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archival descriptions
Fonds · [ca. 1900]-1994

The collection consists of photographs depicting people, events, industry (including sawmills and oil refineries), and the built and natural environment of Port Moody, Coquitlam, Ioco, and surrounding area. Many of the photographs in the collection were originally collected by the Coquitlam Historical Society, which disbanded ca. 1971.

R.H. Trueman fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1890-1930]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting scenery, towns, and railways in the Rocky Mountains of B.C. and Alberta and portraits and scenery of Vancouver and White Rock, B.C.

Trueman, Richard Henry
Fonds · [ca. 1909-1914]

The fonds consists of glass plate negatives, contact prints made from those negatives, and ephemera.

Lingford, Rex
Fonds · 1885-1960

The collection consists of topographic maps, mineral and land claims maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and architectural drawings pertaining to Revelstoke and locations in the Columbia basin and of structures constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the Revelstoke District.

Fonds · [ca. 1870-1960]

The collection consists of photographs collected from pioneer families on Salt Spring Island to be used in the book "Snapshots of Early Salt Spring Island and Other Favoured Islands", published in 1978.

Fonds · 1877-1992

Collection consists of photocopies of records relating to Enderby and District from the B.C. Provincial Archives, the Surveyor General's Office, and the Heritage Conservation Branch. Includes correspondence and reports concerning the establishment of the Spallumcheen First Nation reserve; correspondence and reports concerning land grants, district lots, roads and bridges, homesteaders, squatters, and the government policy towards land grants in the railway belt, plus lists of pre-emptions from township registers and district lots registers. Also includes copies of corresondence concerning the Columbia Flouring Mill (1908-1915), copies of pages from the B.C. Provincial Police diaries kept by Enderby constables(1939-1950), plus copies of the census records (1891, 1901) for the district. Maps of roads, towns, homesteads and district lots accompany some of the correspondence.

Ruth Craven fonds
CA EMA V984.7 · Fonds · 1912-1945

The fonds consists of photographs of the Craven family and of parks, streets, ships, and houses at Esquimalt.

Craven, Ruth
CA LMA MS 34 · Fonds · [Copied 1999]

The fonds consists of 29 photographs copied from the presentation album sent to Sir Bulwer-Lytton. Includes scenes of New Westminster in 1864, steamboats, lakes along the Harrison route, scenes in the Fraser Canyon, towns of Yale, Lytton, Port Douglas, Pemberton, Clinton, and also groups of people, including A.C. Elliott and Joseph W. Trutch. The photographs are arranged in the order of the two gold-rush routes to the Cariboo, one by the Harrison-Lillooet route and one by the Fraser Canyon route.

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Slack, Michie family fonds
CA MCA 1989 01 · Fonds · 1898-1949

Fonds consists of photographic images, including: black and white negatives (glass plate and gelatin cellulose) and prints, and colour postcards which provide a record of the family and their lives. Spanning over four decades, the images also document the growth and early development of hatzic between 1900 and 1920, including: the geographic landscape, the economic development, the modes of transportation, and the pioneer community.

Slack (family)
Stuart Thomson fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1910-1940]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting Vancouver panoramas, streets, sports, harbour, ships, buildings and businesses.

Thomson, Stuart
Fonds · 1904-1977

The collection consists of zoning, subdivision and townsite maps, topographic maps, irrigation and pipeline maps, railway and road maps, and First Nations reserve maps of Summerland and area.

Sydney R.D. Bayne fonds
Fonds · 1934-1959

The fonds consists of Sydney Bayne's farm diaries (1935-1959), farm account book for the Bayne Farm at Beaver Creek (1934-1954), and military records. Fonds includes climatological registers (1934-1958) of the Canadian Meteorological Service Alberni Station, later known as the Beaver Creek District Climatological Station.

Bayne, Sydney Richard Dunkerley
Thomas Brunsdon fonds
CA EMA V991.41 · Fonds · [ca. 1912-1937]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Brunsdon family and scenes of Esquimalt.

Brunsdon, Thomas, 1923-
Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1990

The collection consists of photographs of individuals, families, social and community events, industries and natural resources of Trail and environs along with panoramic and aerial views of the city and area.

CA TWU C 01 · Fonds · 1950-2000

The collection consists of over 5000 photographs documenting the history of Trinity Western University; included are images of administrators, faculty, staff, students, campus grounds and buildings, events, guest speakers, and aerial views of the campus.

CA TWU C 07 · Fonds · 1950, 1959, 1962, 1980, 2004

This collection consists of maps of the Fraser Valley, Langley Municipality, and the property on which Trinity Western University is located; most are photocopies.

Fonds · [ca. 1860]-1981

The collection consists of photographs depicting scenes and aspects of life in Vancouver and in other locations in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory from ca. 1860. The subjects depicted include forestry, mining, fishing, transportation, shipping, and construction as well as buildings, interiors, landscapes, people and significant events in B.C.'s past.

W.C. Mainwaring fonds
Fonds · 1940-1964

The fonds consists of photographs depicting scenery, towns, and homes in various locations in B.C. as well as portraits of the Mainwaring family.

Mainwaring, W.C.
W. Earle Dickey fonds
Fonds · [1888]-1977, predominant 1930-1977

The fonds consists of three series: correspondence (12 files), research notes and drafts (41 files), photography (4 files). The material relates to Revelstoke and district, including Columbia River and Upper Arrow Lake.

Dickey, William Earle
Fonds · 1911-1967

The collection consists of topographical maps, geological survey maps, recreation (e.g., trail) maps, preemption maps, mining claims maps and subdivision maps of the Whistler/Alta Lake area.

Wilmer Gold fonds
CA KSM 984-4 · Fonds · [ca. 1950-1969]

The fonds consists of photographs of W.H. Gold, many depicting community organizations and events in the Cowichan Lake area and depicting the forest industry, including logging camps and sawmills.

Gold, Wilmer H.
CA UVICARCH AR283 · Fonds · 1991-1994

The fonds consists of 12 exhibit panels, and research files relating to the development of the exhibit. Files are arranged in the following series: Exhibit, Natural History, Straits Salish Songhees, Hudson's Bay Company, Early Settlers, Gordon head Settlers, Gordon Head Military, Gordon Head Campus, Miscellaneous.

University of Victoria (B.C.). Gordon Head Exhibit Project