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Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1900-1975.

Reference:

R2857-0-5-E, MG28-I311

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99761

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Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1900-1975.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

85 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the papers of the Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League which deal for the most part with the assistance offered by the League to the families of Canadian service men during World War II.

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Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League : The Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League, a charitable organization, was formed in 1899 by Lady Hutton, wife of the Imperial Officer in Command of Canadian Militia, to assist the relatives of men who had volunteered for service in the Boer War. It was the first time that Canadian Military Units had gone overseas to war, and nothing was being done for the families they had left behind. The stated aim of the founder was "to bring their wives and other relatives in closer touch and sympathy in time of trouble and distress".

Between the end of the Boer War and the beginning of World War I, the League was almost inactive, but in September, 1914, its work was resumed. In 1917, the League become registered as a charitable organization. After the war, another period of inactivity followed until 1939; at this time the League was reorganized to coordinate the work of all the women's auxiliaries in the Navy, Army and Air Force units in the Montreal area. A number of committees were active during the war years; of these only the Hospital Visiting Committee was retained after the war ended, and continues to function on behalf of the veterans of two world wars.

The Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League has no revenue. The only money-making projects it undertakes are specifically designated for the Hospital Visiting Committee, and all money is spent on the veterans in the Ste. Anne de Bellevue Military Hospital, and the Queen Mary Veterans' Hospital. Members of the League visit these hospitals once a month making approximately 9,000 individual visits to the patients each year, distributing cigarettes, candy and other small comforts at a cost of approximately ,900. This money is raised by one fund-raising event each year, and by charitable donations.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of subject files. MSS1116 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002786.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1979 from the Montreal Soldiers' Wives' League through Mrs. Coderre-Smith of Hampstead, Que., the League President.

Arrangement note:

File 68 to 92 was unnumbered in League file.
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World War, 1939-1945

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
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Private

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MG28-I311
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 I 311] 1--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1116] 96

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09