First World War Prisoner of War Internment Camps. [graphic material, textual record] Archives / Collections and Fonds

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First World War Prisoner of War Internment Camps. [graphic material, textual record]

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Context of this record:

Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian War Records Office

Department of Militia and Defence supplementary photograph collections

First World War Prisoner of War Internment Camps.

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First World War Prisoner of War Internment Camps. [graphic material, textual record]

Date:

[1915-1918].

Reference:

R611-473-X-E, RG150, RG9-III

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4601717

Date(s):

[1915-1918].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

52 photographs : b&w.
34 photographs : glass negatives.
3 albums (43 photographs).
ca. 0.01 m textual material.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

This series documents the Prisoner of War internment camp operations in Canada for German residents in Canada, at various camps in BC, Kingston ON, and Amherst, NS. Many of the photographs were created by/for the Consulate of Switzerland, Department of German Interests, which documented Canadian Camps in albums and textual reports with photographic illustration. Correspondence and camp lists are also included in accession 1968-088.

The Albums are stamped as being received by the Canadian Internment Camp Operation but marked as being created by the Consulate of Switzerland, in Montreal (Department of German Interests). Album 1 - mostly textual - titled "Christmas celebration and Dedication of YMCA Hall Interment camp, Vernon, B.C" , dated May 11th, 1918 40 pages (5 photographs). The other two albums are titled "Interment camp Vernon, Province of British Columbia" (18 photographs), and "Interment Camp Morrissey, Province of British Columbia" (20 photographs). The Vernon album was received by the Canadian government June 4th, 1918 and the Morrissey album, July 9, 1920.

Provenance:

Canada. Dept. of National Defence

Additional information:

Custodial history:

The Department of Interment Operations created or collected this information from the Consulate of Switzerland

Reproduction note:

Please note that all glass plate negatives in this collection have been copied: PA-46157 to PA-46165, PA-46177 to PA-46180, PA-46184 to PA-46203, inclusive.

Container note(s):

01023 : Glass plate negs.
01022 : Glass plate negs.
RV3 153 : Nitrate.
03390 : Prints
03390 : Prints.

Subject heading:

World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

1966-088 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

RG150
RG9-III

Other accession no.:

1966-088 NPC
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Box [INTERNMENT CAMPS 1966-088]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1022--1023;

[Consultation 90 Open]

3390;

[Consultation 90 Open]

RV3 153;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1966-088 NPC] 3390

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Box [1966-088 NPC] 3390

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