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J. Lewis Sangster fonds
NWMA IH 2011.30 · Fonds · 1904-1950

This fonds consists of photographs and postcards taken or collected by J. Lewis Sangster during his time spent in New Westminster, during his time traveling and during his time spent overseas during World War I. Sangster developed a large number of the photographs himself, in a small cellar in his home that was converted into a darkroom. The fonds has been divided into three series based on content: Sangster Family, Military, and New Westminster Subjects. Included in the Military series, there is a collection of Canadian Official postcards published by the British newspaper The Daily Mirror, which Sangster collected during his time serving in World War I. The family series consists of photographs taken by Sangster of his family members, as well as pictures that Sangster received from extended family members.

Sangster, J. Lewis
Jean Dorgan fonds
NWMA IH 2004.43 · Fonds · 1942-1945

Fonds consists of a series photographs and postcards that document her war time experiences.

Dorgan, Jean
Albert Henry Wheeler fonds
NWMA IH 1978.19 · Fonds · 1916-1919

Fonds consists of records pertaining Albert Wheeler's World War One military service. There is also photo album containing photos of the 104th Regiment. There are photos from training, in Victoria, boarding trains, on ship, in England, and finally in Europe.

Wheeler, Albert Henry
Corbould family fonds
NWMA IH 1974.11 MSS 247 · Fonds · 1914-1946

The fonds primarily documents the military service of several members of the Corbould family. There number of items pertaining to World War One and World War Two. The fonds consists of four series: photographs, Weekly Chronicle of the 47th Battalion, financial records, and other published material.

Corbould (family)
George E. Timms fonds
CA VPL 49619-49844 · Fonds · 1908-1918

The fonds consists of photographs depicting scouting activities in North Vancouver and Howe Sound, portraits and panoramas in Vancouver, homes and panoramas of the Fraser Valley and troops at Glenogle.

Timms, George E.
CA VHEC RA050 · Collection · [1945]

Collection is comprised of photographs taken by Canadian aircraftman and photographer Fred Thompson in locations in Germany, Belgium, England and the Netherlands in 1945, at the end of the Second World War. Photographs depict military personnel and aircraft, liberated slave labourers, street scenes, bombed buildings, shipwrecks, Bergen-Belsen atrocities and other scenes witnessed by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force as part of military operations in northwest Europe.

Stanley Winfield fonds
CA VHEC RA044 · Fonds · 1939–1994, predominant 1945

Fonds consists of photographs, publications, reports and correspondence created or collected by Stanley Winfield while he was a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Air Force, related to the time he spent at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation. Fonds consists of a copy of a scrapbook created by Winfield on the subjects of Bergen-Belsen and Ted Aplin; passports belonging to the Lichtensterns, who were a Jewish couple related to Winfield’s mother and who fled Austria for the United States in 1939; and the program for and copies of speeches delivered at the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Fonds is arranged into three series: Photographs (1945), Belsen and Ted Aplin scrapbook (ca. 1977) and Collected textual records (1939–1995).

Winfield, Stanley H.
CA VHEC RA032 · Collection · [between 1939 and 1945]

Scope and content: Collection is comprised of memorabilia received or collected by Maurice Smith while performing military service in Italy and the Netherlands. Collection is divided into three series: Artefacts [between 1939 and 1945], Correspondence, photograph (1945) and Publications and ephemera (1944–1945).

Smith, Maurice
CA VHEC RA020 · Collection · 1770–1981, predominant 1930-1945

Collection consists of records gathered or purchased by Peter N. Moogk as a result of his interest in Second World War history. Records document the Holocaust era in Europe, in particular the Netherlands under the German occupation government. Collection has been divided into the following series: Photographs ([193-]–194-]; 1981); Posters (1940–1946); Postcards ([193-]–[194-]); Correspondence (1934–1987); Clippings and ephemera (1933–1945), Publications (1933–1945), Personal and military records series (1935–1945), Artefacts (1935–[1945]), Currency (1922–1945) and Declaratory documents (1770, 1772).

Archie H. Wills fonds
CA UVICARCH AR394 · Fonds · 1890-2004

The fonds consists of records relating to his career as a journalist and to his family life in Victoria. It has been arranged in two series, Autobiography and Writing. The Autobiography series consists of Archies autobiographical works, which document his service in World War I and his family life and career. It has been arranged into three sub-series: All in A Lifetime, My Life in the Army, and Travel. The Writing series consists of his published and unpublished work, and background material for it. The series shows his interest in making new generations of Victoria residents aware of their citys history and aware of World War I history. It has been arranged into two sub-series: Articles and Stories, and Broadcasts. Records include typed manuscripts, clippings of Archies published articles, photographs including photograph albums, diaries, scrapbooks, war medals, and ephemera.

Wills, Archie
Barbara Ann Roberts fonds
CA UVICARCH AR342 · Fonds · 1974-1998

The fonds consists of sixteen series: university employment; 1977-1996; university teaching, 1974-1988; grant applications, 1980-1995; publications, 1975-1997; conference papers, 1978-1991; presentations, 1980-1997; unpublished papers, 1975-1995; Gertrude Richardson research, 1985-1996; Leicester Peace Society research, 1992-1993; women's movement, 1983-1996; peace movement, 1986-1997; miscellaneous correspondence, 1979-1998; family correspondence, 1987-1997; illness and death, 1998; photographs, 1986-1993, and Canadian women peace activists oral history interviews, 1987-1989. The university employment series includes curricula vitae, job applications, and self evaluation files which document Roberts employment history and her publications and committee work, etc. The university teaching series includes course outlines, take home exams, and student handouts which shed light on her approach to teaching. The grant applications and publications series together provide an overview of the range and direction of Roberts' research interests. While most of the series are based on record type, the Gertrude Richardson research and Leicester Peace Society Research series are arranged by subject and contain correspondence and grant applications; the Gertrude Richardson Research series also contains conference papers. The Women's movement and Peace movement series both contain correspondence, although some correspondence pertaining to them will be found in the miscellaneous and family correspondence series. While the miscellaneous and family correspondence series consist almost entirely of inward correspondence, both contain a few printouts of e-mail correspondence or letters from Roberts which shed light on her daily life and research projects. The Canadian Women Peace Activists series contains interviews about and with Canadian women who were peace activists before 1960.

Roberts, Barbara Ann
CA UVICARCH AR326 · Fonds · 1985-2000

The fonds consists of correspondence, 1993-99; minutes, 1995-99; articles, 1989-2000; brochures; news clippings, 1985-99; scrap books, 1987-99; songs; newsletters, 1997-99; manuscript "Singing in the Rain," n.d.; oral history interview, n.d.; and photographs, 1987-99.

Raging Grannies of Victoria
CA UVICARCH AR279 · Fonds · 1978-1997

The fonds consists of VICD minutes, accounts, reports, correspondence and notices, 1978-1983; GVDG/VPC constitution, minutes (1983-1997), annual accounts, (1983-1997), Peace/Earth Walks (1982-1997), correspondence (1983-1997), subject files (1978-97), displays, presentations and newsletters.

Greater Victoria Disarmament Group
Barbara McKenzie fonds
CA UVICARCH AR238 · Fonds · 1939-1963

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, examination questions, course notes and readings, and civil defence pamphlets related to her training.

McKenzie, Barbara
CA UVICARCH AR192 · Fonds · 1966-1992

The fonds consists of subject files containing reports, research and clippings; correspondence, 1983-1992; minutes, 1989-1992; and reports, 1984-1987.

British Columbia Voice of Women. Victoria Branch
Facilities Management fonds
CA UVICARCH AR136 · Fonds · 1959-1987

The fonds consists of five series: General office files; Architectural drawings for UVic buildings, arranged alphabetically by name of building; Project files for UVic buildings, arranged alphabetically by name of building; Specifications and contracts for UVic buildings, arranged alphabetically by name of building; and the Gordon Head army camp files.

University of Victoria (B.C.). Facilities Management
CA UVICARCH AR118 · Collection · Photocopied in 2001

The collection consists of the following files: Smiths research essay, Big sky, big mystery, 2001; Gordon Head Special W/T Station reunion planning, 2001; Research correspondence, 2001; National Archives copies of Department of National Defense documents, 1942-45; National Archives copy of Notes on the history of the Operational Intelligence Centre in Canada, n.d.; National Archives copies of photographs of Gordon Head Special W/T Station, the D/F Hut, and the Y Station.

Eileen Kenwood fonds
CA UVICARCH AR076 · Fonds · 1961-1991

The fonds consists of research files arranged in alphabetical order; a selection of file titles includes: Alternate energy, Clayoquot Resource Centre, Dube Symposium, Insecticides, Military, Seed banks, Tooth survey form, UVic-- Dangerous organisms, and Voice of Women. The newsletters and pamphlets have been transferred to the Voice of Women pamphlet collection.

Kenwood, Eileen
Byron Johnson fonds
CA UVICARCH AR074 · Fonds · 1916-1964

The fonds consists of records documenting Johnson's political and business careers, including constitutions and bylaws of political organizations, trade agreements, political cartoons and clippings; business records including correspondence, daily journals, financial records and contracts; personal family correspondence and insurance records, Johnson's army diary, and records relating to Byron's father, Oliver Johnson; photographs of the Johnson family and of Johnson with his cabinet and colleagues; correspondence regarding Johnson's work with the RCAF; publications, including newsletters, magazines, journals, annual reports and copies of speeches, some of which are annotated by Johnson or contain photographs, articles or obituaries about him; records regarding the visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Victoria, October 1951, including invitations to functions and photograph album of the visit prepared by the Daily Colonist newspaper.

Johnson, Byron Ingemar
Henry Drummond Dee fonds
CA UVICARCH AR041 · Fonds · 1922-1949, 1966

The fonds consists of certificates and diplomas of Provincial Normal School military physical training and University of British Columbia degrees; typescripts of song lyrics and poems presented at a reception held in Victoria in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dee, 1966.

Dee, Henry Drummond
CA UVICARCH AR032 · Fonds · 1888-1974

The fonds consists of records relating to Clearihue's activities: McGill University, 1910-11; Oxford University, 1912-14; World War 1, 1916-18; Victoria College, 1948-63; Victoria College Development, 1945-56; University Development, 1959-66; University of Victoria, 1964-76; University of Victoria Foundation, 1973-76; Awards, medals and pins; Personal records, 1888-72; Travel ephemera, 1913-20; Photographs, 1908-1919; and microform of correspondence relating to Victoria College and University of Victoria, 1952-62.

Clearihue, Joseph Badenoch
John Edward Brant fonds
CA UVICARCH AR018 · Fonds · 1912-1958

The fonds consists of a certificate of service in the Royal Navy, 1912-1922; genealogical records of John Brant and his family, including certificates of birth, marriage and death of Brant and his wife Elsie Reed Brant, and his father John Ojijatekha Brant-Sero, 1914-1958; and a typescript of a family history by Brant-Sero, "Some Descendants of Joseph Brant."

Brant, John Edward
Elsie Allan fonds
CA UVICARCH AR001 · Fonds · [ca. 1914-1918]

The fonds consists of Allans' photographs of Victoria and Field, B.C., Camp Petawawa, Salisbury, England, France and unidentified B.C. locations during World War I. Many of the photographs depict the military.

Allan, Elsie
Ferry family fonds
CA UNBC 2000.8 · Fonds · 1917-[199-?]

The fonds consists of newspaper articles on John Ferry and several documents related to Carney Ferry's work as a CNR agent. The bulk of the fonds documents William Dow Ferry's accomplishments, from his sixth grade report card to law school transcripts, university diplomas and certificates of appointment. Most photos are formal shots of William Ferry but one series relates to his military service, including photographs of soldiers in Whitehorse ca. 1940.

Ferry family