Fonds consists of the financial records (2 bank books) of the Vernon-Okanagan Industrial Exposition Association from 1947-1948. One bank book contains the debits and credits of the association's Bank of Montreal account. No explanations for all incoming and outgoing monies are listed. The second book is for the Association's CIBC account. This book is set up like an account ledger, separating various categories in order to track the monies collected and spent through each. Includes accounts for the rental of commercial space, advertising, car ticket sales, gate receipts, program sales, treasury chest accounts, miscellaneous expenses, and food concessions.
Vernon-Okanagan Industrial Exposition AssociationFonds consists of the personal records of Anna Cail from [1940]- 1984. Includes correspondence, legal agreements, financial records, a radio playscript, a thesis, and ephemera.
Cail, Anna, 1911-Fonds documents Ken Ellison's life from 1946-2002. Personal records include correspondence, both personal and legal; personal data documents; research material for his Price Ellison book; and ephemera.
Ellison, Kenneth Vernon, 1926-Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon Jockey Club from 1913-1968. Includes correspondence, minutes, legal documents, financial records, and miscellaneous shareholder records which document the clubs' administrative history and community activities.
Vernon Jockey ClubFonds documents Mabel Grayston Ellison's life from 1985-1994. Business and personal records include correspondence, financial and legal records, personal data documents, and lists of possessions.
Ellison, Mabel GraystonFonds contains Herbert Ellison's personal data documents including CEF discharge certificates (1918,1919), American Social Security card and letter of reference (1936), official copy of his 1933 marriage certificate (1953), and final decree of divorce (1954).
Ellison, John Herbert TurnerFonds contains an autograph book given to Anna by her mother for Christmas, 1900. Friends and relatives have contributed photographs, poems, and sayings. Two cards and a signed napkin are inserted in the book.
Ellison, Anna JohnsonFonds documents the life of Elizabeth Ellison from 1913-1917, 1931, and 1959-1968. Includes correspondence, financial records and ephemera.
Ellison, Elizabeth McIlvaineFonds documents the life of Myra DeBeck from 1956-1961. Includes correspondence, personal writings and personal data documents.
DeBeck, Myra KingFonds contains the personal records of Ellen Ellison from 1904-1913. Includes correspondence from Arthur H. Sovereign, her sister Myra and her cousin Myra. Also includes financial records from 1905-1906 concerning Havergal Ladies' College.
Ellison, Ellen FearnaughtFonds documents the life of Sophia Ellison from 1884-1932. Includes personal correspondence, legal records, and personal ephemera.
Ellison, Sophia ChristineFonds documents the personal and business life of Price Ellison from 1868-1929. Includes correspondence, legal documents, financial records, an interview transcript, and ephemera which documents both the family and public life of Mr. Ellison.
Ellison, PriceFonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon Operatic Society from 1935-1939. Includes correspondence, minutes and financial records documenting the Society's production activities.
Vernon Operatic SocietyFonds consists of the records of Jo Jones concerning her research and consequent publication of books and articles, in particular "Hobnobbing with a Countess". Includes correspondence, legal agreements, research material, personal writings, publications, ephemera, books and magazines, and photos.
Jones, Jo Fraser, 1935-Fonds consists of the personal records of Alex Craig. Includes correspondence and ephemera.
Craig, AlexFonds consists of three diaries (1913-1915) with almost daily entries detailing Adrian's arrival in Canada in 1913, his partnership with his brother Norman, and his many social activities.
Moncrieff, Adrian W.Fonds consists of the personal records of Marie Houghton Brent from 1908-1966. Includes correspondence, personal writings, certificates, and ephemera.
Brent, Marie HoughtonFonds consists of the administrative records of Beairsto Elementary School from 1926-1950, with the majority of the records dated 1948-1949. Includes accident reports, annual reports, job applications, attendance records, BCTF information, film rentals, board & room availability, cafeteria, correspondence, Dept. of Education, drama festival, education week, entertainment, equipment, forestry program, textbook orders, film orders, information on handedness, health, income tax, school inspectors, IQ test results, juvenile delinquency, school library, student teachers, Okanagan Valley Teachers' Association, parents' letters, PTA, student records, memberships, psychology, Red Cross, scholarships, school plans, school publications, sound equipment, special classes, staff, summer school, superannuation, tests, and writing lessons. Records are arranged alphabetically by subject or event.
Beairsto Elementary SchoolFonds consists of the personal records of Lt-Col Donald R. Cameron from 1940-1986. Includes correspondence, service records and certificates, medical records, educational material, clippings,and ephemera.
Cameron, Donald R.Fonds consists of the personal records of Arthur, Ellen, and Art Sovereign. Includes correspondence, diary, personal data documents, personal writings, research material, sermon notes, lecture notes, scrapbook, genealogy, ephemera, and photographs.
Sovereign (family)Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of A.L. Fortune which detail his life from 1866-1915. Includes the original (ca.1910-1915) and transcript (1955) of his manuscript of reminiscences, as well as some correspondence.
Fortune, Alexander L.Fonds consists of the adminstrative records of the Vernon Cricket Club from 1938-1962. Includes the constitution, minutes, correspondence, financial records, lists, rules, clippings and press releases, and ephemera.
Vernon Cricket ClubFonds consists of the administrative records of the Wood Lake Improvement District. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal records, by-laws, reports, lists, certificates, notes, and maps and plans.
Wood Lake Improvement DistrictCollection consists of photocopies of the records and documents Ken Ellison used for research into the role of irrigation districts in Oyama from 1892 to 2000, culminating in the publication of 'Irrigation is King!' in 2000. Includes reports (1921-2000), water rights and licences, including those of V.E Ellison (1888-1984), pre-emptions (1870-1916), maps (1890-1966), receipts (1997, 1999), clippings (1989-1997), and water rights legislation (1897-1994). Also includes information about the Commonage (1890-1992), Long Lake Irrigation Co. (1909-1924), municipalities of Okanagan and Mission (1893-1995), Oyama Irrigation District (1923-1996), Wood Lake Cannery (1909), Wood Lake Fruitlands Co. (1907-1914, 1962), and Wood Lake Water Co. (1910-1995). Also includes a manuscript of "Irrigation is King!'.
Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Irrigation District from 1928-1991.
Oyama Irrigation District