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Fonds · 1909-1910, 1924-1926

The fonds consists of assessment rolls for Princeton indicating assessment value of land and taxes paid.

Princeton Assessment District
CA BOU BM 993-011 · Fonds · 1949-1958

The fonds consists of records of the Provincial Collector at Penticton relating to tax assessment and sales of property of the Cascade Development Company and Columbia and Western Railway Company in the Kettle River Valley in the Boundary region of B.C.

British Columbia. Provincial Collector (Penticton, B.C.)
Ray Williston fonds
CA UNBC 2000.13 · Fonds · 1914-1999, predominant 1954-1999

The fonds consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Ray Williston's life from childhood to recent times, one interview on audio cassette, correspondence and reports relating to Mr. Williston's government and private work, and miscellaneous textual material.

Williston, Ray Gillis, 1914-
Fonds · 1900-1922

The fonds consists of accounts, fire reports, apparatus roll books, correspondence, constitution, bylaws and rules, and receipts.

Revelstoke Fire Brigade No. 2
Fonds · 1990

The fonds consists of information correlated by the Archeology Branch of B.C. concerning sites along the Shuswap River from Mabel Lake to Ashton Creek. Includes one letter, photocopies of 5 maps, 8 pages describing individual archaeological sites, and 2 pages describing the Borden system of site identification.

Shuswap River Heritage Sites
Fonds · 1933-1942

The fonds consists of minutes of meeting of the South Wellington Board of School Trustees.

South Wellington School District
CA EDM 997-24-08 · Fonds · 1924-1950

Fonds consists of photocopies of minutes and financial records of the Springbend School Board plus some minutes of School District #21 discussing the closure of Springbend School. Also includes promotion registers 1939-1947.

Springbend School Board
CA MMB L126;L242;L243;L304;L305;L306;L487 · Fonds · 1861-1907

The fonds consists of bound volumes of correspondence, including to and from the Admiralty (1861-1881), relating to the establishment and operation of the naval base in Esquimalt; letter and document (1872-1873) from the Admiralty regarding the boundary between Canada and the United States; bound correspondence (1903-1907) to the Admiralty and others concerning the closing down of the Esquimalt Navy yard; and records (1904-1905) relating to requirements for proposed new works at the Esquimalt yard.

Great Britain. Royal Navy. Pacific Station
Rykerts Customs Office fonds
Fonds · 1905-1960

The fonds consists of register of export entries (1905-1960) and bound appraiser's bulletins.

Canada. Rykerts Customs Office
Fonds · ca. 1900-ca. 1990

Collection consists of government records, documents, photographs, correspondence, and brochures related to the Sechelt area and the history of the Sunshine Coast. Donors include the University Women's Club and St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary.

Fonds · 1936-1943

The fonds consists of accounts and minutes of the North Cedar Board of School Trustees.

North Cedar School Board
Fonds · 1928-1940

The fonds consists of a minute book of the Northfield Board of School Trustees, which also records minutes of meetings of the Northfield School District Ratepayers Association.

Northfield School District
Fonds · 1775-1985

The collection consists of nautical charts created by over forty institutions, including the Canadian Hydrographic Service, the Admiralty Hydrographic Office, the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, the Danish Hydrographic Office, the London Board of Trade and the British East Indian Company. The largest number focus on waters around British Columbia, along with a number of surveys charting the coast of Alaska. The collection also includes charts, including Admiralty charts, of water of the United States, Europe, Africa, and Australia and New Zealand. The collection also contains LORAN charts, meteorological charts, fleet reviews and shipwreck charts.

CA WVAN 028 · Fonds · 1979-
 The fonds consists of material generated and collected by the West Vancouver Historical Society, who play a significant role in the preservation and promotion of local history in West Vancouver. The fonds includes records relating to the administration of the society, including policies, procedures, agendas, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, reports, newsletters, publications, as well as photographs, audio cassettes, video reels, and technical drawings. The fonds also consists of archival material donated by their members including historical essays, documents, photographs, and slides.

The fonds is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Executive records
Series 2: General and annual meetings
Series 3: Executive correspondence
Series 4: Policies and procedures
Series 5: Financial records
Series 6: Correspondence with other historical associations
Series 7: Membership
Series 8: West Vancouver Community Arts Council
Series 9: Society newsletter
Series 10: Public relations
Series 11: Gertrude Lawson house
Series 12: Ferry building
Series 13: Social events
Series 14: Publications about heritage planning and legislation
Series 15: Member donations of archival material

West Vancouver Historical Society
CA LCM MSS 51 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1973]

The collection consists of copies of the original signatures of the 29 petitioners who requested the incorporation of the Langley and Derby district into a municipality on March 23, 1872, and typed lists of the petitioners' names [1973].

CA UVICARCH AR273 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1987]

The collection consists of copies of Avio's articles on capital punishment; and photocopies of summaries of capital cases as prepared by the Remissions Services Office (Minister of Justice), which were submitted to Cabinet for consideration of clemency, on advice to the Governor General.

CA KMA 72.63.2 · Fonds · 1914-1920

The fonds consists of a daily record book of the Field, B.C., Detachment.

British Columbia Provincial Police. Field Detachment
B.C. Provincial Police fonds
CA LCM MSS 103;MSS 104;MSS 105;MSS 234;MSS 235 · Fonds · 1899-1954

The fonds consists of a 2-page manuscript "A Brief History of the B.C. Provincial Police", a daily journal (1899-1907) for an unidentified detachment of the British Columbia Provincial Police compiled by Otway Wilkie and describing police activities in the Fraser Valley, a journal (1937) compiled by Constable S.M. Millar of the Barkerville Detachment describing police activities in the Barkerville and Wells area, and a daily journal (1906-1911) of the New Westminster office, blank BCPP stationery, 2 copies of the BCPP Regulations (1924, 1937), and 2 issues of the "Shoulder Strap", the BCPP journal. Fonds also consists of detailed records of the BCPP's Langley, B.C. Police Department, primarily compiled by Police Chiefs Robert Macklin and C.Y. Robertson, including ledgers containing records of cases and dispositions (1924-1927, 1934, 1939-1942), Provincial Police Court records (1912, 1924-1925, 1942-1954), semi-annual reports to the Langley Board of Police Commissioners (1925, 1937-1939), minutes of the Langley Board of Police Commissioners (1912-1938), a 1935 citation for a medal awarded to R. Macklin by His Majesty the King, and a 1932 petition to the Police Commissioners of the Municipality of Langley requesting reconsideration in the matter of the Police Chief.

British Columbia Provincial Police
CA UVICARCH AR020 · Fonds · 1952-1987

The fonds includes the research records and documents of the research group created and collected in the course of the project, which include theses, essays, interviews, papers, articles, news paper clippings, press releases, statistics, reports, acts and bills, oral history interview transcripts and tapes, and other records relating to the subject area of the project. The files also include transcripts of interviews with B C politicians and government administrators and research material gathered from a number of sources. Subjects include aboriginal issues, economic development, education, energy, environment, health, labour, land use, the legislative process, federalism, forestry, political parties, public service, and women's experience. The fonds consists of the following series: Catalogue series,1978-1983, Data Bank series, 1952-1983, and Oral history interview series, 1964-1987. All files were assigned a Data Bank Number by project staff (DB No. 1-1058). Several unnumbered files have been assigned numbers by Archives staff (DB No. 1059-1066).

University of Victoria (B.C.). B.C. Project Research Group
CA DMA CR-8 · Fonds · 1940-1977

The fonds consists of administrative records from the British Columbia Assessment Authority and the Corporation of Delta. The fonds consists of correspondence, the majority of which is concerned with the confirmation of lease contracts by private citizens, corporations, and the Corporation of Delta. Here the lease contract is summarized and includes location and size of lot, length of lease, and rental cost. Other correspondence includes requests for information on clarification of lease contracts, tax assessment, status of other properties, and land survey reports. Also, there are lists of foreshore leases, survey plans, survey maps, two examination sketches, and copies of lease contracts.

British Columbia Assessment Authority
Addison family fonds
Fonds · 1909-1991, predominant [195-]

Fonds consists of family papers and memorabilia of the Addison family. Includes letters and cards sent for Jane Addison's one-hundredth birthday in 1988, certificates from various fraternal societies and service organizations, materials related to the Queen's 1953 Coronation, photographs predominantly related to George Addison's aldermanic duties. Also includes class lists and other materials related to the John Shaw School reunion organized by Audrey Curtis (nee Addison) in 1991.

Addison (family)
Alex Eastwood fonds
CA JCN 1994-69 · Fonds · 1942-1943

The fonds consists of records relating to the internment of Japanese Canadians. Records include photographs of the internment camps at Hastings Park, as well as other camps in B.C. and Alberta. Fonds also includes two government reports entitled: "The Administration of Japanese Affairs in Canada, 1942-1944, Removal of Japanese from Protected Areas", and "The Hastings Park Clearing Station".

Eastwood, Alex
City of Nanaimo Pound fonds
Fonds · 1912-1953

Fonds consists of a record book (1912-1953) which lists each impounded animal, the claimant's name and address, and charges and a notice of impoundment (1915) signed by Pound Keeper, Jack Aitken (1915).

Nanaimo (B.C.). City Pound
CA DMA 1993-22;1990-002;1991-101 · Fonds · 1951-1988

The fonds consists of records created and received by the Engineering Department of the Corporation of Delta, and its predecessors. Fonds contains records arising from various functions of the Engineering Department, such as the construction and/or maintenance of roads, wharves, railways, water lines, sewers, and natural gas lines. Fonds also includes administrative records, records arising from garbage collection activities, and records arising from environmental awareness activities. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, articles, notes, plans, field work records and other materials.

Delta (B.C.). Engineering Dept.