Library and Archives Canada Acquires Iconic Items From 1948 RCAF Flyers Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Team
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 11/10/15 -- Library and Archives Canada (LAC) acquires the Alexander Gardner "Sandy" Watson collection.
The collection provides an important visual and written documentary record of the activities and success of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Flyers, a hockey team hastily assembled to represent Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The collection includes over 200 photographs, telegrams, scrapbooks, programs, medals, and other records documenting the team''s activities and games at the Winter Olympics, their subsequent European tour, as well as the parade and reception honouring them when they returned to Ottawa in April 1948.
The Flyers'' gold medal win at the 1948 Winter Olympics is considered one of the greatest moments in Canadian sports history.
Ottawa sports historian, Mr. Jim McAuley, donated the collection; it had been given to him by Mrs. Patricia Watson, widow of Sandy Watson. The material is currently being arranged and described and should be available for public consultation in early 2016.
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"This acquisition is another example of the importance of hockey in the lives of Canadians. At a time when the world was still reeling from the Second World War, the RCAF Flyers, against all odds, shocked the world by winning hockey gold. We are thrilled to make this documentary heritage accessible and available to all Canadians."
Dr. Guy Berthiaume
Librarian and Archivist of Canada
"I can think of no better place where this collection of truly iconic items, from one of the greatest sports moments in Canadian history, can be preserved and cared for than at Library and Archives Canada. It gives me great pleasure to share these items with hockey fans here at home and around the world."
Jim McAuley
Ottawa Sports Historian, donor of collection
About Library and Archives Canada
The mandate of Library and Archives Canada is to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations, and to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, thereby contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada. Library and Archives Canada also facilitates co-operation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation and diffusion of knowledge, and serves as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions. Stay connected with Library and Archives Canada on ((at)LibraryArchives), , and .
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Library and Archives Canada
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