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Fonds consists of the legal records of Lord Aberdeen from 1893. Includes two copies (draft and final) of Lord Aberdeen's application for a water license, 1893.

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Long Lake Company from 1909-1985. Includes the company's constitution and by-laws, minutes, legal documents, correspondence, financial records, reports and various administrative documents produced by the Company. Fonds also includes records from the Kalamalka Country Club.

Fonds 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.

The Lumb Stocks collection consists of 51 photographs produced by local photographer, Lumb Stocks, between 1921-1933. The collection documents various aspects of the development of the city of Vernon. The collection includes scenes of the homes and businesses in Vernon, Coldstream, the BX, and around the Okanagan and Kalamalka Lake, as well as series of photos of the classes, teams and clubs of the Vernon Boys Preparatory School.

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of M.J. O'Brien and his business Revelstoke Wine & Spirits, from 1903-1919. Includes correspondence and financial records which document Mr. O'Brien's activities as Vernon citizen, businessman, alderman, and city mayor.

Fonds 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.

Fonds consists of records and documents of the McIntosh Girls' Pipe Band from 1944-1960. Includes three scrapbooks containing newspaper articles, souvenirs, programs, ephemera, correspondence and photos. Items document the various appearances made by the band, awards received, and the various cities the band travelled through.

Fonds consists of the correspondence to and from the Mann family from 1907 and 1917. Includes a letter (1907) to Ike Mann from Vernon resident, Ted Watts, extolling the Vernon areas and its prospects. Also includes a letter (1917) written by one of the Mann family children which details the health and activities of the Mann family.

Fonds consists of the personal records of Marie Houghton Brent from 1908-1966. Includes correspondence, personal writings, certificates, and ephemera.

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Martin Bros. Hardware store from 1897-1902. Includes an accounting ledger containing financial entries for merchandise purchases and sales, accounts payable and receivable, investments, individual customer credit accounts, the business bank accounts, and general business expenses. Of note, the customer credit accounts include customers throughout B.C. and some U.S. cities. Ledger also includes some of the brothers' general household accounts.

Fonds consists of the personal records of Miss Mary Ellen Cameron for 1901. Includes a photocopy of Miss Cameron's travel diary for August of 1901 containing a day-by-day account of her boat trip down Okanagan Lake to Peachland. Accompanied by her uncle W.F. Cameron and her cousin by marriage Hattie Keating, Mary's travel diary recounts their drive from Vernon to Okanagan Landing, their rowboat journey from the Landing to Cameron's Point, a stop in Kelowna and the Mission, and their final stop in Peachland. Along with the original diary pages is a hand printed transcript.

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Merlin C. Dunwoodie from 1919-1924. Includes personal diaries, financial records and miscellaneous documents detailing Mr. Dunwoodie's everyday routines, activities and financial status.

Fonds consists of the personal data records and documents of Mr.W.R. Morris and his wife Barbara Isabel Morris from 1862-1956. Includes birth certificates (1862,1876), correspondence (1908, 1919), and a last will and testament (1956).

Fonds consists of copies of the personal records of Mrs. J.Seaton from 1915-1916. Includes transcribed excerpts of letters written to Mrs.Seaton from her son, Donald Alexander Seaton, while he was fighting on the Belgian front between 1915-1916. Also included are copies of the official telegram announcing his death in April 1916, the Vernon News obituary and article, a letter from the army chaplain and the official registration of Donald Seaton's final resting place.

Fonds documents the life of Myra DeBeck from 1956-1961. Includes correspondence, personal writings and personal data documents.

Fonds consists of the records of the North Okanagan Community Concerts Association from 1954-1964. Includes correspondence (1954-1955), newsletters (1954), donation lists (1954-1955) and a report (1964) written by J.R. Kidston in regards to the process of the purchase of a Steinway full concert grand piano.

Fonds consists of the maps and plans produced for, and by, the North Okanagan Regional District from 1919-1981. Includes originals, prints or photographic positives of aeronautical survey maps, land use maps, site plans, city zoning/parking maps and plans, regional census area maps, soil survey maps and contour maps.

Fonds consists of the business records of the Okanagan Farmers' Institute, documenting their formation, financial situation, and the projects the institute worked on. Fonds includes minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, and membership lists.

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Okanagan Credits Ltd. credit bureau and collection agency for 1938-1952. Includes a commission journal (1938-1949), bank book payment records (1948-1949), and two general financial ledgers (1947-1949, 1950-1952). All entries before 1947 deal specifically with the credit bureau's Vancouver Island and area clientele and business.

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Okanagan Historical Society from 1859-2000. Includes the society's constitution and bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, lists, financial records, journals of affiliated organizations, research material, manuscript and poetry submissions, reports, guidelines, ephemera, clippings, and photographs.

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Okanagan Land & Development Co. from 1893-1895. Includes an account ledger containing entries detailing the company's revenue (sales, commissions) and expenditures. In many of the land sales, detailed land descriptions (lots, sub-divisions and block #s) are given.

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Okanagan Stationery & Book Co. Ltd. from 1934-1937. Includes financial statements and balance sheets documenting all revenue and expenditures, assets, liabilities, inventory on hand, and cash on hand. Fonds also includes some correspondence to and from the company in regard to their financial situation.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Okanagan Telephone Company from 1905-1975, documenting the company's background history, administration, growth, and community activities. Includes legal documents, journals, reports, company publications, manuals, brochures, newspaper clippings and company scrapbooks.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the OVTA (Okanagan Valley Teachers' Assoc.) from 1933-1960. Includes three minute books containing the Association's constitution, motions and resolutions, reports, bulletins, financial reports and correspondence in regard to their internal and community activities.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oldtimers Association for 1941. Includes the Association's record book containing the names of Vernon and District Oldtimers, as well as the Association's minutes from Feb.- July of 1941. The minutes document the Association's objectives, guidelines for membership, and activities. Some of the more prominent projects the Association was involved in include the establishment of an outdoor checkerboard play area, the proper storage of oldtimer relics, picnics, banquets and the documentation of Oldtimer names, birthplaces, and dates of arrival in the Okanagan.