SWE Highlight: Lionel Budge Letters

Recently added to the Saskatchewan War Experience project are these letters from Lionel Budge, written while serving in Mossbank, Saskatchewan.

The full collection of letters spans 1939 to 1947. Letters that have been uploaded were written in 1942, while Lionel Budge was working as a mechanic at the Mossbank air training school in Saskatchewan.

Lionel wrights of his duties, the cost of living in each of the towns he is in, and of the friends he has made during his employment.

SWE Highlight: SGGA Roll of Honour

Recently added to the Saskatchewan War Experience is this Roll of Honour poster published by the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association around 1918.

The poster is illustrated with detailed prints and the names are arranged by location.

SWE Highlight: Edmund Oliver Papers

This letter and postcard come from a collection of letters from the University of Saskatchewan Archives "Oliver Papers" fond. Dr. Edmund H. Oliver was a History and Economics professor at the University of Saskatchewan. During WWI he was Chaplain of the 196th Battalion and in 1917 launched the University of Vimy Ridge, a university for soldiers during the war. The University of Vimy Ridge focused on vocational training that would help soldiers get a job upon their return home.




Dr. Edmund H. Oliver wrote to his wife Rita and his boys every day while he was away. This postcard, sent from France, depicts the prospective victory only a few months away. The Letter displayed here is one written after he was learned of the end of the war. Dr. Oliver often talks about the topic of his sermons for the week, current events of the war, his desire to be back home, and his desire to be closer to the men in the trenches.