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James Anderson-Wilson fonds

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Part Of
James Anderson-Wilson fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to internment camps at Castle Mountain and the Cave and Basin, near Banff.
Date Range
1915-1917
Reference Code
V20
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
James Anderson-Wilson fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 20
Sous-Fonds
V 20
Accession Number
1619, 1925
Reference Code
V20
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1915-1917
Physical Description
22 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Col. James Anderson-Wilson, 1896-1985, was a soldier at Calgary and Winnipeg, Canada and Grenada, West Indies. While a Sergeant with the 103rd Calgary Rifles, Anderson-Wilson was assigned to the Banff and Castle Mountain Internment Camps.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to internment camps at Castle Mountain and the Cave and Basin, near Banff.
Name Access
Anderson-Wilson, James
Subject Access
Camps, Internment
Military
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
Creator
Anderson-Wilson, James
Category
Military
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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William D. Buck fonds

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Part Of
William D. Buck fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of photograph album titled "Snapshots of prisoners of war and surroundings taken by Sergt. W. Buck of the Banff, Castle Mountain & Kapuskasing internment camps, North America." Photograph album includes Banff and Kapuskasing River views; Castle and Banff internment camps views of pr…
Date Range
Copy made 1994
Reference Code
V295
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Part Of
William D. Buck fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 295
Sous-Fonds
V 295
Accession Number
6666, 8010
Reference Code
V295
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Date Range
Copy made 1994
Physical Description
1 photograph album (199 photographs); 150 copy negatives
History / Biographical
William D. Buck, 1859-1922, was born in England and is thought to have served during the First World War with the 103 Calgary Rifles. Buck was a Sergeant at the Banff and Castle Mountain internment camps, ca.1915-1917, and appears to have accompanied prisoners to a camp at Kapuskasing, Ontario after closure of the Castle Mountain camp in 1917.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of photograph album titled "Snapshots of prisoners of war and surroundings taken by Sergt. W. Buck of the Banff, Castle Mountain & Kapuskasing internment camps, North America." Photograph album includes Banff and Kapuskasing River views; Castle and Banff internment camps views of prisoners, guards, facilities, activities, incidents and visit of Duke of Connaught and Princess Patricia; gathering of prisoners at Winnipeg and life at Kapuskasing internment camp; prisoners and Cave and Basin bathing, more Banff camp views and funeral photographs; family portraits, Banff and possible Calgary; and Sergeant Buck. Album was inscribed: to Dear Winnie, with love from Grandad, Xmas 1919.
Notes
Album also contains 47 published postcards of the Calgary Stampede, Banff and Calgary views, and Indigenous portraits that were not copied
Name Access
Buck, William D.
Subject Access
Camps, Internment
Military
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
reference photocopy of original album
Related Material
Some views are identical to others found in James Anderson-Wilson photographs (V20)
Creator
Buck, William D.
Category
Military
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
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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