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correspondence -- general
File · 1977
Part of Jack Wise fonds

File contains professional and personal correspondence concerning exhibitions, exhibited works, prices, sold works, loaned works, art practice, illustrations for "The Malahat Review" and publication on George Woodcock; correspondents include Open Space Gallery, David Gilhooly, Lobsang Lhalungpa, University of Saskatchewan Art Committee, West End Gallery, Nicholas Kirsten and Richard Kirsten, George Woodcock, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toni Onley, University of British Columbia, Colin Graham, Lin Chien-Shih, Ontario Arts Council, Robin Skelton, Stephen Cummings, Shell Canada, Art Gallery of Vancouver, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and Greg Simpson

correspondence -- general
File · 1978
Part of Jack Wise fonds

File contains professional and personal correspondence concerning exhibitions, exhibited works, prices, sold works, loaned works, art practice, nomination to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Buddhism and Tibet and Wise's health; correspondents include Gary Lee Nova, Signal Hill Creative Centre, Open Space Gallery, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Simon Fraser University Fine Arts Gallery, Kyle's Gallery, Ann Kipling, Glenbow Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Bau Xi Gallery, the National Gallery, Toni Onley, Stephen Cummings, Sheila Graham and Colin Graham, Ted Lindberg, Lobsang Lhalungpa, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Windsor Art Gallery, Kirsten Gallery, Canadian Forum, George Woodcock, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Buddhayana Educational Association

correspondence -- general
File · 1979
Part of Jack Wise fonds

File contains poems by Stephen Cummings, financial records and professional and personal correspondence concerning exhibitions, exhibited works, prices, sold works, loaned works, art practice and grant applications; correspondents include: Toni Onley and Yukiko, Avon Neal, Kyle's Gallery, University of British Columbia Department of Visual Arts, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Gold Design Jewels and Gallery, Ron Orchard, Stephen Cummings, Robert Amos, Visual Arts Association, Canada Council Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, International Journal for Contemporary Artsts, Hyemeyohsts Storm and Andrea Lynn Martin

correspondence -- general
File · 1980
Part of Jack Wise fonds

File contains poems by Stephen Cummings, professional and personal correspondence concerning exhibitions, exhibited works, prices, sold works, loaned works, art practice and publications; correspondents include: Toni Onley, West End Gallery, Gold Design Fine Arts Gallery, Kyle's Gallery, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Colin Graham, the Canada Council, University of Victoria Department of Fine Arts, Dorothy Gislason, Hella Kees, Heffel Fine Art Gallery, Transcendental Meditation Centre, Celia Duthie, and Canadian Art Galleries Limited

correspondence -- general
File · 1981
Part of Jack Wise fonds

File contains professional and personal correspondence concerning exhibitions, exhibited works, prices, sold works, loaned works, and art practice; correspondents include: Gary-Lee Nova, Madeleine Shields, Brian Longworth, Pat Bovey, J.F. Lindsay, Colin Graham, Sawai Atelier, Victoria College of Art/Joseph Kyle, Toni Onley, Community Arts Council of Vancouver and the Festival Concert Society

Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds · 1932 - 1988

The fonds consists of material relating to Lyons's work as a BC Parks developer, botanist, author, lecturer, independent documentary filmmaker, wildlife photographer, and world traveller. It includes a variety of textual records, moving images, photographic materials, sound recordings, and maps. The fonds has been arranged into six series: 1) published materials; 2) scripts; 3) field notebooks; 4) photographic materials; 5) audiovisual materials; and 6) miscellaneous records.

Lyons, Chester P.
Monographs
Subseries · 1950 - 1998
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This subseries consists of records related to Lyons' book-length publications. It includes Lyons' books on local and natural history in British Columbia, comprised of Milestones on the Mighty Fraser: Travel Guide to the Historic Fraser Canyon Vancouver-Kamloops (J.M. Dent & Sons: 1950, rev. ed. 1956); Milestones in Ogopogo Land: In Which the Many Wonders of the Land of Ogopogo and Sunshine are Revealed (1957) ; Milestones on Vancouver Island: The Story of This "Island to the West", Its Past and Its Present (Evergreen Press: 1958). This subseries also contains Lyons' popular field guides to the plants of British Columbia and Washington state, including Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in British Columbia (J.M. Dent & Sons: 1952, 2nd rev. ed. 1965); Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in British Columbia and Washington (Lone Pine: 1995); and Wildflowers of Washington (Lone Pine: 1997). According to the "About the Author" section in Wildflowers of Washington, "Chess' first book, Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in British Columbia, published in 1954, was the first non-technical field guide in the province. Two years later in 1956, he wrote a similar book for Washington State. They served for many decades, through many reprints and revisions, and were finally combined into one volume in 1995" (192). The 7 monographs in this subseries are mostly labelled "Work Copy" or "Office Copy" indicating that they are early proofs or otherwise being revised, as the handwritten ink comments throughout attest. The records consist of monographs, manuscripts, research and research notes, correspondence, dust jackets, miscellaneous brochures and maps used for research, one notebook, and electronic records on three computer disks. The three computer disks contain electronic version of the revised manuscript for Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers in BC and Washington from 1994.

Field guide illustrations
Subseries
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This subseries consists of approximately 425 drawings that Lyons used as the basis for his field guide illustrations. As such, they mainly feature botanical subjects like trees, shrubs, and flowers from British Columbia and Washington. Drawings are arranged numerically, which roughly correlates to their appearance in the publications. Due to the numerous revisions that Lyons' field guides went through, the page correlations cannot be determined precisely.

Scripts
Series
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of textual records Lyons used to narrate slide shows, films, and other lectures for the Audubon Society and the CBC television show Klahanie. Lyons also used scripts for other lectures, seminar talks, and speeches. The subject matter typically addresses nature and wildlife conservation and activities, especially in British Columbia, as well as international travel. This series includes drafts, revisions, and final versions of the scripts, as well as the background material and research notes used as sources. This series consists of three subseries: 1) Audubon scripts, 2) Klahanie scripts, and 3) Other scripts.

Field notebooks
Series
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of approximately 66 coil-bound notebooks with Lyons' handwritten notes detailing his travels in British Columbia, Mexico, England, Asia, and elsewhere. Many of these notebooks appear to be related to Lyons' activities as an international tour guide for his travel company, Golden Eye Travel, especially those that mention tour members. The information recorded in these notebooks include travel notes, such as expenses, names and addresses, accomodation, food, foreign words and phrases. Lyons also used these note books to record notes on botany and wildlife, such as names and sketches of flora and fauna, especially birds. There are also some sketches of maps. Film notes, sound notes, and photograph notes also figure strongly here. Some notes are extremely detailed diary-like entries that may be the beginnings of the film scripts inspired by these trips. These notebooks have been arranged chronologically.

Photographic materials
Series · 1932 - 1998
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of photographic prints, negatives, and slides that Lyons created throughout his lifetime in his various roles as BC Parks employee, botanist, writer, travel guide, worldwide traveller, and father. Prominent subjects in Lyons' photos include travel, scenery, wildlife, and historic sites in British Columbia. Many photos also depict botanical specimens, undoubtedly used in Lyons' field guides. The largest number photographic images come from Lyons' international travels to India, Asia, Central and South America, and elsewhere. Some of these images were published in Lyons' monographs, newspapers, and magazine articles. This series is arranged by format into two subseries: 1) prints and negatives; and 2) slides.

Audio-visual materials
Series
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of moving images and sound recordings created by Lyons, beginning in his employment with BC Parks and continuing after he left government service. As with Lyons' other material, the subject of the moving images are the BC outdoors and international travel. The sound recordings were accompaniments to Lyons' films and slide shows. They also relate to Lyons' later involvement with B.C. Parks reunions. This series is arranged by format into two subseries: 1) moving images; and 2) sound recordings.

Miscellaneous records
Series · 1922 - 1998
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of correspondence and other records pertaining to aspects of Lyons life and work that are not covered in the other series of the fonds. It includes material related to Lyons professional work in the BC Forest Service, BC Parks, and BC Fish and Game, as well as Lyons' work with Toastmasters. There are also some records from Lyons' involvement with the B.C. Museum Association. This series also includes other miscellaneous personal records and some painting and drawings by Lyons. There is no discernible order to these records, but they have been loosely grouped into this series. Records include Lyons' expired passports, maps, brochures, research notes, correspondence, reports, postcards, booklets and pamphlets.

Newspapers and magazines
Subseries
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This subseries contains records from Lyons' activities as a writer of newspaper and magazine articles, largely in the 1950s and 1960s during the time that he was still employed in BC Parks. The subject of the articles typically concern the BC outdoors and activities and include titles like "BC's Great Cliffs," "Native Shrubs," and "Enjoy Outdoors with Home on Wheels." While Lyons wrote articles for a variety of newspaper and magazines, most records in this subseries appear to be from Lyons' "This Amazing Province" series which ran in the Victoria Times in the early 1950s, as well as several articles that appeared in the magazine Forest and Mill, published by the Forest Industries of B.C. until 1966. This subseries consists of manuscripts, drafts, clippings (some glued into a scrapbook), photographs and negatives, research notes, reference material, correspondence, and other textual records pertaining to newspaper and magazine articles by Lyons.

Published materials
Series · 1941 - 1988
Part of Chester P. Lyons fonds

This series consists of records related to Lyons' activities as an author, including book-length publications, newspapers and magazine articles, and covers the period of the early 1950s until his death. Lyons typically addressed British Columbia history, botany, wildlife, parks, and other related topics in his writings. This series includes manuscripts and monographs by Lyons with extensive handwritten revisions. It also contains botanical drawings used to illustrate Lyons' field guides, as well as research notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, dust jackets, brochures, pamphlets, reports, photographs, slides, and other textual records pertaining to Lyons' publications. This series consists of three subseries: 1) monographs; 2) field guide illustrations; and 3) newspapers and magazines.

Fonds · 1884 - 1992

Fonds consists of the records of Skidegate United Church, its predecessors, Spencer Memorial Church and Spencer Memorial United Church, Queen Charlotte United Church, Sandspit United Church, Seaview United Church and Seaview Community Church, and Tasu United Church. Records include Baptism registers (1884-1992), Marriage registers (1884-1984), and Burial registers (1884-1969); Membership records (1953-1990); Board and Committee records (1939-1991); Women’s Group records (1920-1980); Sunday school records (1966-1980); Financial records (1955-1985); Special Events records (1971-1984); Annual statistics (1967-1989); Outreach programs records (1969-1985); Building and Property records (1966-1987); a history of the United Church in the Queen Charlotte Islands (1985).

Haida Gwaii Pastoral Charge (Skidegate, B.C.)
Robert Smithson collection
Collection · 1951-1977, 2001-2007

The material in the Robert Smithson Collection consists of items collected by the late Vancouver writer and filmmaker Dennis Wheeler. All the material is related to Wheeler’s association with the noted American artist Robert Smithson. Materials in the collection include: articles, correspondence, journals, magazines, catalogues, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, notes, slides, and negatives.

Smithson, Robert
Fonds · [ca.1885-ca.2000]

Fonds pertains to the Reformed Episcopal Church in Canada, the United States and England (known as the Free Church of England). The fonds consists of four series:

I. General Synod of the Reformed Episcopal Church of Canada (annual reports, correspondence, constitutions and canons, legal cases and general information, ca.70 cm;

II. Diocese of Western Canada (annual reports, records of individual churchs), ca.150 cm;

III. Free Church of England (yearbooks 1928-1993, and publications), ca.25 cm;

IV. Reformed Episcopal Church USA (newsletters, pamphlets, constitution and canons, general information), ca.25 cm.
The largest portion of the fonds consists of the records of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church, New Westminster, which was from 1883 to 2002. The St. Paul's REC sub-series includes marriage, baptism and burial registers, Vestry records, records of womens groups, scrapbooks and other material.

Reformed Episcopal Church
CA NVAN Fonds 37 · Fonds · 1914-1995, predominant 1940-1977, 1989-1995

The fonds consists of copies of original records created or received by the 6th Field Engineer Squadron. Materials have been donated by Major Vince Laroque. Originals are held by the National Archives of Canada, the Department of National Defence, or the Squadron. Includes additional donation by Barbara Selby. Fonds consists of copies of war diaries, annual historical reports, printed histories, correspondence, poems, draft lists, official specifications, and sketches.

Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Engineers. Field Engineer Squadron, 6th
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 48 · Fonds · 1891-1930

The fonds includes the correspondence of the regiment and its predecessors, 1891-1906 and 1913-1916. There are also bound minute books for the Mess Committee, 1909-1911, Officers Fund Association, 1900-1905, "C" Company, 1900-1914, and Headquarters Company, 1908-1920; financial records, 1896-1914; curricular materials, 1898-1899; an undated set of military lectures; a transcript of a hearing of insubordination against Sgt. Maj. John Turner, 1898; a Record of Officers' Services, 1893-1920 (up-dated to 1930 by Major J.S. Matthews); Regimental Orders, 1903-1908 and 1915-1917; Standing Mess Rules, 1912; and a roll of Regimental Trophy Winners, 1904-1909.

Canada. Militia. Regiment, 6th (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles)
CA BCA F1987:10 · Fonds · 1932, 1948, 1961-1962

The fonds consists of film of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment during training and assisting in flood relief in 1948.

Canada. Canadian Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 15th
7-10 Club Society fonds
Fonds · 1983-1996

Fonds consists of records that document the functions and activities of the Society including minutes, correspondence, financial statements, and clippings about the Society that appeared in the Nanaimo media. Fonds is arranged in six series: 1) Constitution and by-laws; 2) Minutes; 3)Correspondence; 4) Attendance records; 5) Financial records; and 6) Miscellaneous.

7-10 Club Society
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 67 · Fonds · 1917-1954

The fonds consists of the bound records, correspondence, orders, photographs and historical documents of the Eleventh Machine Gun Battalion, as well as maps, papers and correspondence pertaining to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF, and a typescript history of the Eleventh Machine Gun Battalion written by Lt. Col. Francis Layton in 1954.

Canada. Canadian Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 11th
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 51 · Fonds · 1913-1925

The fonds consists of correspondence and orders, 1913-1925; personal records of Private Robert Francis Morrison; and a crime report on Private C. LePoidevin.

Canada. Militia. Regiment, 11th (Irish Fusiliers of Canada)
CA FAR 983.48 · Fonds · 1942-1945

The fonds consists of a war diary.

Canada. Canadian Army. Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 27th