CS-Records ID: 974
A. Stewart McMorran collected archival material relating to the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, CEF. The battalion was formed in 1914 under the command of Lt. Col. Henry S. Tobin. The battalion left in May 1915 and served on the European continent for the rest of World War I. It returned to Vancouver in May 1919.
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The collection consists of the papers of James H. Humphries, Frank Hubert Matthews, Henry Seymour Tobin, Charles J. Garrett, Edmund Taylor, and Henry Cecil Royle concerning World War I, the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion Association: letters, newsletters, nominal rolls, minutes, reports of annual meetings, financial and general records, newsclippings, artifacts, photographs (including group portrait of various companies and views of various events in the Battalion's history) and printed materials.
Photographs in this fonds have been assigned item numbers with the prefix "CVA 622" or "CVA 735"
Donated by A. Steward McMorran in 1986 and 1993. Additional donations by Justice McMorran on behalf of Col. F.C. Garrett, CD, Mr. Sydney Taylor and Mrs. L. Savaria in 1990.
File list available.
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Item is a map of most of Europe showing countries, cities, and some bodies of water.
A digital copy is available.
Access to original material is restricted for preservation reasons.
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Item is a map of part of Europe showing distribution of military divisions by nationality along the Western Front.
A digital copy is available.
Access to original material is restricted for preservation reasons.
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CS-Records ID: 135396
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CS-Records ID: 135359
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File includes Christmas cards, rosters and batallion badges.
CS-Records ID: 135379
Folder formerly located at 597-B-01 fld 03
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CS-Records ID: 135418
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CS-Records ID: 135404
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CS-Records ID: 135400
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CS-Records ID: 135388
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CS-Records ID: 135389
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CS-Records ID: 135390
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CS-Records ID: 135406
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CS-Records ID: 135399
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File includes photocopies of the originals.
CS-Records ID: 135402
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CS-Records ID: 135416
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CS-Records ID: 135360
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CS-Records ID: 135373
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CS-Records ID: 135375
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CS-Records ID: 135376
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CS-Records ID: 135377
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CS-Records ID: 135374
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CS-Records ID: 135372
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CS-Records ID: 135403
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CS-Records ID: 135409
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 03-04
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File includes incoming and outgoing correspondence from the office of Lt. Col. H. S. Tobin.
CS-Records ID: 135417
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CS-Records ID: 135401
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CS-Records ID: 135405
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CS-Records ID: 135378
Folder formerly located at 597-B-01 fld 01
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CS-Records ID: 135365
Folder formerly located at 597-A-05
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CS-Records ID: 135413
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 08
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CS-Records ID: 135397
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CS-Records ID: 135398
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File includes photocopies of the originals.
CS-Records ID: 135426
Formerly located at 180-C-01.
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Photographs in this file have been assigned catalogue numbers CVA 735-1 and CVA 735-2.
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Pieces missing in top and bottom left hand corners.
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CS-Records ID: 135425
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Files contain 15 photographs (Vimy Ridge Memorial, group portraits, etc.).
Photographs in this file have been assigned item numbers with the prefix "CVA 622"
CS-Records ID: 135408
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 02
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CS-Records ID: 135393
Folder formerly located at 597-B-05 fld 03
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CS-Records ID: 135407
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 01
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CS-Records ID: 135420
Folder formerly located at 597-C-02 fld 01
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CS-Records ID: 135391
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CS-Records ID: 135392
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CS-Records ID: 135395
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CS-Records ID: 135362
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File includes Matthews' World War I personal documents.
CS-Records ID: 135367
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File includes 4 photographs showing King Edward's visit to Pier D, Front St. in Dawson, B.C., the H.M.S. Calliope and an aerial view of an unknown city.
CS-Records ID: 135366
Folder formerly located at 597-A-06 fld 06
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File includes 3 photographs of the "Pharos" schooner leaving San Francisco.
CS-Records ID: 135363
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File includes a German songbook.
CS-Records ID: 135368
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File includes a collection of postcards from France and 3 photographs showing Henry Royle, Jack Scott and Ralph Ellis.
CS-Records ID: 135371
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File includes 83 photographs.
CS-Records ID: 135414
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 09
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File includes a copy of a published work by the Directorate of History for the Department of National Defense titled "The Story of Canada in the Great War."
CS-Records ID: 135361
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File includes contact information for 29th Battalion members.
CS-Records ID: 135370
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CS-Records ID: 135419
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CS-Records ID: 135381
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CS-Records ID: 135382
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CS-Records ID: 135383
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CS-Records ID: 135384
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CS-Records ID: 135386
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CS-Records ID: 135387
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CS-Records ID: 135385
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CS-Records ID: 135380
Folder formerly located at 597-B-02
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CS-Records ID: 135411
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 05-06
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CS-Records ID: 135364
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File includes a copy of "Vancouver's 29th: A Chronicle of the 29th in Flanders Fields" by Captain W.D.M. Sage, M.A. Regimental Historian and H.R.N Clyne, M.C.
CS-Records ID: 135412
Folder formerly located at 597-B-07 fld 07
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CS-Records ID: 135421
Folder formerly located at 597-C-02 fld 02
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CS-Records ID: 135369
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CS-Records ID: 135422
Folder formerly located at 597-C-02 fld 03
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File includes the following titles: The Organization of Shell-Hole Defences; Instructions on Bombing; Box Respirator Drill and Inspection; Platoon and Company Drill; Notes on Horse Management in the Field; Physical Exercises for Bombers; Methods of Unarmed Attack and Defence; Training Manual, Royal Flying Corps; Bayonet Fighting Illustrated.
CS-Records ID: 135394
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CS-Records ID: 135423
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File includes approximately 177 photographs taken during World War I. Also includes letters, postcards, newsclippings and notes.
CS-Records ID: 135424
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CS-Records ID: 135415
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CS-Records ID: 135357
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CS-Records ID: 135358
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Baggage stencil (?) and horn mouthpiece removed to artifact storage