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Memoir, photographs of W.D. Roberts
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1915-193?, 1981 [digitized 2015] (Creation)
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257 MB of textual records (116 p.) (on optical disc) : .jpg, .rtf
3 photographs (on optical disc) : .jpg (24 MB)
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Custodial history
W.N. Roberts donated these records to the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan in one accession in 2015: 2015-208 (May 9, 2015).
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Digital copies of a memoir, written by William D. Roberts entitled, "From North Wales by Easy Stages via Virginia, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan, to Victoria, Vancouver Island" and accompanying photographs. Roberts details his experiences while homesteading in the Medstead, Saskatchewan district, serving in the First World War, during his career as a railway mail clerk, and other life experiences from 1896 to 1981, shortly before his death. Photographs depict Roberts in 1915, 1928 and in the 1930s.
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Records are in good physical condition.
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- English
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- Latin
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Use, publication and/or reproduction of records are subject to terms and conditions of the Copyright Act and/or a donor agreement.
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- English
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- Latin
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