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CA VERN MS 36;1976.073;1976.012;1979.041;2004.041 · Fonds · 1917-1997, predominant 1959-1963

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Girl Guides of Canada, North Okanagan Division from 1917-1997. Includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, personal writings, lists, guiding histories, certificates, programs and notices, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks which detail the establishment and administration of the local girl guide troop, as well as their varied activities. Of particular interest is correspondence with Lady Baden-Powell from 1947-1968.

Girl Guides of Canada. North Okanagan Division
CA VERN MS 102;1985.114 · Fonds · 1926-1957

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Girouard Irrigation District from 1926-1957. Includes district by-laws and trustee meeting minutes which chronicle the corporation's administrative history, duties and activities from establishment to disincorporation.

Girouard Irrigation District
CA VERN MS 118;1986.059 · Fonds · 1919-1922

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Branch of the Great War Veterans Association for 1919-1922. Includes a minute book documenting the Association's inception, their objectives, membership lists, election of officers, motions and resolutions, civic activities, financial statements, plans for a war memorial.

Great War Veterans Association of Canada. Oyama Branch
H.K. Beairsto fonds
CA VERN MS 25;1972.061;1985.392;1985.394 · Fonds · 1924-1960

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of H.K. Beairsto from 1924-1960. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, personal writings, and ephemera either produced or collected by Mr. Beairsto throughout his life and career as a teacher and principal. The majority of the fonds concerns his association with the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the Okanagan Valley Teachers' Association.

Beairsto, Harold King
Ishbel Jean Gray fonds
CA VERN MS 50;1979.082 · Fonds · 1942-1946

Fonds consists of the personal records of Ishbel Jean Gray from 1942-1946, documenting her military nursing career. Includes her certificates of military qualification, military and Red Cross I.D.s, medical records, War Service certificates, and her letter of commission.

Gray, Ishbel Jean
CA VERN MS 152;1993.008;2001.060 · Fonds · [Photocopied ca. 1990-1992]

Collection consists of correspondence and personal research materials of Dr. Aguzzi-Barbagli collected from ca.1990-1992. Includes correspondence, books, magazines, articles, lists of works, and photocopies of numerous scholarly papers about Leone Caetani and the Caetani family. Also includes a lecture on the Caetani family by Dr. Aguzzi-Barbagli and a photocopy of the memoirs [Italian version] of Leone Caetani's first wife, Vittoria Colonna Caetani, which detail her life and dealings with the Caetani family.

Dr. H.J. Phillips fonds
CA VERN MS 57;1982.120 · Fonds · 1962-1963

Fonds consists of the personal records of Dr. H.J. Phillips from 1962-1963. Includes correspondence to and from the doctor in regard to the history and construction of the S.S. Sicamous, and his effort to obtain copies of the original blueprints for the re-creation of a scale model.

Phillips, H.J.
Dr. Margaret Ormsby fonds
CA VERN MS 185;1997.004 · Fonds · 1928-1996

Fonds consists of correspondence, personal writings, research materials, legal documents, and ephemera. Included in Dr. Ormsby's records are the records of her parents, George and Margaret T. Ormsby, and her brother and sister, Hugh and Catherine Ormsby.

Ormsby, Margaret Anchoretta,
CA VERN MS 123;1987.062 · Fonds · 1925

Fonds consists of the personal records of Edith Eleanor (Ruth) Lishman for 1925. Includes a personal journal containing personal diary entries and general financial records. All diary entries are found on the left-hand pages, while her financial income and expenses are on the right. Diary entries contain information on her home life, everyday activities, people she knew, places she went to, and updates on her farm/dairy production.

Lishman, Ruth (Edith Eleanor)
Edna Oram fonds
CA VERN MS 158;MS 210;1993.015;2004.040 · Fonds · 1920-1997

Fonds consists of the personal records of Edna Oram from 1920-1997. Includes correspondence, financial records, personal writings, research material, personal data documents, ephemera, clippings, and records pertaining to her involvement in the Vernon Senior Housing Society, the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives, the Canadian Mental Health Association, O'Keefe Ranch, the Friends of History, Okanagan Landing Station, and the Chamber of Commerce.

Oram, Edna
CA VERN MS 43;1978.148 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1978]

Fonds consists of the memoirs and reminiscences of Mrs. Eleanora Heal ( nee Leckie-Ewing) produced between 1958-1978. Includes photocopies of the original handwritten manuscript and typed transcript. The manuscript was started by Mrs. Heal in 1958, the year of B.C.'s Centennial, and details the life and activities of her parents, as well as her own. Starting in 1890, Mrs. Heal describes the Ewing-Leckie family background and history, her parents journey to Canada, their settlement on the west side of Okanagan Lake and the reason why the area was later named Ewing's Landing. Mrs. Heal includes a significant amount of historical background on the area and its inhabitants, local native history, memories of her early childhood, special events, and places she travelled.

Heal, Eleanora Leckie-Ewing, 1900-
CA VERN MS 145;1990.099 · Fonds · 1984-1986

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the (Vernon) Expo '86 Society from 1984-1986. Includes the constitution and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports and publications produced by the Society which document their objective to make Vernon's Expo '86 a boon for the local economy.

Expo '86 Society (Vernon, B.C.)
CA VERN PH 7 · Fonds · 1919-1935

The F.G. Salt Photo Studios collection consists of 30 photographs produced by local photographer, F.G. Salt, between 1923-1927. The collection consists mainly of individual portraits and group photos, such as sports teams, theatrical casts, clubs and organizations. Also included in the collection are various scenics of Vernon and the surrounding area.

Franklin Smith fonds
CA VERN MS 159;1993.085 · Fonds · [ca.1910-1911]

Fonds consists of the personal records of Franklin Smith from ca.1910-1911 regarding the construction of his 'bungalow' home at 2401-23rd Ave in the Pine Grove subdivision of Vernon, B.C. Includes house specifications, architectural sketches, legal documents, and financial records.

Smith, Franklin, d. 1954
Hedi Lattey fonds
CA VERN MS 129;1988.054 · Fonds · 1956-1988

Fonds consists of the personal records of Hedi Lattey from 1956-1988. Includes personal writings, reports, presentations, publications, newspaper/magazine articles, and ephemera collected and produced by Ms. Lattey during her years as an editor, school trustee, and board member for various organizations.

Lattey, Hedi, 1913-
CA VERN MC 1;1990.35 · Fonds · 1919-1981

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.

North Okanagan Regional District
CA VERN MS 83;1983.188 · Fonds · 1893-1895

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.

Okanagan Land and Development Company
CA VERN MS 153;1994.046 · Fonds · 1933-1960

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.

Okanagan Valley Teachers' Association
CA VERN MS 196;2002.040 · Fonds · 1928-1991

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Irrigation District from 1928-1991.

Oyama Irrigation District
Patrick Mackie fonds
CA VERN MS 193;2000.023 · Fonds · [1860]-1999

Fonds consists of the personal records of Patrick Mackie from [1860]-1999. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial records, family geneaology, and ephemera. Also included in Mr. Mackie's records are the records of his parents Hugh and Grace Mackie; his brothers John, Geoffrey and Peter; his uncle Augustine Mackie; his aunt Rhoda Marle; and records from the Vernon Boys' Preparatory School.

Mackie, Patrick
Kalamalka Players fonds
CA VERN MS 150;1990.130 · Fonds · 1920-1988

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Kalamalka Players theatre company from 1920-1988. Includes correspondence, financial records, ephemera and various miscellaneous documents in regards to the group's financial status, activities and various theatre productions.

Kalamalka Players
Morris family fonds
CA VERN MS 119;1987.021 · Fonds · 1862-1956

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).

Morris (family)
Leighton Tripp fonds
CA VERN MS 74;1988.006 · Fonds · 1929-1955

Fonds consists of the business records of Leighton Tripp, International Accountant, from 1929-1955. Includes business correspondence and annual financial reports of the E. Poole & Co. Ltd.

Tripp, Leighton
CA VERN MS 115;1985.528 · Fonds · 1968

Fonds consists of a report produced D.A. Ross, chairman of the Committee, on the formation of the Library Action Committee in 1968. The report outline the reasons for the formation of the committee, the appointment of officers, the committee's objectives, statistics, and the task assignments for various committee members.

Library Action Committee (Vernon, B.C.)
Jo Fraser Jones fonds
CA VERN MS 209;2003.057 · Fonds · 1996-2003

Fonds consists of the records of Jo Jones concerning her research and consequent publication of books and articles, in particular "Hobnobbing with a Countess". Includes correspondence, legal agreements, research material, personal writings, publications, ephemera, books and magazines, and photos.

Jones, Jo Fraser, 1935-