Fonds 327 Royal Canadian Legion Sauve Branch 235, Eaglesham

1 photograph

1 video cassette

3 sound recordings

Date: 1951-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of legal documents created by Sauve Branch 235, including the original Land Titles document on the Legion’s lot in Eaglesham, financial agreements and loans with the Senior Social Centre Club of Eaglesham to operate their shared building, an agreement with the Village of Eaglesham to take over the Curling Rink, an agreement with St. Francis Xavier R.C. Parish for a Veterans Field of Honor in the Eaglesham R.C. Cemetery, and the updated version of their by-laws, dated December 2002. There is also one photograph of Lieutenant J.P. Sauve M.M., after whom the branch is named, a written history of Sauve Branch 235, a history of the Eaglesham Memorial Curling Club, and a list of presidents, secretaries and life members from 1947-1984.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

1 photograph

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

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Published

Lieutenant J.P. Sauve was the first president of the Eaglesham Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, formed in 1936. He was instrumental in re-forming the club in 1947 to include Watino, Tangent, and Eaglesham, but was killed in an accident before the charter was received. Royal Canadian Legion Sauve Branch 235 is named after him.

Date: 1947-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Minute Books dating from the beginning of Royal Canadian Legion Sauve Branch 235 in 1947 until its dissolution in 2003. Included in the minute books are the minutes of executive, special and annual meetings; membership lists; and some financial records and statements.

Physical description: 8 cm textual records

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1947-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of membership applications from 1972 to 2004; a alphabetical register of ordinary members from 1947-[1990] with biographical information, service numbers, and description of where and when they served; awards and life membership applications accompanied by biographies of each member thus recognized; last post forms and a diagram of the Eaglesham Field of Honor to show where they are buried; and a Guest Register for Legion events from 1976-2003. Accompanying some of the applications are copies of service records, discharge certificates, or birth and marriage certificates showing proof of relationship. There are also four felt crests for the various categories of membership.

Physical description: 12 cm textual records

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: [1970-2001] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records relating to the activities of the Royal Canadian Legion Sauve Branch 235: assisting Veterans with applying for government services such as pensions and funeral expenses, and for benevolent services supplies through the Poppy Fund; Remembrance Day Services (programmes from 1980-2003), Remembrance Day essay, poetry and poster contests, and Teachers’ Guides for discussion around Remembrance Day; operating the Legion Hall in partnership with the Seniors Social Club; and miscellaneous activities. Included in this series is individual applications for assistance from the Poppy Fund. There is also a publication called “Valour at Sea” which gives the history of Canada’s Merchant Navy.

Physical description: 5 cm textual records

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

The booklet covers the history of Canada’s Merchant Navy in World I and II. “In both the First and Second World Wars, the men of the Allied merchant navies faced the daunting task of supplying” the allies with equipment and supplies to fight the war. “Against almost overwhelming odds, not only from U-boat attacks, but also from perils of storm, surface raiders, air attacks and mines, they transported millions of tonnes of food, munitions, petroleum and troops across the oceans of the world.”

Date: 1958-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of financial statements, ledgers, and reports. There is also a file on Poppy Campaigns from 1975 to 1992, a file on the building of the Seniors Social Centre, and a file on the lotteries which were encouraged by the provincial and national commands and funded the activities of the Legion.

Physical description: 8 cm textual records

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1975-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of correspondence from 1975 to 2004 from provincial and national Legion headquarters and from districts and zones in the area.

Physical description: 8 cm textual records

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1960-2003 (date of creation)

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The series consists of reports and correspondence relating to Zone and District rallies held in the Peace Country, information from the Alberta-NWT Command in Edmonton, and material from the Royal Canadian Legion based in Ottawa. Included are two 45s (vinyl records) containing the Last Post and O Canada; an audio cassette for use at the site of a service with “Alert” (sounded when the dignitary comes into view), “Still” (to call all to attention as they arrive), “The Last Post,” and “Reveille”; a VHS tape called Presenting the Black Rod, and a tape of Remembrance Day music called “Lest We Forget” by Tim Lawson.

Physical description: 16 cm textual records

1 video recording

3 sound recordings

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Sound recording (documentary form)

•                Moving images (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

“Een Wereld in Vlammen” (A World in Flames) is the story of the trials of Holland during the two World Wars. It was presented to the Eaglesham Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion for Remembrance Day in 1981 by J.J. Schapp, of the Royal Dutch Army “in memory of all the Canadian comrades who fought for freedom and peace in my country, Holland.”

The video is a recording of the ceremony at the Alberta Legislature Building when the Alberta-Northwest Territories Command of the Royal Canadian Legion presented a specially commissioned Black Rod to the Legislative Assembly for use by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The new rod incorporated a 1905 British Sovereign set in a silver design on an ebony rod from Sri Lanka, both gifts to the legislature, and was funded by the provincial command of the Royal Canadian Legion.