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  • Canadian Military Oral Histories

    User Collection
    1Collections
    789Works
    Description:
    The Canadian Military Oral History Collection is composed of interviews of veterans of WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the War in Afghanistan. Over 370 recordings done by Dr. Reginald H. Roy and his students are the largest holding in this category. Historian Hal Lawrence...
    Subject
    Oral histories, Interviews, and Military history
    Location
    Canada, , Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    sound recordings, oral histories (literary genre), and video recordings (physical artifacts)

  • J.M.'s World War One Sketchbooks

    User Collection
    1Collections
    2Works
    Description:
    The images presented in this collection are from a set of two World War One sketchbooks archived in the University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives. They contain water-colour and pen and ink images which were produced by a British soldier based in...
    Subject
    Military History
    Location
    France, , France and Belgium, , Belgium
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    sketchbooks and drawings (visual works)

  • Neroutsos, Cyril Houlton: my armed forces experiences

    Subject
    Canada. Canadian Armed Forces, Military history, and Canada. Canadian Army
    Contributor
    Neroutsos, Cyril Houlton
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Sound
    Extent
    1 sound recording (MP3)
    Geographic Coverage
    Canada
    Coordinates
    60.10867, -113.64258
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Original sound recording (CDA) also available.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Canadian Military Oral History Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    sound recordings, reminiscences, oral histories (literary genre), and interviews
    Archival Item Identifier
    NCH_619
    Fonds Title
    Military oral history collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC141
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection
    Date Digitized
    2010-06-14
    Technical Note
    Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2010. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

  • Pearkes, George Randolph: my Army recollections

    Subject
    Personal narratives--Canadian, Military history, and Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
    Contributor
    Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 transcript (50 pages)
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    No audio recording held.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Canadian Military Oral History Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    oral histories (literary genre), reminiscences, interviews, and transcripts
    Archival Item Identifier
    PGR_232
    Fonds Title
    Reginald Herbert Roy fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC104
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/reginald-herbert-roy-fonds
    Technical Note
    Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. WWI Migration metadata by KD and MT. PDF. Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Migration metadata by KD and MT.
    Keyword in Context
    INTERVIEW WITH l'1.AJOR-GENERA1 PEARIZES BY THE CBC FOR THE RADIO PROGRAI11YlE "CANADA IN FLANDERS 11 Q. Sir I'm just go ing to ask you a couple of general ques tions before we star t. I gather you were with the Northwest Mounte d Police when the war began. ...

  • Peraya, Jacques: my wartime experiences

    Subject
    World War (1939-1945), World War (1914-1918), Personal narratives--Canadian, and Military history
    Contributor
    Fitch, Edward and Sharon and Peraya, Jacques
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Sound
    Geographic Coverage
    Egypt, British Columbia--Victoria, Egypt--Cairo, and Egypt--Western Desert
    Coordinates
    30.06263, 31.24967, 48.4359, -123.35155, 27, 28, and 27, 30
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Canadian Military Oral History Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    interviews, reminiscences, sound recordings, and oral histories (literary genre)
    Archival Item Identifier
    PJ_552
    Fonds Title
    Edward Fitch collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC413
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/edward-fitch-collection

  • Sim, Myre: my wartime experiences

    Subject
    Great Britain. Army, Military history, World War (1914-1918), and World War (1939-1945)
    Contributor
    Sim, Myre and Fitch, Edward and Sharon
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Sound
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Coordinates
    52.16045, -0.70312
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Canadian Military Oral History Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    oral histories (literary genre), sound recordings, interviews, and reminiscences
    Archival Item Identifier
    SM_555
    Fonds Title
    Edward Fitch collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC413
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/edward-fitch-collection

  • Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

    User Collection
    1Collections
    170Works
    Description:
    Victoria to Vimy, sponsored by a World War Commemorations Community Fund grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage, is a digital collection of First World War materials held at the University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. For this...
    Subject
    Military History and Local History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photographs and scrapbooks

  • W.O.H. Dodds World War One Photographs and Scrapbook

    User Collection
    1Collections
    186Works
    Description:
    Photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and other records relating to the life and service of Brigadier General W.O.H. Dodds, CMG, DSO, in the Great War of 1914-1918 and extending to his death on 25 August 1934. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian...
    Subject
    Military History
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photographs and scrapbooks

  • War Diary of the 16th Infantry Battalion (Canadian Scottish), Vol. 03, July 01 to July 31, 1915

    Subject
    World War (1914-1918), Military decorations, Soldiers--Billeting, Military camps, Trenches, War, War casualties, Drill and minor tactics, Soldiers, Military hygiene, Battle casualties, Soldiers--Conduct of life, Soldiers--Health and hygiene, Military supplies, War diaries, Fortification, Field, Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th, Military history, Soldiers--Training of, Canada. Canadian Army, Soldiers--Training, Weather, Soldiers--Social conditions, and Intrenchments
    Creator
    Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 16th
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    22 pages ; 21 x 34 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    France--Dunkirk--Neuf-Berquin and Belgium--Ploegsteert
    Coordinates
    50.661, 2.672 and 50.72659, 2.88019
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Diary pages handwritten on template pages made of lightweight vellum or heavier bond paper.
    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
    personal narratives, typescripts, diaries, journals (accounts), and manuscripts (documents)
    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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/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.
    Keyword in Context
    WarDiary_2_1915July_001 WarDiary_2_1915July_002 WarDiary_2_1915July_003 WarDiary_2_1915July_004 WarDiary_2_1915July_005 WarDiary_2_1915July_006 WarDiary_2_1915July_007 WarDiary_2_1915July_008 WarDiary_2_1915July_009 WarDiary_2_1915July_010 WarDiary_2_1915July_01...

  • World War One Photographs and Journals

    User Collection
    1Collections
    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