Address to Canadian Club of Vancouver
- AM361-S2-F1
- File
- Jan. 28, 1948
File is the text of a speech prepared by Lett relating to the visit of the Canadian mission to Japan in 1947.
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Address to Canadian Club of Vancouver
File is the text of a speech prepared by Lett relating to the visit of the Canadian mission to Japan in 1947.
File includes correspondence relating to the preparations for and arrangement of the trip to Japan, China and Hong Kong.
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.
File contains articles, correspondence and reports relating to the economic, political and social conditions of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. File also covers the Canadian military, diplomatic and business establishments in Vietnam. A membership list of the Commission is included.
File is a photographic scrapbook relating to the work of the Commission in Vietnam.
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.
File contains letters congratulating Lett on his appointment as Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
Oath of Allegiance, Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme Court
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.
File contains correspondence and lecture notes relating to the military training of Lett when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1941.
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.
South Saskatchewan Regiment papers
File contains official papers relating to the transfer of command from Lieutenant Colonel Lett to Colonel Merritt.
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.
File contains news clippings relating a lawsuit of B.C. Power Corporation Ltd.
Transcript of interview with Dr. William Gibson, Jun. 19, 1990
Diary, reports, memos from the Canadian Commission in Vietnam : 1955
Miscellaneous news clippings relating to the Dieppe Raid : 1942-1989
Transcript of interview with Chief Judge Nathan Nemetz
Transcript of interview with Colonel Spankie and Judge Verchere
Transcript of interview with Frances Hale, daughter of Sherwood Lett.
Transcript of interview with Mary Plant, daughter of Sherwood Lett
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.
File consists of correspondence to and from Sherwood and Evelyn Lett.
Papers written by Sherwood Lett
Business and UBC membership cards
Personal correspondence - photocopies
File consists of copies of correspondence to and from Sherwood Lett, 1918-1963.
File contains records mainly relating to Lett's speeches in various social activities including weddings, dinner parties and Club's meetings.
File contains correspondence relating to Lett's health condition when he suffered a heart attack in Jan. 1964 and finally died in late 1964.
Personal paper and resume for Rhode Scholarship
File contains Lett's letter relating to his military services in France during the First World War. Lett's passport is also included.
File contains correspondence and articles relating to Lett's family history before the family moved from Ontario to British Columbia.
Sherwood Lett at podium receiving honorary degree
Sherwood Lett and other Justices at the Supreme Court of British Columbia
Sherwood Lett reunited with family after wounded in Dieppe
Item is a photograph showing Sherwood Lett in uniform, his wife Evelyn, and daughters Mary and Frances and friend Arthur Lord.
Sherwood Lett, daughters Frances and Mary, and wife Evelyn Lett
Portrait of a young Sherwood Lett holding a copy of The Saturday Evening Post newspaper
University of British Columbia honorary degree recipients and officials
Item is a group photograph on the occasion of the awarding of honorary degrees by the University of British Columbia at the spring congregation. Individuals in this photograph are (left to right): (back row) Leonard Sylvanus Klinck (U.B.C. President Emeritus), Hon. Eric Werge Hamber (U.B.C. Chancellor Emeritus), (front row) Sherwood Lett (U.B.C. Chancellor), Hector MacLeod (degree recipient, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science), Thomas Ingledow (degree recipient), William George Swan (degree recipient), Norman MacKenzie (U.B.C. President).
Princess Elizabeth and University of British Columbia officials at a U.B.C. football game
Item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and university officials at a University of British Columbia football game on the occasion of the royal visit to U.B.C. The identified individuals in this photograph are (from left to right): U.B.C. Chancellor Sherwood Lett, Princess Elizabeth, U.B.C. President Norman MacKenzie, and Prince Philip.
Norman MacKenzie, Vincent Massey, and Sherwood Lett at University of British Columbia
Item is a photograph of University or British Columbia President Norman MacKenzie (left), The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada (centre), and U.B.C. Chancellor Sherwood Lett (right) leaving the War Memorial Gymnasium at U.B.C.
Governor General Vincent Massey inspecting Roll of Service at University of British Columbia
Item is a photograph of The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada inspecting the Roll of Service at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University or British Columbia with U.B.C. President Norman MacKenzie (left) and U.B.C. Chancellor Sherwood Lett (behind).
University of British Columbia honorary degree recipients and officials
Item is a group photograph on the occasion of the awarding of honorary degrees by the University of British Columbia at the spring congregation. Individuals in this photograph are (left to right): (top row) Sherwood Lett (U.B.C. Chancellor), Norman MacKenzie (bottom row) Henry F. Angus (degree recipient), Jessie Louise McLenaghan (degree recipient), Frank C. James (degree recipient).
Vancouver Board of Trade Dinner, Archie Cator 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, Rys M. Sale, Vancouver Board of Trade president Archie H. Cator, and His Worship Mayor Albert Thomas Alsbury.
Chief Justice Sherwood Lett and Justice Manson at a Barossa Day dinner
Item is a group photograph of Justice Alexander Malcolm Manson (left), Chief Justice Sherwood Lett (centre), and an unidentified man (right) at a Barossa Day dinner held by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.
Barossa Day dinner, toast at head table
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man at the head table making a toast at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment. The Hon. Frank Ross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is visible at far left.
Barossa Day dinner, head table guests facing Fusiliers' piper
Item is a photograph of the men at the head table standing to face a Irish Fusiliers piper at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment. The Hon. Frank Ross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is visible at far left.
Barossa Day dinner, Gen. Sir Ouvry Roberts conversing
Item is a photograph of General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts (right) in conversation with two unidentified men at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.
Barossa Day dinner, Lt. Col. John Avison of the Irish Fusiliers
Item is a photograph of Lt. Col. John Avison of the Irish Fusiliers and an unidentified man at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.
Barossa Day dinner, two guests
Item is a photograph of [John Farris Q.C.] and an unidentified man at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.
Barossa Day dinner, four guests stand with Barossa Cup
Item is a photograph of four unidentified men standing with the Barossa Cup at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.
The "Grand Moot", Law Faculty of University of British Columbia, courtroom
Item is a panorama photograph of the whole courtroom at the 'Grand Moot' at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law. The roles of the Justices at the bench are played by (from left to right) R.H. Tupper Q.C., Sherwood Lett (Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court), Gordon McGregor Sloan (Chief Justice for the Court of Appeal), Elmore Meredith Q.C., and Arthur J. Cowan Q.C..
Round Table Christmas luncheon
Item is a group photograph of Round Table Christmas luncheon guests. Sherwood Lett is the second from the right on the bottom row.