Book promoting destinations visited on the Empress of Scotland and Empress of France's 1930 world cruises.

Pamphlet advertising rates on voyages across the Pacific.

Copy of an article from the 25 Sept. 1930 issue of Shipbuilding and Shipping Record.

Several clippings. File also includes three pages of manuscript notes by Dr. W. B. Chung regarding an interview with Douglas on August 29, 1968.

Newspaper with articles about Pier B-C, and a clipping about the construction of Canada Place on the old Pier B-C site.

Clippings and a newspaper about Pier D in Vancouver and the fire that destroyed it.

One clipping and one tear-sheet.

Booklet promoting travel to Ireland.

Pamphlet promoting travel to Great Britain and Ireland.

Pamphlet advertising travel on Canadian Pacific ships.

Pamphlet promoting travel on the Canadian Pacific Empress steamships. Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson.

Pamphlet promoting trans-Atlantic travel on the Canadian Pacific Empress steamships.

Booklet advertising round-the-world cruises and destinations. With paintings of people and places around the world. Two copies.

Booklet advertising Canadian Pacific cruises on the Empress of Australia and Empress of Scotland, with paintings of people and destinations. Two copies.

Booklet advertising Canadian Pacific cruises on the Empress of France and Empress of Scotland, with paintings of people and destinations.

Booklet advertising tours with the Travel Guild, including travel on Canadian Pacific ships.

Printed Canadian Pacific sheets featuring sketches of places visited and calendars of cruise events and activities housed in a large C.P.R. folder.

Includes a luggage label, an invitation for dinner with the captain of the Aorangi on 14 Sept. 1948, two certificates of merit from competitions on board the Aorangi, and a note that accompanied a cheque from 1941.

Deck plans for the Awatea.

Scrapbook assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung regarding the Empress of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and advertisements. Housed in a three-ring binder.

Cover of the New Yorker from 28 Jun. 1952, depicting a ship in port at night. Mounted on foam core.

Scrapboook containing newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and other textual material, assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung, related to the life of the steamships Empress of Russia and Empress of Asia. Empress of Russia material includes clippings pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's announcement of plans to build the ship in 1907, the ship's construction, its launching in 1912 and trial trips in 1913, as well as newspaper clippings from Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, newspapers regarding the arrival of the ship in these ports on her maiden voyage, June 7, 1913, and the ship's "record-breaking run across the Pacific" on this voyage. The scrapbook also includes newspaper clippings regarding the Empress of Russia's crew, noteworthy passengers, Asian passengers, vessel movements of 1937 and 1938, as well as a few newspaper clippings regarding the fire that destroyed the ship in September, 1945. In addition to clippings, the scrapbook also includes a menu for a 1936 dinner on board the Empress of Russia with birthday wishes to Commander G. Goold printed inside, and an original copy of a letter, dated March 25, 1913, to Mr. Brodie from the Manager of the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service, Captain J. W. Troup, at Liverpool, regarding the performance of the ship in its trial trips, the layout of the ship's interior, and the accommodation for Asian passengers. Empress of Asia material includes some newspaper clippings concerning the ship's service during the war of 1914-1918 as an armed merchant cruiser and a troop ship, including a few articles regarding its return of soldiers to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1919, several newspaper clippings from 1937 pertaining to the ship's service during the Sino-Japanese War and its evacuation of refugees from Shanghai in 1937, and a newspaper clipping concerning a bomb dropped on the ship by Japanese aircraft in 1940. The scrapbook also includes several clippings of newspaper articles, some originally assembled by Chief Officer Donald Smith, regarding the destruction of the Empress of Asia by Japanese bombs in February, 1942, and Smith?s receipt of the Order of the British Empire in 1944. Also included is an onion skin copy of Smith's Chief Officer's Report regarding the sinking of the ship, excerpts of which appear in a few of the newspaper articles, signed by Smith with a handwritten note by him at the bottom reading "P. S. Singapore capitulated to the enemy on the 12th February, 1942." In addition to newspaper clippings, the scrapbook also includes a summary of the ship's log belonging to Captain George Goold, who commanded the ship in 1937 and 1938, a Canadian Pacific form for acknowledging receipt of a ticket for a trans-Pacific steamship voyage, an Empress of Asia menu for Christmas dinner in 1940, and a photograph of the Vancouver waterfront in 1934. Scrapbook pieces arranged chronologically by the collector, divided into two sections for the two different ships.

Scrapbook containing newspaper and serial journal clippings assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung pertaining to the Empress of Australia's service as a ship of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's trans-Pacific steamship service and its service as a troopship during the second world war, including a few newspaper clippings related to the purchase of the ship, which had been the ship Tirpitz of the Hamburg-America Line, by the Canadian Pacific in 1921; a few newspaper clippings pertaining to the ship's first arrival in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1922; some newspaper clippings concerning the ship's presence at Yokohama when the earthquake occurred there in 1923, including articles regarding the rescue efforts made by the ship's crew and Captain Samuel Robinson's account of the event; a newspaper advertisement for the a world cruise on the Empress of Australia in 1928; some newspaper clippings regarding the use of the Empress of Australia to bring King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada for the royal tour in 1939; a newspaper clipping regarding a report that the ship had been torpedoed during its service as a troopship during the second world war; and a newspaper clipping and a journal clipping regarding the last voyage of the ship in 1952. Clippings are arranged chronologically

Consists of engineering notes of J. Adamson of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India, C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia, and C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Asia, and the engineering notes of Robert Shaw, chief engineer of the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Japan. Also enclosed are newspaper clippings regarding the appointment of Robert Shaw as chief engineer of the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Japan and his retirement on April 4, 1946. Inscribed to Dr. Wallace B. Chung from R. H. Shaw, April 4, 1963 on the seventy-first page.

The bound report from the Ministry of Transport into the "loss by fire of the British Steamship "Empress of Canada". Including transcripts of testimony before Kenneth S. Carpmael, the wreck commissioner, and four assessors between December 7th and 12th 1953.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company steamship tracks charts, with markings regarding a voyage from Manila to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, and then Canada. From an unidentified ship. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford.

Pamphlet about a European voyage issued to passengers of the Metagama.

Pamphlet advertising the first voyages of the Empress of Canada after wartime.

Pamphlet advertising Atlantic sailings and fares for 1952. No. A11.

Pamphlets advertising European and Mediterranean cruises and tours. Titles include: Art Crafts Guild Cultural Tours to Europe 1929, the Colling Overseas Tours, and Sun Tan Cruises 1934.

Tissue deck plans for the first Empress of Canada, dated May 1934 (2 copies), Apr. 1937, and Feb. 1939.

Deck plan of the Empress of Canada. 7 copies.

Cruise deck plans for the third Empress of Canada, including one also bearing deck plans for the Empress of England.

Tissue deck plans for the Empress of Canada, dated Jul. 1960 (2 copies), 1966 (2 copies), 1968, 1969 (2 copies), and 1971 (3 copies).

Album consists of photographs relating to the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia and the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain's world tours, likely assembled by a female crew member of these ships. Included are photographs of Yokohama, Japan after the earthquake in 1923 and photographs relating to King George VI's tour of Canada in 1939.

This album consists of photographs taken by Lawrence Crawford during a 1938 cruise to Alaska, including photographs of Wrangell, Juneau and Skagway, Alaska. Also present are photographs of the S.S. Prince Rupert, the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Japan docked at Vancouver harbour, and the remains of Pier D after it was destroyed by fire.

Album consists of photographs from Western Canada, but primarily of scenes and people in Gleichen, Alberta. The album has photographs of C.P.R. railroad locomotives and stations. The creator of the album is unidentified although he identifies family members in a number of photographs and was perhaps a C.P.R. employee or was a relative of C.P.R. employees.

Album consists of photographs of the royal tour of H.R.H. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada in May 1939, including photographs of the royal couple aboard the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia.

This is a handwritten travel diary of a journey taken in 1900 by A. E. Blake and H. A. Jamieson across Canada and to the United States of America, via the Canadian Pacific Railway. The diary includes an enclosed letter from Arthur Blake to Betty Blackwell, dated December 29th, 1937. The letter outlines Blake's reasons for writing this diary and also refers to the enclosed newspaper clippings, which he wrote for The Field newspaper, circa 1906, concerning this journey.

Pamphlet advertising the rail route from Montreal to Vancouver, with illustrations and text. Two copies.

Pamphlet describing the rail route across Canada. Two copies. One copy missing cover.

Pamphlet describing the rail route across Canada.

A series of correspondence relating to Jean Claude Brodeur, a messenger, who was fired for allegedly absconding with $8.99 of misappropriated funds.

Large format timetable for employees only.

Two copies of a general information booklet about the ships and the destinations.

Pamphlet advertising towns and attractions in the south-eastern part of British Columbia. Two copies.

Pamphlet advertising C.P.R. resorts in the Canadian Rockies. Includes fold out map. Two copies.