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The fonds consists of a family history, correspondence, the legal documents of Sir Joseph Trutch, diaries and financial reports of John Trutch and transcripts from Charlotte Morgan-Kelly. The fonds deals with personal matters, the career of Sir Joseph Trutch as civil engineer and public official and the engineering career of John Trutch.
Trutch (family)
The fonds consists of biographical information, diaries (1962-1966), manuscripts, correspondence and collected historical material pertaining to the Haney Agricultural Association (1906-1962), Fraser Valley Japanese Language School (1920-1953), Nipponia Home (1941-1969) and the Japanese Canadian United Church (1919-1966).
Yamaga, Yasutaro
The fonds consists of business records of the Yorkshire Guarantee & Securities, Limited, The Yorkshire and Canadian Trust, Limited and The Yorkshire & Pacific Securities, Limited, Huddersfield, England concerning its B.C. operations. The records consist of those created at Head Office, Huddersfield, in its dealings with its Vancouver and Victoria offices. There are also books of account which appear to have been created in its Vancouver office. The records consist of legal documents (1889-1950) minutes (1906-1950) correspondence (1890-1964) and financial records (1889-1970), including registers, journals and ledgers (1889-1954). There are also records of the Canadian Mining Syndicate and the Vancouver Land & Securities Corporation. The fonds also includes photographs of the exterior of the Thos. Dunn and Company store, depicting goods ready for shipment from Vancouver to the Klondike and interiors and exteriors of the Yorkshire Building in the 1950s.
Yorkshire Trust Company
Vancouver cultural events collection. Part 3, Dance
A compilation of programs and brochures, season's programs; some programs with annotations, all pertaining to performances held primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, by various companies. The following organizations are represented in the collection: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Espanol, Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Bolshoi Ballet, Continuum Dance Company, the Dance Centre, DanceHouse, Dance on Track, Dance Update, Dance Vancouver, Dancing on the Edge Festival, David Y.H. Lui, Del-Roy and Merinoff, Famous Artists Ltd., Georgian State Dance Company, Hanayagi Tokubei Memorial Dance Company Ensemble, Jooss Ballet, Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Kinesis Dance Society, Kirov Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, New Works, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pavlowa the Incomparable, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rosario Ancer, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Russian Ballet, Russian Ballet School of Dancing in Victoria, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Saskatchewan Theatre Ballet, Theatre Row Celebrations,Toronto Independent Dance Enterprise, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, the Ukrainian Dance Company, Ukrainian Shunka Dancers, Uzume Taiko, Vancouver Ballet Society, Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vogue Theatre.
Vancouver cultural events collection. Part 4, Film
A compilation of programs, guides, pamphlets, and advertisements all pertaining to events held primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia. The following organizations are represented in the collection: Amnesty International Film Festival, Avenue Theatre, Banff Festival of Mountain Films, Capitol Theatre, Children's Spring Break Film Festival, CineMuerte Film Festival, Cine Ouest, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Genie Awards, International Cinema, In Visible Colours, Lyric Theatre, Marpole Theatre, National Film Board of Canada, National Film Society of Canada, National Film Week, Orpheum Theatre, Pacific Cinematheque, Paradise Theatre, Reel 2 Real, Ridge Theatre, Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, Starlight Cinema, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver Egyptian Film Festival, Vancouver Film Society, Vancouver French Film Festival, Vancouver International Amateur Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival 4 Peace, Vancouver International Jewish Film Festival, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Vancouver Underground Film Festival, World Community Film Festival.
The fonds consists of Humphrey's photographs of the Bonanza Cache, Standard, and Star Best gold mines in the Lillooet District of B.C.
Humphreys, W.
The fonds consists of correspondence, notes, blueprint topographical maps, and printed maps pertaining to Jones' surveying trip on the Palmer Trail, Cariboo District, B.C.. Detailed records closely document the history of the trail and its surroundings as well as recounting Jones' own experiences in the area.
Jones, W.P.S.
The fonds consists of two letters: Warren Hastings to Elijah Impey from Daylesford House, 9 Nov., 1808; and Warren Hastings to Mr. Charles Purling at Lucknow, from Fort William, 2 Nov., 1780.
Hastings, Warren
Wilderness Advisory Committee fonds
The fonds consists of copies of correspondence, briefs, and submissions regarding selected wilderness areas throughout the province sent by interested parties such as MacMillan Bloedal Ltd. and Comino as well as municipalities and concerned private citizens to the Committee. Most of the submissions were dated in December, 1985.
Wilderness Advisory Committee
The fonds consists of incoming letters from W. Bell Scott and F.G. Stephens to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt (Edith Holman Hunt), as well as subject files containing information concerning the relationship between Hunt and Stephens.
The letters here included from William Bell Scott were found in the Penkill Papers and those from Frederic George Stephens were extracted from the Angeli-Dennis Papers.
Hunt, William Holman
The fonds consists of correspondence between E. Herbert Norman and his family (1922-1957), Norman's will and photographs of him and other family members. There are also articles about his career and other biographical information gathered for tributes after his death. Also included are materials generated by his brother Howard Norman.
Norman (family)
The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records and manuscripts generated through the publishing activity of November House.
November House
The fonds consists of records pertaining to her life and pottery work in the form of correspondence (1931-1977), clippings, printed material, photographs, and diaries. The fonds also includes information on the Allied Officers Club of Vancouver. Correspondence with her husband, Dr. H.R.L. Davis, includes over 500 letters (1940-1944) and includes information about the Canadian armed forces in Britain.
Davis, Olea
The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, scrapbooks and printed material relating to O'Neal's activities, mainly in the field of union organization (ca. 1965-1975).
O'Neal, Patrick
The fonds consists of records of the Vancouver Hoo-Hoo Club No. 48 and the International Concatenated Order of the Hoo-Hoo and the records of Scott's participation in these organizations. It includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, photographs, printed material and related material. In addition, Scott compiled notes and lists on lumber retailers, wholesalers, forestry manufacturing units, and lumber exporters as well as a collection of rules for the grading and dressing of lumber, 1922-1970.
Scott, R.W.
Fonds consists of an annotated draft manuscript for Takashimas 1971 book "A Child in Prison Camp".
Takashima, Shizuye, 1930-
The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, personal files and other material relating to the political career of S.F. Tolmie. The bulk of the material was generated during his years as premier (1928-1933) with some files (1918-1920) from his term as MP for Victoria.
Tolmie, Simon Fraser
The fonds consists of the Simson family tree, a history of Calvert Simson, a typescript entitled To Shear the Dark Shores (1973) by Peter Trower and Joe Simson, notes on logging on Vancouver Island and the North Shore, a typescript of taped interviews about Vancouver and various personalities of the era before 1900, a typescript of a taped interview by David Conn with Jim Campbell regarding the Coal Harbour marine industry, documents of the Simson (Calvert) family including commissions, correspondence, indentures, other legal documents and death certificates.
Simson (family)
The fonds consists of records of the company including outgoing letters of B.K. Laird, prospecti, an engineer's report on mining property in the Skeena region of B.C., and clippings.
Skeena Collieries
Stanley John Hunter collection
The fonds consists of handwritten drafts of mining stories told by Stanley Hunter to the West End Talespinners at Barclay Manor, 1997 - 2002. In addiion, he wrote memoirs about his experiences in the mining industry including the Granduc Mine Story.
Hunter, Stanley John, 1923-
The fonds includes business and ministerial correspondence, legal documents, the records of Robert A. Grant, a materials cost price diary (1927) and daily journals (1925, 1926, 1935).
Lougheed, Nelson Seymour, b. 1882
New Democratic Party of British Columbia, Standing Committee on Women's Rights fonds
The fonds consists of records pertaining to B.C. Women's Rights committees as well as to the Task Force on Older Women in British Columbia. Included are sound recordings (cassettes) of hearings conducted by the Task Force, steering committee annual files (1975-1983), correspondence, committees, conferences, subject files, newsletters (1973-1984), publications, ephemera and resource files. The Task Force records include administration files (1979-1983), correspondence, briefs, hearings, publications, ephemera and printed material.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Standing Committee on Women's Rights
Margaret and William Tolin fonds
The fonds consists of Tolin's photographs of B.C., Alaska, Alberta, and the Yukon, depicting mining activities.
Tolin, Margaret
The fonds consists of records pertaining to Hardwick's teaching career. Included are documents, letters, entrance exams and photographs.
Hardwick, Margaret Sibyl
The fonds consists of correspondence and drafts relating to the publication of the Canadian Fiction Magazine, #5 - #17 between 1972 and 1974.
Stedingh, R.W., 1944-
Religious Society of Friends of Vancouver fonds
The fonds consists of subject files, minute books, financial records and printed material (1911-1969).
Religious Society of Friends of Vancouver
British Columbia Liberal Party fonds
The fonds consists of an incomplete set of convention minutes and proceedings (1927-1959), scrapbooks of clippings from 1963, campaign literature, files from Cam Avery including material relating to the development of various Liberal policies, files from Pat McGeer pertaining to his tenure as party leader, papers reflecting election coverage in each riding for certain years and press clippings relating to the political careers of several Liberal MP's from 1969 to 1972.
British Columbia Liberal Party
British Columbia Provincial C.C.F. Women's Council, Vancouver Branch fonds
The fonds consists of a bound minute book reflecting the administrative and operational activities of the Council between 1958 and 1961.
British Columbia Provincial C.C.F. Women's Council. Vancouver Branch
British Columbia Voice of Women fonds
The fonds consists of the records of the B.C. chapter of the Voice of Women (1960-1978) and local chapters (Powell River, Vancouver, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver branches) include subject files, correspondence, minutes, scrapbooks, newsletters, conference proceedings, press clippings, president's papers, and financial reports reflecting the organization's involvement with disarmament, human rights issues, ecology and politics.
British Columbia Voice of Women
British Columbia Wildlife Federation fonds
This fonds consists of minute books from 1956 to 1966, including minutes of executive meetings, annual convention programs and resolutions and records of expenses.
British Columbia Wildlife Federation
Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers fonds
The fonds consists of records of the National Secretary-Treasurers office and various staff representatives.
Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers
H.R. MacMillan Canadian History collection
The collection consists of correspondence, warrants, commissions, printed ordinances, a deed, a financial statement, literary works, other documentary forms, and a seal pertaining to various figures and events in Canadian history. MacMillan assembled the material from various sources. Also included is a photograph of a logging scene in Vancouver (ca. 1900) and of East Indigenous workers at Canadian Western Lumber Company, ca. 1900-1910.
Canadian Japanese Young Men's Christian Association fonds
The fonds consists of minutes of the Canadian Japanese Young Men's Christian Association (1931-1942).
Canadian Japanese Young Men's Christian Association
Canadian Labour Congress, B.C. Education Office fonds
The fonds consists of the correspondence of various Education Directors, 1956-1974; material from Winter School, 1967-1974; and the Labour College of Canada, 1963-1977; education files for British Columbia labour councils, 1956-1974; and Canadian Labour Congress correspondence and printed material, 1970-1977.
Canadian Labour Congress. British Columbia Education Office
British Columbia Dieticians and Nutritionists Association fonds
The fonds consists of administrative and organizational records created by the British Columbia Dieticians and Nutritionists Association.
British Columbia Dieticians and Nutritionists Association
British Columbia Electric Railway Company fonds
The fonds consists principally of bound and filed correspondence of the Company (1896-1914), early minute books and accounting records of the BCER and related companies. Also included is a valuable collection of maps, diagrams, and engineering and architectural plans.
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
The fonds consists of transcripts of documents from and pertaining to the Deutsche Groenland (Greenland) Expedition of 1930-1931 headed by Alfred Wegener and, more specifically, pertaining to his death while attempting to bring desperately needed supplies of petroleum from Weststation to Eismitte. There are also ten photographs.
Wegener, Alfred
The fonds consists of three certificates of graduation from the University of London Slade School of Fine Arts, a photograph (1905) of Davies in her childhood and a manuscript notebook written in the 1930s filled with observations about wildlife in British Columbia.
Davies, Alica Dorothy Somerscales
The fonds consists of the diary entries of Alice Maud Burge from January 1, 1931 - November 14, 1948 (1424 pages). They contain the record of a remarkable women whose resourcefulness, affection and good humour sustained her family thorugh difficult times. As well, her daily record, thoughts and observations offer a window on family and community life in the West Kootenays.
Burge, Alice Maud
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists fonds
The fonds consists of minutes (1949-1983), subject files (1952-1984), agreements (1960-1985), constitutions and by-laws (1963-1985), membership cards and applications (1963-1984). Also included are records of the Writers' Guild (B.C. Branch) which consist of correspondence (1977-1985), minutes of the B.C. Branch (1980-1984), minutes of the ACTRA Writers' Guild national meetings (1977-1985), papers and reports (1979/80) and a Writers Directory (1981).
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
The fonds consists of the unpublished manuscript for Verrills book "Never a Dull Moment", and several letters.
Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Vancouver First Branch fonds
The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Vancouver First Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners.
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. Vancouver First Branch
The fonds consists of typescript memoirs of Kirby's experience as an English tutor in Russia. The memoirs chronicle life in Russia from 1879 to 1883 and also the subsequent experiences of one of the Alexieff children, Princess Vera Urusov, who suffered tremendous personal hardships during the Russian Revolution.
Kirby, Amy Coles
The fonds consists of McPhillips' photograph album depicting a camping trip taken by McPhillips, Price Ellison and others to Strathcona Park, with views of Buttle Lake, camping, boating and the Campbell, Elk and Myra Rivers.
McPhillips, A.E. (Albert Edward)
Coordinating Council for War Work and Civilian Services in Greater Vancouver fonds
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence and financial records of the Council (1942-1946), including minutes of the Board of Directors, Auxiliary Service Section, United Services Board and Comforts Committee.
Coordinating Council for War Work and Civilian Services in Greater Vancouver
The fonds consists mainly of his personal manuscripts and his activities relating to his work as published by Harbour Publishing Company. Much of his incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as subject files relate to books he has published or is planning to do so in the future. Major writers and/or correspondents include Anne Cameron, Pat Lane, Margaret Laurence, and Tom Wayman. A publication log kept by Hubert Evans (1928-1967) is also included.
White, Howard, 1945-
The fonds consists of correspondence, copies of vital statistics records and parish registers, maps, family trees, wills and his personal notes on families in Devon and Cornwall collected as part of his genealogical research which centred principally on the towns of Stratton and Bude in Cornwall.
Toms, Humphrey
Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia fonds
The fonds consists of constitutional papers, minutes, and bylaws, media coverage files, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and subject files pertaining to visitors and guests, committees, projects, charter flights and club associates.
Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia
The fonds consists of records pertaining to the production of "The Way of the Indian", a program produced by CBC in 1961. It consists of transcripts of the program and transcripts of recorded interviews gathered to prepare the script. It also includes three essays, "Reminiscences of British Columbia from 1862" by Charles F. Morison [n.d.], "A Recollection of the Early Days in Northern British Columbia: Steamboating by Steamwheeler on the Skeena River" by J.W. Morison (1910) and a preliminary draft of "The Documentary in Sound" by Imbert Orchard [n.d.].
Orchard, Imbert, 1910-
Industrial Workers of the World Vancouver Branch fonds
The fonds consists of a variety of materials, once housed in the Vancouver offices of the IWW, including correspondence, newspapers, convention reports, brochures and cash books, posters, sound recordings of IWW songs, two glass panels from the Vancouver office with IWW insignia, charter and postcards. Fonds includes correspondence, subject files, minutes, photographs, posters and periodicals relating to labour and political issues ca. 1986, such as those relating to Expo '86, and includes correspondence of Bill Culp, Pam Tranfield, and Tom Wayman.
Industrial Workers of the World. Vancouver Branch