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Philip H. West fonds
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9.00 cm of textual records (4 volumes) and photographs.
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Biographical history
Philip H. West was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (then the North West Territories) on June 19, 1897. The son of Isabel Alice Sinclair West and Superintendent C. H. West, R.C.M.P, Philip obtained his schooling at an Indian Mission School at Lesser Slave Lake.
He entered the Postal Service at Moose Jaw in 1924 as a temporary worker, but he was retained on staff. He transferred to the Moose Jaw district office in 1928 and was promoted to Supervisor Grade 2 in 1940, to Supervisor Grade 4 in 1949, to Post Office Inspector in 1953 and to Area Superintendent in July of 1954.
He served in the First World War as a Corporal in the 46th Canadian Infantry. During World War 2 he served Instructional and Administrative duties and demobilized with the rank of Major. He was married to Olive Irene West.
Philip West passed away in 1961.
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Scope and content
This fonds contains one series consisting of several scrapbooks kept by Philip H. West from 1944 to 1957. They contain invitations and letters to Mr. and Mrs. West, newspaper clippings concerning the couple, relatives or friends. Also included are diplomas and certificates presented to Mr. and Mrs. West, programs of events, various pictures, greeting cards and postcards, brochures of tourist sites, water colour paintings done by Philip West and memorabilia of the Royal Family of the United Kingdom.
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Accession Number 7.BA donated to the archives by Hilda Stewart.
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- English
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A finding aid and file list are available. See attached finding aid.
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This fonds was re-boxed in 2004.
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Box H-3
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- West, Philip H. (Subject)