Fonds consists of trench maps of various scales that were used in the operations of the 19th Battalion during their time at the front. Also includes a set of field message books with carbons intact that record Gidley's wartime communications with other officers. Materials were originally created and gathered by Gidley in his capacity as commanding officer of the 19th Battalion, B Company. Fonds has been divided into three series: Maps, Field Notebooks, and Miscellaneous.
Henderson, Charles ArnoldFonds consists of one panoramic photograph of Vimy Ridge on linen backing. Photograph appears to be intelligence gathered in advance of the battle April, 1917. Also includes one card detailing a Christmas dinner for the Canadian Corps Survey Section, 1918. Card is signed by attendees. Both items were likely produced or co-produced by Loney.
Loney, Charles WilliamFonds consists of various materials and documents pertaining to Crosse’s military career, as well as his pre and postwar activities, such as his leadership role in the Boy Scouts and his active participation as a member of the Anglican Church. The majority of the fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence (60%), whereas the rest of the collection predominately consists of newspaper clippings (scrap book), loose notes, and miscellaneous personal documents. The fonds also contains a single colour slide.
Crosse, ClaudeCollection consists of two microfilm reels (T-21322 & T-21377) produced by Library and Archives Canada containing photo duplicates of war diary material ca. WWII and indexes to their contents. Also includes a table noting the frequency of air raid warnings recorded by the Canadian Corps of Signals in Ashtead between August 1940-July 1941. Material was used by donor in her capacity as a researcher on the history of Ashstead, Surrey, England during WWII.
Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Corps of SignalsConsists of 29 loose pages of typescript poetry with holograph annotations. Poetry is autobiographical and relates to Strong's WWI experiences. Date of creation is presumed to be during the war; written on first sheet of collected poems: "written in France 1917"
Strong, Condren MauriceConsists predominantly of letters written by two soldiers to members of the Coppock family household in Castor, Alberta during WWI.
Coppock familyConsists of a single item: "An Artificial Falkands' Experience" being a memoire recounting Danial Plamondon's experiences as a Captain with the 42 Survey Engineer Regiment, UK, during the Falklands' Islands war in 1982.
Plamondon, DanialThe Daniel G. Dancocks fonds consists predominantly of Dancocks's working records created and accumulated in the writing of his seven books. The fonds is divided into 4 series:
- Works
- Audio Interviews
- Correspondence
- Miscellaneous Photographs and Records
Single item fonds consists of one Christmas card sent by Hepner to his mother in 1942.
Hepner, DavidFonds consists of diaries kept by Watson during his time as a commanding officer during WWI. Also includes related WWI photographs and ephemera collected and arranged by Watson in scrapbook.
Watson, David