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Fonds Add. MSS. 97 - Jessie Hall fonds
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Jessie Hall fonds
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CA CVAN Add. MSS. 97
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1904-1935 (Creation)
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- Hall, Jessie Columbia, d. 1949
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10 cm of textual records;ca. 30 photographs
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Hall, Jessie Columbia, d. 1949
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Jessie Hall, daughter of Sam Greer, was the first white child born in the Cariboo. In 1884 she came with her father to Skwa-yoos Beach. In 1893 she married J.Z. Hall who was a pioneer notary public in Vancouver. During World War I she was the president of the Hart McHarg Auxiliary. She was also president of the Victorian Order of Nurses and worked for its expansion. She was also president of Post 1, Native Daughters of B.C. She worked for the Children's Aid Society, the Vancouver Welfare Federation, and the Local Council of Women. In 1931 she was president of Burrard Women's Conservation Club. In 1934 she was chosen for the Good Citizen award, the first native daughter to be chosen.
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The fonds consists of various items in a scrapbook. There are clippings; programmes and invitations to commemorate special events; photographs (some of V.O.N. nurses); and correspondence.
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- Alpha-numeric designations: BCAUL control number: CVAN-68
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- Hall, Jessie Columbia, d. 1949 (Creator)
