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Samuel Rothstein fonds
Fonds · 1949-2003

The fonds consists of records that Rothstein created and received as student, teacher, librarian, researcher and administrator. It includes correspondence, reports, handwritten notes and drafts, talks and articles, both published and unpublished ones, minutes of various meetings, photographs, research projects, talks and articles and biographical information. The fonds is arranged into 12 series: UBC School of Librarianship, Accreditation, Course Materials, UBC Library, UBC Committees, External Committees, Correspondence, Personal, Talks and Articles, Publications, and Photographs.

Rothstein, Samuel, 1921-
Fonds · 1965-1990

The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with pioneers of Salt Spring Island and of addresses of meetings of the Salt Spring Island Historical Society. The collection includes interviews conducted as part of the C.B.C. Imbert Orchard series, the Salt Spring Senior Citizens Project (1977), a project done by Tony Farr, and projects of the Salt Spring Island Historical Society.

Ruth Family fonds
Fonds · 1883-1981

The fonds is divided into nine series that contain written histories, photographs, personal memorabilia and uncatalogued ephemera.

Ruth (family)
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
Ruth Bailey fonds
CA FTST MS 1 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-?]

Fonds consists of a photocopied diary written by Ruth Bailey, 1910.

Bailey, Ruth
Ruth Adair Peterson Fonds
Fonds · 1921

The title based on the contents of the fonds. The collection is divided into five series containing 7 books of watercolour paintings of family scenes, landscapes, two autograph books and two photographic prints.

Ruth Adair Peterson
Ross family fonds
CA BOW MS 11 · Fonds · 1955 - 1987

The fonds consists of the records of Alex and Helen Ross. It includes correspondence, financial records, paperwork from the Seniors Housing Cooperative and Bowen Island Historians, climatological data, and draft articles and correspondence relating to Alex’s work as a climatological observer for the Undercurrent newspaper.

Ross (family)
Rosoman family fonds
CA EDM 986-07;986-09;986-14;986-15;987-06;988-19 · Fonds · 1877-1984

The fonds consists of correspondence, agreements, receipts, certificates, personal writings (including descriptions of difficulties in Canada and with the Church of England in Enderby), and reference material and ephemera. Fonds includes photographs and maps of Enderby and district.

Rosoman (family)
Ronald Hudson Turner fonds
Fonds · 1913 - 2013

The fonds consists of personal documents, memberships, correspondence and miscellaneous items. The fonds is divided into six series.

Turner, Ronald Hudson
Robina James fonds
CA EMA V990.33 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1955]

The fonds consists of photographs of Robina James's family members and her home in Esquimalt.

James, Robina, 1902-
Robertson family fonds
Fonds · [197-]

Fonds consists of a manuscript, in question and answer format, about coal mining written by Thomas Robertson. Fonds also includes copies of clippings from Mrs. Robertson's scrapbook. Clipping topics include: Ripple Rock, mine rescue competitions, and family events.

Robertson (family)
Fonds · 1868

The fonds is divided into 9 series and consists of personal documents, work diaries, personal transactions, and miscellaneious items.

Robert Turner and Family
Robert T. Richardson fonds
CA FTST MS 29 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-?]

The fonds consists of textual records of Mr. R.T. Richardson from 1951. Includes correspondence and two histories of Bull River.

Richardson, Robert T., 1881-1952
Robert Stainton James fonds
CA MMB L446a-g · Fonds · 1864-1917

The fonds consists of James' Royal Navy certificates of service, pension records, a conduct certificate and a certificate of identity.

James, Robert Stainton, b. 1850
Robert Prittie fonds
CA BOW MS 48 · Fonds · 1961 - 1975

The fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Robert Prittie. It include records of cottage rentals on Bowen Island (1961-1963), correspondence and published materials relating to land use, development, and community planning on the Bowen Island (1962-1974), and GVRD electoral district zoning maps (1961-1962).

Prittie, Robert W.
Robert N. Thompson fonds
Fonds · 1935-1994

The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks and other records relating to Thompson's personal life, his involvement with various organizations, his military career and work in Ethiopia, his political career as MP and national leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and his work as an educator.

Thompson, Robert N.
Robert Carruthers fonds
Fonds · 1921-1968, 1996

Fonds consists of three plans indicating the workings of the Louden-Wakelem slopes and Carruthers slopes of Wellington #9 mine from 1949 until 1964. The latest is incomplete but does include a manuscript schematic drawing of Nanaimo mine locations. Copies of Mr. Carruthers miner's certificates, copies of newspaper articles written about Mr. Carruthers upon his retirement and his textbooks on mining are also included. A number of these are from the International Correspondence School (ICS). Also included are two Special Rules booklets that outline the rules and regulations of Western Fuel Company mines in Nanaimo and descriptions of various mine jobs (shotlighter, bratticemen, loaders etc.).

Carruthers, Robert, b. 1899
CA CCOQ C5 · Collection · 1870 - 2018

The Riverview Hospital Historical Society collection consists of the records collected and maintained by the Riverview Hospital Historical Society (RHHS). Through their museum and library, the RHHS acquired and stewarded records documenting the history of Riverview Hospital, the British Columbia School of Psychiatric Nursing, and the history of psychiatric care in British Columbia.

The collection consists of a range of documentary forms, including: reports, theses, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publications, correspondence, manuals, plans and drawings, directories, inventories, procedures, programmes, annuals, invitations, motion pictures, personal narratives, staff lists, minutes, study notes, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs depicting aspects of social and administrative life at the hospital and school.

The collection is arranged into ten series that reflect original collections maintained by the RHHS, and are organized by media type or content. See the Arrangement note below for more information.

British Columbia. School of Psychiatric Nursing
Ridington family fonds
Fonds · 1889-1945

The fonds consists of material generated by John Ridington and other members of the Ridington family and includes correspondence (1904-1987), diaries (1917-1980), Ridington family history, and photographs. Also included is a collection of bound copies of John Ridington’s articles and speeches (1911-1944).

Ridington (family)
Richard Mackie fonds
CA CMX 03.17 · Fonds · [1901-1985]

The fonds consist of extensive research files on Hamilton Mack Laing, used in writing his book Hamilton Mack Laing: Hunter Naturalist. Included are primary research notes, interviews, correspondence, 1st draft of Laing manuscript. The fonds also consist of photographs taken by Hamilton Mack Laing of nature, his naturalist peers and his home in Comox.

Mackie, Richard, 1957-
Fonds · [Photocopied 1992]

The fonds consists of home journals (diaries) describing events, people, and local, national and international affairs written by Wilson while he was in Ontario, Manitoba, and on Salt Spring Island.

Wilson, Edward Francis, Reverend
Reg Stone fonds
CA TCA 1997-13 · Fonds · 1946-1994

The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, competition records from various Briers, and memorabilia.

Stone, Reg, d. 1997
Reg Egge fonds
CA FTST MS 37 · Fonds · 1915, 1923-1975

Fonds consists of the textual records of Ragnvald and Doris Egge from 1915-1975. Includes correspondence with family and friends, legal records, clippings, and ephemera.

Egge, Reg, 1898-1979
Ray Williston fonds
CA UNBC 2000.13 · Fonds · 1914-1999, predominant 1954-1999

The fonds consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Ray Williston's life from childhood to recent times, one interview on audio cassette, correspondence and reports relating to Mr. Williston's government and private work, and miscellaneous textual material.

Williston, Ray Gillis, 1914-