Fonds consists of the records of the Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative from 1930-1988. Includes minutes, correspondence, general administrative records, legal documents, reports, employee records, publications, reports, financial records and ephemera. The records document the establishment of the Interior Marketing Board and its Agency, their day to day business, their interaction with the local and provincial vegetable industry, and their influence on the vegetable industry in BC. Also included are some records from one of their subsiduary producers, the Dry Belt Growers Ltd.
Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency CooperativeFonds consists of the personal and professional records of J.P. Burnyeat from 1891-1923. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and the maps and plans produced by Burnyeat throughout his career as land surveyor and civil engineer. Fonds also includes some records of his business partner John Coryell in regards to their company.
Burnyeat, John PurvisFonds consists of the personal and professional records and documents of various members of the Fleming family from ca.1920-1986. Includes diaries, journals, correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks and ephemera which document the family business, the individual family member careers, and their personal activities and interests.
Fleming (family)Fonds consists of personal records, documents, photographs and ephemera belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Montague Reginald Foster, Montague Frederick Foster, Kathleen McGill Foster, Millicent Margaret Foster, and Rhoda May Foster. Also included are newsletters, minutes, and circulars from the Stagette Club.
Foster (family)The G.H.E. Hudson fonds consists of 201 glass negatives and 227 photographs produced by well-known commercial photographer, G.H.E. Hudson, between 1907-1916. Commissioned by the government to photograph aspects of Valley life for pictorial settlement brochures, Hudson's fonds documents everyday life and activities throughout the Okanagan Valley. The fonds includes portraits, group photos, local celebrations and events, Camp Vernon military activities, business stills of Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby and Lumby, a series of panoramas of the Valley, the Kettle Valley railroad construction, and views of the Okanagan Lake sternwheelers.
Hudson, G.H.E.Fonds consists of documentation concerning the Cosens Bay Property Owners lawsuit with the Crown regarding road access through Kalamalka Lake Park to their property in Cosens Bay. Includes correspondence, minutes, legal agreements, newsletters, research materials, reports, notes, lists, ephemera, and maps.
Cosens Bay Property Owners' SocietyFonds consists of the personal records and documents of Dorothy Jackson from 1918-1960. Fonds includes the correspondence, personal diaries, and personal writings of Ms. Jackson which document her thoughts, emotions, social activities and daily work from childhood to adulthood.
Jackson, Dorothy, d. 1961Fonds consists of papers and photographs compiled by Harry Barrett in 1996 in regard to his family history and geneology. Includes a two page family geneology table documenting the family tree from the 1970's to the present, and a diagram showing the placement and names of family members pictured in photographs #11920-11923.
Barrett, Harry, 1922-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.
Dunwoodie, Merlin C.Collection 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 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.
Okanagan Credits Ltd.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.
Okanagan Historical SocietyFonds 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.
Okanagan Telephone CompanyFonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Board of Trade from 1912-1920. Includes a minute book documenting their inception in 1912, their activities, the names of all members, motions and resolutions, and the election of officers. Also included in the minutes are some correspondence, briefs and reports.
Oyama Board of TradeFonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the Oyama Rural School District from 1910-1945. Includes minutes, reports and financial ledgers.
Oyama Rural School DistrictFonds consists of the records and documents of the Pre-1930 Vernon Public Schools Reunion Committee from 1984-1986. Includes minutes, correspondence, legal documents, lists, registration documents, and ephemera produced by the Committee during the process of arranging a three day reunion for August of 1985. Fonds also includes photographs of the people, events and activities that took place during the reunion.
Pre-1930 Vernon Public Schools Reunion CommitteeThe 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 documents the life of Sophia Ellison from 1884-1932. Includes personal correspondence, legal records, and personal ephemera.
Ellison, Sophia ChristineFonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the South Vernon Irrigation District from 1924-1986. Includes minutes, reports, correspondence, legal documents, financial records and maps which document all responsibilites and activities of the SVID.
South Vernon Irrigation DistrictFonds consists of the records of Mrs. R.H. Urquhart during her tenure as chairman of a sub-committee of Women's Regional Advisory Committee from 1942-1943. Includes correspondence to and from Mrs. R.H. Urquhart in regards to the sub-committee's activities. The majority of the correspondence is from the secretary of the WRAC in Vancouver, Mary Hurrell, and concerns many of the projects that the sub-committee was involved with. Includes information on the distribution of Blue Books, the establishment of a price control board, the establishment of a federal Rations Board, and the possiblity of a national housing survey.
Women's Regional Advisory Committee (Vernon, B.C.)Fonds consists of the personal, business and financial records of Robert Hartley Johnson from 1883-1940. Includes personal data documents (1883), incoming correspondence (1910, 1918), outgoing correspondence (1910-1912, 1916-1917), and farming financial records (ca.1919-1940).
Johnson, Robert Hartley, b. 1883Fonds consists of the records and documents of the St. Michael's School for Girls from 1921-1975. Includes correspondence, legal documents, financial records, yearbooks, scrapbooks, lists, prospectuses, and ephemera which document the establishment and administration of the school, student activities and the closure of the school.
St. Michael's Girls School (Vernon, B.C.)Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon & District United Appeal organization from 1960. Includes a draft copy of the organization's constitution and by-laws. Typed, with handwritten changes and notations, the constitution outlines the organization's objectives, its area of influence, membership clasification and eligibility, regulations for conducting meetings, rules of voting, and the duties of organization officers. The document is unsigned and unsealed. Fonds also includes an organizational flow chart showing the society's heirarchy.
Vernon and District United AppealFonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon & District Women's Institute from 1917-1968. Includes minutes, financial records and and log books detailing the Institute's activities.
Vernon and District Women's InstituteFonds consists of the records of the Vernon Centennial '71 Committee from 1971. Includes a scrapbook compiled by Martin Russ, member of the Committee, documenting the activities and events which occurred throughout Vernon and B.C. in celebration of the 1971 B.C. provincial centennial. Includes postcards, newspaper clippings, artifacts, souvenirs, posters, programs and photos.
Vernon Centennial '71 Committee