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Paul B. Ohannesian fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1383 · Fonds · 1982-1990, predominant 1987-1990

Fonds contains files on: the "RS-1 Regulations Review" including follow up (1982-1989); "New Democratic Party caucus correspondence on housing" (1989); and "Georgia Medical Dental Building 1929-1989" (1989-1990). The photographs of housing, 1987, were taken for the resulting reports (10 x 15 cm col. photographs + 35 mm negatives). Also included are news clippings on urban issues (1990).

Ohannesian, Paul B., 1947-
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1384 · Fonds · 1937-2003

The fonds consists of the records of the Lions Ladies' Club and includes constituiton and by-laws, correspondence, agendas, minutes, financial reports, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Vancouver Lions Ladies' Club
O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1385 · Fonds · [18-?]-1965, 1971

The fonds consists of 42 photographs and negatives, mainly of the O.B. Allan store.

O.B. Allan Ltd.
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1387 · Fonds · 1932-1939

Fonds consists of one financial ledger which records receipts and disbursements and expenses. Also contains balance sheets.

Nelson Bottling Works
Frederick Davies fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1389 · Fonds · 1921-1958

Fonds consists of construction contracts (1931-1953), correspondence (1922, 1938), church building dedication programs (1927-1952), news clippings (1928-1958), and photographs (1921-1953), all relating to Frederick Davies' construction projects.

Davies, Frederick, d. 1964?
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.)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1391 · Fonds · 1993-1995

Fonds consists of newsletters dated 1993-1995. Arranged chronologically.

Shakespeare Society of Vancouver
Fred Thurston fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1398 · Fonds · 1890, 1909-1910

Fonds contains legal records pertaining to land purchased by Andrew Anderson in 1890 and sold to Fred Thurston in 1909. Fonds also includes a property tax assessment for the land for 1910. The land involved was D.L. 301, block 80, lots 16 and 17, located at the junction of New Westminster Road (now Kingsway), St. Catherine's Street and 18th Avenue.

Thurston, Fred
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1399 · Fonds · 1897-[ca. 1990], predominant 1919-1974

The fonds consists of architectural drawings, photographs and textual materials related to the partnership's activities surrounding the design and implementation of architectural projects. The majority of the records are graphical in nature. Architectural drawing files specific to a particular project typically contain elevation and perspective drawings related to the design of an initial concept and proposal for the project, incorporations of revisions into the initial concept based on the clients input and practical considerations, detailed plans intended to guide construction work, and annotations and alterations to those plans made during construction. Some of the projects (approximately 1 in 10) did not receive approval to proceede, and contain material relating only to the initial proposal. Project photographs include pre-construction photos taken of the construction site used to assist in the initial planning, progress photographs used in the supervision of construction, as documentation of the techniques and practices used during construction and for reference purposes, and post construction photographs used to document the finished appearance of a project. Photographs were also incorporated into promotional material, as collections of albums shown to prospective clients, and in promotional publications. The majority of the records relate to projects in the greater Vancouver area. Approximately 100 projects were undertaken on Vancouver Island, primarially in the Victoria region, but also in Duncan, Ladysmith, and Nanaimo. There are also records related to hospital projects in the Fraser Valley, several residences in the Okanagan, as well as two hospital projects in Lethbridge Alta. Projects initiated between 1919 and 1966 were numbered sequentially as job no. 1 through 1047. Jobs located in Victoria (B.C.) worked on between 1929 and ca. 1932 were numbered sequentially as job no. V-1 through V-14. Two jobs done in Penticton (B.C.) in 1936 are numbered sequentially as job nos. M-1 and M-2. Beginning in 1967, projects were assigned a 5 digit job number; the first 2 digits of the job number were the last 2 digits of the calendar year, followed by a hyphen and a 3 digit number (e.g. 67-014). Where known, job nos. have been incorporated into titles at the file and item levels. The fonds consists of 3 series: Architectural drawings. -- 1897-1977. ca. 5000 drawings (representing approx. 700 projects); Miscellaneous records. -- 1919-[ca.1990]. 44 cm of textual and and other material; Project photographs. -- [189-?]-[1971]. 653 photographs.

Townley, Matheson and Partners
McGuigan family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 139;CVA 492;Add. MSS. 866;Add. MSS. 920 · Fonds · 1886-1960

The fonds includes correspondence and other personal records; copies of reports (apparently from City of Vancouver records); Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Co. records, 1911-1935; miscellaneous maps and drawings; and photographs of the McGuigan family, civic functions, Jewish-owned retail stores, street scenes, and markets.

McGuigan (family)
Gladys Schwesinger fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 14 · Fonds · 1913-1960

The fonds consists of an unfinished typescript of an autobiography "The Beginnings of Wisdom", typescript essays on her early life in Mount Pleasant and miscellaneous certificates and pamphlets. The Mount Pleasant essays have been published in a pamphlet entitled "Recollections of Early Vancouver in my childhood, 1893-1912".

Schwesinger, Gladys Clotilde
Salsbury family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 140 · Fonds · 1884-1936, 1961

The fonds includes two typed copies of letters written by W.F. Salsbury to his wife Sarah describing his experiences on the first train to cross Canada from Montreal to Port Moody; letters to Frederick Salsbury; records pertaining to W.F. Salsbury's appointment as a Justice of the Peace; Masonic certificates; and a scrapbook of letters, invitations and other material relating to the Canadian rowing crew sent to the 1924 Olympic Games (Paris).

Salsbury (family)
Amy Leigh fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1400 · Fonds · 1921, 1938, 1941-1945, [2000 or 2001]

Fonds contains records pertaining to the Women's Ambulance Corps, including photographs, issues of the Corps' newsletter, newsclippings and a WAC broach. Fonds also includes an album of photographs taken on a trail ride to Tweedsmuir Park in 1938, two photographs of Stanley Park (1921), biographical information on Amy Leigh, and other materials.

Leigh, Amy, d. 2001
Lady Vancouver Club fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1401 · Fonds · 2000-2004

The fonds includes constitution and by-laws, membership lists, presidents' reports, minutes of the annual general meetings, newsletters and miscellaneous records.

Lady Vancouver Club
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1409 · Fonds · 1992-1996

Fonds consists of correspondence, newsclippings, photographs and a video documenting the Strathcona Front Porch Project.

Strathcona Residents' Association
William McFarland fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1414 · Fonds · 1947, 1970-1983

Fonds consists of publications, reports, proposals, memoranda and other records pertaining to child and family welfare in Vancouver.

McFarland, William Donald
Charles Marega fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1416 · Fonds · 1913-1996 [some copied 19--]

Fonds consists of materials gathered by Peggy Imredy in the course of her research on Charles Marega, including notes, articles and clippings on Marega's life and works; correspondence of both Imredy and Marega; photographs of Marega's work taken by Imredy, as well as some photographs of Marega himself; and ca. 25 original drawings and sketches by Marega.

Marega, Charles
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 142 · Fonds · 1900-1901

The fonds consists of a minute book (1900-1901), which includes membership lists; photographs of an exhibition of members' work in O'Brien Hall, 1900; and ephemera.

Vancouver Arts and Crafts Association
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1422 · Fonds · 1998-2001

Fonds consists of the constitution and by-laws of the Downtown South Residents' Rights Association and correspondence and flyers created or received by the Association.

Downtown South Residents Rights Association (Vancouver, B.C.)
Keith Winterbottom fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1423 · Fonds · 1886, [ca.1938]

The fonds consists of an issue of the Vancouver Advertiser, v. 1 no. 51 (3 Nov. 1886) and 11 architectural plans relating to a proposed seaplane base at Jericho Beach Air Station. Keith Winterbottom may have participated in the development of the architectural drawings.

Winterbottom, E. Keith
Robin Hood Mills fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1424 · Fonds · 1919-1926

Fonds consists of correspondence, dock construction contracts, insurance documents, tenders and proposals, reports of various kinds (e.g. tide details), lumber specifications, publications, and architectural drawings relating to the operations of the Robin Hood Mills, and the construction and operation of the Terminal Dock and Warehouse, located in the Vancouver Harbour, north end of Kamloops Street. Dates are: vol. 1 (Nov. 1919 - Aug. 1925); vol. 2 (July 1924 - Feb. 1926); vol. 3 (May 1924 - Feb. 1926). The manager of the Mill and Dock was K. A. McLellan. He corresponded primarily with: Robin Hood Mills head office in Minneapolis (as well as offices in Calgary and Moose Jaw); the International Milling Company, also in Minneapolis; Vancouver Harbour Commissioners; City Engineer's Office; E.J. Ryan Contracting Co. Ltd.; Armstrong, Morrison & Co. Limited Public Works Contractors; etc. All contents are pasted into three large scrapbooks (volume numbers have been assigned by Archives, each volume has stamped numbered pages).

Robin Hood Mills (Vancouver, B.C.)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1425 · Fonds · 1953-2001

The fonds consists mostly of administrative files of the Amalgamated Construction Association and the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, as well as publications, photographs and oral history interviews on audiocassettes. The publications include the ACA newsletter, ACA and VRCA annual reports, Directory and Buyers Guide, Construction Sightlines, and some published briefs and reports. The fonds is arranged into the following series: A.C.A. newsletter (1967-1974); Amalgamated Construction Association Board of Directors (1966-1988); Annual general meetings (1974-1991); Annual reports (1992-2000); Committees (1966-1991); Construction sightlines (1981-1984); Directories (1970-2001); Executive Committee (1966-1989); Miscellaneous files (1967-1992); Miscellaneous photographs (1960-2001); and Predecessor organizations (1953-1965).

Vancouver Regional Construction Association
Walter Francis Ing fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1426 · Fonds · [ca. 1919-1926]

Fonds consists of a few photographs of residences and family members.

Ing, Walter Francis
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1427 · Fonds · 1932-1934

Fonds consists of incoming letters from Smith's good friend Syd (Sidney Vernon) Harcourt relating primarily to Harcourt's adventures on his scrap gold buying and trading trips throughout Canada. The Harcourt family lived on Gilley Street in Burnaby during the 1920s and early 1930s.

Smith, John William Thomas, 1910-
Howe Sound Hotel fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 143 · Fonds · 1901-1908

The fonds consists of the Howe Sound guest register.

Howe Sound Hotel (Bowen Island, B.C.)