The Collection
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letter, Vernon Camp, September 2, 1916, page 2correspondence Letter, page 2, Keith Macgowan fonds: " ... Have just been out for about half an hour making my rounds after lights out. Have about 38 men still absent at 10 pm altho' I suppose several of them have by now reported in through the guard. Pay day & booze is a troublesome combination. Several in the lines are more or less half shot but I do not trouble them as long as they mind their business ..." See above link to read full transcripts Click to view… |
letter, Vernon Camp, September 2, 1916, page 4correspondence Letter, page 4, Keith Macgowan fonds: "... but all one gets is this stick & it is given away to the next man & is eventually thrown away or lost by the last. Rather thrilling I call it all ... Must stop now as it is getting late. Be sure & get me what prints you want & then put the films with the rest. With love to all, Keith." See above link to read full transcripts. Click to view… |
postcard, Clover Point, Victoria BC, frontcorrespondence Postcard of Clover Point, Victoria BC, Theodore Benning Monk fonds, showing a CPR steamer and the Clover Point Target Range. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Benning Monk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1907, he enlisted with the active militia and in 1908 became a gunner with the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery (Manitoba Regiment). He moved to Victoria in 1908 and started work in the City Engineer's Department. In World War I he served with the 54th Battalion and fought in Vimy Ridge. Click to view… |
postcard, Clover Point, Victoria BC, versocorrespondence Postcard of Clover Point, Victoria BC, verso, Theodore Benning Monk fonds: "Dear Daddy, How are you. Hope you are safe. [J___?] me a pair of roller skates which I enjoy very much. Love from Faith." Click to view… |
Provincial Normal School students and staff, Victoria BCphotograph Photograph of the students and staff of the Provincial Normal School, Victoria, BC, from the UVic Archives Historical Photograph Collection. In the late 1940s the Provincial Normal School amalgamated with Victoria College. The Normal School was located at the present-day Camosun College Lansdowne campus. Click to view… |
Soldiers with womenphotograph Image of returned soldiers with women in a garden, photograph by R.L. Pocock, Victoria, BC Click to view… |
Victoria College [McGill affilate] Men's Ice Hockey Team, 1914photograph Photograph of Victoria College Men's Ice Hockey Team, from the UVic Archives Historical Photograph Collection. Victoria College was originally affiliated with McGill University, Montreal. Front row: C. Floyd. Middle row: H. Clark, E. Howard Russell and R. Wallis. Back row: A. Straith, F. Kerr, S. Yuill, H. Bunt, and W. S. Nesbitt. Click to view… |
Victoria High School Class, 1915photograph Photograph of the 1915 Victoria High School class standing on the school steps. Victoria College was located on the top floor of Victoria High School for the 1914-1915 session. Click to view… |
AUDIO FILE: Battle of Moreuil Woodaudio file Battle of Moreuil Wood, extract of oral history interview by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Jacobs Click to view… |