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Photograph of the south west corner of Abbey of Sainte-Trinit

File consists of thirty one slides showing grave markers in Annecy, France.

Photograph of the apse of the Abbaye of Sainte-Trinite, also known as the Abbaye aux Dames, in Caen, France.

Photograph of the apse of the Abbaye of Saint Etienne, also called the Abbaye aux Hommes, in Caen, France.

Silver denier from Aquitaine (France) showing on the obverse a cross with RICARDVS REX and on the reverse PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across the field.

Silver denier from Aquitaine (France) showing on the obverse the head of Edward II and on the reverse a long cross with crowns in the angles.

File consists of twenty four slides showing grave markers in Arcachon, France.

File consists of two slides showing grave markers in Arlempdes, France.

File consists of twenty two slides showing grave markers in Arles, France.

File consists of seven slides showing grave markers in Auvers, France.

File consists of seven slides showing grave markers in Besancon, France.

File consists of five slides showing grave markers in Bourges, France.

File consists of five slides showing grave markers in Briancon, France.

File consists of six slides showing grave markers in Caen, France.

Silver groat from Calais (England) showing on the obverse the head of Henry VI and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.

File consists of seven slides showing grave markers in Carcassone, France.

Collection includes photographs taken by Charles Dickens Creighton of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, France and England all around the turn of the 20th century. These include primarily landscapes and architectural features. Also included are 11 Kelsh plotter aerials of Kitchener from the 1960's.

Photograph of the chevet of the Church of St. Pierre, in Caen, France.

File consists of twenty slides showing grave markers in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

File consists of three slides showing grave markers in Contrexeville, France.

File consists of four advertisement trade cards featuring women and girls working in the kitchen.

File consists of one item of correspondence to Tony Urquhart from an unknown correspondent. Also includes nine photographs of Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

Twenty six postcards sent between Montgomery and her family while she was studying in Paris at the Sorbonne. Also includes one postcard sent to Kay Rex by her mother, and Montgomery's sister, Grace Montgomery Rex.

File consists of eighty eight slides, largely showing grave markers in Corsica, France.

Daily diary kept by Montgomery while she was studying at the Sorbonne. Contains many excisions.

Daily diary kept by Montgomery while she was studying at the Sorbonne. This 1930 volume contains sporadic entries, January to June. Includes ephemera: tickets, telegram, receipts, plant matter, etc.

File consist of one notebook used as a diary by Albert L. Breithaupt while on a trip to Europe. The diary begins on June 30, in Germany, and ends August 5, 1891. Countries visited include Germany, Switzerland, France, England.

Contains one black leather bound notebook used by Frederick Arthur Edmonds as a diary. The notebook is ruled, contains some numbered pages, and opens lengthwise. Entries are dated and sporadic, are written in pencil, and include a chart of the names of soldiers from the 16th Platoon, with their identification number, rank, age, marital status, date of arrival in France, religion, next of kin, trade, and courses. Includes a loose leaf of paper in the front pocket of the notebook, and several blank pages. The diary entries are titled "My diary since leaving the 'Ypres Salient'", and detail the movement of troops, destinations, times leaving and arriving places, encampments, training progress, weather, distances from place to place in kilometres, locations of battles, places billeted, conditions in the trenches, descriptions of battles, objectives, conditions, attacks, general notes about casualties, tanks, mines, and descriptions of Edmonds' stay in the Paris Plaz hospital and Le Havre hospital. The diary goes up until just before Vimy Ridge, when Edmonds is invalided home.

File consists of fourteen slides showing grave markers in Dijon and Dole, France.

File consists of thirteen slides showing grave markers in Dordogne, France.

File consists of two slides showing grave markers in Eloise, France.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

File consists of eight slides showing grave markers in Forges-les-Eaux, France.

Silver 5 franc coin from France showing on the obverse the head of Napoleon and on the reverse 5 FRANCS. Edge inscription reads 'France Dieu Protes.'

File consists of 8 picture postcards, b&w, of Calais, Cherbourg and Paris.

File consists of thirteen slides showing grave markers in Frangy, France.

Silver quinarius from central Gaul (modern day France) minted by the Gallic Sequani people. The obverse shows the helmeted head of Roma and the reverse a galloping horse.

Silver coin from Gaul (modern day France) minted by the Gallic Aedui people. The image on the obverse shows the helmeted head of Roma and the reverse a horse.

File consists of fifty eight slides showing grave markers in Grenoble, France.

French advertisement for J. Calvet & Co. winery showing a woman holding a French flag and stirring a pot.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in La Pique, France.

Silver hardi from La Rochelle (France) showing on the obverse Edward the Black Prince and on the reverse a long cross with leopards and fleur de lis in the angles.

File consists of three slides showing grave markers in La Rochelle, France.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in Langres, France.

File consists of nine slides showing grave markers in Le Bugue, France.

Film of street and habour scenes in Le Havre, France. Includes the Monument aux Morts and a view of Schneider surnames on the list of the dead; the front of the Bellevue hotel and restaurant; outdoor urinals; the exteriors of the Grand Théâtre and the Galeries du Havre; and a movie poster for Le petit lord fauntleroy; and an unidentified man raising a beer in salute and then spilling it.

Film canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "War monument - Schneiders, Harbour, Sailing boat, Street scenes, semi open toilets, Movie ad, Butcher shops, Who? spills beer, Harbour + Restaurants."

File consists of eleven slides showing grave markers in Le Puy Notre-Dame, France.

File consists of fourteen slides showing grave markers in Le Treport, France.

File consists of eight slides showing grave markers in Les Andelys, France.

File consists of nineteen slides showing grave markers in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.

File consists of seven slides showing grave markers in Loudun, France.

Albums contains photographs and postcards recording a trip to Europe made by Louis Jacob Breithaupt in 1900. Some items have manuscript identifications. One photograph is a photomontage of images of Berlin, Ontario., including an aerial view, industries, homes, etc., as well as an inserted portrait of Louis Jacob. The album begins with images of ships and progresses with images of England, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in Lourdes, France.

Bronze coin from Lyons (France) showing on the obverse the head of Constantine I and on the reverse Sol standing.

Silver denarius from Lyons (France) showing on the obverse the head of Augustus and on the reverse Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in Lyon, France.

Map showing the movements (with dates) of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division from the UK, the crossing to Normandy, and the advance into Holland and then across northern Germany. John Gartshore Martin's regiment (Lincoln and Welland) was part of this division. The border of the map includes the crests of all regiments in the division.

File consists of two large maps showing battles of the first World War and troop movements in France and Belgium. The maps are hand drawn and annotated by W.H.E. Schmalz.

Photographs relating to Jamie Martin's grave and memorial stone. Includes snapshots of the grave and cemetery at Beny-sur-mer near Caen, France, including some with John Alexander and Jessie Martin; a snapshot of a memorial stone for Jamie at the Grove Cemetery in Dundas, Ontario; and a photograph of cenotaph in Waterloo, Ontario.

File consists of fifteen slides showing grave markers in Marville, France.

Silver tetrabol from Massalia (modern day Marseilles, France). Obverse shows a bust of Artemis and the reverse a lion prowling.

File consists of eight slides showing grave markers in Millau, France.

File consists of three slides showing grave markers in Montauban, France.

File consists of thirteen slides showing grave markers in Montpellier, France.

File consists of a scrapbook kept by William John Motz with photographs and ephemera from the Canadian newspaper tour of Europe from June 6th-July 26th, 1929. The tour visited: Paris, Chester, Windsor, Versailles, The Trossachs, Amiens, Vienna, Vimy, Albert, Prague, Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, Birmingham, Ayr, Scheveningen, London, Hampton, Hever, Kenliworth, Warwick, Stratford, Chester, Wales, Blackpool, Mellrose, Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, Inversaid, Dumfries, Liverpool and others.

Trip scrapbook album kept by Lydia McEwan Woelfle for a Mediterranean cruise in 1930. Lydia, Wellington and Olive took the trip through the James Boring tour company. The scrapbook includes a trip booklet, a list of passengers, the daily cruise bulletins, photographs, ephemera, a diary and a book on the history of the near east. Countries visited included Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria [Lebanon], Palestine, Egypt, Albania, Jugo Slavia [Montenegro, Croatia], Italy, Monaco, France and England.

File consists of ten slides, largely showing grave markers in Najac, France.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in Nancy, France.

Group portrait taken at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Association Conference at Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France held November 11-16, 1957. Norman C. Schneider is third from the right.

Bronze Dupondius from Nemausus (Nice, France) showing on the obverse back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus and on the reverse a crocodile chained to a palm tree.

File consists of three slides showing grave markers in Nevers, France.

File consists of six slides showing grave markers in Nice, France.

File consists of twelve slides showing grave markers in Nimes, France.

File consists of eleven slides showing grave markers in Normandy, France.

Photograph of two timber houses on Rue St. Pierre in Caen, France. Note that these buildings still exist at numbers 54 and 52 Rue St. Pierre.

File consists of two slides showing grave markers in Ornans, France.

File consists of one booklet of 19 black-and-white souvenir postcards (originally contained 24 postcards.

File consists of forty three slides showing grave markers in Paris, France.

File consists of one slide showing grave markers in Plombieres les Bains, France.

Silver hardi from Poitiers (France) showing on the obverse Edward the Black Prince and on the reverse a long cross with leopards and fleur de lis in the angles.

File consists of two slides showing grave markers in Pontarlier, France.

File consists of thirty two slides showing grave markers in Reims, France.

Report prepared by the Research Unit (Overseas) of the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding France in broadcasts from Moscow.

File consists of three slides showing grave markers in Roquefort, France.

Album contains postcards and photographs documenting a trip made May 24 to July 31, 1960 by Rosa and Spencer Clark to Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland, England and Scotland. Many items are accompanied by separate manuscript identifications folded in. Also included is a trip itinerary.

File consists of six slides showing grave markers in Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val and Pont-Saint-Esprit, France.

File consists of twelve slides showing grave markers in Salon-de-Provence, France.

Scrapbook created by John Gartshore Martin about his experiences in WWII. Includes snapshots, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence. Snapshots were taken during John's training in Canada and his time in Europe, and show sporting events; fellow officers and soldiers; towns, buildings, and countryside in Normandy, Belgium and Holland; tanks and other equipment; a post-war ceremony; and other subjects.

Scrapbook includes a telegram from John's parents informing him of his brother Jamie's death, ts. Information relating to battles, a letter to Jessie Martin regarding John's DSO, and other items. Clippings relate to John's involvement in the war and his decoration with the DSO by the Governor General Viscount Alexander. The scrapbook pages are not in order and have been left as found. Some pages contain identification for the photographs.

File consists of twenty nine slides showing grave markers in Sete, France.

File consists of five slides showing grave markers in Sisteron, France and Sassari, Italy.

Photograph of the spire of the Church of St. Pierre, Caen, France taken from looking down Rue St. Pierre. A number of businesses and people can be seen on the street including a billiards bar, a pharmacy, Sabatier, and more.

Report providing an analysis of the collaboration between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) to minimize and discredit the British success at Taranto, Italy in broadcasts from Greece, Turkey, Russia, United States of America, Madrid, Free France and Switzerland. Copy no. 192.

File consists of twelve slides showing grave markers in Tarascon, France.

File consists of fourteen slides showing grave markers in Tarbes, France.