The Frontier of Patriotism: Alberta and the First World War

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The Frontier of Patriotism

Alberta and the First World War

Edited by: Adriana A. Davies and Jeff Keshen
With contributions by: David Borys , Juliette Champagne , Brett Clifton , Catherine C. Cole , Rory Cory , Duff Crerar , Michael Dawe , L. James Dempsey , Antonella Fanella , Alvin Finkel , Ryan Flavelle , David Gallant , Stephen Greenhalgh , Jarett Henderson , Mark Osborne Humphries , Chris Hyland , Kathryn Ivany , Allan Kerr , Norman Knowles , J. Whitney Lackenbauer , Robert Lampard , Michale Lang , Kassandra Luciuk , Rod McLeod , John Matthews , Peter McKenzie-Brown , Sean Moir , Patricia Myers , Allan Rowe , Robert Rutherdale , Amy Shaw , Donald J. Smith , Paul Stortz , Doug Styles , Ken Tingley , Aritha van Herk , Donald G. Wetherell and Anthony Worman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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Volume 6 | Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies Series

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With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The Frontier of Patriotism provides an in-depth look at all aspects of Alberta’s involvement in the war, reflecting Albertans’ experiences both on the battlefield and on the home front. Contributors of the 40 essays all draw heavily on national and local archival resources. The war is seen through the letters, diaries and memoirs of the individuals who lived through it, as well as through accounts in local newspapers. Readers will come away from this collection with a deeper appreciation of the different ways that the First World War, and its aftermath, shaped the lives of Albertans. For many, these four tumultuous years represented a time of individual valour and of communities pulling together and sacrificing for a noble cause. Yet, for others, the war left disillusionment and anger. Exploring these regional and local stories, as well as the national story, helps us understand the commonalities and distinctiveness of what it means to be Canadian. The Frontier of Patriotism is the most comprehensive treatment of Alberta during these critical, transformational years.

Author / Editor information

Davies Adriana A. :

ADRIANA A. DAVIES is a well-known researcher, writer, editor and poet. She was the Executive Director of the Alberta Museums Association for thirteen years and founding Executive Director of the Heritage Community Foundation.Keshen Jeff :

JEFF KESHEN is Dean of Arts at Mount Royal University. He is also an adjunct professor in the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Timeline Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Albertans at War: The Military
Colour Insert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
An Old Soldier Fades Away: Major General Sir Sam Steele in the First World War Rod Macleod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Raymond Brutinel and the Genesis of Modern Mechanized Warfare Juliette Champagne and Major John Matthews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
While You Were Away: Alberta’s First World War Aviation History Patricia Myers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Building on the Home Front: Armouries and Other Infrastructure Kathryn Ivany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Aboriginal Alberta and the First World War L. James Dempsey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Scattered by the Whirlwind: Alberta Chaplains and the Great War Duff Crerar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
The Experiences of Lethbridge Men Overseas, 1914–1918 Brett Clifton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Sid Unwin’s War Michale Lang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Alberta Remittance Men in the Great War Ryan Flavelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
The Effects of the First World War on the Franco-European Immigrants of Alberta Juliette Champagne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
The Little Institution that Could: The University of Alberta and the First World War David Borys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
The Gospel of Sacrifice: Lady Principal Nettie Burkholder and Her Boys at the Front Adriana A. Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Medical Contributions of Albertans in the First World War: Rising to the Challenge J. Robert Lampard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Harold and Emma McGill: A War-Front Love Story Antonella Fanella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Private Stephen Smith and His Trench Art Belts Allan Kerr and Doug Styles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
The Home Front: Context and Meaning
Enthusiasm Embattled: Alberta 1916 Duff Crerar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Ordinary Life in Alberta in the First World War Aritha Van Herk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
“O valiant hearts who to your glory came”: Protestant Responses to Alberta’s Great War Norman Knowles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Alberta Women in the First World War: A Genius for Organization Adriana A. Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Armageddon: Alberta Newspapers and the Outbreak of the Great War, 1914 David Joseph Gallant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Edmonton’s Local Heroes Stephen Greenhalgh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Voices of War: The Press and the Personal Jeff Keshen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
From Local to National: Pictorial Propaganda in Alberta during the First World War Jeff Keshen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
The Great War and Labour in Alberta Alvin Finkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
The Great Western Garment Company during the First World War Catherine C. Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
The Bosworth Expedition: An Early Petroleum Survey Peter Mckenzie-Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Communities at War
Edmonton and the Great War Ken Tingley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
The First World War as a Local Experience: Mobilization, Citizen Voluntary Support, and Memorializing the Sacrifice in Lethbridge, Alberta Robert Rutherdale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Red Deer and the First World War Michael Dawe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Threads of Life: The 1917 Waskatenau Signature Quilt Adriana A. Davies, Sean Moir and Anthony Worman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Calgary’s Grand Theatre in the Great War Donald B. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Student Life on the University of Alberta Campus during the First World War Chris Hyland and Paul Stortz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415
Mobilizing Mount Royal: Capturing Campus Contributions to the Great War Jarett Henderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
Under Siege: The CEF Attack on the RNWMP Barracks in Calgary, October 1916 P. Whitney Lackenbauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443
Canada’s First National Internment Operations and the Search for Sanctuary in the Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association Kassandra Luciuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
Conscientious Objectors in Alberta in the First World War Amy J. Shaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Aftermath
War, Public Health, and the 1918 “Spanish” Influenza Pandemic in Alberta Mark Osborne Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Applying Modernity: Local Government and the 1919 Federal Housing Scheme in Alberta Donald G. Wetherell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	509
Soldier Settlement in Alberta, 1917^–1931 Allan Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517
First World War Centennial Commemoration in Alberta Museums Rory Cory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	527
Alberta Formations Raised in the First World War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	537
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	541
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545

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September 19, 2016

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9781552388365

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

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608

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241

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216 b/w & 25 colour illustrations, charts, maps, notes, bibliography, index

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781552388365

eBook ISBN: 9781552388365

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canadian author; alberta; great first world war 1 one wwi; Patriotism; home front battlefield; the war effort; prairies; western; early 20th century; 1910s; archival resources; letters diary entries; first person accounts

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