Civilian Life
Letter from Gertrude Scott to her brother Matt Scott, 31 Jan 1918. Discusses their brother’s homecoming and readjusting to civilian life.
Source: Image Courtesy of Megan Scott, personal collection
Date: 31 Jan 1918
Request for aid from the Saanich municipality. Before many of the national welfare programs were put in place in the 1930s and 1940s, residents could apply to their municipal governments directly for aid on an individual basis.
Source: Saanich Archives, Clerk’s Letters CLE320-008-01e-g
Date: 1917
