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![Canadian Peacekeepers in Cyprus (1974) from the Canadian Military Oral History Collection (SC141), Accession 2012-010, Interview with Thomas Walton](../../../assets/images/sc01-walton.jpg)
Canadian Peacekeepers in Cyprus (1974) from the Canadian Military Oral History Collection (SC141), Accession 2012-010, Interview with Thomas Walton
![Issues of Transvestia held in Special Collections, Call Number HQ77 .T73](../../../assets/images/sc02-transvestia.jpg)
Issues of Transvestia held in Special Collections, Call Number HQ77 .T73
![Issues of Viridis Candela, Cahiers du Collège de 'Pataphysique held in Special Collections, Call Number PQ305 .C58](../../../assets/images/sc03-pataphysics.jpg)
Issues of Viridis Candela, Cahiers du Collège de 'Pataphysique held in Special Collections, Call Number PQ305 .C58
![Cat on a Sled from the William and Margaret Thomson Family Fonds (SC653), Accession 2022-021, Album K](../../../assets/images/sc04-thomson.jpg)
Cat on a Sled from the William and Margaret Thomson Family Fonds (SC653), Accession 2022-021, Album K
![Pond Inlet (1955) from the Derek Ellis Fonds (AR046), Accession 2000-080, Arctic Research Series](../../../assets/images/sc05-ellis.jpg)
Pond Inlet (1955) from the Derek Ellis Fonds (AR046), Accession 2000-080, Arctic Research Series
![Victoria (circa 1890) from Picturesque Glimpses of Victoria, Capitol of British Columbia held in Special Collections, Call Number FC3846.37 .H37](../../../assets/images/sc06-victoria.jpg)
Victoria (circa 1890) from Picturesque Glimpses of Victoria, Capitol of British Columbia held in Special Collections, Call Number FC3846.37 .H37
![Free the Five, Protect the Earth Rally (1983) from the Jim Campbell Fonds (AR459), Accession 2011-082, Box 13](../../../assets/images/sc07-campbell.jpg)
Free the Five, Protect the Earth Rally (1983) from the Jim Campbell Fonds (AR459), Accession 2011-082, Box 13
![Women Rally for Action (1976) from the Status of Women Action Group Victoria Branch Fonds (AR119), Accession 2022-071, Box 1](../../../assets/images/sc08-women.jpg)
Women Rally for Action (1976) from the Status of Women Action Group Victoria Branch Fonds (AR119), Accession 2022-071, Box 1
![Letter from Mary Butts (1935) from the Douglas Goldring Fonds (SC048), Accession 1995-012, Box 1](../../../assets/images/sc09-butts.jpg)
Letter from Mary Butts (1935) from the Douglas Goldring Fonds (SC048), Accession 1995-012, Box 1
![Avenue Apartments Drawing (1931) from the Laszlo Hudec Fonds (SC132), Accession 1996-022, Box 2](../../../assets/images/sc10-hudec.jpg)
Avenue Apartments Drawing (1931) from the Laszlo Hudec Fonds (SC132), Accession 1996-022, Box 2
![Leaf from Regla de la Sagrada Orden de Penitencia de la Nuestra Seraphica Padre Sant Francisco held in Special Collections, Call Number BX3654 .A3 1528](../../../assets/images/sc11-medieval.jpg)
Leaf from Regla de la Sagrada Orden de Penitencia de la Nuestra Seraphica Padre Sant Francisco held in Special Collections, Call Number BX3654 .A3 1528
![Untitled (Skull Wrapped in American Flag) Two-Colour Screen Print from the Judith Patt Collection (SC566), Accession 2018-028, Box 1](../../../assets/images/sc12-patt.jpg)
Untitled (Skull Wrapped in American Flag) Two-Colour Screen Print from the Judith Patt Collection (SC566), Accession 2018-028, Box 1
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Room A005, Lower Level, Mearns Centre - McPherson Library
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University of Victoria
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 3H5
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