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Michaud family fonds
CA LCM MSS 179 · Fonds · 19--

The fonds consists of a brief history of the Michaud family's settlement in the Langley, B.C., area, family trees, newspaper clippings, and pictures of family members. Fonds also includes a brief history of the Langley Catholic Parish, which was first held in the Michaud house in the 19th century.

Michaud (family)
CA LCM MSS 178 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1977]

The fonds consists of 3 B.C. Public Schools Roll of Honour Certificates awarded to Annie Cameron (1890) and Elizabeth Cameron (1890) of Langley Prairie, B.C., and Magnus Lloyd Smith (1914) of Milner, B.C. Fonds also includes 2 copied newspaper clippings pertaining to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron and the old Langley Post Office (1924), and a handwritten marriage certificate from 1874 for Alex Cameron and Harriet Roberts from East Williams, Ont.

Cameron (family)
McAdam family fonds
CA LCM MSS 17 · Fonds · 1909-1910

The fonds consists of land deeds and Agreements for Sale of Land from Eliza Jane McAdam (1909), and an Agreement between John Maxwell and James Hossack, and Gilbert Laird (1910).

McAdam (family)
Isabella Hutcheon fonds
CA LCM MSS 169 · Fonds · 1890-1891

The fonds consists of one diagram book for sewing patterns by Isabella Hutcheon, including handwritten notes and sketches for pieces such as a chemise, a pair of drawers, and a nightdress.

Hutcheon, Isabella
Froggatt family fonds
CA LCM MSS 166 · Fonds · 1896-ca. 1917

The fonds consists of 4 baptismal certificates from Christ Church Wellington for Harry Christopher Froggatt (1896), William Charles Froggatt (1898), Louisa Maria Froggatt (1899), and Annie Kathlenn Froggatt (1900), and a French postcard from private W. Froggatt to his brother Harry Christopher with an embroidered army badge on the front (ca. 1917).

Froggatt (family)
Hopkins family fonds
CA LCM MSS 165;MSS 146 · Fonds · 1890-1917

The fonds consists of 2 land deeds: Crown sale to Charles Hopkins, Township of Bentinck, Province of Canada, 1856; and transfer of land from Levi Hughes to Samual Hopkins, Township of Bentinck, 1872. The fonds also includes 8 B.C. Public Schools Rolls of Honour Certificates awarded to Edith, Herbert, Earl Levi, David and James Hopkins (1890-1909), military exemption record for David Hopkins, and Langley Municipal tax receipt (1898) to Lewis Hopkins.

Hopkins (family)
Bush family fonds
CA LCM MSS 165 · Fonds · 1914-1918

The fonds consists of a Methodist Sunday School card for Frances Sidney Bush (1916) and a Methodist Sunday School Cradle Roll card for William John Bush (1914), Certificates of Life Membership for Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Bush of Briercrest, Sask., 2 certificates from the Canadian Society of the Red Cross, one from the Manitoba and Saskatchewan auxiliary of the Canadian Bible Society, and one from the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (1917-1918).

Bush (family)
Jason Allard fonds
CA LCM MSS 155 · Fonds · 1923-1957

The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing assorted newspaper and journal clippings pertaining to the history of British Columbia and Fort Langley, B.C., letters of condolence regarding the death of Allard's son in battle during World War I, and some articles written by Allard himself.

Allard, Jason Ovid, 1848-1931
CA LCM MSS 10 · Fonds · [ca. 1973]

The collection consists of material relating to the centennial celebrations held in Langley, B.C. on April 26, 1973, including event schedules and programmes, council meeting agenda, and draft copies of a history of Langley to be placed in a time capsule. Collection also includes geneaologies of families of the original 1872 petitioners for incorporation, compiled by the 100th Anniversary Committee.

CA BCA MS-1692; 198210-002 · Fonds · [Microfilmed 1981]

The fonds consists of correspondence, ranch diaries (Chilancoh Ranch), business records and personal records including diaries kept by T.L. Bayliff, G.T.L Bayliff and Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff.

Bayliff (family)
W.A. Baillie-Grohman fonds
CA FTST MS 9 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-]

Fonds consists of the textual records of the Baillie-Grohman family. Includes correspondence from Baillie-Grohman and his wife Florence from their homes in
England and Austria to Guy Constable in BC regarding the dyking of the Kootenay River and the reclamation of the Creston Valley, and an order in council about the Baillie-Grohman canal.

Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph, 1851-1921
Helen Chambers fonds
CA BOW MS 8 · Fonds · 1947 - 1980

The fonds consists of the personal papers of Helen Chambers as well as papers accumulated by her regarding Bowen Island civic societies. Textual materials include legal papers and correspondence relating to land use and taxation (1947-1967), minutes and constitutions of civic societies (1967-1978), and notes from a Bowen Island Historians research project.

Chambers, Helen
Basil G. Hamilton fonds
CA FTST MS 7 · Fonds · 1913, 1922-1924

Fonds consists of the textual records of Basil G. Hamilton. Includes correspondence and research material.

Hamilton, Basil G.
Bordessa family fonds
CA SAM MS 7 · Fonds · 1913-1936

The fonds is divided into five series containing family photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles related to Bernard Bordessa's career and life, and a qualification certificate.

Bordessa (family)
Galbraith family fonds
CA FTST MS 6 · Fonds · 1923, [copied 197-]

Fonds consists of the textual records of the Galbraith family. Includes correspondence and a pre-emption claim.

Galbraith (family)
Berit Rasmussen fonds
CA LMA MS 59 · Fonds · [ca. 1970-1979]

Fonds consists of several photographs. Includes images of personal friends, Beatrice Hanna and Rev. A.W. Harding, and several Girl Guiding/Brownie events.

Rasmussen, Berit, 1917-
Vicki Cure fonds
CA LMA MS 58 · Fonds · [ca. 1960-1969]

Fonds consists of 9 photographs. Includes images of local citizens, centenial stagecoach, Lytton Hotel, marching cadets and the joining of the rivers at Lytton.

Cure, Vicki
CA FTST MS 54 · Fonds · 1914, 1918, 1920-1921

Fonds consists of the textual records of Matilda C. de Lotbiniere-Harwood from 1914, 1918, and 1920-1921. Includes biography, correspondence, clippings, and sheet music of the following: From the Empire’s Dead, Triumphal March of the Allies, Imperial Anthem, Strathcona March, and Johnny Canuck.

de Lotbiniere Harwood, Matilda C.
Bert Leaning fonds
CA LMA MS 54 · Fonds · 1910-1960

Fonds consists of 5 albums. Includes photographs of many of the job sites that Bert surveyed for the railway, 1910 and 1911. Also includes photographs of self and friend, J.B. Brown, another surveyor; surveyor crews, Lytton old-timers, and World War I veterans.

Leaning, Bert
CA LMA MS 53 · Fonds · 1940-1956

Fonds consists of one album of photographs taken by Boots Kent. Includes many photos of a mining operation, family pictures, Car wreck at Thompson slide, and Boots and Elsie at Anderson Creek.

Kent, William Russell
Victor Belknap fonds
CA LMA MS 51 · Fonds · 1948-2001

Fonds consists of correspondance to and from Victor Belknap. Includes family information from a cousin, Phyllis Bowman; an Ahnentafel report (1996), Family Group record (1996), Pedigree chart, and Descendants Chart (1815-1971), all from cousin Bob Martin; letters to and from Victor from Dorothy Dodge; photographs of family and friends; and booklet titled 'Kamloops WAWA". Also includes 12 lazered photographs of the royal visit to Lytton in 1959 and one photograph of pioneer Johnny A.G. Rebagliati.

Belknap, Victor, 1926-
Douglas Rebagliati fonds
CA LMA MS 50 · Fonds · 2000

Fonds consists of a family history and a family tree. Includes the first draft of the history, starting with a paragraph extracted from a letter written to the authors of a biography of Don Claudio Rebagliati, relating conditions in the second century A.D., in which a group of Romans emigrated to northern Italy. This group became known as the 'Rebellious Ones'. The name changed gradually from Rebellatus to Ribellari and eventually to Rebagliati. The history brings us to the present, explaining the various branches of the family, particularly those who settled in Lytton. The family tree starts from 1863, and lists 5 branches of the Rebagliati family.

Rebagliati, Douglas, 1939-
Fee Hellmen fonds
CA FTST MS 49 · Fonds · [1929], [photocopied 1998]

Fonds consists of the textual records of Fee and Alta Hellmen. Includes publications, personal writing, a personal document, photocopies of photos, and clippings.

Hellmen, Fee, 1918-1998
William Greenwood collection
CA LMA MS 49 · Fonds · Copied 2000

Collection consists of copied textual records and lazered photographs pertaining to the life of Constable William Greenwood. Includes correspondance, copies of B.C. Archives records of employment, copied family pictures and a taped interview with Mary and Kendall Greenwood about their memories of Constable Greenwood.

Mabel E. Jordon fonds
CA FTST MS 48 · Fonds · 1929, 1947-1969

Fonds consists of the textual records of Mabel Jordon from 1929, 1947-1969. Includes correspondence, publications, research materials, certificate, notes, filmstrip, clippings, ephemera, maps, and photographs (H.T. Nation, Mabel Jordon, and other Kootenay photographers).

Jordon, Mabel E., 1908-1993