Finding Aid
Vimy Pilgrimage collection. – 1936. – 13 cm of textual records, graphic material and realia.
First accrual:
Box 1:
The material has been arranged chronologically.
F.1 Telegram to Mrs. Wesley Smart on board the Duchess of Bedford, 16 July 1936. Includes greeting to Hero Smart.
F.2 List of passengers on the Duchess of Bedford, 17 July 1936
F.3 Breakfast and dinner menus, Duchess of Bedford, 18 July 1936. The dinner menu is annotated with the ship’s location and time changes.
F.4 Canadian Pacific Gazette, published on the Duchess of Bedford, 19 July 1936
F.5 Dinner menu, Duchess of Bedford, 24 July 1936. The menu contains a printed list of various people attached to the Canadian Legion.
F.6 Photograph of a ship’s officer, possibly the captain of the Duchess of Bedford or Ascania
F.7 Thomas Cook and Son itinerary, 25 July-1 August 1936
F.8 Programme, “Unveiling of the Canadian National War Memorial on Vimy Ridge,” 26 July 1936
F.9 Leaflet printed by the Canadian Legion (Paris Branch) offering for sale a set of commemorative etchings
F.10 Sunday Pictorial, memorial number, 26 July 1936
F.11 Daily Telegraph, 27 July 1936; pictorial supplement [stored in Box G045]
F.12 Programme, Canadians Visit to the Cenotaph, London, 29 July 1936
F.13 The Canadian Veteran, Vimy Memorial Dedication number, July 1936
F.14 Thomas Cook and Son, post pilgrimage tours of Europe, beginning 1 August 1936
F.15 Post card of Paris City Hall, signed by the president of the municipal council, 1 August 1936 (2 copies)
F.16 Commemorative pamphlet of the visit of former Canadian combatants to Amboise, 3 August 1936 (2 copies); explanatory leaflet of the Chateau of Amboise
F.17 Dinner menu, Blois, 3 August 1936
F.18 Breakfast menu, Ascania, 1 September 1936. Signed by Hero Smart and others.
F.19 Ocean Times, published on Ascania, 3 September 1936
F.20 Farewell dinner menu, Ascania, 5 September 1936. Contains several autographs, including Smart’s.
F.21 Breakfast menu, Ascania, 6 September 1936
F.22 Postcards of Ascania, one with abstract of printed log
F.23 The Legionary, September 1936
F.24 Canadian Legion Vimy Pilgrimage commemorative medal, 1936
F.25 Souvenir booklet of British War Cemeteries, Ypres
Second accrual:
F.26 Canada passport, stamped Vimy Pilgimage, of George Muir and Leta Dalta Muir, issued 10 June 1936
F.27 Guide book for The Castle of Amboise
F.28 Postcard photograph of the Vimy monument with the Canadian flag superimposed on the top left corner
F.29 Guidebook of The Pilgrimage to Vimy and the Battlefields, 136 pages. The guidebook has a diary with dates and space to fill in entries -- Leta Muir has completed only three entries, all before arrival in Europe. She did press red poppies between the pages in several places.
