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CA BCA T3986 · Collection · 1981-1982

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to life in the Cariboo, Chilcotin, Boundary, East Kootenay and Fraser Valley regions of B.C. from 1910-1950, conducted as part of the New Horizons Oral History Project.

Tannice McKillop collection
CA BCA F1990:02/001;SD245:1 · Collection · 1941-[ca. 1949]

The collection consists of a colour film showing the construction of the Victorias Memorial Arena, and a recorded Christmas greeting for 1941 from Victoria Mayor Percy George.

CA BCA T3097;T3100-T3121;T3123-T3125 · Collection · [Copied 1977]

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to ethnic communities in the Terrace area, as well as the history of Terrace and Kitimat.

CA BCA T3877 · Collection · 1979-1980

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the history of the theatre and its development in Vancouver and Victoria.

CA BCA T4171 · Collection · 1983-1984

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to theatre in B.C., including an interview about George Ryga.

CA BCA T4172;T4206;T4244 · Collection · 1984-1985

The collection consists of oral history interviews by Adolph with Jack and Margaret Aye pertaining to life in the East Kootenays prior to the flooding of the Kootenay River Valley; and interviews pertaining to Woodlands, a mental health facility.

CA CHI P.Coll. 121 · Collection · [ca. 1900-1901]

The collection consists of glass negatives depicting landscapes, group portraits and informal outdoor portraits of scenes and persons in the Chilliwack area.

CA BCA T4201 · Collection · [ca. 1953]

The collection consists of radio broadcasts pertaining to the Sunny Trails Nudist Club in Surrey, B.C.

Collection · 1993

The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with former members of the Surrey Fire Department and of volunteer fire departments located in Surrey, B.C.

CA BCA T1675 · Collection · 1963-1978

The collection consists of interviews, speeches, and political advertisements of W.A.C. Bennett, Premier of B.C. from 1952-1972.

Collection · Copied [ca. 197-?] (originally created 1897-1930)

The collection consists of slides, photographs and negatives, all copies of Curtis’s most extensive work, “The North American Indian.”

UVICSP SC137 · Collection · [1935]

The collection consists of mimeographed scripts for two plays presented by the club at the Empire Theatre, Calcutta, India. The scripts come from the plays' original productions in England, several years earlier. Also included are programmes for the two plays, a clipping containing a review of one play, and a rehearsal list for the other play. The two plays are “Murder on the Second Floor” by Frank Vosper and “The Wind and the Rain” by Merton Hodge.

Amateur Dramatic Club of Calcutta
Harper family collection
UVICSP SC361 · Collection · ca. 1890-1939

The collection consists of two albums of photographs with some supplementary textual material. Included in the first album are photographs of the Memorial Service held at Isandhlwana, Zululand to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Zulu War (1879), plus some photographs of battle locations, taken about the same time. Also included are clippings from various English papers and a handwritten transcription of a relevant passage from Rider Haggard's autobiography. The second album contains photographs taken at various sites (ca.1896) including Teneriffe, Canary Islands; Durban, South Africa, as well as other places in Natal and Zululand; Dar-es-Salam, German East Africa; Zanzibar; Somalia; Aden; Suez Canal & Port Said (Egypt); Naples, Pompeii and Rome, Italy; Switzerland, mostly Lucerne; Paris, France; Madeira. Also included are some tipped-in clippings concerning the death (1879) of the Prince Imperial (called Napoleon IV by French Bonapartists).

Harper family
Biographical collection
Collection · 1847-1990

Collection consists of reference material Includes mainly newspaper clippings, printed and published material, and correspondence (correspondence from Reverend W.C. Bompas to the Reverend H.A. Naylor, 1896-1906). Includes also some original items created by individuals, such as: letters testimonial, certificates of ordination, handwritten diaries.

Bruce Russell collection
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 836 · Collection · 1950-1975, predominant 1967-1972

The collection consists of correspondence, studies, reports, clippings and other material on diverse topics related to city planning and citizens action groups in the Kitsilano, Jericho, Point Grey and University of British Columbia areas of Vancouver.

Collection · 1975-1999

The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with pioneers in the Campbell River area, other areas of northern Vancouver Island, and nearby islands including Quadra Island, the Read Islands, and Cortes Island.

Centennial collection
Collection · [ca. 1862-1979]

The collection consists of photographs of a wide variety of Richmond subjects acquired and arranged by volunteers in preparation for the Richmond municipal centennial in 1979. Subjects include: agriculture; churches; commercial development; construction; fishing; floods; industry; municipal facilities; municipal officials; pioneer families; schools; sports; and transportation.

Collection · [ca. 1860]-1995

The collection consists of photographs of military sites, personnel, ships and activities primarily at Esquimalt and in the Victoria area, including photographs depicting the village of Esquimalt and surrounding areas. Many of the photographs depict facilities, ships and personnel of the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Armed Forces Maritime Command.

CA UVICARCH AR017 · Collection · [Photocopied 1997]

The collection consists of a complete set of decisions, 1976-1979, listed in date order; and a complete set of proceedings, 1976-1979, filed in alphabetical order by name of complainant. Many cases concern discrimination on the basis of sex, age and ethnic origin.

CA BCA T3854;T4340;T4370;V1989:44 · Collection · 1978-1989

The collection consists of interviews with members of the legal and judicial profession of British Columbia conducted as part of the B.C. Legal History Project.