Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() George Lamb, 1916
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| Series 2 | Letters from Cassie McKee. -- 1916-1918 |
| Series 3 | Army service and death records. -- 1916-1918 |
| Series 4 |
Inventory
| Series 1 | George Lamb's First World War letters. -- 1916-1918. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of letters written by George to his parents and siblings. Includes some letters from his relatives to him. The files include full transcriptions of the letters. |
| M-9235-1 | Letters from Kamsack, Saskatchewan. -- January-May 1916 |
| M-9235-2 | Letters from Camp Hughes, eastern Canada, Westenhanger, and England. -- June-December 1916. |
| M-9235-3 | Letters from France and he Machine Gun Depot at Crowborough Camp in England. -- January-March 1917. |
| M-9235-4 | Letters from Crowborough Camp and France. -- April-June 1917. |
| M-9235-5 | Letters from No. 7 Canadian Hospital in France, after being gassed by the Germans. -- July-September 1917. |
| M-9235-6 | Letters from France. -- October -December 1917. |
| M-9235-7 | Letters from "Somewhere in France". -- 1918. |
| M-9235-8 | Miscellany. -- [1916-1918]. -- Consists of empty envelopes, an incomplete letter from Aunt Fan, and and incomplete handwritten copy of poem by John Power from the New York Times. |
| Series 2 | Letters from Cassie McKee. -- 1916-1918. -- 2 cm of textual records. - The series consists of letters written to George by his fiancee who lived in Edmonton, Alberta. |
| M-9235-9 | Letters from Cassie McKee. -- 1916 |
| M-9235-10 | Letters from Cassie McKee. -- 1917-1918 |
| M-9235-11 | Loose enclosures from Cassie McKee's letters. -- [1916-1918] |
| Series 3 | Army service and death records. -- 1916-1918. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of his Attestation Paper, pay book, and death records. |
| M-9235-12 | Canadian Pay Book for use on Active Service. -- 1916-1917 |
| M-9235-13 | Certificate of death and newspaper obituary. -- 1918 |
| M-9235-14 | Copy of his Attestation Paper. -- February 4, 1916. -- The original is held by Library and Archives Canada. |
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Photographs. -- 1915-1917. -- 13 photographs. -- The series consists of views of the Lamb family, George Lamb, Cassie McKee, and military training and transport.
Many of these photographs have been scanned. |


