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Charles May fonds
CA MMB 988.67.1 · Fonds · 1885-1903

The fonds consists of May's certificate of service from 1885 to 1903.

May, Charles, b. 1865
Cooper family fonds
CA EMA V992.31;V992.32 · Fonds · 1940-1962

The fonds consists of photographs depicting the Cooper family, scenes of Esquimalt, and various naval and military groups.

Cooper (family)
CA EMA V990.18 · Fonds · 1989

The fonds consists of photographs of Esquimalt memorial cairn ceremony, Apr. 19, 1989.

HMCS Esquimalt Memorial Association
CA DMA CR-86 · Fonds · [Copied 1983 and 1987]

Collection consists of copy negatives and copy prints of images from Mr. McConnell's album that pertain to his service at R.C.A.F. Station Boundary Bay, and a photocopy of the entire album made in 1983. The album records Mr. McConnell's service in the R.C.A.F. from March 13, 1941 to November 3, 1945. The captioned images document the kind of training men received under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and some of the action McConnell saw overseas. Included are class photographs, photographs of air crews and aircraft and places visited on leave, aerial views of Boundary Bay Airfield and Delta, and newsclippings that record bombing runs and the fate of friends in the airforce.

J. MacFie fonds
CA MMB L859 · Fonds · [ca. 1950]

The fonds consists of the shipwright's journal of the HMCS Ontario with pen and ink drawings of sections and general data of the vessel.

MacFie, J.
E.S. Cassels fonds
CA MMB L791;L827;L863;L2135 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1960]

The fonds consists of primarily of records relating to the SS Commodore, including permanent inventory and logbooks (1958). Fonds includes documents pertaining to the B.C. Centenary Review and Fleet Visits (1958) and the HMCS Winnipeg.

Cassels, Ernie S.
CA MMB L1893.1-2;L1895;L4269 · Fonds · 1916-1959

The fonds consists of photographs of HMC ships as well as photographs of James Cook, W.B. Holmes, SS Weser, and HMS Victory guns; model plans for the Cutty Sark (1959); and, letter and newsclippings relating to the Grisle in 1916.

Finch-Noyes, Edward William, 1909-
Eileen Kenwood fonds
CA UVICARCH AR076 · Fonds · 1961-1991

The fonds consists of research files arranged in alphabetical order; a selection of file titles includes: Alternate energy, Clayoquot Resource Centre, Dube Symposium, Insecticides, Military, Seed banks, Tooth survey form, UVic-- Dangerous organisms, and Voice of Women. The newsletters and pamphlets have been transferred to the Voice of Women pamphlet collection.

Kenwood, Eileen
Frederick Ernest Grubb fonds
Fonds · 1928-1973

The fonds consists of papers referring to procedural details for officers and ratings, chiefly 1943; gunnery notebook for naval cadets, 1928-1929; papers on Navy Week and naval ceremony at B.C.'s Centennial (1958); ephemera relating to the Royal Canadian Navy; photographs of models, HMC ships, and Japanese training ships; and charts of the British Columbia coast.

Grubb, Frederick Ernest
Frederick V. Longstaff fonds
CA MMB L816;L1221 · Fonds · 1929-1957

The fonds consists of photographs of HMC and HM ships, Commander Hose, sealing schooners and other ships and views. Fonds includes articles written by Longstaff and newsclippings.

Longstaff, Frederick Victor
Frederick Williams fonds
Fonds · 1915-1918

The fonds consists of a diary recording movement, general conditions, and military activity of the Second Canadian Siege Battery during World War I.

Williams, Frederick
G.F. Blyth fonds
CA FAR 982.717 · Fonds · 1947-1962

The fonds consists of photographs of the 1948 flood, officers and other military scenes relating to the activities of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment.

Blyth, G.F.
James L. Sweetnam fonds
CA MMB L303 · Fonds · [1891]

The fonds consists of a surgeon's journal detailing illnesses and medical examinations on the HMS Nankin with notes on diagnosis, remedies, medical practice and prognosis.

Sweetnam, James L.
Harwood family fonds
Fonds · 1888-1979

The fonds consists of a diary, correspondence, clippings, certificates and legal records related to the vital statistics of the Harwoods and the military experiences of Fred Harwood during World War I.

Harwood (family)
Norman Hacking fonds
Fonds · 1919-1997

The fonds consists of records created by Norman Hacking during his private life and public life as a writer. The majority of the fonds are textual records, but there are some photographs that document his childhood, family members and friends, and marine vessels. Included in the fonds are correspondence (documenting his activities and relationships with family and friends while stationed overseas during World War II), research notebooks, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to B.C. history and the maritime history of Vancouver, newspaper articles from the Vancouver Daily Province, and unpublished drafts of manuscripts and short stories.

Hacking, Norman
P.F. Fairfull fonds
CA MMB L210;P1670;P3419 · Fonds · [ca. 1916]

The fonds consists of captain's orders (ca. 1916) for the HMS Newcastle. Fonds includes photographs of the HMS Raleigh and ship's company of the HMCS Shearwater.

Fairfull, P.F.
Phyllis L. Bayley fonds
CA MMB 988.98.1-18 · Fonds · 1941-1966

The fonds consists of recruiting brochures, training manuals, newsclippings, certificates, and photographs of Phyllis Bayley relating to her naval career and the recruiting, training and organization of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. Fonds includes photographs including group and individual portraits of WRCNS and their activities.

Bayley, Phyllis L.
CA MMB L415 · Fonds · 1909-1948

The fonds consists of Tharratt's certificates of service for the Royal Navy, orders from the Admiralty, appointments from the Royal Canadian Navy and personal conduct sheets. Fonds includes correspondence between Tharratt and respective naval bodies, as well as His Majesty's Trade Commissioner, Vancouver.

Tharratt, Joseph William, b. 1892
Fonds · 1933-1946

The fonds consists of constitution, minutes, membership roll, account and receipt books, financial statements, correspondence and programs.

Kamloops Canadian Legion Symphony Orchestra
R.T. DuMoulin fonds
CA FAR 982.888;982.216;984.513;984.522;985.71;985.188 · Fonds · 1946-1963

The fonds consists of files on Sarcee Camp, the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, Vancouver Artillery Officers, a minute book, a field service pocket book and notes, and correspondence.

DuMoulin, R.T.
CA MMB L2430a-e · Fonds · [Photocopied 19--]

The fonds consists of certificates of service and two letters of recommendation, one signed by Governor Musgrave. Fonds includes a photograph of Royal Marines Light Infantry.

Prowse, Richard
Lorne McKenzie fonds
CA FAR 982.110-982.117 · Fonds · 1939-1945

The fonds consists of maps of England, a war and peace diary, a record of officer services, and pamphlets relating to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment.

McKenzie, Lorne
Mananobu Kawahira fonds
CA JCN 94/82 · Fonds · 1937-1954

Fonds consists of 11 series relating to Masanobu Kawahira's incarceration in the Angler, Ontario prisoner of war camp. Materials include notes, notebooks, correspondence, manuscripts, stationery, postcards, a map, a photograph, a pencil and a handcrafted medal.

Kawahira, Masanobu
John and Michael Kelly fonds
CA MMB L6 · Fonds · 1837-1895

The fonds consists of certificates of service in the Royal Navy for John Kelly (1837-1843) and for Michael Kelly (1865-1895). Fonds includes John Kelly's hospital discharge papers (1858).

Kelly, Michael
Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1995

The collection consists of photographic prints and negatives of maritime activity (predominantly vessels and ships crews) occurring in North America, the largest percentage relating to the West Coast. The collection includes photographs of maritime vessels of World War I and World War II vintage, Royal Navy vessels, and naval officers.