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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 31, 1946 Daily calendar with locations listed on days, such as Dehra, Deli, Canada. Occasional notations of meals, weather, appointments, and leisure activities.
- Date Range
- 1946
- Reference Code
- M169 / 31
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- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 31
- Date Range
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 31, 1946
- Daily calendar with locations listed on days, such as Dehra, Deli, Canada. Occasional notations of meals, weather, appointments, and leisure activities.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Dehra
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 32, 1948 Daily calendar with notations of meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities.
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M169 / 32
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 32
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 32, 1948
- Daily calendar with notations of meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 33, 1949 Daily calendar with notations of meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities, car repairs. Telephone No listed as Kelowna.
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- M169 / 33
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 33
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 33, 1949
- Daily calendar with notations of meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities, car repairs. Telephone No listed as Kelowna.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Leisure
- Chores
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 34, 1960 List of 1960 trips to Osoyoos, Revelstoke and Lake Louise Daily diary with notations of travel, meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities. Lake Louise, Sherman Pass. Loose shopping list at b…
- Date Range
- 1960
- Reference Code
- M169 / 34
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 34
- Date Range
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 34, 1960
- List of 1960 trips to Osoyoos, Revelstoke and Lake Louise
- Daily diary with notations of travel, meals, weather, temperatures, chores, and leisure activities. Lake Louise, Sherman Pass.
- Loose shopping list at back
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Leisure
- Chores
- Travel
- Lake Louise
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Diary No III, 1905
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 3, Jan. -Dec. 1905 Ontario. Personal diary. First entry "Didn't keep a diary for '04", daily routines, interactions with Grandma Wheeler, weather conditions, return to school, school work, documented classmates' il…
- Date Range
- 1905
- Reference Code
- M169 / 3
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 3
- Date Range
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 3, Jan. -Dec. 1905 Ontario.
- Personal diary. First entry "Didn't keep a diary for '04", daily routines, interactions with Grandma Wheeler, weather conditions, return to school, school work, documented classmates' illnesses, playing hockey, dancing class, interactions with Pinkie, swimming
- Christmas List, significant dates: weather and school, hockey matches and scores, list of addresses, cash account by month
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Diary No IV, 1906
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 4, Jan. -Aug. 1906 Ontario, Alberta. Personal diary accounting leisure activities, at home in Alberta until return to school in January, hockey, descriptions of some meals and snacks, Glee Club, dancing class, temp…
- Date Range
- 1906
- Reference Code
- M169 / 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 4
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 4, Jan. -Aug. 1906 Ontario, Alberta.
- Personal diary accounting leisure activities, at home in Alberta until return to school in January, hockey, descriptions of some meals and snacks, Glee Club, dancing class, temperature notations, trip to Moose Jaw, Field, camping, photography
- List of significant dates, hockey games and scores, weather record, Treats I owe and Treats I am owed, Cash Account
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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
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- 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
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- Title based on contents of fonds
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Five Year Diary
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 35, 1960 - 62 Medication sticker on inside cover, living in Vernon, BC. Daily calendar with notations of chores, leisure activities, weather, appointments, notations of "Feet" on some entries, meals. Loose temperature …
- Date Range
- 1960-1962
- Reference Code
- M169 / 35
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 35
- Date Range
- 1960-1962
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, O., Vol. 35, 1960 - 62
- Medication sticker on inside cover, living in Vernon, BC.
- Daily calendar with notations of chores, leisure activities, weather, appointments, notations of "Feet" on some entries, meals.
- Loose temperature chart in pages June 28 and 29.
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- Daily routines
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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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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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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
- 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.
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Six days leave to Kashmir, Nov. 9-10 on duty, Nov. 11-17 [?]
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 25, 1939 Personal diary pertaining to trips around Kashmir, mountaineering, back problems, discussion of weather, Bannihal [?] Pass, Mrs. Phillimine's house boat, Kabul River, leisure activities, details regarding …
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- M169 / 25
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 25
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 25, 1939
- Personal diary pertaining to trips around Kashmir, mountaineering, back problems, discussion of weather, Bannihal [?] Pass, Mrs. Phillimine's house boat, Kabul River, leisure activities, details regarding fishing and shooting
- Pressed flower at page 14
- Lists of expenses
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Kashmir
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