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- Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force, Military history, Canada. Canadian Army, Allied Intervention in Soviet Union (Soviet Union : 1918-1920), Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921), Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia), Voyages and travels, Quests (Expeditions), Diplomatic relations, and Military participation--Canadian
- Creator
- Elkington, Eric Henry William
- Date created
- December 26, 1918 to April 20, 1919
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 diary (48 pages) ; 13 x 7.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- Russia (Federation)--Siberia and Russia (Federation)--Vladivostok
- Coordinates
- 60, 100 and 43.10562, 131.87353
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Handwritten in black ink. Notebook with damaged exterior holder for a pen or pencil attached to the spine. Bound in red faux leather paper separated from the page block.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- 20th Century Manuscripts Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of Diana McKay, June 2010.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- manuscripts (documents) and diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2011-018
- Fonds Title
- Eric Elkington collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC444
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/eric-elkington-collection
- Date Digitized
- 2025-03
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file and PDF by MT. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Volume 7.. My Life in the Army. Archie Wills. On way home--Camp Borden, Rhyl Halifax, Toronto, Victoria. Dec.31,1918--March 22nd
- Subject
- Military training camps, Military education, Soldiers' writings, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Transports, Recruiting and enlistment, Soldiers--Health and hygiene, Canada. Canadian Army, Military camps, Soldiers, World War (1914-1918), War diaries, and Soldiers--Social conditions
- Creator
- Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Language
- English
- Date created
- December 31, 1918 to March 22, 1919
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 volume (36 pages) ; 13 x 9 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- England, Canada, Atlantic Ocean, and Nova Scotia--Halifax
- Coordinates
- 52.16045, -0.70312, 44.6464, -63.57291, 10, -25, and 60.10867, -113.64258
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Note that the volume of the diary has been crossed out from 7 to be 8.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- World War One Photographs and Journals and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- manuscripts (documents) and diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.14
- Fonds Title
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier
- AR394
- Is Referenced By
- Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/archie-h-wills-fonds
- Date Digitized
- 2012-02-23
- Technical Note
- 400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Walker's Diary for 1919 Size No. 33
- Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army, War diaries, Military history, Soldiers, War, World War (1914-1918), Soldiers--Conduct of life, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 5th
- Creator
- Bluethner, Martin Herman
- Date created
- 1919
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 diary ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Military History Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2024-048
- Fonds Title
- Martin Bluethner fonds
- Fonds Identifier
- SC704
- Date Digitized
- 2024-11
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300; 600DPI; tif; color bar; color; cropped.(No automatic adjustments) by LG. Metadata by KD.
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- Subject
- Military history, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Soldiers--Billeting, Trenches, Intrenchments, World War (1914-1918), Military hygiene, Canada. Canadian Army, War casualties, Weather, Soldiers--Social conditions, Military decorations, Military supplies, War diaries, Soldiers--Health and hygiene, Battle casualties, Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th, Soldiers, Drill and minor tactics, Military camps, War, Soldiers--Training of, Fortification, Field, and Soldiers--Training
- Creator
- Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
- Date created
- January 1, 1919 to April 26, 1919
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 16 pages ; 21 x 34 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- Germany--Lindlar, Belgium--Wanze--Antheit, and England--East Hampshire--Bramshott
- Coordinates
- 51.0896, -0.79812, 50.54927, 5.24022, and 51.01959, 7.37758
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Military History Collection
- Provenance
- Transferred to UVic Special Collections and Archives from BC Archives, May 2006.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- journals (accounts), personal narratives, manuscripts (documents), typescripts, and diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2006-011
- Fonds Title
- 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds
- Fonds Identifier
- SC338
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/16th-battalion-canadian-scottish-fonds
- Date Digitized
- 2025-03
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Plustek Opticbook A-300 600 DPI tiffs (gamma 1.20, no color correction) by PD. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Early Western Journals, Number 1
- Subject
- Indigenous peoples, Voyages and travels, Fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company, and Fur traders
- Creator
- Work, John, 1792-1861
- Contributor
- Phillips, Paul C. (Paul Chrisler), 1883-1956 and Lewis, William S. (William Stanley), 1876-1941
- Publisher
- Arthur H. Clark Co.
- Date created
- 1923
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- GVPL Call Number: 979.5 WOR 2006
- Extent
- 209 pages ; 25 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia and Pacific Northwest
- Coordinates
- 45.99696, -118.49854 and 53.99983, -125.0032
- Chronological Coverage
- 1831-08-18/1832-07-27
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Contains plates, map, and a portrait.
- Physical Repository
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books and diaries
- Date Digitized
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
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- Subject
- Norddeutscher Lloyd, Authors, Literature, Authors, German, and Voyages and travels
- Creator
- Seel, Else, 1894-1974
- Language
- German
- Date created
- 1928 to 1934
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- ELS 2/3/1
- Extent
- 40 leaves ; 16.5 x 10.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia--Tahsta River, British Columbia--Hazelton, and British Columbia--Wistaria
- Coordinates
- 55.24973, -127.67025 and 53.84977, -126.27
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Black limp cover. Handwritten in ink and pencil. A number of blank pages at the end of the notebook.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Else Lübcke Seel Digital Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- letters (correspondence), literary works, diaries, drafts (documents), and short stories
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1978-001; File: 1.10
- Fonds Identifier
- SC111
- Is Referenced By
- Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/else-lubcke-seel-fonds
- Date Digitized
- 2023-02
- Technical Note
- Scanned as double page spreads on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 dpi TIFF scanned by PD. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Bulletin of the Departments of History and Political and Economic Science in Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ; no. 59.
- Subject
- Historic sites, Cities and towns, Indians of North America--Government relations, Autobiography, Dickens, Francis, 1844-1886, North West Mounted Police (Canada), Battles, Mounted police, Trading posts, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, History, Manners and customs, and Indigenous peoples
- Creator
- LaChance, Vernon
- Contributor
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) and Dickens, Francis, 1844-1886
- Publisher
- Kingston : Jackson Press, [1930]
- Date created
- May 1930
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 23 pages ; 23 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- Saskatchewan and Canada
- Coordinates
- 54.0001, -106.00099, 60.10867, -113.64258, and 53.65018, -109.75154
- Chronological Coverage
- 1885
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- From the Print Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books, diaries, and autobiographies (literary genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2017-02-03
- Technical Note
- 600 dpi TIFF. Metadata by KD.
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- Subject
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language
- English
- Date created
- February 22, 1935
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-1
- Fonds Title
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC050
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collectionRobert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-02-22.html
- Date Digitized
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript
- February 22nd Friday. Wrote to A.E.S.G. promising money, [£]100, to children in Aug. & to repay their mother, also, [£]300 in October for past two years not paid. Arranged that children's financial year should begin in November: would undertake no yearly sum....
- Technical Note
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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- Subject
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language
- English
- Date created
- February 23, 1935
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-2
- Fonds Title
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC050
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collectionRobert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-02-23.html
- Date Digitized
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript
- Feb 23rd Saturday Revised Chapter 4 3 of Antigua Penny Puce. Decided with Laura where to plant the bushes and trees we bought in Palma— mimosa,two oleanders, tamarisk, four others whose names we forget. Helped Sebastian to plant them. He grafted the almonds with...
- Technical Note
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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- Subject
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language
- English
- Date created
- February 24, 1935
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-3
- Fonds Title
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC050
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collectionRobert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-02-24.html
- Date Digitized
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript
- Feb 24th Sunday Karl came at 9.45. Began printing at 10. Finished by lunch time, except 20 sheets; then in 1/4 hour afterwards finished. Better printing than last time: due to frequent dry pulls in the early stages. This is the first thing we have printed since 1933....
- Technical Note
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.