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Sherwood and Evelyn Lett family fonds
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Letters of appointment

File contain letters of appointment from the Department of Justice, Canada appointing Lett as Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court. File also includes Lett's correspondence relating to his view on the appointment.

Vancouver Board of Trade Dinner, Sherwood Lett and R. G. Miller at podium

Item is a photograph of speakers at a table podium at the Vancouver Board of Trade dinner. Individuals in this photograph (from left to right) are: Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, Vancouver Board of Trade President R. G. Miller, past Vancouver Board of Trade president Archie H. Cator, and His Worship Mayor Albert Thomas Alsbury.

Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, reading a citation to Field Marshal Montgomery

Item is a photograph of University of British Columbia Chancellor Sherwood Lett (left) reading a citation to Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (right) with U.B.C. president Norman MacKenzie (centre) looking on. The photograph was taken at the occasion of a special University of British Columbia spring congregation at which Field Marshal Montgomery was awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa).

U.B.C. President Mackenzie and Field Marshal Montgomery in uniform

Item is a photograph of University of British Columbia U.B.C. President Norman MacKenzie (left), in military uniform, standing next to Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (right), also in military uniform, at U.B.C. The photograph was taken at the occasion of a special University of British Columbia spring congregation at which Field Marshal Montgomery was awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa).

Round Table Christmas luncheon, group photo

Item is a group photograph of Round Table Christmas luncheon guests. Individuals in this photograph are (from left to right): (back row) R. H. Tupper (QC), Hon. Mr. Justice H.B. Robertson, Frank H. Brown (C[BE]), Col. A. M. Brown (OBE), Roger M. Odlum, H. Oldham, A. M. J. English, J. K. Davis, Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, President N. A. M. MacKenzie, William Manson, W. Tom Brown, J. S. Eckman, D. A. McGregor, (middle row) Chris Webb, Brig. J. C. Stewart, Rt.Rev. Sir Francis Heathcote, Hon. F. M. Ross, Wm. J. Read, Col. J. P. Fell, M. E. Nichols, W. H. Malkin, George Kidd, Dr. Don Patterson. (front row) Gen. Victor W. Odlum, Gen Sir Ouvry Roberts, Richard Bell-Irving.

Miscellaneous clippings

File contains news clippings relating to a wide range of Lett's personal, official and military affairs. These affairs include Lett's marriage, education, military services in the two World Wars, participation in Canadian and International peace missions to Japan and Indochina, and official position as the elected Chancellor of University of British Columbia; and Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.

Charles Plant

File consists of records pertaining to Charles Plant, primarily related to his work as a shingle manufacturing executive at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Ltd.; includes a news and magazine clipping, 1939 photograph print of industry professionals from Canada and the United States, and a reprint copy of the Feb. 1894 issue of the Puget Sound Lumberman which includes statistical information for British Columbia. File also includes a roster of the 1940 Kiwanis Club members.

Round Table Christmas luncheon, group photo

Item is a group photograph of Round Table Christmas luncheon guests. Individuals in this photograph are (from left to right): (back row) Jno. A. Buchanan, Hon. J. V. Clyne, Pres. N. A. M. Mackenzie, Kenneth Caple, Gen. Sir Ouvry Roberts, The Hon. James Sinclair, Col. E. M. Brown, Dr. Donald Patterson, Mr. Jack Nicholson, Major Roger Odlum, Dan McGregor, Gen Sir Chas. Loewen, William Manson, Col. W. Tom Brown, Brig. Robert Wyman. (front row) Harry Oldham, J. K. Davis, W. G. Murrin, The Assistant Hostess, Dr. Wallace Wilson, Miss Bawdon (hostess), Major-Gen. Victor Odlum, A. M. English, Frank H. Brown, Sherwood Lett, William Read, Chris Webb.

Round Table Christmas luncheon, group photo, hostess and William Read standing

Item is a group photograph of Round Table Christmas luncheon guests. Individuals in this photograph are (from left to right): (back row) Jno. A. Buchanan, Hon. J. V. Clyne, Pres. N. A. M. Mackenzie, Kenneth Caple, Gen. Sir Ouvry Roberts, The Hon. James Sinclair, Col. E. M. Brown, Dr. Donald Patterson, Mr. Jack Nicholson, Major Roger Odlum, Dan McGregor, Gen Sir Chas. Loewen, William Manson, Col. W. Tom Brown, Brig. Robert Wyman. (front row) Harry Oldham, J. K. Davis, W. G. Murrin, The Assistant Hostess, Dr. Wallace Wilson, Miss Bawdon (hostess, standing), Major-Gen. Victor Odlum, A. M. English, William Read (standing), Frank H. Brown, Sherwood Lett, Chris Webb.

Judicial papers

Series consists of correspondence, official papers and reports relating to Lett's appointment as Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court in 1955 and as Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 1963. Series also includes records relating to Lett's work when he was Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme Court.

Military papers

Series consists of correspondence, official papers, and military reports and news clippings relating to Lett's participation in the two World Wars. Series covers Lett's service in various military units and, major military operations including the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Series also includes records relating to the evaluation of the Dieppe Raid during the post-war years.

Post-war evaluation on the Dieppe Raid

File contains information provided by Lett to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for the making of the TV program on the 25th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. File also includes articles and news clippings gathered by Lett relating to the evaluation of the Dieppe Raid.

Diplomatic papers, International Commission in Vietnam

Series consists of reports, articles and correspondence gathered by Lett when he was one of the Canadian representatives in the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam set up to supervise the carrying out of the three cease-fire agreements for Vietnam, Cambodia and Loas. Series covers the preparation for actual works of the Commission, and the Commission's reports.

News clippings

Series consists of news clippings gathered by Lett relating to his personal and official activities; and his major achievements in military, educational and legal services.

Personal papers

Series consists of Lett's correspondence and diaries relating to his family history, military services in the two World Wars, studies in Oxford, personal and professional life; and the death of Lett in 1964.

Records related to Vietnam visit

File contains correspondence relating to Lett's reply to questions by Radio Moscow on Lett's visit to Vietnam in 1955. File also includes correspondence and news clippings relating to the situation of Lett's friends in Vietnam and the political situation of Indochina after 1957.

Photographs

Series consists of personal and family photographs relating to the personal and academic life of Lett. Series also contains photographs covering Lett's professional life including Lett's military services during the two World Wars, participation in Canadian Mission to Japan in 1947, and the Canadian participation in the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam in 1955.

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