Scrapbook includes photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to athletics, YMCA camp at the Gorge, meeting Lydia; the army, marriage, children and grandchildren; newspaper life, city council, and the Gyro Club.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945
Date:
1912-1971
Title-Alternative:
Scrapbook: Highlights of the life of Archie H. Wills as prepared by his wife Lydia
Collection:
Archie H. Wills fonds
Location(s):
British Columbia--Victoria
Page Title:
ScrpBk_01
Creator:
Wills, Archie
Description:
Page contains 2 newspaper clippings and 4 black and white photographs. Photos depict Wills with his regiment preparing for departure from Victoria in 1916.
Page contains 8 photographs depicting Wills on horseback, in Witley, England, and in training exercises; 1 newspaper clipping ' Marine Editor Back on Coast' ; and music program.
Page contains interior view of program for a banquet held by the Mayor of Vancouver in honour of the Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, and his party. The program includes a list of toasts and the menu for the event.
Page contains 1 newspaper clipping about the election of alderman to the City Council of Victoria. Title reads: ' 4 Alderman Returned, George Wins Seat: Archie Wills Tops Poll Again.'
Page contains 1 newspaper clipping ' Victoria' s First Woman Council Member Takes Office' with an image of the council members; and 1 photograph depicting a group of people around a dining table.
Page contains 1 photograph and 1 newspaper clipping depicting Alderman Archie Wills accepting a plaque from R. M. Brink, ' vice-chairman of the National War Finance Committee for British Columbia.'