The fonds consists of clippings and an original letter detailing conveyance of Callister Park to the City. There are also other sundry clippings and personal papers, including an interim and final accounting of the Stevenson Estate.
Stevenson, Ada May, d. 1944The fonds consists of records of Alan Lever including constitutions, reports, minutes, correspondence, and financial records of boards and associations concerned with the development of a city museum, particularly the Vancouver Civic Museum Board; the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the Vancouver Railway Museum Association, and the Discovery of Vancouver Society. Also included is a report on museum development by T. A. Heinrich and a study of a proposal to amalgamate Vancouver and Burnaby.
Lever, AlanThe fonds consists of clippings of Morley's newspaper column, "Romance of Vancouver", and the accompanying illustrations by Fraser Wilson.
Morley, Alan PalmerThe fonds consists of three minute books, 1936-1941 and 1950-1965, and three cash books, 1938-1963.
British Columbia Professional Gardeners' AssociationThe fonds consists of records both generated and acquired by Bice Caple. Included are personal correspondence and ephemera; records, general information and production programs of the Dominion Drama Festival, Playhouse Theatre Centre, Canadian Conference of the Arts, Vancouver International Festival and the Vancouver Children's Theatre; photographs of various performance casts; and clippings relating to reviews of productions in which Bice Caple acted.
Caple, BeatrixThe fonds consists primarily of the records of Henry Ogle Bell-Irving, including his diaries (1889-1930), a deed book (1887-1894), address books, scrapbooks (1903-1931), a file of loose clippings which includes a copy of schedule of sundry personal assets and property of H. Bell-Irving (1930), letter-books (1861-1930), and business records including audited accounts and annual reports, A.B.C. Packing Co. Ltd. Vancouver and London (1891-1911), minute books and annual financial reports of the Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies Ltd., (1920-1973), clippings (1920-1931), and the Pacific Fisherman Yearbook (1935). Also included are three scrapbooks of salmon can labels, summary statistics on company canneries and on the B.C. salmon canning industry, and an H. Bell-Irving and Co. Private Cipher Code (1912) and annual reports. There is also material relating to the management of the estate of Henry Bell-Irving in Scotland. This includes document copy books, a journal, a ledger and a cash book. Also included is a family tree compiled in ca. 1980 and a logbook dated 1907-1909 from the "Beatrice". Photographs depict workers and a group portrait of industry businessmen. Other photographs pertain primarily to Duncan Bell-Irving's aviation career during World War I and to the wartime experiences of his brothers Malcolm (Mick), Roderick and Richard who were also officers, and sister Isabel, a volunteer nurse in a London military hospital. Files arranged alphabetically.
Bell-Irving (family)The fonds consists of correspondence regarding the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret; correspondence and lists relating to pioneers; organizing correspondence for the visit of The Navies of the World and for ski jumping; certificates of incorporation of the Committee; and correspondence relating to the Centennial Museum and St. Roch project, and to the dedication of the Centennial Totem. There are also examples of the publicity material published by the Centennial Committee.
British Columbia Centennial CommitteeThe fonds consists of the specifications for a courthouse to be erected on the block bounded by Georgia, Hornby, Howe and Robson Street, for the Provincial Government of B.C., to be built in conformity with drawings prepared by F.M. Rattenbury of Victoria. Included are general conditions in contracting for the building. There is also the specification, issued by the Inspector of Electrical Energy, from the Court House in Vancouver, for installation of transformers and secondary wiring, lighting and a silo motor, at Colony Farm, Essondale. Tenders were submitted to the Minister of Public Works, Victoria.
British Columbia. Dept. of Public WorksThe fonds consists of minutes 1889-1930 and a souvenir programme 1958.
British Columbia Rugby UnionThe collection consists of photographs of the British Columbia Telephone Company employees at work and at company-sponsored social events; switchboards and other equipment; interior and exterior views of company buildings; and views of the ship Brico laying cable in Vancouver harbour.
The fonds consists of undated notes for the care and management of flowers, thank-you letters (1932), and various certificates for floral displays (1928-1936). Fonds also consists of photographs of the florist company depicting greenhouses, floral displays, and storefronts.
Brown Brothers CompanyThe fonds consists of the minute books of C. Gardner Johnson Limited from 1921-1925 and 1937-1951; annual reports for 1939-1943; and a recording of the opening of Centennial Pier in 1967.
C. Gardner Johnson Ltd.The fonds consists of Piper's wage book for his contracting business.
Piper, C.T.W.The fonds consists of miscellaneous personal papers, 1884-1928, notably his notes concerning his daily activities 1888-1909, together with several printed bills and letters relating to banking and currency reform in the Province of Canada, 1841-1849.
Sweeny, CampbellThe fonds consists of pay lists for officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the No. 8 (Overseas) Company of the Canadian Army Service Corps, 2nd Overseas Contingent, Canadian Expeditionary Force November 1914,- February 1915.
Canada. Canadian Army Service Corps. Company, 8The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, slides and audio tapes of the B.C. Division. The records are organized into 23 series and listed alphabetically by series title.
Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society. British Columbia DivisionThe fonds consists of two scrapbooks containing legal agreements, financial statements and corporate data concerning the pre-amalgamation firms; typescripts, reports, and speeches on the history and operation of the firm 1944-1968; organizational charts; and correspondence for 1945. Printed items include company newsletters 1942-1944; advertising brochures; clippings; magazine articles, and photographs.
Canadian Pacific Air LinesFonds consists of records created and received by Fowler in his personal and professional life. Records include invitations, correspondence, notes by Fowler on his various experiences, biographical and genealogical notes, Fowler's will and parting letters to his wife, sketches, and other materials.
Fowler, Charles BusteedThe fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, financial statements, and annual reports of the organization, as well as reports and documentation of the agency's recreational programming, social work services, and neighbourhood development projects. There are some case files relating to families that received social service assistance, as well as some clippings, and photographs. Fonds includes records of the Alexandra Non-Sectarian Orphanage and Home for Children, Alexandra Community Activities, and Community Chest and Councils of the Greater Vancouver Area.
Alexandra Neighbourhood Services AssociationThe fonds consists of minutes, annual reports, financial statements, and correspondence regarding the transfer of shares of Alpen Holdings Limited.
Alpen Holdings LimitedThe fonds consists of early organizational records; correspondence; records pertaining to membership and licensure; Examining Board records; minutes of Annual and Special General Meetings and related correspondence; audit reports; records of committees, seminars and task forces; Council of Presidents records; Council and Executive Committee meeting minutes; records pertaining to the incorporation of architectural firms; records of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada; subject files; and other records pertaining to the activities of the AIBC.
Architectural Institute of British ColumbiaThe fonds consists of a scrapbook containing club memorabilia, composite photographs of club members, and photographs taken at club reunions. Photographs from the 1987 reunion have been arranged in a file entitled 1987 reunion snapshots. All other records have been arranged and described as discrete items.
ARTS ClubThe fonds consists of minutes, 1920-1931; visitors register, 1926-1931; a scrapbook of clippings, 1921-1930; and a book of reproductions of woodcuts.
British Columbia Art LeagueThe fonds consists of musical scores for "The Belle of Burrard" and "Oh! Oh! Oh! Captain B", programmes from the Lonsdale Theatre, 1913, and other theatres, correspondence re Hilliam's Vancouver career, a transcript of an oral interview of Hilliam, clippings and a photograph.
Hilliam, B.C., b. 1890The fonds consists of invoices listing repairs to specific ships, 1923-1927 and 1930. Also included are payroll ledgers for the shipyard employees from 1939 to 1952, 1965 and 1970.
British Columbia Marine Shipbuilders