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Fonds consists of the business records of the B.C. General Development Syndicate Ltd. from 1910-1922. Includes a report (1922) containing all legal and financial documents needed to transfer receivership of the Syndicate's holding to J.T. Mutrie. The report was compiled by Crease & Crease barristers, on behalf of Messrs Hoare, bankers of London and representatives of the syndicate's English shareholders. Anxious to receive repayment on loans and debentures made to the syndicate, the shareholders voted to put the syndicate into receivership. The documents within the report date from 1910-1922, and have been organized, numbered and bound together. Although the majority of the report focuses on the financial status of the Stepney Ranch (the principal holding of the syndicate), the report also contains mortgages, debentures, financial statements, and memos concerning many of their other properties and holdings. Fonds also includes a blueprint of the Stepney Ranch, with possible subdivisions marked in red.

Fonds consists of the business records of Leighton Tripp, International Accountant, from 1929-1955. Includes business correspondence and annual financial reports of the E. Poole & Co. Ltd.

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Community Centre Hill Association from ca.1973-1976. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters and ephemera which detail the Association's race to preserve the Community Centre Hill area as a natural greenbelt area and parkland.

Fonds consists of the business records of the Glover Rice Hardware Co. from Jan-June of 1912. Includes a hardbound ledger divided into three sections containing a list of all customer accounts, the individual customer credit accounts, and the company's general revenue and expenditures. The company's general financial accounts, which include entries for initial capital, wages paid, merchandise purchased, duty and freight costs, and all accounts payable and receivable, are found on pp.1-29 and 91-94. The customer credit accounts, which consist of the customer's name, date of purchases, payments on account and account balances, are found on p.117-268. The ledger abruptly ends in June 1912 with notations about being "transferred to L.L. ledger".

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Basil Norman D'Arcy from 1874-1914. Includes personal and business correspondence, business records, and personal data documents which detail Mr. D'Arcy's attempt to start a real estate career in Vernon.

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of George Leek from 1894-1934. Includes correspondence and legal documents.

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of C.F. Costerton for 1892-1931. The records, which pertain to all three of his real estate, notary public and insurance businesses, include a letterbook of correspondence, and financial ledgers containing both business and personal accounts.

Fonds consists of the personal records of Simon Dodd Ord for 1895. Includes personal correspondence from family and friends during his time as ranch hand at the Coldstream Ranch. The letters from his cousin Tibbie, sister Katherine, and uncle Nicholas all contain news and gossip of family and friends in England and South Wales. Some concern over his lack of communication, an accident he suffered on the job, and his dismissal from his job are expressed. Accompanying his uncle's letter is a bank draft from the Bank of New South Wales. Fonds also includes love letters to Simon from a young woman named Loosie, who lived at the Guisachan Ranch in the Mission area. Of particular note is that they were conducting their 'long distance' courtship in secret.

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Merlin C. Dunwoodie from 1919-1924. Includes personal diaries, financial records and miscellaneous documents detailing Mr. Dunwoodie's everyday routines, activities and financial status.

Fonds consists of the records of Mrs. R.H. Urquhart during her tenure as chairman of a sub-committee of Women's Regional Advisory Committee from 1942-1943. Includes correspondence to and from Mrs. R.H. Urquhart in regards to the sub-committee's activities. The majority of the correspondence is from the secretary of the WRAC in Vancouver, Mary Hurrell, and concerns many of the projects that the sub-committee was involved with. Includes information on the distribution of Blue Books, the establishment of a price control board, the establishment of a federal Rations Board, and the possiblity of a national housing survey.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon & District United Appeal organization from 1960. Includes a draft copy of the organization's constitution and by-laws. Typed, with handwritten changes and notations, the constitution outlines the organization's objectives, its area of influence, membership clasification and eligibility, regulations for conducting meetings, rules of voting, and the duties of organization officers. The document is unsigned and unsealed. Fonds also includes an organizational flow chart showing the society's heirarchy.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Dellview Hospital from 1948-1982. Includes three patient admission registers, listing the patient's name, sex, age, registration number, marital status, date of admission, country of birth, present residence, occupation, religion, degree of education and general staff remarks. Register 1 includes admissions from 1948-1963, register 2 is from 1963-1976, and register 3 includes 1976-1982.

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Oyama Community Club from ca.1913-1988. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, constitution and by-laws, recorder's records and various pieces of ephemera which detail the administration of, financial status of, and community projects participated in, by the local club. Of particular note are the documents detailing the amalgamation of the Kalamalka Agricultural Association and the Oyama Agricultural Association into the Oyama Community Club in 1937-1938.

Fonds consists of the business records of the Canadian Fire Insurance Co. from 1912-1923. Includes a policy register journal containing the listing of policies sold to various individuals and businesses. The register lists the policy number, the name of the policy holder (the assured), policy terms, policy dates (from-to), the amount of insurance being issued, the % rate and premium amounts. In many cases, a tissue copy of the original policy has been glued to the register pages in lieu of handwritten entries.

Fonds consists of the business records of W.T. Shatford's general store from 1892-1897. Includes three daily account books (1892-1894) and one credit account ledger (1893-1897). The daily account books list the buyer's name, the quantity and type of product being purchased, prices, and the form of payment (cash or credit account). The credit ledger contains the detailed credit accounts of individual customers, and lists dates of purchases and payments on account, balances, and credit standings (good, bad or overdue).

Fonds consists of the records of the North Okanagan Community Concerts Association from 1954-1964. Includes correspondence (1954-1955), newsletters (1954), donation lists (1954-1955) and a report (1964) written by J.R. Kidston in regards to the process of the purchase of a Steinway full concert grand piano.

Fonds consists of the administrative and operational records of the Vernon & District Council of Women from 1895-1920 and 1959-1974. Includes the organization's constitution and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, speeches, briefs, reports, general notes and a play script produced by the members of the local council. Fonds also includes some of the Provincial Council of Women's records.

Fonds consists of the personal records of Dr. H.J. Phillips from 1962-1963. Includes correspondence to and from the doctor in regard to the history and construction of the S.S. Sicamous, and his effort to obtain copies of the original blueprints for the re-creation of a scale model.

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Gilbert Tassie from 1926 to 1973. Documenting his professional and personal interests and work, the fonds includes personal correspondence, Tassie Consulting Engineers and Surveyors' correspondence, notes, and lists. Fonds also includes maps produced by Tassie throughout his career as a B.C. land surveyor.

Fonds consists of the records of the Fairbridge Training Farm school, located in Fintry, from 1941-1949. Includes correspondence to and from Mr. & Mrs. Angus Gray, managers and caretakers of the property, in regard to the activities taking place at the school. Of particular note is the 1948 letter to Mr. Gray from a Logan Mayhew, the chairman of the B.C. Board of Governors, in which the disposal of the Fintry school and property is discussed.

Fonds consists of the records of the School District No. 22 from 1915-1979. Includes correspondence, reports and statistics detailing the history and activities of the School District No. 22 administration.

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Agnes Annie (Twink) Ladner from ca.1938-1985. Fonds includes correspondence to and from Mrs. Ladner, as well as playscripts and programs collected by Mrs. Ladner during her involvement in community theatre. Fonds also includes legal documents of Mrs. Ladner's mother, Mrs. Agnes Annie Monk, from 1925.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Bulmans Ltd. fruit and vegetable canning company from 1926-1974. Includes the company's general administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and ephemera. Also included in the fonds are records from the North Okanagan Growers Farm Labour Committee, and Guardhouse Holdings Ltd.

Fonds consists of the personal records of Ishbel Jean Gray from 1942-1946, documenting her military nursing career. Includes her certificates of military qualification, military and Red Cross I.D.s, medical records, War Service certificates, and her letter of commission.

Fonds consists of a daily meteorological log book documenting the Coldstream Ranch weather station measurements from 1910-1916. Data collected includes the max/min temperatures, hours of sunshine, precipitation, atmosphere, wind and snowfall. Newspaper clippings containing the published version of this information are scattered throughout the journal. Entries also include some family and farming notes, historically notable events, and general remarks. Statistics for Nov.1914 - Mar.1916 are found within a small notebook enclosed within the large weather journal.