Deadman Creek & Savona reference Material
- CA OSC ARC 01-3-17-06-004
- File
- 1865-1887, [1930-1949], 1967
File contains excerpts, copied tear sheets, unpublished spiral bound books by Edward Villiers and ephemera.
Deadman Creek & Savona reference Material
File contains excerpts, copied tear sheets, unpublished spiral bound books by Edward Villiers and ephemera.
Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection
Collection consists of the documentation of Cox’s career as an historian and author. The collection is comprised predominantly of photographic material. There are approximately 15,000 unique photographic images: prints in various standard dimensions (8"x10", 5"x7", 4"x6" and smaller, with some custom dimensions, predominantly in black and white; slide transparencies in black and white and colour; negatives, (120, 35mm, and 4”x5”) in black and white; digital photographs in black and white and colour contained on CDs and one hard drive.
Photographic coverage extends from ca.1870 to approximately 2008, with the period 1900-1970s predominant. Original photographs by Doug Cox cover the 1970s through approximately 2008. A significant proportion of photographs not attributed to Cox are copies. Many are reciprocally described via resources available via Okanagan Archives Trust Society.
The collection also includes audio cassettes containing interviews recorded in the 1980s and 1990s with associated transcriptions by Joyce Cox. Government documents (primarily Province of British Columbia, c. 1910-1960s) include topographical maps, tree farm license maps, mineral claims maps, taxation records, forestry examination sketches and other records.
Cox, Doug
Series consists of Doug Cox’s collecting activity carried out in support of his writing. Points of origin are predominantly the southern interior of British Columbia. Collections acquired are primarily composed of photographic material, secondarily of textual material, with interviews and associated transcripts created to correspond with the main locations and activities of the collection. Contents depict and describe a variety of scenes and settings, primarily concerning industry and infrastructure, family life, city scenes, and landscapes during the first half of the twentieth century. Many photocopies of images exist with annotations by original donor identifying human subjects, their relationships, and their locations.
Keremeos / Cawston. Alternative title: Keremeos album
File consists of three folders.
Richter and Tweddle families collection
Biographical sketches
The Tweddle and Richter families of the Similkameen and South Okanagan are linked primarily by Florence Elizabeth Loudon. Loudon was married first to F.X. Richter; after Richter’s death, she remarried Haliburton Tweddle.
Richter: Francis Xavier Richter (1837-1910) was born in Freidland, Bohemia on November 5, 1837. In 1864 arrived in the Okanagan/Similkameen area to start cattle ranching. He and Lucy Simla (1846-1903, also notated as Lucy simla Acat, also notated as Lucy Sʔímlaʔxʷ), a member of what is now the Okanagan First Nation of Vernon, BC, were married in 1867 or 1868. They had 5 sons: Charles (1869-1949), William (1872-1922), Joseph (1874-1971), Edward (1876-1971), and John “Hans” Richter (1877-1961).
Prior to the death of Lucy Simla, F.X. Richter married Florence Elizabeth Loudon (1877 – 1959) in 1894 and subsequently fathered six more children: Betty, Freida, Frances, Helen, Kathleen, Francis X. Richter, Jr. F.X. Richter’s and Lucy Simla’s oldest son, Charles, married Florence Loudon’s sister, Ada, in 1900.
Richter has been described as being responsible for starting the fruit industry in the Similkameen Valley and he had a major orchard operation.
Tweddle: Haliburton “Harry” Tweddle (1876-1957) married Florence Elizabeth Richter (née Loudon, F.X. Richter’s second wife and widow) in 1912. They had 4 children: Haliburton T. (Hal), Margaret, Eileen, and Willa.
Harry Tweddle owned the Central Hotel in Keremeos, B.C., and operated a ranch, livery stable and stage line serving the Similkameen Valley.
Hal Tweddle married Alice Brent. Certain currents of Brent family documentation are seen in this collection. See also the Brent family collection.
Scope and content
Subseries consists of photographic and textual documentation of the F.X. Richter and later Halliburton Tweddle families in the South Okanagan and Similkameen regions. Photographic subject matter treats themes of ranching and orcharding; textual records include copies of correspondence, wills, family trees.
John Fall Allison letter facsimiles
Part of Allison Family fonds
File contains letters and family history.
File contains a brief statement on the branch.
Series consists of records pertaining to winemaking and viticulture at Quails’ Gate Vineyard Estate and Winery. Series includes both analogue and digital records. Series includes records such as photographs, videos, maps, surveys, and tasting notes.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Promotional and marketing records
Series consists of promotional and marketing records from Quails’ Gate Vineyards Estate Winery. Series includes both analogue and digital records. Series includes records such as wine labels and profiles, promotional ephemera such as brochures and posters, video tapes, as well as photographs of the vineyard and the estate’s accommodations.
S.M. Simpson: Memories of the Man, Chronicles of his Company by Beth Greenwood 198?
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Retrospective historical administrative sketch by Beth Greenwood, possible relation to Peter Greenwood, former S.M. Simpson Employee.
Biographical sketch
Joseph Gleason Harris (b. 1910-07-06, d.1994-12-26) arrived in Penticton in 1917. At age 16 he was invited by Frank Richter, Jr., to the Richter Ranch in Keremeos, from which point he visited the Cathedral Mountains for the first time. Later, in 1939, Joe Harris and Herb Clark of Keremeos launched a pack horse business which would take tourists to visit the Cathedrals. In 1944 he entered the ranching industry and in 1946 took over what was previously Ralph Overton’s ranch. This site was later home to Apex Mountain Guest Ranch. 1946 also saw the launch of a heavy equipment business.
Joe Harris and Margaret “Peggy” Burgess married April 4, 1945 and they made their home in Penticton. Together they raised seven children.
Joe Harris also was heavily involved in civic service. Harris served as the chairman of the Central Welfare Committee for fifteen years throughout the 1930s and 1940s. From 1950-1957, Harris also served as an Alderman on the Penticton City Council. Harris was a member of the Penticton Hospital Board for sixteen years and initiated a local volunteer search and rescue group. Harris participated in many local rescues himself.
Harris was also instrumental in local heritage initiatives and worked as the curator of the R.N. Atkinson (Penticton) Museum from 1973-1984. His deep knowledge of the history of the area poised him to deliver educational lectures to various organizations and to serve as president of the Penticton branch of the Okanagan Historical Society for five years.
Harris was an avid photographer, and won many awards. His photographic record documents local places and events throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Harris was a close associate and valuable historical source for Doug Cox during his writing career.
Scope and content
Subseries consists of original photographs taken by Joe Harris as well as some pieces collected by Joe Harris and then subsequently transferred to the custody of Doug Cox. Predominant photographic coverage relates to the Cathedral Mountains, south of Keremeos, BC, during the 1930s. Includes a sequence of interviews with Joe Harris, and some associated transcripts.
Part of Allison Family fonds
The series consists of Journals and personal writings based on practical, historical, and political concerns.
Penticton Herald photograph collection
Subseries consists of an acquisition by Doug Cox of a Collection of photographic negatives from the newspaper The Penticton Herald.
Coverage includes themes such as the cultural events, sports, rodeo, telecommunications, buildings and community infrastructure, aviation, industry, disasters.
Memorial, burial, and vital records
Part of Allison Family fonds
The series consists of death certificates for Alfred Thomas and Clover Thomas, handwritten Allison cemetery map, and some funeral ephemera.
Dorothy Zoellner Okanagan Historical Society activities
Part of Zoellner-Whitham Family fonds
Series consists of records pertaining to the work done by Dorothy Whitham-Zoellner for the Okanagan Historical Society. Series consists of records such as correspondence, cassette tapes, as well as ephemera.
Dorothy Zoellner education and professional activities
Part of Zoellner-Whitham Family fonds
Series consists of records pertaining to the educational and professional activities of Dorothy Whitham-Zoellner. Series includes records such as notebooks, papers and articles, scripts, correspondence, official documents and certificates, reunion books, and photographs.
Zoellner, Dorothy Jean
Part of Zoellner-Whitham Family fonds
Series consists of photographs attributed to J.D. Whitham. Series consists of photographic slide transparencies depicting subjects such as boats and water, trains, and various scenic locations around British Columbia with additional coverage of other locations in Canada.
Whitham, James Donald
Reverend A.H. Cameron collection
Reverend A.H. Cameron arrived in Keremeos in 1906 and established a Presbyterian church where he presided as its first minister for many years. He captured a large number of pictures during his tenure, leaving a photographic record of local affairs. Subseries consists of photographs attributed to him.
Lower Similkameen Chuchuwaya Bands collection
The Similkameen people have a history with the land that spans thousands of years in what is now Washington State and the Province of British Columbia. Subseries consists primarily of photographs and associated interpretive notes, captions, and other materials. Includes draft of "Natives of the Okanagan & Similkameen.”
Historical mining research collection
Subseries consists of collected materials with pertinence to the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Kootenay, Boundary, and Similkameen regions of British Columbia.
Includes collected photographs, clippings, government publications, maps (mineral claims) and textual records.
Penticton Indian Band collection
The Okanagan Syilx People have lived in the lands stewarded by the Penticton Indian Band since time immemorial, well before the onset of European settlement in the region. Today the Band is a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Subseries consists primarily of photographs and associated interpretive notes, captions, and other materials.
Inkameep/Osoyoos Indian Band collection
The Okanagan Syilx People have lived in the lands (Osoyoos, Oliver) stewarded by the Osoyoos Indian Band since time immemorial, well before the onset of European settlement in the region. Today the Band is a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Consists primarily of photographs and associated interpretive notes, captions, and other materials.
Part of Zoellner-Whitham Family fonds
Series consists of photographs taken by and of the Whitham and Zoellner family members. Photographs depict subjects such as Dorothy Whitham-Zoellner and family, J.G. Whitham, George Leonard Zoellner and Blanche Hart, J.D. Whitham and Florence Bartlett Clements, and some unidentified portraits. Other photographs show various scenic locations around the Okanagan. Some photographs have been pasted onto pages and have not yet been separated.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
S.M. Simpson Ltd. Felt Baseball Crest
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Federal Truck 1948 photo on matting
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Productions from Logs to Timber: J.P. Charpentier
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Duo tang cover with description of operations.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
File contains a brief history of the branch.
File contains three short biographies on Evelyn Hall, Janet Bangs and Jean Johnson titled �Three Women - One Story,� emails, letters, and a newsletter clipping.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Employee Rosters printed on ribbons
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Manhattan Point Restaurant Menu
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Peter Carl Anderson fonds
Series consists of visual art, including digital.
Part of Peter Carl Anderson fonds
File contains file holder with records from shows done by the Leaky Heaven Circus. Records include scripts, programmes, notes, notebooks, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Binder: Press Coverage predominant with some correspondence 1994 to 2007
Part of Simpson Family fonds
Clippings and copied tear sheets.
File contains a brief history of the branch.
Part of Allison Family fonds
The series consists of bank books, accounts paid, and ledger records.
Research and personal interest collections
Part of Allison Family fonds
The series consists of newspaper clippings, annotated historical publications, Social Credit scrapbook.
Garden angel : opera stuff : librettos & programs : short plays
Part of Peter Carl Anderson fonds
File contains a file holder with records pertaining to Peter Anderson's acting and performing. Records include sheet music, scripts, notes, letters, a programme, and a CD.