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Bella Vista Hotel fonds
CA AHM 1991-23-17 · Fonds · 1891-1897

The fonds consists of the hotel register (1891-1897) and an index to the bar account book.

Bella Vista Hotel (Agassiz, B.C.)
W.A. McCombs fonds
CA AHM 994-05 · Fonds · 1952-1964

The fonds consists of legal agreements, contracts, correspondence, and aerial photographs of McCombs relating to activities of logging companies he owned, including 10 Mile Bay Logging Company, Clarke Brothers Timber Company and Eagle Creek Logging Company.

McCombs, William Arnold
Ashcroft Hotel fonds
CA ASH 0.1624 · Fonds · 1916

The fonds consists of the hotel register for 1916 of the Ashcroft Hotel.

Ashcroft Hotel
CA BCA MS-1692; 198210-002 · Fonds · [Microfilmed 1981]

The fonds consists of correspondence, ranch diaries (Chilancoh Ranch), business records and personal records including diaries kept by T.L. Bayliff, G.T.L Bayliff and Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff.

Bayliff (family)
CA BOU BM 967-008-2-22 · Fonds · 1906-1908

The fonds consists of minutes (1906-1907), cashbook 1906-1908), and correspondence and receipts (1906-1907) of the club.

Grand Forks 20,000 Club
CA BOU BM 988-007-072 · Fonds · 1914-1940

The fonds consists of business correspondence of the Gazette Printing Company and other business records (including notices of assessment and accounts with the Workmen's Compensation Board, bills, and invoices), much of which relate to the operation of the Grand Forks Gazette newspaper. The fonds includes personal correspondence, legal documents, and reference material of Thomas A. Love, owner of the Gazette Printing Company.

Gazette Printing Company (Grand Forks, B.C.)
Davies family fonds
CA BOW MS 2 · Fonds · 1865, [ca. 1880]-1977

The fonds consists of records of the Davies family, including correspondence, mail contracts and postmaster records, and other business records of William J. Davies, including licences and ledgers of Davies and Company and a cashbook (1909-1911) for Davies Store; correspondence, bills and receipts of William Arthur Edward Davies, including a record book of his taxi service and cashbook of the Bowen Park Store; photographs accumulated by Herbert Lyle Davies depicting members of the Davies family and friends on Bowen Island, and scenes of various aspects of early island life, including logging and ferry service; and, postcards and ephemera of various family members.

Davies (family)
Riddell Realty fonds
CA BOW MS 24 · Fonds · 1982 - 1985

The fonds consists predominantly of photographs of, and advertisements for, houses and properties sold by Riddell Realty.

Riddell Realty
CA BOW MS 28 · Fonds · 1980 - 1992

The fonds consists of records created and collected by the Sealeigh Park Strata Development Corporation and two subsidiaries: the Adams Road Development Water Utility and the Sealeigh Park Water Users Society. The records contain legal and financial documents, minutes and memoranda, maps, plans, reports and collected reference materials.

Sealeigh Park Strata Development Corporation
Davies and Company fonds
CA BOW MS 3 · Fonds · 1908 - 1935

The fonds consists of legal and financial documents from the General Store; correspondence, predominantly legal; records created and received by William Joseph Davies in his capacity as postmaster, and financial records created by William A. Davies, owner of the Ed Davies Taxi Service.

Davies and Company
CA BOW MS 31 · Fonds · 1976 - 2006

The fonds consists of administrative, financial, and executive records created by the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce and its predecessor organization, the Bowen Island Businessmen's Association. It also includes a series of the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce’s newsletter and issues of the Bowen Island Guide.

Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce
Alain Boire collection
CA CCOQ C10 · Collection · 2000 - 2016

The collection consists largely of research materials and notes created in the preparation of Boire's book "With Hearts and Minds" published in 2016. The remainder of the collection consists of materials collected by Boire from Caisse Populaire Maillardville Credit Union, as well as accumulated material pertaining to Boire's involvement in several community initiatives, such as the Maillardville Residents' Association, Maillardville revitalization and planning, and Place Maillardville.

Materials include correspondence, photographs, administrative records, interviews, reports, handwritten notes, clippings, advertising and professional materials, newsletters, research materials, prints, postcards, ephemera, a map, embossing seals, a lid from a glass milk bottle, and other documents. The collection also includes a manuscript copy of "With Hearts and Minds."

Boire, Alain Joseph
Diane Stiglish collection
CA CCOQ C17 · Collection · 1958-1995

The collection consists of materials that were collected by Diane Stiglish, including a funeral card for Reverand Father Joseph Albert Gerard Leduc; an Information Booklet about Our Lady of Fatima Church; and two advertising flyers for businesses in Coquitlam.

Norm Cote fonds
CA CCOQ F34 · Fonds · [198?]

The fonds consists of nineteen colour photographs of various locations around Coquitlam.

Cote, Norm
Muriel Holmes fonds
CA CMX 02.09 · Fonds · 1850-1980

The fonds contain textual records regarding J.B. Holmes and family. Predominantly the fonds consist of records generated by J.B. Holmes. Photographs are predominantly of members of the Holmes family and early pictures of Comox and area. The textual records consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, land leases, real estate documents, newspaper clippings and obituaries. The fonds also contain a mercantile diary of J.B. Holmes during his role as store keeper in Comox.

Holmes, Muriel
CA CVAN AM1553 · Fonds · 1969-2010

Fonds consists of completed films, raw footage, textual records, and other materials related to the production of films produced by the various film production companies that Collier has been involved with throughout his film career. Fonds is organized into eight sousfonds according to creator. Each sousfonds, is in turn organized into series according to production project.
--Michael Collier personal records sousfonds
--Tommy Tompkins Wildlife Films sousfonds
--New Horizon Films Ltd. sousfonds
--North Wind Films Ltd. sousfonds
--Yaletown Productions Inc. sousfonds
--Yaletown Entertainment Corp. sousfonds
--Urban Safari Films Inc. sousfonds
--Post Digital Works Inc. sousfonds

Yaletown Productions Inc.
Thorburn family fonds
CA CVM 992.02.4.1 · Fonds · [ca. 1926]-1942

The fonds consists of the personal papers and photographs of Grant Thorburn, Elizabeth Thorburn and Donald Butt, and records of Tzouhalem Hotel, including hotel registers (1937-1948), hotel daybook (1933-1939), receipts and correspondence.

Thorburn (family)
CA DMA CR-111 · Fonds · 1885-1940

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, certificates, school workbooks, two small watercolour paintings, and photographs. The material is about MacInnis family events and relationships, and the activities and accomplishments of individual family members. The fonds has been arranged according to the family member responsible for receiving or creating the records: Martin and Margaret MacInnis, Jessie MacInnis, Carlyle MacInnis, and John William Fraser. A fifth series contains an account book of the Brackman-Ker Milling Company.

MacInnis, Margaret Catherine
Edgar Dunning fonds
CA DMA CR-115 · Fonds · 1830-1983, predominant 1930-1980

The fonds consists of Mr. Dunning's family and business records; records accumulated as a member of various community organizations; and documents, manuscripts, and photographs resulting from Edgar's work for the Delta newspaper, the Optimist, and his interest in Delta community events and history. Family records include correspondence and legal records regarding the property on 48th Avenue and Delta Street, as well as financial and educational certificates. A large series of memorabilia includes invitations and other ephemera, which Edgar accumulated as publisher and reporter for the Optimist and as active community member. Business records are largely from the Optimist printing business, and include examples of print products such as invitations, programs, letterheads, tickets, municipal reports, etc., which were printed for local people and businesses of Delta. A small series of Optimist newspaper records include lists of subscribers from the 1940s. The fonds includes a sample of Edgar's writings for the Optimist on historical topics, plus a larger group of manuscripts that have been edited by him in his capacity as editor of the Optimist and as an interested and knowledgeable local historian. The fonds also consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, etc. accumulated by Edgar as a member of the Delta Community Band, various centennial committees, the Delta Historical and Museum Society, and other organizations. Edgar is a talented amateur photographer, and his photograph collection reflects his work as a reporter and his interest in the people and events of Delta. The fonds has been arranged in the following series: Centennial committees records; Delta Community Band records; Other society and committee records; Family papers; Manuscripts; Memorabilia; The Optimist (newspaper) records; The Optimist (printers) records; Photographs; Reference files.

Dunning, Edgar, 1910-2010
CA DMA CR-17 · Fonds · 1910-1997

Fonds consists of four minute books of the Delta Board of Trade and Delta Chamber of Commerce from 1910 to 1971. Fonds also consists of more than 50 publications and photographs created by the Chamber, local governments and other civic associations. These publications and photographs are all related to Delta's economic and social development.

Delta Chamber of Commerce
CA DMA CR-33 · Fonds · 1902-1950

The fonds consists of records created by Simeon Fisher during the course of owning and operating Fisher's Drug and Book Store. There are several wholesale invoices as well as nine large prescription invoice ledgers and correspondence between Mr. Fisher, local residents and National Drug Co. where he purchased wholesale drugs for his pharmacy. These records cover the years between 1902 and 1948 when his business was in operation. The fonds is arranged in three series: Correspondence; Prescription Invoices; Drug Invoices.

Fisher's Drug and Bookstore (Delta, B.C.)
Bell family fonds
CA DMA CR-4 · Fonds · 1859-[ca. 1979]

The Bell family fonds is arranged in three sous-fonds: Edith Bell sous-fonds, Edward Bell sous-fonds, and Harry Bell sous-fonds. Edith Bell's records include diaries, scrapbooks and photographs of family and community events as well as records pertaining to her membership in various organizations including the Imperial Order Daughter of the Empire. Edward Bell's records consist of business papers, particularly land records and wills. Harry Bell's records are personal records related to the Bell family. Through photographs, cartographic material, and textual records, the records document not only the Bell family, but much of the community of Delta. Edith Bell's records provide insight into Delta social affairs and families, while Edward Bell's business records reveal economic and social change as it is documented in land transactions.

Bell (family)
CA DMA CR-43 · Fonds · 1926-1952

The fonds consists of 2 series: 1) Financial records and 2) Inventory records relating to the daily operation of the store.

J.H. Perry Department Store
Simeon Fisher fonds
CA DMA CR-45 · Fonds · 1906-1915

Fonds consists of Simeon Fisher's receipts, personal and business correspondence, post office stubs, indentures, notices of tax assessment, newspaper clippings, insurance agreements, leases, agreements of sale, playbills and assorted ephemera. Includes a land sale agreement between William Charles Smaill, James Samuel Taylor and Alfred Albert King regarding property on Lulu Island. Approximately 59 items.

Fisher, Simeon Whidden
Dennison family fonds
CA DMA CR-69 · Fonds · [ca. 1920-1995]

Fonds consists of photographs, an essay entitled "Memoirs of a Ladner Lad" written by William James Dennison, and a family tree prepared by Bill Dennison. The fonds also includes three ledgers from the Ladner Shoe Store. The photographs document many aspects of the Dennison's family life in Delta such as potato farming, gardening and a variety of social activities.

Dennison (family)