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CA CVIC PR 87 · Fonds · 1865-1990

The fonds consists of thirty-six series of records, arranged for descriptive purposes under five general functional headings: general administration; financial; operational; membership; and officers files. Series include minutes of the Grand Post Annual General meeting (1907-1985); minutes of the Grand Post Executive Committee (1923-1982); minutes of Post No. 1; minutes of Post No. 6 (1914-1919); correspondence of the Grand Secretary (1960-1985); correspondence of the Recording Secretary (1902-1979); constitution and bylaws (1902-1936); records of the Constitution Revision Committee (1967-1972); records relating to ceremonies and rituals (1877-1947); records of the Building Committee (1908); records relating to the Society of British Columbia Pioneers (1871-1905); memberships dues ledgers (1914-1942); membership dues cashbook (1902-1922); membership dues receipts (1904-1964); membership dues deposit book (1920-1921); invoices (1919-1969); yearly receipts and disbursements (1905-1982); statements of accounts (1919-1970); general receipts (1919-1925); cheque registers (1920-1965); cancelled cheques (1919-1970); newsclippings (1865-1981); published works (1914); projects and reports (1900-1987); guest book (1966-1975); notices of meetings (1947-1975); social acknowledgments ([ca. 191-]-1989); photographs ([ca. 1870-1990]); membership registers (1914-1935); membership and attendance lists (1899-1990); registration certificates (1913-1919); membership applications (1914-1935); records of J. Sullivan (1967-1979); records of R.G. Creech (1967-1987); and records of E.E. Protheroe (1972-1979).

Native Sons of British Columbia. Victoria Post No. 1
Maude Lendrum fonds
CA CVIC PR 144 · Fonds · [ca. 1880-1915]

The fonds consists of photographs and an architectural drawing. Photographs consist of images of the Fell, Moss, Porter and Worthington families, and of buildings in the Victoria region. The architectural drawing, drawn by Thomas Hooper, is of a building for A. Porter on Store Street.

Lendrum, Maude, 1910-
Meed family fonds
CA CVIC PR 105 · Fonds · [ca. 1906-1910]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Meed family, including those of William Meed. Images depict the family house at 664 Dallas Road, fishing and picnicking at the Esquimalt Lagoon, Beacon Hill Park and the Parliament Buildings.

Meed (family)
Miller family fonds
CA CVIC PR 82 · Fonds · [ca. 1860]-1948

The fonds consists of three series of records arranged by function and medium. They are as follows: family photographs, collected prints and Victoria Day Celebration Souvenir programme. The family photographs document the family at their home at 1206 Beach Drive, scenes of boating and fishing, trips and various scenes of Greater Victoria. The collected photographs depict various aspects of British Columbia including the Rocky Mountains, northern British Columbia, sealing expeditions, the opening of the Parliament Buildings, and various other scenes of early Victoria.

Miller (family)
Reginald Hayward fonds
CA CVIC PR 120 · Fonds · 1862-1964

The fonds consists of family photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, invitations, vacation files, Provincial MLA files, copies of political speeches, records relating to Native Sons of British Columbia, records relating to the British Columbia Pioneer Society, records of Charles Hayward relating to the Lorindale mining claim on Texada Island, and miscellaneous records.

Hayward, Reginald
Reginald J. Dove fonds
CA CVIC PR 89 · Fonds · 1926-1957

The fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting the construction of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria.

Dove, Reginald J.
Richard Muirhead fonds
CA CVIC PR 39 · Fonds · [ca. 1900]-1984

The fonds consists of photographs and a postcard showing views of Victoria, B.C., including Beacon Hill Park, the Empress Hotel, the Industrial Reserve, Victoria streets, British Columbia Electric Railway streetcars and employees, members of the Muirhead family and their homes in Victoria West.

Muirhead, Richard Hamilton, d. 1979
CA CVIC PR 125 · Fonds · [ca. 1962-1981]

The fonds consists of photographs and pamphlets. Photographs consist of images of construction sites, newly completed buildings and of streetscapes. Many of these images relate to the construction of the University of Victoria, Victoria Press Building, recreational buildings and private homes. Streetscapes include images of many downtown streets, buildings and aerial views.

Siddall Dennis Warner Architects
Rita Hughes fonds
CA CVIC PR 46 · Fonds · [1873?-192-]

The fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed "Miss Helmcken 1873", who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken (later McTavish), eldest daughter of John Sebastien Helmcken and grandmother of Margo Jamieson. Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a limousine at Beacon Hill Park.

Hughes, Rita Cecilia, d. 1964
Ross Anthony Lort fonds
CA CVIC PR 127 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1930]

The fonds consists of photographs. Images depict homes designed by the architectural firm of Maclure and Lort, a portrait of Samuel Maclure and a photograph of a watercolour painting of a Maclure designed home.

Lort, Ross Anthony
Rudolph A. Williams fonds
CA CVIC PR 183 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1945]

The fonds consists of photographs of military units in the Greater Victoria region.

Williams, Rudolph A.
S.A. Spencer fonds
CA CVIC PR 106 · Fonds · [ca. 1870-1885]

The fonds consists of portrait photographs of unidentified individuals.

Spencer, S.A. (Stephen Allen), d. 1911
CA CVIC PR 214 · Fonds · [ca. 1915-1918]

The fonds consists of photographs of the 103rd Battalion "Timber Wolves" and a postcard to Henniker relating to the 1916 snowfall in Victoria.

Henniker, Lieutenant Colonel
Lily Wilson fonds
CA CVIC PR 235 · Fonds · [ca. 1920-1940]

The fonds consists of photographs. Images depict the family house at 80 Howe Street, a boarding house on Haultain Street run by Lily Wilson's mother, Burnside School girls field hockey team, an unidentified house and girls in costume outside the Girls Central School.

Wilson, Lily
McKenzie family fonds
CA CVIC PR 153 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1936]

The fonds consists of photographs and textual material. Photographs depict the McKenzie children and David Leeming. Textual material consists of a list of places where Jim McKenzie has played his bagpipes, and a gift to Mayor Leeming by Walt Disney.

McKenzie (family)
Vernon Nixon collection
CA CVIC PR 162 · Fonds · [194-]

The collection consists of photographic prints and postcards of major tourist attractions in the Greater Victoria area.

CA CVIC PR 85 · Fonds · [1910?]-1931

The fonds consists of photographs of Frederick Moore, Robert Walley and the Victoria Chemical Company depicting the Victoria Chemical Works in the Victoria Inner Harbour, construction of the Canadian Explosives plant on James Island, employees of the Chemical Works, and family scenes on James Island.

Victoria Chemical Company
CA CVIC PR 74 · Fonds · 1986-1995

Fonds consists principally of operational records which document the bidding for the games and planning and execution of facilities, sporting events, accommodation, transportation, food services, accreditation, security, ceremonies, cultural and entertainment events, communications, media relations, marketing and fundraising activities and protocol. The records are arranged in 247 series and consist primarily of textual documents of all sorts (correspondence, minutes, reports, planning files, etc.). A large image bank (Series 1) documents many aspects of preparation and execution of the games, and the CBC Host Broadcaster's file of videotapes (Series 2) represent the moving images and sounds of the games which were available to domestic and international broadcasters. Administrative records such as accounting, legal and personnel records were not turned over to the City Archives due to their confidential nature.

Victoria Commonwealth Games Society
Victoria E. Lemmax fonds
CA CVIC PR 37 · Fonds · 1897-1927

The fonds consists of photographs of the Lemmax family, school groups at North Ward and Girls' Central School, Campbell's Drug Store and Beacon Hill Park (Maynard photos); school certificates belonging to Victoria Lemmax; school and pharmacy certificates belonging to James L. Lemmax IV; and ephemera.

Lemmax, Victoria Eleuthera
Victoria Motor Company fonds
CA CVIC PR 90 · Fonds · [191-]

The fonds consists of photographs of the interior and exterior of the company, employees, automobiles, and the company's mascot.

Victoria Motor Company
CA CVIC PR 217 · Fonds · 1929-1969

The fonds consists of records of the Victoria West Lawn Bowling Association interfiled with the records of the Victoria West Brotherhood. Series include general files, correspondence, Victoria West Lawn Bowling Club management committee minutes, cash journal, ledger and membership applications.

Victoria West Lawn Bowling Club
Violet Folbigg fonds
CA CVIC PR 179 · Fonds · [1919?]

The fonds consists of postcards written by Norman to his then fiancee in England, Violet, during his convalescence in Victoria. Postcard images depict the Inner Harbour and the 1919 visit of the Prince of Wales.

Folbigg, Violet
Walter Englehardt fonds
CA CVIC PR 233 · Fonds · 1875-1962

The fonds consists of certificates, membership cards and correspondence relating to Englehardt's term as a City employee, his participation in centennial celebrations and his memberships in the James Bay Athletic Association and Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. Fonds also includes two invoices from the firm Englehardt and Company.

Englehardt, Walter
CA CVIC PR 255 · Fonds · [ca. 1895-1965]

Fonds consists of photographs of Thomas Shanks McPherson and his family, a copy of McPherson's will and brochures for Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children and the Salvation Army.

McPherson, Thomas Shanks
Todd family fonds
CA CVIC PR 115 · Fonds · 1909-1980

The fonds consists of records compiled and created by Albert Todd, Richard Todd, and Marjorie Todd. Series include photographs, research notes and copies of correspondence and newspaper clippings. Photographs document Albert E. Todd's 1910 automobile trip from California to Canada and a 1935 Union Club dinner following a Joyce Weathered and Marjorie Todd golf match. Research notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings relate to Albert E. Todd's life and career.

Todd (family)