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Fonds consists of three scrapbooks and a photo album containing newspaper clippings relating to military sporting events in Victoria between 1937 and 1944 as well as clippings relating to the Navy's participation in the Royal Visit to Victoria in 1939.

Fonds consists of menus from Cunard White Star Lines from RMS Scythia ca. 1950 and M/V Georgic ca. 1951. Also includes a table number ticket.

Fonds consists of a letter from the Department of Naval Services to P.W. Nelles informing him of his appointment by the minister of the Naval Services as midshipman to HMCS Niobe, signed by Rear-Admiral E.E. Kingswell, director of Naval Service in Ottawa, dated 17 October 1910.

Fonds consists of 5 prayer books:

1. "The Armour of God: A pocket Companion for Canadian Presbyterians in his Majesty's Forces", published by the presbyterian church in Canada,
2. Book issued by the War Service Committee of the United Church of Canada,
3. Book of devotion and instruction for use in war time titled "Fight the Good Fight", published by the Church of England, Toronto,
4. A second copy of "Fight the Good Fight: A Book of Devotion and Instruction for Men and Women in the Armed Forces" published by the Church of England in Canada, dated 1955,
5. "The Armour of God: A pocket Companion for Canadian Presbyterians in his Majesty's Forces", published by the presbyterian church in Canada.

Fonds consists of memorabilia from the Poole Yacht Club including a December 1987 'Soundings' magazine, a 1988 handbook, a 1980 rules and by-laws, and a synopsis of the history, origin, and development of the club between 1965 and 1984.

Fonds consists of a log book titled "Master-At-Arms Muster List" with entries dating to 1961 and 1962.

Fonds consists of material collected by Phyllis Bayley, WRCNS, during her service in World War II.

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Scrapbook containing a large collection of photos of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service including both individual and group shots. The people are not identified. There are also photographs of HMCS Cornwallis ca. 1945.

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Scrapbook containing a collection of photographs of service women in uniform, HMCS Cornwallis, Commander MacNeill, Commodore Finch-Noyes, and HMCS Avalon.

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Scrapbook containing a large collection of photographs of service women in uniform, of HMCS Cornwallis, and of Phyllis Bayley.

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Scrapbook titled "Snaps and Scraps - My Life in the Navy", containing photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Phyllis Bayley's time in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II including photos of various vessels and other women in uniform.

988.098.0001
Our Navy magazine, 1957.

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Our Navy magazine, 1955.

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The WREN Newsletter, August 1949.

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WREN Reunion magazine, Toronto, Ontario, 1950.

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WRCNS Reunion Magazine, Vancouver, August 1958.

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Vancouver Reunion souvenir edition of the WREN Newsletter, August 1958.

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United States Navy Occupational Handbook: A Manual for Civilian Guidance Counselors Schools and Libraries also Employment and Youth Agencies, published by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C., 1959.

988.098.0008
HMCS Cornwallis magazine.

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Canadian Forces Sentinel magazine, November 1965.

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Typewritten booklet titled "The Cornwallis Christmas Story: or (Once Upon a Passing-Out Ceremony)", as told by P.S. Milson, RCN. And, two newspaper clippings, a Paris 1937 Exhibition bookmark, and an RCN draft order, dated 1946.

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Certificate from Civil Defence Canada awarded to Phyllis L. Bayley for her service as a volunteer worker for civil defense in the war against Germany dated 1945.

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Canadian Civic Defence College folder containing assorted documents and reports relating to the Department of National Health and Welfare including blank forms, training documents, and handwritten notes.

988.098.0013
Folder containing Phyllis Bayley's Royal Canadian Navy reports regarding regulations relating to obedience, punishments for disobedience, and lists of offences as well as some correspondence, dating to the 1950s.

988.098.0014
General reports and documents of the Royal Canadian Navy including blank forms and documents describing regulations and policies.
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Assorted publications related to Royal Canadian Navy Service and Naval recruitment including booklets, brochures, pamphlets regarding recruitment and naval training for officers, WRENS, and nurses, and a few miscellaneous typed documents dating primarily to the 1950s.

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Assorted pages and clippings from the Cornwallis Ensign newspaper and the Wren Newsletter newspaper, dating from 1957 to 1966. Also a Ceremony of the Flags pamphlet, The Port Royal Habitation booklet and a photograph of four unidentified women and a man in uniform.

988.098.0017
General reports of the Royal Canadian Navy relating to regulations and procedures for leave, pensions, drills, signals, etc. As well as the procedure in the event of pregnancy of a WREN and photocopies of posters and tables. Most are undated, but some dated to 1956.

988.098.0018
Collection of Christmas cards, correspondence, and poems dating from 1944 to the 1960s. Also, a coloured print of HMS Rodney (battleship) and HMCS Saguenay.

Fonds consists of a certificate for the inaugural trip of the new British Columbia toll Authority Ferry Service between Vancouver and Victoria on 15 June 1960.

Black and white photographs of the crew and Westinghouse family members of “Southern Cross” in Victoria BC in 1940. The backs have been stamped with the date that they were printed September 11, 1940.
The photos are labeled by Agnes Westinghouse on the back as Victoria 1940. Information provided by the donor includes a newspaper blurb that the yacht “may be seen again in BC waters if a proposed northern development scheme is given government approval. Southern Cross…made a wartime visit to Vancouver in 1940”.
Southern Cross was a Swedish yacht owned by Axel Wenner-Gren, and was one of the fifth or sixth largest private motor yacht in the world at the time. She was previously owned by Howard Hughes and was built in 1930 for Lord Inchcape who died in 1932. The figurehead was made in the likeness of Lord Inchcape's daughter, Elsie Mackay, who disappeared whilst attempting to fly the Atlantic in 1928.

Fonds consists of a DVD titled "Freedom of Aberfeldy", a recruiting film made by the U.K. Ministry of Information in 1941 featuring three servicemen, a Canadian, an Australian, and a New Zealander in Scotland while in service during WWII. The Canadian featured in the video was named Gordon Bolin and he died as a result of HMCS Teme being torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1945.