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Morishita family collection
CA JCN 2011.79 · Collection · 1903 - 1990

The collection consists of six series of papers, photographs and artefacts amassed by the Morishita family. The first series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the patriarch of the family, Teiji Morishita. The second series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to Teiji's wife, Sawa Morishita. The third series consists of papers and artefacts amassed while the Morishitas (with the Ebisuzakis) ran the Ebisuzaki Shoten (store) at 337 Powell Street in Vancouver, BC. The fourth series consists of family photographs and artefacts belonging to the Morishita family. The fifth series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the Morishita children. And the sixth series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the Ebisuzaki family.

CA JHS A.1985.001 · Fonds · 1880-1983

The fonds consists of records from three distinct sources: the Leonard Frank Photo Studio, the Frank family , and the Landauer family. The records of Leonard Frank Photo Studio constitute those that remained after the closure of the business in 1983. They consist of photographs and textual records. The photographs cover many significant events and developments in British Columbia's history. Their major subject areas include logging, lumbering, mining, fishing and transportation; the construction of bridges and buildings in the Vancouver area; famous people; aboriginal peoples; and scenic views of mountainous, coastal, and urban areas. The photographs were taken by Leonard Frank and Otto Landauer. The textual records consist of photographic FindingAids, business correspondence, financial records, and historical and reference material. The records of the Frank family consist of the personal papers of Leonard and Bernard Frank. The records of the Landauer family consist of the personal papers of Otto Landauer and members of his family.

Leonard Frank Photo Studio
Altman family collection
CA JHS A.1999.013 · Fonds · 1904-2001

The fonds consists of community publications, community ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and musical scores. The fonds is arranged into 3 series: Community publications; Altman family files; and Music collection which consists of scores of both Jewish and general popular songs that bear the name of Sari Corbin.

Altman (family)
CA JHS A.2005.006 · Fonds · [1962 – 2004]

Fonds is arranged into 6 series: Artist files; Gallery administrative records and subject files; Ephemera; Audio-Visual; Scrapbooks; and Photographs.

Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Gallery
Nemetz family fonds
CA JHS A.2008.016, A.2011.018 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-2012]

The fonds consists of photographs and textual records from various members of the Nemetz family, including the Dayson family, the Barnett family, and the Fader family.

The fonds is arranged into four series: Nathan Nemetz scrapbooks and photograph albums (photocopies); Textual records; Photographs; Audio/Visual.

Nemetz family
Dr. Morris Levine fonds
CA JHS A.2009.018 · Fonds · 1959-1989

The fonds consists mainly of poetry that Dr. Morris Levine wrote over the years. Also intermixed with the poetry is some general correspondence, family correspondence, some work records, and a partial draft of a personal memoir.

The fonds is arranged into one series: Poems. All files are kept in their original order and do not appear to follow any chronological or alphabetical order. All files are simply titled ‘Poems’.

Levine, Dr. Morris
Chelm Cultural Club fonds
CA JHS A.2011.020 · Fonds · 1978-1990

Fonds is arranged into two series: Series 1 - Chelm Cultural Club film file; Series 2 - Chelm Cultural Club administrative files and publicity.

Chelm Cultural Club
Congregation Emanu-El fonds
CA JHS A.2012.004 · Fonds · 1851-2012

The fonds consists of administrative and operational records generated by Congregation Emanu-El including: textual records; photographs; moving images; sound recordings; ledgers; and scrapbooks.

The fonds is arranged into 22 series: Preschool and Hebrew School; Correspondence; Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia/Allan Klenman; Membership; Committees; Photographs and audio-visual; Publications; Restoration; Ben Levinson historical/archival files; Renovation (Matanah G’Dolah Project); Congregation Rabbi’s; Bar/Bat Mitzvah and conversion certificates; Jewish cemetery; Vancouver Island Jewish Community Directory (VIJCD); Financials; Holocaust Symposium; Board; Administration and operational records; Ephemera; Marriages and divorces; Scrapbooks; and Sylvester family.

Congregation Emanu-El
CKOV fonds
CA KEL Add. MSS. 50 · Fonds · 1930-1980

Fonds consists of records, published material, radio agreements and licensing, and other papers pertaining to Okanagan Broadcasters and CKOV radio station in Kelowna in particular. Includes: Okanagan Country magazine with feature stories on CKOV, J.W.B. Browne, and Jim Browne Jr.; CKOV publications, lexicon, and newspaper articles; CKOV history; radio rates and news broadcast; listener correspondence; Prospectus, Letter of Operation Details, Financial Records; lease and agreement papers; application for FM license; framed papers and certificates; "Imagine Please: Early Radio Broadcasting in B.C."; "Birth of Radio in Canada; Signed On"; "The C.A.B. Story"; "Canadian Radio Yearbook 1946"; minute books; corporation record book. Fonds also includes 7 photo albums and scrapbooks. See complete listing and description of the Jamie Browne file on document included in the file. Fonds has been arranged into 10 series. They include 1) CKOV history; 2) Legal documents 1931-1965; 3) Financial statements 1934, 1937, 1938, 1955, 1965; 4) Correspondence 1935-1941; 5) Minutes of staff meetings 1947-1949; 6) Radio scripts 1933, 1934, 1950; 7) Letters and poems from CKOV listeners 1956-1959; 8) March of Dimes and Rivers of Milk programs 1942; 9) Ephemera: 10) Audio Cassettes.

CKOV (Radio station : Kelowna, B.C.)
CA KMA 67.153 · Fonds · 1952-1957

The fonds consists of correspondence, notebooks, clippings and programs relating to the band's activities.

Kamloops High School Band
Willson E. Knowlton fonds
CA KMA 83.39 · Fonds · [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1980]

The fonds consists of personal files relating to the Kamloops Museum Association, research files and a reference collection relating to B.C. and Kamloops-area history, pamphlets, and an extensive collection of papers and research notes on Walter Moberly.

Knowlton, Willson Edmond, d. 1982
CA KMA 84.12 · Fonds · 1966-1984

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, membership lists, financial records, reports, newsletters, speeches and clippings relating to Club activities and sponsored events.

Canadian Club of Kamloops
CA KSM MG11 · Fonds · 1987-1992

The fonds consists of maps, notes, photographs & negatives, survey files, a manuscript and a heritage inventory.

Lake Cowichan (B.C.). Heritage Advisory Committee
Kaatza Art Group fonds
CA KSM MG19 · Fonds · 1970-1993

The fonds consists of documents relating to the ongoing business of the Kaatza Art Group. The fonds consists of 5 series and includes history, minutes, membership and scrapbooks.

Kaatza Art Group
CA KSM MG24 · Fonds · 1954-1983

The fonds consists of documents and photographs depicting the history of the Lake Cowichan Drama Club. The fonds consists of 14 series and include scrapbooks, financial records, correspondence, minutes, scripts, programs, memberships and constitution.

Lake Cowichan Drama Club
CA KSM MG25 · Fonds · 1950-1981

The fonds consists of 5 series which outline the functions of the club. The series consists of minutes, finances, correspondence, programs and social.

Lake Cowichan Music Club
CA KSM MG34 · Fonds · 1975-1995

The fonds consists of 8 series and contains records relating to the ongoing business of the Society. It includes the constitution, minutes, reports, financial records, correspondence and subject files.

Kaatza Historical Society
CA LCM MSS 119 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1980]

The fonds consists of an account book (1945-1958) of the Langley Community Library.

Langley Community Library
John F. Leonard fonds
CA LCM MSS 127 - MSS 145 · Fonds · 1942-1974

The fonds consists of originals of Leonard's operetta scores for musical productions at John Oliver School (Vancouver) and Langley High School. Fonds includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photograph album, and ephemera relating to Leonard's musical productions.

Leonard, John F.
Percy Worrall fonds
CA LCM MSS 174 · Fonds · [ca. 1950-1965]

The fonds consists of a ring-bound book and loose notes of historical interest on topics including roads in Fort Langley, B.C., and people living in and around the Fort Langley and Salmon River Flats, B.C., areas during 1919 and 1920, an assortment of original poetry by Percy Worrall, a personal letter to Mr. Herbert Morgan (1967), and a photocopy of the Worrall family tree from 1835-1966.

Worrall, Percy
Donald E. Waite fonds
CA LCM MSS 261 · Fonds · 1975-1977

Fonds consists of records related to the preparation of Donald E. Waites book entitled The Langley Story. Within the fonds there are versions of the manuscript; various essays written by Donald Waite about British Columbian history; photocopies of photographs of persons connected to Langley; a bound copy of the 1937 thesis by John Edgar Gibbard entitled Early History of the Lower Fraser Valley; and research notes which include transcriptions of vital records from parish registers, genealogies for families connected to Langley, and correspondence to and from Donald Waite regarding the research and writing of The Langley Story. Note: within the research notes, there are three bound copies that are indexed by Donald Waite.

Waite, Donald E., 1944-
M.J. Thorpe fonds
CA LCM MSS 7 · Fonds · [ca. 1970-1975]

The fonds consists of notes, rough drafts, and correspondence of M.J. Thorpe relating to a proposed book on the history of Langley Municipality.

Thorpe, M.J.
CA LCM MSS 91 · Fonds · 1953-1965

The fonds consists of ledger listing members and their dues (1953-1956), lists of past Reeves, Councillors and officials from the Township of Langley, B.C., correspondence, receipts, cancelled cheques, and bank statements of the Fort Langley Restoration Society, 2 copies of a 1965 articles on the Fort's restoration, a copy of "Interesting Facts about Fort Langley" (1954), and a copy of "Fort Langley on the Fraser River beneath the Golden Ears" (undated).

Fort Langley Restoration Society
CA LCM MSS 96 · Fonds · 1958-ca. 1976

The fonds consists of documents from the Langley Centennial Museum's formation, including Rules and Regulations, guides for accepting items in the Museum (1967), correspondence (1958-1976), Financial statements (1967), attendance records (1958-1968), details of School Educational Programmes, a list of attendees at the opening of the Art Gallery (1974), a book of donations of sound recordings (1975), indexes for the holdings of both the Langley Centennial Museum Archives and the Archives at Langley Municipal Hall in Murrayville, B.C. [1975], and a list of names on the 1924 Sharon United Church Quilt [1975].

Langley Centennial Museum