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Fonds consists of copies of William Henry and Edith Blanche Burr's farm diary for 1903; copies of letters written by Harry Burr between 1903-1914; property records relating to property owned by the Burrs and family photographs of scenes on the farm, the Hunt Club, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burr and other family members and a large matted portrait of Burrvilla.
Fonds is arranged in 4 series:
Correspondance
Memorabilia
Property Records
Photographs

The file consists of invoices for the month of December, 1914 billed to Mr. S. W. Fisher in Ladner from the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada in Vancouver. The invoices are for buying drugs wholesale and the prices are at wartime prices.

The file consists of invoices for the month of April, 1914 billed to Mr. S.W. Fisher in Ladner from the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada in Vancouver. The invoices are for buying drugs wholesale.

The file consists of a large ledger, recording prescriptions filled by Fisher's Drug Store between 1909 and 1915. Prescriptions are numbered 6857 to 12573. The prescriptions slips are pasted into the invoice books in rows and folded in half.

The file consists of a certified cheque from the Bank of Montreal to Fisher's Drug Store, Ladner B.C. and is dated July 15, 1916.

The file consists of a photocopy of an Invoice Ledger dated January 1912 from Fisher's Drug Store. Invoices and correspondence were removed from the ledger and filed separately in April 2010.

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.

The series consists of receipts and invoices received by J.W. Fraser, including a three page invoice from Lanning, Fawcett and Wilson, 1917, that lists groceries, women's and men's clothing items, and cheesecloth and wallpaper used for covering walls inside homes. The records also include invoices for taxes from Delta Municipality, and Delta Dyking and Drainage Scheme, on Lots 158 to 161, dated November 15, 1909.

Series consists of deeds, correspondence, and receipts related to John Muir's purchase and sale of property in Deloraine, Manitoba and Lulu Island (Richmond), BC.

Series consists of employees documentation in the form of daily time tickets and pay sheets.

Series consists of detailed inventories of buildings, equipment and supplies at Brunswick Cannery, Anglo American Cannery and unknown canneries. The inventories were taken at the beginning or end of canning season.

File contains two student report cards for Ila McCubbin for school term ending December 1915 at Ladner Public School, and for term ending June 1919 at Ladner High School [King George V High School].

File contains a farm journal with daily entries made by Douglas Honeyman.

This series consists of one photograph of Annie Forrest (ca 1920) enclosed in a small card, and one carte de visite album with twelve photographs and some ephemeral material. This album may have belonged to Annie Forrest, as it appears to contain three very small photographs of Miss Forest as a young woman. There is also carte de visite and other mounted portraits of young people, many unidentified. Those that are identified include Effie Wells, the Graham children, and Miss Turner.

File contains an account book of the Brackman-Ker Milling Company's depot and distribution operation in Ladner. The ledger lists shipments of hay, oats, straw, etc. to Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster and other destinations from various farmers in the Delta area. The ledger lists shipper, date, no. of packages, description, weight, destination and conveyance (i.e. name of ship), plus yearly summaries. The account book may have been kept by the company's local book-keeper, J.W. Fraser, which is why it became part of the MacInnis material.

Series consists of records belonging to Francis Griffin Bell and Dorothy Bell. Mr. Bell was manager of the Brunswick Cannery, Canoe Pass, 1902-1927(?) for the B.C. Packers Association. Prior to working as manager for the Association, Francis G. Bell was president of the Anglo-American Canning Co., which was bought by the Association in 1902. His daughter, Dorothy Bell, worked as a reporter beginning in 1915 for the Eburne Gazette, later in 1922 accepting a position on the editorial staff of McLean's Magazine.

File contains a farm journal with daily entries made by Douglas Honeyman. Journal also includes lists of farm expenses, wages paid, and a milk account.

Title taken from title of pamphlet.

Consists of the cash receipts and grant book of the Delta Driving Park Association interspersed with horse racing program planning and the minutes of meetings.

This file consists of a large ledger, recording prescriptions filled by Fisher's Drug Store between 1915 and 1921. Prescriptions are numbered 12574 to 19130. The prescriptions slips are pasted into the invoice books in rows and folded in half.

File contains a farm journal with daily entries made by Douglas Honeyman. Journal also includes lists of farm expenses, wages paid, and a milk account.

Series consists of programmes published by the Delta Agricultural Society for stock shows and agricultural fairs held at the Ladner Fair Grounds (Paterson Park). Programmes contain lists of rules and regulations, categories, and prize amounts for entries.

File contains a farm journal with daily entries made by Douglas Honeyman. Journal also includes lists of farm expenses, wages paid, and a milk account.

Series consists of records generated by cannery workers and fishermen at Brunswick Cannery in the course of purchasing supplies at the cannery store and delivering their fish catch to the cannery. Individual workers kept running accounts at the cannery store for the purchase of food, clothing, hardware, and other sundries, recording the purchases in small notebooks (account books). The series contains records such as: counter check books used as receipts for fish brought to Brunswick Cannery and fish tally receipts. The records include bound form books (Lovell's Counter Check Books) and loose pages from some that record such information as type and number of fish received, the fishermen's name or initials, the number of the boat, and the amount paid for the fish.

Series consists of circulars, letters, telegram and memos received by F. G. Bell in his capacity as general manager of Brunswick Cannery. Correspondence is about government regulations; policy and procedures, and operational inquiries and directives received from the head office of B.C. Packers Association; and inquiries from suppliers. Circulars from the Fraser River Canners' Association may have been received by Mr. Bell as President of the Anglo American Canning Co.