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Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 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
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- 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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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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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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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
- Reference Code
- M169 / 10
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 10
- Date Range
- 1916-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- 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.
- Subject Access
- WWI
- Travel
- India
- Mesopotamia
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Diary No XX Leave to Canada 9.4.20 to 25.10.20
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 12, Apr.-Oct. 1920 Leave to Canada. Personal diary pertaining to packing and leaving from Dehra Dun, travel to Bombay with leisure and description of travel mates, travel on ship S. S. Dunera and description of pas…
- Date Range
- 1920
- Reference Code
- M169 / 12
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 12
- Date Range
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 12, Apr.-Oct. 1920 Leave to Canada.
- Personal diary pertaining to packing and leaving from Dehra Dun, travel to Bombay with leisure and description of travel mates, travel on ship S. S. Dunera and description of passengers. Daytrip in Columbo, travel through Singapore, Hong Kong, interaction with Prince and Princess of Barcleu [?]. Police and Doctors in Nagasaki performed extensive examinations.
- Uneventful crossing to Victoria, drive to Sidney. Leisure, dances, lunches, theatre. Trip to Vancouver, Walhachin, stayed with friends in Shaughnessy Heights, visited Jerico Club. Trip to Jasper via Prince Rupert, hiking, camping, Fortress Lake, Snow Creek.
- Travel from Jasper to Banff, through Edmonton and Calgary. Stayed at Alpine Club House in Banff, which was busy because of poor weather at Assiniboine. Climbed Mt. Edith, stayed at Sunshine Camp, Golden Valley, Assiniboine. Picture glued in of Lake Magog, annotated with mountain peaks. Banff, climbed Rundle, leisure, staying at clubhouse, picnic on Bow river, Sulphur Mountain climb.
- Travel from Banff to Winnipeg to Toronto, to Ottawa, Montreal, New York, board ship S. S. Baltic to Liverpool. Trip into London, dealing with clothing, camera, surveying equipment, trips to India Office, leisure with Dolly. Boat trip to Venice, trip to Suez, to Bombay and return to Dehra Dun. "Altogether a most excellent leave, though somewhat expensive!"
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Leave
- Vancouver
- Banff
- Bombay
- Travel
- New York
- Mt. Edith
- Mt. Assiniboine
- Sulphur Mt.
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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
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- 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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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 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
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Diary No XXIII B Aprl. 19th 1922 to Sidney (November) written by D. S. W.
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 15, Diary written by Sir Oliver's wife, 1922. Personal diary pertaining to trip to "Banff - Los Angeles - Sidney." Travelled from Banff in Cadillac, spent two nights in Calgary and travelled to High River, Glacier …
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- M169 / 15
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 15
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 15, Diary written by Sir Oliver's wife, 1922.
- Personal diary pertaining to trip to "Banff - Los Angeles - Sidney." Travelled from Banff in Cadillac, spent two nights in Calgary and travelled to High River, Glacier Park, descriptions of Oliver leaving for work, daily routine, Yellowstone Park, Mammoth Hot Springs, Ashlou, Idaho Falls, camping, Grand Canyon, travel to San Francisco, shopping and leisure, Yosemite, car stuck in ditch, travelled through Salem to Portland, Olympia, Seattle
- "Home" which was a very welcome home after a most interesting though slightly strenuous holiday."
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Leave
- Banff
- High River
- Yellowstone Park
- Grand Canyon
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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
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- 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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- 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
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- 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. 22, 1937 New Zealand, Fiji, Victoria, B.C. Personal diary pertaining to trips around Wanaka, Te Anau, weather descriptions, hotel and road condition descriptions, Dunedin, extensive discussion of food and meals, Wa…
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Reference Code
- M169 / 22
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 22
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 22, 1937 New Zealand, Fiji, Victoria, B.C.
- Personal diary pertaining to trips around Wanaka, Te Anau, weather descriptions, hotel and road condition descriptions, Dunedin, extensive discussion of food and meals, Wakaia, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Napuir, Taupo, Huka Lodge, scenery descriptions, New Plymouth, fishing, Auckland, Juan de Fuca, Victoria.
- Expenses lists Auckland - Victoria, Costs in New Zealand, Cost of running car in N.Z., Receipts list.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- New Zealand
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 23, 1937 Canada, U.S.A. Personal diary pertaining to trips in Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops, Squilax, Revelstoke, travel details, Yoho Camp, Emerald Lake, sightseeing, Moraine Lake, Banff, ACC Camp, Little Yoho, Ta…
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Reference Code
- M169 / 23
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 23
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 23, 1937 Canada, U.S.A.
- Personal diary pertaining to trips in Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops, Squilax, Revelstoke, travel details, Yoho Camp, Emerald Lake, sightseeing, Moraine Lake, Banff, ACC Camp, Little Yoho, Takakkaw camp, bathing at the Cave and Basin, leisure activities, Lake Louise, fishing, Bas Lake, poor weather in Banff, Cranbrook, Fraser's Landing, Sheep Creek, Penticton, Shuswap Lake, Grand Forks, Spokane, Thompson Falls, Glacier National Park, Avalanche Camp Ground, Two-Medicine Lake, weather descriptions, Old Faithfull Yellowstone, Yellowstone Upper, Middle, Lower Basins, Reno, San Francisco, Yosemite, Stockton, Redding, Portland, Vancouver.
- Interaction with May Vaux Valcott in Banff.
- Several maps drawn on facing pages, several maps glued to facing pages near end of diary, advertisement for Oakland Bridge.
- Financial and distance details for trip from Sidney to Banff, Old Faithful to Sidney, General Costs.
- Subject Access
- Daily routines
- Travel
- Leisure
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Cave and Basin
- Cranbrook
- Canada
- Yellowstone National Park
- San Francisco
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