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

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    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

  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

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    121Works
    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 again...
    Subject:
    Military History and Local History
    Location:
    Canada, , Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)

  • Abkhazi Archives

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    35Works
    Description:
    This exhibit includes selections from the records of Peggy and Nicholas Abkhazi held in the University of Victoria Archives, including material relating to the interwar period, World War II and the design and creation of the Abkhazis' internationally renowned rhododendron...
    Subject:
    Local History, Families, and Military History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, and manuscripts (documents)

  • Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

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    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

  • 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

  • World War One Photographs and Journals

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    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

  • J.M.'s World War One Sketchbooks

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    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)

  • Military History Collection

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    8Collections
    1642Works
    Description:
    The Military History Collection is comprised of books, archival materials, photographs, oral histories, and other objects relating to military service and interventions, including WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the War in Afghanistan. Perspectives represented here include...
    Subject:
    Politics and government and Military History
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    publications (documents)

  • World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One

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    1Collections
    85Works
    Description:
    In 2008, Pacific Opera Victoria commissioned an opera from the play, Mary's Wedding. The play tells a story of love and remembrance set in the Prairies, the trenches of France, and the Battle of Moreuil Wood in March 1918. Three...
    Subject:
    Military History, Performing Arts, Local History, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence and photographs

  • Victoria Holocaust and World War II Memory Digital Collections

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    1Collections
    141Works
    Description:
    A digital collection of material relating to the Victoria Holocaust and World War II Memory Archive at the University of Victoria Libraries
    Subject:
    Military History and Local History
    Resource Type:
    Collection