Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Winifred, Russell and baby Joan Boyes, [ca. 1938]
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Series 1 | Personal correspondence. - 1919-1987 and n.d. |
| M-8520-1 | Correspondence to Russell from his mother and sister. - 1919 |
| M-8520-2 | Correspondence to Winifred from her brother, Norman. - 1927-1928 |
| M-8520-3 | Correspondence to Russell from his family. - 1921- 1929 |
| M-8520-4 | Correspondence to Russell from his family and friends. - 1930-1936 |
| M-8520-5 | Correspondence between Russell and Winifred. - 1936-1938. - Russell and Winifred married on October 13, 1936. |
| M-8520-6 | Correspondence to Russell and Winifred from others. - 1930- 1939 |
| M-8520-7 | Correspondence between Russell and Winifred. - 1940- 1946 |
| M-8520-8 | Correspondence to Russell and Winifred from others. - 1940- 1948 |
| M-8520-9 | Correspondence to Russell from Winifred. - 1950-1959. - Includes a few letters from others. |
| M-8520-10 | Correspondence to Russell from Winifred. - 1961-1969. - Includes a few letters from others. |
| M-8520-11 | Correspondence to Russell from Winifred. - 1970- 1979 |
| M-8520-12 | Correspondence to Russell from Winifred. - 1980-1987. - Includes a few letters from others. |
| M-8520-13 | Correspondence to Russell and Winifred from Bea and Wally Boyes. - 1941-1968, 1971 |
| M-8520-14 | Correspondence. - nd |
| M-8520-15 | Greeting cards. - [ca. 1920s-1940s]. - Most were sent to Russell. |
Series 2 | Salvation Army Records. - 1907- 1945 |
| M-8520-16 | Russell's Salvation Army correspondence. - 1922- 1931 |
| M-8520-17 | Russell's Salvation Army correspondence. - 1934-1941. - Includes correspondence about his marriage in 1936. |
| M-8520-18 | Russell's Salvation Army correspondence. - 1942-1945. - Includes a list of those who donated towards their losses by fire in 1942. |
| M-8520-19 | Russell's notebook as a cadet at the Salvation Army training college, Weyburn, Saskatchewan. - 1921 |
| M-8520-20 | Russell's papers written for his correspondence Bible lessons. - 1924-1926 |
| M-8520-21 | Russell's notebook, "Chorus General Index". - [ca. 1920s] |
| M-8520-22 | Russell's cashbook, Peace River. - [ca. 1930s] |
| M-8520-23 | Russell's "Salvation Army Officer's Diary". - 1937 |
| M-8520-24 | Russell's "Salvation Army War Corps Boom Book". - 1941- 1942. - Includes lists of names, and records their attendance, Manitoba, Peace River and Parrish School. |
| M-8520-25 | Winifred's Salvation Army correspondence. - 1921, 1925- 1938, 1945. - Includes correspondence regarding her marriage, and a program of the wedding service, October 14, 1936. |
| M-8520-26 | Winifred's "Cadet's Bible". - 1926-1927. - Consists of her Bible lessons book, with her extensive annotations and notes. |
| M-8520-27 | Winifred's "Salvation Army Officer's Diary". - 1935 |
| M-8520-28 | Schedules of events for Salvation Army annual congresses. - 1922-1925, 1937 |
| M-8520-29 | Programs for the "Commissioning of Cadets". - 1921-1929, 1931, 1934/35, 1940/41, 1942/43, 1943/44 |
| M-8520-30 | Programs for Salvation Army events. - 1925-1987 |
| M-8520-31 | Salvation Army newspaper, "War Cry". - 1932-1940. - Consists of issues for May 7, 1932; October 31, 1936 (which includes a notice of their marriage); November 21, 1936 (which includes their wedding picture); and June 29, 1940. |
| M-8520-32 | Miscellaneous Salvation Army papers. - 1907-1943. - Includes manual for "Refresher Course for Salvation Army Officers" (1943); Self-Denial Week campaign envelope (1931); measurement chart for ordering men's Salvation Army uniforms; "Disposition of Forces" booklet (1917); "The Salvation Army Articles of War"; and "The Salvation Army Memorandum of Guidance to Commanding and Local Officers (Men Only)" (1907). |
Series 3 | Other papers. - 1930-1983 |
| M-8520-33 | Winifred's notebook, "Books I have Read". - 1930-1934, 1943. - Includes her personal comments about the books. |
| M-8520-34 | Nazarene Church records, Calgary. - 1946-1983 |
Series 4 | Photographs. - 1919-[1980s]
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| NA-5577-(1-11) | Views of Russell, Winifred and Joan Boyes. - [ca. 1938]-1964. - 11 photographs |
| M-8520-35 | Portrait of Richard Charles Russell Boyes. - [ca. 1920s] |
| M-8520-36 | Photographs of Winifred Rayner Boyes. - [ca. mid-1920s- 1940s]. - 3 photographs. |
| M-8520-37 | Salvation Army views. - 1930, [ca. 1936], 1977. - Consists of a photograph of Victoria Corps Cadets, including Ensign R. Boyes (1930); photograph of the "Overcomers" on their 50th anniversary (1977); photo cut out of magazine of annual congress members in West Coast First Nations outfits (1936?) and a slide of the same view. |
| M-8520-38 | Family photographs. - 1919-[1980s]. - 49 photographs. |
| PE 168-1 | Panoramic photograph of western officers at the Salvation Army Annual Congress, Winnipeg. - 1923 |
| PE 168-2 | Panoramic photograph of officers at the Western Terrorial Salvation Army Annual Congress, Winnipeg. - 1924 |


