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CA WVAN 044 · Fonds · 1933-1987

The fonds consists of material relating to the company's development of the British Properties (Capilano Estates), and Park Royal Shopping Centre. The majority of the material is photographs documenting the original construction, expansion, and many activities of Park Royal. The fonds also includes four scrapbooks documenting events and press coverage, with sample advertisements for Park Royal.

The fonds is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Photographs
Series 2: Scrapbooks

British Pacific Properties Limited
Colville family fonds
CA WVAN 051 · [1946-1951]

The fonds consists of photographs relating to the Colville family business in West Vancouver. The photographs depict army trucks transporting hikers, skiers and supplies up Hollyburn Mountain, including stops at Hi-View Lodge, and Westlake Lodge. There are also photographs of "The Forks," a rest stop and restaurant which was operated by the Colville family.

Colville (family)
William Gale fonds
CA WVAN 056 · Fonds · 1930-1960

The fonds consists of materials relating to the business activities of William Gale, mortgage broker. The material is contained in one binder and includes mortgage books, correspondence, letters of employment, a map, photographs, an article by William Gale, and several newspaper advertisements relating to residential areas in West Vancouver.

Gale, William
William James Turnbull fonds
CA WVAN 068 · Fonds · 1916-1961

The fonds consists of records relating to the personal and professional life of William James Turnbull, owner and operator of the West Vancouver Lumber Company Limited. The material consists of newspaper clippings, legal agreements, correspondence, patent documents, promotional material, photographs, postcards, technical drawings, name tag, and patent number labels.

The fonds is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Personal life
Series 2: West Vancouver Lumber Company Limited
Series 3: Indoor curling game and company

Turnbull, William James
George Adams Grocery fonds
NWMA 200 · Fonds · 1911-1916

The fonds consists of two cash books.

George Adams Grocery
William Johnston fonds
NWMA 204 · Fonds · 1888-1898

The fonds consists of store ledgers.

Johnston, William
R.G. Dingle fonds
NWMA 205 · Fonds · 1862-1893

The fonds consists of ledgers, journals, daybooks, and account books.

Dingle, R.G.
Alberni Board of Trade fonds
Fonds · 1903-1963

The fonds consists of minutes (1908-1914, 1954-1963), charters, membership lists, correspondence files (1949-1963), and reference material of the Alberni Board of Trade.

Alberni Board of Trade
Fonds · 1953-1957

Fonds consists of minutes (1956, 1957) and financial statements (1953-1956).

Cliffview Colliery
C.B. Hume fonds
Fonds · 1889-1951

Fonds consists of correspondence, commercial documents, personal documents and insurance documents relating to the private commercial activities of C.B. Hume (as distinct from C.B. Hume and Co. Ltd.).

Hume, Clarence Burpee
Fonds · 1910-1915

The fonds consists of a customer accounts book (1910-1915) for the company, known variously as A.J. King and Company, Butcher and the Hedley Meat Market.

A.J. King and Company, Butcher
E.G. Prior and Company fonds
Fonds · 1886-1913

The fonds consists of an accounts ledger, correspondence, daily journal, and financial records of E.G. Prior and Company.

E.G. Prior and Company (Kamloops, B.C.)
Klitsa Lodge fonds
Fonds · 1918-1963

The fonds consists of guest books (1918-1963) of the Klitsa Lodge.

Klitsa Lodge
Fonds · 1928-1980, predominant 1945-1960

The fonds consists of records of the the Lantzville Hotel and Garage and Caillet Holdings. The hotel records include certificates (1928, 1946), correspondence (1945-1976), financial records (1928-1957), hotel registers (1943-1952), liquor licences (1956,1980), photographs, and miscellaneous items. The Caillet Holdings records include a receipt book (1947-1953), and registered plans (1919, 1947-1950).

Lantzville Hotel and Garage
Fonds · 1901-1974

The fonds consists of payroll and expenditure ledgers, timesheets, personnel files, subject files and correspondence of the Revelstoke Division of the CPR.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Revelstoke Division
Revelstoke Ski Club fonds
Fonds · 1918-1990

Fonds consists of four series and one sous-fonds. The series include: Minutes, membership records and consitution (19321986); Correspondence (19321988); Financial Documents (19471971); Promotion and competitions (19181990). The sous-fonds comprises the records of Revelstoke Winter Sports Ltd., a company that was formed by the ski club to run hill operations on Mount Revelstoke.

Revelstoke Ski Club
Roland A. Jamieson fonds
Fonds · 1914-1999

The fonds consists of manuscripts, research notes, and correspondence.

Jamieson, Roland A.
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)
Leo F. LePas fonds
Fonds · 1932, 1933

Fonds consists of records related to LePas's insurance agency and includes correspondence and sketches of the Union Hotel area in Cumberland and the City Works yard on Prideaux Street in Nanaimo.

LePas, Leo F., d. 1980
Fonds · [Photocopied ca. 1985]

The fonds consists of accounts ledger (1912-1913 and 1925) for the Okanagan Trust Company Ltd. at Naramata, B.C.

Okanagan Trust Company (Naramata, B.C.)
McMahon Hardware fonds
Fonds · 1921-1961

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the operation of McMahon and Mack Hardware and McMahon Hardware. It includes the B.C. Gazette copy of certificate of incorporation for McMahon and Mack Hardware Ltd. (1925), correspondence with suppliers, price lists, a mailing list, a ledger for income and expenses (1928-1932), a list of guns sold (1924-1961), counter sales receipts, a booklet on fretwork, and a price marking system.

McMahon Hardware
Malaspina Hotel collection
Fonds · 1926-1935

Collection consists of a prospectus for the proposed hotel, and four special occasion menus.