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Workers’ Unity League

Contains publications and records related to Johnson’s activities in the union federation the Worker’s Unity League. This includes an annotated draft report of the executive committee’s decision to disband the organization.

Work writing

Series consists of correspondence relating to work-based literature and drafts pertaining to proposed work writing projects.

Work Record

In August 1985, Copan began keeping more detailed notes on one particular position, that of linesman, and started a new series of notebooks to keep track of this information. Entries include the date, hour in which the shift started, wharf or port name, berth number, ship name, duration of shift, and type of activity (tying up, letting go or lead man).

Woodward Library series

Series consists of minutes of meetings and correspondence about Leith's various positions at the Woodward Library.

Woodlands Parents' Group

The Woodlands Parents' Group was an independent group of parents whose children were residents in Woodlands. They organized themselves as a support and advocacy group for deinstitutionalization and community living. Through their efforts, they successfully lobbied the Government of British Columbia to close Woodlands and support community living for residents of Woodlands.

Series consists of records created and collected by the Woodlands Parents' Group, of which Jackie Maniago was a member. Records include meeting minutes, reports and briefs written by the Woodlands Parents' Group, general correspondence, news articles and other records related to Woodlands and the services provided there, and records related to the lawsuit brought forth by survivors of Woodlands.

Women's Research Centre Publications series

Series consists of published and unpublished material created and used by the Women's Research Centre. The publications are the result of research conducted by the Women's Research Centre throughout its existence. The Women's Research Centre is the author of all publications. Series consists of various pamphlets, brochures, vast numbers of papers, action research kits, reports, briefs, published materials, and a sizeable hand-painted canvass banner which reads: "Restore Funding for Feminist Research." An inventory of publications may be found in the Women's Research Centre file list.

Women's Research Centre & United Way - Research on Family Violence series

Series consists of records created and used by the Women's Research Centre in the process of researching family violence. The Women's Research Centre cooperated with the United Way Task Force on Family Violence. Data for the project on Family Violence was collected at symposiums, conferences, group meetings, and workshops Series consists of memorandums, cheque stubs, various photocopied materials, invoices, contracts, various outlines, brochures, Symposium on Family Violence announcement, conference papers, address lists, registration forms, typed and handwritten notes, evaluation forms, schedules, media coverage, project analyses, extensive original and photocopied newspaper articles, various drafts and completed copies of reports, press releases, project proposals, grant applications, multiple agendas, budgets, correspondence, programme objectives, extensive meeting minutes, draft flyers, and various newsletters.

Women's Research Centre - Correspondence, Contracts, and Projects series

Series consists, predominately, of administrative records created and used by the Women's Research Centre. There is extensive administrative material reflecting the structure and day-to-day functions of the Women's Research Centre. The majority of the records consist of government and non-government correspondence, contracts for various research projects and future publications, an extensive range of financial material, including grant proposals and requests, and detailed project proposals and project outlines. Series consists of records dealing with domestic violence, family violence, self-advocacy and the disabled, strategies for change and action plans, women, labour and unions, various issues concerning women's health, human rights, education, legislation, and community services and activism projects. The Women's Research Centre interacted with various government and non-government groups and organizations such as the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, Summer Institute for Union Women, BC Federation of Canadian Labour, National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Law Foundation of BC, and Disabled Women's Network (DAWN). Series consists of correspondence, contracts, Microboard project evaluations, Microboard reviews, various drafts and completed copies of reports, meeting minutes, Microboard resource guides, interview guides, agendas, round-table discussion guides, invoices, various newsletters, definition of a Microboard and Microboard mission statement, outline of Microboard components, principles, functions and guidelines of Microboard, handwritten and typed notes, evaluation forms, facsimiles, list of Microboards, statement of philosophy concerning services to the handicapped, Women's Research Centre constitution, income and expense statements, grant application forms, appendixes, lists of publications, lists of Women's Research Centre Board of Directors, budgets, lists of Secretary of State programs, Secretary of State grant approval forms, address lists, cheque stubs, financial statements, self-evaluation forms, self-evaluation guidelines, brochures, copies of The Voice and BC Association for Community Living News newsletters, and Caucus history of the BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, an organization dedicated to promoting self advocacy for the mentally handicapped. Series also consists of publication announcements, articles, photocopied news articles, research proposals addressed to the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada - Women's Program funding request, various magazines, memorandum, receipts, cheque stubs and photocopied cheque stubs, booklets, brochures, newspapers, list of national social services organizations, requests for advance payment, published copy of National Welfare Grants Rules, log book, bulletins, program plans, Civil Rights definitions, bibliographies, hard-copy presentations, list of recommendations, discussion papers, photocopied cheques, work statements, worksheets, surveys, various models, statement of royalties, extensive photocopied material, and a list of terms of reference.

Women's Institute.

Douglas joined the Whaletown Women's Institute in 1950, shortly afterwards becoming president of the local branch. She served on district, provincial and national boards as B .C. publicity director and F.W.I .C. director
of public relations and as president of the North Vancouver Island district. She edited the brief which won the Tory Award for the FWIC and was editor of "Modern Pioneers", a history of the W .I. published in 1960. Series consists of typescripts of articles and news releases, notes and research for articles, and correspondence.

Women's Activism

Series consists of records related to den Hertog's work and activism in the Women's Movement in the 1970s in Vancouver. Materials represent efforts to obtain equal rights, opportunities, access to health services, and personal freedom as part of the larger National and International efforts around women's equality. The series is divided into two sub-series: Vancouver Rape Relief and Womens' Movement (general).

den Hertog, Johanna

Women and Peace

Series contains records, primarily printed material, relating to conferences Thomas participated in related to women in peace and anti-war activism. Series also contains handwritten notes by Thomas.

Women and Ethnicity (Non-Mudd Project) series

Series consists of records created and used by the Women's Research Centre on the subjects of immigrant women and spousal assault, cultural and linguistic isolation. Records reflect the Centre's look at racism in society, education, and the effects of immigrant women living in a multicultural society. It also contains documents on developing strategies for establishing bilingual and bicultural models to identify better the issues and needs of women of different ethnicities. The Women's Research Centre interviewed workers at Vancouver Transition House, Powell House, "A Woman's Place," Cedar Cottage Neighborhood House and Mosaic. In addition, the Women's Research Centre conducted interviews in Portuguese, Hungarian, Greek, Chinese, and East Indian communities. Research into these various issues led to the publication of several reports, such as The Social Organization of Family Violence: An Ethnography of Immigrant Experience in Vancouver: A Report to the Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, published in 1975; The Social Organization of Family Violence: An Ethnography of Immigrant Experience in Vancouver, published in [1978]; Services for Immigrant Women: Report and Evaluation of a Series of Four Workshops Conducted in the Summer, 1977; "Workshops on Services for Immigrant Women: Compilation of Worksheet Results," published in Summer 1977; and "Education in Industry: Industrial Problems in a Multicultural Society." The Women's Research Centre worked in consultation with umbrella organizations committed to promoting multiculturalism, such as the Multicultural Society of British Columbia. Series consists of interview transcripts and questionnaires, workshop case studies, drafts and completed copies of various reports, correspondence, financial statements, cheque stubs, receipts, invoices, income and expense statements, budgets, job advertisements, address lists, grant applications for Non-Mudd project, Non-Mudd project contracts, research proposal, guidelines for Non-Mudd project, handwritten and typed notes, requisitions for cheques, interview schedules, information sheets, workshop summaries and evaluation results, workshop outlines and agendas, final project report guidelines, application forms, payroll records, employee records, manuals, meeting minutes, briefs, newsletters, membership applications, resource lists, organizational charts, time log analyses, workshop statement of objectives and statement of purpose, published articles, microdata set description files, and discussion papers.

Wolf and the Seven Little Kids-Production and Reviews.

Series contains a contract, sketches, drawings, paintings, research materials, correspondence, notes, galley proofs, reviews and clippings, which document the production and critical reception of the book, <i>Wolf and the Seven Little Kids</i>. Some oversized materials are housed in a separate container; please see the file list for further detail.

WMST Administration series

Series consists of correspondence, proposals, reports, course evaluations, grades, budgets, and printed material about the proposal for and administration of the Women’s Studies undergraduate program.

Winton/Kindertransport series

Series consists of materials documenting Nicholas Winton’s Kindertransport project and Schlesinger’s involvement in documenting and publicizing the Kindertransport many years later. Winton’s efforts rescued hundreds of Jewish children from European countries under occupation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and 1939 – Joe Schlesinger was one of them, and his name is on the list in File 9-7. Materials include scripts and transcripts for the documentaries Nicholas Winton: The power of good and Nicky’s Children, correspondence, copies of published articles about Winton and the Kindertransport, and related items. Files are maintained in chronological order.

Winemaking and viticulture

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.

William McLennan

The series contains photographs, textual records, and original artwork spanning the period 1710-1904, predominantly 1880-1903, related to the personal lives and interests of William McLennan and his family, including interests in family and Canadian history. Additionally, a sub-series contains records related to William McLennan’s work as a writer from the 1880s-1903.

Materials include full and partial drafts of published and unpublished articles, short stories, novels, and non-fiction works; research and reference materials; incoming and outgoing correspondence; legal and official documents; collected historical materials and documents; notes; sketches and a sketchbook; journals; newspaper clippings and ephemera; photographs; and other materials. Notable correspondents include Gustavus George Stuart, Marion Paterson McLennan, William Durie McLennan, Edward William Thomson, Pemberton Paterson, John Stewart McLennan, Francis McLennan, Bartlett McLennan, Neil Stewart, Hugh McLennan, William Kingsford, and the Royal Society of Canada, among others. Legal and official documents include copies of wills, notarial exams, and a certification of graduation.

Collected historical materials include ephemeral materials such as plates of historical figures and plans of famous battle locations, as well as tracings of famous Canadian autographs, bookplates, and reproductions of historical documents. Many of the original historical documents are related to the McLennan and Stewart families, including correspondence, business and financial documents, and ephemera related to Neil Stewart (1793-1881) and legal and financial documents related to John McLennan (1789-1866). The historical documents related to John McLennan are primarily agreements for land sales in Glengarry County, Ontario, where McLennan was a conveyancer. Other historical documents do not appear to have any particular connection to the McLennan family but may have been collected out of general historical interest. These documents include correspondence, loan agreements, commissions, land grants, letters patent, and a journal / memoranda book. While many of the documents relate to individuals of limited historical importance, others are related to more notable historical subjects including François Desjordy Moreau de Cabanac, Sir John Johnson, Joseph-Maurice Lamothe, Francis Baby, Jenkins Williams, Herman Witsius Ryland, Pierre-Amable De Bonne, John Mure, William Bacheler Coltman, John Stewart, John Gray, and Thomas Dunn.

William Huestis Bamford

The series consists of thirty-three (33) diaries and one (1) scrapbook created by William Huestis Bamford between the years 1962-2003, primarily reflecting his personal and family life. Only the first diary in the series, written between 1962 and 1964, touches on Bamford’s employment with Canada Post, including information about delivery routes and labour strikes. The subsequent daily diaries cover Bamford’s family and personal life in great detail, including part-time, temporary work at an insurance company; visits made and received; birthdays and holidays; household and garden chores and repairs; meals eaten; purchases and subscriptions; leisure / recreational activities and hobbies; personal travel; banking and financial information and transactions; voting habits; personal and family health issues and deaths; gifts received and given; important family events; personal appointments; and family pets, among other topics. The diaries also include information of general interest, such as weather, news updates, and sports results. Later diaries include extensive memoranda related to health appointments, treatments, surgeries, medications, etc. of Bamford and his wife, Esther, particularly related to her rheumatoid arthritis. Other memoranda in the diaries include lists of Christmas gifts, notes about sale and other tax increases, records of weight and weight loss, and more. Some diaries include inserts such as bookmarks; brochures and flyers; funeral service programs; postcards; tickets; theatre and event programs; invitations; coupons; and other ephemera and memorabilia.

Scrapbooks in the series contain photos, personal correspondence, notes, and ephemera, including travel-themed stickers; tickets; napkins; receipts; business cards; postcards; blood donor cards; ribbons; programs; greeting cards; grade reports; certificates; flyers; and travel documents.

William Durie McLennan

The series consists of William Durie McLennnan’s correspondence, notebooks, and objects from the First World War; collected correspondence addressed to McLennan’s father-in-law, Frederic Lumb Wanklyn; and photographs of McLennan’s farm near Saint-Placide, Quebec, which was a compensation given to him as a result of his health issues arising from wartime gassing.

The series includes the following records created or collected by McLennan pertaining to his wartime service: a leather-bound notebook used in 1914; a typescript of the 1914 notebook; typed and handwritten personal correspondence; an article McLennan authored about the 5th Battery Association of 1914, published in the Montreal Gazette; a discharge certificate from the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces and war service badge certificate; various news clippings; and a metal screw used to remove the hair trigger on a Mannlicher gun. Other records in the series include black and white photographs; correspondence addressed to Frederic Lumb Wanklyn and signed by Wilfrid Laurier; and a copy of McLennan’s obituary, likely created by the 5th Battery Association of 1915.

William Blackley Stanley Bamford

The series consists of ten (10) “line a day” or “five year” diaries and two (2) scrapbooks created by William Blackley Stanley Bamford between the years 1921-1966, reflecting his professional life as a banker with the Bank of Montreal, as well as his personal and family life. Bamford’s diaries document many aspects of his professional and personal life. Entries dealing with work life include information about time spent in the office; volume of work and work completed; a leave of absence taken; and transfers between branches, among other topics. Entries related to personal life cover marriage and raising a son; church attendance, services, and volunteer efforts; leisure and recreational activities; purchases and subscriptions; banking and financial information and transactions; voting habits; household and garden chores and repairs; personal and family health issues and deaths; moves, real estate transactions, and construction; organizational memberships and responsibilities; and family pets, among other topics. The diaries also include information of general interest, such as weather; local, regional, and world news updates, including war news; election results; and sporting results. As a career banker, Bamford made particular note of bank robberies in the news. Bamford also made a number of memoranda in the diaries, making note of insurance policy, bank account, and safety deposit box numbers; income tax figures; safe combinations; motorcycle and bicycle models and license numbers; planting diagrams; poems; transcriptions of correspondence; home remedy recipes; phone numbers and addresses; his son’s platoon number and rank; employment start date, salary, and bonuses from the Bank of Montreal; phone numbers and addresses; and birthdates. The diaries in the series begin when Bamford was residing in Toronto, and continue through a year’s leave from the Bank of Montreal, which he spent in Nelson, British Columbia, and a subsequent move to Vancouver.

Scrapbooks in the series contain newspaper clippings related to Canadian and American news, politics, society, and history; the United Empire Loyalist Association and the British royal family; deaths of note; church and religious matters; poems and pictures; and articles of general interest. Scrapbooks also contain business and personal correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to Bamford as well as his wife and son, including various programs, tickets, and invitations; visiting cards; cheques; ribbons; membership cards; certificates and licences; menus; informational brochures and pamphlets; receipts; and other material.

William Blackley Bamford

The series consists of eight (8) “line a day” diaries and two (2) scrapbooks created by William Blackley Bamford between the years 1910-1946, reflecting his professional life as an agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, as well as his personal and family life. Bamford’s diaries document many aspects of his professional and personal life. Entries dealing with work life include information about time spent in the office, particular work projects, volume of work and work completed, business meetings and travel, and hirings made, among other topics. Entries related to personal life cover church attendance; visits made and received; birthdays and holidays; personal travel; leisure and recreational activities; purchases; banking and financial information and transactions; voting habits; household and garden chores and repairs; personal and family illness and death; moves and real estate transactions; organizational memberships and responsibilities; gifts received and given; important family events; and personal appointments. The diaries also include information of general interest, such as weather; local, regional, and world news updates, including war news; election results; and sports scores. Some diaries include inserts, such a list of political candidates and a church service program, and memoranda such as lock combinations. The diaries in the series begin when Bamford was residing in St. John, New Brunswick, and continue through a move to Nelson, British Columbia, where Bamford died.

Scrapbooks in the series contain newspaper clippings related to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company; marriages and deaths of note; quotes and poems; pictures; and articles on topics of general interest, including Canadian and American news, society, and history; astronomy; popular entertainment; and the British royal family. Scrapbooks also contain business and personal correspondence and ephemera, including various programs, tickets, and invitations; menus; maps and guides; schedules and bulletins; membership cards and certificates; bills of lading; informational booklets and pamphlets; posters and notices; stamps; travel documents; bills and receipts; radio broadcast transcripts; sketches; statements of earnings; periodicals; and other material. Scrapbooks also contains some notes made by Bamford on Canadian Pacific Railway history. William Blackley Stanley Bamford’s diaries indicate that he worked on his father’s scrapbook after his death.

Willemina's Christmas (unpublished) - production

This series consists of materials relating to the production and attempted publication of Willemina's Christmas, including the draft and final illustrations and manuscript, and photographs and letters sent to publishers.

Wilderness Advisory Committee series

Series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and published maps relating to the Special Advisory Committee on Wilderness Preservation, which advised the provincial government to manage wilderness areas in B.C., in particular, the Spatsizi-Stikine and Tatshenshini-Alsek regions.

White River Lumber Company records

Series consists of legal records and miscellanea related to the White River Lumber Co. Legal records include permits, memoranda of agreement, tie notices, and land contracts pertaining to the company’s logging rights. Miscellanea include maps (mostly road maps of Wisconsin and Minnesota), press clippings regarding the company, and photographs.

White Pass & Yukon Route Files

This series consists of materials related to Brown's position in the White Pass & Yukon Corporation, with a significant portion concerning the building and launch of the M/V "Frank H. Brown," the M/V "Klondike," and the M/V "Clifford J. Rogers." Other notable inclusions are nearly then entire run of the White Pass Contact (employee newsletter) through 1975, nearly the entire White Pass Container Route News through 1975, and the run of White Pass Annual Reports through 1975.

White family papers

Series contains correspondence and other material created by or related to W.H. White' s parents, children, and grandchildren, including biographical information about various members of the Hale-White family and correspondence between members of the family and their friends.

Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman series

The first Paperny Films independent production, Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (1996), is a documentary about the enigmatic founder of Seagram’s, the world’s largest distillery. Immigrating with his family to Saskatchewan and later Manitoba, Samuel Bronfman turned a family hotel and bar business into a brewery empire. Hosted by television journalist Ann Medina and directed by David Paperny. Interview subjects include several Bronfman family members, including Edgar Bronfman (son), Charles Bronfman (son), Sam Bronfman Jr. (son), Edgar Jr. Bronfman (grandson), as well as Canadian senator Leo Kolber, former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres, Former Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, and Scottish Whiskey Baron Ivan Straker.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

W.H. White manuscripts

This series is composed of the manuscripts of published and unpublished material written by W. H. White. The notebooks sub-series includes the "Dorothy", "Black", and "White" notebooks, in which W. H. White documents his relationship with D.V. White. For the published materials sub-series, file titles and dates were supplied by D. V. White. With the exception of "Notes on Shelley" and "A Visit to Carlyle" these items were all included in "Last Pages from a Journal". "A Visit to Carlyle" was published in "Pages from a Journal".

W.H. White and D.V. White correspondence

Series is composed of incoming correspondence and drafts and originals of outgoing correspondence to and from William Hale White and/or Dorothy Vernon White. The large majority of files are W.H. White's incoming and outgoing correspondence . Correspondents include W.H. White's literary and other friends, communications with publishers, and with family members. Some files include correspondence with both W .H. White and D.V. White.

Wet'suwet'en Nation Trial Exhibits

At trial, the Wet’suwet’en people were represented by the 13 Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, whose territories during that time lay mainly in the watersheds of the Bulkley and parts of the Fraser-Nechako River systems and their tributaries. The original claims were altered and replaced with claims for aboriginal title and self-government, and eventually the individual claims by each House were amalgamated into two collective claims, one on behalf of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and the other for the Gitksan Nation. The Wet’suwet’en Exhibits consists primarily of records relating to Wet'suwet'en history, territory, and traditions. Series also includes Plaintiffs’ expert witness evidence, Wet’suwet’en genealogy information, photographs, oral histories, maps, letters, interviews and commission evidence.

Delgamuukw Trial

Western series

Series contains mainly black & white film stills and colour lobby cards from western movies. Some film stills have been cropped. Ephemera includes press kits/catalogues offering promotional materials for films and clippings of film advertisements.

Westcoast Transmission Building.

Series consists of records pertaining to the development of the
Westcoast Transmission Building, completed by the Rhone & Iredale Architects, dated predominantly 1968 – 1971. Included are publications, newspaper clippings,circulars, slides and negatives.

West Coast Christmas (New Classics Christmas Special) series

In this New Classics Christmas Special (2003), Chef Rob Feenie and sous-chef Marnie host West Coast Christmas at a beautiful and wild resort in Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Between surf lessons, beachcombing, and shopping, Rob and Marnie cook up a Christmas extravaganza using ingredients from local suppliers. Directed by Nijole Kuzmickas.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Welfare funds

This series consists of records of the United Fishermen's Welfare Fund (1964-1965), the Pilchard and Herring Welfare Fund (1957-1961), the Longliners Welfare Fund (1959), the Halibut Welfare Fund (1961), and several other smaller funds. Records include articles, by-laws, financial statements and correspondence. The folders are arranged by Fund names, with the smaller ones grouped together.

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