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Empress to the Orient, sponsored by Canadian Pacific Limited

This album consists of promotional material for the Empress to the Orient exhibition at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in May 1991 to January 1992. It includes a press kit consisting of a colour poster advertising the exhibition, the notes for remarks by William W. Stinson, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Limited, and E. V. Dodge, the Executive Vice-President of Canadian Pacific Rail. The album also consists of a May 6, 1991 press release by the Vancouver Maritime Museum regarding the opening of the exhibition to the public and a communique issued by the Royal Canadian Mint on May 15, 1991, regarding a one hundred dollar commemorative gold coin depicting the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India. Enclosed within the press kit are fifteen photographs of the exhibition, and an article from the January 1992 issue of Vancouver Magazine.

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Empress to the Orient, Vancouver Maritime Museum Exhibition

This album consists of photographs of the Empress to the Orient exhibition, including photographs of the opening ceremonies with Drs. W. B. and M. H. Chung and William W. Stinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Limited. The photographs of the exhibition include several of the recreated dining room, grand saloon, and Chinese immigrant quarters displays, as well as many photographs of various artifacts, such as posters, paintings, tableware, and china that were loaned by the Chungs to the museum for the exhibition.

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The British Columbia Provincial Museum's 1985 exhibition titled The New Highway to the Orient : The Canadian Pacific in British Columbia, 1885-1985 folder

This album consists of a file folder that held pictures mounted on card for the British Columbia Provincial Museum's 1985 exhibition titled The New Highway to the Orient : The Canadian Pacific in British Columbia, 1885-1985. An inscription: "To Wally with my sincere thanks, Bob" is on the inner right side of the folder with a picture of the builder's model of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Asia mounted on the folder's verso. The file folder was presented to Dr. W. B. Chung by the museum, curator Robert Turner, in acknowledgement of his assistance in the preparation of the exhibition. Included are two complimentary tickets to the exhibition.

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Graphic material related to the Empress of Japan

Two cards, one depicting the Empress of Japan at the Vancouver waterfront in 1898, and the other, addressed to Dr. and Mrs. Chung, depicting the old Georgia viaduct. One sheet showing the midship section of the Empresses of India, Japan, and China. One clipping of a picture and caption about the Empress of Japan.

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Clippings and other textual material relating to the steamship Monteagle

Clippings and other textual material regarding the steamship Monteagle, including a menu and a saloon passenger list (1907), a bill of lading (1913), a list of sailings and fares (1915), and some correspondence and two purser's balance sheets (1919) relating to the financial responsibilities of the Monteagle's purser R. D. Reddie, including letters written by Marine Superintendent Captain E. Beetham, General Agent J. J. Forster, and other Canadian Pacific employees.

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Histories of Clandonald

Five accounts relating to the history of Clandonald, Alberta, including histories written by Father Andrew MacDonell: a 1925 manuscript "Report of the Hebridean Delegation", a 1930s manuscript and typescript history of Clandonald, and 1930s manuscript and typescript entitled "Clandonald" that reflects on colonization schemes, and a post-1945 typescript history of Clandonald also by MacDonell is addressed to "Father Ninian", which was later edited and published as "British Immigration Schemes in Alberta" in the Alberta Historical Review in 1968. The copy of this article is signed by MacDonell's sister, Annie Lawrence. Also included by other authors are a 1950s typescript "History of Clandonald by Mr. John McMorrow", postmaster at Clandonald, that includes the views of various community members, and a copy of a 1979 university graduate level history paper titled "Clandonald : a Rural Catholic Community".

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Clippings relating to the Canadian Pacific Empress steamships

49 clippings and a journal related to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Trans-Pacific Empress steamships and Trans-Pacific service, including a few newspaper articles pertaining to the sinking of the first Empress of Canada, the destruction of the Empress of Russia, and an article concerning a model of the Empress of Asia.

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Reports, letters, newspaper clippings, and other textual and graphic material related to Captain George Goold

File contains Goold's 1901 Apprentice's Indenture and several letters of reference, clippings related to Goold, the signed report of the Empress of Russia's first officer, C. H. Belton, on the fire that destroyed the Empress of Russia, Goold's weekly reports to Captain R. N. Stuart, general manager of Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited, regarding the salvage operations carried out on the Empress of Russia in September and October of 1945, and a manuscript list and a form itemizing personal effects lost by Goold as a result of the fire.

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[Barkerville & BC Photographs]

Album likely assembled at a later date by a dealer, however many are related to Barkerville, British Columbia, and a fire that destroyed the town in September of 1868. There are also other assorted images including portraits of prominent British Columbians such as James Douglas, and scenes in other small towns throughout the province. Most of the photographs are reproductions from images at the B.C. Provincial Archives and date from 1857 to 1930.

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Clippings and textual material relating to Captain Leonard Johnston

File contains records of his sea service for the years 1939-1942 and 1942-1945 from the Department of Transport, a few letters to Johnston from that department listing his second world war medals, a pilotage certificate granted to Johnston in 1964, and some newspaper clippings.

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