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Frank Appelbe fonds
CA CVAN CVA 215;CVA 238 · Fonds · 1967-1968

The fonds consists of Appelbe's photographs of aerial views of the west side of Vancouver and the West End; and views of the RCMP vessel St. Roch, Coal Harbour and railway shops and rolling stock in West Vancouver.

Appelbe, Frank
Frank Woodside fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 133 · Fonds · 1901-1941

The fonds consists of civic legal documents, correspondence, newspapers and reports of mines. There is also a photograph which was probably taken during the building of the 2nd Narrows Bridge.

Woodside, Frank Everett
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 310;Add. MSS. 702;CVA 524 · Fonds · 1901-1978, 1981

The fonds consists of minutes, milk agreements, membership records, financial papers, published records, ledgers, a membership index, manuals of operation, pamphlets, historical manuscripts and ephemera, speeches by Dan Nicholson, President of the Association, papers relating to the British Columbia Royal Commission on Milk, 1954-1955, and transcripts of interviews with pioneers. Also included are scrapbooks, audio tapes of annual meetings, and photographs. The fonds also includes records of Royal Dairies Limited (originally Young Hoy Limited). Photographs in the fonds depict the construction of the Burnaby plant (1962-1963) and various photographs pertaining to the Association and the Fraser Valley in general. The fonds is arranged into 23 series.

Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association
Fred Thurston fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1398 · Fonds · 1890, 1909-1910

Fonds contains legal records pertaining to land purchased by Andrew Anderson in 1890 and sold to Fred Thurston in 1909. Fonds also includes a property tax assessment for the land for 1910. The land involved was D.L. 301, block 80, lots 16 and 17, located at the junction of New Westminster Road (now Kingsway), St. Catherine's Street and 18th Avenue.

Thurston, Fred
Frederick Davies fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1389 · Fonds · 1921-1958

Fonds consists of construction contracts (1931-1953), correspondence (1922, 1938), church building dedication programs (1927-1952), news clippings (1928-1958), and photographs (1921-1953), all relating to Frederick Davies' construction projects.

Davies, Frederick, d. 1964?
Frederick Ramsey fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 670 · Fonds · 1964-1969

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports to Council, some minutes of the Special Joint Committee on Skid Row Problems and the sub-committees; technical reports and briefs, minutes of the Downtown Eastside Clergy; and other reference papers.

Ramsey, Frederick A., Reverend Canon
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 831 · Fonds · 1912-1969

The fonds consists of minute books, correspondence, attendance sheets, hymns, membership registers, and certificates pertaining to Inner Light Lodge, No. 399, and a membership list for the Theosophical Society, Hermes Lodge.

Freemasons. Inner Light Lodge No. 399 (Vancouver, B.C.)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 278 · Fonds · 1948-1983

The fonds consists of minutes, 1948-1970; financial statements, 1949-1974; annual reports, including those of Presidents and Committee Chairmen, 1950-1969; correspondence, 1954-1971; membership lists, 1950-1972; list of programmes, typescript, all concerts, 1948-1973; accommodation, booking and seating, 1963-1967; brochures, 1948-1973; programmes, 1948-1983; programmes, Young Musicians, 1955-1973; scrapbook, 1949-1973; two copies of Friends of Chamber Music, A History of Twenty-Five Years, Vancouver 1973, by Rachel Giese.

Friends of Chamber Music
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1023 · Fonds · 1909

The fonds consists of a book of minutes for the first five meetings of the company. Content is mostly of an organizational nature.

Fruit Magazine Publishing Company
G.A. Simons fonds
CA CVAN CVA 478 · Fonds · 1937-[ca. 1950]

The fonds consists of Simons' photographs of window displays at the Vancouver store of David Spencer Ltd., including theme displays for royalty and the Dionne quintuplets.

Simons, G.A.
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 12 · Fonds · 1889-1910

The fonds consists of a file of correspondence, memoranda, specifications, drawings and support documents concerning the construction of the Vancouver Street Railway in 1889-1890. There are receipts and invoices 1893-1899; 1910 correspondence between the Property Owners of Hastings Townsite and the Provincial Health Department, relating to proposed location of the Isolation Hospital; a copy, 1910, of an agreement between property holders and promoters of an electric tramway.

Garden, Hermon and Burwell (Firm)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1179 · Fonds · 1961-2001

The fonds consists of miscellaneous subject files, including administrative and operational records; newsletters; membership booklets; articles; and two photographs of the Roedde House Project.

Garden Club of Vancouver
Gault Brothers fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 372 · Fonds · 1899-[ca. 197-?]

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, stock records, and ledgers of the Gault Brothers as well as the minutes of the Caribou Shipping Company and Caribou Brand Catalogues. The fonds is arranged into 6 series: Biographical and historical files of Gault Brothers Limited, Caribou Shipping Company Limited records, Financial records of Gault Brothers Limited, Gault Brothers Limited publications and news clippings, Gault Brothers Limited stock ownership records, and Organizational papers of Gault Brothers Limited.

Gault Brothers (Firm)
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 720 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1980]

The fonds consists of the constitution and position papers, 1971-1974; and minutes and correspondence, 1971-1980.

Gay Alliance Toward Equality
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 565 · Fonds · 1973-1975

The fonds consists of minutes, newsletters, notices of meetings, posters and other promotional brochures for the Gastown Merchants' Association; correspondence, mostly between the city government, the United Fruit Growers and Al Bowen; and plans.

Gastown Merchants' Association
George Cran fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 889;CVA 730 · Fonds · 1910-1981

The fonds consists of personal memoirs and papers, business correspondence, scripts of speeches, clippings and photographs.

Cran, George A.
George Fitch fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1088;CVA 1088 · Fonds · 1918-1950

The fonds includes photographs, correspondence and clippings which provide an outline of Fitch's enterprises. Photographs depict Fitch's World War I service, his employment as private secretary to the Mayor of Vancouver, and his career as a wrestling promoter for the Vancouver Boxing Commission.

Fitch, George
George Henry Cowan fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 800 · Fonds · 1867-1957

The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches and related notes, expense reports, certificates and publications pertaining to Cowan's personal life, political involvement and career and his legal career.

Cowan, George Henry
George Maxwell fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 81 · Fonds · 1861-[ca. 1900]

The fonds consists of Maxwell's essays and sermons along with photographs of churchmen.

Maxwell, George Ritchie
George Moul fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 606 · Fonds · 1937-1978, predominant 1962-1978

The fonds consists of records created and accumulated by George Moul during his work with the Lower Kitsilano Ratepayers' Association, the Kitsilano Ratepayers' Association, the Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre Association, the Kitsilano Community Forum, and the Kitsilano Planning Committee. The files include committee minutes, correspondence, subject files, publications, membership lists and financial records.

Moul, George
George Small fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 373 · Fonds · 1906-1936

The fonds consists chiefly of photographs of Small's family life and travels through British Columbia and the United States.

Small, George 1850-1936
George Thompson fonds
CA CVAN CVA 298 · Fonds · [ca. 1942-1945]

The fonds consists of Thompson's photographs of various military parades held in Vancouver during the Second World War.

Thompson, George
CA CVAN CVA 393 · Fonds · [Copied 1983]

The fonds consists of photographs of Gibsons Limited, depicting company offices and sales rooms, construction of company facilities on Granville Island, interior scenes of production plants, and detailled views of wire braiding machines.

Gibsons Limited
Gisela Behm fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 630 · Fonds · 1947-1976

The fonds consists of newspaper and magazine articles on Garibaldi Park and the Diamond Head chalet, and correspondence with various government agencies about preserving the chalet and activities in the area.

Behm, Gisela
Gladys Ridler fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 851 · Fonds · 1958-1983

The fonds consists of poems, short stories, correspondence, and a photograph of Gladys Ridler; letters, poems and other material concerning Captain Henry Larsen and the St. Roch; government publicity, package on the Canadian Constitution; and greeting cards.

Ridler, Gladys Lilian