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M.J. O'Brien fonds
CA VERN MS 31;1975.023;1995.041 · Fonds · 1903-1919

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of M.J. O'Brien and his business Revelstoke Wine & Spirits, from 1903-1919. Includes correspondence and financial records which document Mr. O'Brien's activities as Vernon citizen, businessman, alderman, and city mayor.

O'Brien, Martin J.
School District No. 22 fonds
CA VERN MS 53;1979.137;1982.022;1985.413;1985.414;1985.416;1986.028 · Fonds · 1915-1979

Fonds consists of the records of the School District No. 22 from 1915-1979. Includes correspondence, reports and statistics detailing the history and activities of the School District No. 22 administration.

School District No. 22 (Vernon, B.C.)
Oyama Community Club fonds
CA VERN MS 64;1982.030;1983.023;1984.312;1983.035;1983.060;1994.038 · Fonds · [ca.1913-1988]

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Oyama Community Club from ca.1913-1988. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, constitution and by-laws, recorder's records and various pieces of ephemera which detail the administration of, financial status of, and community projects participated in, by the local club. Of particular note are the documents detailing the amalgamation of the Kalamalka Agricultural Association and the Oyama Agricultural Association into the Oyama Community Club in 1937-1938.

Oyama Community Club
Sveva Caetani fonds
CA VERN MS 174;1996.063 · Fonds · 1878-1996

Fonds consists of the records and documents of Sveva Caetani from 1878-1996 which document her life, activities, interests and work. Fonds includes correspondence; personal journals and diaries; personal writings; educational and professional teaching records; personal data documents; examples of her artwork, tapestry designs, and architectural drawings; lists and inventories; newspaper articles and scrapbooks; ephemera; financial records; books and publications; and numerous audio and video cassettes. Fonds also includes the personal papers of Sveva's parents, Leone and Ofelia Caetani; her lifelong companion, Miss Juul; governess Miss White; and art teacher Andre Petroff. All records were collected and arranged by Sveva after the various creators' deaths.

Caetani, Sveva
T.H. Butters fonds
CA VERN MS 101;1985.054 · Fonds · [between 1925 and 1940]

Fonds consists of the personal memoirs of T.H. Butters. Written sometime between 1925 and his death in 1940, the memoirs are a chronicle of Butters' life from early childhood in England, his years of travel around the world, and his settlement in the Okanagan Valley. The memoir is entitled "My Reason for Settling in the Okanagan" and was written by Butters in response to an invitation to speak before the Okanagan Historical Society.

Butters, Thomas Herbert
CA VERN MS 27;1972.090 · Fonds · 1932-1972

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Vernon & District Women's Canadian Club from 1932-1972. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records and lists documenting the organization's inception, activities, financial status and disbanding.

Vernon and District Women's Canadian Club
CA VERN MS 91;1983.014;1983.113;1983.035;1983.224;1985.198 · Fonds · 1928-1973

Fonds documents the personal and business life of Vernon Ellison, including his personal interests and activities, his cattle breeding farm (Kalwood Farms Ltd), and his fruit orchard business, from 1918-1973. Includes correspondence, personal writings, legal documents, financial records, permits, personal data documents, and ephemera.

Ellison, Vernon Etherington
Vernon Girls' Club fonds
CA VERN MS 128;1988.011 · Fonds · 1912-1913

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon Girls' Club from 1912-1913. Includes a journal kept by Bertha J. Campbell, president of the club, documenting the club's formation and activities. Includes formation minutes (1912), club constitution (1912), newspaper clippings, programs and pamphlets, and correspondence (1912-1913) .

Vernon Girls' Club
CA VERN MS 133;1959.019;1987.024;1987.074;1994.047;1995.055;1997.021 · Fonds · 1897-1994, 1997

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the Vernon Jubilee Hospital from 1897-1997. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, personal writings, financial records, hospital registers, and scrapbooks documenting the numerous changes, additions and activities of the hospital and its staff. Fonds also includes the minutes, correspondence and scrapbooks of the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Auxiliary group.

Vernon Jubilee Hospital
CA VERN MS 136;1987.155 · Fonds · 1913-1935

Fonds consists of meteorological observations for Vernon from 1919-1935, compiled by A.L.C. Madden - Fellow Royal of the local Meteorological Society. Includes a ledger containing meteorological data for each day of each month starting in Nov. 1913. Data includes max/min temperatures, barometric readings, wind direction, daily conditions [rain, cool, cloudy with sunny breaks], snow and rainfall amounts, and percentage of humidity. Also includes some general remarks.

Vernon Meteorological Observations Society
CA VERN MS 24;1972.084 · Fonds · 1947-1948

Fonds consists of the financial records (2 bank books) of the Vernon-Okanagan Industrial Exposition Association from 1947-1948. One bank book contains the debits and credits of the association's Bank of Montreal account. No explanations for all incoming and outgoing monies are listed. The second book is for the Association's CIBC account. This book is set up like an account ledger, separating various categories in order to track the monies collected and spent through each. Includes accounts for the rental of commercial space, advertising, car ticket sales, gate receipts, program sales, treasury chest accounts, miscellaneous expenses, and food concessions.

Vernon-Okanagan Industrial Exposition Association
CA VERN MS 62;1981.091 · Fonds · 1894-1897

Fonds consists of the business records of W.T. Shatford's general store from 1892-1897. Includes three daily account books (1892-1894) and one credit account ledger (1893-1897). The daily account books list the buyer's name, the quantity and type of product being purchased, prices, and the form of payment (cash or credit account). The credit ledger contains the detailed credit accounts of individual customers, and lists dates of purchases and payments on account, balances, and credit standings (good, bad or overdue).

W.T. Shatford General Store
CA VERN MS 173;1997.001 · Fonds · [Transcribed 1996]

Fonds consists of a transcript of the diary of William Henry [Harry] Barrett, from 1896-1898. Includes his personal observations, thoughts and jottings on the local people, events, weather conditions, political situations, and his job which affected his day-to-day life. In addition, the diary follows the lives and events in the community of Spallumcheen at the turn of the century.

Barrett, William Henry
CA VERN MS 52;1979.103;1984.888;1986.038 · Fonds · 1925, 1985

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Agnes Annie (Twink) Ladner from ca.1938-1985. Fonds includes correspondence to and from Mrs. Ladner, as well as playscripts and programs collected by Mrs. Ladner during her involvement in community theatre. Fonds also includes legal documents of Mrs. Ladner's mother, Mrs. Agnes Annie Monk, from 1925.

Ladner, Agnes Annie
Basil Norman D'Arcy fonds
CA VERN MS 71;1983.280 · Fonds · 1874-1914

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Basil Norman D'Arcy from 1874-1914. Includes personal and business correspondence, business records, and personal data documents which detail Mr. D'Arcy's attempt to start a real estate career in Vernon.

D'Arcy, Basil Norman
Campbell-Brown family fonds
CA VERN MS 94;1984.433;1996.007 · Fonds · 1915-1980

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of various Campbell-Brown family members, collected from 1915-1980. Includes correspondence, research notes, personal writings, certificates, ephemera and family geneology tables documenting their family history and personal lives. Containing both original, copied and transcribed materials, the series includes a significant amount of information on the 'voice harmonium', an instrument invented by Colin Brown, grandfather of Hugh Campbell-Brown.

Campbell-Brown (family)
CA VERN MS 172;1996.064 · Fonds · 1891-1900, 1912-1915

Fonds consists of the daily journals of Alice Butler Barrett Parke from 1891-1900 and 1912-1915. The series includes 32 notebooks, which Alice periodically sent to relatives in Ontario, containing her daily observations on the area, its settlement, the people she met, and her daily activities. The journals detail Alice's life from the time of her arrival in the Spallumcheen in 1891, through her courtship, marriage and life with Harold Parke, as well as follow the settlement and evolution of the townships of Vernon, Spallumcheen, Armstrong, Coldstream and Enderby.

Parke, Alice Butler Barrett
CA VERN MS 175;1984.327;1985.026;1995.039 · Fonds · 1915-1982

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Associated Growers of B.C. from 1915-1982. Includes general incorporation and administrative records; legal documents; correspondence; minutes; company and industry reports; lists of statistics; employee records; financial records; company share records; and ephemera. The fonds also includes the records of several sous-fonds such as: the Co-operative Growers Packing Houses Ltd.; the B.C. Growers & Shippers Federation; the Naramata Co-operative Growers Exchange; the OK Federated Shippers Association; and the B.C. Fruit Trees Ltd. All records outline the various activities in which the Associated Growers took part.

Associated Growers of British Columbia
CA VERN MS 75;1983.188 · Fonds · 1910-1922

Fonds consists of the business records of the B.C. General Development Syndicate Ltd. from 1910-1922. Includes a report (1922) containing all legal and financial documents needed to transfer receivership of the Syndicate's holding to J.T. Mutrie. The report was compiled by Crease & Crease barristers, on behalf of Messrs Hoare, bankers of London and representatives of the syndicate's English shareholders. Anxious to receive repayment on loans and debentures made to the syndicate, the shareholders voted to put the syndicate into receivership. The documents within the report date from 1910-1922, and have been organized, numbered and bound together. Although the majority of the report focuses on the financial status of the Stepney Ranch (the principal holding of the syndicate), the report also contains mortgages, debentures, financial statements, and memos concerning many of their other properties and holdings. Fonds also includes a blueprint of the Stepney Ranch, with possible subdivisions marked in red.

British Columbia General Development Syndicate
CA VERN MS 38;1972.030;1975.053;1976.069;1977.125;1978.012;1978.085;1979.159;1980.083;1981.097;1983.214;1983.247;1984.427;1985.310;1985.524 · Fonds · 1923, 1930-1985

Fonds consists of the records and documents of the Coldstream Municipality from 1923-1985. Includes correspondence, annual reports and financial records which detail the administrative and financial history of the Coldstream district.

Coldstream (B.C.)
Coldstream Ranch fonds
CA VERN MS 4;1956.024 · Fonds · 1910-1916

Fonds consists of a daily meteorological log book documenting the Coldstream Ranch weather station measurements from 1910-1916. Data collected includes the max/min temperatures, hours of sunshine, precipitation, atmosphere, wind and snowfall. Newspaper clippings containing the published version of this information are scattered throughout the journal. Entries also include some family and farming notes, historically notable events, and general remarks. Statistics for Nov.1914 - Mar.1916 are found within a small notebook enclosed within the large weather journal.

Coldstream Ranch
CA VERN MS 73;1984.068 · Fonds · [ca.1973-1976]

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Community Centre Hill Association from ca.1973-1976. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters and ephemera which detail the Association's race to preserve the Community Centre Hill area as a natural greenbelt area and parkland.

Community Centre Hill Association
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
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.

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