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Woolsey Family Collection

  • MG 585
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1944

Five original Canadian letters from World War Two, with content about the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan, pride in service, the Wrens, criticisms of those young men not serving, and duties while in service. Two of the letters were written by Telegrapher Leonard Woolsey. The other letters were written by Barbara Woolsey. The letters were addressed to Eldon Woolsey, brother of Leonard and son of Barbara, who served overseas with the RCAF.

Woolsey, Leonard Rutledge

Woolly mammoth

Woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius. Best known and most characteristic animal of the Ice Age. The elephant, about 12 feet in average height was characterised by its relatively large head and unusually long curved tusks. Its body was covered by long, dense hair. Specimens found in frozen ground of Siberia and abundant remains occur in North America. Moore, 1958, p. 550.

Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

View of buttes consisting of flat laying sedimentary strata.

Bio/historical note: Frederic Harrison Edmunds was born in Hawarden, North Wales in 1898. He received his B.Sc. (1922) and MSc. (1923) from the University of Liverpool. In 1925 he came to Canada and joined the Department of Soils at the University of Saskatchewan. Professor Edmunds was named chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1961, a position he held until his death in February, 1965.

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