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Fonds · 1859-1980

The collection consists of maps and plans primarily of the Langley area and of the Fraser Valley including townsite maps, lot plans (including Hudson's Bay Company farm lots), and other land use maps of Langley, Fort Langley and area, topographic maps, and road and street maps.

Fonds · 1940-1998

Fonds consists of records created by the Hopeline District Womens Institute including minutes of meetings for the Hopeline District Womens Institute and earlier coalitions 1953-1997, cash books for 1960-1998, 1992-1997 conference registration information, 11972-1985 membership lists, 1987 declaration of Womens Institute Week by the Hopeline District Womens Institute, slides, 2 audio cassettes containing interviews done in 1985 with Stella Welch, and the 1964 constitution and certificate of incorporation. There are materials related to the Womens Institute Heritage Club such as a 1941-1942 scrapbook entitled Womens Institute scrapbook vol. III, a Womens Institute Heritage Club scrapbook/album 1963-1987, and essays and newspaper clippings 1940-1960 detailing the history of the Institute, particularly in the Fraser valley area. There are minutes of meetings of the Douglas District Womens Institute 1984-1997 along with a roll call for Douglas District 1954-1986, and cash books for the Douglas District 1953-1976 and1986-1998. There is also a minute book, 1931-1932, from the Coghlau Womens Institute.

Hopeline District Women's Institute
Fonds · 1906-1955

The fonds consists of the Langley Tram Power and Light By-law (1906), official correspondence of the BCER concerning the discontinuance of the Fraser Valley Interurban service (1949), and copies of the BCER's "The Buzzer" (1939, 1955).

British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Fonds · 1923-1959

Fonds consists of four series: minutes of meetings series from the Fort Langley Womens Institute, from the Flower Show Committee of the Fort Langley Womens Institute, 1923-1928, and from the South Fraser District Board of Womens Institutes of which the Fort Langley Womens Institute was a part of, 1923-1944; correspondence, 1929-1959, between members of the Institute, the Institute with other Womens Institutes, and with the general public; ephemeral series which includes an handbook and poems; and the activities series, 1940-1944, which includes records that document the Fort Langley Womens Institutes participation in agricultural training programmes and V Bundles (also known as British Bundles).

Fort Langley Women's Institute
Fonds · [ca. 1880-1980]

The collection consists of photographs of Langley, Fort Langley and area depicting individuals and families (including pioneers), schools, churches, railroad stations and other buildings, businesses, industry (particularly farming), and community groups and events.

Fonds · 1967-1979

Fonds consists of seven series: handbooks series, 1976-1978; financial records series, 1972-1974; scrapbooks series, 1967-1978, which includes one scrapbook of newspaper clippings, handbooks, initiations, announcements, newsletters, and photographs; conferences series, 1967, which includes records created when the Club was initially organized; membership applications series, 1967-1979, activities series, 1971-1973, which includes records that document various interests and activities engaged in by members of the Club; and ephemeral series, which includes an undated constitution from the Cloverdale-Langley University womens Club, and an undated and unsigned certificate admitting the Langley-Surrey University Womens Club into The Canadian federation of University Women.

Langley-Surrey University Women's Club
Langholm fonds
Fonds · 1943-1969

Fonds consists of administrative records, 1943-1969, such as correspondence, financial records, and a floor plan. There are records created in 1968 and 1969 relating to the sale of Langholm. There is also a special report by Frederick Field and Co. created in 1949 that addressed the management of patients assets, a financial ledger from 1949-1968, and patient logs, which contain personal information, from 1943-1947, 1947-1951, 1951-1956, and 1957-1968. Included in the fonds are records from the Langholm Womens Auxiliary which include a 1960-1968 ledger book, and minute books from 1950-1954, 1954-1958, and 1959-1969. Additionally, there are minutes from the Langholm Committee from 1945-1949.

Langholm
Fonds · 1972-1990

The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with pioneers and long-time residents of the Langley area, transcripts of interviews, genealogies of pioneers, and municipal correspondence concerning the Oral History project.

CA LCM MSS 1 · Fonds · 1919-1970

The collection consists of programmes for civic functions held for veterans in Langley, B.C., in 1919, 1968, and 1970, and guestbooks with signatures of the veterans attending the 1968 and 1970 functions. Collection also includes a programme from the Langley Annual Memorial Day (1924).

CA LCM MSS 10 · Fonds · [ca. 1973]

The collection consists of material relating to the centennial celebrations held in Langley, B.C. on April 26, 1973, including event schedules and programmes, council meeting agenda, and draft copies of a history of Langley to be placed in a time capsule. Collection also includes geneaologies of families of the original 1872 petitioners for incorporation, compiled by the 100th Anniversary Committee.

CA LCM MSS 101 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1982]

The fonds consists of incomplete history notes on various people buried in Wallsworth Cemetery, Langley, B.C., a letter from Mrs. W.B. Dawkins to the Municipality of Langley regarding locating the cemetery and graves of pioneers in what used to be called Fernridge, B.C., and sketched maps of rural lots in Langley, B.C.

Wallsworth Cemetery
B.C. Provincial Police fonds
CA LCM MSS 103;MSS 104;MSS 105;MSS 234;MSS 235 · Fonds · 1899-1954

The fonds consists of a 2-page manuscript "A Brief History of the B.C. Provincial Police", a daily journal (1899-1907) for an unidentified detachment of the British Columbia Provincial Police compiled by Otway Wilkie and describing police activities in the Fraser Valley, a journal (1937) compiled by Constable S.M. Millar of the Barkerville Detachment describing police activities in the Barkerville and Wells area, and a daily journal (1906-1911) of the New Westminster office, blank BCPP stationery, 2 copies of the BCPP Regulations (1924, 1937), and 2 issues of the "Shoulder Strap", the BCPP journal. Fonds also consists of detailed records of the BCPP's Langley, B.C. Police Department, primarily compiled by Police Chiefs Robert Macklin and C.Y. Robertson, including ledgers containing records of cases and dispositions (1924-1927, 1934, 1939-1942), Provincial Police Court records (1912, 1924-1925, 1942-1954), semi-annual reports to the Langley Board of Police Commissioners (1925, 1937-1939), minutes of the Langley Board of Police Commissioners (1912-1938), a 1935 citation for a medal awarded to R. Macklin by His Majesty the King, and a 1932 petition to the Police Commissioners of the Municipality of Langley requesting reconsideration in the matter of the Police Chief.

British Columbia Provincial Police
CA LCM MSS 106 · Fonds · 1912, 1947

The fonds consists of a minute book with minutes for a 1912 meeting of the Langley Board of Trade's Transport Committee, discussing street lighting, dredging the Fraser River, and closing the Salmon River to navigation. The fonds also consists of a souvenir programme for an "Indian Potlatch" held by the Board in 1947.

Fort Langley Board of Trade
CA LCM MSS 11 · Fonds · [Photocopied ca. 1976]

The collection consists primarily of municipal cemetery regulations and correspondence to Fort Langley Cemetary regarding burial plots (1895-1930), and lists of people, including birth and death dates, interred in Langley, Murrayville, Fort Langley and Aberdeen cemeteries.

Denys Nelson fonds : 1927
CA LCM MSS 110 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1985]

The fonds consists of 3 volumes of ringed binders, containing a copy of Denys Nelson's 1927 manuscript "Place Names of the Lower Fraser Valley", which includes an alphabetical listing of places, a dedication and covering letter to Reverend John C. Goodfellow, a discussion of various native tribes in the Lower Fraser Valley, B.C. area, and local pioneer histories.

Nelson, Denys
CA LCM MSS 112 · Fonds · 1922-1939

The fonds consists of a minute book (1922-1939) of the Langley Agricultural Association Women's Auxiliary, which supported the activities of the Langley Agricultural Association.

Langley Agricultural Association
Milburn family fonds
CA LCM MSS 116 · Fonds · 1894-1898

The fonds consists of 3 B.C. Public Schools Roll of Honour Certificates awarded to William Milburn (1894), Walter Albert Milburn (1895), and Willie Milburn (1898), all pupils from West and South Aldergrove School.

Milburn (family)
CA LCM MSS 119 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1980]

The fonds consists of an account book (1945-1958) of the Langley Community Library.

Langley Community Library
John F. Leonard fonds
CA LCM MSS 127 - MSS 145 · Fonds · 1942-1974

The fonds consists of originals of Leonard's operetta scores for musical productions at John Oliver School (Vancouver) and Langley High School. Fonds includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photograph album, and ephemera relating to Leonard's musical productions.

Leonard, John F.
Engelman family fonds
CA LCM MSS 15 · Fonds · [ca. 1926]

The fonds consists of 4 mostly unfilled receipt books from M. Engelman General Store, Otter, B.C.

Engelman (family)
Jervis family fonds
CA LCM MSS 154 · Fonds · 1895

The fonds consists of an invitation to Mr. Jervis and family to attend the opening of the new Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C., February 10, 1895. Includes photograph copy of Buildings with a list of the Executive Council and the Members of Legislative Assembly elected 1896.

Jervis (family)
Jason Allard fonds
CA LCM MSS 155 · Fonds · 1923-1957

The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing assorted newspaper and journal clippings pertaining to the history of British Columbia and Fort Langley, B.C., letters of condolence regarding the death of Allard's son in battle during World War I, and some articles written by Allard himself.

Allard, Jason Ovid, 1848-1931
CA LCM MSS 156 · Fonds · 1927-1961

The fonds consists of the minute book (1927-1961) of the Sperling Improvement and Memorial Association.

Sperling Improvement and Memorial Association
Sperling United Church fonds
CA LCM MSS 157 · Fonds · 1949-1953, 1974

The fonds consists of correspondence, location plan, plan for hall, and blueprint, original deed (1953), and indenture (1974) pertaining to the church hall at Sperling in the Langley, B.C., area.

Sperling United Church (Langley, B.C.)