Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association from 1899-1980. Includes quarterly and annual reports, minutes, convention portfolios, updates and reports, and miscellaneous industry facts, figures, and association announcements.
British Columbia Fruit Growers AssociationFonds consists of the records and documents of the Bank of Montreal from 1892-1908. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and financial records which detail the establishment of the Bank of Montreal's offices in Vernon and Armstrong, the building of a bank manager's residence in Vernon, and the people who became Bank of Montreal customers.
Bank of Montreal. Vernon BranchFonds consists of miscellaneous personal records of Bishop Sovereign from 1913, 1958-1966 which document his personal interest in the history of the peoples and places of B.C. The majority of the fonds consists of correspondence to and from the Bishop and various friends in regard to his personal research. Includes information on Rattlesnake Point, the Walter Moberly journals, Moberly's journeys through the Allison, Coquihalla, and Rogers passes, the life of Walter Dewdney, and Priest Valley School. Fonds also includes personal notes and jotting in regard to the aforementioned subjects, as well as some personal data ephemera, such as membership cards.
Sovereign, Arthur Henry, BishopFonds consists of the personal records of Alex Craig. Includes correspondence and ephemera.
Craig, AlexCollection consists of an excerpt from the 1984 guided independent study essay by Mr. Macleod of Vancouver, B.C. Excerpt consists of four letters (1892-1896) written by Charles Mair to his friend, G. Denison of Toronto, during Mair's time in B.C. The letters contain Mair's descriptions and opinions of the Okanagan, Kelowna and Vernon. He writes extensively on the settlers in the valley, the political situations in B.C. and Manitoba, his plans for his business and family, and the growing number of large cattle ranches, fruit orchards and mining interests in the Valley.
Fonds consists of the records and documents of the City of Vernon, detailing the City Council's internal and external activities and workings from 1892-1987. Includes correspondence, minutes, legal documents, reports, financial records, police records, Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention documents, lists, maps and plans, and miscellaneous ephemera.
Vernon (B.C.)Fonds consists of the records of the Canadian Club of Vernon from 1937 and 1940. Includes a copy of the revised consitution, 1937, and a list of Club members, 1940.
Canadian Club of VernonFonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society from 1917-1921. Includes the Society's minutebook containing discussions on the establishment of the local society, the election of officers, Society activities, and lists of local members. Minutes also include some correspondence in regards to the Society's relief fund donations and the establishment of an emergency depot.
Canadian Red Cross Society. Vernon BranchCollection consists of photocopies of personal records of Charles A. Vernon from 1873 and 1876-1877. Includes correspondence to and from Charles Vernon and the Provincial Secretary of B.C. dealing with his numerous duties as justice of the peace, deputy returning officer for the polling division of Okanagan, tax collector, collector of statistics, constable and assistant gold commissioner. Of note is the information on the local settlement patterns and mining activities in the Cherry and Mission Creek areas.
Vernon, Charles A.Fonds consists of the business records of the Government Agent's Office, from 1919-1965. Includes the 'Estates Wound Up' administrative ledger and log book used by various government agents, including Norm Schultz, to document the official distribution of provincially administered estates. Alphabetically arranged, each estate record gives the name of the deceased, the date and place of death, a listing of all personal effects (land, money, household goods), their values, the disposition of the effects, a listing of the funeral expenses, payment of the deceased's outstanding debts, and any estate settlement fees. Fonds also includes ephemera regarding estate auction sales and a photograph.
British Columbia. Government Agent (Vernon, B.C.)Fonds consists of the records compiled by Robert Hobson and members of the Greater Vernon Heritage Advisory Committee research team, from 1984-1986. Collected during the team's compilation of a heritage resource inventory of homes and buildings in the Greater Vernon area, the records include both original and copied materials dating from 1874-1986. The records include primary and secondary research materials, research notes, historical papers and essays, heritage assessments, reports, photographs of potential heritage homes, buildings and sites, and numerous maps, plans and blueprints of the surveyed sites and buildings within the Okanagan region.
Greater Vernon Heritage Advisory CommitteeFonds consists of the administrative records of the Kildonnan Pipe Band for 1937-1941. Consists of photocopies of minutes detailing the band's financial status, engagements, band practice notices, fund-raising campaigns, and the election of members to various executive and band positions.
Kildonnan Pipe Band (Vernon, B.C.)Fonds consists of the business records of the Land & Agriculture Company of Canada from 1910-1946. Includes a hardbound sales account book (plus index) of the individual land sales to settlers in the valley. The index book contains the alphabetical listing of the buyer names, plus the page number on the sale is found in the account book. In the sales account book, each page lists the buyer's name, the lot(s) sold, the sale price and interest rate, a schedule of balances payable, and dates of installment payments. Fonds also includes copies of correspondence sent to various purchasers in regard to accounts payable.
Land and Agriculture Company of CanadaFonds consists of the personal records and documents of F.G. Vernon from 1863-1908. Includes correspondence, legal documents, minutes, and ephemera which detail portions of Vernon's personal life and political career.
Vernon, Forbes GeorgeFonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the G.A. Hankey & Co. from 1907-1930. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and reports detailing the company's ownership, business transactions and financial decline. Fonds also includes records of the Point Grey Land & Investment Company, as collected by the G.A. Hankey & Co., a shareholder.
G.A. Hankey and CompanyFonds consists of the financial records of the Hotel Holdings Co. Ltd. from 1932-1936. Includes income tax claims, financial statements (1935-1936), an annual financial report (1932), inventory lists by item and price, and a copy of a shares sale between Patrick Henry Murphy (hotel proprietor) and the partners of Gilbert Gordon Southwell & Charles Arthur Dunsmore.
Hotel Holdings CompanyFonds consists of the personal and professional reords of local naturalist James Grant from ca. 1900-1988. The records document Mr. Grant's lifelong dedication and love for the environment, his interest in ornithology, botany, and entomology, and his numerous efforts to preserve local wildlife and ecology. Includes correspondence, newsletters, personal writings, daily journals, data, reports, surveys, minutes, meteorological data, maps, ornithology and botany notes, some artwork, and nature photographs.
Grant, JamesFonds contains Herbert Ellison's personal data documents including CEF discharge certificates (1918,1919), American Social Security card and letter of reference (1936), official copy of his 1933 marriage certificate (1953), and final decree of divorce (1954).
Ellison, John Herbert TurnerFonds consists of the administrative records of the Downtown Improvement Group from 1966-1977. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, briefs, financial records, project notes, and a constitution detailing the group's proposed 'Apple Tree Lane' downtown improvement plans.
Downtown Improvement Group (Vernon, B.C.)Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Peter Venables from ca.1946-1965. Includes memoirs of his family's emigration to Canada and settlement in Coldstream, personal writings such as poems and essays, and various personal data items.
Venables, E. PeterFonds consists of the personal records, documents and photographs of various Reinhard family members, collected from 1860-1923. Includes birth certificates, baptismal certificates, and marriage certificates.
Reinhard (family)Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Long Lake Company from 1909-1985. Includes the company's constitution and by-laws, minutes, legal documents, correspondence, financial records, reports and various administrative documents produced by the Company. Fonds also includes records from the Kalamalka Country Club.
Long Lake CompanyFonds consists of the personal records of Lt-Col Donald R. Cameron from 1940-1986. Includes correspondence, service records and certificates, medical records, educational material, clippings,and ephemera.
Cameron, Donald R.Fonds consists of the personal and business records of M.J. O'Brien and his business Revelstoke Wine & Spirits, from 1903-1919. Includes correspondence and financial records which document Mr. O'Brien's activities as Vernon citizen, businessman, alderman, and city mayor.
O'Brien, Martin J.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.
School District No. 22 (Vernon, B.C.)