RBSC / OSC Archives

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00549
Item
[ca. 18-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Wooden floral carving from a Chinese temple. Painted with gold leaf.

Stationery sheet from Saint John Board of Trade

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-206-15
File
[not before 1800]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Stationery sheet of the Saint John Board of Trade, New Brunswick, from the late nineteenth century, with maps showing Canadian Pacific routes on the Pacific Ocean, railways in Atlantic Canada, and Canadian Pacific routes on the Atlantic Ocean, as ...

Board of Trade (Saint John, N.B.)

Asian immigration and Settlement

Subseries
1800-2003

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Subseries consists of records related to Asian immigration to and settlement in North America. These records pertain predominantly to Chinese immigration and settlement in British Columbia, but also include records pertaining to other Asian diaspo...

Coin sword

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00582
Item
[ca. 18-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Sword made out of coins from the era of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1796). Coin swords are considered to ward off evil, and bring good luck.

Diary of the first voyage of the H.C.S. Reliance to Bengal and China

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-278-1
File
1828-1829

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Manuscript diary of A. D. Mackenzie, 6th mate, H. C. S. Reliance on the ship's first voyage to Bengal and China under Commander C. S. Timms. Includes a list of passengers and ship's company, and an ink drawing of the Reliance struck by l...

Mackenzie, A.D.

[Reproduction of a Letter from Walter R. Jones to John A. Macdonald]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-276-13-1
Item
1838-01

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

A photocopy of a letter from Walter R. Jones to John A Macdonald. Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.

Jones, Walter R.

Halifax and Quebec railway

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-1
File
1852

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 1.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address from the Legislative Assembly, dated 31st August last, praying that his excellency, the Governor General, would be pleased to lay before the House, a copy or copies of any agreement, or agreements, entered into by the Quebec and Richmond Railway Company, with William Jackson, Esquire, M. P., and others, from the completion of the said railway, also for a copy of any correspondence between the Government of the province, or any member thereof, with the said William Jackson, Esquire, and others, in regard to the Trunk Railroad through this province

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-2
File
1852

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 2.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Report and Papers of the Standing Committee on Railroads Canals and Telgraph Lines

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-3
File
1852

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 3.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return of sums paid by Government, and correspondence between engineers and other officers, relative to certain rail-roads

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-4
File
1852

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 4.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Grand Trunk Railway : return to an address from the Legislative Assembly of the 14th ultimo, for copies of all contracts for construction of Grand Trunk Railway

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-8
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 8.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Proceedings of the Railway Committee, in relation to the Bill (No. 65) to incorporate the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-9
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 9.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Returns from railway companies: No. 1 - Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway Company, for the years 1854, and 1855. No. 2 - Cobourg and Peterborough Railway Company, to 1st March, 1856. No. 3 - Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railway Company, for the year 1855. No. 4 - St. Lawrence and Industry Railway Company, for the year 1855

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-10
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 10.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Report of the committee appointed to inquire into the transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company, prepared by Mr. Loranger, by order of the committee, and unanimously adopted

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-11
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 11.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address from the Legislative Assembly to His Excellency the Governor General, dated the 9th instant praying His Excellency to cause to be laid before the House "A List of names of the 'Skilled Engineers' appointed by the authority of the Act of last session, cap. 174, sec. 4, intituled, "An Act granting additional aid, by way of loan, to the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada;" with a copy of the instructions given to such engineers and the date of their appointment with the report of such engineers, if there by any."

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-5
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 5.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address of the Legislative Assembly of the 14th instant, for statement relative to applications of Grand Trunk Railroad Company for releases of provincial debentures, and for copy of any memorial from the company since the 1st January, 1856

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-6
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 6.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Account and statements of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, on 31st December, 1855

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-7
File
1856

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 7.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Statements, reports and accounts of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada : laid before the Legislative Assembly, Thursday the 23d April, 1857. by order of his excellency the Governor General, W. Cayley, Inspector General

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-12
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 12.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Report : the special committee appointed to inquire and report as to the condition, management and prospects of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, have the honor to report, etc.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-13
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 13.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Toronto and Sarnia Railroad. Copies of contracts entered into by Gzowski and Company for the construction of the Toronto and Sarnia Railroad, and of the report of an engineer upon the condition of the works, &c.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-14
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 14.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return in pursuance of a resolution of the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of the financial affairs of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway Company

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-15
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 15.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Report of the select committee to whom was referred the investigation into the affairs and position of the Woodstock and Lake Erie Railway and Harbor Company, especially with reference to certain alleged bribes given to certain of the late directors by certain of the present directors of the said company, to the great loss and injury of the municipalities interested in the said railway, beg leave to report

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-16
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 16.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Proceedings of the standing committee on Railroads, &c. in relation to the Great Southern Railway

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-17
File
1857

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 17.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address from the Legislative Assembly to his excellency the Governor General, dated the 2nd June, praying his excellency to cause to be laid before the House "copies of all reports and amended reports made by F. W. Cumberland, Esquire, as Chief Engineer of the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railroad Union Company, on the amounts due to the contractors for the said road

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-18
File
1858

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 18.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Returns from railway companies : No. 1 - Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railway Company, for the years 1857. No. 2 - Welland Railway Company, to 28th February, 1858. No. 3 - Montreal and Champlain Railway Company, for the year 1857. No. 4 - Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, for the year 1857

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-19
File
1858

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 19

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Document granting general sufferance with conditions

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-130-13
File
1858-04-30

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Hand written form granting permission to Samuel McCullough to voyage up the Fraser River with four men and his implements and provisions for mining. Conditions of sufferance include to only bring on board goods bought from the Hudson Bay Company,...

Mitchell, William

Return to an address of the Legislative Assembly, of the 31st May, 1858, for all correspondence, despatches and papers relating to the Inter-Colonial Railway, during the last and present years

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-20
File
1858

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 20.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Deed of Sale: Victoria, Vancouver Island

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-285-26
File
1858

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Reproduction of Chang Tsoo's original deed of sale

Vancouver Island (Colony). Victoria

Wesleyan Missionary Notices / compiled by Wesleyan Conference Office

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-298-2
Item
25 May. 1859

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Concerns missionary work in British Columbia with reports on conditions in the gold fields along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. There is also brief mention about the conditions and treatment toward workers of Chinese origin.

Wesleyan Conference Office

Message. Edmund Head, the Governor General transmits, for the information of the Honorable the Legislative assembly, copies of despatches from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, and other documents relating to the Intercolonial Railway

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-21
File
1859

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 21.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Returns from railway companies. No. 1 - Northern Railway of Canada, for the year 1858. No. 2 - Montreal and Champlain Railroad, for the year 1858. No. 3 - Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, for the year 1858. No. 4 - St. Lawrence and Village of Industrie railway, for the year of 1857

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-255-22
File
1859

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Railway Government Publication item 22.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Chinese medicine formula

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-3
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Chinese medical text (Dashend he pian)

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-4
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Wood train and Chinamen in Bloomer Cut

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00107
Item
[1860-1870]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Thomas Houseworth & Co.

[Portrait of Matthew Begbie]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-10629
Item
[1860?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Reproduction print.

[unknown]

Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

RBSC-ARC-1679
Collection
ca.1860-2008

The collection consists of documents, archival records, photographs, ephemera and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia history, immigration and settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Included are the archival fon...

Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung

Chinese medical text (Waixing pian 3)

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-5
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 7-8) printed copy

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-6
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 1-2)

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-7
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 1-10)

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-8
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 7-8) manuscript

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-124-9
File
[between 1860 and 1939?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.

Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)

[B.C. and V.S.N. co. invoice]