1916 - 1917 - 1918 No XVI A WAR 8.5.16 - 6.8.16 No XVI B Sick Leave OOTY 7.8.16 - 19.10.16 XVII Shikar (Benaik) 22.5.17 - 20.6.17 XVIII WAR 18.10.17 - 23.3.18
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 10, 1916, 1917, 1918 Mesopotamia & India Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in …
- Date Range
- 1916-1918
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- M169 / 10
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 7773
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- M169 / 10
- Date Range
- 1916-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 10, 1916, 1917, 1918 Mesopotamia & India
- Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in pencil.
- Diagrams for trench digging, platform diagram
- Weather conditions, daily routines, Sannaujuah, mentions of cholera, typhoid, diarrhea, fever, documentation of gradual onset of illness, sick leave in Amara, discussion of day to day illness and diet, leisure: golf, hockey, and dances, visit to St Mary's (1680) oldest British church in India
- Leave in May 1917 for 30 days, leisure, travel, mountaineering, hunting,
- Insert of list of the days in June and July with numbers, and average calculated. Temperature?
- Expenses Travelling list, Wages, Food
- Return to Mesopotamia 1917, travel, boat trip, preparation for leaving Busra, Amara, Kur, One Tree Camp Amara, thieves in Amara, Bagdad right bank, description of Kadhimain mosque, last pages at Fufa regarding a murder, pages following are ripped out.
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- WWI
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- India
- Mesopotamia
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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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- 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
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- M169 / 20
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- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 7773
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- M169 / 20
- Date Range
- 1911-1932
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
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- 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.
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 21, Leave: S.E. Asia, Pacific & New Zealand 1937 Personal diary pertaining to trip to Killarng Lodge, description of car shopping, list of packed items for travel, Calcutta, leisure activities, boat to Batavia, boa…
- Date Range
- 1937-38
- Reference Code
- M169 / 21
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- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
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- M169 / 21
- Date Range
- 1937-38
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 21, Leave: S.E. Asia, Pacific & New Zealand 1937
- Personal diary pertaining to trip to Killarng Lodge, description of car shopping, list of packed items for travel, Calcutta, leisure activities, boat to Batavia, boat trip, Sydney, New Delhi, Melbourne, travel details, Wellington, listing of speedometer readings, Waiko Gorge, Christchurch. List of expenses and destinations in back.
- Loose annotated map of Bali in page 20. Map of New Zealand Te Anau Lake to Milford Sound, and colour fold out map 'Hume Weir" in page 38.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Calcutta
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Wellington
- New Zealand
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 24, 1938 Personal diary containing descriptions of weather, Sidney, Christmas, hockey, Vancouver, fishing, South Tacoma, Portland, Crescent City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, North Hollywood, Furnace Creek, Pacifi…
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Reference Code
- M169 / 24
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 24
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 24, 1938
- Personal diary containing descriptions of weather, Sidney, Christmas, hockey, Vancouver, fishing, South Tacoma, Portland, Crescent City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, North Hollywood, Furnace Creek, Pacific Grove, Santa Rosa, Gold Beach, Port Angeles, Sidney, discussion of Scott radio, boat trip to Hong Kong, description of passengers and boat stops, Singapore, Rangoon, Calcutta.
- Map glued in of Victoria, Bellingham areas, map of Portland, map of coast with Santa Barbara, map featuring Los Angeles, postcard of Line Pine, California, map of Death Valley, Death Valley pamphlet.
- List of costs, distances for trips, loose page at back with destinations.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- San Francisco
- Santa Rosa
- Hong Kong
- Calcutta
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 26, 1941 Daily calendar where most entries are from January, June, July, October, November. Often in shorthand, crossed out, seem to be notations of appointments and arrivals in new locations, weather, leisure activiti…
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M169 / 26
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- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 26
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 26, 1941
- Daily calendar where most entries are from January, June, July, October, November. Often in shorthand, crossed out, seem to be notations of appointments and arrivals in new locations, weather, leisure activities, mention of Calcutta.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Calcutta
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 27, 1942 Daily calendar with locations listed on days, such as Dehra, Deli, New Deli. Notations of meals and leisure activities. Primarily used between September and December. Cash Account details filled out at back of…
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M169 / 27
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- Accession Number
- 7773
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- M169 / 27
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 27, 1942
- Daily calendar with locations listed on days, such as Dehra, Deli, New Deli. Notations of meals and leisure activities. Primarily used between September and December. Cash Account details filled out at back of book.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Calcutta
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1914 Gangotn 14.4.14 - 28.5.14. Diary No XII
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 7, Apr. -May 1914 India Personal diary containing kit list, travel, extensive discussion of "coolies", hiking, mountaineering, dehydration, discussion of altitudes, several sketches of mountains, descriptions of nu…
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- M169 / 7
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- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 7
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 7, Apr. -May 1914 India
- Personal diary containing kit list, travel, extensive discussion of "coolies", hiking, mountaineering, dehydration, discussion of altitudes, several sketches of mountains, descriptions of numbered photos not present
- Peaks include: NagTibba ridge, Dharassu, Dounda, Kedarganga, Glacier No.1, Batwari
- Several pages stuck together throughout
- Summary and notes including weather, routes, kit, food, topography, costs, wages, remarks
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Mountaineering
- India
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