The collection consists of photographs of individuals, families, scenery and buildings in the Armstrong-Spallumcheen area.
The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the history of the B.C. Telephone Company.
The collection consists of interviews pertaining to the history of whaling in British Columbia.
The collection consists of photographs and postcards of a wide range of people, buildings, locales, and events associated with Bowen Island. These include a large number of images of: the Bowen Island Inn resort complex and ships operated by the Terminal Steam Navigation Company and later, the Union Steamship Company; churches; ferry launches operated by the Sannie Transportation Company; members of many island families; beach activities; school activities; sports; picnics; tent camping; logging; ferries; and, local areas such as Snug Cove, Deep Bay, Miller's Landing, Cowan's Point, Tunstall Bay and Hood Point.
The collection consists of photographs that document the British Columbia Packers Limited's widespread fishing and business operations. A local company with global interests, British Columbia Packers Limited's fish camps, canneries and plants dominated British Columbia's expansive coastline, in addition to those located on the east coast of Canada and beyond national boundaries. Taken by amateur and professional photographers, this collection of over 2000 images provided British Columbia Packers Limited with the means to communicate to its employees what was happening throughout the company. They also served a dual purpose by marketing the company and its various fish products locally, nationally and globally. The collection includes photographs of fishing boats, fish camps, canneries and plants, fishing technology, fish processing techniques, whaling and salmon in their natural habitat. It also includes a series of photographs documenting the construction of the new Imperial Plant in Steveston. Although the majority of the photographs document the fishing industry in Steveston and other areas along the B.C. coast such as Quadra Island, Skeena River, Queen Charlotte Islands, Alert Bay, Campbell Island, Bella Bella and Prince Rupert, canneries on the east coast are also represented. Taken as a whole, these photographs document the changes in fishing and canning technology within the British Columbia Packers Limited over a span of eight decades. The collection also includes photographs that reflect the property damage caused by the British Columbia earthquake of 1946 and photographs from a Klondike gold rush souvenir album from 1898.
The collection consists of photographs, prints, magazine articles, pamphlets, maps and plans on the history of the town of Coeverden, the van Coeverden family and the Vancouver family genealogy. These have been reproduced from various repositories in Europe.
The collection consists of photographs depicting the forestry industry (logging and sawmill operations) and communities in the Alberni Valley and West Coast of Vancouver Island, including Port Alberni, Bamfield, Tofino, and Ucluelet. Photographs include those depicting individuals, families, schools, and scenes of the built and natural environment. Collection includes photographs of MacMillan Bloedel Alberni Pacific Division headquartered in Port Alberni.
The collection consists of fire insurance, subdivision, township, street, cemetery, land use, and resource maps of Chilliwack and the Upper Fraser Valley. Collection includes operational maps of various companies in the Chilliwack area.
The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to CKOV, a Kelowna radio station.
The collection consists of records collected by Clive Justice of and pertaining to George Fraser, a Ucluelet nursery worker known for hybridizing rhododendrons. Collection includes photographs relating to Fraser and his work.
The collection consists of photographs of people, events, industry (including logging, farming, and fishing), commerce, and scenes of Campbell river and northern Vancouver Island, as well as of northern Gulf Islands (including Quadra Island and Cortes Island).
The collection consists of audio and videotaped oral history interviews with former students and teachers pertaining to the history of Central Junior Secondary School in Victoria, B.C.
The collection consists of pamphlets, essay on "Disguised Commerce Raiders" (ca. 1944), and a night order book of Lieutenant Commander W.S. Lalor (1942).
The records consist of photographs acquired or collected by George Allen and include the following: ca. 1730 nitrate negatives depicting early aerial photography of the B.C. lower mainland and Pacific west coast to Anyox, for the period 1926-1932. These photographs were taken by the photographer Stuart Thomson, also by Western Canada Airways/Pacific Airways Lt., precursors of Canadian Pacific Air; ca. 1150 negatives, both glass and nitrate, of views depicting Vancouver and area, Fraser River Valley, Victoria and Nanaimo, roads etc. taken in the 1920's and 1930's, all taken by professional photographers including Stuart Thomson, the Edwards Brothers, Richard Broadbridge and the Gowen Sutton Company. The collection also includes ca. 2570 nitrate negatives and contact prints of the Okanagan region, Vancouver Island, some of Banff, Calgary, Lethbridge, Winnipeg, and Quebec from ca. 1880 to 1950's. These photographs were mainly taken by photographer C.C. Wright while in the employ of Gowen Sutton, commercial producer of postcards. These photographs were acquired by George Allen in the 1950's and added to his collection.
Allen, GeorgeThe collection consists of copies of records held at the British Library, London, England relating to the voyage of Captain George Vancouver's Discovery and the tender Chatham, 1791-1795. Included in the collection are papers, journals and logbooks.
Collection consists of one series of photograph slides of British Columbia fishing boats taken at small craft harbours throughout the Straits of Georgia and the west coast of Vancouver Island in the decade between 1972 and 1982. Most of the photographs show the vessels at the dock.
The collection consists of oral history interviews with journalists active in B.C. from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Ranging from 1896-1942, the Knights of Pythias collection includes:
1) bylaws
2) correspondence
3) reports
4) certificates
5) publications
6) membership list
7) visitor register
8) ephemera
The collection consists of theatre programs and UVic theatre production files arranged in the following series: Phoenix Theatre files, 1964-2001; Canadian and International Theatre programs, 1931-2002; Festival programs, 1925-2003; Season programs, 1952-2003; Publications, 1948-1991; Production revue notes, production lists and Curricula Vitae, 1962-2000; Pheonix Theatre production sweatshirts, 1988-1993.
The collection contains material relating to the design, building, and operation of the Lions Gate Bridge. The records include technical drawings, including a general index, a construction ledger, and diaries.
The fonds is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Lions Gate Bridge blueprints
Series 2: Construction ledger
Series 3: Diaries of Randolph Pollitt, Superintendent of Bridges
Series 4: Administrative and financial records
Series 5: Artifacts and ephemera
The collection consists of photographs of buildings and activities in the Naden area of CFB Esquimalt.
The collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings, letters and other assorted material on the subject of proportional representation collected between 1918 and 1921.
The collection consists of World War II group portraits of ships' companies and snapshots of buildings at CFB Esquimalt.
Collection consists of histories, manuscripts, notes, scrapbook, clippings, printed material, photographs, postcard, memorabilia. Includes printed and typescript copies of histories of Diocese, parishes, and clergy written by various persons; miscellaneous printed material and clippings related to history of Diocese and northern British Columbia in general.
The collection consists of radio broadcasts, mainly pertaining to the history of B.C., and reminiscences of Victoria and the Canadian navy at Esquimalt.