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William Kaye Lamb collection
Fonds · 1904-2006

The collection consists of textual records, including ships plans, timetables, publicity brochures, onboard publications menus and published logs, notebooks, newspaper clippings, travel brochures, periodical articles and some commemorative materials. The collection also includes many post cards and other photographs. In addition, it includes research notes and manuscript materials relating to his publications on ships, correspondence related to marine matters and personal memoirs.;Whenever possible, shipping materials, i.e. plans, photographs, timetables and other ephemera have been interfiled in the existing Photograph and Ephemera files of the VMM. Each item has been identified as from the W. Kaye Lamb donation, and box lists have been created listing the donation at the item level.;The remaining records have been arranged into six series: Personal papers and biographic materials, 1904- 2006; Correspondence, 1936 1988; Research, 1920 1988; Publications, 1967 1986; Miscellaneous, 1907 1990; and The Vancouver Conference, April 23-26, 1992.

Fonds · [ca. 1871-1904]

The fonds consists of portraits and photographs depicting ships and scenes of New Westminster, Vancouver, and Victoria.

Notman, William McFarlane
Ross McLeod collection
Fonds · [ca. 1955]

Collection consists of schedules of Canadian Pacific ships on the west coast and a schedule for the Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay dayliner train. Also includes postcards of CP and Blackball line ships and views of downtown Nanaimo including views of the Malaspina Hotel, Georgia Park, the Bastion, Front Street looking south, and the harbour and port.

S.S. Master Society fonds
Fonds · 1922-2007

The fonds consists of textual records relating to the history, administration and restoration of the S.S. Master. Records include agendas, minutes and annual reports; correspondence; registration and insurance documents; licenses; financial papers and grant proposals; a logbook recording crew hours; publications and media releases; newspaper clippings. The fonds also includes pilot house logbooks from the S.S. Master dating 1940-1959 that chronicle her activities while towing for Marpole Towing Company Limited.;The fonds is arranged into seven series: Society minutes, constitutions and membership records; Society financial records; Society correspondence; Society publications and events; Newspaper clippings; S.S. Master historical records; and S.S. Master logbooks.

S.S. Master Society
Fonds · 1858-1960

The collection consists of fire insurance maps, townsite plans, topographical maps, subdivision plans, road maps, street grade maps, zoning maps, building plans, sewer maps, and mineral reference maps of Trail and area, including Rossland and Tadanac. Collection includes architectural plans of the warehouse and sales building of West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

CA TCA 1960-1 · Fonds · 1902-1937

The fonds consists of correspondence and reports of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

West Kootenay Power and Light Company
CA VPL 39482-39649 · Fonds · 1927-1930

The fonds consists of photographs of the B.C. Telephone Company in Vancouver taken by the Dominion Photo Company and Leonard Frank.

British Columbia Telephone Company
CA VAL 992.81 · Fonds · 1967-1981

The fonds consists of the cashbooks of the CNR Valemount Station (1967-1981).

Canadian National Railways. Valemount Station
C.S. Downing fonds
Fonds · 1900-1906

The fonds consists of photographs of ships in English Bay and of scenes of North Vancouver, Howe Sound, and Indian Arm.

Downing, Claire Spence
Anthony H. Clarke fonds
CA MMB L3746(1-2) · Fonds · [ca. 1880-1988]

The fonds consists of photographs of a variety of vessels, including HM ships, the Empress line, tugs, Canadian Coast Guard, HMC ships, and steamships; a painting by Clarke; and, ships plans (1907) for the SS Princess Royal.

Clarke, Anthony H.
Fonds · 1860, [ca. 1934-1952]

The fonds consists of log books from the engine room and Chief Engineers log for the CGS Estevan (1934,1935,1941,1942,1951-1952), photographs of lifeboats, lighthouses, Canadian Coast Guard vessels, life stations, and beacons, and a plan (1860) for the Race Rock Lighthouse.

Canada. Dept. of Transport
Doug Massey collection
CA DMA CR-155 · Fonds · 1919-[ca. 1960]

The collection consists of maps and diagrams published by the Geological Survey of Canada about the geomorphology and tidal action at the mouth of the Fraser River (reproduced "to accompany a report by W.A. Johnson"), a hand painted canvas map about "Proposed New Fraser River Tunnel and North Arm Crossing", and a publication "The Tides and Tidal Streams" by the Department of Naval Service, Ottawa.

George E. Barnes fonds
CA MMB 1395 · Fonds · [189-?]

The fonds consists of correspondence from Rear-Admiral H.F. Stephenson (Royal Navy Pacific Station) to Lt. Col. G.A.L. Rawstorne relating to mine recommendations by the Admiralty and a reply containing a detailed report and chart with sections contributed by Captain G.E. Barnes. Chart is of the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour. Fonds includes Barnes' photographs of Victoria and Esquimalt are and a mock battle in Beacon Hill Park (Victoria).

Barnes, George E.
H.C. Barley fonds
Fonds · 1898-1899

The fonds consists of photographs of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, depicting scenery, ships, railways, the White Pass and Yukon Route, and the town of Skagway.

Barley, H.C.
H.L. Cadieux fonds
CA MMB L979.12;P5050;P5100;P5221 · Fonds · [ca. 1947-1975]

The fonds consists of a volume containing a hand-illustrated listing of funnel markings of B.C. Coastal shipping companies, photographs of the whaling industry in B.C., and slides of a variety of yachts and vessels. Fonds includes charts of Sandwich Island and San Francisco Bay.

Cadieux, Hubert Lindsay, d. 1980
Clemes family fonds
CA KMA 79.53.1 · Fonds · 1885-1947

The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents of Arthur Clemes, W.S. Clemes, and Dorothy Clemes and of the Spences Bridge Light and Power Company.

Clemes (family)
CA MMB L1893.1-2;L1895;L4269 · Fonds · 1916-1959

The fonds consists of photographs of HMC ships as well as photographs of James Cook, W.B. Holmes, SS Weser, and HMS Victory guns; model plans for the Cutty Sark (1959); and, letter and newsclippings relating to the Grisle in 1916.

Finch-Noyes, Edward William, 1909-
Ernie Plant fonds
CA VPL 33194-33321 · Fonds · 1948-1956

The fonds consists of photographs of operations of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, including general scenes, trackage, rolling stock, and bridges.

Plant, Ernie, d. 1992
Fonds · 1891-1903

The fonds consists of way bills (1891-1893), payroll time book for Wellington Shops (1899-1900), and vouchers (1899-1900).

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company
Estelle Dickey fonds
Fonds · 1885-1967

The fonds consists of research files of Estelle Dickey pertaining to the history of Revelstoke and surrounding areas. Fonds includes photographs of railroad stations, engines, and equipment, scenes of Revelstoke and area and Rogers Pass, and of paddlewheeler service on the Arrow Lakes as well as individuals, community groups, and the built and physical environment of Revelstoke and area. Fonds includes railway, mineral and topographical maps of Revelstoke and area and of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Mountains.

Dickey, Estelle
Ethel Rhodes fonds
CA FFG P994.2 · Fonds · 1962-1963

The fonds consists of some photographic prints in black and white or colour and depicts the road construction taking place along the Highway 16,construction crews; construction equipment; pipelines; Dome Creek and the Bowron in the northern interior of Prince George region.

Rhodes, Ethel
Fonds · 1941-2000

The collection consists of Ex-Forestry Vessel Squadron Association documentation, such as textual records, photographs, personnel and vessel lists, reports regarding the physical condition of the Dean Ranger, logbook of the Dean Ranger, and newsletters. Collection also contains manuscripts, proofs and galleys, illustrations and photographs used in Forest Ranger, Ahoy! by Michael Coney (Sidney, B.C. : Porthole Press, 1983).

Frederick V. Longstaff fonds
CA MMB L816;L1221 · Fonds · 1929-1957

The fonds consists of photographs of HMC and HM ships, Commander Hose, sealing schooners and other ships and views. Fonds includes articles written by Longstaff and newsclippings.

Longstaff, Frederick Victor