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Ruth Wiley fonds
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3 cm of textual records
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Ruth Douglas, 1902-1980, lived in Wainwright, Alberta during the First World War. She corresponded with Canadian soldiers posted overseas. In 1920 she married Ivan Lane Wiley. They had six children, Leora, Lorne Douglas, Janet Ruth (Walter), Marian Faith, Hubert John, and Malcolm David. She died at Rimbey, Alberta
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The fonds consists mostly of correspondence from soldiers posted overseas during the First World War: Fred Ball, R. B. Bryden, George Dick, Del Hardy, Will Lavigne, Ralph Lightizer, Alvyn Shannon, Charles Shield, James Henry Walker. Also includes memorabilia from her grandparents, greeting cards, a school essay on the Wainwright buffalo, and sympathy cards received at the time of her death
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Donated by Ruth Wiley's daughter, Janet Walter, Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 2001
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- The material is in English
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No additions to the fonds are expected
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Record No. MG 37<br><br>
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- Wiley, Ruth (Subject)