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Frederick Lyon Barrow fonds

Record No. SC010
Main Entry Barrow, Frederick Lyon, 1894-1979
Title Frederick Lyon Barrow fonds
Dates 1928-1964
Physical Description 66 cm of textual records. -- ca. 100 photographs. -- ca. 50 postcards.
Bio/Admin History Frederick Lyon Barrow emigrated to Edmonton from England in 1904 with his parents. He married Mary Hutton in 1913. He began his career as an Adjustment Officer with the Great War Veterans' Association and Canadian Legion, and later became the first Departmental Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He and his wife travelled extensively, visiting about 40 countries together.
Scope and Content The fonds consists of diaries, travel account books, correspondence, certificates, postcards, passports and several photographs.
Title Source Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Finding Aids File list provided by donor available.
Online Finding Aids File List for Accession 1991-053 (PDF, 60 kB)
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Provenance Barrow, Frederick Lyon, 1894-1979
Repository University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections
Subject Headings Barrow, Frederick Lyon, 1894-1979
Travel
Travel writing
Travel--World
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