airgraph letters, postcards, a telegram, and a roll of honour. The correspondence covers Smart's time in Europe from the first letter after his arrival in England (dated December 20, 1942) to the last letter before he sailed back to Canada (dated December 19, 1945), and describes his daily activities, training, social outings, leaves, health, and general news about the war.

The correspondence describes Smart’s daily activities, training, social outings, leaves, health, and general news about the war. He writes frequently about the food at the camp and the availability and quality of items such as cigarettes, chocolate, shaving soap, socks, stationary, and other personal items; he requests various items to be sent from home. He describes the countryside, the training he receives at camp, and various aspects of his duties, and comments frequently on his health and finances.

He also writes about his social life, including outings to town, dates with women, movies, night clubs, and restaurants, as well as dances and dinners at the army camp. Smart shares with his mother his thoughts and feelings about girlfriends at home and the women he dates in Europe. He becomes particularly close with a woman from Salisbury named Elise who is engaged to another Canadian; they spend much time together and remain friends after she is married and has a child. Descriptions of his travels to places such as London and Edinburgh while on furlough are also significant.

Smart also responds to news from home and comments on the activities of family and friends in the Grassie community. He inquires about the farm work at home (much of which appears to be done by his sister) and describes farming practices he sees in England. He also comments from time to time on the role of women in the army and in society, Christianity in the army, and the general progress of and reasons behind the war.