Roy Stephenson fonds, 1914-1936; predominant 1914-1919.

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Stephenson, Roy. Roy Stephenson fonds, 1914-1936; predominant 1914-1919.

Roy Stephenson fonds, 1914-1936; predominant 1914-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/716093050

The fonds (seven numbered files, files 10-16) consists of the following: (10) correspondence, 1914-36, including a postcard from Captain W.J. Peppiart about Stephenson's enlistment, a letter from Edwin, two greeting cards from Norma (his sister), and a photocopy of a letter from Roy to Harry (Henry Arthur Stephenson, 22 October 1918); (11) eight b&w photographs (several being reproductions), including group photograph of the Burlington Volunteers, 1st Canadian Contingent, and the grave site of A. T. Thomson at Mount St. Eloi Cemetery; (12) black notebook of World War I news clippings and other clippings of the period; (13) ephemeral publications, including Thanksgiving Service Canadian Corps Vimy Ridge (April 9th 1917), Regimental Songs Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1915, The 1st Canadian Division in the Battle of 1918, The Listening Post (no. 22, 15 February 1917), The Rose of No Man's Land (music score), Bruce Bairnsfather's Fragments from France, part VI, and the War Pictorial (embarkation number, part four); (14) World War I medal and brass buttons from Stephenson's coat; (15) discharge certificate, 2 June 1919; (16) information about Stephenson's war record from Gwendoline Stephenson, his daughter, and a copy of Stephenson's attestation papers.

3 cm of textual records, realia and graphic material.8 photographs

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