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Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series : I. Diaries, 1902-1963, 44 v of textual records; II. Scrapbooks, 1910-1933, 2 v. of textual records; III. Other material, [1946-1947], 4 items. Diaries pertain to early life in Ontario and Alberta, service as a surveyor in India, service with the Royal Engineers …
- Date Range
- 1902-1963
- Reference Code
- M169
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Diary
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 169
- Sous-Fonds
- M 169
- Accession Number
- 6262, 7440, 7773
- Reference Code
- M169
- Date Range
- 1902-1963
- Physical Description
- 46 v. + 4 items of textual records
- History / Biographical
- E. O. (Edward Oliver) Wheeler, 1890-1962, was a Canadian surveyor, soldier and mountaineer. Wheeler was born in Ottawa, the son of A. O. (Arthur Oliver) Wheeler, Dominion Land Surveyor and founder of the Alpine Club of Canada. E. O. Wheeler served in the Royal Engineers in World War I and received the Military Cross in 1916 and the Legion of Honour (France). In 1941 he was appointed Surveyor-General of India and in 1943 was knighted by King George VI. During World War II, he served as Director of the Frontier Circle of the Survey of India. Wheeler retired to Lavington, British Columbia in 1947. Throughout his life, Wheeler was involved in world mountaineering. He worked on the mapping of the 1922 expedition of Mount Everest and was active in the Alpine Club of Canada, serving as its President from 1950 to 1954
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series : I. Diaries, 1902-1963, 44 v of textual records; II. Scrapbooks, 1910-1933, 2 v. of textual records; III. Other material, [1946-1947], 4 items. Diaries pertain to early life in Ontario and Alberta, service as a surveyor in India, service with the Royal Engineers in France and Mesopotamia, 1915-1918, trips on leave from India to Canada, U.S.A., England, South Africa, Asia, south Pacific, and New Zealand. Diaries also detail ACC camp preparations and activities, travel to and from Banff, clubhouse work; travel details, daily activities and accounts of climbs in France and Scotland; trans-Atlantic and trans-Canada voyage; Alpine Club of Canada Vermilion Camp activities; Strathcona, Vancouver Island reconnaissance trip and climbs; travels to California, Hawaii and Japan: travel from Los Angeles to Canada, through British Columbia to Banff; ACC camp at Glacier, B.C.; trip from India to Canada; life in Banff; trips and ACC camps in the Rockies, Selkirks and Kootenay district; ACC activities and operations; travels in the Okanagan, Kootenays and Columbia Valley, BC. Also included in this series are two diaries of his wife Dorothea. Scrapbooks pertain to school life, military training, surveyor's training; Alpine Club of Canada activities and lecture activities; military career, 1910-1919; surveying and mountaineering activities; Mount Everest expedition of 1921. Other material consists of items found loose in the 1946-1948 diaries, including letter written on board ship from Asia to the United States, 1947; photographs of unidentified women, 2 items; and postcard of Vancouver City Hall
- Name Access
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Custody information was provided by John Wheeler, son of E. O. Wheeler
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Diary No XXIV 1925-26 [?] - India
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 16, 1925-1926 India & England Personal diary pertaining to Dehra Dun to Delhi, Agra. In Agra Oliver works, Dolly shops with Anna, travel to Jaipur and description of city and palace. Bombay and boat trip along Red …
- Date Range
- 1925-1926
- Reference Code
- M169 / 16
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 16
- Date Range
- 1925-1926
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 16, 1925-1926 India & England
- Personal diary pertaining to Dehra Dun to Delhi, Agra. In Agra Oliver works, Dolly shops with Anna, travel to Jaipur and description of city and palace. Bombay and boat trip along Red Sea, City of Simla, Marseilles, trip to Liverpool, in Birmingham told that he will return to India. Operation at King Edward VII Hospital. Trip to Osborne, convalescent home, and return to Birmingham. Maneuvers in Birmingham. Travels around England. Boat to Canada, time spent in Ottawa and Toronto, travel to Vancouver. Leisure in Sidney, boat "Empress of Asia" to Calcutta.
- Subject Access
- England
- Jaipur
- Marseilles
- Vancouver
- Sidney
- Title Source
- Title taken from source
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Education, Military, & Club Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, pr…
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M169
- Series
- II Scrapbooks
- Sous-Fonds
- M169
- Accession Number
- 22000
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (103 pages ; 24.5 x 30 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, programmes, ledger pages, cartoons and sketches, telegrams, invitations, and steamliner tickets.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, E. O. (Edward Oliver)
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Accidents
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Art
- Awards
- Biographical
- Cadet camp
- Competition
- Education
- Hockey
- Membership
- Military
- School
- School athletics
- Sports
- University
- War
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Ottawa
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Black pages not scanned
- Creator
- Wheeler, Edward O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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General Diary, 1.1.11 - 12.4.11, 5.5.11 - 3.4.12, 13.4.12 - 4.7.12, 7.11.12 - 13.4.13, 2.5.13 - 16.7.14, WAR, 9.12.19 - 9.4.20, 25.10.20 - 3.4.21, 20.10.21 - 14.4.22, 4.1.24 - 19.3.25, 24.3.26 - 16.3.32.
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 20, General Diary: 1911-1932. Daily diary sentences, with location and highlights of days, including church events, sports, dinners, surveying, war, mountaineering, golf, documentation of weather and wind speeds, t…
- Date Range
- 1911-1932
- Reference Code
- M169 / 20
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 20
- Date Range
- 1911-1932
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 20, General Diary: 1911-1932.
- Daily diary sentences, with location and highlights of days, including church events, sports, dinners, surveying, war, mountaineering, golf, documentation of weather and wind speeds, travel within India, list of shooting with location and item, from 1931-1932. Leave trips in previous diaries, which he directs the reader to. After 1921 diary entries are longer, and spread out.
- Chatham, Beaulieu, Dover, Scotland, Meerut, Delhi, Mussoorie, Nagal, Dehra Dun, Bombay, Raipur, Quetta, Kalat.
- Glued in photographs of "C" Construction Low, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Palmer, Bude Haven and Breakwater from Compass Point.
- Title Source
- Title taken from source
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Military Career Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M169
- Series
- II Scrapbooks
- Sous-Fonds
- M169
- Accession Number
- 22000
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 2
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (80 pages ; 24 x 33.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, E. O. (Edward Oliver)
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Subject Access
- Awards
- Biographical
- Cadet camp
- Great War
- Military
- Newspaper
- War
- World War I
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Ottawa
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Canada
- England
- United Kingdom
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Black pages not scanned
- Creator
- Wheeler, Edward O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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