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CA CVIC PR-0290 · Fonds · 1921-1998

The fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, financial records, subject files, show catalogues and newsletters of the Victoria Horticultural Society and its predecessors, the Victoria and District Cottage Gardeners Mutual Improvement Association and the Victoria and District Gardener's Association.

Victoria Horticultural Society
Donaldson, Clay family fonds
CA CVIC PR-0178 · Fonds · [ca. 1880-1920]

The fonds consists of photographs and miscellaneous files. Photographs depict members of the Clay and Donaldson families, and family friends including Edgar Fawcett and family, Alexander Ross, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mrs. William Prout and Hattie Chapman. Miscellaneous files consist of photocopies of Alexander T. Woolsey Donaldson's Boys Brigade cards, an in memoriam card for Joseph Wilson, and records relating to Alexander Dawson Donaldson.

Donaldson (family)
Ainslie James Helmcken fonds
CA CVIC PR 252 · Fonds · 1936-1983, predominant 1965-1983

Fonds consists of 11 series of records. Series include book manuscript ([196-?]); material for film (1971-1972); manuscripts ([196-?]); correspondence (1966-1983); Hollywood Cricket Club photographs (1936); research notes ([196-?]); speeches ([196-?]); time line notes ([196-?]); driver education proposal (1965-1966); miscellaneous ([ca. 1975-1982]); and published articles (1966-1968).

Helmcken, Ainslie James
Charles Hayward fonds
CA CVIC PR 118 · Fonds · 1862

The fonds consists of Charles Hayward's 1862 diary.

Hayward, Charles
Charles Staples fonds
CA CVIC PR 194 · Fonds · 1896-1985

The fonds consists of records relating to cycling races held in Victoria and include newspaper clippings, photographs, cycling race programmes, a certificate from the National Radio Institute, reference letter, artifacts, and a scrapbook and postcard apparently from Joe Hancock, a competitive sprint cyclist.

Staples, Charles, d. 1990
CA CVIC PR 184 · Fonds · 1875-1935

The fonds consists of agreements and correspondence relating to the development and subdivision of the Bradley-Dyne property located at Union Bay in the Saanich Inlet.

Coles, Howell and Company
Bob Matheson fonds
CA CVIC PR 207 · Fonds · 1988

The fonds consist of photographs of buildings in Victoria and Vancouver.

Matheson, Bob
Fonds · 1916-1973

The fonds consists of minute books, stock certificates, income tax returns, memoranda, articles of association and a valuation report of the B.C. Funeral Company.

British Columbia Funeral Company
CA CVIC PR 52 · Fonds · [Copied 1979]

The fonds consists of photographs showing the Roberts family, various Victoria scenes, and the Nickel Plate Mine at Hedley, B.C.

Roberts, Alexander Cross
Allwood family fonds
CA CVIC PR 22 · Fonds · 1921-1925

The fonds consists of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge, 1921-1923 (many taken by Howard Chapman); programs and newspaper articles on Victoria musical revues and performers and one photograph; a poster for the comic opera "The Boy"; and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages Theatre, 1919-1927.

Allwood (family)
Arion Male Voice Choir fonds
CA CVIC PR 56 · Fonds · 1892-1993

Fonds consists of the following 24 series: constitution and by-laws (1893-1976); general supplies [19-?]; minutes (1908-1979); record of attendance (1970-1992); accounts (1907-1912); book of revenue (1928-1965); budget (1931-1932); cash book (1930- 1967); current account register sheet (1974-1982); day book (1959-1967); financial statements (1949-1983); records relating to grant applications (1974-1977); concert tickets (1949-1967); correspondence (1927-1979); general operational files (1901-1935); guard books (1899-1973); miscellaneous operational files (1893-1967); photographs [ca.1950]; programmes (1893-1967); records relating to Arion Club- Orpheus Club reunion (1912-1913); records relating to ticket sales (1977-1981); records relating to visit to the United Kingdom (1973); annual general history files (1893-1993); newspaper clippings (1893-1992).

Arion Male Voice Choir
CA CVIC PR 231 · Fonds · 1877-1980

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, annual dinner programmes, miscellaneous records, published books, song cards and certificates.

Burns Club of Victoria, B.C.
Campbell Studio fonds
CA CVIC PR 108 · Fonds · 1918-1949

The fonds consists of photographs taken by the Campbell Studio and Claude Colpitts. Images depict the Foundation Company of B.C. Ltd. shipyards located in Victoria West, parades held in Victoria and other miscellaneous photographs of sporting groups, military personnel and others.

Campbell Studio (Victoria, B.C.)
City of Victoria fonds
Fonds · 1862-2000

Fonds consists of various series documenting all aspects of City of Victoria services and administration.

Victoria (B.C.)
David Chuen-yan Lai fonds
CA CVIC PR 209 · Fonds · 1979-1986

The fonds consists of reports, supporting material to reports and newspaper clippings. Records document Lai's efforts at revitalizing Victoria's Chinatown.

Lai, Chuen-yan David, 1937-
Dorothy Wilson fonds
CA CVIC PR 47 · Fonds · [1936-1979]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Russian Ballet School, Dorothy Wilson, her daughters, her dancing pupils and scenes from a performance of Coppelia at the Royal Victoria Theatre in 1936; programmes of Song of Norway and Flora Dora, starring Wilson's daughter, Doreen; and an article on the Russian Ballet School by Leland Windreich.

Wilson, Dorothy
Duncan D. McTavish fonds
CA CVIC PR 263 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1950]

Fonds consists of photographs of scenes of Victoria taken by McTavish as an amateur photographer, and reminiscences of McTavish.

McTavish, Duncan Douglas
Edward R. Walker fonds
CA CVIC PR 172 · Fonds · 1947-1953

The fonds consists of colour slides. Images consist of Douglas Street from the roof of the Hudson's Bay Company, 800 block of Yates Street, the CPR ferry Chinook, the view from Mount Douglas, and the town of Duncan.

Walker, Edward R.
Ethel Bruce fonds
CA CVIC PR 13 · Fonds · 1869-1966, predominant 1914-1966

The fonds consists primarily of the records of Ethel Bruce including newsclippings, concert and theatre programmes, invitations, pamphlets, maps, photographs, correspondence and picture postcards. These papers document Miss Bruce's career as a writer for the Victoria Daily Times and the Daily Colonist, especially in her role as music and theatre critic, her extensive travels, social activities, family relations and her work in organizations such as the Women's Institute. A small portion of the fonds consists of the records of Ethel Bruce's sister, Maude Bruce, primarily correspondence inward.

Bruce, Ethel
Joseph William Roland fonds
CA CVIC PR 141 · Fonds · 1879-1921

The fonds consists of a ledger, correspondence and company shares. The ledger relates to bar, grocery and general merchandise accounts at possibly the Burnside Hotel. The correspondence relates to the rental of the Louvre Hotel at 515 Johnson Street in Victoria.

Rowland, Joseph William, d. 1949
Flora Johnston collection
CA CVIC PR 167 · Fonds · 1887-1978

The collection consists of newspapers and pamphlets. Newspapers consist of copies of the Daily Colonist, Victoria Times, Times-Colonist, News of the World, Family Herald and the Saturday Sunset. The majority of papers are special editions dealing primarily with royalty, royal visits, coronations, war and centennials. Pamphlets consist of items pertaining to royalty and war.

Floyd, Johnston family fonds
CA CVIC PR 99 · Fonds · [ca. 1866-1920]

The fonds consists of family photographs of the Floyd and Johnston families, including those of James Sterling Floyd.

Floyd (family)
Gladys Cook fonds
CA CVIC PR 189 · Fonds · 1938-1988

The fonds consists of a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous correspondence and programmes and photographs documenting Gladys Cook's involvement in the Victoria Girls' Drill Team.

Cook, Gladys, d. 1987
CA CVIC PR 110 · Fonds · [ca. 1891]-1932

The fonds consists of photographs of the James Bay Athletic Association. Images depict athletic events, members of the Association and the JBBA clubhouses. Fonds also contains 10 copies of images lent to the archives for copying purposes and returned to the Association.

James Bay Athletic Association
James R. Findlay collection
CA CVIC PR 160 · Fonds · 1896-1988

The collection consists of photographs, miscellaneous pamphlets and an artifact. Photographs consist of images of the Harrison Yacht Pond, Beacon Hill Park, Steve Fonyo, Rockland Avenue, Dallas Road, Cross' Stores, Hudson's Bay Company, and the Bank of Nova Scotia at Douglas and Yates Streets. Pamphlets include a Daily Colonist newspaper and bus timetables. Artifact consists of a flag from the 1988 B.C. Summer Games.