Pamphlet produced by the Great War Veterans' Association, Saskatchewan Command. A year book for the years 1921-1922. Contents include various messages from prominent members of the Association, memorials, a list of branch committees, and songs. ...
David Ross, Military Curator of Parks Canada, writes that "this diary ...was donated to Fort Battleford National Historic Park, Parks Canada in 1973 by Lieutenant Wadmore's grandson Dennis E. Harris of Victoria, B.C. along with his N. W. Canada...
Contains reports of the 1885 Resistance, as well as sketches of the battlefields and a "Facimile of a Plan, showing position of Canadian Forces at Clarkes's Crossing, found among Riel's papers."
"The bungler was one of the land surveyors who joined the Dominion Surveyors Intelligence Coprs. J.L. Doupe, who presented a copy to the Man. Leg. Library, attributed this pamphlet to Lewis R. Ord; F. Anderson, a student of the Riel rebellion,...
Original diary and various papers of R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance, covering from 8 April to 20 July 1885. Included in diary pocket is a requisition for short boots that was signed...
View from a distance of the Four Freedoms Tableau in Kiwanis Park, Sunday, May [1], 1943. This view from overhead shows crowd in foreground, with 25th Street Bridge and houses across the river
Victory bond tableau with signs reading: "Four freedoms : Freedom to worship, Freedom from fear, Freedom of speech, Freedom from want". Held in Kiwanis Park, Sunday, May [1], 1943
Portraits of Lieutenant Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore as both a young officer just after the Northwest Resistance of 1885, and shortly before he retired in 1912.
Front and reverse images of the Northwest Canada service medal and Saskatchewan clasp awarded to Lieutenant Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore of the Royal Canadian Regiment, for service during the Northwest Resistance.
•patriotism
•Second World War
•home front
•Saskatoon
Abstract
In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870 Riel Rebellion, 1885 Northwest Territories -- History Great Britain. Army. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment Canada. Canadian Army
A Record of the North West Resistance. Appendix includes despatches from General Middleton, Colonel Otter, Major Smith, and General Strange, as well as an "Address in Welcome of Boulton's Mounted Infantry," and a "List of Officers and Men...
aboriginal war veterans - political influence World War II - native war veterans - Saskatchewan aboriginal peoples - social status aboriginal rights movement
It has been accepted in the historical discourse that a direct link existed between the participation of Aboriginal people in the Second World War and a new political consciousness of Aboriginal people in Canada generally, and Saskatchewan...
Streetcar covered with billboards advertising Victory bond campaigns. (This image used p.108, SASKATOON A CENTURY IN PICTURES.) Part of series B 2032-5, on streetcars. Called the Victory Bond special, it travelled at least two hours a day...
Victory Bond display placed out in the street and illuminated. It features a thermometer - like chart indicating financial milestone (from 100,000 to 23,000) with mottoes: "speed the Victory" and "buy the new Victory bonds"
