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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">A. Thomas Fonds</titleproper>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Maritime Museum of British Columbia</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>634 Humboldt St.</addressline>
          <addressline>Victoria</addressline>
          <addressline>British Columbia</addressline>
          <addressline>Canada</addressline>
          <addressline>V8W 1A4</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 250-385-4222 ext. 115</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: archives@mmbc.bc.ca</addressline>
          <addressline>http://mmbc.bc.ca/</addressline>
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        <date normal="2018-02-21" encodinganalog="date">2018-02-21</date>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <descrules encodinganalog="3.7.2">RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.</descrules>
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        2 v.    </physdesc>
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        <corpname>Maritime Museum of British Columbia</corpname>
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          <addressline>634 Humboldt St.</addressline>
          <addressline>Victoria</addressline>
          <addressline>British Columbia</addressline>
          <addressline>Canada</addressline>
          <addressline>V8W 1A4</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 250-385-4222 ext. 115</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: archives@mmbc.bc.ca</addressline>
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        <persname id="atom_3904_actor">Thomas, A</persname>
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        <p>A. Thomas served in the Royal Canadian Navy. He was an engineer on HMCS Niobe and other HMC ships during World War I.</p>
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      <p>Fonds consists of a small, red leather diary kept by stoker petter officer A. Thomas (later magistrate) on HMCS Rainbow and Grise, dating from 26 April 1918 to 20 November 1918 and a chief engineer's log book for SS Salvage King commanded by A. Thomas, dating from April to May 1940.</p>
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      <corpname role="subject">Royal Canadian Navy</corpname>
      <corpname role="subject">HMCS Rainbow (ship)</corpname>
      <corpname role="subject">HMCS Grilse (ship)</corpname>
      <corpname role="subject">SS Salvage King (ship)</corpname>
      <subject>Seafaring Life</subject>
      <subject>Salvage</subject>
      <subject>Diaries</subject>
      <subject>Business and Commerce</subject>
      <geogname>Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</geogname>
      <geogname>Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada</geogname>
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      <p>Donated by Mrs. A. Williams, 25 August 1965 and by Richard Andrew, 4 January 1967.</p>
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        <date>21 February 2018</date>
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      <p>All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.</p>
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