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Series consists of drafts of unpublished works or of works that may have been published under different titles.

Series consists of commentary and draft material comprising Harper's contribution towards The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces, a Canadian Forces Heritage Publication produced by Paul Lansey. The series is divided into two subseries: commentary, and drafts.

Series consists of research material not assigned to a specific work. Series is divided by subject into seven subseries: Insignia, Flashes, Buttons; Artillery; Armoured Divisions; Branches, Corps; Artillery Divisions; Insignia of NATO; General Research.

Co-written with Frank J. Dunbar, Old Colours Never Die: A Record of Colours and Military Flags of Canada (F.J. Dunbar & Associates, 1992) was Harper's first book-length publication on the subject of insignia. Series consists of his notes, correspondence and materials gathered as research; as well as draft material for both the main body of the work and its supplement. In the mid to late 1990’s Harper undertook research towards a supplement to Old Colours Never Die, which may have been incorporated when this book was reissued in 2013 with new material. The series is divided into two subseries: research and supplement.

Series consists of material related to the research and writing of Harper's second work, A Source of Pride: Regimental Badges and Titles in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, (Service Publications, 1999). It is divided into two subseries: Drafts, and Research.

During the 1990's Harper generate an unpublished report titled Upper Canada Militia Units on Active Service. Series consists two subseries: drafts, and research.