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June Griswold Fonds
CA SAM MS 152 · Fonds · January 1, 2005

Title based on the contents. The fonds consists of one series of eleven diaries. The diaries cover the years 2005 – 2013. The Enderby and District Museum and Archives holds June Griswold’s diaries from 1990-2004.

June Griswold
CA VHEC RA053 · Collection · 1936–[194-]

Collection is comprised of Nazi-era printed ephemera, photographs and a Hitler Youth dagger collected by Royal Canadian Engineer Robert Brown, who served in the Second World War. Postcards and cigarette cards document Nazi party activities and personnel, bombs, the German retreat from the Netherlands and other subjects.

CA VHEC RA054 · Collection · 2020

Collection is comprised of antisemitic publications, flyers and postcards distributed in North America and Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and collected by Kit Krieger.

CA VHEC RA052 · Collection · [1913 or 1914]–2021

Collection is comprised of items related to and about the activities of Anna Helen (née Mahler) Aszkanazy in Vienna, Austria and North Vancouver, BC. Items are original memoir writings by Aszkanazy, written in British Columbia both in German and English, an English translation of the German-language memoir part, a German writers association membership card and photographs taken before the Second World War and after Aszkanazy’s immigration to BC. Photographs depict Aszkanazy, her daughter, friends and refugees whom she helped immigrate to Canada during the Second World War.

Gesher Project fonds
CA VHEC RA051 · Fonds · 1998-2008

Records in this fonds were generated and accumulated as a result of the coordination and facilitation of, and participation in, the Gesher Project and the resulting exhibition that toured to galleries across Canada from 1999 to 2003. Records include photographs, creative writings, participant biographies, correspondence, promotional material, visitor comments, media clippings, lyrics, notes, reference material and video documentation.

Gesher Project
CA VHEC RA007 · Fonds · 1885–[196-]

Fonds consists of records relating to the ennobling of the von Baiersdorf family in 1884, the family’s personal financial record keeping, marriages, Otto Reif’s assistance to a displaced person, Erna von Engel-Baiersdorf’s work as a museum curator and artist, the deaths of Clara Baiersdorf Erdos and Elise Reif and the family’s religious and liturgical life.

Fonds consists of records relating to the ennobling of the von Baiersdorf family in 1884, the family’s personal financial recordkeeping, marriages, Otto Reif’s assistance to a displaced person, Erna von Engel-Baiersdorf’s work as a museum curator and sculptor, the deaths of Clara Baiersdorf Erdős and Elise Reif and other personal items.

Records include photographs, correspondence, an illuminated document conferring a noble title on the von Baiersdorf family, books and ephemeral items including postcards and newspaper clippings. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1884 title (1884); Correspondence (1884–[196-?]); Photographs (1884–[196-?]) and Books, writings and ephemera ([189-]–1954).

von Baiersdorf, Reif family
CA VHEC RA055 · Fonds · [1977]–1987

Fonds consists of multimedia materials created by Brauer as a result of her Survivors Today project, which documented the lives of Holocaust and Hiroshima survivors after the war and documented attendees at the Canadian Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Children held in Ottawa from April 28–30, 1985. Materials in fonds include audio cassette tape recordings of one-on-one interviews with survivors and one tape of four survivors speaking at a symposium on the Holocaust. Assorted textual materials include manuscripts, correspondence, biographies, transcripts of interviews, book proposals, publications, financial records and a matted display panel. Lastly, photographic materials in the fonds consist of negatives, contact sheets and prints produced by Brauer.

The Survivors Today project aimed to honour survivors’ recollections of sorrow while also expressing their hopes and triumphs in their new lives. Interviews focus on how survivors came to Canada, their adjustments and contributions to life in Canada, and their perceptions of Canadian society. Other topics covered include Judaism and faith, Israel, Europe, nuclear weapons and global peace.

Brauer, Celia
Michel Mielnicki fonds
CA VHEC RA056 · Fonds · [1939–2005]

Fonds consists of records created by, accumulated by, or about Michel Mielnicki related to his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust, the publication of Bialystok to Birkenau: The Holocaust Journey of Michel Mielnicki and Mielnicki’s reunion with his brother after nearly fifty years of separation. Records include photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, video and audio cassette tapes, identity documents, notes and research materials.

Fonds is arranged into the following eight series: —Identity documents (1945–1966) —Photographs ([ca. 1939–1996]) —Memorabilia ([194–198-?]) —Mielnicki correspondence (1954–2005) —Clippings and publications (1947–2000) —Notes, research and speech ([198-]–[6 Oct. 1992]) —Leon Mendelewicz documents ([198-]–5 Mar. 1989) —Audio records (1995)

Mielnicki, Michel
CA VHEC RA020 · Collection · 1770–1981, predominant 1930-1945

Collection consists of records gathered or purchased by Peter N. Moogk as a result of his interest in Second World War history. Records document the Holocaust era in Europe, in particular the Netherlands under the German occupation government. Collection has been divided into the following series: Photographs ([193-]–194-]; 1981); Posters (1940–1946); Postcards ([193-]–[194-]); Correspondence (1934–1987); Clippings and ephemera (1933–1945), Publications (1933–1945), Personal and military records series (1935–1945), Artefacts (1935–[1945]), Currency (1922–1945) and Declaratory documents (1770, 1772).

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
Louise Poole fonds
CA MRM 00370 · Fonds · ca. 1932-ca. 1972

The fonds consists of many records created during Louise Poole's time at Maple Ridge Senior High School. These records include her teacher evaluations, several photographs, grad programs, and some ephemera. There is a file of personal papers and there are several plays written by Poole. Fonds also contains family photographs and her 1934 M.A. thesis "L'orientalisme dans la poesie francasie due XIXe siecle."

Poole, Louise
CA MRM 00550 · Fonds · 1911-1945

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

Ladies' Club of Whonnock
The People's Store fonds
CA MRM 00100 · Fonds · 1937 - 1957

The fonds consists of various store inventories, correspondence, receipts, statements, invoices, and some ephemera.

People's Store (Webster's Corner, B.C.)
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 00160 · Fonds · 1947-1958

The fonds consists of minutes incorporating reports, correspondence and clippings of the Fraser North Shore Highway Association. Fonds includes minutes and correspondence of the Maple Ridge Board of Trade (1947-1948) and of the Highway Committee of the North Shore Boards of Trade (1948-1949).

Fraser North Shore Highway Association
Donald McIver fonds
Fonds · 1951 - 1964

This fonds consists of 3 sections: 1) Photocopy of Comox Logging & Railway Company Employee’s Registration Cards for Donald McIver and his brother, Robert Alan McIver, 1951. 2) Camp 3 Mutual Benefit Association Revised Constitution and By-Laws, October 1957. This booklet is contained in a Comox Logging & Railway Company envelope with monthly dues paid noted on the back. 3) Letter from Mrs. D. McIver to Eddy Erickson dated July 18, 1961 re: dues payment discrepancy. Also receipts for dues payments from March 21, 1961 to October 30, 1964 stored in envelope with letter.

McIver, Donald Charles
Allan Pritchard Collection
Collection · 1791 - 1950

This collection consists of photocopied documents, mainly from the colonial period, relating to Comox District history. Dr. Pritchard organized the material into ten groupings and prefaced each with an introduction and remarks on the historical value of the documents.
The ten groupings are: 1) Records of Exploration 1791-1860, 2) Naval Records 1846-65, 3) Colonial Government Records 1862-71, 4) Anglican Records 1862-91, 5) Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition: Unpublished Journals 1864, 6) Euclataws, Settlers and the Navy 1863-65, 7) Liquor Traffic 1863-65, 8) Comox Natives: Some Reports and Descriptions 1860-90, 9) Province of British Columbia: Sessional Papers 1871-1910, 1918, 10) H M Laing: Comox Writings 1927-c. 1950.
Copies are from original manuscripts at various institutions including the British Columbia Archives, the British National Archives at Kew, the Hudson Bay Company Archives, and the Library at the University of Toronto.

Fonds · 1973-2018

Fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes and reports (1975-2012); Program-related records (1973-2003); Correspondence (1977-1995); Newsletters and publications (1974-2004); Events and conferences (1974-2018); Accounts (1983-1992); Mailing lists and directories (1975-1992); Photographs (1979-2017); Sound and video recordings (1990-2009).

BC Conference. Minister to Youth and Young Adults
Susan Lindenberger fonds
Fonds · 1981-1996

Fonds consists of a single record series: Educational materials relating to women's issues (1981-1996).

Lindenberger, Susan
Fonds · 1926 - 1979

Fonds consists of the following record series: World Student Christian Federation (1931-1977); National Student Christian Movement material (1945-1971); Constitutions (1946-1964); Minutes of Executive meetings (1926-1930; 1950-1963); Advisory Board minutes (1947-1969); Student Cabinet minutes (1961-1964); Records of the President’s Committee on Spiritual Values (1946-1968); Miscellaneous minutes and reports (1927-1964); Records of the Personnel Committee (1955-1966); Study material (1933-1974); Financial records (1950-1971); Correspondence (1944-1974); Membership and mailing lists (1953-1973); Events and conferences (1941-1971); Newsletters and publications (1947-1990); Scrapbooks (1916-1937); Photographs (1916-1962).

Student Christian Movement of Canada. University of British Columbia Branch
Fonds · 1925-2000

Fonds consists of the records of Fairfield United Church and its predecessor, Fairfield Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1915-1979), Marriage registers (1915-1979), and Burial records (1915-1989); Membership records (1954, 1968); Session minutes (1928-1980) and correspondence (1965-1979), Session Elders Communion records (1970-1984), Stewards minutes (1932-1980), Stewards correspondence and reports (1942-1976), Stewards Every Member Visit Committee minutes (1958-1962), Finance Committee minutes (1914-1926), Trustees minutes (1912-1926), Trustees correspondence and reports (1953-1959), Official Board minutes (1912-1985) and correspondence (1954-1974), Congregational Meetings minutes (1943-1971), and Pastoral Relations Committee correspondence (1954-1987); Woman's Association minutes (1927-1961), Woman's Association Mary Allan Auxiliary minutes (1952-1957), Woman's Association Beacon Hill Group minutes (1956-1961), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1940-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Friendship Group minutes (1956-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Jane Piercy Auxiliary minutes (1949-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Korean Sewing Group financial records (1951-1959), United Church Women minutes (1961-1989) and membership records (1970-1995), United Church Women correspondence and reports (1978-1990), United Church Women Amity Unit minutes (1962-1998), United Church Women Beacon Hill Unit minutes (1962-1985), United Church Women Fireside Friends Unit minutes (1962-1991), United Church Women Friendship Unit minutes (1986-1992), United Church Women Jubilee Unit minutes (1962-1986), United Church Women Mary Allan Unit minutes (1966-1979), and War Service Unit minutes (1940-1946); Men's Club minutes (1952-1962) and membership records (1953-1955), As One That Serves (AOTS) minutes (1963-1988), As One That Serves (AOTS) correspondence (1971-1978) and newsletters (1970-1978); Sunday School minutes (1961-1968), Excelsior Bible Class minutes (1923-1926) and Membership records (1913-1930), Go-Ahead Bible Class minutes (1924-1933), membership records (1914-1937) and financial records (1938-1943), Babyband (Cradle) Roll records (1960-1961); Sunday school treasurer's book (1912-1937); Young People's Union minutes (1957-1959) and financial records (1950-1959); Choir minutes (1940-1959), Choir correspondence (1940-1965) and reports (1940-1959); Special programs records (1970-1992), Refugee program records (1979-1981); Worship bulletins (1952-1994); Church History material (1966-1972), and Scrapbooks (1992); Congregational financial records (1926-1980); Annual reports (1953-2000); Newsletters (1966-1999); Photographs of church and church organizations; Audio cassettes of Anniversary Services (1979, 1992), Videocassette of Anniversary Service (1992); and Architectural records (1985).

Fairfield United Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Fonds · 1969-1973

Fonds consists of the following record series: Constitutions (1962-1971); Minutes and reports (1962-1973); Correspondence (1970-1972); Newsletters (1971-1973); and Accounts (1971).

Anglican-United Joint Chaplaincy Committee
Fonds · 1962-2004

Fonds consists of the following record series: Constitutions (1986-1991); Minutes (1972-1998); Reports (1969-1998); Correspondence (1971-2004); Newsletters & publications (1972-1996); Events (1967-1996); Financial records (1966-1996); Chaplain’s social issues reference material (1962-1991); Cooperative Christian Campus Ministry George Hermanson Papers (1970-1984); Photographs ([196-]-[198-]); Reference materials (1972-1989); Objects [19-].

Campus Minister (United Church) U.B.C.
Fonds · 1960-1971

Fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes and reports (1960-1970); and Correspondence (1961-1971).

United Church of Canada. Pacific Mountain Regional Council. Campus Ministry Committee