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Series consists of letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Includes letters from W.J.H. Holmes and other land surveyors; also letters from former members of Provincial Library and Archives staff. Several letters addressed to Miss Russell, who collected and preserved correspondence as a war memorial.

SUMMARY: Introduction by W. Cownden of CJVI. Talk about roller coaster rides. Mrs. Hooper's history: birth in England, marriage, and coming to Victoria with husband on army transfer to Esquimalt. Life on military bases at Macauley Point and Fort Rodd Hill. Husband's rank and duties as major armsman. Description of living quarters and facilties. Life in Victoria, and changes in both the city and the army bases since her arrival.

SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: An interview with Mrs. Minnie Hooper, one of Victoria's "interesting people". Introduction by W. Cownden at CJVI. Talk about roller coaster rides. Mrs. Hooper's history: birth in England, ;marriage, and coming to Victoria with husband on army transfer to Esquimalt. Life on military bases at Macauley Point and Fort Rodd Hill. Husband's rank and duties as major armsman. Description of liv;ing quarters and facilties. Life in Victoria, and changes in both the city and the army bases since her arrival.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Military life in Esquimalt, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1914 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1962-03-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape begins with brief comments by Eva Gillan (nee Eva Hart), about her theatrical career; this is the conclusion of an interview by Grace Shaw, continued from T1302:0001. The tape continues with Imbert Orchard's interview of Colonel John Quinn Gillan. He recalls his arrival in Esquimalt as a British soldier in 1907; the army in the Victoria area prior to World War I; a 1914 incident; concerning the coastal defense guns; and the Canadian Navy. [TRACK 2: blank.]