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HS prefix - Historical Section [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

[1914-1919].

Reference:

R611-456-X-E, RG150, RG9-III

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4594510

Context of this record:

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Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian War Records Office

Canadian War Records Office photographic collection

HS prefix - Historical Section
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Sub-sub-series includes:

219 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[1914-1919].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1087 photographs

Language of material:

English

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The Historical Section (HS) was created during the First World War as a branch of the Canadian War Records Office (CWRO). This section was tasked with compiling war diaries, records, photographs, badges, awards, and other material that would assist in writing an official history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War. In Canada, it was headed up by Brigadier-General Ernest A. Cruikshank, an amateur historian. The Historical Section was later accompanied by the Canadian War Narrative Section (CWNS), a branch of the CWRO tasked with writing an official narrative of the Canadian contributions in the Last Hundred Days.

Although it can be presumed the photographs within the HS prefix were intended to be a visual document of the war to accompany the official war history, it is unclear how these particular photographs were originally selected and arranged, and whether they can all be attributed to official HS photographer Sgt. Herbert John Unwin. These photographs include images of celebrations, weddings, hospitals, cemeteries, and ca. 860 soldier portraits.

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Canada. Dept. of National Defence

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Source of title:

The "HS" prefix series is from the "Historical Section" of the Canadian War Records Office.

Custodial history:

The photographic collection of the Canadian War Records Office was transferred from London, England, to the Department of Militia and Defence in Ottawa in May, 1919. The material remained with the Department of National Defence until transferred to the Public Archives in 1963.

Arrangement note:

This series includes images of the following subjects:

1. Sports (may be a high duplication rate from S series)
2. Insignia
3. Grafton Galleries Exhibitions (may be a high duplication rate from M series)
4. Celebrations
5. Misc. Documents
6. Medical
7. Graves
8. Military Weapons Trials
9. Weddings (including Colonel Hogarth's wedding, Beaverbrook present)
10. Portraits
11. Miscellaneous images

Related material:

See also the textual materials of the Army Historical Section, that relate to the activities of the Canadian War Records Office and its Canadian War Narrative Section (Mikan no. 183093).

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG150
RG9-III

Other accession no.:

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1964-114 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 1964-114] 54--57

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 1964-114 00075] 75--77

[Consultation 90 Open]

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