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| Subject |
Series Description |
Number |
| 24th May
Celebration |
24th May
Celebration Committee minutes. -- 1926. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 49 |
| Advertisements |
Purchasing
Division scrapbook. -- 1946-1975. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper advertisements made by the
City of Victoria in the normal course of its business. Advertisements deal with
job vacancies, tenders, public notices, and bylaw announcements.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 174 |
| Aged Men's
Home |
Old Men's
Home Committee minutes. -- 1928-1939. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 75 |
| Airport |
Airport
Committee minutes. -- 1937-1938. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 50 |
| Amalgamation |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| Annual reports |
Annual reports.
-- 1882-1992. -- 2.73 m of textual records.
Series consists of annual reports of the City.
Reports up to 1950 generally include statements by the Mayor, heads of various
departments, and committees. The reports of 1951 to 1957 and 1959 include a summary
of the activities of the different departments. For subsequent years only financial
material is provided.
|
CRS
16 |
| Architectural
and Special Projects |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division administrative files. -- 1963-1964. -- 0.10 m of
textual records.
Series includes correspondence, reports, clippings,
personnel files, and requisitions.
Some of these records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 46 |
| Architectural
and Special Projects |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Architectural
Plans |
Demolished
buildings plans. -- 1905-1996. -- 4716 architectural plans and 1419 items of textual
records. Series consists of 1728 files pertaining to residential and commercial
buildings demolished in Victoria. The files generally consist of architectural
plans and supplementary textual records deposited with or created by the Engineering
Department as part of the building permit approval process. To view listings of
these files by address or architect, click here. |
CRS 144 |
| Assessments |
Sewers roll.
-- 1898-1910. -- 3.00 m of textual records (16 volumes).
Series records assessments made and taxes charged and collected on sewer connections
in the City under bylaws enacted to raise funds for extending the sewer system.
The rolls were compiled by the City Engineer and filed in the office of the Treasurer
for collection of taxes levied. See bylaws 284, 341, 400, 402, 424, 456, 516,
557, 592, 616, and 728. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name of assessee,
and provide information on the number and kinds of buildings on a property, the
kinds of sewer connections, the foot frontage of the property, and the relations
between owners and occupants. Each page contains a list of abbreviations used
for data entry. There is a gap in this series for 1905.
|
CRS 129 |
| Assessments |
Assessors
and Collectors roll. -- 1917-1948. -- 7.20 m of textual records (122 volumes).
Series consists of information on property values and taxation
rates compiled for the purpose of collecting taxes.
For Collector's rolls from 1889-1916, see CRS 143. For
Assessor's rolls from 1864-1916, see CRS 150.
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS
145 |
| Assessments |
Assessment
roll. -- 1864-1916. -- 4.20 m of textual records (54 volumes).
Series consists
of assessments on real property and improvements compiled for the purpose of determining
taxes. Available on microfilm.
See also the Collector's roll (CRS 143) and the Assessors
and Collectors roll (CRS 145).
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS
150 |
| Assessments |
City Assessor's
daily journal. -- 1919-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a daily journal compiled by the City Assessor. The journal
documents daily appointments relating to the functional areas of assessment, building
inspection, and purchasing. The journal was used originally in 1919 with other
entries from the years 1920 and 1931.
|
CRS 161 |
| Assessments |
Assessment
photographs. -- [195-]. -- ca. 3500 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.
Series consists of photographs created by the Assessor to assist in the assessment
of taxes. Photographs depict both commercial and residential properties.
Arranged alphabetically by street name.
Records acquired as accession number 98202-19.
|
CRS 170 |
| Auditorium |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| B.C. Agricultural
Association |
Special
Committee Concerning B.C. Agricultural Association minutes. -- 1925-1931. -- 0.01
m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 84 |
| B.C. Electric
Franchise |
B.C. Electric
Franchise Committee minutes. -- 1937-1939. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 51 |
| Beaches |
Index to
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee minutes . -- 1951-1964. -- 0.04
m of textual records.
Minutes for this committee of Council are not held by the City of Victoria
Archives and Records Management Division. Related records will be found in the
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records (CRS
34). Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within each year by
first letter only, and numerically by minute number within each alphabetical section.
The index for 1951-1952 combines both years within a single alphabetical scheme.
There is a gap in this series for the years 1959-1960.
|
CRS 139 |
| Beautification |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
|
CRS
25 |
| Beautification |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Benefits |
Departmental
salaries and benefits account. -- 1950-1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the monthly tabulation of salary and benefits of the employees
of each department. Data elements include: pay roll number, department, salary,
unemployment insurance city share/employees share, superannuation, income tax,
B.C. Hospital, Canada savings bonds, M.S.A., City Hall union dues, Great West
Life [Insurance Co.], Excel Life, Canada Life, C.E.H.A., fire union dues, police
union dues, I.U.O.E. Local #918, London Life, V.F.M.B.S., advances, and net salary.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 165 |
| Bentinck
Island Disaster |
Committee
Concerning Relief Fund Pertaining to Bentinck Island Disaster (tug 'Hope') minutes.
-- 1925. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 55 |
| Better Housing
Act |
Better Housing
Act journal. -- 1931-1935. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting the Municipality's
administration of the Better Housing Act (S.B.C. 1919, c. 8). This Act was passed
by the Provincial Government to aid in the promotion of better housing. Series
documents loans by the City to individuals. Data elements include date, total
of money paid, principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and administration. Monthly
totals are calculated and carried forward to the beginning of each month.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 164 |
| Boulevards |
Parks, Boulevards
and Recreational Facilities Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS
135.
|
CRS
41 |
| Boulevards |
Parks and
Boulevards Committee minutes. -- 1923-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
76 |
| Boulevards |
Boulevard
maintenance ledger. -- 1914-1916. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger documenting boulevard maintenance taxes. These
taxes were collected in accordance to By-law No. 956 which states that 'for the
purpose of providing annually the required sum to defray the cost of maintenance
and upkeep of the boulevards on all streets in the City now and hereafter to be
boulevarded there is hereby assessed upon the real property and portions of real
property fronting upon any boulevard now or hereafter constructed, and there shall
be levied and collected in each year an annual rate of four-fifths of a cent.
per square foot of the area included in such boulevards.' Ledger consists of a
calculation of street frontage, legal description of the property, and rates by
year.
Arranged alphabetically by street name.
|
CRS 159 |
| Building
Inspection |
City Assessor's
daily journal. -- 1919-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a daily journal compiled by the City Assessor. The journal
documents daily appointments relating to the functional areas of assessment, building
inspection, and purchasing. The journal was used originally in 1919 with other
entries from the years 1920 and 1931.
|
CRS 161 |
| Buildings |
Buildings
Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of one sheet containing minutes 51-17 to 51-20 from the meeting
of 15 August 1951.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Building Committee, see CRS 140.
|
CRS
38 |
| Buildings |
Demolished
buildings plans. -- 1905-1996. -- 4716 architectural plans and 1419 items of textual
records. Series consists of 1728 files pertaining to residential and commercial
buildings demolished in Victoria. The files generally consist of architectural
plans and supplementary textual records deposited with or created by the Engineering
Department as part of the building permit approval process. To view listings of
these files by address or architect, click here. |
CRS 144 |
| Buildings |
Assessment
photographs. -- [195-]. -- ca. 3500 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.
Series consists of photographs created by the Assessor to assist in the assessment
of taxes. Photographs depict both commercial and residential properties.
Arranged alphabetically by street name.
Records acquired as accession number 98202-19.
|
CRS 170 |
| Business |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
|
CRS 37 |
| Business |
Business
and Trade Development Committee minutes. -- 1932-1941. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 52 |
| Business |
Finance
and Business and Trade Development Committee minutes. -- 1936. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 58 |
| Business
District |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
|
CRS 33 |
| Bylaws |
Bylaws.
-- 1862-1991. -- 4.68 m of textual records.
Series consists of local laws and regulations passed by City Council to control,
regulate, and administer affairs within its jurisdiction. The original bylaws
are stored in City Hall, but bound duplicates of most of those dated between 1862
and 1985 are located in the Archives. Although some of the originals are missing,
many of these can be found among the bound versions. Only those bylaws located
in the Archives are included in the file list.
|
CRS 3 |
| Capital
Regional District |
Capital
Regional District Committee records. -- 1963-1970. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers. The committee was originally designed
to deal with the Capital Region sewerage issue. The title and probably the responsibilities
of this committee have changed. This committee has also been known as Engineers
Technical Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, and Regional District
Technical Committee.
|
CRS 35 |
| Car Expenditures |
Car allowance
reports. -- 1952-1957. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of monthly and annual accounts of car expenditures. Car allowance
payments document monthly vehicle usage whereas car allowance mileage reports
document monthly mileage costs.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 166 |
| Centennial |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Centennial
Square |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| Centennial
Square |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Centennial
Square |
Centennial
Square files. -- 1956-1966 (predominantly 1962-1966). -- 0.60 m of textual records.
Series consists of City Manager's administrative
and operational files pertaining to the development of Centennial Square.
File List available. |
CRS 177 |
| Centennial
Square |
Centennial
Victoria Square Committee records. -- 1962-1965. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of the committee overseeing development of Centennial
Square, as well as reports, bylaws, and budgets.
|
CRS 180 |
| Centennials |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature, designed 'to deal with particular
issues depending on the urgency of the situation' (Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing
Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]). The committees represented in this
series are: the Special Auditorium Committee, the Special B.C. Centennial Committee,
the Special Centennial Victoria Square Committee, the Special City Hall Committee,
the Convention Centre Committee, the Special Traffic Committee and the Committee
on the Amalgamation of Victoria and Saanich.
|
CRS 6 |
| Centennials |
Centennial
Advisory Committee records. -- 1962. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of a list of the officers of the Victoria Centennial Celebration
Society, 1962.
|
CRS 40 |
| Centennials |
Greater
Victoria Centennial Committee general office files. -- 1956-1959. -- 0.36 m of
textual records.
Series consists of office files generated by the
directors of the Greater Victoria Centennial Committee under their mandate to
organize and coordinate celebrations in Greater Victoria of the 1958 centenary
of the founding of British Columbia. The majority of records deal with cooperative
ventures between the Committee and cultural groups of the City. The remainder
of records deal with the general administration of the Committee.
Records are arranged sequentially as new files were opened and numbered as needed.
File List available. |
CRS 146 |
| Centennials |
Greater
Victoria Centennial Committee minutes. -- 1956-1958. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Greater Victoria Centennial Committee
under its mandate to organize and coordinate celebrations in Greater Victoria
of the 1958 centenary of the founding of British Columbia.
For an index to the minutes, see CRS
148.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS
147 |
| City Hall |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| City Manager |
Operational
files 1. -- 1938-1965 (predominantly 1950-1963). -- 0.34 m of textual records.
Series consists of records created by the first
City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity. Later Manager's
records are described in CRS 23 (predominantly 1964-1971)
and CRS 124 (predominantly 1970-1977).
Files are arranged primarily by subject within a sequential numerical scheme reflecting
a general alphabetical order. Individual descriptions include original file numbers,
which range from 1 to 329. Unnumbered files are described after those so numbered.
See also CRS 142.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
22 |
| City Manager |
Operational
files 2. -- 1961-1971 (predominantly 1964-1971). -- 0.90 m of textual records.
Series consists of records created by the second
City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity. Earlier Manager's
records are described in CRS 22 (predominantly 1950-1963),
while later ones are described in CRS 124 (predominantly
1970-1977).
The files are arranged by subject within an overall numeric classification scheme.
There are three general sequences of files in this series, with some overlap in
dates and variations in the classification scheme: 1963-1965, 1966-1968, and 1969-1971.
File classification lists are located at 1 A 1, folder 1.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
23 |
| City Owned
Properties |
Fire insurance
register. -- 1940-1951. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a bound volume documenting City owned properties and their
assessed value. These assessments were used as the basis of insuring City owned
property. Data elements include the item number, name of property, location or
legal description, type of construction, risk number, and value of building and
contents.
Series is arranged in three year blocks : 1940-1942; 1943-1945; 1946-1948; and
1949-1951.
Title taken from the front cover of the volume.
|
CRS 168 |
| Civic Auditorium |
Civic Auditorium
Committee minutes. -- 1930. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 53 |
| Collections |
Letterbook.
-- 1894-1904. -- 0.09 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Collector-Treasurer, mainly
in his capacity as Collector.
The letters for 1894 to 1899 are indexed alphabetically within the volume by name
of correspondent.
|
CRS 93 |
| Collections |
Collector's
roll. -- 1889-1916. -- 10.80 m of textual records (119 volumes).
Series consists of information on property values and taxation rates compiled
for the purpose of collecting taxes.
See also the Assessor's roll (CRS 150) and the Assessors
and Collectors roll (CRS 145).
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS
143 |
| Collections |
Assessors
and Collectors roll. -- 1917-1948. -- 7.20 m of textual records (122 volumes).
Series consists of information on property values and taxation
rates compiled for the purpose of collecting taxes.
For Collector's rolls from 1889-1916, see CRS 143. For
Assessor's rolls from 1864-1916, see CRS 150.
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS
145 |
| Community
Development |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 130.
|
CRS
25 |
| Community
Services |
Annual reports.
-- 1967-1976. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of annual reports documenting the operations of the Department
of Recreation and Community Services.
There is a gap for the years 1969, 1971, and 1973.
|
CRS 176 |
| Convention
Centre |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| Convention
Centre |
Convention
Centre files. -- 1966-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series includes clippings, reports, site information,
statistics, plans, and draft agreements pertaining to the development of a convention
centre.
File List available. |
CRS 45 |
| Council
Minutes |
Council
minutes. -- 1862-1994. -- 6.30 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of City Council meetings. The original minute
books are stored in City Hall and access is limited. There are microfilm copies
available in the Archives starting with the 1862 meetings and continuing until
1997. Duplicate hard copies of the minutes of most years from 1977 to 1994 can
be found in the Archives. The early minutes were handwritten and are sometimes
difficult to read. Beginning with the 1927-1928 volume, the page numbers are listed
on the spine of the volumes, and are sequential throughout the subsequent volumes.
The index to this series uses the page numbers as references.
There is one volume of minutes of special and closed Council meetings (CRS
48, 1896-1900) which contains only 27 pages but includes, among other things,
information relating to Council's actions regarding the collapse of the Point
Ellice Bridge.
The Council minutes can be accessed in several manners: through the index to Council
minutes (CRS 2), the topical indices (CRS
15), and through a subject card index created by the Archives staff covering
the years 1862 to 1870.
|
CRS
1 |
| Council
Minutes |
Index to
Council minutes. -- 1879-1993 (predominantly 1879-1918 and 1977-1988). -- 0.50
m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to City Council minutes (CRS 1).
Records from 1879 to 1918 consist of single volumes for each calendar year. These
volumes consist of separate sections for each letter of the alphabet, with individual
entries in these sections listed sequentially by date. Access to the minutes through
these volumes sometimes requires inferences about which committee was responsible
for a particular activity, since topics tend to be recorded only once and listed
(where appropriate) under the name of the responsible committee with the topic
given as a sub-heading; the issuing of warrants, for example, is found under 'F'
for 'Finance Committee - Warrants' rather than under 'W' for warrants. References
are to page numbers in the Council minutes volumes.Records for 1977 to 1980 are in card index format, arranged alphabetically
by subject within each year. Records for 1985-1993, which consist of legal size
pages filed with the minutes at the beginning of the specific year to which they
pertain, are also arranged alphabetically by subject. The index for these years
provides better access than the volumes for 1879-1918, but may still cause difficulty
in locating topics due to minimal cross-referencing for some years. The index
for 1990-1992 will be found on the microfilm version of the Council minutes for
those years. These lists are supplemented by the topical indexes (CRS
15), which also index the Council minutes. A draft index to the minutes for
1862-1871 compiled by Archives staff is also available.
There are gaps in the records for 1892-1893, 1906, 1919-1976, and 1981-1984, and
1989.
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CRS
2 |
| Crystal
Gardens |
Recreation
and Community Services Committee records. -- 1951-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly
to City Council (the other being Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee
oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse
and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development.
Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities
Committee.
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CRS
29 |
| Demolished
Buildings |
Demolished
buildings plans. -- 1905-1996. -- 4716 architectural plans and 1419 items of textual
records. Series consists of 1728 files pertaining to residential and commercial
buildings demolished in Victoria. The files generally consist of architectural
plans and supplementary textual records deposited with or created by the Engineering
Department as part of the building permit approval process. To view listings of
these files by address or architect, click here. |
CRS 144 |
| Development |
Victoria
Town Planning Commission records. -- 1951-1965. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers of the committee, which was designed
to advise on the development and redevelopment of the City.
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CRS 31 |
| Economy |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
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CRS 33 |
| Elections |
Nomination
papers. -- 1927-1975. -- 0.25 m of textual records.
Series consists of two forms submitted by each candidate for municipal office.
First, the actual nomination paper, listing the name, address, and occupation
of the nominee, proposer, seconder and witness. Second, for the early years, a
declaration by candidates of their qualifications, which included a statement
of the nominee's willingness to run for office and a list of property qualifications.
This second document was later replaced by a statement of acceptance of nomination.
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CRS 17 |
| Elections |
Election
record books. -- 1906-1943. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of records documenting the results of elections, referenda,
loan bylaws and other matters set to a public vote. These records provide the
basis for the formal reports sent from the Deputy Returning Officers to the Returning
Officer and from the Returning Officer to the City Clerk (CRS
19).
An internal index in the first volume provides some subject access for actions
between 1906 and 1913.
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CRS
18 |
| Elections |
Returning
Officer's reports. -- 1890-1976. -- 0.19 m of textual records.
Series consists of official reports sent from the Deputy Returning Officers
to the Returning Officer and from the Returning Officer to the City Clerk documenting
the results of elections, referenda, loan bylaws and other matters set to a public
vote. The reports are based on the election record books (CRS 18).
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CRS
19 |
| Elections |
Credentials.
-- 1893-1960. -- 0.19 m of textual records.
Series consists of declarations by elected officials that they will hold office
in good faith and impartially and sworn statements by a member of the Supreme
Court of British Columbia witnessing the declarations of elected officials. In
the first few years those people appointed to hold administrative offices (for
example, Clerk of the Municipal Council, Assessor, and Chief of Police) were also
required to make declarations.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 20 |
| Elections |
Voters list.
-- 1865-1992 (predominantly 1908-1992). -- 1.16 m of textual records.
Series consists of lists of all eligible voters.
The lists were updated annually at first and later semi-annually. The only voters
lists available before 1908 are those for 1865, 1885, and 1896. There are both
bound and unbound copies located in the stacks and in the reference room.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 21 |
| Engineering |
Letterbook.
-- 1890-1934. -- 1.43 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Engineering Department. Until
1911, correspondents include City Council, other City agencies, other governments,
and the private sector. Letters sent to other City departments between 1911 and
1914 are located in the series of interdepartmental letterbooks (CRS
101), although they again become part of the letterbook series after this
date. Letters sent to City Council and its committees from 1912 onward are located
in the series of reports to Council and Committees (CRS 102).
Each yearly volume includes an alphabetical index to subjects and correspondents.
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CRS
100 |
| Engineering |
Interdepartmental
letterbook. -- 1911-1914. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent from the Engineering Department to other City
agencies. Earlier and later interdepartmental letters form part of the letterbook
series CRS 100).
Each volume includes an alphabetical index to subjects and correspondents.
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CRS
101 |
| Engineering |
Reports
to Council and Committees. -- 1912-1936. -- 0.32 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent from the Engineering Department to City Council
and its Committees. Earlier reports to Council form part of the letterbook series
(CRS 100).
Each volume includes an alphabetical index to subjects and correspondents.
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CRS
102 |
| Engineering |
Memorandum
book. -- 1910-1918. -- 0.39 m of textual records.
Series consists of internal Engineering Department memoranda.
Each volume includes an alphabetical index to subjects and correspondents.
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CRS 103 |
| Engineering |
Letters
received. -- 1890-1909. -- 0.33 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters received by the Engineering Department from other
City agencies and departments, other governments, and the private sector.
Each volume includes an alphabetical index to correspondents.
There are gaps in this series from 1893 to 1901 and for 1904.
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CRS 104 |
| Entertainment |
Entertainment
Committee records. -- 1948-1965. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of papers pertaining to the planning of City social events,
including an official centennial dinner and the plans for a retirement party for
long-time City Clerk, Frank Hunter.
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CRS 30 |
| Entertainment |
Entertainment
Committee minutes. -- 1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 57 |
| Entertainment |
Reception
and Entertainment Committee minutes. -- 1929. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 80 |
| Executive |
Index to
Executive Committee minutes. -- 1952-1953. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Minutes for this committee of Council are not held by the City of Victoria
Archives and Records Management Division.
Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within each year by first letter
only, and numerically by minute number within each alphabetical section.
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CRS 141 |
| Finance |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
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CRS
24 |
| Finance |
Finance
Committee records. -- 1952-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the Finance Committee reporting
to the Group 'A' Committee regarding all financial matters relating to the preservation
and development of the harbour and to public off-street parking.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 134.
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CRS
26 |
| Finance |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
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CRS
42 |
| Finance |
Finance
and Business and Trade Development Committee minutes. -- 1936. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 58 |
| Finance |
Finance
and Lands Committee minutes. -- 1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 59 |
| Finance |
Finance
and Legislative Committee minutes. -- 1934-1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 60 |
| Finance |
Finance
Committee minutes. -- 1927-1938. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volumes,
which include the minutes of several other committees, are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.There is a gap in this series from 1930 to 1933.
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CRS 61 |
| Finance |
General
ledger. -- 1914-1962. -- 0.31 m of textual records and 17 rolls of 35 mm microfilm.
Series consists of the City's general ledger. The ledgers are arranged into
numerous accounts documenting the financial transactions of the City.In the 1914-1923 volume accounts are arranged within numerous general headings.
This changed in the 1923-1945 volume which is arranged by numbered accounts starting
at 1 and finishing at 716. The ledgers for the years 1951-1962 have been microfilmed
and have accounts arranged from 1-999. Most ledger volumes are preceded by the
account codes, which provide the index to the accounts.
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CRS 151 |
| Finance |
Accounts
payable ledger. -- 1919-1953. -- 0.21 m of textual records.
Series consists of ledgers of accounts payable by the City.
Accounts are arranged alphabetically by name of individual or company to which
money is due. For the 1936-1951 ledger accounts only cover the letters M to Z.
In the 1948-1953 volume, accounts are arranged alphabetically in two groupings:
the first is primarily for the years 1951-1953, whereas the second grouping is
mainly 1948-1951.
Title taken from the cover of the 1948-1953 volume.
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CRS 152 |
| Finance |
Departmental
ledger. -- 1934-1949. -- 0.26 m of textual records.
Series consists of a special ledger of departmental accounts of the City, which
deal with every aspect of each departmental operating budget.
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CRS 153 |
| Finance |
Sinking
fund ledger. -- 1909-1937. -- 0.07 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger of sinking fund accounts. Each sinking fund account
documents the annual accumulation of interest.
There is an index at the front of the volume.
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CRS 158 |
| Finance |
Coupon record.
-- 1917-1940. -- 0.12 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger of debenture accounts documenting the amount of
interest due each month. Data elements include the name of the debenture, the
number of the corresponding bylaw, the amount of the loan, the rate of interest,
the half-yearly interest, date of issue of the loan, date due, and the interest
dates for each year.
Accounts are arranged roughly chronologically, in the order in which the debentures
had been released to the public.
Title taken from the individual sheets. The title of the front cover is transfer
binder, coupon sheets.
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CRS 160 |
| Finance |
Registration
of debentures. -- 1923-1946. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
Series consists of a register documenting the sale of City debentures. Data
elements include the file number, date of registration, by-law number, the debenture
numbers, the name and address of the bearer, and the date of transfer of the debentures,
if applicable.
Title taken from the front cover of the volume.
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CRS 162 |
| Finance |
Bills payable
journal. -- 1911-1960. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a special journal documenting the bills payable of the City.
Series deals primarily with accounts held by banks, most likely with debenture
accounts. From 1911-1919, accounts are drawn up with the Bank of British North
America and from 1919-1960 with the Bank of Montreal.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 163 |
| Finance |
Voucher
journal. -- 1954-1955. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting voucher purchases.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 169 |
| Fire Hall |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Fire Insurance |
Fire insurance
register. -- 1940-1951. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a bound volume documenting City owned properties and their
assessed value. These assessments were used as the basis of insuring City owned
property. Data elements include the item number, name of property, location or
legal description, type of construction, risk number, and value of building and
contents.
Series is arranged in three year blocks : 1940-1942; 1943-1945; 1946-1948; and
1949-1951.
Title taken from the front cover of the volume.
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CRS 168 |
| Fire Protection |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
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CRS 37 |
| Fire Wardens |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
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CRS 24 |
| Fire Wardens |
Fire Wardens
Committee minutes. -- 1923-1941. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 62 |
| Firemen's
Salaries |
Select Committee
Regarding Firemen's Salaries minutes. -- 1934. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 83 |
| Floats |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS
28 |
| Floats |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| General |
Council
minutes. -- 1862-1994. -- 6.30 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of City Council meetings. The original minute
books are stored in City Hall and access is limited. There are microfilm copies
available in the Archives starting with the 1862 meetings and continuing until
1997. Duplicate hard copies of the minutes of most years from 1977 to 1994 can
be found in the Archives. The early minutes were handwritten and are sometimes
difficult to read. Beginning with the 1927-1928 volume, the page numbers are listed
on the spine of the volumes, and are sequential throughout the subsequent volumes.
The index to this series uses the page numbers as references.
There is one volume of minutes of special and closed Council meetings (CRS
48, 1896-1900) which contains only 27 pages but includes, among other things,
information relating to Council's actions regarding the collapse of the Point
Ellice Bridge.
The Council minutes can be accessed in several manners: through the index to Council
minutes (CRS 2), the topical indices (CRS
15), and through a subject card index created by the Archives staff covering
the years 1862 to 1870.
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CRS 1 |
| General |
Index to
Council minutes. -- 1879-1993 (predominantly 1879-1918 and 1977-1988). -- 0.50
m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to City Council minutes (CRS 1).
Records from 1879 to 1918 consist of single volumes for each calendar year. These
volumes consist of separate sections for each letter of the alphabet, with individual
entries in these sections listed sequentially by date. Access to the minutes through
these volumes sometimes requires inferences about which committee was responsible
for a particular activity, since topics tend to be recorded only once and listed
(where appropriate) under the name of the responsible committee with the topic
given as a sub-heading; the issuing of warrants, for example, is found under 'F'
for 'Finance Committee - Warrants' rather than under 'W' for warrants. References
are to page numbers in the Council minutes volumes.Records for 1977 to 1980 are in card index format, arranged alphabetically
by subject within each year. Records for 1985-1993, which consist of legal size
pages filed with the minutes at the beginning of the specific year to which they
pertain, are also arranged alphabetically by subject. The index for these years
provides better access than the volumes for 1879-1918, but may still cause difficulty
in locating topics due to minimal cross-referencing for some years. The index
for 1990-1992 will be found on the microfilm version of the Council minutes for
those years. These lists are supplemented by the topical indexes (CRS
15), which also index the Council minutes. A draft index to the minutes for
1862-1871 compiled by Archives staff is also available.
There are gaps in the records for 1892-1893, 1906, 1919-1976, and 1981-1984, and
1989.
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CRS 2 |
| General |
Committee
reports. -- 1885-1956. -- 4.56 m of textual records.
Series consists of reports to City Council by various
committees. Prior to the implementation of the committee system in 1885, ad hoc
committees were common, their reports recorded in the Council minutes.
Beginning in 1891 the reports were numbered. These numbers were used as references
in the indexes: the record of reports of committees (CRS 5)
and the topical indexes (CRS 15). A chronological item-level
descriptive list provides some topical access to the reports for 1885 to 1892.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
4 |
| General |
Record of
reports of committees. -- 1894-1920. -- 0.20 m of textual records.
Series consists of a listing of committee reports to Council.
Arranged by file number but not date or subject, although there is a brief subject
description of each committee report. For subject access to reports from 1914-1974,
see the topical index (CRS 15).
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CRS
5 |
| General |
Resolutions.
-- 1885-1977. -- 3.51 m of textual records.
Series consists of formal statements of City Council agreed to after the consideration
of a motion.
For indexes to the resolutions, see CRS 8.
File List available. |
CRS
7 |
| General |
Record of
resolutions. -- 1894-1926. -- 0.40 m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to Council resolutions (CRS 7),
which records the following elements: the mover and seconder of each resolution,
the result of the motion, the subject of the resolution, and its file number.
Arranged chronologically by individual resolution, with sequential numerical references
to each. Subject access to the resolutions is available through the topical index
(CRS 15). See also the index to Council minutes (CRS
2), which lists topics dealt with by Council but not specific resolutions.
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CRS
8 |
| General |
Letterbook.
-- 1870-1974. -- 11.88 m of textual records.
Series consists of copies of letters sent outward
by the City Clerk, mostly communications ordered by Council.
Because the letters were bound chronologically, access is most effective using
the alphabetical indexes to the letterbooks. Indexes for 1870 to 1893 are bound
in at the beginning of the corresponding letterbooks, providing an alphabetical
listing of names of correspondents, whether persons or organizations. Independent
indexes providing similar listings are available for 1894 to 1973 (CRS
10), although these indexes also provide in addition a note on the topic of
each letter. Subject access can also be obtained through the topical index (CRS
15), which covers the period from 1914 to 1974.
The series is relatively complete, with only a few gaps within years from 1902
to 1908. The first two letterbooks cover 1 April 1870 to 7 April 1873 and 31 March
1870 to 10 June 1875 respectively. The latter volume covers mostly mid 1873 to
1875 but there is still considerable overlap.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
9 |
| General |
Correspondence
inward. -- 1862-1916. -- 0.31 m of textual records.
This 31 cm of correspondence is all that remains
of the letters received by the City Clerk before 1940.
The correspondence covers a wide range of subjects, but there is no alphabetical
subject index to it. A chronological item-level descriptive list, however, provides
some access to correspondents and subjects for the existing letters. All correspondence
inward from 1893 onwards, whether existing or not, is indexed chronologically
in the communications received index (CRS
14).
For other series of letters received, see CRS 12 (1940-1974)
and CRS 13 (special correspondence inward).
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
11 |
| General |
Communications
received. -- 1940-1974. -- 5.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters received by the Clerk's
Office, other than those received primarily from internal and external governmental
agencies (for which see CRS 13).
The material is arranged chronologically by received stamp number. Access to these
records is through the communications received index (CRS
14), which are arranged chronologically by received stamp number and include
for each entry the sender and subject. Access can also be obtained through the
topical index (CRS 15).
For other series of letters received, see CRS 11 (1862-1916)
and CRS 13 (special correspondence inward).
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
12 |
| General |
Special
correspondence inward. -- 1908-1973. -- 6.25 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters received by the City Clerk from different City departments,
community organizations, the federal and provincial governments, professional
organizations, and municipalities throughout the world.Although there are letters dating back to 1908,
most of the material dates from the mid 1930's. There are two sequences of records
within this series; the first ranging from the earliest material to the 1950s,
and the second covering the 1950s through to 1973. This correspondence is arranged
by subject and is filed either by received stamp number or chronologically. If
the letter received originated within the City administration there will be no
received stamp number, it will not be listed in the communications received index
(CRS 14), and the file will
be arranged chronologically. If the material received originated outside the City
administration it will be arranged according to received stamp number and will
be listed in the index.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
13 |
| General |
Topical
index. -- 1914-1977. -- 2.77 m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to the letterbooks, Council minutes, committee
reports and resolutions.
Arranged chronologically, one volume per year. Each volume is divided into alphabetical
sections. Within each section, topics are entered chronologically throughout the
year. In the early volumes the communications inward were indexed, although the
material has not survived. The subjects vary over time and are usually well cross
referenced.
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CRS
15 |
| General |
Annual reports.
-- 1882-1992. -- 2.73 m of textual records.
Series consists of annual reports of the City.
Reports up to 1950 generally include statements by the Mayor, heads of various
departments, and committees. The reports of 1951 to 1957 and 1959 include a summary
of the activities of the different departments. For subsequent years only financial
material is provided.
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CRS 16 |
| General |
Operational
files 1. -- 1938-1965 (predominantly 1950-1963). -- 0.34 m of textual records.
Series consists of records created by the first
City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity. Later Manager's
records are described in CRS 23 (predominantly 1964-1971)
and CRS 124 (predominantly 1970-1977).
Files are arranged primarily by subject within a sequential numerical scheme reflecting
a general alphabetical order. Individual descriptions include original file numbers,
which range from 1 to 329. Unnumbered files are described after those so numbered.
See also CRS 142.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 22 |
| General |
Operational
files 2. -- 1961-1971 (predominantly 1964-1971). -- 0.90 m of textual records.
Series consists of records created by the second
City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity. Earlier Manager's
records are described in CRS 22 (predominantly 1950-1963),
while later ones are described in CRS 124 (predominantly
1970-1977).
The files are arranged by subject within an overall numeric classification scheme.
There are three general sequences of files in this series, with some overlap in
dates and variations in the classification scheme: 1963-1965, 1966-1968, and 1969-1971.
File classification lists are located at 1 A 1, folder 1.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 23 |
| General |
Minutes
of closed special meetings of Council. -- 1896-1900. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of closed special meetings of City Council.
The volume is unindexed.
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CRS
48 |
| General |
Operational
files 3. -- 1966-1978 (predominantly 1970-1978). -- 3.32 m of textual records.
Series consists of records created by the City Manager under a filing
system introduced in 1971. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity.
For earlier Manager records, see CRS 22 and CRS
23.
Files are arranged alphabetically by subject within an overall numeric classification
scheme in which letters of the alphabet are assigned a 'hundred-level' block of
numbers for each year. For example, subjects filed under 'B' are found in the
200-299 range, subjects filed under 'C' are found in the 300-399 range, and subjects
filed under 'D' (such as City Departments) are found in the 400-499 range. Sub-categories
are assigned decimal extensions of the main numbers, so that general Parks records
are found at 400.9 (Parks Department) and Parks records pertaining to Beacon Hill
Park in particular are found at 400.9.1.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
124 |
| General |
Operational
files. -- 1949-1984 (predominantly 1955-1972). -- 6.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of general office files created
by the Mayor.
Files are arranged in their original order by subject within several sequential
numerical schemes with some overlap between the numerical schemes. The first covers
the years 1949-1960. The second covers 1959-1966, while the third covers the years
1965-1972. With the exception of the first numerical scheme, there are several
indexes providing access to the records. Files without a numerical number have
been left where they were originally filed.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 125 |
| General |
Letterbook.
-- 1894-1907. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound letters sent by the Mayor's
Office.
Access is through an internal index arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
A note on the subject of the letter is appended to each entry.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 126 |
| General |
Record of
correspondence inward and outward. -- 1954-1956. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of one bound volume recording both inward and outward correspondence
of the Mayor, indexed by name of correspondent.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 128 |
| General |
Index to
Municipal Manager's reports to Council. -- 1954. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to the Manager's reports to Council for January-April
1954, which are missing from CRS 22, file 213, 21 A 5-4
(Manager's operational files I).
Arranged alphabetically by first letter only, and chronologically by month within
each alphabetical section.
|
CRS
142 |
| Greater
Victoria |
Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee records. -- 1955-1974. -- 0.44 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the committee.
For earlier related material, see Inter-Municipal Committee minutes (CRS
72).
|
CRS
27 |
| Greater
Victoria |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
|
CRS 42 |
| Greater
Victoria |
Greater
Victoria Committee minutes. -- 1935-1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 64 |
| Greater
Victoria |
Inter-Municipal
Committee minutes. -- 1924-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1926 to 1936.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
72 |
| Harbour |
Finance
Committee records. -- 1952-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the Finance Committee reporting
to the Group 'A' Committee regarding all financial matters relating to the preservation
and development of the harbour and to public off-street parking.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 134.
|
CRS 26 |
| Harbour |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
|
CRS 33 |
| Harbour |
Public Works,
Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes. -- 1951-1952. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. Also includes
some agendas originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 28, Public Works Committee records (1926-1962).
|
CRS
43 |
| Harbour |
Inner Harbour
renewal files. -- 1966-1973. -- 0.50 m of textual records and architectural material.
Series includes accounts, clippings, minutes, reports,
and plans pertaining to inner harbour renewal projects.
For related records, see the City Manager's records for this period, CRS
124.
File List available. |
CRS 44 |
| Harbour |
General
Committee on Victoria Harbour letterbook. -- 1899-1900. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from this City Council committee. The
volume is partly indexed.
|
CRS 63 |
| Health |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
|
CRS 24 |
| Health |
Health and
Land Committee minutes. -- 1933. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 65 |
| Health |
Health and
Morals Committee minutes. -- 1925-1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 66 |
| Health |
Health and
Pound Committee minutes. -- 1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 67 |
| Health |
Health and
Relief Committees minutes. -- 1927-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 68 |
| Health |
Health Committee
minutes. -- 1924-1941. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1929 to 1931.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 69 |
| Health |
Letterbook.
-- 1895-1911. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the
Board of Health.
The internal index refers to only a few of the letters.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 91 |
| Housing |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
|
CRS 33 |
| Housing |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
|
CRS 42 |
| Housing |
Neighbourhood
Improvement Program records. -- 1972-1985. -- 1.37 m of textual records and other
material.
Series consists of files, photographs, architectural
material, and graphic material deriving from the Neighbourhood Improvement Program,
which was developed in 1973 by the federal government to encourage and support
the efforts of municipalities in concert with neighbourhood residents toward the
improvement of the physical environment in neighbourhoods needing improvements
(see amendments to the National Housing Act enacted by Parliament in June 1973).
The majority of the files were originally classified according to neighbourhood.
This order has been maintained, with the neighbourhoods listed in alphabetical
order following the general Victoria records. Files that were not originally given
classification numbers have been listed after the classified files within each
neighbourhood group.
File List available. |
CRS 105 |
| Housing |
Better Housing
Act journal. -- 1931-1935. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting the Municipality's
administration of the Better Housing Act (S.B.C. 1919, c. 8). This Act was passed
by the Provincial Government to aid in the promotion of better housing. Series
documents loans by the City to individuals. Data elements include date, total
of money paid, principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and administration. Monthly
totals are calculated and carried forward to the beginning of each month.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 164 |
| Humber Green |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Industry |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
|
CRS 37 |
| Industry |
Industrial
and Town Planning Committee minutes. -- 1927. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 70 |
| Industry |
Industrial
Committee minutes. -- 1923-1936. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 71 |
| Intermunicipal
Matters |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
|
CRS 24 |
| Intermunicipal
Matters |
Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee records. -- 1955-1974. -- 0.44 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the committee.
For earlier related material, see Inter-Municipal Committee minutes (CRS
72).
|
CRS 27 |
| Intermunicipal
Matters |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
|
CRS 42 |
| Intermunicipal
Matters |
Greater
Victoria Committee minutes. -- 1935-1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 64 |
| Intermunicipal
Matters |
Inter-Municipal
Committee minutes. -- 1924-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1926 to 1936.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 72 |
| Jubilee
Hospital |
Special
Committee Concerning Jubilee Hospital minutes. -- 1923. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 85 |
| Land |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
|
CRS 24 |
| Land |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
|
CRS 42 |
| Land |
Finance
and Lands Committee minutes. -- 1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 59 |
| Land |
Health and
Land Committee minutes. -- 1933. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 65 |
| Land |
Land Committee
minutes. -- 1947-1950. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of recommendations to Council regarding City land sales for
veterans and ordinary sales, offers to purchase land received, and a variety of
other business dealing with such matters as demolitions and zoning.
|
CRS 79 |
| Land |
Tax sale
record. -- 1877-1945 (predominantly 1877-1929). -- 0.09 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting private
properties sold by the City of Victoria for non-payment of property taxes. Data
elements include the legal description of the property, the total delinquent taxes,
the name and address of the property owner, the method by which the owner was
contacted, a description of the real property sold, the name and address of the
purchaser at the tax sale, and an annotation stating whether or not the property
owner redeemed the property.
Descriptions are arranged chronologically in groupings by the date of the tax
sale.
Title taken from the cover of the volumes.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 167 |
| Land |
Tax sale
cards. -- 1915-1968. -- 0.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of cards detailing tax sales. Cards capture three levels of
information over different periods of time: (1) the initial tax sale of the property,
usually written in ink and documenting the years 1915-1935; (2) annotations detailing
the taxes on the property for the years 1939-1942; and (3) annotations spanning
the years 1955-1968, recording the date that the property was sold and the sale
price. Some cards also contain a sketch of the property on the back of the card.
There are three separate groupings of cards. All three groupings are arranged
numerically by roll number.
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CRS 172 |
| Legal Matters |
Operational
files. -- 1887-1963 (predominantly 1910-1956). -- 12.03 m of textual records.
Series consists mostly of files created by the City Solicitor from the first
appointment to permanent staff of the City in 1910 to the contracting out of the
work in 1956. Some files predate the appointment of a staff solicitor when the
City's legal work was contracted out to various legal firms.The files are arranged in their original order
by subject in a numerical sequence from 1 to 3 with some deletions as a result
of weeding over the years. Sequencing reflects a chronological accumulation as
matters came to the attention of the Solicitor. The series encompasses a complete
range of all Solicitor activities and was probably the main record series for
the Solicitor's office. Original access to the series was obtained through a set
of three extant card indexes maintained by the Solicitor's office (CRS
120, Indexes to operational files).
See also CRS 121, CRS 122, CRS 123.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
119 |
| Legal Matters |
Indexes
to operational files. -- 1910-1956. -- 0.13 m of textual records (3 card index
boxes).
The indexes give access only to CRS 119, the City Solicitor's
operational files.
Each index consists of subjects filed alphabetically with the relevant file number
given after each entry, e.g. "Findlay, J.C. : Old Men's Home 507".
Index One dates from 1910 and is not complete, with letters M to R missing.
Index Two is an accumulation of new subjects interfiled with some older matters
referenced on cards taken directly from Index One. This index was created around
1950.
Index Three is a further accumulation created in 1956 by Solicitor Terence O'Grady.
This index was completely updated and culled with some interfiles.
|
CRS
120 |
| Legal Matters |
Miscellaneous
files. -- 1904-1963. -- 1.82 m of textual records.
Series consists of several groups of files with no discernible relationship
amongst themselves except that they were created by the City Solicitor at various
times. Most date from the period when the City Solicitor was a member of City
Hall permanent staff. The series covers a full range of typical Solicitor activities
including the preparation of bylaws and legislation, negotiation of agreements
and contracts for local improvements, sale of lands, and supply of services to
the City, general counsel in litigation, and drafting of legal opinions.A substantial group of files concerned with the
building of Johnson St. Bridge (1911-1923) is comprised of records created by
the City Engineer. These may have been brought together to handle potential litigation,
given the City of Victoria's sensitivity to liability arising from the Point Ellice
Bridge streetcar disaster of 1896.
See also CRS 119, CRS 122, CRS 123.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
121 |
| Legal Matters |
Letterbook.
-- 1916-1940. -- 0.20 m of textual records.
Series consists of copies of outward letters.
The volume dating from 1916-1917 contains an index at the front arranged by correspondent
and, in some cases, by subject, with reference numbers assigned to each letter.
See also CRS 119, CRS 121, CRS 123.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
122 |
| Legal Matters |
Terence
O'Grady files. -- 1951-1965. -- 1.17 m of textual records.
Series consists of files from the office of City
Solicitor Terence O'Grady (1956-1972). They include bylaws and correspondence
on local improvements, legislative regulations, agreements and other matters as
well as minutes of various committees with which the Solicitor was concerned.
See also CRS 119, CRS 121, CRS 122.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
123 |
| Legislation |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
|
CRS 37 |
| Legislation |
Finance
and Legislative Committee minutes. -- 1934-1936. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 60 |
| Legislation |
Legislative
Committee minutes. -- 1923-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 73 |
| Lighting |
Public Works,
Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes. -- 1951-1952. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. Also includes
some agendas originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 28, Public Works Committee records (1926-1962).
|
CRS 43 |
| Lighting |
Electric
Light Committee minutes. -- 1927-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1929 to 1933.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 56 |
| Liquor Licencing |
Board of
Licensing Commissioners minutes. -- 1908-1917. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of the meetings
of the Board of Licensing Commissioners pertaining to liquor licencing in the
City.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 118 |
| Market |
Market Committee
minutes. -- 1933-1934. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 74 |
| McPherson
Playhouse |
Recreation
and Community Services Committee records. -- 1951-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly
to City Council (the other being Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee
oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse
and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development.
Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities
Committee.
|
CRS 29 |
| Memorial
Arena |
Recreation
and Community Services Committee records. -- 1951-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly
to City Council (the other being Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee
oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse
and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development.
Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities
Committee.
|
CRS 29 |
| Memorial
Arena |
Victoria
Civic Arena Commission records. -- 1946-1952. -- 0.07 m of textual records.
Series consists of miscellaneous files produced
by the Arena Commission, which oversaw the management and daily operation of Memorial
Arena. Records include financial statements, reports on the Arena's structural
integrity, and minutes of meetings.
File List available. |
CRS 149 |
| Morals |
Health and
Morals Committee minutes. -- 1925-1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 66 |
| Mount Douglas
Park |
Victoria
and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records. -- 1957-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual
records.
Series consists of correspondence and papers. The committee was formed because
the City of Victoria owned several parks within the boundaries of the Municipality
of Saanich, the most notable of which being Mount Douglas Park. This committee
was also known as the Victoria Saanich Mount Douglas Park Committee.
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CRS
34 |
| Neighbourhood
Improvement Program |
Neighbourhood
Improvement Program records. -- 1972-1985. -- 1.37 m of textual records and other
material.
Series consists of files, photographs, architectural
material, and graphic material deriving from the Neighbourhood Improvement Program,
which was developed in 1973 by the federal government to encourage and support
the efforts of municipalities in concert with neighbourhood residents toward the
improvement of the physical environment in neighbourhoods needing improvements
(see amendments to the National Housing Act enacted by Parliament in June 1973).
The majority of the files were originally classified according to neighbourhood.
This order has been maintained, with the neighbourhoods listed in alphabetical
order following the general Victoria records. Files that were not originally given
classification numbers have been listed after the classified files within each
neighbourhood group.
File List available. |
CRS 105 |
| Old Men's
Home |
Aged Men's
Home and Social Welfare Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this
City Council committee.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 39 |
| Old Men's
Home |
Old Men's
Home Committee minutes. -- 1928-1939. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 75 |
| Parking |
Finance
Committee records. -- 1952-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the Finance Committee reporting
to the Group 'A' Committee regarding all financial matters relating to the preservation
and development of the harbour and to public off-street parking.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 134.
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CRS 26 |
| Parking |
Victoria
Parking Commission records. -- 1962-1970. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of committee minutes and a report related to the planning and
development of parking facilities in the City of Victoria.
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CRS 32 |
| Parks |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Parks |
Victoria
and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records. -- 1957-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual
records.
Series consists of correspondence and papers. The committee was formed because
the City of Victoria owned several parks within the boundaries of the Municipality
of Saanich, the most notable of which being Mount Douglas Park. This committee
was also known as the Victoria Saanich Mount Douglas Park Committee.
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CRS 34 |
| Parks |
Parks, Boulevards
and Recreational Facilities Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS
135.
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CRS 41 |
| Parks |
Architectural
and Special Projects Division project files. -- 1943-1964 (predominantly 1960-1964).
-- 0.42 m of textual records.
Series consists of the following project files:
centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification,
Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from
1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments.
They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division
head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Many of the records were originally filed in a manner distinguishing internal
and outgoing documents from those coming in to the Division with regard to a single
topic or activity. This order, which has been retained, is indicated in the file
list by parenthetical notations following file titles. Files originally filed
as subordinate to others are so indicated by indentation.
File List available. |
CRS 47 |
| Parks |
Parks and
Boulevards Committee minutes. -- 1923-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 76 |
| Parks |
Letterbook.
-- 1907-1909. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Public Parks Board.
The letters are indexed alphabetically within the volume mainly by name of correspondent,
with some subject references.
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CRS 94 |
| Parks |
Parks Department
files. -- 1931-1952. -- 0.52 m of textual records.
Series consists of the main department records
of the Parks Department.
The series has broken into five separate sections. Four are chronological divisions;
1931-1936, 1936- 1945, 1946-1950 and 1950-1952. The records are arranged primarily
by subject and chronologically within files. The subjects are arranged alphabetically.
Many subject headings are repeated in each section. A fifth section covers general
correspondence from 1935 to 1943. It would appear that this material was not divided
into the subject headings. The file description also includes the original filing
numbers.
File List available.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
106 |
| Parks |
Parks Committee
minutes. -- 1956-1959. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
Series consists of a small section of the minutes of the Parks Committee. Another
section of the minutes is available in the Parks Files covering 1931 to 1952 (CRS
106). Additional Parks Committee records are available (see CRS
34, CRS 41, CRS 76), including
committee reports to Council (CRS 4).
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CRS
107 |
| Parks |
Annual reports.
-- 1931-1969. -- 0.07 m of textual records.
Series consists of the annual reports of the Superintendent of Parks, which
for some of these years can be found in an edited version in the annual reports
of the City (CRS 16).
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CRS 108 |
| Parks |
Photographs,
newsclippings and pamphlets. -- 1880-1963 (primarily 1930-1963). -- 0.01 m of
textual records and 459 photographs.
Series consists primarily of 459 photographs
of various Victoria parks. There are also photographs of other parks in Canada
and the United States.
Photographs are divided into files based on photographer, type of photograph,
or subject matter. The dates listed are only those noted on some photographs and
do not cover all the material in each file. The subject matter is varied covering:
aerial photos, Beacon Hill Park, boulevard trees, children and playgrounds, parks,
Parks Department projects and personnel, Ross Bay Cemetery, scenic views, storm
damage scenes, waterfowl, zoo animals.
In addition, there are a few newclippings, postcards, and pamphlets relating to
the Parks Department.
File List available. |
CRS 109 |
| Parks |
Superintendent's
date books. -- 1931-1954. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists the date books and a few note books of the Park Superintendent,
W.H. Warren.
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CRS 110 |
| Parks |
Index to
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee minutes . -- 1951-1964. -- 0.04
m of textual records.
Minutes for this committee of Council are not held by the City of Victoria
Archives and Records Management Division. Related records will be found in the
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records (CRS
34). Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within each year by
first letter only, and numerically by minute number within each alphabetical section.
The index for 1951-1952 combines both years within a single alphabetical scheme.
There is a gap in this series for the years 1959-1960.
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CRS 139 |
| Patriotic
Committee of Twelve |
Patriotic
Committee of Twelve letterbook. -- 1900. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from this City Council committee. The
volume is partly indexed.
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CRS 77 |
| Personnel |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
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CRS 24 |
| Planning |
Victoria
Town Planning Commission records. -- 1951-1965. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers of the committee, which was designed
to advise on the development and redevelopment of the City.
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CRS 31 |
| Planning |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
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CRS 33 |
| Planning |
Industrial
and Town Planning Committee minutes. -- 1927. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 70 |
| Planning |
Town Planning
Committee minutes. -- 1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 87 |
| Police Commissioners |
Board of
Police Commissioners minutes. -- 1893-1921. -- 0.11 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of the meetings
of the Board of Police Commissioners.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 112 |
| Police Court |
Exhibit
book. -- 1916-1961. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of a single volume containing a
description of the exhibits used in each particular case that came before the
Police Court, the name and the date of the case, and when and how the material
was disposed of.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 111 |
| Police Court |
Fine and
receipt book. -- 1910-1928. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound volumes containing lists
of individuals paying fines, the amount of the fine and the date paid.
The chronology is extremely broken covering 1910 to 1913 and 1923 to 1928. The
1923-1928 volume also contains some information about the daily accounts of the
Police Court.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 113 |
| Police Court |
Police Court
charge book. -- 1882-1910. -- 0.50 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound volumes containing the
names of individuals charged with an offence, the nature and date of the offence
and what action was taken. The action taken could range from a jail sentence,
a fine or a remand date.
Indexes exist for a few of the volumes and can be found in CRS
115.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 114 |
| Police Court |
Police Court
charge book index. -- 1882-1928. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound index volumes containing
the names of individuals charged with an offence and the page of the charge book
to which it refers. The indexes are ordered alphabetically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
115 |
| Police Court |
Magistrate's
record book. -- 1871-1931. -- 1.35 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound volumes containing the
names of individuals charged with an offence, the nature and date of the offence
and what action was taken. The action taken could range from a jail sentence,
a fine or a remand date.
Indexes exist for some of the volumes and can be found in CRS
117.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS
116 |
| Police Court |
Magistrate's
record book index. -- 1885-1931. -- 0.10 m of textual records.
Series consists of bound index volumes containing
the names of individuals charged with an offence and the page of the record book
(CRS 116) to which it refers.
The indexes are ordered alphabetically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS
117 |
| Pound |
Health and
Pound Committee minutes. -- 1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 67 |
| Public Market |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
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CRS 42 |
| Public Safety |
Transportation,
Traffic and Public Safety Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of mainly of the minutes of this City Council committee. Includes
minutes from two meetings of the Greater Victoria Transportation Committee, one
in 1951 and one in 1952. Also includes copies of agendas for the last half of
1951 that were originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
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CRS 36 |
| Public Works |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Public Works |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS 28 |
| Public Works |
Public Works,
Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes. -- 1951-1952. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. Also includes
some agendas originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 28, Public Works Committee records (1926-1962).
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CRS 43 |
| Purchasing |
City Assessor's
daily journal. -- 1919-1931. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a daily journal compiled by the City Assessor. The journal
documents daily appointments relating to the functional areas of assessment, building
inspection, and purchasing. The journal was used originally in 1919 with other
entries from the years 1920 and 1931.
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CRS 161 |
| Purchasing |
City Purchasing
Agent correspondence. -- 1972-1979. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of correspondence of the City Purchasing
Agent. Correspondence deals primarily with policy and procedures of the Purchasing
Division with several special occasion files interfiled within.
Arranged alphabetically with annual breaks in the files.
File List available. |
CRS 175 |
| Railways |
Committee
Concerning a Railway to the North End of Vancouver Island letterbook. -- 1900.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from this City Council committee. The
volume is partly indexed.
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CRS 54 |
| Recreation |
Recreation
and Community Services Committee records. -- 1951-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly
to City Council (the other being Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee
oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse
and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development.
Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities
Committee.
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CRS 29 |
| Recreation |
Annual reports.
-- 1967-1976. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of annual reports documenting the operations of the Department
of Recreation and Community Services.
There is a gap for the years 1969, 1971, and 1973.
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CRS 176 |
| Recreational
Facilities |
Parks, Boulevards
and Recreational Facilities Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS
135.
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CRS 41 |
| Relief |
Committee
Concerning Relief Fund Pertaining to Bentinck Island Disaster (tug 'Hope') minutes.
-- 1925. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 55 |
| Relief |
Health and
Relief Committees minutes. -- 1927-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 68 |
| Relief |
Relief Committee
minutes. -- 1932. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 81 |
| Relief |
Special
Committee Concerning Relief minutes. -- 1930. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 86 |
| Resolutions |
Resolutions.
-- 1885-1977. -- 3.51 m of textual records.
Series consists of formal statements of City Council agreed to after the consideration
of a motion.
For indexes to the resolutions, see CRS 8.
File List available. |
CRS 7 |
| Resolutions |
Record of
resolutions. -- 1894-1926. -- 0.40 m of textual records.
Series consists of an index to Council resolutions (CRS 7),
which records the following elements: the mover and seconder of each resolution,
the result of the motion, the subject of the resolution, and its file number.
Arranged chronologically by individual resolution, with sequential numerical references
to each. Subject access to the resolutions is available through the topical index
(CRS 15). See also the index to Council minutes (CRS
2), which lists topics dealt with by Council but not specific resolutions.
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CRS 8 |
| Ross Bay
Cemetery |
Ross Bay
Cemetery License A books. -- 1895-1924. -- 0.80 m of textual records.
Series consists of deeds for plots in Ross Bay Cemetery. Some of the later
books (around 1913) also contain copies of "Application for a deed of cemetery
plot".
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CRS 178 |
| Royal Athletic
Park |
Recreation
and Community Services Committee records. -- 1951-1971. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
This committee was one of the three standing committees reporting directly
to City Council (the other being Group 'A' and Group 'B' Committees). The committee
oversaw the management of the Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, McPherson Playhouse
and Royal Athletic Park as well as general recreation planning and program development.
Earlier, this committee was known as the Parks, Boulevards and Recreation Facilities
Committee.
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CRS 29 |
| Royal Athletic
Park |
Royal Athletic
Park Committee minutes. -- 1927-1931. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 82 |
| Saanich |
Victoria
and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records. -- 1957-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual
records.
Series consists of correspondence and papers. The committee was formed because
the City of Victoria owned several parks within the boundaries of the Municipality
of Saanich, the most notable of which being Mount Douglas Park. This committee
was also known as the Victoria Saanich Mount Douglas Park Committee.
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CRS 34 |
| Saanich |
Index to
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee minutes . -- 1951-1964. -- 0.04
m of textual records.
Minutes for this committee of Council are not held by the City of Victoria
Archives and Records Management Division. Related records will be found in the
Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee records (CRS
34). Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within each year by
first letter only, and numerically by minute number within each alphabetical section.
The index for 1951-1952 combines both years within a single alphabetical scheme.
There is a gap in this series for the years 1959-1960.
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CRS 139 |
| Salaries |
Wages and
Salaries Committee minutes. -- 1937. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 88 |
| Salaries |
Departmental
salaries and benefits account. -- 1950-1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the monthly tabulation of salary and benefits of the employees
of each department. Data elements include: pay roll number, department, salary,
unemployment insurance city share/employees share, superannuation, income tax,
B.C. Hospital, Canada savings bonds, M.S.A., City Hall union dues, Great West
Life [Insurance Co.], Excel Life, Canada Life, C.E.H.A., fire union dues, police
union dues, I.U.O.E. Local #918, London Life, V.F.M.B.S., advances, and net salary.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 165 |
| Sanitation |
Letterbook.
-- 1896-1898. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Sanitary Inspector.
The internal index refers to only a few of the letters. It includes a report for
1941.
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CRS 95 |
| Sewerage |
Capital
Regional District Committee records. -- 1963-1970. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers. The committee was originally designed
to deal with the Capital Region sewerage issue. The title and probably the responsibilities
of this committee have changed. This committee has also been known as Engineers
Technical Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, and Regional District
Technical Committee.
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CRS 35 |
| Sewerage |
Letterbook.
-- 1890-1895. -- 0.08 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Sewerage Commissioners. The
1890-1894 volume is not indexed. The 1894-1895 volume is only partly indexed.
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CRS 96 |
| Sewers |
Sewers roll.
-- 1898-1910. -- 3.00 m of textual records (16 volumes).
Series records assessments made and taxes charged and collected on sewer connections
in the City under bylaws enacted to raise funds for extending the sewer system.
The rolls were compiled by the City Engineer and filed in the office of the Treasurer
for collection of taxes levied. See bylaws 284, 341, 400, 402, 424, 456, 516,
557, 592, 616, and 728. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name of assessee,
and provide information on the number and kinds of buildings on a property, the
kinds of sewer connections, the foot frontage of the property, and the relations
between owners and occupants. Each page contains a list of abbreviations used
for data entry. There is a gap in this series for 1905.
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CRS 129 |
| Signs |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS 28 |
| Social Events |
Entertainment
Committee records. -- 1948-1965. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of papers pertaining to the planning of City social events,
including an official centennial dinner and the plans for a retirement party for
long-time City Clerk, Frank Hunter.
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CRS 30 |
| Social Welfare |
Aged Men's
Home and Social Welfare Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this
City Council committee.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 39 |
| Street Design |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Street Lighting |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Street Lighting |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS 28 |
| Streets |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS 28 |
| Surveying |
Letterbook.
-- 1891-1893. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the City Surveyor.
The letters are indexed alphabetically within the volume mainly by name of correspondent,
with occasional subject references.
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CRS 92 |
| Tax Sales |
Tax sale
record. -- 1877-1945 (predominantly 1877-1929). -- 0.09 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting private
properties sold by the City of Victoria for non-payment of property taxes. Data
elements include the legal description of the property, the total delinquent taxes,
the name and address of the property owner, the method by which the owner was
contacted, a description of the real property sold, the name and address of the
purchaser at the tax sale, and an annotation stating whether or not the property
owner redeemed the property.
Descriptions are arranged chronologically in groupings by the date of the tax
sale.
Title taken from the cover of the volumes.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 167 |
| Tax Sales |
Tax sale
cards. -- 1915-1968. -- 0.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of cards detailing tax sales. Cards capture three levels of
information over different periods of time: (1) the initial tax sale of the property,
usually written in ink and documenting the years 1915-1935; (2) annotations detailing
the taxes on the property for the years 1939-1942; and (3) annotations spanning
the years 1955-1968, recording the date that the property was sold and the sale
price. Some cards also contain a sketch of the property on the back of the card.
There are three separate groupings of cards. All three groupings are arranged
numerically by roll number.
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CRS 172 |
| Taxes |
Sewers roll.
-- 1898-1910. -- 3.00 m of textual records (16 volumes).
Series records assessments made and taxes charged and collected on sewer connections
in the City under bylaws enacted to raise funds for extending the sewer system.
The rolls were compiled by the City Engineer and filed in the office of the Treasurer
for collection of taxes levied. See bylaws 284, 341, 400, 402, 424, 456, 516,
557, 592, 616, and 728. Entries are arranged alphabetically by name of assessee,
and provide information on the number and kinds of buildings on a property, the
kinds of sewer connections, the foot frontage of the property, and the relations
between owners and occupants. Each page contains a list of abbreviations used
for data entry. There is a gap in this series for 1905.
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CRS 129 |
| Taxes |
Collector's
roll. -- 1889-1916. -- 10.80 m of textual records (119 volumes).
Series consists of information on property values and taxation rates compiled
for the purpose of collecting taxes.
See also the Assessor's roll (CRS 150) and the Assessors
and Collectors roll (CRS 145).
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS 143 |
| Taxes |
Assessors
and Collectors roll. -- 1917-1948. -- 7.20 m of textual records (122 volumes).
Series consists of information on property values and taxation
rates compiled for the purpose of collecting taxes.
For Collector's rolls from 1889-1916, see CRS 143. For
Assessor's rolls from 1864-1916, see CRS 150.
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS 145 |
| Taxes |
Assessment
roll. -- 1864-1916. -- 4.20 m of textual records (54 volumes).
Series consists
of assessments on real property and improvements compiled for the purpose of determining
taxes. Available on microfilm.
See also the Collector's roll (CRS 143) and the Assessors
and Collectors roll (CRS 145).
For a full series description, including examples of different kinds of information
gathered at different times, click
here. |
CRS 150 |
| Taxes |
Boulevard
maintenance ledger. -- 1914-1916. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger documenting boulevard maintenance taxes. These
taxes were collected in accordance to By-law No. 956 which states that 'for the
purpose of providing annually the required sum to defray the cost of maintenance
and upkeep of the boulevards on all streets in the City now and hereafter to be
boulevarded there is hereby assessed upon the real property and portions of real
property fronting upon any boulevard now or hereafter constructed, and there shall
be levied and collected in each year an annual rate of four-fifths of a cent.
per square foot of the area included in such boulevards.' Ledger consists of a
calculation of street frontage, legal description of the property, and rates by
year.
Arranged alphabetically by street name.
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CRS 159 |
| Taxes |
Real Estate
tax arrears. -- 1867-1873. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Series consists of a list of tax arrears owed to the City. Data elements include
the legal description of the property, the owner's name, the overdue taxes for
each year, and an annotation stating whether or not the taxes have been paid.
Arrangement is by legal description.
Title taken from the front cover of the volume.
Accession number is 99201-37.
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CRS 171 |
| Taxes |
Revenue
journal. -- 1892-1912. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal documenting revenue received from property taxes.
The types of revenue received are described as revenue, real, wild land, personal,
and interest. Data elements include a description of the revenue, from whom it
was received, the amount, and the date received. At the end of each year the yearly
revenue totals are paid into the City's treasury.
The title on the cover of the volumes is Form J.
Accession number is 99201-37.
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CRS 173 |
| Thomas Shanks
McPherson Estate |
Thomas Shanks
McPherson estate statements of accounts. -- 1967. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of the financial statement of accounts of the Thomas Shanks
McPherson estate conducted by the firm of Ismay, Boiston, Dunn & Co. on behalf
of the estate trustee Canada Trust Company.
Records were submitted to and debated by the City Council on 5 December 1967 and
placed on file at City Hall.
For additional McPherson estate records, see PR 255, Thomas Shanks McPherson estate
fonds.
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CRS 179 |
| Tourism |
Letterbook.
-- 1903-1906. -- 0.05 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Tourist Association of Victoria
by its Secretary (1903-1906) and its Treasurer (1904).
Letters from the Secretary are indexed alphabetically by name of correspondent.
The Treasurer's letters are not indexed.
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CRS 97 |
| Town Planning |
Victoria
Town Planning Commission records. -- 1951-1965. -- 0.06 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers of the committee, which was designed
to advise on the development and redevelopment of the City.
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CRS 31 |
| Town Planning |
Industrial
and Town Planning Committee minutes. -- 1927. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
|
CRS 70 |
| Town Planning |
Town Planning
Committee minutes. -- 1928. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees,
is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 87 |
| Trade |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
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CRS 37 |
| Trade |
Business
and Trade Development Committee minutes. -- 1932-1941. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 52 |
| Trade |
Finance
and Business and Trade Development Committee minutes. -- 1936. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 58 |
| Traffic |
Special
Committee minutes. -- 1956-1964. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
The special committees are of an ad hoc nature,
designed 'to deal with particular issues depending on the urgency of the situation'
(Areas of Jurisdiction of Standing Committees, 1964 [group 'B' papers, page 1]).
The committees represented in this series are: the Special Auditorium Committee,
the Special B.C. Centennial Committee, the Special Centennial Victoria Square
Committee, the Special City Hall Committee, the Convention Centre Committee, the
Special Traffic Committee and the Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and
Saanich.
File List available. |
CRS 6 |
| Traffic |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Traffic |
Transportation,
Traffic and Public Safety Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of mainly of the minutes of this City Council committee. Includes
minutes from two meetings of the Greater Victoria Transportation Committee, one
in 1951 and one in 1952. Also includes copies of agendas for the last half of
1951 that were originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
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CRS 36 |
| Transportation |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
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CRS 24 |
| Transportation |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
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CRS 33 |
| Transportation |
Transportation,
Traffic and Public Safety Committee minutes. -- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of mainly of the minutes of this City Council committee. Includes
minutes from two meetings of the Greater Victoria Transportation Committee, one
in 1951 and one in 1952. Also includes copies of agendas for the last half of
1951 that were originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
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CRS 36 |
| Urban Renewal |
Group 'B'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.75 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters relating to public works. The following committees
reported to the Group 'B' Committee: the Public Works Committee; the Parks and
Beautification Committee; the Community Development Committee; the Traffic, Street
Design and Street Lighting Committee; and the Urban Renewal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'B' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Public Works Committee (CRS 28).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'B' Committee, see CRS 130.
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CRS 25 |
| Utilities |
Finance,
Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes.
-- 1951. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. For an alphabetical
index to the minutes of the this committee, see CRS 134.
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CRS 42 |
| Utilities |
Public Utilities
Committee minutes. -- 1922-1940. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1923 to 1938.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 78 |
| Visitors
to City Hall |
Official
visitors register. -- 1932-1987. -- 0.26 m of textual records.
Series consists of signatures on City registers of official visitors to City
Hall.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 127 |
| Voters |
Voters list.
-- 1865-1992 (predominantly 1908-1992). -- 1.16 m of textual records.
Series consists of lists of all eligible voters.
The lists were updated annually at first and later semi-annually. The only voters
lists available before 1908 are those for 1865, 1885, and 1896. There are both
bound and unbound copies located in the stacks and in the reference room.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 21 |
| Wages |
Wages and
Salaries Committee minutes. -- 1937. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume,
which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 88 |
| Water |
Public Works,
Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes. -- 1951-1952. -- 0.01 m of textual
records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. Also includes
some agendas originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 28, Public Works Committee records (1926-1962).
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CRS 43 |
| Water |
Water Committee
minutes. -- 1927-1934. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. Some of the records in the 1927-1928 volume also pertain to the Advisory
Water Board. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
There is a gap in this series from 1929 to 1933.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 89 |
| Water |
Minutes.
-- 1934-1938. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of the Water Board. The volume, which includes the
minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
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CRS 98 |
| Water |
Letterbook.
-- 1894-1922. -- 0.33 m of textual records.
Series consists of letters sent outward from the Water Commissioner. Volumes
from 1912 to 1922 include alphabetical indexes to subjects and correspondents.
Volumes from 1894 to 1908 are unindexed.
There are gaps in this series from 1896 to 1905 and from 1908 to 1912.
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CRS 99 |
| Water |
Water Works
general ledger. -- 1925-1958. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of a general ledger of the Victoria section of the water works.
The ledger has accounts numbered 1 through 96 dealing with all aspects of the
water works.
There is an index of the accounts at the front of the volume.
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CRS 154 |
| Water |
Water Works
cost ledger. -- 1949-1950. -- 0.07 m of textual records.
Series consists of a special ledger dealing with the Victoria water works.
The ledgers contain detailed information on specific water accounts.
Title taken from the front of the ledger.
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CRS 155 |
| Water |
Water Works
Esquimalt section ledger. -- 1925-1938. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger of the Esquimalt section of the Victoria water
works. Accounts deal with all aspects of running the Esquimalt area water works.
Title taken from the front of the volume.
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CRS 156 |
| Water |
Water Works
journal. -- 1956-1958. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal recording water works billing accounts. The billing
of customers was performed on a bi-monthly basis.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 157 |
| Water Works |
Water Works
general ledger. -- 1925-1958. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of a general ledger of the Victoria section of the water works.
The ledger has accounts numbered 1 through 96 dealing with all aspects of the
water works.
There is an index of the accounts at the front of the volume.
|
CRS 154 |
| Water Works |
Water Works
cost ledger. -- 1949-1950. -- 0.07 m of textual records.
Series consists of a special ledger dealing with the Victoria water works.
The ledgers contain detailed information on specific water accounts.
Title taken from the front of the ledger.
|
CRS 155 |
| Water Works |
Water Works
Esquimalt section ledger. -- 1925-1938. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
Series consists of a ledger of the Esquimalt section of the Victoria water
works. Accounts deal with all aspects of running the Esquimalt area water works.
Title taken from the front of the volume.
|
CRS 156 |
| Water Works |
Water Works
journal. -- 1956-1958. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Series consists of a journal recording water works billing accounts. The billing
of customers was performed on a bi-monthly basis.
Arranged chronologically.
|
CRS 157 |
| Welfare |
Group 'A'
Committee records. -- 1962-1974. -- 1.63 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee
of Council, which deals with matters of a financial nature. There are a number
of committees that report to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the
Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee;
the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee. Included
in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and
papers of the Finance Committee (CRS 26) and the Greater
Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CRS 27).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CRS 132.
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CRS 24 |
| Wharves |
Public Works
Committee records. -- 1926-1962. -- 0.13 m of textual records.
Series consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public
Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks,
bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to
highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned
by the City.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CRS 137.
See also CRS 43, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour
Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942-1952.
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CRS 28 |
| Zoning |
Central
Business District Advisory Committee records. -- 1972-1974. -- 0.06 m of textual
records.
Series consists of agendas and papers. The committee included members from
the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed included planning
and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner
harbour, the downtown economy and housing development in the downtown area.
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CRS 33 |
| Zoning |
Legislative,
Fire Protection, Zoning, Business, Trade and Industry Committee records. -- 1951.
-- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of agendas and minutes of this City Council committee.
|
CRS 37 |
| Zoning |
Zoning Committee
minutes. -- 1929-1931. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Series consists of the minutes of this City Council
committee. The volumes, which include the minutes of several other committees,
are not indexed.
Arranged chronologically.
Some restrictions on access may apply to these records.
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CRS 90 |
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