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Veterans' Volunteer Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion Association fonds
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1940 - 1957, 1963 (Creation)
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12 cm of textual records
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The Veterans' Volunteer Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion was formed on July 26, 1940, shortly after the creation of the VVR by the Alberta government on June 19. Its members formed an auxiliary constabulary, primarily for surveillance and control of enemy alien activities in the city. After the end of the war the organization held annual reunions until 1956. When it disbanded, it donated its remaining funds to the Edmonton Home for Ex-servicemen's Children.
Custodial history
Donor was Mary Butterworth, the wife of Frank Clifford Butterworth, treasurer of the association.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of financial records and correspondence of the Veterans' Volunteer Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion.
File list:
File 1: Notices of reunion and annual meeting, 1952-1956
File 2: Revenues and expenditures, 1950-1957
File 3: Statement of expenditures re: annual reunion, 1950-1955
File 4: Special permit - liquor, 1955, 1956
File 5: Letterhead sample, 19--
File 6: Correspondence re: donation to Edmonton home for ex-servicemen's children, 1957-1963
File 7: Payments and receipts, 1940-1955
File 8: Financial journal, 1941-1957
File 9: Financial journal, 1940-1957
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The fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Mary Elizabeth Butterworth in 1972.
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Records relating to the Veterans' Volunteer Reserve are in the Alberta. Attorney-General fonds, Attorney General third filing system records, Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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Accession number A72-45
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- English