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archival descriptions
Alfred W. McLeod Ltd. fonds
Fonds · 1860-1980, predominant 1904-1970

The fonds consists of records created by the McLeod Company in the course of carrying out its business functions. However, the collection also contains records of other creators. This latter group of records was most likely acquired by the McLeod Company in the exercise of its corporate management role. Thus in this collection there are records created by the Westminster Trust Co., Westminster Apartments Ltd., the Dominion Trust Co, and F.J. Hart & Co. The records include books of minutes, a stock register and stock transfer books, stock certificates, debentures, wills, estate files, insurance records, newspaper clippings, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Alfred W. McLeod Ltd.
Annie Staton fonds
NWMA 078 · Fonds · 1912, 1920-1931

The fonds consists of photographs of Annie Staton as May Queen, telegrams, and correspondence.

Staton, Annie
Edith Eleanor Pearson fonds
CA DMA CR-28 · Fonds · 1902-1939, predominant 1902-1927

Fonds consists of black and white photographs, black and white copy prints, and negatives of the Pearson family at home in New Westminster and on holidays in British Columbia, Alberta, the United States (particularly California), and Europe. Includes many photographs of the Pearson family and friends engaged in leisure activities at their vacation home, "Edgewood", at Boundary Bay. The property was purchased by the Major and Pearson families in 1896. It is identified on the Corporation of Delta's Assessment Roll No. 160 as part of Lot 30, Group 2, consisting of two acres. The property was approximately where Meredith Place is now. The families that owned the neighbouring lots included the Corbould, Drew, Meredith, Major, and Kirkland families. Unidentified people in the Boundary Bay photographs may include members of these families. The majority of the photographs concern the activities of the Pearson, Major and Lee families. Edith's interest in photography appears to have begun around the time of her youngest son Geoffrey's birth in 1901, and the collection contains many photographs of him from infancy through adulthood. He married Shirley Foley and had a son, Ken. The two older boys, Thomas Roy (known as Roy) and Leslie, were born in 1888 and 1891, respectively. Roy appears to have been in the military during World War I, and later married Nora, a teacher. They had no children. The photographs show Roy and Nora at their home in Los Angeles and later in South Westminster, where they had a chicken farm. Leslie is also shown in uniform during the war. He married Ethel Watson in 1912, and they had a daughter Mary Isabel, who appears to have visited her Pearson grandparents frequently. Also prominent in the collection are Edith's niece and nephew, Dorothy and Ormsby Lee, the children of her sister Mildred Jane and John Andrew ("Jack") Lee, a New Westminster merchant. Dorothy traveled frequently with her aunt before her marriage to Sid Mallinson, with whom she had a daughter, Diana. Ormsby married Jessie Blair and had a son, John ("Jackie").

Pearson, Edith Eleanor
Herring family fonds
NWMA 028 · Fonds · 1868-1953

The fonds consists of letters, programmes, and fishing licences.

Herring (family)
Irving family collection
Fonds · 1860-1990

The Irving family collection is one of the oldest manuscript collections in the city archives collection as it was initiated upon the acquisition and opening of Irving House Historic Centre in 1950 by the City of New Westminster and the Native Sons and Daughters of B.C. Post #4. The Irving Family Collection is unique among the Manuscript Collections of the N.W. Museum and Archives because it was collected with the intention of forming the primary documentation source to interpret the history of Irving House and the Irving family. The collection that has been assembled is large and diverse as it is an artificial amalgamation of several disparate private record groups accessioned over many years. This collection of record groups is integral to the operation of the museum's interpretive and research programs for Irving House and remains an open collection in order to integrate future additions.

In 1989 museum staff organized the various donations of archival material related to the Irving Family into one physical location within the Museum building for the purpose of maintaining one collection. All photographs were numbered and indexed as one collection with the prefix IFP [Irving Family Photograph]. The Irving family collection was arranged and described in 2006 into five family groups representing the different branches of the Irving Family created by the children of Capt. William and Elizabeth Irving: John Irving family, Mary Irving Briggs family, Susan Irving Cox family, Elizabeth Irving Spencer family, and the Nellie Irving Chandler family. There are also two other records groups: Other Sources and Photographs. Each item or file represents separate donations from various descendants and others to the archives. Provenance of this collection's items with known accession numbers has been noted where documented.

Irving, William, 1816-1872 (family)
J.J. Johnston fonds
Fonds · 1859-1972

The J.J. Johnston fonds consists of records relating to both J.J. Johnstons business and personal activities. The records have been arranged according to the activity by which they were produced. However, in order to maintain the natural record groupings designated by the creator, there are some overlaps of record types across series. For example, there may be insurance papers attached to a deed of land or receipts attached to correspondence.

Johnston, John Joseph
Frederick Carroll fonds
NWMA 026 · Fonds · 1900-1923

The fonds consists of enlistment papers, discharge papers, immigration papers, and a certificate.

Carroll, Frederick, b. 1879
Fonds · 1907-1952

Fonds consists of one record series: sewer plans (1909-1952). Series consists of plans relating to the development of New Westminsters sewer system infrastructure. Includes plans for the following sewer systems:;Columbia St., First St., West End, Fourth St., Front St., Sapperton, Braid St., College Court, Glen Brook, Victory Heights, Lulu Island.;Most drawings were created by the office of Chief Engineer for the City; some were created by external sources, such as the Canadian Pacific Railway, for the Citys use. Drawings show water mains, reservoirs, connections, grades, storm sewers, manholes, outfalls, and material specifications. Includes plans, profiles, technical drawings, details, and specifications.

New Westminster (B.C.). Engineering Dept.
CA KMA 75.40 · Fonds · 1919-1937

The fonds consists of cash books for the Laminated Material Company.

Laminated Material Company
John Booth fonds
NWMA 092 · Fonds · 1959-1962

The fonds consists of a notebook of poems and letters.

Booth, John
CA JHS A.2011.035 · Fonds · 1975-2002

Fonds is arranged into three series: Administrative and operational records; Newspaper clippings; Photographs and audio/visual.

Burquest Jewish Community Association
CA CRMA 2008-5; 20,404; 20,408; 20,409; 20,410 · Fonds

The fonds consists of textual and photographic records documenting the activities of the Hansen family and their homestead at Port Neville, B.C. Records include family correspondence (in-coming and out-going), marriage , birth and death certificates, diaries, journals and material relating to the family operated post office and store at Port Neville. Textual records also include ephemera including cards, receipts etc.

The photographic material include images of the Hansen family and their home in New Westminster and homestead at Port Neville, including views of the family operated Post Office and Store. Also included are images of the region surrounding Port Neville including Alert Bay and Hardwicke Island as well as events such as weddings, May Day celebrations and parades.

Hansen (family)
William Johnston fonds
NWMA 204 · Fonds · 1888-1898

The fonds consists of store ledgers.

Johnston, William
Fonds · [ca. 1871-1904]

The fonds consists of portraits and photographs depicting ships and scenes of New Westminster, Vancouver, and Victoria.

Notman, William McFarlane
Fonds · 1904-1947

The fonds contains records created or received by the Society in the course of carrying out its responsibilities. The fonds consists of two series: minutes and financial records.

Westminster Benevolent Society
NWMA 113 · Fonds · 1914-1927

The fonds consists of correspondence and programmes.

Westminster Operatic Club
CA CCOQ F13 · Fonds · 1997-2015

The fonds consists of photographs taken for the various Black Press publications in the Lower Mainland, including the Tri-City News. It also includes microfilm reels containing copies of the newspaper from 1985-1986 as well as several special editions in print form. The collection also includes bound volumes of the Tri-City News covering the years 1990 until 2000.

Black Press
CA CCOQ C6 · Collection · 1988-1991

The collection consists of approx. 640 photographic prints used for the "Coquitlam 100 Years: Reflections of the Past" publication produced by the District of Coquitlam in 1991. The collection also includes the transcripts of interviews used in the publication as well as the administrative files of the Pioneer Tales of Coquitlam Committee and various publications and pamphlets used for contextual information for the book.

Pioneer Tales Book Committee
Fonds · 1947 - 1987

Fonds consists of records of the Association. Series included are: Advertising, Market closure, Newsletters and meeting notes, Centennial Ball, Constitution and bylaws, and Operations.

Market Vendors' Association (New Westminster B.C.)
Fonds · 1968-

Fonds contains a variety of textual records and a small number of photographs. The fonds consists of the following series: minutes, financial records, governance records, executive lists, correspondence, subjects files, dinner meeting records, membership lists, speakers files, national and regional records, ephemera, and guest registers.

Canadian Club of New Westminster and the Fraser Valley
Fonds · 1916-1919

The fonds consists of the records created or received by the Fund in the course of its operations. The fonds includes three series: monthly reports, annual reports and administrative records.

Canadian Patriotic Fund (New Westminster, BC)
Allison family fonds
Fonds · 1876-1976, predominant 1910-1950

Fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, annuals, a scrapbook, legal records, newspaper clippings, a collection of certificates, and photographs. These records pertain to activities in which the members of the Allison family engaged in both in New Westminster and other locations. Fonds is composed of the following series: Military Records, Professional/Civic Records, Scholastic Records, Legal Records, Matheson Mansion Records, Athletic Records, Family Records, and Fraternal Organizations Records.

Allison (family)
Columbian College fonds
Fonds · 1894-1935

The fonds consists of minutes, annual reports, correspondence and other records of principals, financial records, class registrations and student marks (1894-1929), report of survey of the college (1927), academic calendars, and copies of "Lux Columbiana", a publication of the Literary Society (1904-1931). Fonds includes minutes, account books and miscellaneous papers of the Women's Educational Club (1909-1935), a marriage register (1921-1929), a scrapbook (1905-1935), and a visitors register (1926-1938).

Columbian College
Fellowship of the Arts fonds
NWMA 169 · Fonds · 1914-1968

The fonds consists of minute books, correspondence, manuscripts, poems and ephemera.

Fellowship of the Arts (New Westminster, B.C.)
James Cunningham Brown fonds
NWMA 020 · Fonds · 1907-1956

The fonds consists of correspondence.

Brown, James Cunningham