Group snapshot of Harry (bottom row, fourth from left) and Violet Byers (bottom row, third from right) with several unidentified individuals standing outside in the snow on Christmas day.

Snapshot of an unidentified woman on a horse hitched to a plough, with another unidentified woman holding the plough. There is a barn and farmland in the background.

Snapshot of Violet and Harry Byers posing outside a doorway in Russia.

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.

Compiled by Marjorie McEnaney, scrapbook contains material relating to the trip taken by C.W.P.C. members to the Soviet Union in 1955. Included are correspondence, postcards, clippings, ephemera, stamps, notes, story drafts, etc.

Snapshot of 2 unidentified loggers sawing a log with a crosscut saw.

Snapshot of Harry Byers (at left), 1 unidentified woman, and 2 unidentified men, at a dinner table with bread and wine on it.

Typescript carbon notes and photocopies of manuscript and typescript materials relating to A.R. Kaufman's travels in 1929, 1958-1959 and 1963 to various destinations in the world including England, India, New Zealand and Russia. Includes a photocopy of a CKCO TV interview about his trip to Russia in 1963.

Snapshot of Harry Byers, Jack [?], and Roy [?] standing in a snowy landscape with an umbrella.

Consists of 2 portraits of Harry Byers holding a chicken in front of a backdrop in a Russian portrait studio. One of the portraits has a letter on the verso that reads: "Dear Old Pap. I've done gone Native. I look like Hell. But I'm feeling good. If all goes well with this god dam food. I'll stick my time you can bet on that. But when we dine, then I'll get fat. April 1, 1931 - USSR."

Materials relating to the professional and personal life of Harry J. Byers. Includes biographical documents, including his passport and WW1 papers, ephemera, clippings and correspondence as well as approximately 270 photographs of Harry Byers and his family. Also included are photographs from Byers' time living in Russia, and a diary recounting the two years he was there.

Informal group portrait of 2 men identified as Kelly and Showen, 2 other unidentified men, and 1 unidentified woman. Letter on verso reads: "This we had taken just as we were leaving for Vladivostok after spending the 4th of July here. The fellow between Kelly & Showen works in the Cater [?] office here & thats Kellys flame he's holding onto. Bud."

Correspondence, itineraries, memos, notes, etc. regarding preparations for a tour of the Soviet Union and also regarding use of film footage taken while there. Includes passenger manifest of members who participated in the trip and a typed "List of Coloured Slides taken in Russia June 26-July 7, 1955" by Reta Myers of Vancouver, indicating the photos "cover airflight from Prague to Moscow... Leningrad... Sochi... Stallingrad."

Contains a Russian newspaper clipping of a photograph of Harry Byers standing with three other men looking at equipment.

Contains a newspaper clipping of an article describing the experiences of a Mr. Thome, who was a tractor instructor in Russia. His experiences would be similar to those of Harry Byers. A handwritten note appears on the article that reads: "Here is a good laugh Old Mom".

Snapshot of Harry Byers (centre), [?] Van Gilder, and [?] Motton, standing in front of some farm machinery.