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Lawless family fonds
Fonds · 1893

Fonds consists of letters to her parents in Nanaimo from Mary Preacher, an invoice for funeral expenses of Mary Preacher, and a grocery invoice.

Lawless (family)
Leighton family fonds
Fonds · [between 1890 and 1910]

Fonds consists of two photograph albums which document the William Leighton family's life. Includes images of the whaling station in Nanaimo, Samuel and Emily Gough, Emily Woodward, Frederick and Russ Leighton, Nanaimo Mandolin Club, the Free Press Building and assorted views of Nanaimo. Most of the photographs are unidentified.

Leighton (family)
Fenwick family fonds
Fonds · 1884-1955

Fonds consists of a collection of papers and photographs of the Fenwick family. The fonds includes correspondence, school certificates, newspaper clippings, watercolour paintings, a sketchbook, photographs and a photo album. It also includes correspondence from Margaret Barton. Fonds also includes papers and photographs of other members of the Fenwick family - Edwin and Edward Fenwick.

Fenwick (family)
Fonds · [199-?]

The collection consists of oral history tapes relating to Prince George, British Columbia. The historical topics are of pioneer lifestyles and experiences; forestry; immigration; and, personal experiences of community growth in Prince George, British Columbia. The collection is arranged in the following series: 1. Pioneer Lifestyle/Experiences; 2. Multi Cultures/Immigration; 3. Industrial/Commercial Services; 4. Prince George History; and, 5. General History.

Isobel Simard fonds
Fonds · 1906-1996

Fonds consists of private records and school records kept by Isobel. Included are diaries of her father J.F. Moore (1895, 1905-1911), an account book and water rights application (1906), correspondence, original manuscripts, list of rural electors (1953, 1971), guest books for the museum, school programs and newsletters, school daybooks and teaching materials, and an album of school photographs.

Simard, Isobel
J.P. Planta fonds
Fonds · 1886-1903

The fonds consists of Magistrate's records for 1889-1891, including depositions and inquest reports, records relating to the financial affairs of Martha O'Sullivan and J.B. Holmes (1886-1898), for whom Plant acted as agent, miscellaneous business papers (1887-1888), photographs, and four notebooks of spiritual, historical and other notes (ca. 1903).

Planta, Joseph Phrys, b. 1839
Fonds · Reprinted ca. 1996

Collection consists of a Cottle-Scholfied family history compiled by Bev Sherry, a funeral programme for Margaret Cottle and two photographs of the Cottle family (1910).

Cyprian Anthony fonds
Fonds · 1918-1964

The fonds consists of a diary/account book that begins in 1918 and ends in 1924. Comments and penmanship practice is written in ink by Cyrpian's wife, Annie Anthony, and ends in 1964. A list of memorabilia includes births and deaths of family members on page two spanning 1882-1922.

Anthony, Cyprian
Donald Graham fonds
Fonds · 1885-2003 and [n.d.], predominant 1981-2002

The fonds consists of biographical information, writings, publications, minutes, memorandums, transcripts of interviews, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, research notes, reviews, press releases, maps, slides, and photographs. The fonds consists of 8 series: Biographical and Writings; Point Atkinson; Subject Files; Keepers of the Light; Correspondence; Maps; Light Stations; and Photographs and Slides. The records have been organized according to either Grahams original filing system or to its overall contents.

Graham, Donald R.
Doris Hills fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1850]-[ca. 1970]

The fonds consists of correspondence, literary papers, certificates, awards, programs, clippings, school records and photographs of Dorothy Hills. The fonds includes early photographs of the Grinsted and Hills families.

Hills, Doris, 1926-
James Andrew Gunn fonds
Fonds · 1922-1968

The fonds consists of personal and family records including correspondence, certificates, reports, legal records, financial records, travel records, poetry, clippings, and photographs. Fonds includes records relating to Gunn's career in the B.C. Provincial Police and with various private companies. The fonds includes records pertaining to a variety of service clubs and community groups in which Gunn was active, including the Native Sons of B.C., New Westminster Post No. 4, the Royal Arch Masons of B.C. (New Westminster and Mission), the Royal "Y" Service Club (New Westminster), BPO Elks Mission Lodge No. 30, Mission and District Boy Scouts Association, the Mission Basketball Club, the Salvation Army (Mission District Committee), the Mission City Volunteer Fire Brigade, Mission City and District Lions Club, the Mission City Soap Box Derby, and the Rotary Club of Mission City No. 6147.

Gunn, James Andrew
Eleanor Cook fonds
Fonds · 1870-1922

The fonds consists of Eleanor Cook's diaries and notebook, poetry, and marriage certificate.

Cook, Eleanor Marion
Marcia Galloway fonds
Fonds · 1986-1999

Fonds consists of material created or collected by Marcia Galloway. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Photographs; 2) Correspondence and 3) Memorabilia.

Galloway, Marcia, 1918-
Marshall Bray fonds
Fonds · 1880-1902

The fonds consists of official commissions as government agent and police magistrate (1909); marriage certificates and childrens' report card and certificates; business correspondence concerning real estate (1892-1899); and letters of administration and estate administration papers for miners who died intestate in an explosion at the Wellington Mine in 1884, including John Lowry, Martin Lowry, Henry Arnold, Barney McGinnes, John Winders, and Domenico Ricono.

Bray, Marshall
Martha A. Kenny fonds
Fonds · 1847-1962, predominant 1930 -1962

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Martha A. Kenny, including correspondence; family photographs and documents, an autograph album (1886), booklet of favourite quotations, a diary, drafts and manuscripts of historical writings including "Notes on Early Days in Nanaimo", "Some of Nanaimo's Early Buildings" transcripts of Cornelius Bryant's journal and letters, numerous articles written by Beth Greenwood and a catalogue of her collection of Indian artifacts. Fonds also includes six scrapbooks, primarily of clippings of historical events but also including one of seaweed specimens and one of dried flowers.

Kenny, Martha A.
Mary and Violet Lane fonds
Fonds · 1923-1949

Fonds consists of undated report cards and a 1923 high school entrance certificate for Mary Lane, Quennell School; domestic science notebooks of Violet Lane (primarily sewing notebooks); a program for the Nanaimo High School production of "The Mikado",1927; and a John Shaw High School Graduation Program 1949.

Lane, Mary
Mary Hardy fonds
Fonds · 1910, 1918, 1943

Fonds consists of a Canada Registration Board card for Mary Hardy (1913), a Victory Bond certificate of sale (1943) and a copy of an undated last will and testament of Peter Woodburn, Hardy's brother.

Hardy, Mary Westmoreland
Robert Carruthers fonds
Fonds · 1921-1968, 1996

Fonds consists of three plans indicating the workings of the Louden-Wakelem slopes and Carruthers slopes of Wellington #9 mine from 1949 until 1964. The latest is incomplete but does include a manuscript schematic drawing of Nanaimo mine locations. Copies of Mr. Carruthers miner's certificates, copies of newspaper articles written about Mr. Carruthers upon his retirement and his textbooks on mining are also included. A number of these are from the International Correspondence School (ICS). Also included are two Special Rules booklets that outline the rules and regulations of Western Fuel Company mines in Nanaimo and descriptions of various mine jobs (shotlighter, bratticemen, loaders etc.).

Carruthers, Robert, b. 1899
Smythe family fonds
Fonds · 1896-[ca. 1929]

The fonds consists of photographs of industry, community groups, sports teams, buildings and individuals in Revelstoke and area. The fonds includes photographs of the Smythe family.

Smythe (family)
Philip Timms fonds
Fonds · 1904-1937

The fonds consists of Timms' photographs of Vancouver and other locations in B.C. depicting individuals and families, scenes and panoramas, businesses, buildings, streets, churches, and various modes of transportation.

Timms, Philip Thomas
Stephen Wells fonds
Fonds · 1899-1901

The fonds consists of Wells' diaries (1899 and 1901) describing daily events in Alberni.

Wells, Stephen, d. 1942
T.L. Browne fonds
Fonds · 1879-1913

The fonds consists of religious and practical booklets, diary of expenses for 1908, memorial card, and letter.

Browne, Thomas L.
Thomas Nicholson fonds
Fonds · 1936

Fonds consists of insurance and driving permit papers of Thomas Nicholson.

Nicholson, Thomas