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Jack E. Work fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1890-1994]

Fonds consists of photographs, memorabilia and reference material predominantly related to Mr. Work's model railroad work. Fonds is arranged in three series: 1) Photographs; 2) Memorabilia and 3) Reference.

Work, Jack Enoch
James Hardy fonds
Fonds · 1904-1905

Fonds consists of a booklet which is inscribed "James Hardy, Nanaimo B.C." and which contains handwritten notes on steam boilers, pressures, etc. Also includes certificates issued to James Hardy for competency as a third class engineer and steam plant operator.

Hardy, James
John C. McGuffie fonds
Fonds · 1894-1904

Fonds consists of six educational certificates of John C. McGuffie.

McGuffie, John C.
John Cass fonds
Fonds · 1965-1993

Fonds consists of material generated and accumulated by John Cass in his role as unofficial Nanaimo historian. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Manuscripts; 3) Research files and 4) Newspaper Clippings; 5) and Photographs.

Cass, John, 1921-
John Hofman collection
Fonds · 1998

Collection consists of pen and ink drawings of the following: 610 Selby Street (Beck Residence); 755 Terminal Avenue (Wardill Residence); 28 Front Street (Tom Brown's Autobody); detail of 28 Front Street; 102 Fry Street Young Residence); 2 images of the Miner's Cottage known as the Rowbottom Residence (at 100 Cameron Road); St. Paul's Church; 279 Selby Street (Gilbert Residence) detail; 17 Church Street (Great National Land Building) detail; 673 Selby Street (Sullivan Residence) detail; 133 Milton (Wood Residence) detail; an Eagle's Hall detail; a doodle that appears to be a likeness of a petroglyph; and two homes on Cranberry Avenue. The drawings were created by Hofman for the Heritage Commission's publication Columns, Cornices and Coal (1998).

John MacDonald fonds
Fonds · 1902-1905

The fonds consists of receipts for various goods and services.

Macdonald, John
John Oliphant collection
Fonds · Photocopied 1991 (originally created ca. 1930)

Collection consists of research material used by Oliphant for the book "Brother XII; The Incredible Story of Canada's False Prophet and His Doomed Cult of Gold, Sex and Black Magic". Materials include photocopied clippings, photographs and articles about Brother XII. Also includes original photographs of Victor B. Harrison and of a labret.

Oliphant, John collector
John Sabiston fonds
Fonds · 1877-1902

The fonds consists of pilots licences (1877, 1880), a letter to Mrs. Sabiston from the Nanaimo Pilotage Authority offering condolences on her husband's death (1902), and a copy of the Nanaimo Pilotage bylaws (1883).

Sabiston, John, d. 1902
Fonds · 1939-1941

The fonds consists of minutes and correspondence of the student council, as well as student newspapers.

John Shaw High School. Student Council
Fonds · 1925-1952

Collection consists of a John Shaw high school songbook (1925),'The Bastion', a school annual and newspaper for 1938, 1941, 1944 and 1952; a playbill for "Up on Old Smoky".

John Shaw High School
John Thompson fonds
Fonds · 1951

Fonds consists of correspondence including a letter from Major J.S. Matthews, City of Vancouver Archivist, and an invitation to the opening of the new City Hall in Nanaimo.

Thompson, John, d. 1967
Joseph Dawson fonds
Fonds · 1911-1920

The fonds consists of a diary recording daily work hours and location, personal accounts and activities; certificate of competency and dues card from the United Mine Workers of America.

Dawson, Joseph
Fonds · [Reprinted 2001]

Fonds consists of images of the 1960 fire that razed most of Chinatown. June Leahy, who took all the colour slides, used one of the earliest SLR Pentax cameras while Bill Leahy, who took most of the black and white photographs, used a Leica camera. The photographs of the day after the fire were taken by June. The Leahys were friends with RCMP Staff Sergeant Earle Sarsiat who notified Bill Leahy of the fire; the Leahys were on site soon after the fire was reported.

Leahy, June, 1917-
Fonds · [Reprinted 199-]

The fonds consists predominantly of reprinted images of photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s. Subjects include the Civic Arena, May Day Parade, Roller Rink, locomotives, Central Sports Grounds and Jung at various activities.

Jung, Kin Lee
Fonds · 1933, 1950

Fonds consists of an official copy of an Order-in-Council issued by the federal Department of Public Works approving an application by Kneen's Builder's Supplies to build a wharf in Commercial Inlet (1950). Also includes correspondence from the Public Works Department (1933) and a hand drawn sketch of the subject area.

Kneen's Builder's Supplies
Fonds · 1930-1941

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Ladies Lawn Bowling Club in Nanaimo.

Ladies Lawn Bowling Club (Nanaimo, B.C.)
Larsen, Norris family fonds
Fonds · 1885-1951

Fonds consists of family papers and photographs of the Larsen, Norris and related families.

Larsen (family)
Laurence Manson fonds
Fonds · 1878-1905, [194-]

Fonds consists predominantly of the business and personal records of Laurence Manson but also includes some records of other family members. The fonds is arranged in two series: 1) Business records and 2) Personal records.

Manson, Laurence
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)
Leo F. LePas fonds
Fonds · 1932, 1933

Fonds consists of records related to LePas's insurance agency and includes correspondence and sketches of the Union Hotel area in Cumberland and the City Works yard on Prideaux Street in Nanaimo.

LePas, Leo F., d. 1980
Fonds · [190-]-1967, 1995

Fonds consists of the personal papers of the McGill and Cunningham families. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Photographs; 2) Certificates; 3) Correspondence; 4) Sketch book and art work; 5) Diaries and 6) Miscellaneous.

McGill (family)
McLay family fonds
Fonds · 1894-1928

The fonds consists of family papers, including marriage and birth certificates and photographs, and records of Thomas McLay relating to his tugboat business, including a 1920 log and account book and letters of reference and qualifications.

McLay (family)
McLean family fonds
Fonds · 1892-1921

The fonds consists of property tax assessments and receipts for various Nanaimo properties and general receipts (1895-1915) from Nanaimo businesses and residents, particularly for orders of lumber.

McLean (family)
Fonds · Photocopied ca. 1993

Fonds consists of correspondence from the Colonial Secretary to the Nanaimo Magistrate's office (1863) and an issue of the Government Gazette of Vancouver Island, May 9, 1865.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Nanaimo Magistrate's Office