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Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Dorothy Jackson from 1918-1960. Fonds includes the correspondence, personal diaries, and personal writings of Ms. Jackson which document her thoughts, emotions, social activities and daily work from childhood to adulthood.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon [1967] Centennial Committee from 1964-1968. Includes administrative papers, correspondence, minutes, briefs, reports and financial records detailing the committee's internal and external activities in regards to local celebrations.

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the Vernon Fruit Union from 1897-1986. Includes minutes, reports, briefs, newsletters, correspondence, legal documents, financial records and ledgers, and a company scrapbook. Fonds also includes records of a subsidiary of the Vernon Fruit Company, the Vernon Storage Company.

Fonds consists of the records of the Vernon Drug Co. Ltd. from 1894-1897. Includes two oversized journals containing the prescription invoices of the dispensing chemists. The first journal contains all prescription invoices filled by owner, druggist and dispensing chemist R.N. Taylor, from Dec.1894 - Jan.1896. The second journal begins in mid Jan.1896, just after S.A. Muir's take-over of the business. Some S.A. Muir & Co. invoices are evident, but R.N. Taylor prescription invoices continue to be used until May 1896. In May 1896, with Muir's buy-out of J.S. Donaldson stock, Donaldson prescription invoices appear in the journal. From the end of 1896 until the end of 1897, when the journal ends, Muir's own prescription invoices are used. In all cases, the prescription invoices contain the customer's name, the prescription being filled, instructions on the medicine's use, the prescribing doctor and the date. The invoices are glued to the journal pages in numeric (prescription #) and chronological (daily/monthly) order. Fonds also includes a small "recipe" book of ingredients for prescriptions dated 1892 and a number of loose J.S. Donaldson prescription invoices, both used and unused.

Fonds consists of the memoirs and reminiscences of Mrs. Eleanora Heal ( nee Leckie-Ewing) produced between 1958-1978. Includes photocopies of the original handwritten manuscript and typed transcript. The manuscript was started by Mrs. Heal in 1958, the year of B.C.'s Centennial, and details the life and activities of her parents, as well as her own. Starting in 1890, Mrs. Heal describes the Ewing-Leckie family background and history, her parents journey to Canada, their settlement on the west side of Okanagan Lake and the reason why the area was later named Ewing's Landing. Mrs. Heal includes a significant amount of historical background on the area and its inhabitants, local native history, memories of her early childhood, special events, and places she travelled.

Fonds consists of the correspondence to and from the Mann family from 1907 and 1917. Includes a letter (1907) to Ike Mann from Vernon resident, Ted Watts, extolling the Vernon areas and its prospects. Also includes a letter (1917) written by one of the Mann family children which details the health and activities of the Mann family.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon Curling Club from 1933-1939. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records and membership lists documenting the administration and activities of the Club.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Board of Trade from 1912-1920. Includes a minute book documenting their inception in 1912, their activities, the names of all members, motions and resolutions, and the election of officers. Also included in the minutes are some correspondence, briefs and reports.

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the Oyama Rural School District from 1910-1945. Includes minutes, reports and financial ledgers.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Coldstream Municipality from 1923-1985. Includes correspondence, annual reports and financial records which detail the administrative and financial history of the Coldstream district.

Fonds consists of the administrative and operational records of the Vernon Community Chest from 1939-1976. Includes minutes (Jan. 21, 1941) , financial records (1939-1940, 1942) and a brief history of the organization (ca.1976).

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Girl Guides of Canada, North Okanagan Division from 1917-1997. Includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, personal writings, lists, guiding histories, certificates, programs and notices, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks which detail the establishment and administration of the local girl guide troop, as well as their varied activities. Of particular interest is correspondence with Lady Baden-Powell from 1947-1968.

Fonds 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.

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.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Okanagan Historical Society from 1859-2000. Includes the society's constitution and bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, lists, financial records, journals of affiliated organizations, research material, manuscript and poetry submissions, reports, guidelines, ephemera, clippings, and photographs.

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the South Vernon Irrigation District from 1924-1986. Includes minutes, reports, correspondence, legal documents, financial records and maps which document all responsibilites and activities of the SVID.

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.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the St. Michael's School for Girls from 1921-1975. Includes correspondence, legal documents, financial records, yearbooks, scrapbooks, lists, prospectuses, and ephemera which document the establishment and administration of the school, student activities and the closure of the school.

Fonds has been arranged into 5 series: 1) Administrative Records, 1990-2015; 2) Capsule College, 1972-2010; 3) Photographs, 1990-2005; 4) Book, "75 Years of CFUW", 1994; 5) Archive Binders, 1965-2017.

Fonds consists of records documenting the business activities of Jacques Jewellers from 1893-1983. Includes financial records, watch repairs, clock repairs, jewellery repairs, secondhand and new watch sales, CPR watch inspection forms, dinnerware list for Queen Elizabeth II luncheon, legal correspondence, list of Canadian Jewellery Trade Marks, and ephemera.

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Guy P. Bagnall for 1940-1976. Includes correspondence, personal diaries, personal writings, research articles, research notes, and business financial records produced, compiled or collected by Mr. Bagnall throughout the course of his life. Fonds also includes some personal papers of Mrs. Luta Bagnall.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Kalamalka Women's Institute from 1914-1982. Includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, paintings, an administrative history of the organization, and a brief history on the settlement of Oyama.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon & District Women's Canadian Club from 1932-1972. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records and lists documenting the organization's inception, activities, financial status and disbanding.

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.

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of H.K. Beairsto from 1924-1960. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, personal writings, and ephemera either produced or collected by Mr. Beairsto throughout his life and career as a teacher and principal. The majority of the fonds concerns his association with the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the Okanagan Valley Teachers' Association.