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Gazette photo collection
CA PMM A1997.0021 · Fonds · ca. 1950-ca. 1970

Collection consists of 34 black and white photographs from the Gazette newspaper relating to people places, and events in Pitt Meadows and area.

CA PMM A1996.0031;A1997.0029;A2000.0009;A2000.0010 · Fonds · 1989-2000

Collection consists of oral history tapes and two handwritten histories of Pitt Meadows. Collection includes an oral history recording of Hazel Anderson (nee Park).

CA PMA PMA 01 · Item · 1923-1963

The fonds consists of minutes and occasional reports from Directors,1923-1944, 1950-1956, constitution & by-laws, balance sheets, 1926-1961 (incomplete), correspondence, membership lists and lists of subscribers, petty cash book, receipts and expenditures for Community Hall, records of sales of bonds, membership receipts, 1959-1962, lists of volunteer workers and visitors to the Park, and notes and copies of original documents compiled by J. E. Kingsley in the 1970s on the formation & early history of the Society. The fonds includes a map of the Community Park, 1955.

Parksville and District Community Society
CA NVAN 178 · Fonds · 1988-2005

The fonds consists of chronological operational records related to the business operations of the Lower Lonsdale Business Association. These operational records include minutes of meetings, memos, policies, surveys, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, grant applications, press releases and newspaper clippings. The fonds also consists of records related to the establishment and operation of the Lower Lonsdale Community Policing Centre and the organization of the Lower Lonsdale Fall Festival.

Lower Lonsdale Business Association
Community activities series
CA NVAN 175-9 · Series · 1946-2002
Part of John Edwin (Jack) Loucks fonds

Series documents John Edwin Loucks' involvement in numerous associations, societies and community activities from the 1940s until the early twenty-first century. Loucks was especially active in the North Shore Community Concerts' Association. Records in this series consist of meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, events programmes, invitations and honour certificates. Records in the series are arranged according to organization and form of documents.

Community events series
CA NVAN 175-11 · Series · 1962-2000
Part of John Edwin (Jack) Loucks fonds

Series documents sports, high school, cultural and church events held in the City of North Vancouver from the 1960s until 2000. Records in this series consist of flyers, calendars, directories and events programmes. Records are arranged according to category of event.

CA NCAI 2002 022 A ; 2007 033 A · Fonds · [ca. 1970-2005]

Collection consists of videocassette recordings of various Shaw Cable Channel 4 programmes including: Plugged In, Cafe Canadian, Best of Island Country, On the Waterfront, Arts Now, The Advocates, Arts Digest, Battle of the Bands, Common Ground, DNE Comedy Show, Evening of Heart and Soul, Festival Cafe, Hour Town, In Conversation, Island Central, Island Originals, Off the Wall, Project Nanaimo, and Tidelines. Also includes considerable footage of the Marine Festival, parades, programme fillers, specials and many community, regional island events.

Shaw Cable (Nanaimo)
CA NCAI 1995 003 A · Fonds · 1955-1976

The fonds consists of correspondence, financial statements, proposals, contracts, minutes and proceedings, registers and one photograph. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Constitution and Bylaws; 3. Finance; 4. Minutes and Annual Reports; 5. Membership; 6. Photographs and Miscellaneous.

Court Nanaimo Foresters' Home No. 5886
CA NAR 65B · Fonds · 1935-1963

The fonds consists of minutes (1935-1963) of the Naramata Community Hall Board and its successor, the Naramata Recreation Council.

Naramata Recreation Council
Letters - 1938
CA MRM 01170-1-1 · File · 1938
Part of Lawrence Broe fonds

12 letters and 11 envelopes written by Helen Waugh to Lawrence Broe during the year 1938.

Broe, Lawrence
Letters from Helen
CA MRM 01170-1 · Series · 1938-1947
Part of Lawrence Broe fonds

Series consists of letters, photographs, and greeting cards, envelopes, and one postage stamp sent from Helen Waugh to Lawrence Broe between 1938 and 1947.

Lawrence Broe is referred to as "Larry" throughout the records in this series.

CA MRM 00550 · Fonds · 1911-1945

The fonds consists of constitution, bylaws, minutes, cashbooks, and miscellaneous papers of the club.

Ladies' Club of Whonnock
CA MRM 00170 · Fonds · 1944-1964, 1975-1980

The fonds consists of minutes, ledger (including membership list) and a copy of deed to property of the Alexander Robinson Community Club.

Alexander Robinson Community Club
CA MRM 00020 · Fonds · 1915 - 1983

The fonds consists of incorporation papers and membership lists, guest book for 55th anniversary (1970), the Institute's Baby Clinic ledgers for 1953-1954 and 1958-1965, and receipt books from 1969-1983.

Haney Women's Institute
Sharon Brown fonds
CA MCA 1999 05 27 · Fonds · 1984-1999

Fonds consists of papers related to the community involvement of Sharon Brown in Mission City and District. Papers relate to Fraser Valley Regional District Growth Strategy, Mission City Committee, Motor Sport complex History, Joint Steering Committee and Economic Strategy Committee re: Heritage Park complex, and B.C. Library Foundation.

Brown, Sharon
CA MCA 1998 25 · Fonds · 1948-1998, predominant 1957-1995

Fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial records, membership records, annual reports, awards, photographs, scrapbooks, guest book, newspaper articles, historical vignettes from 1910 to 1990, memorabilia, cookbook and MWI pins and stamp. Includes two hard books on Women's Institute history.

Mission Women's Institute
CA MCA 1997 01 09 · Fonds · 1985, 1995-1996

Fonds consists of records generated in the course of the Whonnock Community Association's Historical Project, 1985. Fonds consists of photographic prints, audio cassette tapes with summaries, maps and textual materials. The textual materials consist of copies of church records, post office records, newspaper clippings, CP contracts and timetables, land registry records, collector's rolls, petitions, lists of businesses, sections of various BC Directories from 1891 to 1949, public school lists, visitors books and minutes. Also included are handwritten notes related to interviews and other research. An index box contains both a chronological index and an alphabetical index of important dates and people in Whonnock's history. Interviewees include Brian Byrnes, Isobel Byrnes, Cecil Blois, Olive Leaf, Mary Elliot (nee Drewry), Jean Eustice (nee Black), Helen Kolberg (nee Black), Harry Pullen, Charles Miller, and Mark Desrochers. There is also a variety of original and photocopied correspondence, many letters including reminiscences.

Whonnock Community Association
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)
Shirley Dimond collection
CA LMA MS 46 · Fonds · ca. 1900-1981

Collection consists of 20 photos. Includes images of Thompson River flood of 1948, Spences Bridge scenes, members of the Clark family, aftermath of Kumsheen Secondary school fire (1972), family friends Myrna Leighton and the Gillette sisters, Chief Petit Louis of Kamloops, and Lytton school class pictures for 1979 and 1981.

Harry Graham fonds
CA LMA MS 39 · Fonds · ca. 1900-1920

Fonds consists of 10 photographs of the Loring family, Lytton sports day, and the Thompson River bridge. Includes the first bridge over the Thompson River; Sports day in Lytton [ca1910]; Lorenzo Delos Loring and nephew Edwin, son of Forrest Loring; an old school house on the Loring ranch; a wedding; and two groups of people at the Loring ranch.

Graham, Harry, b. 1873
CA LMA MS 37 · Fonds · [ca. 1970-1980]

Fonds consists of personal records and research notes of Ann C. Rebagliati. Includes hand-written research notes on history of Lytton and family geneology, including parents Angelo and Concessa, siblings Mary, George, Louise, Marie A., John Carl, and Alonzo Joseph. Also includes 6 ration books, 1 certificate, 1 Canada West Publication, and 2 photographs.

Rebagliati, Ann C.
Victor Shorsky fonds
CA LMA MS 33 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1943]

The fonds consists of photographs concerning Lytton taken by the Shorsky family. Includes photographs of Lena's Grill, Mike's Pool Hall, Lytton buildings, school class picture (1942-1943), Victor Shorsky, Frank Rowluck, Rotary Lottery Barrel [ca. 1940].

Shorsky, Victor
Earl Crowston fonds
CA LMA MS 28 · Fonds · 1950-1979

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Earl (Bud) and Mona Crowston. Includes group picture of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Lytton's main street and buildings, dedication of Jim O'Dwyer monument, Royalite garage fire, and several Lytton citizens, i.e. Shawn O'Brien, Louis Davis, Marg and Ted Sharpe, Jack Grevelling, Del Jackson, and Lawrence Haugen.

Crowston, Earl, 1930-
Bob Turnbull fonds
CA LMA MS 26 · Fonds · 1924-1934

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Bob Turnbull and his father, W.H. Turnbull. Includes scenes and citizens of LYtton, Earlscourt Farms, and the building of the Trans Canada Highway [ca. 1924-1925]. Also includes Lytton Racetrack, and one framed photo of the girls softball team in 1933, with Nan Dwyer, Rose Dodge, Rose Wardell, Katie Keeble, Fanny Loring, Maureen Dwyer, and Toots Maynard.

Turnbull, Bob, 1912-