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archival descriptions
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)
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
Nancy Greene fonds
CA WMA 1995-15 · Fonds · ca. 1968-1989

The fonds consists of records relating to Nancy Greene's ski career and her involvement in local politics and community advocacy. Records include a scrapbook (1986-1987) depicting the growth and development of Whistler, correspondence to and from the Department of Highways regarding the Duffy Lake route (1988), correspondence and minutes relating to Nancy Greene's term as a Whistler School Trustee (1981). Also included are some records of the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (1968) and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee's bid for the Winter Olympics (1980). Local government records include Official Community Plans of Whistler 1974, 1976, and 1982, and a report entitled "Proposed Ski Development of Blackcomb Mountain." Fonds includes records relating to Al Raine's term on the Advisory Parks and Recreation Commission (1976-1983).

Greene, Nancy, 1943-
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
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
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 CIM 1999.003 · Fonds · 1930-1953

Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.

Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
CA CIM 2000.001 · Fonds · 1926-2004 (predominant 1948-2004)

Fonds consists of records of the Southern Cortes Community Association. It includes minutes and agendas of meetings, correspondence, financial records, administrative and legal documents, and reports on projects and activities.
Original groupings of documents in files have been maintained with the exception of general correspondence, which has been grouped by date.
Files have been arranged into eleven series: Minutes; Financial records; Administrative records; Correspondence; Events; Newsletters; Dental clinic project; Show Business; Manson's Hall renovation; Ephemera; and Committee minutes and reports.

Southern Cortes Community Association
CA UNBC 2000.1 · Fonds · 3 Apr.1952 - 15 Mar. 1993

Fonds consists of textual, photographic, cartographic, electronic and promotional films/video recordings related to the mining operations of Cassiar Asbestos Mining Corporation (CAMC) and creation of Cassiar townsite. CAMC records primarily consist of records related to mining operations including construction, engineering, daily mining operations, administration of CAMC, tallies of extractions, labour and union activities, corporate events and visits by dignitaries. Townsite records are primarily visual representations of townsite construction, including the creation of health, education and community services including Cassiar's private hospital, school, library, as well as townsite images. Photographs include documentation of natural and man-made landscapes within the Cassiar region of Northern BC. Other holdings include a near complete run of Cassiar's community newspaper.

Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.
CA UNBC 2000.16 · Collection · 1906–1912

The collection consists of 9 photographs and copies of photographs showing scenes of Prince Rupert and area, groups of townspeople, a stone totem pole at Metlakatla, and a man poling a dug-out canoe probably on the Skeena River. It includes two newspaper clippings, one from the BC Saturday Sunset dated September 14, 1912 and another from The Globe dated Saturday March 23, 1907. The bound volumes of the Prince Rupert Empire newspaper were transferred to Special Collections. See accompanying note.

Prince Rupert Drydock and Shipyard
Theresa Healy fonds
CA UNBC 2000.2 · Fonds · 1996

The fonds consists of some curricular material and email correspondence that Dr. Healy used in shaping her course, a rough draft and notes on "Work in progress: a collection of local history essays by students of History 407", audio tapes, computer disks, transcriptions, release forms, notes, draft articles and Dr. Healy's comments on student projects.

Healy, Theresa
CA UNBC 2000.3 · Fonds · 1999-

The fonds consists of oral history interviews on audio cassettes with accompanying transcriptions.

Prince George Oral History Group
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 CIM 2002.001 · Fonds · 1975-2008

Fonds consists of materials created or collected by Directors of Cortes Electoral Area during their terms of office. Because outgoing Directors may turn their current files over to their successors, the papers of one Director may contain materials generated during a previous term.
Fonds includes minutes of Cortes Advisory Planning Commission meetings; minutes of Regional Board and committee meetings with related background material; records of public hearings; correspondence; community plans and by-laws with associated planning material; licenses for the use of foreshore and crown land; and materials relating to island issues such as parks, aquaculture, forestry, garbage disposal, recycling and water quality.
Fonds is arranged into sous-fonds based on accession of records and contains four sous-fonds: Linda Gagnon, Regional Director; Ralph Nursall, Regional Director; George Sirk, Regional Director; and Jeanette Hiebert, Regional Director.

Comox-Strathcona (Regional District). Electoral Area I (Cortes Island). Regional Director
CA CRMA 2003-2; 2004-6 · Fonds · 1946 - 2001

Fonds include incoming and outgoing correspondence, club scrapbooks, member rosters and attendance records, meeting minutes and copies of the club newsletter Rotary Weekly Bulletin. The records provide a detailed overview of the Club activities during the period 1946 – 2001 and their involvement with a wide range of community events and the development of community infrastructure such as the construction of an outdoor swimming pool, the seawalk and services such as the Cari Infant and Toddler Centre. Club members include a wide range of individuals from the business sector including members from various pioneering families.

Rotary Club of Campbell River
CA CIM 2003.003 · Fonds · 1951-2016

Fonds consists of the records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1951 to 2016. The first accession (2003.003) consists of records from 1951 to 1985 and includes minutes of general and executive meetings, correspondence, administrative records including the original constitution and bylaws, financial records and reports on projects and functions sponsored by the organization. Files from Accession 2003.003 are described in five series: 1) Minutes; 2) Correspondence; 3) Financial; 4) Administrative Records; 5) Subject Files.
An accrual in 2017 (Accession 2017.009) comprises records of the Whaletown Community Club from 1985 to 2016, including minutes of executive and general meetings, financial statements, correspondence, and records of projects and programs. The material was kept in binders, and is arranged in eighteen series based on this original order (Series 6 through Series 23).

Whaletown Community Club
CA SMA 2005-006 · Fonds · 1948 - 1974

Fonds consists of records relating to the Playfair Park Mother's Group's activities at Playfair Park in Saanich from 1951 to 1974. Fonds includes administrative records, financial records, correspondence, and a scrapbook relating to Playfair Park (1948-1951) and Reynolds Park (1951-1956).

Playfair Park Mother's Group
Iris Millmore fonds
CA CRMA 2008-4 · Fonds · 1963 - 1991

This fonds includes two scrapbooks featuring the Campbell River Roller Skating Club activities. The scrapbooks were created in 1991 for a club reunion that was held in Campbell River. The scrapbooks include original photographs and newspaper clippings documenting club activities.

Millmore, Iris
Island Women's Club fonds
CA CIM 2009.001 · Fonds · [ca 1920]-2000

This fonds comprises records of four Cortes Island women's service organizations, including minutes, financial records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, ephemera and artifacts. It is arranged in four sous-fonds according to the creator of the records: Whaletown Women's Institute (2009.001.1); Whaletown Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church (2009.001.2); Cortes Island Women's Institute (2009.001.3); and Island Women's Club (2009.001.3). Related material in CIMAS archives may be found in the Whaletown Women's Institute fonds (1999.002), the Gilean Douglas fonds (1999.001), and the May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds (2007.001).

Island Women's Club
Morishita family collection
CA JCN 2011.79 · Collection · 1903 - 1990

The collection consists of six series of papers, photographs and artefacts amassed by the Morishita family. The first series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the patriarch of the family, Teiji Morishita. The second series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to Teiji's wife, Sawa Morishita. The third series consists of papers and artefacts amassed while the Morishitas (with the Ebisuzakis) ran the Ebisuzaki Shoten (store) at 337 Powell Street in Vancouver, BC. The fourth series consists of family photographs and artefacts belonging to the Morishita family. The fifth series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the Morishita children. And the sixth series consists of papers and artefacts belonging to the Ebisuzaki family.

Mae Sherwood fonds
CA CIM 2017.005 · Fonds · [ca. 1931], [predominant ca. 1980] - 2008

Fonds consists of photographs taken or collected by Mae Sherwood which document the activities of the Whaletown Community Club.

Sherwood, Mae
Whaletown Church Hall fonds
CA CIM 2017.008 · Fonds · 1919-1920

Fonds consists of a minute book and an accounts book of the Whaletown Church Hall Building Fund Committee, documents written by Canon Alan Greene setting out the history, responsibility and terms of use for the Church Hall, and a cover letter for the Certificate of Title from the Land Registry Office.

Whaletown Church Hall Building Committee
Donovan Clemson fonds
CA VPL 33501-34784 · Fonds · 1957-1964

The fonds consists of photographs of towns, villages, farms, buildings and scenery in B.C. taken for the Fraser Valley Regional Library.

Clemson, Donovan
Van Dyke Studios fonds
CA VPL 35877-35942 · Fonds · [ca. 1930-1955]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting people, activities, and scenery in Vancouver. Fonds includes portraits taken by the studio.

Van Dyke Studios
Henry Whittaker fonds
CA VPL 35967-36252 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1960]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting Vancouver panoramas, Victoria Harbour, animals, children, ferries, farming, and various B.C. towns.

Whittaker, Henry, b. 1886