The fonds contains primary source material on the personal, professional and military lives of the Wark family in Sherbrooke between 1911 and 2002. It consists primarily of photographs and theatre programmes. The fonds is comprised of the following series: James H. Wark, Florence (Bryant) Wark, Barbara Wark, Wark theatre, Photographs, and Miscellaneous.
The fonds contains source material mainly on the activities of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Association from 1934 to 1967 and is also of value for information relating to the activities of Eastern Townships soldiers and veterans during World War I, Quebec Branch No. 10 of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League; the 117th Eastern Townships Battalion Association; and the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment. It is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1934-1966), Correspondence (1953-1967), Membership Lists (1934-1967), Accounting and Financial Documents (1961-1966), Newspaper Clippings ([191-]-1975), Iconographic Documents ([191-]-[198-?]), Cartographic Documents (1910-1942), Personal Documents (1916-1958), Minutes of the Quebec Branch of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League (1930-1942), Artefacts ([191-]-[1940?]), and Miscellaneous Documents (1915-1965).
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Association (Sherbrooke, Que.)Item is a lettergram addressed to Mrs. Frank Herbert Price of Magog from the Director of Records in Ottawa, dated October 8, 1918. The lettergram states that Pte. Frank Herbert Price was admitted to the 55 General Hospital in Boulogne on October 1, due to a shrapnel wound in his side.
The item is a poster for a reunion of the soldiers of the 117th Eastern Townships Battalion, held in Ayer's Cliff in 1931.
Item is a photograph postcard of a group of soldiers, out of uniform, relaxing in a sleeping area at camp. The photo was probably taken around 1919.
Item is a postcard of a boy catching a fish in a boat, with the title "Sherbrooke Quebec will help feed the army" above him.
Item is a photograph of the Soldiers' Monument in the Lennoxville town square dedicated to those who had died in World War I (WWI), with a gun from the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (CMR).
The item is a group of soldiers standing in front of the Sherbrooke Hussars armoury on Winter Street in Sherbrooke, probably taken in the 1920s. Pictured at centre is Canon H.R. Bigg. Photographer: Nakash (Sherbrooke, Que.).
Item is a photograph postcard of hundreds of soldiers on a steamboat, probably taken around 1919.
Item is a postcard album consisting of photographs and postcards of soldiers from World War One (WWI), including Paulo Dubé, Walter Dubé, Evariste Rousseau.
Item is a photograph of a soldier taken on April 22nd, 1919.
Item is a photograph postcard of a group of soldiers on a horse march, probably taken around 1919.
Item is a photograph postcard of a group of soldiers on their horses, probably taken around 1919.