Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 6, Sept. 1912-Apr. 1913 India Personal diary accounting boat trip to Shanghai, rickshaw trip , travels within Shanghai and interactions and observations with locals, weather, homesickness, boat trip to Singapore, l…
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 6, Sept. 1912-Apr. 1913 India
Personal diary accounting boat trip to Shanghai, rickshaw trip , travels within Shanghai and interactions and observations with locals, weather, homesickness, boat trip to Singapore, leisure, Calcutta, train travel
Lists of expenses Glasgow to Calcutta
Two week long Kotdwara exploration, elephants, tigers, various other animals, shooting; list of expenses, packing list, Xmas 1913 expenses list
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…
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
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 9, Nov. 1915-May 1916 Mesopotamia 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 …
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 9, Nov. 1915-May 1916 Mesopotamia
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
Weather descriptions, drills, Auchy-au-Boris, Marseilles, canal trip, Red Sea, first Christmas at sea, Magil, man shot himself in shoulder during march, Qalat Saleh, digging "Corps Trench", 'Orah, monitoring trench digging
Page with drawings of boats pinned to page near middle, drawing of skyline, drawings of mahaila and ballam, diagrams of mullah, map Persia and Turkey in Asia, diagram of British trench, main camp,Turk Line, drawing of British flag on back inside cover
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 8, Jan.-Oct. 1915 war diary: France 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 penci…
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 8, Jan.-Oct. 1915 war diary: France
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
Opens with discussion of leave, making shelters in front trench, daily routines of leave, trench maintenance, weather changes, discussion of orders for attacks, specific tasks if successful, postponing of attacks, "gave some water and chocolate to one wounded German", description of attacks, "yarn" about Canadian Div man regarding spies, second leave description, leisure, diagrams of dugouts, Dead Man's Trench
Diagrams at back of sick, wounded, killed- significant casualties on March 14.
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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
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 …
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.