Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU TMM F0147-S0002-FL0001
Title
Letters to family in Calgary
Date(s)
- 1915-1919 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
5 cm textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1879-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Recipients include Reid's mother, Margaret Reid, his two sisters Isa and Margaret, John Reid, his brother and fellow WWI service member. Correspondence sent to his mother and sister, Margaret, is largely confined to short postcard updates. A letter and legal enclosure transferring a title deed to his mother is an exception. Letters to his sister and brother in law, Donald Shaw, are longer and includes one letter notable for its vivid battlefield details dated July 9th 1916 written while convalescing from a wound. Also includes a large set of silk embroidered cards.