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archival descriptions
George Albert Meeres fonds
CA VERN MS 194;1999.025;1999.057 · Fonds · 1898-1968, predominant 1910-1936

Fonds consists of 7 series: 1)Correspondence, 1917-1936, 1953, 1968; 2)Personal records, 1891-1959; 3)Financial records, 1910-1933; 4)Legal records, 1910-1926; 5)Artwork, 1938; 6)Ephemera, 1898-1931; 7)Photographs, 1918-1956.

Meeres, George Albert
George Leek fonds
CA VERN MS 70;1983.187 · Fonds · 1894-1934

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of George Leek from 1894-1934. Includes correspondence and legal documents.

Leek, George
G.H.E. Hudson fonds
CA VERN PH 3 · Fonds · 1907-1916

The G.H.E. Hudson fonds consists of 201 glass negatives and 227 photographs produced by well-known commercial photographer, G.H.E. Hudson, between 1907-1916. Commissioned by the government to photograph aspects of Valley life for pictorial settlement brochures, Hudson's fonds documents everyday life and activities throughout the Okanagan Valley. The fonds includes portraits, group photos, local celebrations and events, Camp Vernon military activities, business stills of Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby and Lumby, a series of panoramas of the Valley, the Kettle Valley railroad construction, and views of the Okanagan Lake sternwheelers.

Hudson, G.H.E.
Gilbert Tassie fonds
CA VERN MS 56;1967.024;1977.032;1980.080;1982.202;1986.070 · Fonds · 1926-1973

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Gilbert Tassie from 1926 to 1973. Documenting his professional and personal interests and work, the fonds includes personal correspondence, Tassie Consulting Engineers and Surveyors' correspondence, notes, and lists. Fonds also includes maps produced by Tassie throughout his career as a B.C. land surveyor.

Tassie, Gilbert Culloden
CA VERN MS 36;1976.073;1976.012;1979.041;2004.041 · Fonds · 1917-1997, predominant 1959-1963

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Girl Guides of Canada, North Okanagan Division from 1917-1997. Includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, personal writings, lists, guiding histories, certificates, programs and notices, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks which detail the establishment and administration of the local girl guide troop, as well as their varied activities. Of particular interest is correspondence with Lady Baden-Powell from 1947-1968.

Girl Guides of Canada. North Okanagan Division
CA VERN MS 102;1985.114 · Fonds · 1926-1957

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Girouard Irrigation District from 1926-1957. Includes district by-laws and trustee meeting minutes which chronicle the corporation's administrative history, duties and activities from establishment to disincorporation.

Girouard Irrigation District
CA VERN MS 72;1983.064 · Fonds · 1912

Fonds consists of the business records of the Glover Rice Hardware Co. from Jan-June of 1912. Includes a hardbound ledger divided into three sections containing a list of all customer accounts, the individual customer credit accounts, and the company's general revenue and expenditures. The company's general financial accounts, which include entries for initial capital, wages paid, merchandise purchased, duty and freight costs, and all accounts payable and receivable, are found on pp.1-29 and 91-94. The customer credit accounts, which consist of the customer's name, date of purchases, payments on account and account balances, are found on p.117-268. The ledger abruptly ends in June 1912 with notations about being "transferred to L.L. ledger".

Glover Rice Hardware Company
CA VERN MS 183;1997.018 · Fonds · 1919-1965

Fonds consists of the business records of the Government Agent's Office, from 1919-1965. Includes the 'Estates Wound Up' administrative ledger and log book used by various government agents, including Norm Schultz, to document the official distribution of provincially administered estates. Alphabetically arranged, each estate record gives the name of the deceased, the date and place of death, a listing of all personal effects (land, money, household goods), their values, the disposition of the effects, a listing of the funeral expenses, payment of the deceased's outstanding debts, and any estate settlement fees. Fonds also includes ephemera regarding estate auction sales and a photograph.

British Columbia. Government Agent (Vernon, B.C.)
CA VERN MS 118;1986.059 · Fonds · 1919-1922

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Oyama Branch of the Great War Veterans Association for 1919-1922. Includes a minute book documenting the Association's inception, their objectives, membership lists, election of officers, motions and resolutions, civic activities, financial statements, plans for a war memorial.

Great War Veterans Association of Canada. Oyama Branch
CA VERN MS 182;1978.148;1989.029;1990.062 · Fonds · 1821-1987

The Greater Vernon Archives collection consists of local and provincial records which contain local statistics documenting the growth of the Vernon area and district from 1832-1982. The collection consists of both original and copied materials and includes provincial, regional and city voters' lists, cemetery and funeral records, directories, census indexes, tax rolls, and lists of local land tax sales.

CA VERN MS 34;1986.031 · Fonds · 1874-1986

Fonds consists of the records compiled by Robert Hobson and members of the Greater Vernon Heritage Advisory Committee research team, from 1984-1986. Collected during the team's compilation of a heritage resource inventory of homes and buildings in the Greater Vernon area, the records include both original and copied materials dating from 1874-1986. The records include primary and secondary research materials, research notes, historical papers and essays, heritage assessments, reports, photographs of potential heritage homes, buildings and sites, and numerous maps, plans and blueprints of the surveyed sites and buildings within the Okanagan region.

Greater Vernon Heritage Advisory Committee
G.S. Dawe fonds
CA VERN MS 138;1989.011 · Fonds · 1926-1939

Fonds consists of the financial records of the G.S. Dawe fruit growing and shipping business from 1926-1939. Includes a general ledger and customer account book outlining the number of vegetable crops bought and sold, loads shipped, crops planted and harvested, employee wages and contracts to be filled. Also includes some correspondence.

Dawe, George Stanley
Guy P. Bagnall fonds
CA VERN MS 29;1974.025;1977.065;1976.065;1976.072;1977.033;1977.087;1978.049;1984.042;1985.353 · Fonds · 1940-1976

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Guy P. Bagnall for 1940-1976. Includes correspondence, personal diaries, personal writings, research articles, research notes, and business financial records produced, compiled or collected by Mr. Bagnall throughout the course of his life. Fonds also includes some personal papers of Mrs. Luta Bagnall.

Bagnall, Guy Pearce
H. Sigalet & Co. Ltd. fonds
CA VERN MS 77;1983.188 · Fonds · 1926-1946

Fonds consists of the business records and documents of the H. Sigalet & Co. Ltd. from 1926-1946. Includes correspondence, financial records and legal documents detailing the administration and operation of the company's logging and sawmills operations.

H. Sigalet and Company
Harry Barrett fonds
CA VERN MS 171;1997.001 · Fonds · 1996

Fonds consists of papers and photographs compiled by Harry Barrett in 1996 in regard to his family history and geneology. Includes a two page family geneology table documenting the family tree from the 1970's to the present, and a diagram showing the placement and names of family members pictured in photographs #11920-11923.

Barrett, Harry, 1922-
Hedi Lattey fonds
CA VERN MS 129;1988.054 · Fonds · 1956-1988

Fonds consists of the personal records of Hedi Lattey from 1956-1988. Includes personal writings, reports, presentations, publications, newspaper/magazine articles, and ephemera collected and produced by Ms. Lattey during her years as an editor, school trustee, and board member for various organizations.

Lattey, Hedi, 1913-
H.K. Beairsto fonds
CA VERN MS 25;1972.061;1985.392;1985.394 · Fonds · 1924-1960

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of H.K. Beairsto from 1924-1960. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, personal writings, and ephemera either produced or collected by Mr. Beairsto throughout his life and career as a teacher and principal. The majority of the fonds concerns his association with the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the Okanagan Valley Teachers' Association.

Beairsto, Harold King
CA VERN MS 80;1988.006 · Fonds · 1932-1936

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Hotel Holdings Co. Ltd. from 1932-1936. Includes income tax claims, financial statements (1935-1936), an annual financial report (1932), inventory lists by item and price, and a copy of a shares sale between Patrick Henry Murphy (hotel proprietor) and the partners of Gilbert Gordon Southwell & Charles Arthur Dunsmore.

Hotel Holdings Company
CA VERN MS 161;1994.010 · Fonds · [Transcribed 1994]

Fonds consists of transcripts of correspondence between Hudson's Bay Company employees, Thomas R. Smith and J. Ogden Grahame, in February 1887. The letters, which are in reference to the possibility of opening an HBC store in the Priest Valley area, discuss the geographical pros and cons, the local economic situation, names of possible suppliers and potential competitors.

Hudson's Bay Company. Vernon Post
CA VERN MS 143;1988.131 · Fonds · 1930-1937

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Inland Ice & Cold Storage Company from 1921-1937. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and financial records which detail the company's activities, responsibilities, and financial status.

Inland Ice and Cold Storage Company
CA VERN MS 186;1999.034 · Fonds · 1930-1988, predominant 1935-1969

Fonds consists of the records of the Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative from 1930-1988. Includes minutes, correspondence, general administrative records, legal documents, reports, employee records, publications, reports, financial records and ephemera. The records document the establishment of the Interior Marketing Board and its Agency, their day to day business, their interaction with the local and provincial vegetable industry, and their influence on the vegetable industry in BC. Also included are some records from one of their subsiduary producers, the Dry Belt Growers Ltd.

Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative
Ishbel Jean Gray fonds
CA VERN MS 50;1979.082 · Fonds · 1942-1946

Fonds consists of the personal records of Ishbel Jean Gray from 1942-1946, documenting her military nursing career. Includes her certificates of military qualification, military and Red Cross I.D.s, medical records, War Service certificates, and her letter of commission.

Gray, Ishbel Jean
Jacques Jewellers fonds
CA VERN MS 300 · Fonds · 1889-2007

Fonds consists of records documenting the business activities of Jacques Jewellers from 1893-1983. Includes financial records, watch repairs, clock repairs, jewellery repairs, secondhand and new watch sales, CPR watch inspection forms, dinnerware list for Queen Elizabeth II luncheon, legal correspondence, list of Canadian Jewellery Trade Marks, and ephemera.

Jacques Jewellers
James Grant fonds
CA VERN MS 191;2000.064 · Fonds · [1900]-1988

Fonds consists of the personal and professional reords of local naturalist James Grant from ca. 1900-1988. The records document Mr. Grant's lifelong dedication and love for the environment, his interest in ornithology, botany, and entomology, and his numerous efforts to preserve local wildlife and ecology. Includes correspondence, newsletters, personal writings, daily journals, data, reports, surveys, minutes, meteorological data, maps, ornithology and botany notes, some artwork, and nature photographs.

Grant, James
Jo Fraser Jones fonds
CA VERN MS 209;2003.057 · Fonds · 1996-2003

Fonds consists of the records of Jo Jones concerning her research and consequent publication of books and articles, in particular "Hobnobbing with a Countess". Includes correspondence, legal agreements, research material, personal writings, publications, ephemera, books and magazines, and photos.

Jones, Jo Fraser, 1935-