Haweis family fonds. 1860-1980.

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Haweis family fonds. 1860-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606461911

The fonds consists of photographs of the Haweis family, including views of family and friends, travel views of England, Germany and Italy, photographs by Hugolin and Stephen Haweis, art phototgraphs of Lionel Haweis, views of tea plantations, and images pertaining to Renee Haweis Chipman's involvement in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.

ca. 1800 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781849

University of British Columbia Library

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Haweis, R.H.

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Chipman, Renee, 1903-1986.

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Renee Chipman (nee Haweis) was born in London, England in 1903 to parents Lionel Haweis and Lucy Sara DeVengette. She came to Canada with her parents at the age of three, first to New Westminster and later moving to Vancouver. Following various volunteer activities associated with the World War II effort, Renee Haweis joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC). By November 1941 she had become a commissioned officer. In July 1942 she opened and was named the first commandant of the first Weste...

Haweis, Hugolin.

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Haweis, Stephen 1878-1969

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Stephen Haweis (1878-1969), youngest son of the Reverend Hugh Reginald and Mary Eliza Haweis, a socially prominent couple in late Victorian London who entertained at their house in Cheyne Walk (previously owned by Dante Gabrielle Rossetti). Stephen studied art in Paris with Alphonse Mucha and Eugene Carriè€re. After becoming interested in photography, Stephen met Rodin and subsequently photographed many of the sculptor's pieces. In 1903 he married the poet Mina Loy (they were divorced in 1917). ...

Haweis (family)

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H.R. Haweis was an English scholar, author and lecturer. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Joy Haweis, was an author of women's and children's books whose book on Chaucer became a standard text for English schools. Their children included Lionel, who worked as a tea planter before moving to Vancouver to open a photography studio; Hugolin, a photographer, humourist and writer; and, Stephen, an artist. Lionel's daughter, Renee Haweis Chipman, was a writer who worked as assistant editor to Ma Murray and ser...

Haweis, M.E.J.

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Haweis, Lionel, 1870-1942

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