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  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

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    136Works
    Description:
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment incorporated earlier First World War Victoria regiments. On 15 March 1920, Victoria's 88th and 50th Regiments were reorganized into the Canadian Scottish Regiment Non-Permanent Active Militia. On 1 August 1930, The Canadian Scottish...
    Subject
    Military History and Local History
    Location
    Canada, , Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)

  • Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

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    497Works
    Description:
    Ian McTaggart Cowan (1910–2010) is often referred to as the “father of Canadian ecology.” From his formative years roaming the mountains around Vancouver collecting museum specimens of mammals and birds to his last years as a major contributor to the voluminous and...
    Subject
    Voyages and travels, Environmental Studies, and Local History
    Location
    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries, video recordings (physical artifacts), and photographs

  • Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

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    1731Works
    Description:
    The collection consists of a complete autograph diary detailing four years in the lives of Robert Graves and Laura Riding. The period covered is from 22nd February 1935 to 6th May 1939, during which time Graves and Riding lived in Mallorca, Lugano, England, Brittany and...
    Subject
    Authors
    Location
    Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and diaries

  • St. John Family Collection

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    4Works
    Description:
    The St. John family includes the surgeon Valentine St. John (1883-1964) and his mother Aglae de Jora St. John. Aglae de Jora St. John was Romanian. Her husband, Dr. St. John's father, was a British diplomat and cousin of the 4th Viscount Bolingbroke. The surgeon...
    Subject
    Voyages and travels, Families, Politics and government, and Military history
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)

  • World War One Photographs and Journals

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    304Works
    Description:
    World War One photographs and journals selected primarily from the Archie Wills fonds. Archie H. Wills (Henry Archibald Wills) was born in Victoria, British Columbia on 11 September 1892. His parents, Frank Henry Wills (1864-1953) and Sarah Ann Porter (1861-1946)...
    Subject
    Military History
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photographs and diaries

  • World War One Photographs by J. A. Millar

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    175Works
    Description:
    This collection is made up of photographs by J. A. Millar depicting scenes of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier Camp, at Quebec, and at Gaspe Harbour immediately prior to sailing to Britain in 1914. Also included are a few loose photos by unknown...
    Subject
    Military History
    Location
    Canada, , Canada and United Kingdom, , United Kingdom
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums, photographs, and diaries