Finally got the login issue sorted out! The minutes are from last Tuesday to today.

I spent the week working my way through the military fonds in UVic's Special Collections and finding books and articles to research my themes. Also made contact with the 5th Regiment Museum - heading back there tomorrow to dig into the archives, can't wait! I'm sorry to be inconvenient, but would it be reasonable for us to add a tag for the 5th (BC) Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery? Besides being a large and prominent unit in the city, the 5th manned many of the batteries around Victoria during the war, and was the first militia unit Arthur Currie joined (before he helped found the Gordon Highlanders).

Still waiting to hear back from BCAM, the Maritime Museum, UBC's Historical Newspaper Collection, Library and Archives Canada, and Vancouver City Archives (which has a few digitized photographs that were taken in Victoria during the war). The Royal Roads archivist should be back in town on the 17th. I'm also going to try to make contact with the Ashton Armoury, and am waiting to hear from Parks Canada about some photos they took of WWI-era battery sites that are not open to the public.

Tomorrow I'll be heading back to the 5th Regiment's museum to see Mr. Craig Cotter and his wonderful archive, then back to UVic to check out the last couple of fonds left there. Unless I get in touch with one of those contacts, the rest of my week will probably be spent digitizing what I find in Special Collections and researching theme write-ups.

Hope everyone has a great week!