Janus: School Empire Tour in Canada

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School Empire Tour in Canada

Title	School Empire Tour in Canada
Reference	GBR/0115/RCMS 237
Creator	Welch, Harold D, fl 1933-1997
Covering Dates	1933
Extent and Medium	1 box; paper/photograph; Mixed
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

In 1933 a School Empire Tour directed by John Guise and Malcolm Dowson visited Eastern Canada, Labrador and Newfoundland. Harold Welch was one of the members of the party.

Diaries and photograph albums of the 1933 tour created or collected by Harold Welch. There is a covering letter from Welch to T.A. Barringer, R.C.S. Librarian, 28 March 1997, regarding the collection.

Received from Harold Welch, 1997.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, School Empire Tour in Canada, RCMS 237

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Indexed

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Index Terms

Canada

Labrador

Newfoundland

North and Central America

Welch, D Harold (fl 1933-1997)

RCS/RCMS 237 contains:

Tour diary of Harold Welch. A manuscript diary of the Empire Tour, 200 pages. At the front are the names of the two directors, the advance agent and the members of the tour party. Press cuttings and other items have been stuck into the volume. At the back is a list of 'photos entered for the competition'. Loose in the diary are six letters to home from 'Bunty', 14 August 1933 - 3 October 1933; a set of the signatures of the tour party; and a few other items.
1 volume; paper; Mixed.

4 Aug. 1933–22 Sep. 1933

Tour diary. A diary of the Empire Tour, 4 August 1933 - 1 October 1933, by 'Malcolm', 55 pages. An unlabelled photograph of two men has been attached to the first page.
1 folder; paper; Typewritten.

Sep. 1933

Photograph album, no. 1. Photographs of the Empire Tour, starting at Euston on 4 August 1933. At the front of the album are group photographs with the names of the featured tour members. The other photographs are unlabelled.
1 album; photograph.

1933

Photograph album, no. 2. Photographs of the Empire Tour, starting on board R.M.S. 'Newfoundland'. Some of the photographs are labelled, but most are not.
1 album; photograph.

1933