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Subfonds · 1980-1995
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Sous fonds consists of materials collected by Martin Keeley, and others, during his time as founder/director of the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committe. The materials were generated from both his home in Point Roberts as well as the offices in Ladner, B.C. and Point Roberts, Washington.

Textual materials emails, letters, memos, notes, brochures, newsletters, articles, press releases, meeting minutes, presentations, addresses, statements, receipt books, month end materials, quotes and membership information that Martin Keeley or others may have thought pertained to the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee. The newspaper articles have been removed from the textual material and placed in the Martin Keeley and Friends of Boundary Bay Newspaper Clippings Binders. These binders can be found on the Reference Library bookshelves.

Photograph material includes photograph prints, contact sheets, negatives and aerials regarding events attended and hosted by the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee.

The sous fonds has been arranged into the following series:

  1. Point Roberts Heron Perservation Committee sous fonds
    3.1 Point Roberts Heron Perservation Committee Photograph series
    3.2 Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee Administrative Records series
Fraser for Life Photographs
Series · 1985-1995
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Series consists of materials collected by Martin Keeley, and others, during his time as a member of the Fraser for Life Communications Society and executive director of the Friends of Boundary Bay. The materials were generated from both his home in Point Roberts as well as the offices in Ladner, B.C. and around Delta.

Graphic material includes photographs from the Iona Beach Regional Park Grand Opening, of a Mahri Sherlock performance, and other individual photos documenting events at which the Fraser for Life participated in.

Series has been arranged into the following items:
2010-29-1 to 2010-29-24, 2010-29-60 to 2010-29-63, 2010-29-65 to 2010-29-70, 2010-29-75 to 2010-29-77.

Fraser for Life sous fonds
Subfonds · 1978-1997
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Sous fonds consists of materials collected by Martin Keeley, and others, during his time as a member of the Fraser for Life Communications Society and executive director of the Friends of Boundary Bay. The materials were generated from both his home in Point Roberts as well as the offices in Ladner, B.C. and around Delta.

Textual materials include financial records such as receipts, checks, funding applications, etc., correpondence letters, emails, notes and memos, press releases for events and fundraisers, court case records for the case between the Fraser for Life and the Minister of Department of Indian Affairs, minutes, notes, brochures and membership information for the Fraser for Life, press clippings regarding the organization and finally restricted materials. The newspaper articles from this sous fonds have been removed from the textual material and placed in the Martin Keeley and Friends of Boundary Bay Newspaper Clippings Binders. These binders can be found on the Reference Library bookshelves. Graphic material includes photograph prints and negatives.

The sous fonds has been arranged into the following series:

  1. Fraser for Life sous fonds
    2.1 Fraser for Life Photograph series
    2.2 Fraser for Life Administrative Records series
Martin Keeley fonds
CA DMA CR-37 · Fonds · 1971-1998

Fonds consists of materials collected by Martin Keeley, and others, during his time as founder/director of the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committe, member of the Fraser for Life Communications Society, executive director of the Friends of Boundary Bay, and executive member of the Boundary Bay Conservation Committee. The materials were generated from both his home in Point Roberts as well as the offices in Ladner, B.C. and Point Roberts, Washington.

Textual materials include Corporation of Delta reports, court case documents, transfer of lease agreements, other reports, notes, correspondence (both to and from), letters, emails, newsletters, publications, studies, proposals, brochures, notices, membership information, financial information, meeting minutes, questionnaires, application forms, workshop brochures, newspaper articles and other various materials that Martin Keeley or others may have thought pertained to a research interest or their organizations. The newspaper articles have been removed from the textual material and placed in the Martin Keeley and Friends of Boundary Bay Newspaper Clippings Binders. These binders can be found on the Reference Library bookshelves.

Audiovisual media materials include VHS, videocassettes for a camera recorder, cassette tapes and reel-to-reel format audio. Photograph materials include photograph negatives, prints, transparencies and contact sheets. The material spans many different topics, such as administrative records, local development, airport development, golf course development, wildlife and wildlife protection, environmental concerns and impacts for the region, local areas of concern (Boundary Bay and Point Roberts), as well as photographs of events relating to, attended by or hosted by the various organizations.

The fonds has been arranged into the following sous fonds/series/sub-series:

  1. Friends of Boundary Bay sous fonds
    1.1 Envrionmental Reserach Topics series
    1.2 Other Environmental Organizations series
    1.2.1 Boundary Bay Conservation committee sub-series
    1.2.2 Fraser Wetlands Commitee (FWC) sub-series
    1.2.3 Delta Naturalists Society (DNS) sub-series
    1.2.4 B.C. Great Blue Heron Society (BCGBHS) sub-series
    1.2.5 Burns Bog Conservation Society (BBCS) sub-series
    1.2.6 The Nature Trust of British Columbia sub-series
    1.3 Friends of Boundary Bay Administrative Records series
    1.4 Friends of Boundary Bay Photograph series
    1.5 Friends of Boundary Bay Audiovisual Media series
  2. Fraser for Life sous fonds
    2.1 Fraser for Life Photograph series
    2.2 Fraser for Life Administrative Records series
  3. Point Roberts Heron Perservation Committee sous fonds
    3.1 Point Roberts Heron Perservation Committee Photograph series
    3.2 Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee Administrative Records series
Keeley, Martin
George T. Baker family fonds
CA DMA CR-143 · Fonds · 1906-2009

Fonds consists of two financial ledgers kept by George Baker for his wheelwright, blacksmith, farm implement and hardware business (Ladner Carriage Works) between 1906 and 1909. The cover of one ledger is labeled "Day Book" and "T.J. Trapp & Co." and covers the year 1909. The second larger ledger is labelled "Day Book" and "G.T. Baker" and covers the years 1906 to the end of 1908. The fonds also includes family photographs and a family genealogy prepared by Linda Gimmel, George Baker's great niece.

Baker, George T.
CA DMA CR-142 · Fonds · 1945-1965

Fonds consists of the ledger listing share holders and payment and refunds for shares. The cash book (1945 - 1963) for the Association can be found in the George Wallace fonds (CR-96).

Delta Manor Co-operative Association
Chung family fonds
CA DMA CR-139 · Fonds · 1940-1988

Fonds consists of correspondence to and from Chung Chuck, Chung Chuck's candidate platforms for Chair of the B.C. Coast Vegetable Marketing Board and Reeve of Delta, photographs of Chung Chuck and family members, and newspaper and magazine articles about Chung Chuck. An oral history interview with Chung Chuck was done in 1974.

Chung, Chuck
CA DMA CR-135 · Fonds · 1908-1996

Fonds consists largely of photographs of Harry Maxwell's childhood, military service in the Fishermen's Reserve in WWII, and life as a fisherman; oral histories collected from Helen Maxwell which tell about growing up in Ladner, her mother Laure Clark's life, and Helen's career as a dress maker; and photographs of Harry and Helen's children, parents, home and friends. The textual records support the stories told by the photographs: Harry's military service records, birth and wedding certificates, and deeds to land purchases in Port Guichon.

Maxwell, Helen
CA DMA CR-146 · Fonds · 1985-2007

Fonds consists of original records including minutes of meetings, correspondence, treasurer reports, membership lists, applications, press releases, committee records, brochures and photographs. Records in the series; 'Delta Museum and Archives' refer to the Delta Museum and Archives as members of the L.B.A. and correspondence between these two organizations 1992-1995.
The fonds are arranged in 10 series:
Membership Information, Events, Projects, Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Finance, Delta Museum and Archives, Meeting Minutes and Correspondence, Promotions, Constitution and Photographs.

Ladner Business Association
CA DMA CR-145 · Fonds · 1955-1969

The fonds consists of a complete run of the weekly newspaper published by the Grants, including 99 issues of the Sporting News, 8 issues of the Delta Advertiser and 377 issues of The Delta News (1961).

Grant's Litho and Printing
Gibson family fonds
CA DMA CR-144 · Fonds · [ca. 1910] - 1981

Fonds consists primarily of records about William Gibson's agricultural awards between 1929 and 1937. The records are either photocopies or slides taken of certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and displays, and photographs of William and his son Gordon Gibson accepting awards. The fonds also includes an interview on cassette tape with Gordon Gibson and his wife Jeane in 1981, and photographs of William Gibson, other family members, and scenes in Ladner and Delta.

Gibson (family)
Louise Fogg collection
CA DMA CR-135 · Collection · 1927-1979

The photographs show the small farms and family life of Delta Manor prior to the Second World War and its development as a suburb of Ladner in the 1960's. The photographs of children growing up in Delta Manor in the 1930's and in the 1960's are particularly featured and a set of photographs of the ground-breaking ceremony for the first St. David's Anglican Church building in Tsawwassen, which was located at 12th and 56th Street on land that was previously owned by the Brandrith family. The fonds also includes a copy of a letter from Alice Fogg to a friend in England that tells about the flood of 1935.

Fogg, Louise
T. Ellis Ladner fonds
CA DMA CR-63 · Fonds · [ca. 1868]-1990

Fonds consists of records relating to the publication of the book, "Above the Sand Heads". Records include T. Ellis Ladner's research notes and extracts from book reviews, materials collected and edited by T. Ellis Ladner's daughter, Edna Ladner, and shorthand notes for T. Ellis' father, Thomas Ladner. Records in this fonds document the early history of Delta. Fonds also includes an unpublished work of T. Ellis Ladner, "On and By the River: Early Days in British Columbia."

Ladner, T. Ellis
William Mills fonds
CA DMA CR-68 · Fonds · 1915-1968

Fonds consists of William Mills' First World War military records; Mr. Mills membership and activities in the Rebekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF); a three page invoice from Oliver Hardware and Plumbing Ltd.; and letters from the Department of Veteran Affairs advising recipients of War Veterans Allowance of the federal Medicare Plan.

Mills, William
CA DMA CR-73 · Fonds · 1874-1971

Fonds consists of copies of early land deeds for District Lot 141 (1874, 1880, 1920), a farmer's record book (1930), family photographs (1880s to 1947) and some newspaper clippings.

Green, Charles F. (family)
CA DMA CR-133 · Collection · 1910-1916

The collection consists of 22 photographs that show in a variety of detail the operation and structures of a shingle mill and logging railroad in North Delta in the early part of the 1900's. The collection includes photographs of the owner, Wesley Thompson, his family, and mill workers. The donor also provided photocopies of clippings and genealogical information about the Thompson family, which are located in the Archives Reference files under Wesley Thompson.

Delta Shingle Mill
CA DMA CR-125 · Fonds · [ca. 1894-1905]

The fonds consists of 37 mounted photographs from an album, as well as 5 loose photographs. The photographs were likely taken by Edward Fawcett between 1894 and 1902 when members of the Fawcett family were establishing themselves in British Columbia. The photographs consist of family members and homes, friends and recreational outings in Victoria, Delta and Vancouver; interior and exterior shots of the Victoria drugstore; and scenes of travelling through the mountains by train. Several photographs show early activities and scenes in Ladner, particularly the winter flood of 1895.

Fawcett, A.E.
E. T. Calvert family fonds
CA DMA CR-74 · Fonds · 1914 - [193-]

Fonds consists of family photographs and photographs of the customs office, swimming pool and other places in Boundary Bay and Beach Grove. The fonds also includes the original hand written work leddger, 1914-1921, that E.T. Calvert kept as customs agent at Boundary Bay.

Calvert, E.T.
Series · 1970-1938
Part of Muir family fonds

Series consists of correspondence and financial statements sent to or received from John Muir's property agent, George & Watson Accounting Company, relating to the renting of his properties in Deloraine. Major contents include collection of rent, rent dispute settlement, extension of lease, sale of land and property maintenance.

Muir, John, 1849-1939
News clippings
Series · 1922-1953
Part of Muir family fonds

Series consists of news clippings mainly collected by Eva and Andrew Muir related to their major family events.

Muir, Eva
Series · 1919, 1940, 1948-1973
Part of Muir family fonds

Series consists of records gathered by Eva Muir when she was an executive member of the Ladner Dugout Committee, Delta Branch Canadian Red Cross Society, and Ladner United Church. Series also included items where were collected by Eva Muir for interest.

Muir, Eva
Series · 1896-1985
Part of Trevitt family fonds

Series consists of records collected and received by Gay and John Trevitt. Series consists of church records, marriage certificates, roll of honour, postcards, insurance records, correspondence, news clippings, scrapbook, and financial records. The records relate to the history of the Trevitt and Vasey families, John Trevitt's investments, the Trevitt family house and memorable events in the community.

Trevitt, Gay
Series · 1974-1979
Part of Trevitt family fonds

Series consists of minutes, correspondence and clippings related to the Delta Historical and Museum Society, and issues concerning Gay's membership, proxy voting, and administration of the museum. Series also includes records relating to Gay Trevitt's contributions to other community events including the establishment of the Delta Archives and Delta Centennial celebrations.

Trevitt, Gay