CS-Records ID: 86055
File formerly located at 511-C-04 fld 02
James Thomas Hughes was born in Wales in 1872 and came to Canada in 1908. With his family, he lived in Saskatchewan and Alberta and came to Vancouver in 1923. He was a member of the Society of Friends and a leader in Vancouver's Welsh community. He was president of the Cambrian Society and secretary-treasurer of the Burrard Liberal Association. Mr. Hughes died in 1948.
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Collection consists of clippings and a poem entitled "Here and There", a jingling rhyme, written by Mr. Hughes in July 1942 for his wife's birthday, reminiscent of their life together in Wales and Canada.
Presented by Mrs. Joanne Hughes of Vancouver in 1971.