The fonds consists of photographs of Hugh Peters depicting the Peters family and home and photographs of military vessels, buildings and activities in the Esquimalt area. Fonds includes Peters' reference and research files relating to Esquimalt history, the Royal Canadian Navy in Esquimalt, and other aspects of family and community life.
Peters, HughThe fonds consists of photographs depicting the Cooper family, scenes of Esquimalt, and various naval and military groups.
Cooper (family)The fonds consists of school records (including diplomas and report cards) and school photographs of Hazel Foster at Esquimalt Public School.
Foster, HazelThe fonds consists of photographs of the Ockenden family and scenes of Esquimalt, as well as memorabilia and reminiscences.
Ockenden (family)The fonds consists of photographs of Witmer's Esquimalt Road store and Witmer family home, as well as of Shelly's Bakery truck.
Gregory, BettyThe fonds consists of photographs of the Brunsdon family and scenes of Esquimalt.
Brunsdon, Thomas, 1923-The fonds consists of photographs of Robina James's family members and her home in Esquimalt.
James, Robina, 1902-The fonds consists of photographs of Pioneer Street village and Esquimalt Road (Esquimalt, B.C.) depicting dockyards, the harbour, the Bendall family and general street scenes.
Bendall, Kenneth DarrellThe fonds consists of photographs depicting members of the Hardie family.
Hardie (family)The fonds consists of photographs of the McCurdy family and of their family home in Esquimalt.
McCurdy (family)The fonds consists of photographs of the Leach and Stockley families and of the Lampson Street School in Esquimalt.
Leach, YvonneThe fonds consists of photographs of Frances (Smith) Gagnon and her family and friends in Esquimalt.
Smith (family)The fonds consists of photographs of the Coton family in Esquimalt, depicting the family's corner store, involvement with the church and music, interest in gardening, and military service. Fonds includes photographs of the waterfront, schools and various scenes in Esquimalt.
Hawker, MarjorieThe fonds consists of photographs of the Conway and Atkins family and of scenes of Esquimalt.
Conway (family)The fonds consists of family photographs of the Thomas Bailey family of Esquimalt. Many of the photographs depict church activities.
Bailey (family)The fonds consists of photographs of the Japanese Tea Gardens in Esquimalt, B.C. and of the Takata family.
Takata, Toyo, 1920-The fonds consists of photographs of the Craven family and of parks, streets, ships, and houses at Esquimalt.
Craven, RuthThis series consists of records that were original personal fonds and collections acquired and preserved by the Riverview Hospital Historical Society's during its existence. It contains the personal collections of nurses, doctors, general staff, British Columbia's first Provincial Botanist, and a patient at Riverview Hospital. Each file includes records such as study notes, photographs, ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings and pamphlets.
The series consists of 15 files, each corresponding to its original creator or donor: Ken Baker, Loretta Barnet, Ultan Patrick Byrne, Jean Campbell, Edna Colvin, John Davidson, Sheila Dumore, William Headridge, Alyce Hockin, Lois Kaldestad, Catherine Murray, Judy Pendry, Dorothy Pocock, Hazel Shepard, and Georgina Bernice Petty.
The fonds consists of photocopies of material created by Fraser. It includes correspondence, 1876; diaries, 1887-1912; letters and documents; and photographs, ca. 1875.
Fraser, Henry Charles, b. 1837Fonds consists of records created by, accumulated by, or about Michel Mielnicki related to his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust, the publication of Bialystok to Birkenau: The Holocaust Journey of Michel Mielnicki and Mielnicki’s reunion with his brother after nearly fifty years of separation. Records include photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, video and audio cassette tapes, identity documents, notes and research materials.
Fonds is arranged into the following eight series: —Identity documents (1945–1966) —Photographs ([ca. 1939–1996]) —Memorabilia ([194–198-?]) —Mielnicki correspondence (1954–2005) —Clippings and publications (1947–2000) —Notes, research and speech ([198-]–[6 Oct. 1992]) —Leon Mendelewicz documents ([198-]–5 Mar. 1989) —Audio records (1995)
Mielnicki, MichelFonds consists of multimedia materials created by Brauer as a result of her Survivors Today project, which documented the lives of Holocaust and Hiroshima survivors after the war and documented attendees at the Canadian Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Children held in Ottawa from April 28–30, 1985. Materials in fonds include audio cassette tape recordings of one-on-one interviews with survivors and one tape of four survivors speaking at a symposium on the Holocaust. Assorted textual materials include manuscripts, correspondence, biographies, transcripts of interviews, book proposals, publications, financial records and a matted display panel. Lastly, photographic materials in the fonds consist of negatives, contact sheets and prints produced by Brauer.
The Survivors Today project aimed to honour survivors’ recollections of sorrow while also expressing their hopes and triumphs in their new lives. Interviews focus on how survivors came to Canada, their adjustments and contributions to life in Canada, and their perceptions of Canadian society. Other topics covered include Judaism and faith, Israel, Europe, nuclear weapons and global peace.
Brauer, CeliaCollection is comprised of records accumulated as a result of the participation of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in a project entitled Writing Lives: The Holocaust Survivor Memoir Project. Writing Lives was a partnership between Langara College’s English and History departments, the Azrieli Foundation and the VHEC. For the project, students at Langara College worked closely with Vancouver-based Holocaust survivors to produce their written memoirs over the course of two semesters. In the first semester, students learned the history of the Holocaust. In the second semester, students interviewed survivors, transcribed the interviews and together with the survivors, completed written memoirs. In this fonds are the memoirs, administrative files and digital photographs produced during the two-year run of the project. Seven survivors participated in the first year of the project, from 2016–2017; five survivors participated in the second year of the project, from 2017 to 2018.
Collection is divided into three series: Memoirs (2017–2018), Administrative files (2016–2018) and Photographs (2017–2018).
Fonds is comprised of photographs, certificates, identity and repatriation cards, correspondence and photocopies of administrative records. Records pertain to the experiences of the Vanry family during the Holocaust in France. Fonds also includes photographs and a speech created as a result of Serge Vanry’s participation in a ceremony honouring his rescuers, René and Marguerite Poignard of Neuvy-en-Sullias, held in France in 2018.
Fonds is arranged into the following two series: Family records ([1942 or 1943]–1945, 2018) and Photographs (1940–[circa 1945]; 2018).
Vanry, SergeFonds is comprised of correspondence, family records and photographs created and/or kept by members of the Pollák, Deneberger and Kiss family, a Jewish family living in Tápiószele, Hungary during the Second World War. Records document the family's separation, internment, hiding and well as pre- and post-war activities.
Pollák, Deneberger, Kiss familyCollection consists primarily of records generated or used during the period of the Second World War by the Vilcsek family in Budapest, Hungary. These include vital statistics and personal records of the Vilcsek family, photographs, and postcards mailed to the family from Ernő Vilcsek while he was in a labour camp in Hungary. Collection also consists of artworks, several on the theme of the Holocaust, created by Eva Kero after her immigration to Vancouver, BC.
Collection has been arranged into three series: Correspondence (1942), Family records ([after 1881]–1949) and Artworks (1969–1971).
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