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Jack Boothe fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 276 · Fonds · 1916-1973

The fonds consists of records created and received by Jack Boothe in relation to his career as a cartoonist. Records include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cartoons, cartoon scrap books, published books on cartoons and other materials.

Boothe, John William D.
John Bell fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 144 · Fonds · 1867-1948

The fonds consists of Bell's birth and baptismal certificates together with the timber scaler licence application and his memoirs. There are also pencil sketches and sketch maps to illustrate the memoirs. Included is a photograph of a diary page.

Bell, John Warren
John Davidson fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 505 · Fonds · 1897-1975

The fonds consists of typescripts and notes to public addresses delivered by Davidson on a number of topics, 1912-1951; scientific notes on botany; religious notes on Davidson's work with the Baptist Church, 1934-1945; typescript essays; correspondence; scrapbooks of clippings 1897-1975; and photographs.

Davidson, John
John Emerson fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 623 · Fonds · 1948-1968

The fonds consists of incoming correspondence, both personal and business, typescripts of his outgoing correspondence to Vera Thompson, receipts, two notebooks with various writings and newspaper clippings.

Emerson, John
John Leckie fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 45 · Fonds · 1869-1955

The fonds consists of diaries, 1894-1895, and correspondence, 1869-1955, the earliest of which concerns several members of the Leckie family. There is also business correspondence, 1910-1947. There are photographs of military and other subjects, maps, and mining surveys. There are also printed works, 1881-1951, essays of B.C. and the North, clippings of military events, mining news and the Cocos Island Venture. There are two scrapbooks of clippings, one of the Leckie family's history, the other of World War I.

Leckie, John Edwards
John Monk fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 377 · Fonds · 1949-1961

The fonds consists of daily journals kept at work for the years 1949-1961.

Monk, John L.
John Painter fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 148 · Fonds · [ca. 1907]

The fonds consists of Painter's personal record of location, assessed value and ownership of land in the Town of Hastings (made sometime prior to 1911).

Painter, John Henry
John Sprott fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 818 · Fonds · 1885-1888, 1899

The fonds consists of two letterbooks (1885-1888, 1899) of outward letters from Sprott, Road Inspector, concerning road building and maintenance, primarily in the Lower Mainland.

Sprott, John Hardie
Henry A. Tabbers fonds
CA CVAN CVA 344 · Fonds · 1970

The fonds consists of Tabber's photographs of scenic views of costal mountains and inlets.

Tabbers, Henry A.
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 600 · Fonds · 1927-1963

The fonds consists of correspondence relating to the social and organizational activities; minutes and membership lists; and notices of meetings from Vancouver Post No. 2 and New Westminster Post No. 4. In addition, there is information on the Fort Langley historic site and oriental exclusion. Also included are clippings and information on local sports events, Christmas cards and other published items.

Native Sons of British Columbia. MacMillan Post No. 9
Nelson's Drug Store fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 613 · Fonds · 1901-1902

The fonds consists of a single volume of prescriptions from 1901 to 1902.

Nelson's Drug Store
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 440 · Fonds · [Microfilmed 1975]

The fonds consists of minutes, 1906-1961; letterbooks 1888-1909; financial records 1883-1917 for membership; annual reports 1897, 1949-1974; and clippings 1923-1925.

New Westminster Board of Trade
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 123 · Fonds · 1912-1935

The fonds consists of receipts and bills, 1912-1935.

Mercantile Mortgage Company
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1431 · Fonds · 1941-1970

Fonds contains photographs and drawings of buildings designed by Mercer & Mercer Architects. Fonds also includes a certificate of registration for Andrew Lamb Mercer from the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.

Mercer and Mercer Architects
Miller family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 819 · Fonds · 1869-1983

The fonds consists of photocopies of various histories, notes, correspondence, photographs and genealogical information on the Miller and Springer families to 1983.

Miller (family)
Mitchell-Dwelly family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 504 · Fonds · 1883-1960

The fonds consists of minutes of the Lynn Valley Institute, 1913-31; correspondence, 1917-1948; World War II memorabilia; postcards, 1935-38; certificate, 1883; unemployment insurance card, 1950; income tax return, 1949; hospitalization and insurance claims, 1948-50; membership cards, 1920; and clippings, ca. 1952. The fonds also includes some of Elizabeth Aston's correspondence with her sister in England during World War I.

Mitchell-Dwelly (family)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 715 · Fonds · 1955-1976

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, notes and published items. There are papers from J.T. Cork relating to Cassiar and Hastings-Sunrise area issues; records from the Lower Mainland Metro Council of Ratepayers; notes and correspondence of Mrs. Alice Mackenzie documenting her protests over property assessment practices; records of the Vancouver Central Council of Ratepayers; and cassette tape recordings of interviews.

Municipal History Society (Vancouver, B.C.)
Nathaniel Rolph fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 155 · Fonds · 1915-1931

The fonds consists of correspondence and various notes dating largely from World War I. There are also various official documents belonging to Rolph, as well as photographs, postcards and souvenir pamphlets.

Rolph, Nathaniel, d. 1933
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 462;Add. MSS. 1032 · Fonds · 1960-1989, predominant 1967-1979

The fonds consists of Board of Directors (minutes and correspondence), 1967-1986; Operational Records (correspondence outwards, subject files and administration files), 1970-1986; Public Relations (general files, invitations, publicity for individual plays) 1963-1989; Productions (notes, correspondence and contracts) 1963-1988; Production Scripts; Personnel records, 1955-1975; and publications 1963-1989. Included within the fonds are programs, handbills, posters, scripts, photographs and plans. There is also material from Playhouse Holiday Theatre, the children's wing of the theatre.

Playhouse Centre of British Columbia
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 559 · Fonds · 1953-1982

The fonds consists of the records of both organizations, including minutes, correspondence, notices to members, submissions to Council, clippings, maps, plans and photographs.

Point Grey Road (North Side) and Cameron Avenue Ratepayers Association
Pro-choice Records fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1486 · Fonds · [1960-2007]

The fonds consists of of correspondence, notes, published items, audio cassettes and photographs all related to the pro-choice movement. Correspondence and notes pertain to various pro-choice groups and organizations. Published items include newspapers, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, posters, pamphlets, leaflets, and articles. Audio cassettes pertain to the Everywoman's Health Centre which is an abortion clinic in Vancouver. Photographs depict various marches, rallies, and organizations put on by pro-choice groups. The majority of the fonds is reference materials, with a large percentage of newspaper clippings.;The fonds is arranged into 5 series: News, views, and actions of the pro-choice movement; Pro-choice groups; Anti-abortionists; Dr. Henry Morgentaler; and Audio cassettes.

Pro-choice Movement
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1390 · Fonds · 1927-1941

Fonds consists of: photocopy of "typical plan . . . Drawing no. 2" (Sept. 1927); a brochure ("Vancouver's finest furnished or unfurnished apartments : 1101 Nicola Street, corner Pendrell Street", includes illustrations, ca. 1930; a contact sheet of 4 frames of photographs by Campbell Studios (exterior and interiors), ca. 1935; a blank rental form, ca. 1940; and an "Interim Receipt" for purchase of the building, 6 Feb. 1941, signed by N. A. Larsen and the agents for the owner, Macaulay, Nicolls, Maitland & Co. City Council passed a by-law to designate 1101 Nicola Street as a heritage property in 1997 (by-law no. 7814). Arranged chronologically.

Queen Charlotte Apartments (Vancouver, B.C.)
Reinhard Hoffmeister fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 516 · Fonds · 1896-1898

The fonds consists of letters of patent for an electric gold mining machine, including diagrams, 1898, and a combined brake and footrest for bicycles, 1898.

Hoffmeister, Reinhard
Richard Cousins fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 864 · Fonds · 1910-1912

The fonds consists of invoices from various suppliers to Cousins pertaining to his business.

Cousins, Richard