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Fonds · 1965-1989

The fonds consists of minutes (1965-1979, 1987-1989), amended constitution and bylaws (1966), correspondence (1965-1971), reports, financial records, records of annual meetings, programs, newsletters, and reference material.

Community Arts Council of the Alberni Valley
Andreas Schroeder fonds
Fonds · 1960-1991

The fonds consists of Schroeder's literary manuscripts, radio plays, filmscripts, manuscripts by others, personal correspondence, financial records, and printed material which chronicle his development and contributions as a writer, journalist, broadcaster, editor, translator, and literary/cultural activist. Included among the subjects documented in the papers are: Schroeder's published and unpublished fiction and nonfiction works, including short prose, novellas, poems, translations, a prison memoir, literary columns, and feature articles; production of documentaries for the CBC radio show "Ideas"; publication of the literary magazine of translation "Contemporary Literature in Translation"; the author's nine-month prison sojurn; the founding of the League of Canadian Poets and the Writers' Union of Canada; and, the establishment of the Public Lending Rights Commission of Canada.

Schroeder, Andreas, 1946-
Harry T. Devine fonds
Fonds · 1886-1898

The fonds consists of Devine's photographs depicting early Vancouver, including scenes, buildings, and a portrait of Vancouver's first City Council.

Devine, Harry T.
Englefield Studio fonds
Fonds · 1948-1979, predominant 1970-1979

The fonds consists of photograph negatives and prints of the Nanaimo region as well as personal records of Leslie Englefield.

Englefield Studio
Fonds · 1940-1959

Fonds consists of correspondence with and photographs of residents of Enderby and District, plus photographs of local organizations, groups and views of the area.

Meeres Photographic and Art Studio
John Cass fonds
Fonds · 1965-1993

Fonds consists of material generated and accumulated by John Cass in his role as unofficial Nanaimo historian. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Manuscripts; 3) Research files and 4) Newspaper Clippings; 5) and Photographs.

Cass, John, 1921-
John F. Leonard fonds
Fonds · 1908-1981

The fonds is divided into 9 series and consists of musical scores, a history and a certificate.

Leonard, John F
Morris/Trasov Archive fonds
Fonds · 1969-1996, predominant 1969-1974

The fonds consists of material related to Image Bank, including the Image Exchange Directory, to exhibitions such as 1984, Post Card Shows, to projects such as Colour Bars, Cultural Ecology, to events such as Art's Birthday, Decca Dance, Miss General Idea Pageant (and Pavilion), to collaborative encounters and work with artists such as Robert Filliou, General Idea, Robert Fones, Robert Cummings, Ray Johnson, John Dowd, Anna Banana, Bill Gaglione, Eric Metcalfe, Kate Craig, John Jack Baylin, Herv Fischer, Victor Cavellini, Hermann Nitsch and Fluxus artists, as well as a mayoralty campaign by Mr. Peanut, artist run centre development at the Western Front, and to numerous publications such as in File magazine, catalogues and editions of cards, and to other activities as artists, including the collection and preservation of art and artist related material. The collection consists both of Morris' and Trasov's individual fonds as artists as well as their collective fonds, and additionally of an extensive collection of material complementing these personal papers, including books, periodicals, and other published material as well as art in multiple forms and media, including artists books, moving image and sound recordings, books, collages, correspondence, ephemera, exhibition catalogues, found objects, mailings, magazines, multiples and editions of cards, photographic prints, negatives, slides and transparencies, postcards, posters, drawings, prints, and other forms and media extending physically to over fifty linear metres.

Morris/Trasov Archive
Fonds · 1863-1864, 1878-1892

The fonds consists of constitution (1863-1864), cashbook (1878-1886), Debating and Elocution Class minutes (1880-1891), and minutes (1880-1885). The minute book for the Debating and Elocution class also records rentals of the Hall by community groups (1887-1892).

Nanaimo Literary Institute
Rainbow River Players fonds
Fonds · 1980-1998

Fonds consists of records created by the Rainbow River Players, including posters, programs, correspondence, and financial records, plus a copy of the many scripts they used or considered using for performances. It also includes a photograph album with newspaper clippings plus coloured photographs of the actors and scenes from most of their productions.

Rainbow River Players
Fonds · [190-]-1967, 1995

Fonds consists of the personal papers of the McGill and Cunningham families. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Photographs; 2) Certificates; 3) Correspondence; 4) Sketch book and art work; 5) Diaries and 6) Miscellaneous.

McGill (family)
Peter Day fonds
Fonds · 1963-1998

The Peter Day fonds consists of over 2000 items, monographs, limited edition books and artists' books, drawings, posters, prints, cards, boxes, wrappers, video tape recordings, and various small sculptures. The fonds contains the following series: The Peter Day collection of Concrete Poetry, correspondence, and photographs.

Day, Peter
Fonds · [195-]-1997

The collection consists of material collected and generated in the process of putting together an exhibition of postcards at Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver. The collection is divided into three series: It Pays to Play postcards, It Pays to Play gallery files (including catalogue), and postcards collected as source material in the research process, but not used in the exhibit.

Mara McBirney fonds
Fonds · 1933-1982

The fonds consists of files of examinations and business reports, as well as correspondence, attendance registers, notes and sound cassettes relating to school activities.

McBirney, Mara
Vic Hollister fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1988]-1991

The fonds consists of Hollister's records generated in his capacity as a member of the District of Mission Library Committee, including minutes, correspondence, plans, reports, notes, clippings, and published material.

Hollister, Vic
Victor Doray fonds
Fonds · 1967-1996, predominant 1967-1977

Fonds consists of records of two multi media projects created by Victor Doray, Turn Off Delight and Pic a Mix, and records from the Intermedia Society. Includes textual records, audio cassettes, audio reels, photographs (slides, prints and negatives), 8mm film reels, and video cassettes.

Doray, Victor, 1930-
Wilfred Nicholson fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1980]

The fonds consists of 46 manuscripts on aspects of the social history and personalities of Nanaimo.

Nicholson, Wilfred, 1908-
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
Belli-Bivar family fonds
Fonds · 1877-1966

The fonds, held in two boxes, consists of six series of material relating to personal records of Ethel Marie Louise Belli-Bivar, personal records of Captain R.B. Belli-Bivar, personal records of Roderic Gordon Belli-Bivar, personal records of Patricia Belli-Bivar, miscellaneous ephemera, and Ethel Belli-Bivar's collection of twenty-three watercolour paintings.

Belli-Bivar (family)
Grindrod Players Club fonds
Fonds · 1968-2008

Fonds consists of minutes (1968-2007), notes from production meetings, miscellaneous membership lists, production notes, financial reports (1973-2007) including itemized production costs and programs (1984-2008). Includes lists of plays performed (1956-2008) and scholarship winners (1978-2007).

Grindrod Players Club
Fonds · [ca. 1913-1916]

The fonds consists of glass plate negatives and contact prints made from those negatives. The collection of ninety-two Duncan negatives housed in the Salmon Arm Museum's archives includes railroad, landscape, portrait and team sport photographs.

Duncan, Frank
Frank Allwood fonds
Fonds · 1935-1936

The fonds consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs relating to the filming of the movie, "The Silent Barrier" (also known as "The Great Barrier") in Revelstoke and area in 1935 and 1936. The movie depicted the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Allwood, Frank H.