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Berit Rasmussen fonds
CA LMA MS 59 · Fonds · [ca. 1970-1979]

Fonds consists of several photographs. Includes images of personal friends, Beatrice Hanna and Rev. A.W. Harding, and several Girl Guiding/Brownie events.

Rasmussen, Berit, 1917-
Bernard James Naylor fonds
CA UVICARCH AR098 · Fonds · 1888-1984, predominant 1924-1984

The fonds documents Naylor's life and work as organ scholar and composer. The fonds consists of correspondence to associates, friends and family, 1935-1984; miscellaneous programs, scrapbooks, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs; manuscript choral, instrumental and vocal scores of Naylor's work, and others, 1924-1983; sound recordings of folk songs, chamber music, instrumentals and interviews, and recordings of other composers' work.

Naylor, Bernard James
Berney family fonds
CA DMA CR-14 · Fonds · [191-?]-[192-]

The fonds consists of a family photograph album belonging to Gertrude Berney, photographs of the dedication of the cenotaph (1921), and photographs given to Harley Berney by Frank Beadleson.

Berney (family)
Bert Leaning fonds
CA LMA MS 54 · Fonds · 1910-1960

Fonds consists of 5 albums. Includes photographs of many of the job sites that Bert surveyed for the railway, 1910 and 1911. Also includes photographs of self and friend, J.B. Brown, another surveyor; surveyor crews, Lytton old-timers, and World War I veterans.

Leaning, Bert
Bertha Reynolds fonds
CA DMA CR-71 · Fonds · 1882-[ca. 1977]

The fonds consists of photographs and records of Bertha Reynold's family and her activities as teacher, secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and historian for the Delta Museum Society. The fonds contains Delta Pioneer Record Sheets for 93 families in Delta, B.C. They list the names of Delta families and their members. Information includes: dates of births, location of birth, date of marriages, location of marriage, date of burial, location of burial, grandchildren, and reminiscences. Also included are newspaper articles containing additional information on some of the families, and photographs of family and street scenes, mostly in Delta. The fonds also contains miscellaneous records of Ladner families and a notebook of newspaper clippings of the Delta Board of Trade (1934-36). Family activities on the farm are documented in photographs. The fonds also consists of six notebooks containing minutes, clippings and literature pertaining to the British and Foreign Bible Society from 1936-1977.

Reynolds, Bertha, 1903-
Betty Burton fonds
Fonds · 1914-1944

Fonds consists of hand-written original manuscripts by Betty Burton. Includes Betty's story of teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in 1928 in Fort Fraser, a story of Lillian Alling's walk from New York to Dawson in a bid to reach Russia, a history of the Young Ranger Bands, a description of Betty's trip with family from England to Oyama in 1914, a description of two camping holidays in 1944 in Mara and Mabel Lake, a description of a trip down the Shuswap River in a row boat in 1919, and a description of the natural geography of the North Okanagan. It includes a few notes and several lengthy letters to her parents describing in detail experiences during a cruise on the 'Aurania' from Montreal to the Caribbean and around South America to San Francisco and Vancouver in 1940. Fonds also includes certificates from Enderby High School and Provincial Normal School (1922, 1925), a list of settlers' effects (1947) and an autograph album with original drawing and paintings and notes from friends in 1925-1931.

Burton, Betty
Betty Gregory fonds
CA EMA V991.42 · Fonds · 1922-1925

The fonds consists of photographs of Witmer's Esquimalt Road store and Witmer family home, as well as of Shelly's Bakery truck.

Gregory, Betty
Bick family fonds
CA VHEC RA012 · Fonds · 1868-2002

Fonds consists of photograph albums, loose photographs, books, memoir, table cloth and official documents relating to the lives of members of the Bick family. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: Werner Bick memoir series (2002), Prayer books series (1868–1933), Bick family photographs series ([1891?]–[200-]), Siegfried and Johanna Bick emigration documents series (1938–1939) and Household object series ([before 1979]).

Bick family
Biggs family fonds
Fonds · 1883-1911

The fonds consists of baptismal certificates for children of Henry and John Biggs and a stock certificate in the Prince Rupert-Nanaimo Collieries Ltd., 1911.

Biggs (family)
Bird family fonds
Fonds · 1899-1941

The fonds consists of personal records of George Bird including correspondence, bills, receipts, Christmas cards, diary (1902), copies of newspaper and magazine article written by Bird, scrapbooks and an historical account by Bird of early life in Alberni and Port Alberni; business records of George Bird including monthly timebooks (1899-1913) and records of customer orders (1910-1915) for Bird's sawmill operations. Fonds includes school certificates of Doris and Florence Bird and Doris Bird's historical accounts of sawmills in the Alberni area.

Bird (family)
Bob Hassard fonds
CA FFG 980.1 · Fonds · 1919-1929

The fonds consists of personal papers, receipts, licences, and other material.

Hassard, Bob
Bordessa family fonds
CA SAM MS 7 · Fonds · 1913-1936

The fonds is divided into five series containing family photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles related to Bernard Bordessa's career and life, and a qualification certificate.

Bordessa (family)
Branchflower family fonds
Fonds · 1902-1961

The fonds consists of correspondence, a school certificate, photographs, and family tree information related to the Mathewson family of Glasgow, Scotland.

Branchflower (family)
Brian Fawcett fonds
CA UNBC 1996.2 · Fonds · 1951-2006

Fonds consists of personal papers, books, manuscripts, photographic materials, audio recordings and electronic records arranged into five series, which relate to Mr. Fawcett's personal life, his creative works and his relationships with members of the literary community.

Fawcett, Brian
CA SFU F-148 · Collection · 1989

The collection consists of audio cassette recordings of the interviews and associated paper documentation (biographical forms and interview summaries) for each of the women who participated. Twelve women were interviewed. The names of the interviewers and interviewees are:

  • Beverly Ann Carlson interviewed by Anda Jones.

  • Bertha Cochrane interviewed by Linda Henderson.

  • Suzanne Crawford interviewed by Pat Newton.

  • Kathleen Dawson interviewed by Linda Cluelett.

  • Ann St. Clair Ecclestone inteviewed by Jane Ecclestone.

  • Jean Ferguson interviewed by Marsha Ferguson.

  • Melitha Rose Kraus interviewed by Laurie Doig.

  • Patricia Mazzarella Larson interviewed by Angela M. Larson.

  • Violet Piersma interviewed by Peter van Drongelen.

  • Florence Vilma Shannon; interviewer not recorded.

  • Miyako Shinkawa interviewed by Debbie Shinkawa.

  • Ilo Urquart; interviewer not recorded.

Note that there is no paper documentation for one of the interviewees (Ilo Urquart).

McPherson, Kathryn
Brooke family fonds
Fonds · 1913-1943

The fonds consists of material from Ruth Brooke's educational correspondence courses, personal correspondence, flyers and brochures, one photograph, tuberculosis testing records for cows, herd milk and butterfat production records, Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada records, blank forms, and newspaper clippings both related and unrelated to Salmon Arm.

Brooke (family)
Brown family fonds
CA EMA 993.4 · Fonds · [ca. 1915]-1992

The fonds consists of photographs of the Brown family house in Esquimalt and financial papers relating to Brown family ownership.

Brown (family)
Fonds · 1912-1919

The fonds consists of a diary describing weather and general activities at Deep Cove on the Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island.

Layard, Brownlow Billiers
Burns family fonds
CA WVAN 001 · Fonds · 1883-1977

The fonds consists of records of Jack Burns and the Burns family, including photographs, an album containing over 400 photographs, three journals of the the West Vancouver Ratepayers Association from 1913 to 1933, miscellaneous real estate documents, family correspondence, and biographical information.

Fonds is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Family records
Series 2: West Vancouver Ratepayers Association records
Series 3: Photographs

Burns (family)
Burton Roy Campbell fonds
Fonds · 1940

The fonds consists of 2 manuscripts: "The Kootenay Mail (Revelstoke's Second Newspaper) April 14, 1894 to December 30, 1905" and "Early Days in Revelstoke Band (1896 1904)".

Campbell, Burton Roy
Bush family fonds
CA LCM MSS 165 · Fonds · 1914-1918

The fonds consists of a Methodist Sunday School card for Frances Sidney Bush (1916) and a Methodist Sunday School Cradle Roll card for William John Bush (1914), Certificates of Life Membership for Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Bush of Briercrest, Sask., 2 certificates from the Canadian Society of the Red Cross, one from the Manitoba and Saskatchewan auxiliary of the Canadian Bible Society, and one from the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (1917-1918).

Bush (family)
Byron Johnson fonds
CA UVICARCH AR074 · Fonds · 1916-1964

The fonds consists of records documenting Johnson's political and business careers, including constitutions and bylaws of political organizations, trade agreements, political cartoons and clippings; business records including correspondence, daily journals, financial records and contracts; personal family correspondence and insurance records, Johnson's army diary, and records relating to Byron's father, Oliver Johnson; photographs of the Johnson family and of Johnson with his cabinet and colleagues; correspondence regarding Johnson's work with the RCAF; publications, including newsletters, magazines, journals, annual reports and copies of speeches, some of which are annotated by Johnson or contain photographs, articles or obituaries about him; records regarding the visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Victoria, October 1951, including invitations to functions and photograph album of the visit prepared by the Daily Colonist newspaper.

Johnson, Byron Ingemar
CA LCM MSS 178 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1977]

The fonds consists of 3 B.C. Public Schools Roll of Honour Certificates awarded to Annie Cameron (1890) and Elizabeth Cameron (1890) of Langley Prairie, B.C., and Magnus Lloyd Smith (1914) of Milner, B.C. Fonds also includes 2 copied newspaper clippings pertaining to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron and the old Langley Post Office (1924), and a handwritten marriage certificate from 1874 for Alex Cameron and Harriet Roberts from East Williams, Ont.

Cameron (family)
Candace House fonds
CA FTST MS 10 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-]

Fonds consists of the correspondence from the Galbraith family to Candace House from 1903-1908. Includes a letter from Imo to Ida, 1887.

House, Candace L.
Capadouca family fonds
CA DMA CR-10 · Fonds · [ca. 1930-1946]

This fonds consists of one autograph book belonging to Peter Demosten, and six photographs relating to the Capadouca family's activities on Deas Island.

Capadouca (family)