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Diary No XXII Leave 1922-3 -4

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Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 13, Apr. 1922-Jan.1924 India & leave to Canada & U.S.A. Personal diary pertaining to travel from Dehra Dun to Calcutta, list of expenses, sailing postponed due to bad weather, trip though Singapore, Hong Kong, man …
Date Range
1922-24
Reference Code
M169 / 13
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7773
Reference Code
M169 / 13
Date Range
1922-24
Physical Description
1 vol. textual record
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 13, Apr. 1922-Jan.1924 India & leave to Canada & U.S.A.
Personal diary pertaining to travel from Dehra Dun to Calcutta, list of expenses, sailing postponed due to bad weather, trip though Singapore, Hong Kong, man on board jumped, was rescued and arrested, Nagasaki, Tokyo, arrival in Victoria. Leisure in Resthaven, Middle Springs Camp in Banff, honorary member of ACC, Assiniboine, ACC Club House.
Significant gap in text, beginning again three months later in Sidney, travelling to Vancouver. Winnipeg to Ottawa, to Kingston, to Toronto. Ten days of leisure in Toronto, four days in Cleveland, visit with friends in Washington, DC, trip to New York, Ottawa, boat trip on S. S. Montclare, trip to Birmingham with Dolly, travel around England, leisure, return to Canada with Dolly, docked in Montreal, travel to Ottawa, from Toronto to Banff.
Banff for ten days, visits mother's grave, chores. Karmax and K2. Trip to Vancouver, leisure, return to Sidney, auditing and balance sheets. Rough trip back with Dolly from Victoria to Yokohama. Recent earthquake in Yokohama, description of city's destruction. Travel back through Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, return to Calcutta.
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Leave
Vancouver
Banff
Resthaven
Middle Springs Camp
Travel
New York
Mt. Assiniboine
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Diary No XXIII A at intervals from 15.4.22 to 26.12.22 written by D. S. W.

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Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 14, Diary written by Sir Oliver's wife, 1922. Personal diary pertaining to Dehra Dun, description of daily activities, dining, weather. Trip to Calcutta on expensive train without dining car, visiting offices to wo…
Date Range
1922
Reference Code
M169 / 14
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7773
Reference Code
M169 / 14
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 vol. textual record
Scope & Content
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 14, Diary written by Sir Oliver's wife, 1922.
Personal diary pertaining to Dehra Dun, description of daily activities, dining, weather. Trip to Calcutta on expensive train without dining car, visiting offices to work out passports, expenses. Choppy boat ride to Panary, travel through Singapore, to Hong Kong, description of passenger who jumped off boat, long police inspection in Nagasaki, attended Japanese play at Imperial Theatre, played Mahjong. Travel to Victoria, discussion of day to day activities, spent time at Resthaven due to appendix problems. Presented with pink carnations from the ACC. "O." had operation and convalesced at Resthaven, trip to Victoria, nice weather for Banff and Bow river. Husband buys car, 1914 Cadillac. Walk along spray river in Banff, Sunshine Camp, Middle Springs, driving lesson on highway.
Pressed four leaf clover in middle of book
Shopping lists for various rooms of the house
Upside down from back of book, shopping lists, lists of items mailed, different trunks contents lists
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Leave
Vancouver
Banff
Resthaven
Middle Springs Camp
Travel
Mt. Assiniboine
Title Source
Title taken from source
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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