Fonds 988.038.0003, 988.180.0001-0013, 988.214.0001-0002, 988.214.0005 - Hammer Fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Hammer Fonds

Level of description

Fonds

Repository

Reference code

988.038.0003, 988.180.0001-0013, 988.214.0001-0002, 988.214.0005

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1937-1977 (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

2v. -- 2 albums. -- 17 photographs. -- 1 video reel. -- 1.5 cm of textual records.

Archival description area

Name of creator

Hammer, Eric Leslie (b. 1917)

Biographical history

Major Eric Leslie Hammer was a wireless telegraph operator in Canada's merchant marines, shipping out of Vancouver and Victoria. He worked predominantly for Canadian Pacific foreign-going Empress liners and served on the R.M.S. Empress of Japan when she ... »

Scope and content

Fonds consists of personal and professional documents and memorabilia related to Eric Leslie Hammer, wireless operator. Dating primarily from the 1930s and 1940s but also including a certificate of marriage between Eric Leslie Hammer and Yuiko Kato, ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Mr. D. Wright c/o the estate of Eric Leslie Hammer in several instalments in 1988.

Language of material

  • English

Location of originals

MMBC off-site storage.

Restrictions on access

All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

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Rules or conventions

RAD, July 2008 version, Canadian Council of Archives.

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2 February 2018