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| Subject |
Description |
Number |
| Agriculture |
Western Canadian Ranching Company fonds. -- 1884-1952. -- 3.17 m of textual
records, 1 photograph and 3 maps.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 2 |
| Agriculture |
British Columbia Cattle Company fonds. -- 1900-1905. -- 0.10 m of textual
records.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 3 |
| Agriculture |
Payne family fonds. -- [ca. 1900]. -- ca. 100 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). The Payne family first appeared in the Gulf Islands in 1886
with the arrival of Gerald Fitzroy Payne (d. 1952). He was followed the next year
by his brother Charles who settled on Saturna Island. In 1892 a younger brother
Harold Digby Payne arrived on Saturna and opened a store and post office. Later
he followed his brothers' lead and took up sheep raising on the island. Gerald
Payne entered the towing business with his brother Jack, who later returned to
England. About 1902 a fourth brother, Hubert St. John Payne (1871-1963), an Anglican
priest and Harold's twin, arrived in British Columbia. Among his many charges,
Hubert was rector of St. Barnabas and St. Mary's Anglican Churches in Victoria,
as well as being associated with the B.C. Coast Mission. In 1896 the Paynes' sister
Katherine Janet Bradley-Dyne (d. 1954) and her husband George moved to North Saanich,
where they bought a farm from Dr. J.S. Helmcken and began raising Jersey cattle.
After selling out in 1911, they moved to another farm at Somenos but moved back
to the original North Saanich farm in 1934. Eventually Gerald, Harold and Hubert
settled in North Saanich near their sister. Fonds consists of an album of photographs
and one nitrate negative of the farms of Harold and Gerald Payne and the Bradley-Dyne
family on Saturna Island as well as scenes of North Saanich. It also includes
images of fishing, presumably in the Gulf Islands, sea bird eggs and travels in
the British Isles, Europe and Rhodesia.
Donated about 1970 by Harriet R. Owen (née Payne).
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 C 1, 113 B 13. |
PR 8 |
| Agriculture - Farming |
Petra Caroline Hansine Amsden fonds. -- [ca. 1902]-1941 (predominantly [ca.
1902-1920]). -- 63 photographs. Petra Caroline Hansine Bekker was the daughter
of Bertel C.B. Bekker and grew up in Cape Scott, Vancouver Island. She later moved
to Victoria where she worked in the seasonal job of strawberry picking. Following
this, she took up the position of school teacher in the interior of British Columbia
where she taught Doukhobor children. In 1923, she married William Frank Amsden
in Victoria. Petra died at Victoria General Hospital in 1983 at the age of 87.
Fonds consists of photographs of Petra Amsden and her family at Cape Scott, berry
picking in Gordon Head and teaching in the interior of British Columbia at Doukhobor
settlements.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 262 |
| Alexander family (Charles, 1824-1913) |
Alexander family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1967]. -- ca. 110 photographs (0.05 m)
and 0.01 m of textual records. Charles Alexander was born in St. Louis, U.S.A.,
on August 16, 1824 and came to Victoria with his wife Nancy in 1858. The Alexander's
were among the first black families to arrive in the Victoria area and they remained
in the region for the rest of their lives. The Alexander's had a total of 12 children
and numerous grandchildren before Nancy's death in 1911 and Charles' death in
1913.
Thomas Alexander was Charles and Nancy Alexander's fourth child and was born in
1859. Thomas and his wife Corinthia had seven children, the youngest of which
was Barton. Thomas worked as a trucker for much of his life, a profession that
several of his children would continue in the firm T. Alexander and Sons. Fonds
consists of ca. 110 photographs and 0.01 m of miscellaneous records. The photographs
are primarily of Thomas Alexander and his family and include portraits of family,
school children and buildings. Miscellaneous records consist primarily of pamphlets,
notes on the Alexander family, a Christmas card and a postcard to the family.
The fonds was donated by Chester Alexander, the son of Thomas Alexander, and James
Hudlin, a grandson of Thomas Alexander.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photographic access system
under the heading "Thomas Alexander family."
Fonds consists of accessions 98007-16, 98103-13, 98110-15 and 98110-16.
Location: 27 A 4, 26 E 6, 26 D 4. |
PR 86 |
| Alexander, Barton E. |
Alexander family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1967]. -- ca. 110 photographs (0.05 m)
and 0.01 m of textual records. Charles Alexander was born in St. Louis, U.S.A.,
on August 16, 1824 and came to Victoria with his wife Nancy in 1858. The Alexander's
were among the first black families to arrive in the Victoria area and they remained
in the region for the rest of their lives. The Alexander's had a total of 12 children
and numerous grandchildren before Nancy's death in 1911 and Charles' death in
1913.
Thomas Alexander was Charles and Nancy Alexander's fourth child and was born in
1859. Thomas and his wife Corinthia had seven children, the youngest of which
was Barton. Thomas worked as a trucker for much of his life, a profession that
several of his children would continue in the firm T. Alexander and Sons. Fonds
consists of ca. 110 photographs and 0.01 m of miscellaneous records. The photographs
are primarily of Thomas Alexander and his family and include portraits of family,
school children and buildings. Miscellaneous records consist primarily of pamphlets,
notes on the Alexander family, a Christmas card and a postcard to the family.
The fonds was donated by Chester Alexander, the son of Thomas Alexander, and James
Hudlin, a grandson of Thomas Alexander.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photographic access system
under the heading "Thomas Alexander family."
Fonds consists of accessions 98007-16, 98103-13, 98110-15 and 98110-16.
Location: 27 A 4, 26 E 6, 26 D 4. |
PR 86 |
| Alexander, Thomas |
Alexander family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1967]. -- ca. 110 photographs (0.05 m)
and 0.01 m of textual records. Charles Alexander was born in St. Louis, U.S.A.,
on August 16, 1824 and came to Victoria with his wife Nancy in 1858. The Alexander's
were among the first black families to arrive in the Victoria area and they remained
in the region for the rest of their lives. The Alexander's had a total of 12 children
and numerous grandchildren before Nancy's death in 1911 and Charles' death in
1913.
Thomas Alexander was Charles and Nancy Alexander's fourth child and was born in
1859. Thomas and his wife Corinthia had seven children, the youngest of which
was Barton. Thomas worked as a trucker for much of his life, a profession that
several of his children would continue in the firm T. Alexander and Sons. Fonds
consists of ca. 110 photographs and 0.01 m of miscellaneous records. The photographs
are primarily of Thomas Alexander and his family and include portraits of family,
school children and buildings. Miscellaneous records consist primarily of pamphlets,
notes on the Alexander family, a Christmas card and a postcard to the family.
The fonds was donated by Chester Alexander, the son of Thomas Alexander, and James
Hudlin, a grandson of Thomas Alexander.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photographic access system
under the heading "Thomas Alexander family."
Fonds consists of accessions 98007-16, 98103-13, 98110-15 and 98110-16.
Location: 27 A 4, 26 E 6, 26 D 4. |
PR 86 |
| Allwood family |
Allwood family fonds. -- 1921-1925. -- ca. 170 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). Frank Allwood was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, in 1889. After
he graduated in engineering from McGill University, he worked for the Dominion
Government, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Revelstoke. He served
in the Canadian Army between 1914 and 1919. Frank Allwood married Eileen Barry
in Cambridge, England, on 27 August 1918. Upon his discharge from the Army, he
completed his training as a surveyor and in 1920 received his BCLS commission.
In 1922 and 1923 he was resident engineer during construction of the Johnson Street
Bridge in Victoria. Between 1919 and 1927 Frank and Eileen Allwood produced and
acted in plays and musicals in the Pantages Theatre. For four of those years,
Frank managed the company. He later returned to engineering and surveying, especially
in the Bridge River and Revelstoke areas. As President of the Revelstoke Board
of Trade, he helped organize the Big Bend Highway Association to promote completion
of that vital highway link. Frank Allwood returned to national service during
the Second World War but was invalided out with the rank of major in 1943. After
a short period with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Vancouver, he moved
to Kelowna where he opened a survey office and was appointed City Engineer of
Enderby. He died in Kelowna of a heart attack on 16 October 1946. Eileen Allwood
was living in Parksville in the late 1970s. The Allwoods had one son Patrick.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson
Street Bridge 1921-1923; two leaves of a scrapbook containing programs and newspaper
articles on Victoria musical revues and performers and one photograph; a poster
for the comic opera The Boy; and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages
Theatre, 1919-1927. The preliminary inventory sheet in the accession file attributes
many of the bridge photographs to Howard Chapman.
Donated in 1971 by Eileen Allwood, widow of F.H. Allwood.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1. |
PR 22 |
| Allwood, Eileen |
Allwood family fonds. -- 1921-1925. -- ca. 170 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). Frank Allwood was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, in 1889. After
he graduated in engineering from McGill University, he worked for the Dominion
Government, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Revelstoke. He served
in the Canadian Army between 1914 and 1919. Frank Allwood married Eileen Barry
in Cambridge, England, on 27 August 1918. Upon his discharge from the Army, he
completed his training as a surveyor and in 1920 received his BCLS commission.
In 1922 and 1923 he was resident engineer during construction of the Johnson Street
Bridge in Victoria. Between 1919 and 1927 Frank and Eileen Allwood produced and
acted in plays and musicals in the Pantages Theatre. For four of those years,
Frank managed the company. He later returned to engineering and surveying, especially
in the Bridge River and Revelstoke areas. As President of the Revelstoke Board
of Trade, he helped organize the Big Bend Highway Association to promote completion
of that vital highway link. Frank Allwood returned to national service during
the Second World War but was invalided out with the rank of major in 1943. After
a short period with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Vancouver, he moved
to Kelowna where he opened a survey office and was appointed City Engineer of
Enderby. He died in Kelowna of a heart attack on 16 October 1946. Eileen Allwood
was living in Parksville in the late 1970s. The Allwoods had one son Patrick.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson
Street Bridge 1921-1923; two leaves of a scrapbook containing programs and newspaper
articles on Victoria musical revues and performers and one photograph; a poster
for the comic opera The Boy; and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages
Theatre, 1919-1927. The preliminary inventory sheet in the accession file attributes
many of the bridge photographs to Howard Chapman.
Donated in 1971 by Eileen Allwood, widow of F.H. Allwood.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1. |
PR 22 |
| Allwood, Frank Harold, 1889-1946 |
Allwood family fonds. -- 1921-1925. -- ca. 170 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). Frank Allwood was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, in 1889. After
he graduated in engineering from McGill University, he worked for the Dominion
Government, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Revelstoke. He served
in the Canadian Army between 1914 and 1919. Frank Allwood married Eileen Barry
in Cambridge, England, on 27 August 1918. Upon his discharge from the Army, he
completed his training as a surveyor and in 1920 received his BCLS commission.
In 1922 and 1923 he was resident engineer during construction of the Johnson Street
Bridge in Victoria. Between 1919 and 1927 Frank and Eileen Allwood produced and
acted in plays and musicals in the Pantages Theatre. For four of those years,
Frank managed the company. He later returned to engineering and surveying, especially
in the Bridge River and Revelstoke areas. As President of the Revelstoke Board
of Trade, he helped organize the Big Bend Highway Association to promote completion
of that vital highway link. Frank Allwood returned to national service during
the Second World War but was invalided out with the rank of major in 1943. After
a short period with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Vancouver, he moved
to Kelowna where he opened a survey office and was appointed City Engineer of
Enderby. He died in Kelowna of a heart attack on 16 October 1946. Eileen Allwood
was living in Parksville in the late 1970s. The Allwoods had one son Patrick.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson
Street Bridge 1921-1923; two leaves of a scrapbook containing programs and newspaper
articles on Victoria musical revues and performers and one photograph; a poster
for the comic opera The Boy; and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages
Theatre, 1919-1927. The preliminary inventory sheet in the accession file attributes
many of the bridge photographs to Howard Chapman.
Donated in 1971 by Eileen Allwood, widow of F.H. Allwood.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1. |
PR 22 |
| Amsden, Petra Caroline Hansine |
Petra Caroline Hansine Amsden fonds. -- [ca. 1902]-1941 (predominantly [ca.
1902-1920]). -- 63 photographs. Petra Caroline Hansine Bekker was the daughter
of Bertel C.B. Bekker and grew up in Cape Scott, Vancouver Island. She later moved
to Victoria where she worked in the seasonal job of strawberry picking. Following
this, she took up the position of school teacher in the interior of British Columbia
where she taught Doukhobor children. In 1923, she married William Frank Amsden
in Victoria. Petra died at Victoria General Hospital in 1983 at the age of 87.
Fonds consists of photographs of Petra Amsden and her family at Cape Scott, berry
picking in Gordon Head and teaching in the interior of British Columbia at Doukhobor
settlements.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 262 |
| Anderson, Louise B. |
Louise B. Anderson fonds. -- [ca. 1897-1907]. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
Louise B. Anderson was the daughter of Jane McCurdy, a resident of San Juan Island,
Seattle and Victoria. Louise later married George William Anderson, a furniture
salesman and alderman for the City of Victoria. Their family home was at 154 Robertson
Street in Victoria. Fonds consists of a scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings.
Clippings document prominent businessmen, politicians, buildings and the Royal
family.
Location: 27 B 6. |
PR 253 |
| Architects |
Thomas Charles Sorby fonds. -- 1885-1906. -- 0.17 m of textual records and
1 architectural sketch. Thomas Charles Sorby was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire
County, England in 1836 and studied architecture in London. Sorby emigrated to
Canada in 1883 and worked for several years in Montreal and Vancouver. In 1887,
he came to Victoria and began to design both residential and commercial buildings.
He also worked on plans for the development of Victoria's Inner Harbour and port
facilities. Sorby died in 1924 at the age of 88. Fonds consists of 3 scrapbooks
of newspaper clippings and 1 architectural sketch. Scrapbooks document Sorby's
work in Victoria, primarily his proposals regarding the development of the Inner
Harbour and James Bay Seawalls. Clippings also relate to technological developments,
such as fireproof building materials, which influence architectural development.
The architectural sketch is a proposed plan of the Parliament Buildings of British
Columbia.
Donated by Mrs. J. Wright, the daughter of Herbert Wilkinson.
Location: 27 A 5 - 27 A 6, Map 2 F 8. |
PR 109 |
| Architects |
Siddall Dennis Warner Architects fonds. -- [ca. 1962-1981]. -- ca. 1450 photographs
(0.24 m) and 0.01 m of textual records. Siddall Dennis Warner Architects was an
architectural firm that worked in the Victoria region from ca. 1970-1985. It evolved
out of the 1960s firm Siddall Dennis and Associates and was renamed in the mid
1980s to SDW Architects. It consisted of the architects Robert W. Siddall, Donald
D. Dennis and David H. Warner, architects who, among them, also worked at one
time for the firms James Polson and Siddall, Polson and Siddall, and RW Siddall
Associates. Fonds consists of photographs and pamphlets. Photographs consist of
images of construction sites, newly completed buildings and of streetscapes. Many
of these images relate to the construction of the University of Victoria, Victoria
Press Building, recreational buildings and private homes. Streetscapes include
images of many downtown streets, buildings and aerial views.
A file listing to the images is available.
Location: 27 E 5, 27 E 6, 27 F 9, 27 G 4. |
PR 125 |
| Architects |
McKillican & McCalman fonds. -- 1898-1905. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
McKillican & McCalman was composed of William D. McKillican and Peter McCalman,
both contractors and builders. Prior to this partnership, McKillican was involved
with another builder and contractor, W.J. Anderson, in the firm McKillican &
Anderson. As a partnership, McKillican & McCalman existed for several years
from ca. 1899-1905. They worked primarily as contractors and builders in the Victoria
region. Fonds consists of three series of records: cash journal (1898-1905); draft
tender proposals (1901-1905) and correspondence outward (1901-1902).
Location: 28 F 4. |
PR 151 |
| Architects - J.C.M. Keith |
Reginald J. Dove fonds. -- 1926-1957. -- 15 prints and 0.03 m of textual records.
Reginald J. Dove was a draftsman who worked in Victoria from the late 1920s to
ca. 1960. One of the projects that he worked on was the construction of the Christ
Church Cathedral, at which time he was in the employ of that building's architect
J.C.M. Keith. Fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting the construction
of Christ Church Cathedral.
Photographs consist of 14 prints and 1 postcard.
Copies of the images are available in the photographic access system under the
subject headings "Churches, Buildings - Christ Church Cathedral"; "Churches
- Clergy"; and "Architects."
Several of the photographs were taken by the commercial photographer W. Atkins
and are still under copyright.
Location: 26 D 4, 28 A 7. |
PR 89 |
| Architects - Maclure & Lort |
Ross Anthony Lort fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1930]. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Ross
Anthony Lort was born in 1889 in Birmingham, England. He began his career as an
architect by articling at Samuel Maclure's office in 1904. In 1919, Lort moved
to Vancouver where he became the a partner in the firm Maclure and Lort. Following
Maclure's death in 1929, Lort continued to practice on his own, later renaming
his firm Lort & Lort, in partnership with his son William. Fonds consists
of photographs. Images depict homes designed by the architectural firm of Maclure
& Lort, a portrait of Samuel Maclure and a photograph of a watercolour painting
of a Maclure designed home.
Fonds was donated by Williams Lort, the son of Ross Lort.
8 images taken from PR 73, H.U. Knight fonds, have apparently been interfiled
with these records. It is unclear which images came from which source.
Location: 28 A 6. |
PR 127 |
| Architects - Maclure, Samuel |
Ross Anthony Lort fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1930]. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Ross
Anthony Lort was born in 1889 in Birmingham, England. He began his career as an
architect by articling at Samuel Maclure's office in 1904. In 1919, Lort moved
to Vancouver where he became the a partner in the firm Maclure and Lort. Following
Maclure's death in 1929, Lort continued to practice on his own, later renaming
his firm Lort & Lort, in partnership with his son William. Fonds consists
of photographs. Images depict homes designed by the architectural firm of Maclure
& Lort, a portrait of Samuel Maclure and a photograph of a watercolour painting
of a Maclure designed home.
Fonds was donated by Williams Lort, the son of Ross Lort.
8 images taken from PR 73, H.U. Knight fonds, have apparently been interfiled
with these records. It is unclear which images came from which source.
Location: 28 A 6. |
PR 127 |
| Arion Male Voice Choir |
Arion Male Voice Choir fonds. -- 1892-1993. -- 1.95 m of textual records and
ca. 50 photographs (2.12 m). The Arion Male Voice Choir was founded in 1893 as
the Arion Club. Since that time the Victoria-based Choir has maintained a prominent
presence through its many concerts and appearances. In 1948 the name Arion Club
was replaced by the current name Arion Male Voice Choir. Fonds consists of the
following 24 series: constitution and by-laws (1893-1976); general supplies [19-?];
minutes (1908-1979); record of attendance (1970-1992); accounts (1907-1912); book
of revenue (1928-1965); budget (1931-1932); cash book (1930- 1967); current account
register sheet (1974-1982); day book (1959-1967); financial statements (1949-1983);
records relating to grant applications (1974-1977); concert tickets (1949-1967);
correspondence (1927-1979); general operational files (1901-1935); guard books
(1899-1973); miscellaneous operational files (1893-1967); photographs [ca.1950];
programmes (1893-1967); records relating to Arion Club- Orpheus Club reunion (1912-1913);
records relating to ticket sales (1977-1981); records relating to visit to the
United Kingdom (1973); annual general history files (1893-1993); newspaper clippings
(1893-1992).
Fonds consists of three separate accessions acquired over the course of eight
years. Accession numbers are: 98505-07, 99207-04, and 99307-03.
Inventory available.
Location: 28 C 6-7, 34 B 5 - 34 C 4, 34 G 2, 35 A1-2, 36 B 1-2. |
PR 56 |
| Armour, Frances |
Frances Armour fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1945. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Francis
Armour worked as an assistant manager for two Victoria area hotels. In the early
1920s, Mrs. Armour assisted in the management of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, in conjunction
with her husband Stuart Armour. Later, starting in the late 1930s or 1940s, she
joined her sister Jane Ewing, the proprietor of the Old Charming Inn, as the assistant
manager. Mrs. Armour worked at the Old Charming Inn until the early 1950s. Fonds
consists of photographs of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, Old Charming Inn and their
surrounding areas.
Photographs consist of 24 postcards and 20 prints.
Location: 26 B 6. |
PR 81 |
| Bagshaw family |
Bagshaw, Slater family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1950]. -- 41 photographs (0.02
m). George James Bagshaw was born in Kent, England and moved to Victoria about
1891. Bagshaw and his wife Ellen had a total of five children before their deaths
in 1931 and 1938 respectively. Bagshaw worked as a gardener in George J. Bagshaw
& Son, a Company he operated with his son Ralph.
Captain Andrew Slater was born in the Shetland Islands and came to Victoria ca.
1905. Slater worked as a ship's officer and seaman. Slater and his wife Jessie
had a total of four children. Andrew Slater died in 1929 and Jessie died in 1941.
Arthur L. Bagshaw, the son of Ralph and Bertha Bagshaw, and Grace M.C. Slater,
the daughter of Andrew and Jessie Slater were married in 1931. Both worked as
school teachers in the Victoria region. Fonds consists of photographs of the various
members of the Bagshaw family, their occupations, visits to various local parks
and beaches, and images of floatplanes in the Inner Harbour.
Photographs consist of 40 prints and 1 postcard.
Records were donated by Darlaine E. Bagshaw.
Fonds consists of original prints and copies of loaned images. Many images are
available in the Archives' photographic access system under the heading of "Bagshaw
Family."
A family tree of the Bagshaw and Slater families is available.
Location: 26 D 5. |
PR 92 |
| Bagshaw, Arthur L. |
Bagshaw, Slater family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1950]. -- 41 photographs (0.02
m). George James Bagshaw was born in Kent, England and moved to Victoria about
1891. Bagshaw and his wife Ellen had a total of five children before their deaths
in 1931 and 1938 respectively. Bagshaw worked as a gardener in George J. Bagshaw
& Son, a Company he operated with his son Ralph.
Captain Andrew Slater was born in the Shetland Islands and came to Victoria ca.
1905. Slater worked as a ship's officer and seaman. Slater and his wife Jessie
had a total of four children. Andrew Slater died in 1929 and Jessie died in 1941.
Arthur L. Bagshaw, the son of Ralph and Bertha Bagshaw, and Grace M.C. Slater,
the daughter of Andrew and Jessie Slater were married in 1931. Both worked as
school teachers in the Victoria region. Fonds consists of photographs of the various
members of the Bagshaw family, their occupations, visits to various local parks
and beaches, and images of floatplanes in the Inner Harbour.
Photographs consist of 40 prints and 1 postcard.
Records were donated by Darlaine E. Bagshaw.
Fonds consists of original prints and copies of loaned images. Many images are
available in the Archives' photographic access system under the heading of "Bagshaw
Family."
A family tree of the Bagshaw and Slater families is available.
Location: 26 D 5. |
PR 92 |
| Banyard, Roland |
Roland Banyard fonds. -- 1887-[197-?]. -- ca. 50 photographs and 7 maps (0.05
m). Roland Banyard was a photographer for the Canadian Hydrographic Survey. Fonds
consists of photographs and maps, most of which probably originated with the Canadian
Hydrographic Service. The photographs include views of three girls on Willows
Beach, including the future Alfred Banyard; a wrecked barge in Tahsis Inlet; Coast
Guard ships and boats; the West Coast of Vancouver Island, including Tofino airport
tower and hydrographic surveying scenes; Bamberton; early wireless radio rooms;
lighthouses and light ships; and the demolition of Ripple Rock. The maps include
five of the six sheets of a British military map of Greater Victoria (Maps/B0033);
southwestern British Columbia (Maps/B0062); and a hydrographic chart of Pender
Harbour.
Acquired from Roland Banyard in the 1970s.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 28 C 5, 36 F 2, Map 1 E-F. |
PR 25 |
| Barbers |
Journeymen Barber's International Union of America, local 372 fonds. -- 1902-1972.
-- 0.16 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. The Journeymen Barber's International
Union of America, local 372 was established on January 11, 1902. It was formed
to represent the interests of barbers, hairdressers and cosmetologists in the
area of Greater Victoria and parts of Vancouver Island as far north and including
Chemainus. Local 372 amalgamated with the Vancouver Local ca. 1980. Fonds consists
of by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership dues ledgers, monthly reports of the
corresponding secretary, correspondence and artifacts.
Donated by Len Stephenson, a former member of Local 372.
Also known as the Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmetologists International
Union of America, Local 372 and the Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists
and Proprietors' International Union, Local 372.
Location: 27 D 2 - 27 D 3. |
PR 117 |
| Barnsley family (John Barnsley, d. 1924) |
John Barnsley fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1916]. -- ca. 140 photographs and 0.01 m
of textual records (0.09 m). John Barnsley was born in Birmingham, England, and
immigrated to British Columbia in the 1880s. He ran a sporting goods store in
Victoria and was later the secretary-manager of the Boscowitz Steamship Company.
When that company was bought out by the Union Steamship Company in 1910, he was
appointed agent at Prince Rupert, effectively the Union Steamship northern manager.
He became assistant manager of the firm in 1917 and manager from 1920 to 1924
(managing director from 1922 on). John Barnsley died in Vancouver on 19 August
1924 at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth, sons Jack and Frank
and a daughter Clara Robinson. Fonds consists of photographic prints (including
copy prints from an album evidently loaned to the Archives) and glass negatives
and a file of bills, cancelled cheques, receipts and correspondence belonging
to John Barnsley. The photographs show family members in Victoria and Prince Rupert;
the Barnsley country home Langford Lodge; early automobiles; interiors and exteriors
of Barnsley's Sporting Goods and Gunsmiths; and miscellaneous views taken in the
Victoria area.
Donated by A.L. Robertson, son-in-law of John Barnsley.
An item list of the copy prints is available.
Location: 25 G 2, 36 E 3. |
PR 24 |
| Barnsley, John, d. 1924 |
John Barnsley fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1916]. -- ca. 140 photographs and 0.01 m
of textual records (0.09 m). John Barnsley was born in Birmingham, England, and
immigrated to British Columbia in the 1880s. He ran a sporting goods store in
Victoria and was later the secretary-manager of the Boscowitz Steamship Company.
When that company was bought out by the Union Steamship Company in 1910, he was
appointed agent at Prince Rupert, effectively the Union Steamship northern manager.
He became assistant manager of the firm in 1917 and manager from 1920 to 1924
(managing director from 1922 on). John Barnsley died in Vancouver on 19 August
1924 at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth, sons Jack and Frank
and a daughter Clara Robinson. Fonds consists of photographic prints (including
copy prints from an album evidently loaned to the Archives) and glass negatives
and a file of bills, cancelled cheques, receipts and correspondence belonging
to John Barnsley. The photographs show family members in Victoria and Prince Rupert;
the Barnsley country home Langford Lodge; early automobiles; interiors and exteriors
of Barnsley's Sporting Goods and Gunsmiths; and miscellaneous views taken in the
Victoria area.
Donated by A.L. Robertson, son-in-law of John Barnsley.
An item list of the copy prints is available.
Location: 25 G 2, 36 E 3. |
PR 24 |
| Bartholomew, Fredereck William |
Muriel Evans fonds. -- [1911?]-1968 (predominantly 1911-1945). -- 0.05 m of
textual records and 4 photographs (0.06 m). Muriel Bartholomew was born at Southend-on-Sea,
England, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bartholomew. She came to Victoria with
her family in 1911. In 1915 she began working as a stenographer with the Victoria
Police Department and was soon encouraged to study fingerprinting. When John Wesley
Edwards, the Department official responsible for the fingerprint files, left to
join the army, Muriel took up the work. From about 1923 to 1930 she was a stenographer
for the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. On 29 September 1930 Muriel
Evans married Ernest Albert Evans in Victoria. Fonds consists of a certificate,
typescript report, books and pamphlets related to Muriel Evans's work as a fingerprint
expert; part of an article on her by Cecil Clark; certificates related to her
first aid and civil defence work during World War II; photographs of school classes
(including Fred Bartholomew?); and a photograph of the intersection of Blanshard
and View Streets showing the YMCA Building and St. Ann's Kindergarten & Primary
School.
Donated ca. 1970 by Fred Bartholomew, brother of Muriel Evans.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 15 |
| Bayliss Sign |
Bayliss Sign fonds. -- [196-]-1990. -- ca. 2400 photographs (0.4 m). Bayliss
Sign Limited was started in the 1920s by William Albert Bayliss. The Company specialized
in neon signs and, for a period, between the 1940s and 1960s, the Company was
known as Bayliss Neon Sign Company. Since that time the Company has been known
by the name Bayliss Sign Limited. Fonds consists of photographs of signs on buildings.
Photographs are arranged into three series including alphabetical files [196-]
and miscellaneous signs [ca. 1980-1991] and staff photographs [ca. 1960-1980].
Photographs consist of negatives, prints, slides and copy prints.
Location: 32 D 4 - 32 D 6, 31 E 4. |
PR 208 |
| Bays - Gonzales Bay |
Ken Crabtree fonds. -- [193-?]. -- 6 photographs. Ken Crabtree was a draftsman
who worked for the British Columbia Government for over 25 years. From 1927 to
the end of the 1930s, Crabtree lived at Harling Point facing Gonzales Bay. Fonds
consists of photographs, taken by Ken Crabtree's father Levi, of Ken Crabtree
boating in Gonzales Bay.
Donated by Diana Dunic, the daughter of Ken Crabtree.
Location: 29 D 8. |
PR 186 |
| Beaton, Daisy Edna Kathleen |
Jones family fonds. -- [188-]-1966. -- ca. 500 photographs (0.13 m). Henry
Humphrey Jones was born in Newtonville, Ontario, and came to Victoria in 1898,
intending to continue on to the Klondike to search for gold. Instead he stopped
in Victoria and worked as a furniture salesman for Weiler Brothers for four years.
He then opened his own business engaging in brokerage, real estate, mining and
timber. In the 1920s he took up a gold mining claim in the Lillooet district,
but that operation was wiped out by fire in 1947, taking all of Mr. Jones's assets
with it. He lived for a time in the United States and died in Victoria on 31 July
1954. He had four children Aubrey H.C. Jones, Daisy Edna Kathleen Beaton, Julia
Helen Evelyn Jones and R.H.B. Jones. Fonds consists of ca. 500 photographs, loose
and in albums. Most individuals and groups in the images are not identified, although
group portraits of the Spencer family, the Clay children and Evelyn Jones's school
or college classmates in Hamilton, Ontario, are noted. Various Victoria area views
include images of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901, a floating
Japanese teahouse at the Gorge Park and the Exhibition Hall at Willows. There
are several images of the house and garden at Orchard House, the Jones family
residence at 633 Michigan Street. Other Victoria residences pictured are Hollywood
(the Shotbolt home) and the home of A.J. Smith at 36 Superior Street.
Donated in 1970 by Daisy Beaton (née Jones) of Mission, B.C.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 5. |
PR 17 |
| Beckett, V. Elspeth (Betty) |
Monteith family fonds. -- 1914-1975 (predominantly 1914-1918). -- 0.05 m of
textual records and 32 photographs. Annie Berkely Monteith was the wife of William
Monteith an official administrator in Victoria. She had four daughters and two
sons, Major Roger George Monteith and Lieutenant William Berkely, both of whom
served in the Canadian Army during World War One. Roger Monteith's daughter was
V. Elspeth "Betty" Beckett. V. Elspeth married Fred Beckett. Fonds consists
of a scrapbook of the First World War conflict compiled by Anne Berkely Monteith
for her two sons Roger George Monteith and William Berkely Monteith. Scrapbook
contains newspaper clippings, photographs and correspondence relating to the conflict.
The scrapbook was later updated, presumably by V. Elspeth Beckett, to include
newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Roger and William.
Location: 29 A 1. |
PR 166 |
| Beeching, Thomas A.G. |
Thomas Arthur Beeching fonds. -- [ca. 1870-1940]. -- 167 photographs (0.06
m) and 0.01 m of textual records. Thomas Arthur Beeching and Beatrice Beeching
had one son Thomas A.G. Beeching. Thomas A.G. Beeching was a graduate of Oak Bay
High School and later became an electrical engineer. The Beeching family lived
at 3270 Upper Terrace from ca. 1932 to 1960. Thomas Arthur died in 1937. Fonds
consist of photographs and miscellaneous cards. Photographs consist of images
of the Beeching family, including vacations, the family residences, friends of
the family and the Oak Bay High School graduating class of 1933. Miscellaneous
cards consist of car insurance forms and invoices.
Location: 29 F 1, 31 F 3, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 191 |
| Beeching, Thomas Arthur, d. 1937 |
Thomas Arthur Beeching fonds. -- [ca. 1870-1940]. -- 167 photographs (0.06
m) and 0.01 m of textual records. Thomas Arthur Beeching and Beatrice Beeching
had one son Thomas A.G. Beeching. Thomas A.G. Beeching was a graduate of Oak Bay
High School and later became an electrical engineer. The Beeching family lived
at 3270 Upper Terrace from ca. 1932 to 1960. Thomas Arthur died in 1937. Fonds
consist of photographs and miscellaneous cards. Photographs consist of images
of the Beeching family, including vacations, the family residences, friends of
the family and the Oak Bay High School graduating class of 1933. Miscellaneous
cards consist of car insurance forms and invoices.
Location: 29 F 1, 31 F 3, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 191 |
| Billingsley, Wilson |
Wilson Billingsley fonds. -- 1932. -- 4 photographs. Wilson Billingsley lived
in Victoria until about 1937. His brother Malcolm worked at George Straith's clothing
store for several years from 1932-1934. Fonds consists of photographs depicting
a storm at Ross Bay and George Straith Jr. standing on the beach at Ross Bay.
George Straith Jr. became a director of George Straith Limited in the 1950s.
Location: 28 F 6. |
PR 161 |
| Blake, Hudson W. |
Hudson W. Blake fonds. -- 1910-1923. -- ca. 400 photographs. Hudson W. Blake
was born in Victoria, the son of William Alfred and Hazel B. Blake. He was crippled
by a fall at the age of thirteen. Blake joined the staff of the British Columbia
Government Travel Bureau in 1943, but had to resign due to ill health. After World
War II he opened the B.C. Craft House in Victoria to sell crafts produced by other
handicapped people.
William Alfred Blake was born in Victoria on 31 May 1883. As a young man he played
lacrosse. He was a sign painter by trade and ran his own sign shop for 40 years.
In 1923 he married Hazel B. Smith and had two children Hudson and Peggy (later
McAllan). He died in July 1964. Fonds consists of one album and four loose photographs
showing relatives and friends of Hudson Blake's father William Alfred Blake. Most
photos have captions. Some individuals are identified, but their relationships
are not clear. Group photos include classes at Oaklands School, lacrosse teams
and Canadian Army units (World War I).
Donated in 1970 by Hudson Blake.
Location: 25 E 7, 25 G 2. |
PR 21 |
| Blake, William Alfred, 1883-1964 |
Hudson W. Blake fonds. -- 1910-1923. -- ca. 400 photographs. Hudson W. Blake
was born in Victoria, the son of William Alfred and Hazel B. Blake. He was crippled
by a fall at the age of thirteen. Blake joined the staff of the British Columbia
Government Travel Bureau in 1943, but had to resign due to ill health. After World
War II he opened the B.C. Craft House in Victoria to sell crafts produced by other
handicapped people.
William Alfred Blake was born in Victoria on 31 May 1883. As a young man he played
lacrosse. He was a sign painter by trade and ran his own sign shop for 40 years.
In 1923 he married Hazel B. Smith and had two children Hudson and Peggy (later
McAllan). He died in July 1964. Fonds consists of one album and four loose photographs
showing relatives and friends of Hudson Blake's father William Alfred Blake. Most
photos have captions. Some individuals are identified, but their relationships
are not clear. Group photos include classes at Oaklands School, lacrosse teams
and Canadian Army units (World War I).
Donated in 1970 by Hudson Blake.
Location: 25 E 7, 25 G 2. |
PR 21 |
| Blenkinsop family |
Blenkinsop family fonds. -- 1907-[1972?]. -- 1150 photographs (0.29 m) and
0.01 m of textual records. Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop was born in England in the
1890s and came to Canada ca. 1908. After a period spent working on a ranch in
the Chilco region of British Columbia, Hubert joined the Military and served overseas
in World War One. Following his return, Hubert married Winsome Hazel Neroutsos
in 1919. The newlyweds then moved to the interior of British Columbia before returning
to Victoria about 1928. While in Victoria, Hubert worked as a salesman for a variety
of firms. The Blenkinsops had one child, Edward, in 1920. Edward "Teddy"
Blenkinsop joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot in
Europe until his death in 1945 at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Fonds consists
of ca. 1150 photographs and one recognition form recognizing service in the Canadian
expeditionary forces in World War One. The majority of the photographs are stored
in photo albums and document Hubert Blenkinsop's early life in England, his time
spent on a farm in the Chilco region of British Columbia, his service in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during World War One, and his married life and family. Later
volumes of the photo albums were presumably compiled by Winsome Blenkinsop and
document holidays, vacations, places of residence, parades, buildings and construction
sites in Victoria.
Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the subject heading "H.W. Blenkinsop family."
Location: 26 B 3, 26 B 5, 26 D 2. |
PR 77 |
| Blenkinsop, Edward Weyman, 1920-1945 |
Blenkinsop family fonds. -- 1907-[1972?]. -- 1150 photographs (0.29 m) and
0.01 m of textual records. Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop was born in England in the
1890s and came to Canada ca. 1908. After a period spent working on a ranch in
the Chilco region of British Columbia, Hubert joined the Military and served overseas
in World War One. Following his return, Hubert married Winsome Hazel Neroutsos
in 1919. The newlyweds then moved to the interior of British Columbia before returning
to Victoria about 1928. While in Victoria, Hubert worked as a salesman for a variety
of firms. The Blenkinsops had one child, Edward, in 1920. Edward "Teddy"
Blenkinsop joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot in
Europe until his death in 1945 at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Fonds consists
of ca. 1150 photographs and one recognition form recognizing service in the Canadian
expeditionary forces in World War One. The majority of the photographs are stored
in photo albums and document Hubert Blenkinsop's early life in England, his time
spent on a farm in the Chilco region of British Columbia, his service in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during World War One, and his married life and family. Later
volumes of the photo albums were presumably compiled by Winsome Blenkinsop and
document holidays, vacations, places of residence, parades, buildings and construction
sites in Victoria.
Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the subject heading "H.W. Blenkinsop family."
Location: 26 B 3, 26 B 5, 26 D 2. |
PR 77 |
| Blenkinsop, Hubert Weyman, d. 1973 |
Blenkinsop family fonds. -- 1907-[1972?]. -- 1150 photographs (0.29 m) and
0.01 m of textual records. Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop was born in England in the
1890s and came to Canada ca. 1908. After a period spent working on a ranch in
the Chilco region of British Columbia, Hubert joined the Military and served overseas
in World War One. Following his return, Hubert married Winsome Hazel Neroutsos
in 1919. The newlyweds then moved to the interior of British Columbia before returning
to Victoria about 1928. While in Victoria, Hubert worked as a salesman for a variety
of firms. The Blenkinsops had one child, Edward, in 1920. Edward "Teddy"
Blenkinsop joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot in
Europe until his death in 1945 at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Fonds consists
of ca. 1150 photographs and one recognition form recognizing service in the Canadian
expeditionary forces in World War One. The majority of the photographs are stored
in photo albums and document Hubert Blenkinsop's early life in England, his time
spent on a farm in the Chilco region of British Columbia, his service in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during World War One, and his married life and family. Later
volumes of the photo albums were presumably compiled by Winsome Blenkinsop and
document holidays, vacations, places of residence, parades, buildings and construction
sites in Victoria.
Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the subject heading "H.W. Blenkinsop family."
Location: 26 B 3, 26 B 5, 26 D 2. |
PR 77 |
| Blenkinsop, Winsome Hazel, 1899-1986 |
Blenkinsop family fonds. -- 1907-[1972?]. -- 1150 photographs (0.29 m) and
0.01 m of textual records. Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop was born in England in the
1890s and came to Canada ca. 1908. After a period spent working on a ranch in
the Chilco region of British Columbia, Hubert joined the Military and served overseas
in World War One. Following his return, Hubert married Winsome Hazel Neroutsos
in 1919. The newlyweds then moved to the interior of British Columbia before returning
to Victoria about 1928. While in Victoria, Hubert worked as a salesman for a variety
of firms. The Blenkinsops had one child, Edward, in 1920. Edward "Teddy"
Blenkinsop joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot in
Europe until his death in 1945 at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Fonds consists
of ca. 1150 photographs and one recognition form recognizing service in the Canadian
expeditionary forces in World War One. The majority of the photographs are stored
in photo albums and document Hubert Blenkinsop's early life in England, his time
spent on a farm in the Chilco region of British Columbia, his service in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during World War One, and his married life and family. Later
volumes of the photo albums were presumably compiled by Winsome Blenkinsop and
document holidays, vacations, places of residence, parades, buildings and construction
sites in Victoria.
Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the subject heading "H.W. Blenkinsop family."
Location: 26 B 3, 26 B 5, 26 D 2. |
PR 77 |
| Boggs, Beaumont |
Beaumont Boggs fonds. -- [ca. 1885-1925]. -- 87 photographs (0.04 m). Beaumont
Boggs was born in 1863 and came to Victoria about 1886. In the 1890s, Boggs opened
the real estate and insurance firm Boggs, Beaumont & Company. He later went
into partnership with Robert S. Day in the firm Day & Boggs. Boggs was married
to Louisa Mary Richardson and had four children Arthur, Herbert, Mary and Dorothy.
The family residence, "Maplewood," was built at 1133 Catherine Street.
Fonds consists of photographs of the Boggs family, family residence at 1133 Catherine
Street, and a survey party under the direction of J. Pemberton working in the
Dease Lake region of British Columbia.
Includes 87 copy negatives and 72 prints taken from the negatives.
Loaned by Thomas Allsop Brown, the husband of Mary Boggs.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 26 E 5, 29 F 2. |
PR 239 |
| Bossi family |
Bossi family fonds. -- 1852-1949 (predominantly 1875-1896). -- 17 photographs
(0.03), 0.02 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. Carlo Bossi was born in Italy
in 1826. In 1850, he came to North America, first settling in New York, then San
Francisco, before coming to Victoria in 1858. Prior to his arrival in Victoria,
Carlo Bossi found employment as a marble cutter. In Victoria, he became a merchant,
opening up a general store on Johnson Street, and later in 1868, a grocery store
on Yates Street. He was also the owner of a Hotel at the corner of Pandora and
Blanshard Streets. He died in 1895.
Carlo's brother Giacomo Bossi was born in 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1865
where he worked originally as a merchant and later as a hotelkeeper. He died in
1893 at the age of 62.
Calvin Andrew Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He was born in 1866
in Italy and came to Victoria in 1889. In 1894, he married Louise Caroline Schnek.
He worked as a grocer and labourer for many years in the City.
Vincent Louis Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He died in 1896 in
the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds consists of four series of records: photographs,
bankbook of C. Bossi, miscellaneous records and artifacts. Photographs consist
of portraits of Bossi family members and the Point Ellice Bridge collapse. Miscellaneous
records consist of a letter of introduction and death certificate cards. Artifacts
include a wallet, purse and contents and a ring.
Fonds was donated by Anita Bossi, the daughter of Calvin and Louise Bossi.
A Bossi family tree is available.
Location: 28 D 8, 28 E 6 - 28 E 7. |
PR 140 |
| Bossi, Carlo, d. 1895 |
Bossi family fonds. -- 1852-1949 (predominantly 1875-1896). -- 17 photographs
(0.03), 0.02 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. Carlo Bossi was born in Italy
in 1826. In 1850, he came to North America, first settling in New York, then San
Francisco, before coming to Victoria in 1858. Prior to his arrival in Victoria,
Carlo Bossi found employment as a marble cutter. In Victoria, he became a merchant,
opening up a general store on Johnson Street, and later in 1868, a grocery store
on Yates Street. He was also the owner of a Hotel at the corner of Pandora and
Blanshard Streets. He died in 1895.
Carlo's brother Giacomo Bossi was born in 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1865
where he worked originally as a merchant and later as a hotelkeeper. He died in
1893 at the age of 62.
Calvin Andrew Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He was born in 1866
in Italy and came to Victoria in 1889. In 1894, he married Louise Caroline Schnek.
He worked as a grocer and labourer for many years in the City.
Vincent Louis Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He died in 1896 in
the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds consists of four series of records: photographs,
bankbook of C. Bossi, miscellaneous records and artifacts. Photographs consist
of portraits of Bossi family members and the Point Ellice Bridge collapse. Miscellaneous
records consist of a letter of introduction and death certificate cards. Artifacts
include a wallet, purse and contents and a ring.
Fonds was donated by Anita Bossi, the daughter of Calvin and Louise Bossi.
A Bossi family tree is available.
Location: 28 D 8, 28 E 6 - 28 E 7. |
PR 140 |
| Bossi, Giacomo, d. 1893 |
Bossi family fonds. -- 1852-1949 (predominantly 1875-1896). -- 17 photographs
(0.03), 0.02 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. Carlo Bossi was born in Italy
in 1826. In 1850, he came to North America, first settling in New York, then San
Francisco, before coming to Victoria in 1858. Prior to his arrival in Victoria,
Carlo Bossi found employment as a marble cutter. In Victoria, he became a merchant,
opening up a general store on Johnson Street, and later in 1868, a grocery store
on Yates Street. He was also the owner of a Hotel at the corner of Pandora and
Blanshard Streets. He died in 1895.
Carlo's brother Giacomo Bossi was born in 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1865
where he worked originally as a merchant and later as a hotelkeeper. He died in
1893 at the age of 62.
Calvin Andrew Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He was born in 1866
in Italy and came to Victoria in 1889. In 1894, he married Louise Caroline Schnek.
He worked as a grocer and labourer for many years in the City.
Vincent Louis Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He died in 1896 in
the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds consists of four series of records: photographs,
bankbook of C. Bossi, miscellaneous records and artifacts. Photographs consist
of portraits of Bossi family members and the Point Ellice Bridge collapse. Miscellaneous
records consist of a letter of introduction and death certificate cards. Artifacts
include a wallet, purse and contents and a ring.
Fonds was donated by Anita Bossi, the daughter of Calvin and Louise Bossi.
A Bossi family tree is available.
Location: 28 D 8, 28 E 6 - 28 E 7. |
PR 140 |
| Boulter, Fred H. |
Fred and Margaret Boulter fonds. -- [ca. 1954-1957]. -- 6 photographs. Fred
and Margaret Boulter were caretakers at Thetis Lake Park from 1954-1957. Fonds
consists of photographs of Thetis Lake and the Thetis Lake dance pavillion.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 202 |
| Boulter, Margaret |
Fred and Margaret Boulter fonds. -- [ca. 1954-1957]. -- 6 photographs. Fred
and Margaret Boulter were caretakers at Thetis Lake Park from 1954-1957. Fonds
consists of photographs of Thetis Lake and the Thetis Lake dance pavillion.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 202 |
| Bowden, Janet, d. 1976 |
Janet Bowden fonds. -- 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912). -- 64 photographs
and 0.04 m of textual records (0.07 m). Janet Bowden was born Janet Wilde in England.
While on a visit there in 1896 or 1897 Mabel Higgs (later the wife of Martin Allerdale
Grainger) and her sister Winifred (later Grey) persuaded Janet's mother, a struggling
widow with three children, to let them take Janet, then about ten or eleven years
old, to British Columbia to educate and raise her. About 1900 Janet was sent to
The Cliffs, a private school in Duncan, where she made friends with Judith Phillipps-Wolley,
daughter of the writer and well-known imperialist Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley.
She later became a stenographer in Seattle and then Kelowna. She followed the
same occupation with the British Columbia Government in Victoria and lived on
Lampson Street from the 1930s until about 1970. About 1941 or 1942 she married
J.L. Bowden, but was widowed only a few years later. Janet Bowden died at Sandringham
Hospital in Victoria on 29 September 1976. Martin Allerdale Grainger was born
in London in 1874 and spent his childhood in Australia. He graduated in 1896 from
Cambridge, where he excelled in mathematics. He spent a number of years in northern
British Columbia, fought in the Boer War and worked at placer mining, logging
and journalism back in B.C. In 1908 while in England he wrote Woodsmen of the
West based on his own experiences. He returned to the forest industry of British
Columbia in 1910 where he held successive positions as secretary to the Royal
Commission on Forestry, Deputy Chief Forester and Chief Forester. After 1920 he
ran his own lumbering firm. Grainger died in Vancouver in 1941. Fonds consists
of an album (inscribed to Janet "from Judith Phillipps-Wolley, Xmas 1906")
containing photographs and a copy of Martin Allerdale Grainger's Woodsmen of the
West (London: Arnold, 1908). Photographs include individuals and groups; houses
on Samuel Island, Eburne, Vancouver; Martin Grainger's house on Lampson Street,
Esquimalt; views of the coast of British Columbia, including the Gulf Islands.
One of the photographs is reproduced in Woodsmen of the West.
Donated by Heather Brown, 12 May 1975.
Location: 25 F 5. |
PR 29 |
| Bradley-Dyne family |
Payne family fonds. -- [ca. 1900]. -- ca. 100 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). The Payne family first appeared in the Gulf Islands in 1886
with the arrival of Gerald Fitzroy Payne (d. 1952). He was followed the next year
by his brother Charles who settled on Saturna Island. In 1892 a younger brother
Harold Digby Payne arrived on Saturna and opened a store and post office. Later
he followed his brothers' lead and took up sheep raising on the island. Gerald
Payne entered the towing business with his brother Jack, who later returned to
England. About 1902 a fourth brother, Hubert St. John Payne (1871-1963), an Anglican
priest and Harold's twin, arrived in British Columbia. Among his many charges,
Hubert was rector of St. Barnabas and St. Mary's Anglican Churches in Victoria,
as well as being associated with the B.C. Coast Mission. In 1896 the Paynes' sister
Katherine Janet Bradley-Dyne (d. 1954) and her husband George moved to North Saanich,
where they bought a farm from Dr. J.S. Helmcken and began raising Jersey cattle.
After selling out in 1911, they moved to another farm at Somenos but moved back
to the original North Saanich farm in 1934. Eventually Gerald, Harold and Hubert
settled in North Saanich near their sister. Fonds consists of an album of photographs
and one nitrate negative of the farms of Harold and Gerald Payne and the Bradley-Dyne
family on Saturna Island as well as scenes of North Saanich. It also includes
images of fishing, presumably in the Gulf Islands, sea bird eggs and travels in
the British Isles, Europe and Rhodesia.
Donated about 1970 by Harriet R. Owen (née Payne).
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 C 1, 113 B 13. |
PR 8 |
| Bradley-Dyne family |
Coles, Howell & Company fonds. -- 1875-1935. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Coles, Howell & Company was formed about 1927 when Arthur Coles and George
C. Howell merged their real estate and insurance firms. Following Coles' death
in 1930, George C. Howell continued as president of the Company until the late
1940s. Fonds consists of agreements and correspondence relating to the development
and subdivision of the Bradley-Dyne property located at Union Bay in the Saanich
Inlet.
An item list of the records is available.
George and Katherine Bradley-Dyne were farmers in the North Saanich region. They
formed the Union Bay Development Company to subdivide their property.
Location: 29 D 7. |
PR 184 |
| Brand, Winnett A. |
Winnett A. Brand fonds. -- 1913-1945. -- 6 photographs. Winnett A. Brand (née
Copeland) was a teacher in Victoria schools and later an instructor in education
at the Victoria Normal School, Victoria College and University of Victoria. Fonds
consists of photographs showing a grade 3 class at Girls' Central School (Winnett
Copeland is a pupil); classes of Chinese students at Kings Road School (some classes
taught by Miss Copeland); and the second kindergarten class in Victoria, 1945.
Donated by Winnett A Brand through her sister Glen Ellen Bentley, November 1979.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3. |
PR 54 |
| Bridges - Gorge |
J. Howard Chapman collection. -- [ca. 1900-1933]. -- 88 photographs (0.13
m). J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he
worked as a travelling salesman, but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and took
photographs throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic
work on the people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria. Collection consists
of lantern slides and negatives documenting the construction of the Johnson St.
Bridge and an unidentified Bridge.
Photographs consist of 50 lantern slides and 38 negatives.
Copies of images are found in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Bridges."
Location: 44 D 1, 3rd fl - 113 B 13. |
PR 96 |
| Bridges - Johnson Street |
Allwood family fonds. -- 1921-1925. -- ca. 170 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records (0.07 m). Frank Allwood was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, in 1889. After
he graduated in engineering from McGill University, he worked for the Dominion
Government, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Revelstoke. He served
in the Canadian Army between 1914 and 1919. Frank Allwood married Eileen Barry
in Cambridge, England, on 27 August 1918. Upon his discharge from the Army, he
completed his training as a surveyor and in 1920 received his BCLS commission.
In 1922 and 1923 he was resident engineer during construction of the Johnson Street
Bridge in Victoria. Between 1919 and 1927 Frank and Eileen Allwood produced and
acted in plays and musicals in the Pantages Theatre. For four of those years,
Frank managed the company. He later returned to engineering and surveying, especially
in the Bridge River and Revelstoke areas. As President of the Revelstoke Board
of Trade, he helped organize the Big Bend Highway Association to promote completion
of that vital highway link. Frank Allwood returned to national service during
the Second World War but was invalided out with the rank of major in 1943. After
a short period with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Vancouver, he moved
to Kelowna where he opened a survey office and was appointed City Engineer of
Enderby. He died in Kelowna of a heart attack on 16 October 1946. Eileen Allwood
was living in Parksville in the late 1970s. The Allwoods had one son Patrick.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson
Street Bridge 1921-1923; two leaves of a scrapbook containing programs and newspaper
articles on Victoria musical revues and performers and one photograph; a poster
for the comic opera The Boy; and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages
Theatre, 1919-1927. The preliminary inventory sheet in the accession file attributes
many of the bridge photographs to Howard Chapman.
Donated in 1971 by Eileen Allwood, widow of F.H. Allwood.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1. |
PR 22 |
| Bridges - Johnson Street |
J. Howard Chapman collection. -- [ca. 1900-1933]. -- 88 photographs (0.13
m). J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he
worked as a travelling salesman, but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and took
photographs throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic
work on the people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria. Collection consists
of lantern slides and negatives documenting the construction of the Johnson St.
Bridge and an unidentified Bridge.
Photographs consist of 50 lantern slides and 38 negatives.
Copies of images are found in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Bridges."
Location: 44 D 1, 3rd fl - 113 B 13. |
PR 96 |
| Bridges - Point Ellice Bridge |
Bossi family fonds. -- 1852-1949 (predominantly 1875-1896). -- 17 photographs
(0.03), 0.02 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. Carlo Bossi was born in Italy
in 1826. In 1850, he came to North America, first settling in New York, then San
Francisco, before coming to Victoria in 1858. Prior to his arrival in Victoria,
Carlo Bossi found employment as a marble cutter. In Victoria, he became a merchant,
opening up a general store on Johnson Street, and later in 1868, a grocery store
on Yates Street. He was also the owner of a Hotel at the corner of Pandora and
Blanshard Streets. He died in 1895.
Carlo's brother Giacomo Bossi was born in 1831. He arrived in Victoria in 1865
where he worked originally as a merchant and later as a hotelkeeper. He died in
1893 at the age of 62.
Calvin Andrew Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He was born in 1866
in Italy and came to Victoria in 1889. In 1894, he married Louise Caroline Schnek.
He worked as a grocer and labourer for many years in the City.
Vincent Louis Bossi was a nephew of Carlo and Giacomo Bossi. He died in 1896 in
the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds consists of four series of records: photographs,
bankbook of C. Bossi, miscellaneous records and artifacts. Photographs consist
of portraits of Bossi family members and the Point Ellice Bridge collapse. Miscellaneous
records consist of a letter of introduction and death certificate cards. Artifacts
include a wallet, purse and contents and a ring.
Fonds was donated by Anita Bossi, the daughter of Calvin and Louise Bossi.
A Bossi family tree is available.
Location: 28 D 8, 28 E 6 - 28 E 7. |
PR 140 |
| Bridges - Point Ellice Bridge |
Henry King fonds. -- [ca. 1955-1968]. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Henry
King was a customs broker and shipping agent for King Bros. Fonds consists of
King's reminiscences including the story of the Tilikum and its return to Victoria
and the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds also contains notes on the King family.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 259 |
| British Columbia Alpine Plant Growers Association |
British Columbia Alpine Plant Growers Association fonds. -- 1921-1933. --
0.01 m of textual records. The British Columbia Alpine Plant Growers Association
was founded on December 7, 1921. Its function was to promote the growing of rock
alpine plants and the sharing of information among the members. Fonds consists
of minutes and correspondence of the Society. Correspondence consists of one letter
relating to the resignation of a member of the Society.
Fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying.
Location: 29 A 7. |
PR 173 |
| British Columbia Assessment Authority |
British Columbia Assessment Authority fonds. -- 1959- [ca.1980]. -- 324 photographs
(0.11 m) and 0.01 m of textual records. The British Columbia Assessment Authority
was established in July 1974 to determine property tax assessments throughout
British Columbia. Prior to 1974, this function was undertaken by municipalities.
Fonds consists of photographs and reports used in the calculation of property
assessments of buildings. The buildings and properties depicted have since been
demolished or redeveloped. Locations include B.C. Forest Products at 371 Gorge
Road East, Dalziel Box Company at 2800 Bridge Street, Dennis Shellfish at 20 Huron
Street, Heaney's Warehouse at 25 Montreal Street, Moore Whittington Lumber Ltd
at 2614 Bridge Street, Oakland Fisheries Limited at 630 Montreal Street, Ogden
Point Grain Elevator and freight shed, Revelstoke Lumber at 449 Gorge Road East,
Rock Bay Apartments at 440 Bay Street, Somersby Woodworkers at 440 Hillside Avenue,
Stewart and Hudson Limited at the 400 block of Gorge Road East, VIP Soap Products
at the 500 block of John Street, and Willett Automotive at 2940 Douglas Street.
In addition, the fonds includes a number of photographs of houses, apartments
and businesses located at the addresses of 642 Burnside, 650 Burnside, 1140 Chapman
Street, 344 Cook Street, 376 Cook Street, 516 Dallas Road, 532 Dallas Road, 973
Fort Street, 603 Frances Street, 20-22 Menzies Street, 310 Michigan Street, 324
Michigan Street, 328 Michigan Street, 334 Michigan Street, 1061 Southgate Street,
1065 Southgate Street, 423 Superior Street, the 400 block of Kingston Street,
the corner of St. Lawrence and Huron Streets, the corner of Dock and Dallas Streets,
and an empty lot on Superior Street.
Fonds was donated by employees of the British Columbia Assessment Authority.
Accessions include 98405-06, 98508-02, 98508-03, 98509-01, 98509-02, 98512-04,
98612-14, 98703-01, 98706-13, 98809-02, 98902-06, and 98910-09.
Location: 28 B 3, 28 D 6, 28 D 8, 28 E 4, 28 F 5, 28 F 6, 29 A 1, 29 B 4, 29 C
8, 29 D 5. |
PR 135 |
| British Columbia Board of Trade Building Association |
Victoria Chamber of Commerce fonds. -- 1863-1988. -- 7.29 m of textual records
and 95 photographs. Founded in 1863, the Victoria Chamber of Commerce was incorporated
in 1878 as the British Columbia Board of Trade. From 1902 until 1921 it was known
as the Victoria, British Columbia Board of Trade, when it again became the Victoria
Chamber of Commerce. The fonds includes the following series: minutes, index to
minutes, scrapbooks, cashbook, committee reports, index to committee reports,
ledger, monthly journal, annual reports, annual meeting programs, bylaws, photographs
and publications. Also included are minutes and cashbook of the British Columbia
Board of Trade Building Association, an organization established in 1892 to fund
construction of the Board of Trade building in Bastion Square. Photographs consist
of images of the Eaton Centre construction.
Inventory available.
Location: 31 F 7 - 32 C 1, 32 G 1-9, 33 G 1, 32 D 9. |
PR 57 |
| British Columbia Buildings Corporation |
British Columbia Building Corporation fonds. -- [ca. 1977-1980]. -- 212 photographs
(0.03 m). British Columbia Building Corporation was established June 30, 1976
as a successor body to the Ministry of Public Works. It is a crown corporation
whose function is to plan, provide and manage accommodation and real estate for
governments, communities and publicly funded organizations. It's head office is
located in Victoria. Fonds consists of photographs of the Legislative Precinct,
Menzies Street and the 1100 block of Fort Street.
Location: 28 E 7, 29 A 1, 29 A 6. |
PR 169 |
| British Columbia Cattle Company |
British Columbia Cattle Company fonds. -- 1900-1905. -- 0.10 m of textual
records.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 3 |
| British Columbia Historical Association |
Madge Hamilton collection. -- [189-]-1971. -- 568 photographs (0.07 m). Madge
Hamilton (née Wolfenden) worked at the Provincial Archives of B.C. as the Assistant
Provincial Archivist from 1934 to 1953. During the war she was Acting Provincial
Archivist. During the 1950s, she arranged for extensive photographs to be taken
of both interiors and exteriors of prominent residential buildings. The project
was undertaken with the help of the British Columbia Historical Association. Fonds
consists of negatives of Victoria homes taken by Cecil Clark, the British Columbia
Historical Association, E. Piggott and Michael Sears. Exterior views unless otherwise
indicated.
Inventory available.
Location: 32 D 11. |
PR 58 |
| British Columbia Land and Investment Agency |
British Columbia Land and Investment Agency fonds. -- 1858-1960. -- 73.75
m of textual records and 74 photographs.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 1 |
| British Columbia Market Company |
British Columbia Market Company fonds. -- 1894-1910. -- 0.23 m of textual
records (5 v.).
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 75 |
| Brockelbank, E. Edward |
E. Edward Brockelbank fonds. -- 1957-1971. -- 139 photographs (0.02 m). E.
Edward Brockelbank moved to Victoria ca. 1962. Fonds consists of colour slides
of a number of different sites throughout Victoria. Images depict the Lieutenant
Governor's house and grounds, Legislative Precinct, totem poles, Victoria City
Hall, Centennial Square, Bastion Square, Point Ellice House, Dallas Road sunsets,
the Inner Harbour, and replicas of the ships SS Beaver and SS Bounty.
Donated by E. Edward's wife Gladys in 1987.
Location: 29 A 3. |
PR 170 |
| Brown, Frances Ann, 1876-1967 |
Frances Ann Brown fonds. -- [ca. 1880]-1967. -- 106 photographs (0.08 m),
0.05 m of textual records and 4 artifacts. Frances Ann Brown was born in 1876,
the daughter of Henry Brown (d. 1891) and Emily Blake Brown (d. 1889). In 1895,
she became a teacher in the public schools of Victoria, a position she retained
until 1936. From 1940 until her death in 1967, she was a volunteer for the Red
Cross. Her residence for many years was an apartment in October Mansions at 1030
Cook Street. Fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, teaching records,
certificates, newspaper clippings, centennial pioneer records, cash journal, financial
records and miscellaneous records.
A file list of the records is available as is an item list of the photographs.
Location: 27 B 4, 27 E 1, Vault V3 B 1. |
PR 246 |
| Brown, Heather |
Janet Bowden fonds. -- 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912). -- 64 photographs
and 0.04 m of textual records (0.07 m). Janet Bowden was born Janet Wilde in England.
While on a visit there in 1896 or 1897 Mabel Higgs (later the wife of Martin Allerdale
Grainger) and her sister Winifred (later Grey) persuaded Janet's mother, a struggling
widow with three children, to let them take Janet, then about ten or eleven years
old, to British Columbia to educate and raise her. About 1900 Janet was sent to
The Cliffs, a private school in Duncan, where she made friends with Judith Phillipps-Wolley,
daughter of the writer and well-known imperialist Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley.
She later became a stenographer in Seattle and then Kelowna. She followed the
same occupation with the British Columbia Government in Victoria and lived on
Lampson Street from the 1930s until about 1970. About 1941 or 1942 she married
J.L. Bowden, but was widowed only a few years later. Janet Bowden died at Sandringham
Hospital in Victoria on 29 September 1976. Martin Allerdale Grainger was born
in London in 1874 and spent his childhood in Australia. He graduated in 1896 from
Cambridge, where he excelled in mathematics. He spent a number of years in northern
British Columbia, fought in the Boer War and worked at placer mining, logging
and journalism back in B.C. In 1908 while in England he wrote Woodsmen of the
West based on his own experiences. He returned to the forest industry of British
Columbia in 1910 where he held successive positions as secretary to the Royal
Commission on Forestry, Deputy Chief Forester and Chief Forester. After 1920 he
ran his own lumbering firm. Grainger died in Vancouver in 1941. Fonds consists
of an album (inscribed to Janet "from Judith Phillipps-Wolley, Xmas 1906")
containing photographs and a copy of Martin Allerdale Grainger's Woodsmen of the
West (London: Arnold, 1908). Photographs include individuals and groups; houses
on Samuel Island, Eburne, Vancouver; Martin Grainger's house on Lampson Street,
Esquimalt; views of the coast of British Columbia, including the Gulf Islands.
One of the photographs is reproduced in Woodsmen of the West.
Donated by Heather Brown, 12 May 1975.
Location: 25 F 5. |
PR 29 |
| Bruce family (Stuart Bruce, d. 1937) |
Ethel Bruce fonds. -- 1869-1966 (predominantly 1914-1966). -- 1.04 m of textual
records and other material (1.30 m). Ethel Bruce was born in Dublin County, Ireland,
and started her newspaper career in London, where she was the publisher of The
Queen and The Field. She came to Canada about 1910 as a special correspondent
for Britannia and taught school for a time in the Okanagan Valley. She began writing
for the Victoria Daily Times in 1911. In 1917 Bruce switched to the Daily Colonist,
where she edited a weekly motor page, interviewed theatrical and musical people,
had charge of all musical and most dramatic reviews, reported mining congresses,
agricultural conventions, temperance and women's meetings and military affairs
(World War I). She retired in 1941. Ethel Bruce was an active member in many civic
and women's organizations. She died in Victoria on 1 February 1968 and was buried
in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists primarily of the records of Ethel Bruce including
newspaper clippings, concert and theatre programmes, invitations, pamphlets, maps,
photographs, correspondence and picture postcards. These papers document Miss
Bruce's career as a writer for the Victoria Daily Times and the Daily Colonist,
especially in her role as music and theatre critic, her extensive travels, social
activities, family relations and her work in organizations such as the Women's
Institute. A small portion of the fonds consists of the records of Ethel Bruce's
sister Maude, primarily correspondence inward.
Includes 1.04 m of textual records, 274 prints, 252 pictures (247 postcards),
49 negatives and 8 maps.
Acquired in 1970 from Stockers Security Storage & Warehouse Ltd.
A file list is available.
Location: 25 C 2 - 25 D 3, 113 B 13. |
PR 13 |
| Bruce, Ethel, d. 1968 |
Ethel Bruce fonds. -- 1869-1966 (predominantly 1914-1966). -- 1.04 m of textual
records and other material (1.30 m). Ethel Bruce was born in Dublin County, Ireland,
and started her newspaper career in London, where she was the publisher of The
Queen and The Field. She came to Canada about 1910 as a special correspondent
for Britannia and taught school for a time in the Okanagan Valley. She began writing
for the Victoria Daily Times in 1911. In 1917 Bruce switched to the Daily Colonist,
where she edited a weekly motor page, interviewed theatrical and musical people,
had charge of all musical and most dramatic reviews, reported mining congresses,
agricultural conventions, temperance and women's meetings and military affairs
(World War I). She retired in 1941. Ethel Bruce was an active member in many civic
and women's organizations. She died in Victoria on 1 February 1968 and was buried
in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists primarily of the records of Ethel Bruce including
newspaper clippings, concert and theatre programmes, invitations, pamphlets, maps,
photographs, correspondence and picture postcards. These papers document Miss
Bruce's career as a writer for the Victoria Daily Times and the Daily Colonist,
especially in her role as music and theatre critic, her extensive travels, social
activities, family relations and her work in organizations such as the Women's
Institute. A small portion of the fonds consists of the records of Ethel Bruce's
sister Maude, primarily correspondence inward.
Includes 1.04 m of textual records, 274 prints, 252 pictures (247 postcards),
49 negatives and 8 maps.
Acquired in 1970 from Stockers Security Storage & Warehouse Ltd.
A file list is available.
Location: 25 C 2 - 25 D 3, 113 B 13. |
PR 13 |
| Bruce, Maude, d. 1971 |
Ethel Bruce fonds. -- 1869-1966 (predominantly 1914-1966). -- 1.04 m of textual
records and other material (1.30 m). Ethel Bruce was born in Dublin County, Ireland,
and started her newspaper career in London, where she was the publisher of The
Queen and The Field. She came to Canada about 1910 as a special correspondent
for Britannia and taught school for a time in the Okanagan Valley. She began writing
for the Victoria Daily Times in 1911. In 1917 Bruce switched to the Daily Colonist,
where she edited a weekly motor page, interviewed theatrical and musical people,
had charge of all musical and most dramatic reviews, reported mining congresses,
agricultural conventions, temperance and women's meetings and military affairs
(World War I). She retired in 1941. Ethel Bruce was an active member in many civic
and women's organizations. She died in Victoria on 1 February 1968 and was buried
in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists primarily of the records of Ethel Bruce including
newspaper clippings, concert and theatre programmes, invitations, pamphlets, maps,
photographs, correspondence and picture postcards. These papers document Miss
Bruce's career as a writer for the Victoria Daily Times and the Daily Colonist,
especially in her role as music and theatre critic, her extensive travels, social
activities, family relations and her work in organizations such as the Women's
Institute. A small portion of the fonds consists of the records of Ethel Bruce's
sister Maude, primarily correspondence inward.
Includes 1.04 m of textual records, 274 prints, 252 pictures (247 postcards),
49 negatives and 8 maps.
Acquired in 1970 from Stockers Security Storage & Warehouse Ltd.
A file list is available.
Location: 25 C 2 - 25 D 3, 113 B 13. |
PR 13 |
| Buildings |
Chambers-Todd family fonds. -- 1890-1935. -- ca. 550 photographs. and 0.01
m of textual records (0.98 m). Arthur Hyde Chambers was born at Dulwich, England,
on 25 November 1852. He married first Annie Middleton on 13 December 1869, at
Rumstead, Kent. Of this union there came one son. He later married Jessie Clark
on 21 April 1881, in Bordeaux, France. The couple had three daughters and one
son. Chambers may have worked as a photographer in Barcelona, Spain, as early
as 1888. In addition, he also worked as a photographer in Stettin, Poland, Stockhom,
Sweden, and St. Remy-de-Provence, France. He moved to Vancouver Island where he
carried on the same trade at Northfield and Nanoose in the 1890s before moving
to Victoria, where he ran a photographic studio until 1900. He later operated
another photographic studio in Nanaimo and then moved to Vancouver, where he turned
to nursing. Jessie Chambers died in Vancouver on 8 February 1907, and Arthur died
there in 1935. Both are interred at Mountain View Cemetery. Frederick Dundas Todd
was born at Springfield, Fife, Scotland, on 30 April 1858. He trained as a teacher
and held teaching posts in Edinburgh, Scotland before emigrating to Chicago, U.S.A.,
where he was a photographic judge and publisher. In 1906 Todd moved to Medford,
Oregon, and two years later made Victoria his home. He was appointed Provincial
Apiarist and held that post until 1921. Frederick Dundas Todd married Rebecca
Keay in Dundee, Scotland, on 31 July 1885, and had three sons and two daughters.
All of his sons became civil engineers. Todd died in Victoria on 20 April 1926.
Rebecca Todd died on 1 June 1940. Both are buried at Royal Oak Burial Park.
The Chambers and Todd families are related by marriage; R.A.D. Todd, a son of
Frederick Dundas Todd, married Phoebe Rosalie Chambers, daughter of Arthur Hyde
Chambers. Fonds consists primarily of black and white glass plate negatives and
nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family
groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families. Most of the persons
outside of these families are not identified. Other images show industrial and
commercial scenes, probably in the Nanaimo and central Vancouver Island areas,
which are also the likely locales for a number of the pictures of beach camping
scenes. Aside from pictures taken in England and Scotland (including photos of
what appears to be the funeral of King Edward VII), the locales of a substantial
number of images can only be surmised to be the Canadian Prairies and southwestern
United States. The work of Arthur Hyde Chambers and Frederick Dundas Todd are
irretrievably mixed in this fonds. A single file of textual material consists
of letters, real estate documents, a map and clippings.
Part of this fonds was purchased in 1970 from a Mr. Chambers, and part was donated
by R.A.D. Todd at a later date. Many of the photographs were identified by R.A.D.
Todd.
Contact prints and copy negatives of many images are available. The prints are
in box 25 B 7.
An item list is available for the glass plate negatives.
Location: 25 A 6 - 25 B 7, 113 B 13. |
PR 12 |
| Buildings |
Rattenbury family fonds. -- 1864-1978. -- ca. 1500 photographs and 0.34 m
of textual records (0.72 m). Francis Mawson Rattenbury was born in Leeds, England,
in 1867. He began training as an architect in 1885 in his uncles' firm Mawson
and Mawson. He immigrated to British Columbia in 1892, settling first in Vancouver,
then moving to Victoria the next year when he won the competition for the design
of the new Parliament Buildings. This coup launched a two-decades-long string
of successes which included Government House, court houses, banks, hotels and
residences. He also pursued business careers in inland shipping and land speculation.
In 1898 he married Florence Eleanor Nunn (d. 1929) and had two children Francis
Burgoyne (1899- ) and Mary (later Burton, 1904- ). Rattenbury's fortunes began
to flag with the beginning of World War I. After 1914 commissions were infrequent,
and his land ventures in central British Columbia were unsuccessful. In 1925 his
wife divorced him, and he married Alma Victoria Pakenham, by who he had one son
John. In 1930 he moved to England with his new family and settled in Bournemouth,
where he was effectively retired. On March 23, 1935, Francis Rattenbury was murdered
by his wife's paramour George Percy Stoner, thus leading to one of Britain's most
sensational murder trials of the century. Fonds consists of prints (some in albums),
negatives, diaries, letters, certificates, newspaper clippings, books, agreements
and scrapbooks relating to the families of F.M. Rattenbury, Eric Burton and Sara
Grogan Rattenbury. Photographs include images of members of the Rattenbury family
and their home Iechineel in Oak Bay; Victoria homes and other buildings; Eric
Burton's family, especially in hunting scenes; and wildlife.
Part of the fonds was loaned on 18 April 1978 by Frank B. Rattenbury and was later
donated along with the balance in December 1982 by his son E.A. (Ted) Rattenbury.
A file list is available.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 G 5, 27 D 6-10, 27 G 4, 113 B 14, Map 2 G 16. |
PR 35 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
Thomas R. Cusack fonds. -- [ca. 1893-1920]. -- 35 photographs (0.02 m). Thomas
Rodney Cusack was born on 6 August 1869 in St. Thomas, Ontario. After coming to
Victoria, he apprenticed as a printer with H.G.Waterson starting about 1889. He
ran his own job printing firm on Broad Street and later built his own printing
plant at 625 Courtney Street. He invested in commercial real estate in Victoria
and erected stores in the area of the Hudson's Bay Company store. He married Jeanette
Luney in Victoria on 6 September 1899 and had one daughter Noel. Cusack died suddenly
of a stroke on 11 March 1925 at his home at 931 Pemberton Road and is buried in
Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs showing Thomas Cusack and others
in early automobiling scenes; Thomas and Jeanette Cusack; various groups of people;
buildings under construction in downtown Victoria; a public meeting or dedication
ceremony with John Oliver, Simon Fraser Tolmie and R.H. Pooley in attendance.
Donated in 1970 or 1971 and 1984 by Noel Cusack, daughter of Thomas and Jeanette
Cusack.
A file list is available.
Copy negatives for some photos are available.
Location: 25 D 4, 25 G 2. |
PR 16 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
J.H. McConnell fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1920]. -- ca. 230 photographs (0.06 m).
John Humbert "Hum" McConnell was president of the firm Sweeney-McConnell
Limited, Printers and Stationers, at 1010-1012 Langley Street. In his youth he
played baseball and later was a member of a number of fraternal organizations
and Victoria Typographical Union No. 201. On 25 September 1913 he married Hazel
Onaway Anderson and had one daughter Enid. McConnell died in Victoria in March
1963 at the age of 81. Fonds consists of one album containing photographs of unidentified
groups and individuals, some in Victoria and others in unidentified places. One
photo shows J.H. McConnell in front of his store Sweeney-McConnell Limited, 1010-1012
Langley Street. One loose photo (box 25 G 2) shows the Hillside Baseball Team
of 1902, J.H. McConnell Captain.
Donated by J.H. McConnell's daughter Enid in 1970.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 E 7, 25 G 2. |
PR 20 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
Lowe family fonds. -- 1910-1987 (predominantly 1910-1934). -- ca. 100 photographs,
2 pictures and 0.01 m of textual records (0.07 m). George Lowe was born in Australia
in 1888 and came to Canada via England in 1907. In partnership with his brother,
he engaged in construction. They built houses on the open land near Clover Point,
including George Lowe's house on Bushby Street (1912). In 1920 he married Elsie
Tucker Hodgson (1895-1987), and they had one daughter Margaret (Peggy). Lowe gave
up the construction business in 1935 when he took a job as construction foreman
with the Federal Department of Transport. This work, which continued until his
retirement in 1951, took him to many remote locations on the British Columbia
Coast. George Lowe died in 1978. Fonds consists of photographs and postcards in
an album; loose prints; glass and celluloid negatives; newspaper clippings; and
a leaflet for the memorial service for Elsie Tucker Lowe. The photographs include
views of Victoria taken from the roof of the Parliament Buildings; Coronation
Day, 1911; the Gorge; the Clover Point area; the Five Sisters Block and Spencer's
Store fire, 1910; St. Mary's Hall, Oak Bay; the Pemberton Block (now the Yarrow
Building) under construction 1910; the Clover Point Boathouse under construction;
the Vancouver Island Life Boat Association; sports fishermen and their catches;
various ships; and miscellaneous Victoria and Vancouver Island scenes.
Donated ca. 1971 by George and Elsie Lowe; 1985, 1987 and 1988 by Margaret Lowe.
Full list of accessions: 97101-02, 98512-03, 98706-07 and 98802-05.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1, 25 G 2, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 23 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
British Columbia Assessment Authority fonds. -- 1959- [ca.1980]. -- 324 photographs
(0.11 m) and 0.01 m of textual records. The British Columbia Assessment Authority
was established in July 1974 to determine property tax assessments throughout
British Columbia. Prior to 1974, this function was undertaken by municipalities.
Fonds consists of photographs and reports used in the calculation of property
assessments of buildings. The buildings and properties depicted have since been
demolished or redeveloped. Locations include B.C. Forest Products at 371 Gorge
Road East, Dalziel Box Company at 2800 Bridge Street, Dennis Shellfish at 20 Huron
Street, Heaney's Warehouse at 25 Montreal Street, Moore Whittington Lumber Ltd
at 2614 Bridge Street, Oakland Fisheries Limited at 630 Montreal Street, Ogden
Point Grain Elevator and freight shed, Revelstoke Lumber at 449 Gorge Road East,
Rock Bay Apartments at 440 Bay Street, Somersby Woodworkers at 440 Hillside Avenue,
Stewart and Hudson Limited at the 400 block of Gorge Road East, VIP Soap Products
at the 500 block of John Street, and Willett Automotive at 2940 Douglas Street.
In addition, the fonds includes a number of photographs of houses, apartments
and businesses located at the addresses of 642 Burnside, 650 Burnside, 1140 Chapman
Street, 344 Cook Street, 376 Cook Street, 516 Dallas Road, 532 Dallas Road, 973
Fort Street, 603 Frances Street, 20-22 Menzies Street, 310 Michigan Street, 324
Michigan Street, 328 Michigan Street, 334 Michigan Street, 1061 Southgate Street,
1065 Southgate Street, 423 Superior Street, the 400 block of Kingston Street,
the corner of St. Lawrence and Huron Streets, the corner of Dock and Dallas Streets,
and an empty lot on Superior Street.
Fonds was donated by employees of the British Columbia Assessment Authority.
Accessions include 98405-06, 98508-02, 98508-03, 98509-01, 98509-02, 98512-04,
98612-14, 98703-01, 98706-13, 98809-02, 98902-06, and 98910-09.
Location: 28 B 3, 28 D 6, 28 D 8, 28 E 4, 28 F 5, 28 F 6, 29 A 1, 29 B 4, 29 C
8, 29 D 5. |
PR 135 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
Bob Matheson fonds. -- 1988. -- ca. 251 photographs (0.07 m). Bob Matheson
began working as a commercial photographer in 1977 in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1980,
he moved to Victoria and began working for the Times-Colonist. Since 1982, he
has worked on his own as a commercial photographer. Fonds consists of photographs
of buildings in Victoria and Vancouver.
Includes ca. 250 negatives and 1 print.
Location: 31 E 3. |
PR 207 |
| Buildings, Commercial |
Bayliss Sign fonds. -- [196-]-1990. -- ca. 2400 photographs (0.4 m). Bayliss
Sign Limited was started in the 1920s by William Albert Bayliss. The Company specialized
in neon signs and, for a period, between the 1940s and 1960s, the Company was
known as Bayliss Neon Sign Company. Since that time the Company has been known
by the name Bayliss Sign Limited. Fonds consists of photographs of signs on buildings.
Photographs are arranged into three series including alphabetical files [196-]
and miscellaneous signs [ca. 1980-1991] and staff photographs [ca. 1960-1980].
Photographs consist of negatives, prints, slides and copy prints.
Location: 32 D 4 - 32 D 6, 31 E 4. |
PR 208 |
| Buildings, Heritage - Craigdarroch Castle |
Barry Larsen fonds. -- [ca. 1885-1900]. -- 4 photographs. Barry Larsen was
a mechanic at Butchart Gardens. Fonds consists of photographs of a house at 1
(later 1001) Richardson Street, owned by C.W. Jenkinson; Craigdarroch Castle;
and the paddlewheeler R.P. Rithet in the Inner Harbour.
Donated by Bruce Larsen through Herb Warren, November 1979.
A copy negative is available.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3. |
PR 53 |
| Buildings, Heritage - Point Ellice House |
E. Edward Brockelbank fonds. -- 1957-1971. -- 139 photographs (0.02 m). E.
Edward Brockelbank moved to Victoria ca. 1962. Fonds consists of colour slides
of a number of different sites throughout Victoria. Images depict the Lieutenant
Governor's house and grounds, Legislative Precinct, totem poles, Victoria City
Hall, Centennial Square, Bastion Square, Point Ellice House, Dallas Road sunsets,
the Inner Harbour, and replicas of the ships SS Beaver and SS Bounty.
Donated by E. Edward's wife Gladys in 1987.
Location: 29 A 3. |
PR 170 |
| Buildings, Private |
Michael McDonald fonds. -- 1900-1916. -- ca. 60 photographs and 1 print (0.03
m). Michael McDonald was born in Navan, Ontario, and entered the blacksmithing
trade as an apprentice at age 11. He ran blacksmith shops in Ontario and Seattle
before settling in Victoria in 1910. He and his partner David Nicol operated the
blacksmith shop of McDonald and Nicol from 1912 to about 1930. Over the years
the business expanded from horseshoeing to general blacksmithing, welding and
manufacturing automobile springs and bodies. After this partnership was dissolved,
McDonald worked independently for a few years, manufacturing automobile springs
and doing general blacksmithing. He later joined McQueen R. Todd in Todd &
McDonald. Michael McDonald retired from this business in 1958, but continued in
free-lance blacksmithing for several years. He died in Victoria at the age of
84 on 25 February 1968, having been predeceased by his wife Helen in 1961. He
left three daughters Pat Sedger, Helen Campbell, Myrna Richards, and sons Bill,
Jack and Gerald McDonald. Fonds consists of an album containing photographs of
houses and people, presumably the same family. With the exception of photos of
Donald McGeary and a photogravure portrait of Lord Kitchener, none of the persons
shown are identified.
Donated in 1968.
Location: 25 A 4. |
PR 9 |
| Buildings, Private |
Robert D. MacLachlan fonds. -- 1909-1964 (predominantly 1909-1930). -- ca.
100 photographs and 0.03 m of textual records (0.06 m). Robert Douglas MacLachlan
was born in Victoria on 5 February 1883, the son of Daniel (d. 1916) and Clara
(1859-1944) MacLachlan. He was educated in Victoria public schools and in Seattle.
MacLachlan was self-employed as a stock and real estate broker, solicited for
Henderson Directories, worked for the Dominion Government Savings Bank and the
Assistant Receiver General's Office in Victoria and later for the Provincial Government
from 1925 to the late 1940s. He served in the Army during World War I and was
a member of fraternal and patriotic organizations. Robert D. MacLachlan died in
Victoria on 19 November 1969. Fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook. The
photographs show unidentified people, soldiers (World War I) and Victoria and
Nanaimo scenes. Many photos appear to show MacLachlan's parents' house and garden
at 1032 Mason Street. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of MacLachlan's
advertisement for his brokerage business, 1909-1911, and articles mainly about
mines; loose issues of MacLachlan's stock review; stock prospectuses; sheet music
Bloomin' Canucks by Doug. Roberts (published by R.D. MacLachlan); various loose
programs; and letters promoting a new Canadian flag.
Donated between 1969 and 1979.
Item lists for part of the fonds are available.
Location: 25 A 5, 25 G 2. |
PR 10 |
| Buildings, Private |
Richard Muirhead fonds. -- [ca. 1900]-1984. -- ca. 120 photographs. -- 4 prints.
Richard Muirhead was born in Victoria, the son of James McLearen Muirhead and
Ella "Nellie" Muirhead. He was a long-time employee of B.C. Hydro, and
in his later years he worked as the City Archives' photographer. Richard Muirhead
died in Victoria on 17 June 1979, survived by his wife Freda, one son and one
daughter. Fonds consists of photographs and a postcard showing views of Beacon
Hill Park, the Empress Hotel, the Industrial Reserve, Victoria streets, Royal
Athletic Park fire British Columbia Electric Railway streetcars and employees,
members of the Muirhead family and their homes at 527 Esquimalt Road and 223 Robert
Street in Victoria West. Seventeen images copied from photographs loaned by the
Muirheads are in the Photo Card File under the following headings: Muirhead (1993-1994);
Neighbourhoods - Industrial Reserve (4873); Postal service (4104); Snow (4103,
4105-4107), Streets - Battery (1996) and Streets - Robert (1991-1992, 1995, 1997-2001).
The fonds also includes an opium pipe and opium scale.
Copy negatives of some images are available.
Item lists are available.
Location: 25 G 6, 26 A 5 Vault. |
PR 39 |
| Buildings, Private |
Madge Hamilton collection. -- [189-]-1971. -- 568 photographs (0.07 m). Madge
Hamilton (née Wolfenden) worked at the Provincial Archives of B.C. as the Assistant
Provincial Archivist from 1934 to 1953. During the war she was Acting Provincial
Archivist. During the 1950s, she arranged for extensive photographs to be taken
of both interiors and exteriors of prominent residential buildings. The project
was undertaken with the help of the British Columbia Historical Association. Fonds
consists of negatives of Victoria homes taken by Cecil Clark, the British Columbia
Historical Association, E. Piggott and Michael Sears. Exterior views unless otherwise
indicated.
Inventory available.
Location: 32 D 11. |
PR 58 |
| Buildings - Private |
Blenkinsop family fonds. -- 1907-[1972?]. -- 1150 photographs (0.29 m) and
0.01 m of textual records. Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop was born in England in the
1890s and came to Canada ca. 1908. After a period spent working on a ranch in
the Chilco region of British Columbia, Hubert joined the Military and served overseas
in World War One. Following his return, Hubert married Winsome Hazel Neroutsos
in 1919. The newlyweds then moved to the interior of British Columbia before returning
to Victoria about 1928. While in Victoria, Hubert worked as a salesman for a variety
of firms. The Blenkinsops had one child, Edward, in 1920. Edward "Teddy"
Blenkinsop joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot in
Europe until his death in 1945 at the Belsen Concentration Camp. Fonds consists
of ca. 1150 photographs and one recognition form recognizing service in the Canadian
expeditionary forces in World War One. The majority of the photographs are stored
in photo albums and document Hubert Blenkinsop's early life in England, his time
spent on a farm in the Chilco region of British Columbia, his service in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during World War One, and his married life and family. Later
volumes of the photo albums were presumably compiled by Winsome Blenkinsop and
document holidays, vacations, places of residence, parades, buildings and construction
sites in Victoria.
Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the subject heading "H.W. Blenkinsop family."
Location: 26 B 3, 26 B 5, 26 D 2. |
PR 77 |
| Buildings, Private |
British Columbia Assessment Authority fonds. -- 1959- [ca.1980]. -- 324 photographs
(0.11 m) and 0.01 m of textual records. The British Columbia Assessment Authority
was established in July 1974 to determine property tax assessments throughout
British Columbia. Prior to 1974, this function was undertaken by municipalities.
Fonds consists of photographs and reports used in the calculation of property
assessments of buildings. The buildings and properties depicted have since been
demolished or redeveloped. Locations include B.C. Forest Products at 371 Gorge
Road East, Dalziel Box Company at 2800 Bridge Street, Dennis Shellfish at 20 Huron
Street, Heaney's Warehouse at 25 Montreal Street, Moore Whittington Lumber Ltd
at 2614 Bridge Street, Oakland Fisheries Limited at 630 Montreal Street, Ogden
Point Grain Elevator and freight shed, Revelstoke Lumber at 449 Gorge Road East,
Rock Bay Apartments at 440 Bay Street, Somersby Woodworkers at 440 Hillside Avenue,
Stewart and Hudson Limited at the 400 block of Gorge Road East, VIP Soap Products
at the 500 block of John Street, and Willett Automotive at 2940 Douglas Street.
In addition, the fonds includes a number of photographs of houses, apartments
and businesses located at the addresses of 642 Burnside, 650 Burnside, 1140 Chapman
Street, 344 Cook Street, 376 Cook Street, 516 Dallas Road, 532 Dallas Road, 973
Fort Street, 603 Frances Street, 20-22 Menzies Street, 310 Michigan Street, 324
Michigan Street, 328 Michigan Street, 334 Michigan Street, 1061 Southgate Street,
1065 Southgate Street, 423 Superior Street, the 400 block of Kingston Street,
the corner of St. Lawrence and Huron Streets, the corner of Dock and Dallas Streets,
and an empty lot on Superior Street.
Fonds was donated by employees of the British Columbia Assessment Authority.
Accessions include 98405-06, 98508-02, 98508-03, 98509-01, 98509-02, 98512-04,
98612-14, 98703-01, 98706-13, 98809-02, 98902-06, and 98910-09.
Location: 28 B 3, 28 D 6, 28 D 8, 28 E 4, 28 F 5, 28 F 6, 29 A 1, 29 B 4, 29 C
8, 29 D 5. |
PR 135 |
| Buildings, Private |
Lorenzo Joseph Quagliotti fonds. -- 1898-[1918?]. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Lorenzo Joseph Quagliotti was born in Yale, B.C. and was educated in Victoria,
New Westminster and France. He later moved to California, then proceeded to Victoria
where he opened the first movie theatre in Victoria. At one point he owned the
Romano Theatre, located at Johnson and Government Streets, the Variety Theatre
at 1600 Government Street, and the Colonial Theatre located in Vancouver. He died
in 1930 at the age of 65. Lorenzo was married to Petronilla Bossi, the former
wife of Carlo Bossi, until her death in 1913. Fonds consists of a report on the
property owned by Lorenzo Quagliotti in Victoria, and a J.W. Carey for Mayor postcard.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 201 |
| Buildings, Private |
Bob Matheson fonds. -- 1988. -- ca. 251 photographs (0.07 m). Bob Matheson
began working as a commercial photographer in 1977 in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1980,
he moved to Victoria and began working for the Times-Colonist. Since 1982, he
has worked on his own as a commercial photographer. Fonds consists of photographs
of buildings in Victoria and Vancouver.
Includes ca. 250 negatives and 1 print.
Location: 31 E 3. |
PR 207 |
| Buildings, Private - Odd Fellows Hall |
Dave Hutchison fonds. -- [Copied 1979]. -- 6 photographs and 1 print. Dave
Hutchison is a resident of the Fernwood district. Fonds consists of a postcard,
copy negatives and copy prints of the Oddfellows Hall, Victoria (including its
dedication, 1879), the Hutchinson house at 1702 Fernwood Road, an unidentified
house and coal scows in the Inner Harbour. Copy prints are in the Photo Card File
under the following headings: Fraternal organizations - I.O.O.F. (4823); Harbour
(4821); and Hutchinson (family) (4818-4820).
The photographs were loaned for copying and the postcard was donated by Dave Hutchinson,
7 May 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, Photo Card File. |
PR 51 |
| Buildings, Private - Orchard House |
Jones family fonds. -- [188-]-1966. -- ca. 500 photographs (0.13 m). Henry
Humphrey Jones was born in Newtonville, Ontario, and came to Victoria in 1898,
intending to continue on to the Klondike to search for gold. Instead he stopped
in Victoria and worked as a furniture salesman for Weiler Brothers for four years.
He then opened his own business engaging in brokerage, real estate, mining and
timber. In the 1920s he took up a gold mining claim in the Lillooet district,
but that operation was wiped out by fire in 1947, taking all of Mr. Jones's assets
with it. He lived for a time in the United States and died in Victoria on 31 July
1954. He had four children Aubrey H.C. Jones, Daisy Edna Kathleen Beaton, Julia
Helen Evelyn Jones and R.H.B. Jones. Fonds consists of ca. 500 photographs, loose
and in albums. Most individuals and groups in the images are not identified, although
group portraits of the Spencer family, the Clay children and Evelyn Jones's school
or college classmates in Hamilton, Ontario, are noted. Various Victoria area views
include images of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901, a floating
Japanese teahouse at the Gorge Park and the Exhibition Hall at Willows. There
are several images of the house and garden at Orchard House, the Jones family
residence at 633 Michigan Street. Other Victoria residences pictured are Hollywood
(the Shotbolt home) and the home of A.J. Smith at 36 Superior Street.
Donated in 1970 by Daisy Beaton (née Jones) of Mission, B.C.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 5. |
PR 17 |
| Buildings, Private - Ruhebühne |
Flumerfelt family fonds. -- [190-?]. -- 5 photographs. Alfred Cornelius Flumerfelt
was born in Markham, Ontario in 1856 and came to British Columbia in 1886 as the
branch manager for Ames Holden & Company. Flumerfelt soon became a well known
capitalist with interests in a number of different companies. He was a British
Columbia cabinet minister from 1915-1916, and also gave his time to a large number
of organizations including the Victoria Board of Trade, Jubilee Hospital, and
Protestant Orphan's Home among many others. He was married to Ada Annie Kilvington
and together they had two daughters, Norma and Gertrude. Norma married Albany
Herbert Ritchie in 1906. Gertrude married Dr. Geoffrey Jefferson and moved to
Manchester, England. Ada Flumerfelt died in 1924 and in 1926, Alfred married Lola
Grierson, the widow of E.D. Grierson. Alfred died in 1930. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Flumerfelt family and their residence Ruhebühne located at 835 Pemberton
Road.
Donated by Tanis Monteith Stephenson, great granddaughter of A. C. Flumerfelt.
An item list is available.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 64 |
| Buildings, Private - Spencer Castle |
Spencer family fonds. -- [189-?]-1968. -- 15 photographs, 2 artifacts and
0.02 m of textual records. David Spencer was born at St. Atham, Glamorganshire,
South Wales, on August 9, 1837. He spent five years apprenticing at a dry goods
store then moved to Victoria in 1862. Spencer operated several stores in Victoria
before opening what would become known as David Spencer Ltd. in 1878. Before its
sale to Eaton's in 1948, David Spencer Ltd. operated several large department
stores throughout the Province of British Columbia. David Spencer died in 1920.
Emma Lazenby was born in Bubwith, Yorkshire in 1842. She arrived in Victoria in
1862 and married David Spencer in 1867. They had 13 children. Mrs. Emma Spencer
died in 1934. Fonds consists of photographs, a family tree, artifacts and a Golden
Jubilee publication from the David Spencer Ltd. Department store. Photographs
depict family groups, portraits of family members and the family residence.
Photographs consist of 13 prints and 2 negatives.
An item list of the negatives is available.
Location: 26 C 6, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 83 |
| Buildings, Private - Stoneyhurst |
George Harvey fonds. -- [1863-1968]. -- ca. 150 photographs (0.07 m). George
John Harvey was born in England, in 1859, the son of Rout and Susan Jane Harvey.
He came to Victoria with his family in 1861 and worked at Turner, Beeton &
Company for over fifty years, retiring eight years before his death in Victoria
on 29 April 1937. He was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs
of Stoneyhurst, the Harvey home on Belcher (now Rockland) Avenue; the Harvey family
and servants; and many Indian cairns.
Purchased from Watson's Primitives, Government Street, Victoria, ca. 1969.
Copy negatives are available. A list of these negatives is in the PR file.
Location: 25 A 5. |
PR 11 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches |
P.E. Wilkinson collection. -- 1952-1971. -- 0.02 m of textual records. P.E.
Wilkinson served as a flight lieutenant for the R.C.A.F. during the Second World
War. He was later a member of veteran's groups and worked as an assistant registrar
for the Provincial Government. Collection consists of programmes and leaflets
to church celebrations, Remembrance Day and army veteran celebrations and rugby
matches.
Location: 27 D 2. |
PR 257 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches - Chinese Presbyterian Church |
Roy S.T. Chan fonds. -- 1917-[ca. 194-?]. -- 27 photographs (0.05 m). Roy
Chan was born in 1916, the sixth child of Chan Dun and Koo Ching Lim, the proprietors
of the Panama Cafe. About 1956, Roy Chan joined the Post Office, working as a
letter carrier. Chan married Susan Cheung and had two sons, Neal and Arnold. Roy
Chan was also a member of the Chinese Presbyterian Church. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Chan family, North Ward schoolchildren, the family home at 2308 Wark Street
and the Chinese Presbyterian Church.
21 of the photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying.
Fonds consists of accessions 98011-01, 98108-28, 98502-20, 98504-05, 98705-04
and 99109-01.
Location: 26 D 5-5, 27 A 1, 28 F 9, Map 2 G 5, photo access system. |
PR 164 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches - Christ Church Cathedral |
Reginald J. Dove fonds. -- 1926-1957. -- 15 prints and 0.03 m of textual records.
Reginald J. Dove was a draftsman who worked in Victoria from the late 1920s to
ca. 1960. One of the projects that he worked on was the construction of the Christ
Church Cathedral, at which time he was in the employ of that building's architect
J.C.M. Keith. Fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting the construction
of Christ Church Cathedral.
Photographs consist of 14 prints and 1 postcard.
Copies of the images are available in the photographic access system under the
subject headings "Churches, Buildings - Christ Church Cathedral"; "Churches
- Clergy"; and "Architects."
Several of the photographs were taken by the commercial photographer W. Atkins
and are still under copyright.
Location: 26 D 4, 28 A 7. |
PR 89 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches - Church of Our Lord |
Cridge-Laundy family fonds. -- 1859-1976. -- 0.62 m of textual records and
other material. Bishop Edward Cridge was born in Devonshire, England and came
to Victoria in 1855 as a chaplain for the Hudson Bay Company. In 1874, following
a public debate with the Bishop of Vancouver Island, George Hills, Cridge left
the Anglican Church and organized a Reformed Episcopal Church at the site of Blanshard
and Humboldt streets. In 1876, Cridge was appointed a Bishop of the Church. Besides
his work for the Church, which continued until 1902, Cridge was instrumental in
the establishment of the City's first hospital, the Female Infirmary, and the
Protestant Orphan's Home.
Ellen Laundy was born in 1867, the eighth child of Bishop Cridge and his wife
Mary. Ellen married the Reverend Thomas Laundy about 1893. They had six children.
Helen Forbes was the fourth child of Thomas and Ellen Laundy. She would later
marry R.S.M. Forbes. Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, autograph books, appointment books, monographs, records relating
to the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home annual reports, Female Infirmary
minute book, Female Infirmary financial accounts, miscellaneous records relating
to the Female Infirmary, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital Pioneer Days notes,
and artifacts. The records, created primarily by Bishop Edward Cridge, his daughter
Ellen Laundy (nee Cridge), and her daughter Helen Eirene Forbes (nee Laundy),
document the activities of the Cridge-Laundy family, and their contributions to
the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home, Female Infirmary and Royal Jubilee
Hospital.
Includes 0.62 m of textual material, 344 photographs, 19 postcards and 2 artifacts.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the headings of "Bishop Edward Cridge family" and "T.H. Laundy
family."
A file list of the records is available.
A family tree for the Cridge-Laundy family is available.
Accessions include 97911-05, 98006-01, 98101-02, 98103-16, 98111-20, 98202-25,
98205-37, 98206-07, 98307-11.
Location: 26 A 5 - 26 A 7, 26 B 1, 26 C 3, 26 E 6, 27 B 7, 27 B 5, 27 A 5, 27
F 1, 27 B 8, 26 B 2, Vault V7 A 1. |
PR 76 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches - St. John's |
St. John's Anglican Church fonds. -- 1864-1877. -- 0.03 m of textual records.
St. John's Anglican Church was built at the corner of Douglas and Fisgard in 1860.
It remained in use until 1912 when the new St. John's Church was erected at 1611
Quadra Street. Fonds consists of a cash journal documenting cash received and
paid out.
Fonds donated by Ken Roach.
Location: 28 A 6. |
PR 128 |
| Buildings, Public - Churches - Temple Emmanu-El |
Robert C. King fonds. -- 1979-1980. -- 463 photographs (0.07 m) and 0.01 m
of textual records. Robert C. King was an amateur photographer. Fonds consists
of photographs and textual records. Photographs document the 1980 Royal visits
of Prince Charles and Princess Alexandra, changes to Chinatown and Fisgard Street,
restoration work on the Temple Emmanuel at Blanshard and Pandora, a Freedom of
the City Ceremony, the ferry Princess Marguerite and the official unveiling of
the plaque commemorating the Royal Canadian Navy. The textual material consists
of the trip itineraries of Prince Charles and Princess Alexandra.
Photographs include 225 negatives, 223 prints and 15 slides.
Location: 26 B 6, 26 C 6, 27 A 1. |
PR 80 |
| Buildings, Public - Hospitals |
Scott family fonds. -- 1914-1980. -- 16 photographs and 0.02 m of textual
records. John R. Scott served for the Canadian Army during World War One. About
1941, he moved to Victoria where he worked as a mechanic and volunteered for the
Legion of Frontiersmen. John R. Scott was married to Martha Scott who was a member
of the women's auxiliary of the Veteran's Hospital. Fonds consists of photographs
and miscellaneous certificates and clippings. The records relate to John R. Scott's
service in the Army during the First World War, his work for the Legion of Frontiersmen
during World War Two and Martha Scott's work for the women's auxiliary to the
Veteran's Hospital.
Location: 29 B 1 - 29 B 2, 29 B 4. |
PR 174 |
| Buildings, Public - Hospitals - Female Infirmary |
Cridge-Laundy family fonds. -- 1859-1976. -- 0.62 m of textual records and
other material. Bishop Edward Cridge was born in Devonshire, England and came
to Victoria in 1855 as a chaplain for the Hudson Bay Company. In 1874, following
a public debate with the Bishop of Vancouver Island, George Hills, Cridge left
the Anglican Church and organized a Reformed Episcopal Church at the site of Blanshard
and Humboldt streets. In 1876, Cridge was appointed a Bishop of the Church. Besides
his work for the Church, which continued until 1902, Cridge was instrumental in
the establishment of the City's first hospital, the Female Infirmary, and the
Protestant Orphan's Home.
Ellen Laundy was born in 1867, the eighth child of Bishop Cridge and his wife
Mary. Ellen married the Reverend Thomas Laundy about 1893. They had six children.
Helen Forbes was the fourth child of Thomas and Ellen Laundy. She would later
marry R.S.M. Forbes. Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, autograph books, appointment books, monographs, records relating
to the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home annual reports, Female Infirmary
minute book, Female Infirmary financial accounts, miscellaneous records relating
to the Female Infirmary, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital Pioneer Days notes,
and artifacts. The records, created primarily by Bishop Edward Cridge, his daughter
Ellen Laundy (nee Cridge), and her daughter Helen Eirene Forbes (nee Laundy),
document the activities of the Cridge-Laundy family, and their contributions to
the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home, Female Infirmary and Royal Jubilee
Hospital.
Includes 0.62 m of textual material, 344 photographs, 19 postcards and 2 artifacts.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the headings of "Bishop Edward Cridge family" and "T.H. Laundy
family."
A file list of the records is available.
A family tree for the Cridge-Laundy family is available.
Accessions include 97911-05, 98006-01, 98101-02, 98103-16, 98111-20, 98202-25,
98205-37, 98206-07, 98307-11.
Location: 26 A 5 - 26 A 7, 26 B 1, 26 C 3, 26 E 6, 27 B 7, 27 B 5, 27 A 5, 27
F 1, 27 B 8, 26 B 2, Vault V7 A 1. |
PR 76 |
| Buildings, Public - Hospitals - Queen Alexandra Hospital |
Thomas Shanks McPherson estate fonds. -- [ca. 1895-1965]. -- 9 photographs
and 0.01 m of textual records. Thomas Shanks McPherson was born on September 7,
1873 and died on December 3, 1962. Upon his death his estate was administered
by the Canada Trust Company which served as the trustee. The McPherson estate
funded many charities including the McPherson Foundation, Young Men and Young
Women's Christian Association, Salvation Army, Victoria College Building Fund,
Community Chest of Greater Victoria, Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children,
British Columbia Protestant Orphan's Home and many others. Fonds consists of photographs
of Thomas Shanks McPherson and his family, a copy of McPherson's will and brochures
for Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children and the Salvation Army.
Records were donated to the City of Victoria by the Canada Trust Company.
For related records see CRS 178 Thomas Shanks McPherson estate statement of accounts.
Location: 27 C 5. |
PR 255 |
| Buildings, Public - Lighthouses |
Roland Banyard fonds. -- 1887-[197-?]. -- ca. 50 photographs and 7 maps (0.05
m). Roland Banyard was a photographer for the Canadian Hydrographic Survey. Fonds
consists of photographs and maps, most of which probably originated with the Canadian
Hydrographic Service. The photographs include views of three girls on Willows
Beach, including the future Alfred Banyard; a wrecked barge in Tahsis Inlet; Coast
Guard ships and boats; the West Coast of Vancouver Island, including Tofino airport
tower and hydrographic surveying scenes; Bamberton; early wireless radio rooms;
lighthouses and light ships; and the demolition of Ripple Rock. The maps include
five of the six sheets of a British military map of Greater Victoria (Maps/B0033);
southwestern British Columbia (Maps/B0062); and a hydrographic chart of Pender
Harbour.
Acquired from Roland Banyard in the 1970s.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 28 C 5, 36 F 2, Map 1 E-F. |
PR 25 |
| Buildings, Public - Parliament Buildings |
Linn Gale fonds. -- [ca. 1920-1969]. -- 0.33 m of textual records and 26 photographs
(0.07 m). Linn A. Gale was born in 1890 in Woodsville, New Hampshire. After living
in Montreal from 1914-1922, Gale came to Victoria in 1923 and began work as an
accountant. In addition, he was active in expressing his views on a number of
different community issues by writing to the editors of the local newspapers.
Gale died in 1968. Fonds consists of general files and photographs. General files
are arranged alphabetically in subject files and consist of correspondence, letters
to newspaper editors, newspaper clippings, maps, plans, and research notes relating
to City history, planning issues, parks and the history of Victoria. Photographs
consist of images of Victoria taken from a variety of vantage points including
the Parliament Buildings, Cadboro Bay and Victoria Golf Course.
Several maps are located in the map system at A0021, A0022, A0023, and A0024.
Location: 27 E 4, 27 F 2, 27 F 3, 27 F 4. |
PR 124 |
| Buildings, Public - Theatres - Royal Theatre |
Martin W.E. Cave fonds. -- 1913. -- 6 photographs. Martin Cave was the manager
of the Royal Theatre in the 1960s. Fonds consists of photographs of construction
workers and excavation work at the site of the Royal Theatre.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 249 |
| Bullen family |
Bullen family fonds. -- [ca. 1895-1950]. -- 7 photographs. William Fitzherbert
Bullen was born near London, Ontario in 1857. He came to Victoria in 1878 and
worked for the Albion Iron Works until 1893. In 1893, he founded the British Columbia
Marine Railways Company. The business expanded into shipbuilding and salvage work
in the subsequent decades and, in 1914, the Esquimalt site and shipbuilding interests
were bought by Yarrows Limited. William was married to Annie Amelia Bushby, a
granddaughter of James Douglas. They had two children Elsie Irene Marguerite and
Douglas Bushby Fitzgerald. Douglas married Cecilia Mary Helmcken and had several
children including James Douglas Fitzherbert. Fonds consists of photographs depicting
James Douglas Fitzherbert Bullen, the Bullen Yard in Esquimalt, and the ships
Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise.
Photographs consist of 6 photographs and 1 postcard.
Location: 28 F 5. |
PR 155 |
| Bullen, James Douglas Fitzherbert |
Bullen family fonds. -- [ca. 1895-1950]. -- 7 photographs. William Fitzherbert
Bullen was born near London, Ontario in 1857. He came to Victoria in 1878 and
worked for the Albion Iron Works until 1893. In 1893, he founded the British Columbia
Marine Railways Company. The business expanded into shipbuilding and salvage work
in the subsequent decades and, in 1914, the Esquimalt site and shipbuilding interests
were bought by Yarrows Limited. William was married to Annie Amelia Bushby, a
granddaughter of James Douglas. They had two children Elsie Irene Marguerite and
Douglas Bushby Fitzgerald. Douglas married Cecilia Mary Helmcken and had several
children including James Douglas Fitzherbert. Fonds consists of photographs depicting
James Douglas Fitzherbert Bullen, the Bullen Yard in Esquimalt, and the ships
Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise.
Photographs consist of 6 photographs and 1 postcard.
Location: 28 F 5. |
PR 155 |
| Bullen, William Fitzherbert, 1857-1921 |
Bullen family fonds. -- [ca. 1895-1950]. -- 7 photographs. William Fitzherbert
Bullen was born near London, Ontario in 1857. He came to Victoria in 1878 and
worked for the Albion Iron Works until 1893. In 1893, he founded the British Columbia
Marine Railways Company. The business expanded into shipbuilding and salvage work
in the subsequent decades and, in 1914, the Esquimalt site and shipbuilding interests
were bought by Yarrows Limited. William was married to Annie Amelia Bushby, a
granddaughter of James Douglas. They had two children Elsie Irene Marguerite and
Douglas Bushby Fitzgerald. Douglas married Cecilia Mary Helmcken and had several
children including James Douglas Fitzherbert. Fonds consists of photographs depicting
James Douglas Fitzherbert Bullen, the Bullen Yard in Esquimalt, and the ships
Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise.
Photographs consist of 6 photographs and 1 postcard.
Location: 28 F 5. |
PR 155 |
| Burch, Captain F. E. |
Cholberg Shipyard collection. -- [between 1918 and 1923]. -- ca. 174 photographs
(0.6 m) and other material. Cholberg Shipyard was operated in Victoria West from
approximately 1918-1922. Its manager, and one of its two main shareholders, was
Chris Cholberg. Fonds consists of prints, negatives, technical drawings and textual
material relating to the Cholberg Shipyards and the construction of the S.F. Tolmie.
The photographs document the employees and the ships constructed at the the Shipyard.
The technical drawings consist of plans of a "Four Masted Sailing Schooner,"
while the textual records document the construction and voyages of the schooner
S.F. Tolmie.
Fonds includes ca. 174 photographs, 13 technical drawings, 0.01 m of textual records
and 1 artifact.
Photographs include original prints, copy prints, cellulose nitrate negatives
and interpositives. A list has been compiled recording which image is in which
format. Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access
system under the heading "Cholberg Shipyards."
Construction of the S.F. Tolmie was completed in 1920.
Location: 26 B 2, 26 B 6, 26 C 1, 44 D 1, Map 2 G 12, third floor 113 B 13, Vault
V3 D 4. |
PR 78 |
| Burns Club of Victoria, B.C. |
Burns Club of Victoria, B.C. fonds. -- 1877-1980. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
The Burns Club of Victoria B.C. was established about 1922 and incorporated in
1929. Its purpose was to perpetuate the memory of Robert Burns, to encourage the
study of the poet's life and works and also to study and discuss Scottish literature,
art, music, folklore and history. The Club was open to all admirers of the national
poet of Scotland, irrespective of their nationality. Fonds consists minutes, correspondence,
annual dinner programmes, miscellaneous records, published books, song cards and
certificates.
Fonds was donated to the Archives by Island Farms Dairy who found the records
stored in the Hollyrood House prior to the demolition of the building.
Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet.
Location: 36 G 4. |
PR 231 |
| Burns, Robert |
Burns Club of Victoria, B.C. fonds. -- 1877-1980. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
The Burns Club of Victoria B.C. was established about 1922 and incorporated in
1929. Its purpose was to perpetuate the memory of Robert Burns, to encourage the
study of the poet's life and works and also to study and discuss Scottish literature,
art, music, folklore and history. The Club was open to all admirers of the national
poet of Scotland, irrespective of their nationality. Fonds consists minutes, correspondence,
annual dinner programmes, miscellaneous records, published books, song cards and
certificates.
Fonds was donated to the Archives by Island Farms Dairy who found the records
stored in the Hollyrood House prior to the demolition of the building.
Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet.
Location: 36 G 4. |
PR 231 |
| Burton, Mary, 1904- |
Rattenbury family fonds. -- 1864-1978. -- ca. 1500 photographs and 0.34 m
of textual records (0.72 m). Francis Mawson Rattenbury was born in Leeds, England,
in 1867. He began training as an architect in 1885 in his uncles' firm Mawson
and Mawson. He immigrated to British Columbia in 1892, settling first in Vancouver,
then moving to Victoria the next year when he won the competition for the design
of the new Parliament Buildings. This coup launched a two-decades-long string
of successes which included Government House, court houses, banks, hotels and
residences. He also pursued business careers in inland shipping and land speculation.
In 1898 he married Florence Eleanor Nunn (d. 1929) and had two children Francis
Burgoyne (1899- ) and Mary (later Burton, 1904- ). Rattenbury's fortunes began
to flag with the beginning of World War I. After 1914 commissions were infrequent,
and his land ventures in central British Columbia were unsuccessful. In 1925 his
wife divorced him, and he married Alma Victoria Pakenham, by who he had one son
John. In 1930 he moved to England with his new family and settled in Bournemouth,
where he was effectively retired. On March 23, 1935, Francis Rattenbury was murdered
by his wife's paramour George Percy Stoner, thus leading to one of Britain's most
sensational murder trials of the century. Fonds consists of prints (some in albums),
negatives, diaries, letters, certificates, newspaper clippings, books, agreements
and scrapbooks relating to the families of F.M. Rattenbury, Eric Burton and Sara
Grogan Rattenbury. Photographs include images of members of the Rattenbury family
and their home Iechineel in Oak Bay; Victoria homes and other buildings; Eric
Burton's family, especially in hunting scenes; and wildlife.
Part of the fonds was loaned on 18 April 1978 by Frank B. Rattenbury and was later
donated along with the balance in December 1982 by his son E.A. (Ted) Rattenbury.
A file list is available.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 G 5, 27 D 6-10, 27 G 4, 113 B 14, Map 2 G 16. |
PR 35 |
| Business |
William Wilson fonds. -- 1860-1922 (predominantly 1880-1922). -- 1.15 m of
textual records and other material (1.22 m). Born in England in 1838, William
Wilson founded the Victoria retail clothing firm of W & J Wilson Ltd. He served
both as an Alderman on Victoria City Council and as a Member of the Legislative
Assembly of British Columbia. He died in Victoria in 1922. During his time in
Canada, he was actively involved in real estate speculation, mining, and footwear
manufacturing, as well as in local society and the family business. Fonds consists
of the following 38 series: cash book (1906-1921); journal (1909-1922); ledger
(1913-[ca. 1922]); reference material (1881-1899); taxes (1887-1908); Belmont
Tannery records (1873-1910); Capital City Canning & Packing records (1906-1909);
Clayoquot mineral claims records (1905-1917); Graham Island coal lands records
(1880-1910); Nicola Mining Co. records (1887-1894); Wilson Bros. estimates (1892-1894);
J.W. Williams estate records (1897); Joseph Wilson estate records (1899-1901);
loan to W.Q. Arnold (1913-1916); loan to E. Cave (1904-1905); miscellaneous loan
records (1878-1913); correspondence (1873-1883); estate records (1895-1918); family
history (1860-[19--]); miscellaneous personal records (1874-[ca. 1920]); Pacific
Club and Victoria Club records (1895-1899); miscellaneous agreements for sale
(1900-1907); real estate purchases memorandum book (1890-1891); real estate sales
ledger (1890-1906); Beer property records (1895); Fernwood property records (1890-1891);
Halfway River property records (1912-1921); Johnson Street restaurant lease (1904-1909);
Lulu Island property records (1898-1911); New Westminster property records (1890-1894);
North Saanich property records (1913-1914); Oak Bay Avenue property records (1890-1908);
Port Simpson property records (1895-1903); Vancouver property records (1898);
Victoria Hotel construction records (1891-1898); Willows property records (1890-1900);
reference publications (1846-1920); artifacts.
The records were donated in May 1991 by the present owner of W & J Wilson
Ltd. as part of accession 99105-03. This accession also includes the following
related material: Joseph Wilson fonds (1834-1892); Joseph E. Wilson fonds (1897-1944);
and W & J Wilson Ltd. fonds (1859-1987). See also accession 99003-06, which
has not yet been integrated descriptively with the records received in accession
99105-03.
Inventory available.
Location: 30 D 5 - 30 E 4, 36 D 10, 29 F 4 - 29 F 6. |
PR 63 |
| Business |
Victoria Motor Company collection. -- [191-]. -- 8 prints. The Victoria Motor
Company was established, ca. 1912, in the 900 block of Johnson Street. Between
1912 and 1914, the Company was managed by George C. Feldhausen and operated at
926, 930 and 932 Johnson Street. In 1915, the M&B Garage started up business
at 932 Johnson Street. Fonds consists of 8 photographs of the interior and exteriors
of the Company, employees, automobiles and the Company's mascot.
Copies of images are available in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Automobiles - Dealers."
Location: 26 D 5. |
PR 90 |
| Business |
Lim Li Bang fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1960]. -- 0.26 m of textual records and other
material. Lim Bang was born in the 1880s. In the early 1900s, Lim became the owner
of Gim Fook Yuen, a merchandise store in Victoria. He also operated several greenhouses,
worked as a wood merchant, and served as a manager at the Bank of Vancouver located
on Government Street. Another of Lim's major accomplishments was the development
of the Douglas Hotel at Douglas and Pandora Streets in Victoria. Lim was also
involved in many public activities as a member of the Chinese Benevolent Society
and also as a private individual fought racism against Chinese-Canadians. Lim
married Lim Ng Shee in 1903 and they had one son and three daughters. Lim died
on December 6, 1974 Fonds consists of miscellaneous files, photographs, artifacts
and a plan. Miscellaneous files have been loosely ordered under the following
topics: Gim Fook Yuen Company, sausage business, Lim Fook murder attempt, Kue
Hing Company theatrical troupe and miscellaneous documents. Photographs consist
of 7 original images and 18 copies of loaned images pertaining to the Lim Bang
family. Artifacts include paper, storage boxes and rice bottles. Plan consists
of a lot plan to a property in Sidney.
Includes 0.24 m of textual material, 26 photographs, 4 artifacts and 1 plan.
Copies of photographs are found in the photo access system under the heading "Lim
Bang".
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 28 D 9, 28 E 1, Vault V1 C 9, Vault V1 D 3, Vault V3 C 2, Vault V3 D
8, map system B0082. |
PR 139 |
| Business |
Stewart Monumental Works fonds. -- [ca. 1917-1966]. -- 0.11 m of textual records
and 19 photographs. Stewart Monumental Works was started, ca. 1895, by Alex Stewart,
a stonecutter and future mayor of the City of Victoria. From 1895 to 1911, Stewart
operated the business at the corner of Yates and Blanshard Streets. In 1911, the
business was moved to 1401 May Street where it continues to operate. Fonds consists
of correspondence outward and photographs. Photographs consist of images of headstones
constructed by Stewart Monumental Works.
Fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying by Rob Lifton, the present owner
of Stewart Monumental Works.
Location: 29 F 2, photo access system. |
PR 192 |
| Business |
Mortimer's Monumental Works fonds. -- [ca. 1922-1970]. -- 71 photographs and
0.01 m of textual records. John Mortimer started his marble and granite works
in Victoria about 1877. About 1894, his son Arthur joined him and, about 1909,
the Company became known as John Mortimer & Son. Following the deaths of John
and Arthur, in 1921 and 1926 respectively, the Company was bought by C.E.J. Millins
who retained the Mortimer name. About 1951, with a change of ownership, the Company's
name was changed to Mortimer's Monumental Works. Fonds consists of photographs,
timebook, correspondence and miscellaneous records. Photographs consist of images
of headstones constructed by Mortimer's Monumental Works.
Fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying by Mortimer's Monumental Works.
Location: 29 F 1, photo access system. |
PR 193 |
| Business |
James M. Savage fonds. -- 1891-1928. -- 0.13 m of textual records. James Savage
was born in St. Catherines, Ontario, and came to Victoria in the early 1900s.
He originally worked for South Wellington Coal Mines and, by 1920, he became the
general manager of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir Ltd.) Company. His residence
from ca. 1912 until his death in 1923, was at 837 St. Charles. Fonds consists
of diaries (1891-1923); correspondence (1894-1912); bank records (1893-1903);
and invitation to Dunsmuir/Cavendish wedding (1928).
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 29 F 7. |
PR 195 |
| Business |
Hinton Electric Company fonds. -- 1911-1913. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Hinton Electric Company evolved out of George C. Hinton & Company around 1899.
It was initially composed of John A. and George C. Hinton and operated in Victoria
between 1899 to 1920. The Company also operated a Vancouver Branch for several
of these years. The Company provided electrical machinery, wiring and supplies.
Fonds consists of a monthly summary of accounts.
Fonds was originally acquired by the British Columbia Archives and Records Service
and transferred to the City of Victoria Archives.
Location: 32 C 8. |
PR 225 |
| Butchart Gardens |
John Vickers Gray fonds. -- 1924. -- 39 photographs. John Vickers Gray was
a resident of Vancouver. He visited Victoria in 1924. Fonds consists of photographs
of major tourist attractions taken when Gray was visiting Victoria. Sites include
Butchart Gardens, Victoria Inner Harbour, Craigflower Schoolhouse, Chinatown,
and the Malahat Drive. There are also several images taken of Vancouver included
in this fonds.
Includes 37 photographic prints and 2 postcards.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 198 |
| Cameron Agnes Deans, 1863-1912 |
Cameron family fonds. -- [187-?]-1922. -- ca. 50 photographs (0.06 m). Duncan
Cameron (d. 1884) and Jessie Anderson (1822-1906), both born in Scotland, met
and married in the California goldfields, where their first three children were
born. The Camerons brought their family north in 1860 and settled in Victoria,
where two more children were born. Duncan Cameron pursued gold in the Cariboo
and on Vancouver Island, but his life was cut short by a driving accident on 28
January 1884. His wife Jessie survived until 1906, living in the family home on
Bird Cage Walk which blocked the extension of that street to Carr Street. The
Camerons' most famous child Agnes Deans was born in 1863. She taught school in
Comox and Vancouver before returning to Victoria to teach at the James Bay, Girls'
Central and Boys schools. She later became principal of South Park School, a position
she held until 1906 when a controversy with the Department of Education led to
her resignation. She later supported herself by extensive writing and lecturing.
Her expedition to the Arctic with her niece Jessie Cameron Brown in 1908 resulted
in the popular book The New North. Agnes Deans Cameron died in Victoria on 12
May 1912, of complications following surgery for appendicitis. Fonds consists
of photographs of the Duncan Cameron family; views of Victoria, including the
Inner Harbour and Beacon Hill Park; Frank Cameron in his early automobiles; and
an album of photographs of Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 expedition to the Arctic.
Donated by Frank Cameron, nephew of Agnes Deans Cameron, in 1970.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 14 |
| Cameron family (Duncan Cameron, d.1884) |
Cameron family fonds. -- [187-?]-1922. -- ca. 50 photographs (0.06 m). Duncan
Cameron (d. 1884) and Jessie Anderson (1822-1906), both born in Scotland, met
and married in the California goldfields, where their first three children were
born. The Camerons brought their family north in 1860 and settled in Victoria,
where two more children were born. Duncan Cameron pursued gold in the Cariboo
and on Vancouver Island, but his life was cut short by a driving accident on 28
January 1884. His wife Jessie survived until 1906, living in the family home on
Bird Cage Walk which blocked the extension of that street to Carr Street. The
Camerons' most famous child Agnes Deans was born in 1863. She taught school in
Comox and Vancouver before returning to Victoria to teach at the James Bay, Girls'
Central and Boys schools. She later became principal of South Park School, a position
she held until 1906 when a controversy with the Department of Education led to
her resignation. She later supported herself by extensive writing and lecturing.
Her expedition to the Arctic with her niece Jessie Cameron Brown in 1908 resulted
in the popular book The New North. Agnes Deans Cameron died in Victoria on 12
May 1912, of complications following surgery for appendicitis. Fonds consists
of photographs of the Duncan Cameron family; views of Victoria, including the
Inner Harbour and Beacon Hill Park; Frank Cameron in his early automobiles; and
an album of photographs of Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 expedition to the Arctic.
Donated by Frank Cameron, nephew of Agnes Deans Cameron, in 1970.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 14 |
| Cameron, Agnes Deans (family) |
John Christian fonds. -- [ca. 1908-1920]. -- 146 photographs. John Christian
was born in Nova Scotia and came to Victoria about 1895. He originally worked
as a sealer and, about 1911, began work for the Consolidated Whaling Corporation
as a whaler. In 1919 he married Gladys Maude Cameron, a niece of Agnes Deans Cameron,
and they had two daughters Phyllis and Creta. John Christian died in 1933 at the
age of 71. Fonds consists of copy negatives taken from loaned photo albums. Photo
albums were created by Gladys Maude Cameron and John Christian. The majority of
images are of unidentified individuals and places with many other images depicting
the Christian and Cameron families and scenes of Victoria.
Location: 26 E 5. |
PR 236 |
| Cameron, Frank |
Cameron family fonds. -- [187-?]-1922. -- ca. 50 photographs (0.06 m). Duncan
Cameron (d. 1884) and Jessie Anderson (1822-1906), both born in Scotland, met
and married in the California goldfields, where their first three children were
born. The Camerons brought their family north in 1860 and settled in Victoria,
where two more children were born. Duncan Cameron pursued gold in the Cariboo
and on Vancouver Island, but his life was cut short by a driving accident on 28
January 1884. His wife Jessie survived until 1906, living in the family home on
Bird Cage Walk which blocked the extension of that street to Carr Street. The
Camerons' most famous child Agnes Deans was born in 1863. She taught school in
Comox and Vancouver before returning to Victoria to teach at the James Bay, Girls'
Central and Boys schools. She later became principal of South Park School, a position
she held until 1906 when a controversy with the Department of Education led to
her resignation. She later supported herself by extensive writing and lecturing.
Her expedition to the Arctic with her niece Jessie Cameron Brown in 1908 resulted
in the popular book The New North. Agnes Deans Cameron died in Victoria on 12
May 1912, of complications following surgery for appendicitis. Fonds consists
of photographs of the Duncan Cameron family; views of Victoria, including the
Inner Harbour and Beacon Hill Park; Frank Cameron in his early automobiles; and
an album of photographs of Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 expedition to the Arctic.
Donated by Frank Cameron, nephew of Agnes Deans Cameron, in 1970.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 14 |
| Campbell Studio |
Campbell Studio fonds. -- 1918-1949. -- 32 photographs (0.03 m). Campbell
Studio was a commercial photography studio that operated from ca. 1939 to 1974.
It was managed by A.L. Lee and J.L.W. Price. At one point, Campbell Studio evidently
acquired the photographs of the photographer Claude Colpitts. Fonds consists of
photographs taken by the Campbell Studio and Claude Colpitts. Images depict the
Foundation Company of B.C. Ltd. shipyards located in Victoria West, parades held
in Victoria and other miscellaneous photographs of sporting groups, military personnel
and others.
Fonds was donated in two accessions 98006-06 and 98110-06. The second accession
was donated by J.L.W. Price whereas the first accession was from an unrecorded
donor.
Claude Colpitts was a photographer who operated a studio in Victoria ca. 1917-1921.
He later moved to California and passed away in 1939. The Colpitts Studio was
evidently taken over by Campbell Studio.
Location: 26 B 6, 27 A 4. |
PR 108 |
| Campbell's Drug Store (Victoria, B.C.) |
Victoria E. Lemmax fonds. -- 1897-1927. -- 33 photographs and 0.02 m of textual
records (0.09 m). Victoria E. Lemmax was born in Victoria on September 1, 1898,
the daughter of James and Eleuthera Lemmax. She graduated from the Victoria Normal
School in 1918 and began a teacher career that lasted 43 years. Between 1919 and
1922 she taught at Saanichton and Strawberry Vale Schools; from 1922 to 1924 she
was principal of Tolmie School. In June 1924 she was called to the principalship
of Quadra Elementary School, where she remained until her retirement in 1962.
As well as being a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church (now First United),
she joined numerous social and cultural organizations. Victoria Lemmax died in
Oak Bay on January 24, 1991. Fonds consists of photographs of the Lemmax family,
school groups at North Ward and Girls' Central School, Campbell's Drug Store and
Beacon Hill Park (Maynard photos); miscellaneous school certificates belonging
to Victoria Lemmax; school and pharmacy certificates belonging to James L. Lemmax
IV; program of memorial service for Harlan Carey Brewster; and a song sheet for
Canada's Diamong Jubilee celebrations, 1927. Artifacts include a sewing box, lady's
suede gloves, headband, parasol, doilies, hair ornaments and pins, swagger stick,
etc.
Donated by Victoria Lemmax on 12 June 1978. Five of the photographs of the Lemmax
family were purchased by Ainslie Helmcken. Their provenance is unknown.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault, Map 2 A 13. |
PR 37 |
| Canada Trust Company |
Thomas Shanks McPherson estate fonds. -- [ca. 1895-1965]. -- 9 photographs
and 0.01 m of textual records. Thomas Shanks McPherson was born on September 7,
1873 and died on December 3, 1962. Upon his death his estate was administered
by the Canada Trust Company which served as the trustee. The McPherson estate
funded many charities including the McPherson Foundation, Young Men and Young
Women's Christian Association, Salvation Army, Victoria College Building Fund,
Community Chest of Greater Victoria, Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children,
British Columbia Protestant Orphan's Home and many others. Fonds consists of photographs
of Thomas Shanks McPherson and his family, a copy of McPherson's will and brochures
for Queen Alexandra Solarium for Crippled Children and the Salvation Army.
Records were donated to the City of Victoria by the Canada Trust Company.
For related records see CRS 178 Thomas Shanks McPherson estate statement of accounts.
Location: 27 C 5. |
PR 255 |
| Canadian Hydrographic Service |
Roland Banyard fonds. -- 1887-[197-?]. -- ca. 50 photographs and 7 maps (0.05
m). Roland Banyard was a photographer for the Canadian Hydrographic Survey. Fonds
consists of photographs and maps, most of which probably originated with the Canadian
Hydrographic Service. The photographs include views of three girls on Willows
Beach, including the future Alfred Banyard; a wrecked barge in Tahsis Inlet; Coast
Guard ships and boats; the West Coast of Vancouver Island, including Tofino airport
tower and hydrographic surveying scenes; Bamberton; early wireless radio rooms;
lighthouses and light ships; and the demolition of Ripple Rock. The maps include
five of the six sheets of a British military map of Greater Victoria (Maps/B0033);
southwestern British Columbia (Maps/B0062); and a hydrographic chart of Pender
Harbour.
Acquired from Roland Banyard in the 1970s.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 28 C 5, 36 F 2, Map 1 E-F. |
PR 25 |
| Canadian Pacific Land and Mortgage Company |
Canadian Pacific Land and Mortgage Company fonds. -- 1888-1896. -- 0.07 m
of textual records.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 6 |
| Capital City Commercial Club |
Capital City Commercial Club fonds. -- 1921-1988 (predominantly 1921-1950).
-- 0.26 m of textual records. The Capital City Commercial Club was founded in
April 1921, as the 100% Club of Victoria, British Columbia. The purpose of the
group was the promotion of business, business leads among members and the fostering
of good civic, social and moral conduct among members. The Club was originally
affiliated with other Executive Clubs throughout North America, with the International
Organization head office in San Francisco. In 1925, the International Organization's
head office changed the name of the Club to the International Executive Association
with the Victoria chapter renamed to the Capital City Executive Association. A
few years later the name was again changed to the Usadians. In 1931, the local
members voted to secede from the International Organization. They then chose the
name Capital City Commercial Club on March 13, 1931. In 1986, the organization
was renamed the Capital City Commercial Association. Fonds consists of minutes
(1921-1950) and historical speeches (1984-1988).
Location: 29 F 9, 29 G 1. |
PR 199 |
| Casilio, Mary T. |
Mary T. Casilio fonds. -- [ca. 1936-1944]. -- 10 photographs. Mary T. Casilio
was the daughter of Thomas Peden of Scott and Peden Limited. She competed in many
sports in her youth and later married Hiram C. Casilio. In the 1970s, she became
an alderman for the Municipal Council of Saanich. Fonds consists of photographs
of female baseball and basketball teams.
Location: 28 E 4. |
PR 143 |
| Cave, Martin W.E. |
Martin W.E. Cave fonds. -- 1913. -- 6 photographs. Martin Cave was the manager
of the Royal Theatre in the 1960s. Fonds consists of photographs of construction
workers and excavation work at the site of the Royal Theatre.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 249 |
| Cemeteries |
Stewart Monumental Works fonds. -- [ca. 1917-1966]. -- 0.11 m of textual records
and 19 photographs. Stewart Monumental Works was started, ca. 1895, by Alex Stewart,
a stonecutter and future mayor of the City of Victoria. From 1895 to 1911, Stewart
operated the business at the corner of Yates and Blanshard Streets. In 1911, the
business was moved to 1401 May Street where it continues to operate. Fonds consists
of correspondence outward and photographs. Photographs consist of images of headstones
constructed by Stewart Monumental Works.
Fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying by Rob Lifton, the present owner
of Stewart Monumental Works.
Location: 29 F 2, photo access system. |
PR 192 |
| Cemeteries |
Mortimer's Monumental Works fonds. -- [ca. 1922-1970]. -- 71 photographs and
0.01 m of textual records. John Mortimer started his marble and granite works
in Victoria about 1877. About 1894, his son Arthur joined him and, about 1909,
the Company became known as John Mortimer & Son. Following the deaths of John
and Arthur, in 1921 and 1926 respectively, the Company was bought by C.E.J. Millins
who retained the Mortimer name. About 1951, with a change of ownership, the Company's
name was changed to Mortimer's Monumental Works. Fonds consists of photographs,
timebook, correspondence and miscellaneous records. Photographs consist of images
of headstones constructed by Mortimer's Monumental Works.
Fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying by Mortimer's Monumental Works.
Location: 29 F 1, photo access system. |
PR 193 |
| Centennials |
Flora Johnston collection. -- 1887-1978. -- 0.2 m of textual records. Flora
Johnston was a resident of Victoria. She was related to A. Donovan Johnston, funeral
director for Sands Mortuary Limited. Collection consists of newspapers and pamphlets.
Newspapers consist of copies of the Daily Colonist, Victoria Times, Times-Colonist,
News of the World, Family Herald and the Saturday Sunset. The majority of papers
are special editions dealing primarily with Royalty, Royal visits, coronations,
war, and centennials. Pamphlets consist of items pertaining to Royalty and war.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 28 G 3. |
PR 167 |
| Chambers family (Arthur Hyde Chambers, 1852-1935) |
Chambers-Todd family fonds. -- 1890-1935. -- ca. 550 photographs. and 0.01
m of textual records (0.98 m). Arthur Hyde Chambers was born at Dulwich, England,
on 25 November 1852. He married first Annie Middleton on 13 December 1869, at
Rumstead, Kent. Of this union there came one son. He later married Jessie Clark
on 21 April 1881, in Bordeaux, France. The couple had three daughters and one
son. Chambers may have worked as a photographer in Barcelona, Spain, as early
as 1888. In addition, he also worked as a photographer in Stettin, Poland, Stockhom,
Sweden, and St. Remy-de-Provence, France. He moved to Vancouver Island where he
carried on the same trade at Northfield and Nanoose in the 1890s before moving
to Victoria, where he ran a photographic studio until 1900. He later operated
another photographic studio in Nanaimo and then moved to Vancouver, where he turned
to nursing. Jessie Chambers died in Vancouver on 8 February 1907, and Arthur died
there in 1935. Both are interred at Mountain View Cemetery. Frederick Dundas Todd
was born at Springfield, Fife, Scotland, on 30 April 1858. He trained as a teacher
and held teaching posts in Edinburgh, Scotland before emigrating to Chicago, U.S.A.,
where he was a photographic judge and publisher. In 1906 Todd moved to Medford,
Oregon, and two years later made Victoria his home. He was appointed Provincial
Apiarist and held that post until 1921. Frederick Dundas Todd married Rebecca
Keay in Dundee, Scotland, on 31 July 1885, and had three sons and two daughters.
All of his sons became civil engineers. Todd died in Victoria on 20 April 1926.
Rebecca Todd died on 1 June 1940. Both are buried at Royal Oak Burial Park.
The Chambers and Todd families are related by marriage; R.A.D. Todd, a son of
Frederick Dundas Todd, married Phoebe Rosalie Chambers, daughter of Arthur Hyde
Chambers. Fonds consists primarily of black and white glass plate negatives and
nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family
groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families. Most of the persons
outside of these families are not identified. Other images show industrial and
commercial scenes, probably in the Nanaimo and central Vancouver Island areas,
which are also the likely locales for a number of the pictures of beach camping
scenes. Aside from pictures taken in England and Scotland (including photos of
what appears to be the funeral of King Edward VII), the locales of a substantial
number of images can only be surmised to be the Canadian Prairies and southwestern
United States. The work of Arthur Hyde Chambers and Frederick Dundas Todd are
irretrievably mixed in this fonds. A single file of textual material consists
of letters, real estate documents, a map and clippings.
Part of this fonds was purchased in 1970 from a Mr. Chambers, and part was donated
by R.A.D. Todd at a later date. Many of the photographs were identified by R.A.D.
Todd.
Contact prints and copy negatives of many images are available. The prints are
in box 25 B 7.
An item list is available for the glass plate negatives.
Location: 25 A 6 - 25 B 7, 113 B 13. |
PR 12 |
| Chambers, Arthur Hyde, 1852-1935 |
Chambers-Todd family fonds. -- 1890-1935. -- ca. 550 photographs. and 0.01
m of textual records (0.98 m). Arthur Hyde Chambers was born at Dulwich, England,
on 25 November 1852. He married first Annie Middleton on 13 December 1869, at
Rumstead, Kent. Of this union there came one son. He later married Jessie Clark
on 21 April 1881, in Bordeaux, France. The couple had three daughters and one
son. Chambers may have worked as a photographer in Barcelona, Spain, as early
as 1888. In addition, he also worked as a photographer in Stettin, Poland, Stockhom,
Sweden, and St. Remy-de-Provence, France. He moved to Vancouver Island where he
carried on the same trade at Northfield and Nanoose in the 1890s before moving
to Victoria, where he ran a photographic studio until 1900. He later operated
another photographic studio in Nanaimo and then moved to Vancouver, where he turned
to nursing. Jessie Chambers died in Vancouver on 8 February 1907, and Arthur died
there in 1935. Both are interred at Mountain View Cemetery. Frederick Dundas Todd
was born at Springfield, Fife, Scotland, on 30 April 1858. He trained as a teacher
and held teaching posts in Edinburgh, Scotland before emigrating to Chicago, U.S.A.,
where he was a photographic judge and publisher. In 1906 Todd moved to Medford,
Oregon, and two years later made Victoria his home. He was appointed Provincial
Apiarist and held that post until 1921. Frederick Dundas Todd married Rebecca
Keay in Dundee, Scotland, on 31 July 1885, and had three sons and two daughters.
All of his sons became civil engineers. Todd died in Victoria on 20 April 1926.
Rebecca Todd died on 1 June 1940. Both are buried at Royal Oak Burial Park.
The Chambers and Todd families are related by marriage; R.A.D. Todd, a son of
Frederick Dundas Todd, married Phoebe Rosalie Chambers, daughter of Arthur Hyde
Chambers. Fonds consists primarily of black and white glass plate negatives and
nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family
groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families. Most of the persons
outside of these families are not identified. Other images show industrial and
commercial scenes, probably in the Nanaimo and central Vancouver Island areas,
which are also the likely locales for a number of the pictures of beach camping
scenes. Aside from pictures taken in England and Scotland (including photos of
what appears to be the funeral of King Edward VII), the locales of a substantial
number of images can only be surmised to be the Canadian Prairies and southwestern
United States. The work of Arthur Hyde Chambers and Frederick Dundas Todd are
irretrievably mixed in this fonds. A single file of textual material consists
of letters, real estate documents, a map and clippings.
Part of this fonds was purchased in 1970 from a Mr. Chambers, and part was donated
by R.A.D. Todd at a later date. Many of the photographs were identified by R.A.D.
Todd.
Contact prints and copy negatives of many images are available. The prints are
in box 25 B 7.
An item list is available for the glass plate negatives.
Location: 25 A 6 - 25 B 7, 113 B 13. |
PR 12 |
| Chan, Roy S.T., b. 1916 |
Roy S.T. Chan fonds. -- 1917-[ca. 194-?]. -- 27 photographs (0.05 m). Roy
Chan was born in 1916, the sixth child of Chan Dun and Koo Ching Lim, the proprietors
of the Panama Cafe. About 1956, Roy Chan joined the Post Office, working as a
letter carrier. Chan married Susan Cheung and had two sons, Neal and Arnold. Roy
Chan was also a member of the Chinese Presbyterian Church. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Chan family, North Ward schoolchildren, the family home at 2308 Wark Street
and the Chinese Presbyterian Church.
21 of the photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying.
Fonds consists of accessions 98011-01, 98108-28, 98502-20, 98504-05, 98705-04
and 99109-01.
Location: 26 D 5-5, 27 A 1, 28 F 9, Map 2 G 5, photo access system. |
PR 164 |
| Chapman, J. Howard |
J. Howard Chapman collection. -- [ca. 1900-1933]. -- 88 photographs (0.13
m). J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he
worked as a travelling salesman, but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and took
photographs throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic
work on the people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria. Collection consists
of lantern slides and negatives documenting the construction of the Johnson St.
Bridge and an unidentified Bridge.
Photographs consist of 50 lantern slides and 38 negatives.
Copies of images are found in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Bridges."
Location: 44 D 1, 3rd fl - 113 B 13. |
PR 96 |
| Chapman, J. Howard |
William W. Cook collection. -- [ca. 1912-1920]. -- 599 photographs (0.1 m).
William W. Cook was a friend of the commercial photographer J. Howard Chapman.
Collection consists of an album of postcards taken by the photographer J. Howard
Chapman. Album also contains several photographic prints.
Photographs include 572 postcards and 27 prints.
Copies of some prints are found in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Photographers, Commercial - J. Howard Chapman."
An item list of the records is available.
J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he worked
as a travelling salesman but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and photographed
throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic work on the
people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria.
Location: 27 B 1. |
PR 97 |
| Charities |
Friendly Help Society fonds. -- 1895-1933. -- 0.07 m of textual records. The
Local Council of Women of Victoria and Vancouver Island, Committee of Charities,
first met February 25, 1895. At this meeting they adopted the name Friendly Help
Society. The object of the Society was to unite the local system of charities,
work with other charities to ensure that services were not duplicated, while bearing
in mind the "important principle of helping the needy to help assist themselves."
The Society was founded on a non-denominational basis. Fonds consists of minute
books (1895-1920) and a board of directors list (1932-1933).
Fonds was donated to the Archives by Spencerhouse Welfare Centre.
Location: 27 F 5. |
PR 126 |
| Cholberg Shipyard |
Cholberg Shipyard collection. -- [between 1918 and 1923]. -- ca. 174 photographs
(0.6 m) and other material. Cholberg Shipyard was operated in Victoria West from
approximately 1918-1922. Its manager, and one of its two main shareholders, was
Chris Cholberg. Fonds consists of prints, negatives, technical drawings and textual
material relating to the Cholberg Shipyards and the construction of the S.F. Tolmie.
The photographs document the employees and the ships constructed at the the Shipyard.
The technical drawings consist of plans of a "Four Masted Sailing Schooner,"
while the textual records document the construction and voyages of the schooner
S.F. Tolmie.
Fonds includes ca. 174 photographs, 13 technical drawings, 0.01 m of textual records
and 1 artifact.
Photographs include original prints, copy prints, cellulose nitrate negatives
and interpositives. A list has been compiled recording which image is in which
format. Copy prints for many of the photographs are found in the photo access
system under the heading "Cholberg Shipyards."
Construction of the S.F. Tolmie was completed in 1920.
Location: 26 B 2, 26 B 6, 26 C 1, 44 D 1, Map 2 G 12, third floor 113 B 13, Vault
V3 D 4. |
PR 78 |
| Christian, Gladys Maude |
John Christian fonds. -- [ca. 1908-1920]. -- 146 photographs. John Christian
was born in Nova Scotia and came to Victoria about 1895. He originally worked
as a sealer and, about 1911, began work for the Consolidated Whaling Corporation
as a whaler. In 1919 he married Gladys Maude Cameron, a niece of Agnes Deans Cameron,
and they had two daughters Phyllis and Creta. John Christian died in 1933 at the
age of 71. Fonds consists of copy negatives taken from loaned photo albums. Photo
albums were created by Gladys Maude Cameron and John Christian. The majority of
images are of unidentified individuals and places with many other images depicting
the Christian and Cameron families and scenes of Victoria.
Location: 26 E 5. |
PR 236 |
| Christian, John, d. 1933 |
John Christian fonds. -- [ca. 1908-1920]. -- 146 photographs. John Christian
was born in Nova Scotia and came to Victoria about 1895. He originally worked
as a sealer and, about 1911, began work for the Consolidated Whaling Corporation
as a whaler. In 1919 he married Gladys Maude Cameron, a niece of Agnes Deans Cameron,
and they had two daughters Phyllis and Creta. John Christian died in 1933 at the
age of 71. Fonds consists of copy negatives taken from loaned photo albums. Photo
albums were created by Gladys Maude Cameron and John Christian. The majority of
images are of unidentified individuals and places with many other images depicting
the Christian and Cameron families and scenes of Victoria.
Location: 26 E 5. |
PR 236 |
| Chungranes, Constantine Demetrius (Dick) |
Constantine Demetrius Chungranes fonds. -- 1896-[ca.1920]. -- 24 photographs
(0.05 m). Constantine Demetrius Chungranes was the son of Demetrius K. Chungranes
and Mary Vienna. Constantine's siblings were Athena, Afthalia D., Orsa Marie,
Nicholas, and George D. In 1923, Constantine married Phoebe Day. In the 1920s
he became the manager of his father's business D.K. Chungranes Limited, a wholesale
and retail fish, fruit and poultry shop. Fonds consists of photographs of members
of the Chungranes family and a pamphlet produced by the Victoria Police Department
and containing an advertisement for D.K. Chungranes Limited.
George D. Chungranes was born in 1892, the oldest son of Demetrius and Mary Chungranes.
He was working for D.K. Chungranes Limited when he was killed in an automobile
accident in 1916.
Location: 28 F 9, 29 C 6, 29 F 8. |
PR 163 |
| Chungranes, D.K. (family) |
Constantine Demetrius Chungranes fonds. -- 1896-[ca.1920]. -- 24 photographs
(0.05 m). Constantine Demetrius Chungranes was the son of Demetrius K. Chungranes
and Mary Vienna. Constantine's siblings were Athena, Afthalia D., Orsa Marie,
Nicholas, and George D. In 1923, Constantine married Phoebe Day. In the 1920s
he became the manager of his father's business D.K. Chungranes Limited, a wholesale
and retail fish, fruit and poultry shop. Fonds consists of photographs of members
of the Chungranes family and a pamphlet produced by the Victoria Police Department
and containing an advertisement for D.K. Chungranes Limited.
George D. Chungranes was born in 1892, the oldest son of Demetrius and Mary Chungranes.
He was working for D.K. Chungranes Limited when he was killed in an automobile
accident in 1916.
Location: 28 F 9, 29 C 6, 29 F 8. |
PR 163 |
| Clark, Cecil |
Anne Freisinger collection. -- 1969-1977. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Anne
Freisinger is a resident of Greater Victoria. Collection consists of Cecil Clark
"Yesterday and Today" newspaper clippings, numbered from 1-801.
Location: 28 E 5. |
PR 146 |
| Clark, Cecil George, 1899-1993 |
Madge Hamilton collection. -- [189-]-1971. -- 568 photographs (0.07 m). Madge
Hamilton (née Wolfenden) worked at the Provincial Archives of B.C. as the Assistant
Provincial Archivist from 1934 to 1953. During the war she was Acting Provincial
Archivist. During the 1950s, she arranged for extensive photographs to be taken
of both interiors and exteriors of prominent residential buildings. The project
was undertaken with the help of the British Columbia Historical Association. Fonds
consists of negatives of Victoria homes taken by Cecil Clark, the British Columbia
Historical Association, E. Piggott and Michael Sears. Exterior views unless otherwise
indicated.
Inventory available.
Location: 32 D 11. |
PR 58 |
| Clay family |
Donaldson, Clay family fonds. -- [ca. 1880-1920]. -- 31 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Alexander Dawson Donaldson was the son of Alexander and
Mary Donaldson. Following his mother's death, he was adopted by his uncle James
Dawson. Alexander came to Victoria in 1874 and married Amanda Woolsey in 1879.
The marriage produced 4 children, Alexander T. Woolsey, James Douglas, Margaret
Dawson and Elizabeth Victoria. Alexander Sr. worked as a carpenter until 1901
when the family moved to a farm in Sooke. He died in 1909 at the age of 70 and
his wife Amanda died in 1930 at the age of 75. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth
Victoria married William Clay, the son of Jonathan Clay. William and Elizabeth
had three children, Donald, Eric and Leonard. Elizabeth died in 1988 at the age
of 91. Fonds consists of photographs and miscellaneous files. Photographs depict
members of the Clay and Donaldson families, and family friends including the Edgar
Fawcett family, Alexander Ross, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mrs. William Prout and Hattie
Chapman. Miscellaneous files consist of photocopies of Alexander T. Woolsey Donaldson's
Boys Brigade cards, an in memoriam card for Joseph Wilson, and records relating
to Alexander Dawson Donaldson.
Fonds was donated by Leonard Clay.
5 of the images were loaned to the Archives for copying.
An item list of the photographs is available.
A family tree for the Clay, Donaldson and Fawcett families exists.
Edgar Fawcett was born in 1847 and died in 1923. He worked for the Customs Department
of the Federal Government and also published books as a local historian. In 1867
he married Myra Holden and had six children, Thomas Douglas, Edgar Lionel Jr.,
Myra Louise, Olive A., Elizabeth, and Victor Cecil.
Location: 29 C 8, photo access system. |
PR 178 |
| Clover Point (Victoria, B.C.) |
Lowe family fonds. -- 1910-1987 (predominantly 1910-1934). -- ca. 100 photographs,
2 pictures and 0.01 m of textual records (0.07 m). George Lowe was born in Australia
in 1888 and came to Canada via England in 1907. In partnership with his brother,
he engaged in construction. They built houses on the open land near Clover Point,
including George Lowe's house on Bushby Street (1912). In 1920 he married Elsie
Tucker Hodgson (1895-1987), and they had one daughter Margaret (Peggy). Lowe gave
up the construction business in 1935 when he took a job as construction foreman
with the Federal Department of Transport. This work, which continued until his
retirement in 1951, took him to many remote locations on the British Columbia
Coast. George Lowe died in 1978. Fonds consists of photographs and postcards in
an album; loose prints; glass and celluloid negatives; newspaper clippings; and
a leaflet for the memorial service for Elsie Tucker Lowe. The photographs include
views of Victoria taken from the roof of the Parliament Buildings; Coronation
Day, 1911; the Gorge; the Clover Point area; the Five Sisters Block and Spencer's
Store fire, 1910; St. Mary's Hall, Oak Bay; the Pemberton Block (now the Yarrow
Building) under construction 1910; the Clover Point Boathouse under construction;
the Vancouver Island Life Boat Association; sports fishermen and their catches;
various ships; and miscellaneous Victoria and Vancouver Island scenes.
Donated ca. 1971 by George and Elsie Lowe; 1985, 1987 and 1988 by Margaret Lowe.
Full list of accessions: 97101-02, 98512-03, 98706-07 and 98802-05.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 1, 25 G 2, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 23 |
| Clunk, William Otto, 1903-1988 |
W.O. Clunk fonds. -- [Copied 1978]. -- 3 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records. William Otto Clunk was born in Victoria West on 18 September 1903, the
son of Alfred and Anna Clunk. He worked for many years as a typesetter and foreman
for Quality Press, then in 1954 moved to Vancouver, where he worked for Pacific
Press. During his working life he was a member of the Victoria West Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Victoria Typographical Union. He was
also a working member of the Commonwealth Cooperative Federation (CCF). In 1974
Clunk retired to his native city and died on 3 March 1988. His wife Ellen predeceased
him by eleven days, and he was survived by three daughters and one son. Fonds
consists of copies of photographs of Girls' Central School and Victoria West School
groups (1887-1910) and a photocopy of a 1910 high school entrance certificate
for Verna Adeline Clunk (later Drysdale).
Loaned for copying by W.O. Clunk, 19 June 1978.
Location: 25 G 6. |
PR 40 |
| Coles, Arthur, d. 1930 |
Coles, Howell & Company fonds. -- 1875-1935. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Coles, Howell & Company was formed about 1927 when Arthur Coles and George
C. Howell merged their real estate and insurance firms. Following Coles' death
in 1930, George C. Howell continued as president of the Company until the late
1940s. Fonds consists of agreements and correspondence relating to the development
and subdivision of the Bradley-Dyne property located at Union Bay in the Saanich
Inlet.
An item list of the records is available.
George and Katherine Bradley-Dyne were farmers in the North Saanich region. They
formed the Union Bay Development Company to subdivide their property.
Location: 29 D 7. |
PR 184 |
| Coles, Arthur, d. 1930 |
Elsie B. Richards fonds. -- 1889-1952 (predominantly 1921-1952). -- 0.46 m
of textual records. Elsie B. Richards worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper
for Arthur Coles and the firm of Coles, Howell Company in the 1920s. Following
the death of Arthur Coles in 1930, Richards opened up her own real estate, insurance
and rental firm. It appears that her firm was a successor to several of Arthur
Coles' accounts. Elsie B. Richards operated her firm until 1950. Throughout the
1950s, Richards worked as a bookkeeper. Fonds consists of a cash journal (1934-1950);
ledger (1924-1942); estate records of Arthur Coles, G.S.M. Warlow, Marian Allan
and Albert Henry Hall (1889-1952); register of land transactions (1929-1933);
J.C. Richards estate cash journal (1928-1951); Sarah Richards' estate cash journal
(1947-1952); and correspondence (1947).
Records have slight water damage and are mildewed.
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 32 E 1 - 32 E 3, 32 D 10. |
PR 222 |
| Coles, Howell & Company |
Coles, Howell & Company fonds. -- 1875-1935. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Coles, Howell & Company was formed about 1927 when Arthur Coles and George
C. Howell merged their real estate and insurance firms. Following Coles' death
in 1930, George C. Howell continued as president of the Company until the late
1940s. Fonds consists of agreements and correspondence relating to the development
and subdivision of the Bradley-Dyne property located at Union Bay in the Saanich
Inlet.
An item list of the records is available.
George and Katherine Bradley-Dyne were farmers in the North Saanich region. They
formed the Union Bay Development Company to subdivide their property.
Location: 29 D 7. |
PR 184 |
| Colpitts, Claude, d. 1939 |
Campbell Studio fonds. -- 1918-1949. -- 32 photographs (0.03 m). Campbell
Studio was a commercial photography studio that operated from ca. 1939 to 1974.
It was managed by A.L. Lee and J.L.W. Price. At one point, Campbell Studio evidently
acquired the photographs of the photographer Claude Colpitts. Fonds consists of
photographs taken by the Campbell Studio and Claude Colpitts. Images depict the
Foundation Company of B.C. Ltd. shipyards located in Victoria West, parades held
in Victoria and other miscellaneous photographs of sporting groups, military personnel
and others.
Fonds was donated in two accessions 98006-06 and 98110-06. The second accession
was donated by J.L.W. Price whereas the first accession was from an unrecorded
donor.
Claude Colpitts was a photographer who operated a studio in Victoria ca. 1917-1921.
He later moved to California and passed away in 1939. The Colpitts Studio was
evidently taken over by Campbell Studio.
Location: 26 B 6, 27 A 4. |
PR 108 |
| Communication Services - Broadcasting - Radio |
Douglas Shepherd fonds. -- 1974-1975. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Douglas
Sheperd worked as a reporter for CFAX Radio in 1974 and 1975. Fonds consists of
news reports and background research compiled during the 1975 municipal employee
strike. Records are arranged chronologically.
Location: 29 B 5. |
PR 176 |
| Construction |
Reginald J. Dove fonds. -- 1926-1957. -- 15 prints and 0.03 m of textual records.
Reginald J. Dove was a draftsman who worked in Victoria from the late 1920s to
ca. 1960. One of the projects that he worked on was the construction of the Christ
Church Cathedral, at which time he was in the employ of that building's architect
J.C.M. Keith. Fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting the construction
of Christ Church Cathedral.
Photographs consist of 14 prints and 1 postcard.
Copies of the images are available in the photographic access system under the
subject headings "Churches, Buildings - Christ Church Cathedral"; "Churches
- Clergy"; and "Architects."
Several of the photographs were taken by the commercial photographer W. Atkins
and are still under copyright.
Location: 26 D 4, 28 A 7. |
PR 89 |
| Construction |
Siddall Dennis Warner Architects fonds. -- [ca. 1962-1981]. -- ca. 1450 photographs
(0.24 m) and 0.01 m of textual records. Siddall Dennis Warner Architects was an
architectural firm that worked in the Victoria region from ca. 1970-1985. It evolved
out of the 1960s firm Siddall Dennis and Associates and was renamed in the mid
1980s to SDW Architects. It consisted of the architects Robert W. Siddall, Donald
D. Dennis and David H. Warner, architects who, among them, also worked at one
time for the firms James Polson and Siddall, Polson and Siddall, and RW Siddall
Associates. Fonds consists of photographs and pamphlets. Photographs consist of
images of construction sites, newly completed buildings and of streetscapes. Many
of these images relate to the construction of the University of Victoria, Victoria
Press Building, recreational buildings and private homes. Streetscapes include
images of many downtown streets, buildings and aerial views.
A file listing to the images is available.
Location: 27 E 5, 27 E 6, 27 F 9, 27 G 4. |
PR 125 |
| Construction |
McKillican & McCalman fonds. -- 1898-1905. -- 0.04 m of textual records.
McKillican & McCalman was composed of William D. McKillican and Peter McCalman,
both contractors and builders. Prior to this partnership, McKillican was involved
with another builder and contractor, W.J. Anderson, in the firm McKillican &
Anderson. As a partnership, McKillican & McCalman existed for several years
from ca. 1899-1905. They worked primarily as contractors and builders in the Victoria
region. Fonds consists of three series of records: cash journal (1898-1905); draft
tender proposals (1901-1905) and correspondence outward (1901-1902).
Location: 28 F 4. |
PR 151 |
| Construction |
Parfitt family collection. -- [ca. 1910]-1989. -- 75 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. James, Aaron and Fred Parfitt came to Victoria in 1889.
Within a year, the brothers began working as builders. In 1907, Parfitt Brothers
Limited was created consisting of the brothers James, Aaron, Fred, Mark and Albert.
The firm worked on many buildings in Victoria and British Columbia. In 1950, the
firm changed its name to Parfitt Construction Company. In 1989, the Parfitt family
celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the arrival of the family to Victoria.
Collection consists of material collected as part of the Parfitt family 100 year
anniversary and includes photographs, a brief history of the Parfitt family, and
extracts from the diaries of Albert and Aaron Parfitt Jr. relating to building
projects that Parfitt Brothers worked on. Photographs consist of images of the
Parfitt family and buildings that Parfitt Brothers worked on.
The fonds was loaned to the Archives for copying by Daryl Parfitt, an organizer
of the Parfitt family 100 year anniversary.
An item list for many of the photographs is available.
Location: 29 C 8, 29 D 5, photo access system. |
PR 181 |
| Construction |
Walter B. Revercomb fonds. -- 1945. -- 0.02 m of textual records and 1 architectural
plan. Walter B. Revercomb was the President of Richardson & Revercomb, a firm
of woodworkers and contractors, in the 1940s. Fonds consists of building plans,
specifications and work journal relating to the construction of the Park Tower
Apartments located at 905 Vancouver Street.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 203 |
| Construction |
Martin W.E. Cave fonds. -- 1913. -- 6 photographs. Martin Cave was the manager
of the Royal Theatre in the 1960s. Fonds consists of photographs of construction
workers and excavation work at the site of the Royal Theatre.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 249 |
| Cook, Gladys, d. 1987 |
Gladys Cook fonds. -- 1938-1988. -- 0.14 m of textual records and 120 photographs.
Gladys Cook was an original member of the Victoria Girls' Drill Team and a member
of the Drill Team Alumni. She died in 1987 at the age of 76. Fonds consists of
a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous correspondence and programmes
and photographs documenting Gladys Cook's involvement in the Victoria Girls' Drill
Team.
Location: 29 E 1, 29 E 7. |
PR 189 |
| Cook, William W. |
William W. Cook collection. -- [ca. 1912-1920]. -- 599 photographs (0.1 m).
William W. Cook was a friend of the commercial photographer J. Howard Chapman.
Collection consists of an album of postcards taken by the photographer J. Howard
Chapman. Album also contains several photographic prints.
Photographs include 572 postcards and 27 prints.
Copies of some prints are found in the photographic access system under the subject
heading "Photographers, Commercial - J. Howard Chapman."
An item list of the records is available.
J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he worked
as a travelling salesman but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and photographed
throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic work on the
people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria.
Location: 27 B 1. |
PR 97 |
| Cowie, Alexander, d. 1930 |
William Penman fonds. -- 1904-1962. -- ca. 2800 photographs, ca. 1100 prints
and 0.36 m of textual records (1.39 m). William Penman was born on 14 February
1878 in Lanark County, Ontario. In 1882 his family removed to Manitoba farmed
there until 1909. As a young man Penman developed an interest in photography.
In addition to other travels he spent working holidays in Victoria during the
winters of 1904-1905, 1906-1907 and 1907-1908. In December 1908 he left Manitoba
for Victoria for good. Early the next year his family sold their farm and joined
him in Victoria. His father bought a lot on Blackwood Street and built a house
on the site the next year. 2635 Blackwood Street was to be William Penman's permanent
residence for the next 52 years. After his mother and father died in 1920 and
1922 respectively, he continued to live with his brother Robert Newton Penman
and sister-in-law Marie until his death. Throughout his life, especially after
moving to Victoria, his pastimes included motor boating, automobile driving, fishing,
hunting and photography. While he worked regularly as a shingler since he arrived
in Victoria, he began to transport people in his motor launch or automobile for
pay beginning in 1913. His chauffeur service included long drives for tourists
around Greater Victoria and up island. He became the proprietor of the Windsor
Taxi Stand about 1920, and turned that operation over to his brother about 1926.
Penman seems to have devoted as much time as possible to fishing and hunting.
William Penman died in Victoria on September 19, 1962. Robert Newton "Newt"
Penman was born in Manitoba on 3 June 1883. He moved to Victoria with his family
in 1909 and resided with them at 2635 Blackwood Street. Newt Penman worked as
a shingler and later as a chauffeur or taxi driver. He joined the Canadian Army
in 1917 and took flight training in Ontario and Texas. On 10 October 1923 he married
Marie Meiss and continued to reside on Blackwood Street with his brother William.
After taking over the Windsor Taxi Stand from his brother William about 1926,
he continued in this line until about 1956. Newt Penman died in Victoria on 16
July 1969. Fonds consists of photographs, picture postcards, diaries, scrapbooks
and miscellaneous printed material. The photographs include ca. 1400 black and
white prints and ca. 1400 negatives showing views Manitoba; British Columbia,
especially Victoria and Vancouver Island; travels in Banff, California and Boston;
and pictures of Canadian military aircrew training during World War I in Ontario
and Texas, probably taken by Robert Newton "Newt" Penman, William's
brother. Almost all of the prints are postcards stored in four albums and include
both illustrations (many in series) and views, the latter showing a wide range
of places throughout Canada, the United States, the British Isles and Jamaica.
The textual component of the fonds consists of William Penman's diaries and scrapbooks.
Of the eight scrapbooks, one was compiled by Alexander Cowie (d. 1930) during
World War I. Cowie was a pioneer of the Comox Valley and lived at Langford Lake
for the last forty years of his life.
Donated by Margaret McLean, niece of William and Newt Penman in July 1970.
Copy negatives of some images are available. A list of the copy negatives is in
the PR file.
Location: 25 D 6 - 25 E 6, 25 G 2-3, Vault. |
PR 19 |
| Crabtree, Ken S. (Kenneth S.) d. 1984 |
Ken Crabtree fonds. -- [193-?]. -- 6 photographs. Ken Crabtree was a draftsman
who worked for the British Columbia Government for over 25 years. From 1927 to
the end of the 1930s, Crabtree lived at Harling Point facing Gonzales Bay. Fonds
consists of photographs, taken by Ken Crabtree's father Levi, of Ken Crabtree
boating in Gonzales Bay.
Donated by Diana Dunic, the daughter of Ken Crabtree.
Location: 29 D 8. |
PR 186 |
| Cridge family |
Cridge-Laundy family fonds. -- 1859-1976. -- 0.62 m of textual records and
other material. Bishop Edward Cridge was born in Devonshire, England and came
to Victoria in 1855 as a chaplain for the Hudson Bay Company. In 1874, following
a public debate with the Bishop of Vancouver Island, George Hills, Cridge left
the Anglican Church and organized a Reformed Episcopal Church at the site of Blanshard
and Humboldt streets. In 1876, Cridge was appointed a Bishop of the Church. Besides
his work for the Church, which continued until 1902, Cridge was instrumental in
the establishment of the City's first hospital, the Female Infirmary, and the
Protestant Orphan's Home.
Ellen Laundy was born in 1867, the eighth child of Bishop Cridge and his wife
Mary. Ellen married the Reverend Thomas Laundy about 1893. They had six children.
Helen Forbes was the fourth child of Thomas and Ellen Laundy. She would later
marry R.S.M. Forbes. Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, autograph books, appointment books, monographs, records relating
to the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home annual reports, Female Infirmary
minute book, Female Infirmary financial accounts, miscellaneous records relating
to the Female Infirmary, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital Pioneer Days notes,
and artifacts. The records, created primarily by Bishop Edward Cridge, his daughter
Ellen Laundy (nee Cridge), and her daughter Helen Eirene Forbes (nee Laundy),
document the activities of the Cridge-Laundy family, and their contributions to
the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home, Female Infirmary and Royal Jubilee
Hospital.
Includes 0.62 m of textual material, 344 photographs, 19 postcards and 2 artifacts.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the headings of "Bishop Edward Cridge family" and "T.H. Laundy
family."
A file list of the records is available.
A family tree for the Cridge-Laundy family is available.
Accessions include 97911-05, 98006-01, 98101-02, 98103-16, 98111-20, 98202-25,
98205-37, 98206-07, 98307-11.
Location: 26 A 5 - 26 A 7, 26 B 1, 26 C 3, 26 E 6, 27 B 7, 27 B 5, 27 A 5, 27
F 1, 27 B 8, 26 B 2, Vault V7 A 1. |
PR 76 |
| Cridge, Edward, 1817-1913 |
Cridge-Laundy family fonds. -- 1859-1976. -- 0.62 m of textual records and
other material. Bishop Edward Cridge was born in Devonshire, England and came
to Victoria in 1855 as a chaplain for the Hudson Bay Company. In 1874, following
a public debate with the Bishop of Vancouver Island, George Hills, Cridge left
the Anglican Church and organized a Reformed Episcopal Church at the site of Blanshard
and Humboldt streets. In 1876, Cridge was appointed a Bishop of the Church. Besides
his work for the Church, which continued until 1902, Cridge was instrumental in
the establishment of the City's first hospital, the Female Infirmary, and the
Protestant Orphan's Home.
Ellen Laundy was born in 1867, the eighth child of Bishop Cridge and his wife
Mary. Ellen married the Reverend Thomas Laundy about 1893. They had six children.
Helen Forbes was the fourth child of Thomas and Ellen Laundy. She would later
marry R.S.M. Forbes. Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, autograph books, appointment books, monographs, records relating
to the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home annual reports, Female Infirmary
minute book, Female Infirmary financial accounts, miscellaneous records relating
to the Female Infirmary, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital Pioneer Days notes,
and artifacts. The records, created primarily by Bishop Edward Cridge, his daughter
Ellen Laundy (nee Cridge), and her daughter Helen Eirene Forbes (nee Laundy),
document the activities of the Cridge-Laundy family, and their contributions to
the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home, Female Infirmary and Royal Jubilee
Hospital.
Includes 0.62 m of textual material, 344 photographs, 19 postcards and 2 artifacts.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photo access system under
the headings of "Bishop Edward Cridge family" and "T.H. Laundy
family."
A file list of the records is available.
A family tree for the Cridge-Laundy family is available.
Accessions include 97911-05, 98006-01, 98101-02, 98103-16, 98111-20, 98202-25,
98205-37, 98206-07, 98307-11.
Location: 26 A 5 - 26 A 7, 26 B 1, 26 C 3, 26 E 6, 27 B 7, 27 B 5, 27 A 5, 27
F 1, 27 B 8, 26 B 2, Vault V7 A 1. |
PR 76 |
| Cusack, Jeanette, d. 1966 |
Thomas R. Cusack fonds. -- [ca. 1893-1920]. -- 35 photographs (0.02 m). Thomas
Rodney Cusack was born on 6 August 1869 in St. Thomas, Ontario. After coming to
Victoria, he apprenticed as a printer with H.G.Waterson starting about 1889. He
ran his own job printing firm on Broad Street and later built his own printing
plant at 625 Courtney Street. He invested in commercial real estate in Victoria
and erected stores in the area of the Hudson's Bay Company store. He married Jeanette
Luney in Victoria on 6 September 1899 and had one daughter Noel. Cusack died suddenly
of a stroke on 11 March 1925 at his home at 931 Pemberton Road and is buried in
Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs showing Thomas Cusack and others
in early automobiling scenes; Thomas and Jeanette Cusack; various groups of people;
buildings under construction in downtown Victoria; a public meeting or dedication
ceremony with John Oliver, Simon Fraser Tolmie and R.H. Pooley in attendance.
Donated in 1970 or 1971 and 1984 by Noel Cusack, daughter of Thomas and Jeanette
Cusack.
A file list is available.
Copy negatives for some photos are available.
Location: 25 D 4, 25 G 2. |
PR 16 |
| Cusack, Thomas Rodney, 1869-1925 |
Thomas R. Cusack fonds. -- [ca. 1893-1920]. -- 35 photographs (0.02 m). Thomas
Rodney Cusack was born on 6 August 1869 in St. Thomas, Ontario. After coming to
Victoria, he apprenticed as a printer with H.G.Waterson starting about 1889. He
ran his own job printing firm on Broad Street and later built his own printing
plant at 625 Courtney Street. He invested in commercial real estate in Victoria
and erected stores in the area of the Hudson's Bay Company store. He married Jeanette
Luney in Victoria on 6 September 1899 and had one daughter Noel. Cusack died suddenly
of a stroke on 11 March 1925 at his home at 931 Pemberton Road and is buried in
Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs showing Thomas Cusack and others
in early automobiling scenes; Thomas and Jeanette Cusack; various groups of people;
buildings under construction in downtown Victoria; a public meeting or dedication
ceremony with John Oliver, Simon Fraser Tolmie and R.H. Pooley in attendance.
Donated in 1970 or 1971 and 1984 by Noel Cusack, daughter of Thomas and Jeanette
Cusack.
A file list is available.
Copy negatives for some photos are available.
Location: 25 D 4, 25 G 2. |
PR 16 |
| Daily Colonist |
Times-Colonist fonds. -- [ca. 1920-1990]. -- ca. 4700 photographs (0.9 m)
and 1.12 m of textual records. The Times-Colonist was established in 1980 when
the Daily Colonist, first published in 1858, and the Victoria Times, first published
in 1884, were merged into one paper. Fonds consists of 15 series of records including
news photographs [ca. 1920-1982]; staff photographs [ca. 1935-1980]; Victoria
Times reporter's day book (1931-1969); Victoria Times library index (1925-1955);
Colonist Lithographers journal (1958-1962); Colonist Lithographers ledger (1951-1978);
Colonist Printers journal (1958-1972); Colonist Printers ledger (1958-1971); Victoria
Press journal (1962-1978); Victoria Times time book (1948); internal staff newspapers
(1961-1980); special edition newspapers (1951-1984); Bierman comic proofs [197-?];
and miscellaneous records [ca. 1934-1970].
A file list of the records is available as is a subject heading list for some
of the photographs.
Location: 26 G 2, 29 A 3 - 29 A 5; 32 C 2 - 32 C 5; 36 G 6 - 36 G 8; 41 D 3 -
41 D 4; 44 G 1 - 44 G 2, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 171 |
| Daughters of England Benevolent Society |
Daughters of England Benevolent Society, Princess Alexandra Lodge, No. 18
fonds. -- 1893-1907. -- 0.04 m of textual records. The Princess Alexandra Lodge,
No. 18, was founded in January 1893, as a local chapter of the national organization
Daughters of England Benevolent Society. Its members were Englishwomen between
the ages of 16 and 50 years. According to the Society's literature, its functions
were to provide an association for mutual aid; to educate members "in true
principles of womanhood, whereby they learn to be charitable; to practice true
benevolence, and to keep alive those dear memories of our native land; to care
for each other in sickness and adversity, and when death strikes down one of our
members to follow her remains to its last resting place." Fonds consists
of a minute book (1893-1895); incorporation certificate (1893); pamphlets (1894-1899);
membership applications (1906-1907); and correspondence of the Grand Lodge (1907).
The Society was also known as the Daughter and Maids of England Benevolent Society.
The Daughters of England was established in November 1891 and incorporated in
1892. The Grand Lodge was located in Toronto, Ontario.
Location: 26 F 4, 27 G 2, Map 2 A 10. |
PR 95 |
| David Spencer Limited |
Eaton's Department Store fonds. -- 1901-1951. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
The T. Eaton Company Limited opened its first Victoria store in 1948 when it purchased
the David Spencer chain of stores. The downtown store, located at 1150 Douglas
Street, had previously been run by David Spencer Limited. Fonds consists of a
daily cash journal of the downtown Victoria Eaton's and David Spencer Limited
department store. Data elements include date, cash, charges and S.D. receipts.
Monthly totals are calculated at the end of each month with monthly comparisons
at the back of the journal. Journal also documents daily weather conditions as
they reflected on the daily operation of the store. Also included are annotations
reflecting on current events including both local and world news.
Fonds was donated by Eaton's Stores.
David Spencer Limited operated nine department stores in the Lower Mainland and
Vancouver Island before the Company was purchased by the T. Eaton Company Limited
in 1948.
Location: 27 B 2. |
PR 111 |
| Dixi H. Ross & Co. |
James Slater fonds. -- [ca. 1912]. -- 10 photographs (0.06 m). James Slater
was a delivery boy and horse handler for West End Grocery Co. and later Dixi H.
Ross & Co. of Victoria. Fonds consists of photographs of horses and a delivery
wagon belonging to West End Grocery Co. and Dixi H. Ross & Co., interior and
exterior views of the latter's store and a box of prize ribbons won at horse shows,
1910-1912. Some photos show James Slater.
Donated in 1973 by James Slater's wife.
Copy negatives available.
Location: 25 F 3, 25 G 2, Vault. |
PR 27 |
| Donaldson family |
Donaldson, Clay family fonds. -- [ca. 1880-1920]. -- 31 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Alexander Dawson Donaldson was the son of Alexander and
Mary Donaldson. Following his mother's death, he was adopted by his uncle James
Dawson. Alexander came to Victoria in 1874 and married Amanda Woolsey in 1879.
The marriage produced 4 children, Alexander T. Woolsey, James Douglas, Margaret
Dawson and Elizabeth Victoria. Alexander Sr. worked as a carpenter until 1901
when the family moved to a farm in Sooke. He died in 1909 at the age of 70 and
his wife Amanda died in 1930 at the age of 75. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth
Victoria married William Clay, the son of Jonathan Clay. William and Elizabeth
had three children, Donald, Eric and Leonard. Elizabeth died in 1988 at the age
of 91. Fonds consists of photographs and miscellaneous files. Photographs depict
members of the Clay and Donaldson families, and family friends including the Edgar
Fawcett family, Alexander Ross, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mrs. William Prout and Hattie
Chapman. Miscellaneous files consist of photocopies of Alexander T. Woolsey Donaldson's
Boys Brigade cards, an in memoriam card for Joseph Wilson, and records relating
to Alexander Dawson Donaldson.
Fonds was donated by Leonard Clay.
5 of the images were loaned to the Archives for copying.
An item list of the photographs is available.
A family tree for the Clay, Donaldson and Fawcett families exists.
Edgar Fawcett was born in 1847 and died in 1923. He worked for the Customs Department
of the Federal Government and also published books as a local historian. In 1867
he married Myra Holden and had six children, Thomas Douglas, Edgar Lionel Jr.,
Myra Louise, Olive A., Elizabeth, and Victor Cecil.
Location: 29 C 8, photo access system. |
PR 178 |
| Donaldson, Winnifred A. |
Winnifred A. Donaldson fonds. -- [ca. 1950-1952]. -- 43 photographs. Winnifred
A. Donaldson is a resident of Greater Victoria. Fonds consists of photographs
and postcards. Images depict a Navy Day parade, Beacon Hill Park, Christ Church
Cathedral, Douglas Street and Belleville, the Inner Harbour, the Nippon Maru ship,
and other various photographs of Victoria streets and buildings.
Photographs include 41 prints and 2 postcards.
Location: 28 E 7. |
PR 147 |
| Dove, Reginald J. |
Reginald J. Dove fonds. -- 1926-1957. -- 15 prints and 0.03 m of textual records.
Reginald J. Dove was a draftsman who worked in Victoria from the late 1920s to
ca. 1960. One of the projects that he worked on was the construction of the Christ
Church Cathedral, at which time he was in the employ of that building's architect
J.C.M. Keith. Fonds consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting the construction
of Christ Church Cathedral.
Photographs consist of 14 prints and 1 postcard.
Copies of the images are available in the photographic access system under the
subject headings "Churches, Buildings - Christ Church Cathedral"; "Churches
- Clergy"; and "Architects."
Several of the photographs were taken by the commercial photographer W. Atkins
and are still under copyright.
Location: 26 D 4, 28 A 7. |
PR 89 |
| Dowler family (W.J.) |
Isabel Munn fonds. -- [ca. 1875-1920]. -- 29 prints (0.05 m) and 0.01 m of
textual records. Florence Isabel Munn was born in 1904, the daughter of Harry
A. and Kate Munn (nee Williams). Her father worked in real estate and insurance.
Isabel attended St. Margaret's School and later lived at various locations in
the Greater Victoria region. Fonds consists of photographs of the Munn, Williams
and Morrow families, and school report cards.
An item list of the photographs is available.
The Williams family came to Victoria, ca. 1863, with the arrival of John W. and
Mary Williams (nee Sketchley). John Williams worked as a livery stable keeper
and lived at the corner of Blanshard and Chatham before his death about 1887.
He and his wife had three daughters. One daughter, Margaret, was married to Robert
Croft and later married Andrew Stewart after Croft's death in 1908. Another daughter
Kate Williams married Walter Morrow, with whom she had one daughter Gertrude,
before Morrow's death. She later married Harry Munn and had another child Florence
Isabel Munn. The third daughter married the future City of Victoria City Clerk
W.J. Dowler with whom she had one child, Jack Dowler.
Location: 26 E 6. |
PR 98 |
| Drake, Jackson & Helmcken |
Drake, Jackson & Helmcken fonds. -- 1890-1913. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Drake, Jackson & Helmcken were barristers and notaries public who operated
in Victoria from ca. 1883-1912. The firm had its origins in the 1860s, when Montague
William Tyrwhitt-Drake, Robert Edwin Jackson and H.B. Willson Aikman became partners
in the firm Drake, Jackson & Aikman. Following Aikman's departure in the 1870s
the firm continued as Drake & Jackson until H. Dallas Helmcken joined about
1883. The firm ceased operations after Helmcken's death in 1912. Fonds consists
of a ledger (1890-1899) and memorandum book (1911-1912).
Location: 36 A 5. |
PR 226 |
| Drysdale, Verna Adeline |
W.O. Clunk fonds. -- [Copied 1978]. -- 3 photographs and 0.01 m of textual
records. William Otto Clunk was born in Victoria West on 18 September 1903, the
son of Alfred and Anna Clunk. He worked for many years as a typesetter and foreman
for Quality Press, then in 1954 moved to Vancouver, where he worked for Pacific
Press. During his working life he was a member of the Victoria West Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Victoria Typographical Union. He was
also a working member of the Commonwealth Cooperative Federation (CCF). In 1974
Clunk retired to his native city and died on 3 March 1988. His wife Ellen predeceased
him by eleven days, and he was survived by three daughters and one son. Fonds
consists of copies of photographs of Girls' Central School and Victoria West School
groups (1887-1910) and a photocopy of a 1910 high school entrance certificate
for Verna Adeline Clunk (later Drysdale).
Loaned for copying by W.O. Clunk, 19 June 1978.
Location: 25 G 6. |
PR 40 |
| Dunnell, Harry |
Harry Dunnell fonds. -- [ca. 1905-1915]. -- 13 photographs. Harry Dunnell
was a teacher who taught at the Provincial Normal School for several years. His
home, for many years, was at 1989 Waterloo Road. Fonds consists of 13 photographs
taken by Harry Dunnell. Images depict scenes of the Oak Bay Municipality, Olympia
Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Provincial Normal School and beach scenes.
Location: 28 E 7. |
PR 149 |
| Durrant, Dorothy L. |
Dorothy L. Durrant fonds. -- 1966-1973. -- 115 photographs. Dorothy L. Durrant
and her husband Edward D.S. Durrant were residents of Victoria. Fonds consists
of photographs of May 24 parades and Miles for Millions marches held in Victoria.
Durrant family members are in several of the photographs.
Includers 99 slides and 16 negatives.
Location: 26 A 5. |
PR 244 |
| Dyson, Irene A. |
Irene A. Dyson fonds. -- [ca. 1914-1950]. -- 8 photographs. Irene A. Dyson
was the daughter of George Arthur Allen, a policeman who worked for the City of
Victoria. She later married Ernie Dyson, an insurance agent. Fonds consists of
photographs of Irene Dyson's father George A. Allen, identified and unidentified
Victoria City policemen and a float in a May 24th Parade.
Location: 28 A 7. |
PR 131 |
| Eaton's Department Store (Victoria, B.C.) |
Eaton's Department Store fonds. -- 1901-1951. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
The T. Eaton Company Limited opened its first Victoria store in 1948 when it purchased
the David Spencer chain of stores. The downtown store, located at 1150 Douglas
Street, had previously been run by David Spencer Limited. Fonds consists of a
daily cash journal of the downtown Victoria Eaton's and David Spencer Limited
department store. Data elements include date, cash, charges and S.D. receipts.
Monthly totals are calculated at the end of each month with monthly comparisons
at the back of the journal. Journal also documents daily weather conditions as
they reflected on the daily operation of the store. Also included are annotations
reflecting on current events including both local and world news.
Fonds was donated by Eaton's Stores.
David Spencer Limited operated nine department stores in the Lower Mainland and
Vancouver Island before the Company was purchased by the T. Eaton Company Limited
in 1948.
Location: 27 B 2. |
PR 111 |
| Education |
Victoria E. Lemmax fonds. -- 1897-1927. -- 33 photographs and 0.02 m of textual
records (0.09 m). Victoria E. Lemmax was born in Victoria on September 1, 1898,
the daughter of James and Eleuthera Lemmax. She graduated from the Victoria Normal
School in 1918 and began a teacher career that lasted 43 years. Between 1919 and
1922 she taught at Saanichton and Strawberry Vale Schools; from 1922 to 1924 she
was principal of Tolmie School. In June 1924 she was called to the principalship
of Quadra Elementary School, where she remained until her retirement in 1962.
As well as being a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church (now First United),
she joined numerous social and cultural organizations. Victoria Lemmax died in
Oak Bay on January 24, 1991. Fonds consists of photographs of the Lemmax family,
school groups at North Ward and Girls' Central School, Campbell's Drug Store and
Beacon Hill Park (Maynard photos); miscellaneous school certificates belonging
to Victoria Lemmax; school and pharmacy certificates belonging to James L. Lemmax
IV; program of memorial service for Harlan Carey Brewster; and a song sheet for
Canada's Diamong Jubilee celebrations, 1927. Artifacts include a sewing box, lady's
suede gloves, headband, parasol, doilies, hair ornaments and pins, swagger stick,
etc.
Donated by Victoria Lemmax on 12 June 1978. Five of the photographs of the Lemmax
family were purchased by Ainslie Helmcken. Their provenance is unknown.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault, Map 2 A 13. |
PR 37 |
| Elworthy family (Frederick Elworthy, 1854-1927) |
Frederick Elworthy fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- ca. 200 photographs and 2
prints (0.10 m). Frederick Elworthy was born in Taunton, England, in 1854. He
apprenticed in the dry goods trade in London, then went to India in 1872, where
he managed a tea plantation. In 1886 he moved to San Francisco, also engaging
in the tea trade, and then removed to Victoria a few years later to work for Joshua
Davies as auctioneer. In 1890 he was appointed Secretary of the British Columbia
Board of Trade, a position he held until 1914, when the Board was reorganized
into the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. At that time Elworthy became Treasurer,
a position he held until his death in Victoria on 17 June 1927. Frederick Elworthy
also served as Secretary of the Lumber Mills and Wholesale Grocers' Associations.
His wife predeceased him, and at his death he left three sons and a daughter.
Fonds consists of a dismantled photograph album containing images of the Elworthy
family and views mainly of Victoria, including Beacon Hill Park, the Dallas Road
waterfront, etc. Also included is one oversize photo of the staff and vehicles
of Rennie & Taylor Ltd., bakers of Butter-nut Bread, taken at the corner of
Fernwood Road and Gladstone Avenue.
Purchased by Ainslie Helmcken from Johnson & Small Booksellers and donated
to the Archives, 10 January 1968.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 5, 36 E 3. |
PR 31 |
| Elworthy, Frederick, 1854-1927 |
Frederick Elworthy fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- ca. 200 photographs and 2
prints (0.10 m). Frederick Elworthy was born in Taunton, England, in 1854. He
apprenticed in the dry goods trade in London, then went to India in 1872, where
he managed a tea plantation. In 1886 he moved to San Francisco, also engaging
in the tea trade, and then removed to Victoria a few years later to work for Joshua
Davies as auctioneer. In 1890 he was appointed Secretary of the British Columbia
Board of Trade, a position he held until 1914, when the Board was reorganized
into the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. At that time Elworthy became Treasurer,
a position he held until his death in Victoria on 17 June 1927. Frederick Elworthy
also served as Secretary of the Lumber Mills and Wholesale Grocers' Associations.
His wife predeceased him, and at his death he left three sons and a daughter.
Fonds consists of a dismantled photograph album containing images of the Elworthy
family and views mainly of Victoria, including Beacon Hill Park, the Dallas Road
waterfront, etc. Also included is one oversize photo of the staff and vehicles
of Rennie & Taylor Ltd., bakers of Butter-nut Bread, taken at the corner of
Fernwood Road and Gladstone Avenue.
Purchased by Ainslie Helmcken from Johnson & Small Booksellers and donated
to the Archives, 10 January 1968.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 F 5, 36 E 3. |
PR 31 |
| Emergency Services |
Muriel Evans fonds. -- [1911?]-1968 (predominantly 1911-1945). -- 0.05 m of
textual records and 4 photographs (0.06 m). Muriel Bartholomew was born at Southend-on-Sea,
England, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bartholomew. She came to Victoria with
her family in 1911. In 1915 she began working as a stenographer with the Victoria
Police Department and was soon encouraged to study fingerprinting. When John Wesley
Edwards, the Department official responsible for the fingerprint files, left to
join the army, Muriel took up the work. From about 1923 to 1930 she was a stenographer
for the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. On 29 September 1930 Muriel
Evans married Ernest Albert Evans in Victoria. Fonds consists of a certificate,
typescript report, books and pamphlets related to Muriel Evans's work as a fingerprint
expert; part of an article on her by Cecil Clark; certificates related to her
first aid and civil defence work during World War II; photographs of school classes
(including Fred Bartholomew?); and a photograph of the intersection of Blanshard
and View Streets showing the YMCA Building and St. Ann's Kindergarten & Primary
School.
Donated ca. 1970 by Fred Bartholomew, brother of Muriel Evans.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 15 |
| Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. |
Empress Hotel fonds. -- 1910. -- 0.03 m of textual records. The Empress Hotel
opened for business in 1908 under the ownership of Canadian Pacific. Fonds consists
of a hotel register for June 2, 1910 - August 4, 1910.
Location: 27 E 1. |
PR 247 |
| Englehardt, Walter |
Walter Englehardt fonds. -- 1875-1962. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Walter
Englehart worked as the Water Rates Collector for the Municipality of Victoria
until his retirement in 1946. In his spare time, he was also a member of the James
Bay Athletic Association and the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. Fonds consists
of certificates, membership cards and correspondence relating to Englehardt's
term as a City employee, his participation in centennial celebrations and his
memberships in the James Bay Athletic Association and Vancouver Island Philatelic
Society. Fonds also includes 2 invoices from the firm Englehardt & Co.
Location: 26 C 1. |
PR 233 |
| Esquimalt (B.C.) |
Janet Bowden fonds. -- 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912). -- 64 photographs
and 0.04 m of textual records (0.07 m). Janet Bowden was born Janet Wilde in England.
While on a visit there in 1896 or 1897 Mabel Higgs (later the wife of Martin Allerdale
Grainger) and her sister Winifred (later Grey) persuaded Janet's mother, a struggling
widow with three children, to let them take Janet, then about ten or eleven years
old, to British Columbia to educate and raise her. About 1900 Janet was sent to
The Cliffs, a private school in Duncan, where she made friends with Judith Phillipps-Wolley,
daughter of the writer and well-known imperialist Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley.
She later became a stenographer in Seattle and then Kelowna. She followed the
same occupation with the British Columbia Government in Victoria and lived on
Lampson Street from the 1930s until about 1970. About 1941 or 1942 she married
J.L. Bowden, but was widowed only a few years later. Janet Bowden died at Sandringham
Hospital in Victoria on 29 September 1976. Martin Allerdale Grainger was born
in London in 1874 and spent his childhood in Australia. He graduated in 1896 from
Cambridge, where he excelled in mathematics. He spent a number of years in northern
British Columbia, fought in the Boer War and worked at placer mining, logging
and journalism back in B.C. In 1908 while in England he wrote Woodsmen of the
West based on his own experiences. He returned to the forest industry of British
Columbia in 1910 where he held successive positions as secretary to the Royal
Commission on Forestry, Deputy Chief Forester and Chief Forester. After 1920 he
ran his own lumbering firm. Grainger died in Vancouver in 1941. Fonds consists
of an album (inscribed to Janet "from Judith Phillipps-Wolley, Xmas 1906")
containing photographs and a copy of Martin Allerdale Grainger's Woodsmen of the
West (London: Arnold, 1908). Photographs include individuals and groups; houses
on Samuel Island, Eburne, Vancouver; Martin Grainger's house on Lampson Street,
Esquimalt; views of the coast of British Columbia, including the Gulf Islands.
One of the photographs is reproduced in Woodsmen of the West.
Donated by Heather Brown, 12 May 1975.
Location: 25 F 5. |
PR 29 |
| Ethnic Groups - Black |
Alexander family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1967]. -- ca. 110 photographs (0.05 m)
and 0.01 m of textual records. Charles Alexander was born in St. Louis, U.S.A.,
on August 16, 1824 and came to Victoria with his wife Nancy in 1858. The Alexander's
were among the first black families to arrive in the Victoria area and they remained
in the region for the rest of their lives. The Alexander's had a total of 12 children
and numerous grandchildren before Nancy's death in 1911 and Charles' death in
1913.
Thomas Alexander was Charles and Nancy Alexander's fourth child and was born in
1859. Thomas and his wife Corinthia had seven children, the youngest of which
was Barton. Thomas worked as a trucker for much of his life, a profession that
several of his children would continue in the firm T. Alexander and Sons. Fonds
consists of ca. 110 photographs and 0.01 m of miscellaneous records. The photographs
are primarily of Thomas Alexander and his family and include portraits of family,
school children and buildings. Miscellaneous records consist primarily of pamphlets,
notes on the Alexander family, a Christmas card and a postcard to the family.
The fonds was donated by Chester Alexander, the son of Thomas Alexander, and James
Hudlin, a grandson of Thomas Alexander.
Copy prints of many of the photographs are found in the photographic access system
under the heading "Thomas Alexander family."
Fonds consists of accessions 98007-16, 98103-13, 98110-15 and 98110-16.
Location: 27 A 4, 26 E 6, 26 D 4. |
PR 86 |
| Ethnic Groups - Chinese |
Winnett A. Brand fonds. -- 1913-1945. -- 6 photographs. Winnett A. Brand (née
Copeland) was a teacher in Victoria schools and later an instructor in education
at the Victoria Normal School, Victoria College and University of Victoria. Fonds
consists of photographs showing a grade 3 class at Girls' Central School (Winnett
Copeland is a pupil); classes of Chinese students at Kings Road School (some classes
taught by Miss Copeland); and the second kindergarten class in Victoria, 1945.
Donated by Winnett A Brand through her sister Glen Ellen Bentley, November 1979.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3. |
PR 54 |
| Ethnic Groups - Chinese |
Lim Li Bang fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1960]. -- 0.26 m of textual records and other
material. Lim Bang was born in the 1880s. In the early 1900s, Lim became the owner
of Gim Fook Yuen, a merchandise store in Victoria. He also operated several greenhouses,
worked as a wood merchant, and served as a manager at the Bank of Vancouver located
on Government Street. Another of Lim's major accomplishments was the development
of the Douglas Hotel at Douglas and Pandora Streets in Victoria. Lim was also
involved in many public activities as a member of the Chinese Benevolent Society
and also as a private individual fought racism against Chinese-Canadians. Lim
married Lim Ng Shee in 1903 and they had one son and three daughters. Lim died
on December 6, 1974 Fonds consists of miscellaneous files, photographs, artifacts
and a plan. Miscellaneous files have been loosely ordered under the following
topics: Gim Fook Yuen Company, sausage business, Lim Fook murder attempt, Kue
Hing Company theatrical troupe and miscellaneous documents. Photographs consist
of 7 original images and 18 copies of loaned images pertaining to the Lim Bang
family. Artifacts include paper, storage boxes and rice bottles. Plan consists
of a lot plan to a property in Sidney.
Includes 0.24 m of textual material, 26 photographs, 4 artifacts and 1 plan.
Copies of photographs are found in the photo access system under the heading "Lim
Bang".
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 28 D 9, 28 E 1, Vault V1 C 9, Vault V1 D 3, Vault V3 C 2, Vault V3 D
8, map system B0082. |
PR 139 |
| Ethnic Groups - Chinese |
Roy S.T. Chan fonds. -- 1917-[ca. 194-?]. -- 27 photographs (0.05 m). Roy
Chan was born in 1916, the sixth child of Chan Dun and Koo Ching Lim, the proprietors
of the Panama Cafe. About 1956, Roy Chan joined the Post Office, working as a
letter carrier. Chan married Susan Cheung and had two sons, Neal and Arnold. Roy
Chan was also a member of the Chinese Presbyterian Church. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Chan family, North Ward schoolchildren, the family home at 2308 Wark Street
and the Chinese Presbyterian Church.
21 of the photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying.
Fonds consists of accessions 98011-01, 98108-28, 98502-20, 98504-05, 98705-04
and 99109-01.
Location: 26 D 5-5, 27 A 1, 28 F 9, Map 2 G 5, photo access system. |
PR 164 |
| Ethnic Groups - Chinese |
Victoria Canada-China Friendship Association fonds. -- 1977-1989. -- 0.29
m of textual records, 29 photographs (0.02 m) and 1 videocassette. The Victoria
Canada-China Friendship Association was founded in 1965. The purpose of the Association,
according to its constitution, is to develop and further friendship and understanding
between the Canadian peoples, primarily in British Columbia, and the Chinese peoples;
to promote understanding of the People's Republic of China, its institutions and
objectives; to promote cultural, educational, athletic and other exchanges between
Canada, and specifically Vancouver Island, and the People's Republic of China;
and to raise funds to promote and develop the aims and objectives of the society.
Fonds consists of general office files. Records are arranged chronologically and
include minutes, correspondence, membership lists and newsletters. Fonds also
contains photographs and a videotape of the ceremony held in remembrance of Jean
Ewen at Juncheng, Hebei Province, China.
A file list of the records is available.
Fonds was acquired by the British Columbia Archives and Records Service in three
accessions and transferred to the City of Victoria Archives in 1991.
Location: 31 D 5 - 31 D 7. |
PR 206 |
| Ethnic Groups - Chinese |
George Y. Lee fonds. -- 1887-1972. -- 0.24 m of textual records and ca. 130
photographs. George Y. Lee was born in Victoria on March 28, 1893. He attended
Oregon Agricultural College in 1913 before returning to Victoria in 1914. He operated
Lee Dye & Company, later to be known as Lee Dye Sons. Around 1935, Lee moved
to Vancouver where he operated the Teen Jore store which specialized in chinese
herbs. Lee married Yet Lan in China in 1910 and together they had seven children.
Fonds consists of general files, photographs, Hong Yuen & Company cash journal
and school yearbook. The general files were received in no discernible order.
The records have therefore been tentatively arranged into the following categories:
business records, real estate transactions, personal and educational records,
graphic material and documents in Chinese. Photographs consist of images of the
Lee family, friends and businesses.
Records were originally donated to the Vancouver Museum in 1985 and transferred
to the City of Victoria Archives in 1992.
A file list of the records is available.
Hong Yuen & Company operated at 82-84 Cormorant Street starting in 1882. They
were wholesale dealers in farmer's produce and vegetables.
Location: 32 C 8, 32 E 4, 32 E 5, 36 A 6. |
PR 223 |
| Ethnic Groups - Doukhobors |
Petra Caroline Hansine Amsden fonds. -- [ca. 1902]-1941 (predominantly [ca.
1902-1920]). -- 63 photographs. Petra Caroline Hansine Bekker was the daughter
of Bertel C.B. Bekker and grew up in Cape Scott, Vancouver Island. She later moved
to Victoria where she worked in the seasonal job of strawberry picking. Following
this, she took up the position of school teacher in the interior of British Columbia
where she taught Doukhobor children. In 1923, she married William Frank Amsden
in Victoria. Petra died at Victoria General Hospital in 1983 at the age of 87.
Fonds consists of photographs of Petra Amsden and her family at Cape Scott, berry
picking in Gordon Head and teaching in the interior of British Columbia at Doukhobor
settlements.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 262 |
| Ethnic Groups - Japanese |
Toyo Takata fonds. -- [Copied 1978]. -- 17 photographs. Toyo Takata was born
in or near the Japanese Tea Garden in Gorge Park in 1920. His father and uncle
owned the Tea Garden and ran it until April 1942, when they were expelled from
Victoria and sent to detention camps in the British Columbia Interior. Toyo Takata
spent the war years in Slocan and later settled in Toronto, where he worked in
the printing business. Fonds consists of copies of photographs of Japanese people
and of the Japanese Tea Garden in Gorge Park. One copy print is in the Photo Card
File under the heading Parks: Gorge (4876).
Loaned for copying by Toyo Takata, November 1978.
An item list of the loose prints is available.
Location: 25 G 6, Photo Card File. |
PR 43 |
| Ethnic Groups - Japanese |
Moichi Kosaka fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1915]. -- 14 photographs. Moichi Kosaka
was a whaler who worked at the Rose Harbour whaling station, ca. 1915. He also
lived in Victoria for several years. Fonds consists of 14 copies of loaned photographs.
Images consist of the Kosaka family, family residence on Tillicum Road, and scenes
of whaling in British Columbia.
11 of the images are found in the photo access system under the subject headings
"Ethnic Groups - Japanese", "Kosaka family", and "Industry
and Manufacturing - Whaling."
Location: 28 B 7. |
PR 136 |
| Evans family (Benjamin Evans, d. 1899) |
Margaret E. Johnston fonds. -- 1881-1978. -- ca. 120 photographs, 8 prints
and 0.10 m of textual records (0.16 m). Margaret Ellen Johnston was born on 26
August 1897, the daughter of Robert Henry and Frances (Skelton) Winter. She married
Harold L. Johnston on 6 June 1953 and died in Victoria 13 December 1987. Fonds
consists of photographs, albums and a carriage blanket. The photographs include
miscellaneous views of Victoria and pictures of the Edgar Dewdney and Paulus Aemilius
Irving families, employers of Robert Winter, Margaret Johnston's father; and an
album of photographs and postcards of Vancouver, Banff the Rocky Mountains and
Prairie Indians compiled by the Evans family. An album inscribed "Maggie
Winter 1881" contains verses, clippings, cards and Winter family notices.
Another album inscribed "J.J. Randolph" contains sayings and poems,
and a postage stamp album presented to Etta Evans as a spelling prize has been
used as a scrapbook containing clippings about various people and obituary notices.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3-4, 28 C 5, Vault. |
PR 55 |
| Evans, Muriel |
Muriel Evans fonds. -- [1911?]-1968 (predominantly 1911-1945). -- 0.05 m of
textual records and 4 photographs (0.06 m). Muriel Bartholomew was born at Southend-on-Sea,
England, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bartholomew. She came to Victoria with
her family in 1911. In 1915 she began working as a stenographer with the Victoria
Police Department and was soon encouraged to study fingerprinting. When John Wesley
Edwards, the Department official responsible for the fingerprint files, left to
join the army, Muriel took up the work. From about 1923 to 1930 she was a stenographer
for the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. On 29 September 1930 Muriel
Evans married Ernest Albert Evans in Victoria. Fonds consists of a certificate,
typescript report, books and pamphlets related to Muriel Evans's work as a fingerprint
expert; part of an article on her by Cecil Clark; certificates related to her
first aid and civil defence work during World War II; photographs of school classes
(including Fred Bartholomew?); and a photograph of the intersection of Blanshard
and View Streets showing the YMCA Building and St. Ann's Kindergarten & Primary
School.
Donated ca. 1970 by Fred Bartholomew, brother of Muriel Evans.
Location: 25 D 4. |
PR 15 |
| Events - Centennials |
Walter Englehardt fonds. -- 1875-1962. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Walter
Englehart worked as the Water Rates Collector for the Municipality of Victoria
until his retirement in 1946. In his spare time, he was also a member of the James
Bay Athletic Association and the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. Fonds consists
of certificates, membership cards and correspondence relating to Englehardt's
term as a City employee, his participation in centennial celebrations and his
memberships in the James Bay Athletic Association and Vancouver Island Philatelic
Society. Fonds also includes 2 invoices from the firm Englehardt & Co.
Location: 26 C 1. |
PR 233 |
| Events - Demonstrations |
Dorothy L. Durrant fonds. -- 1966-1973. -- 115 photographs. Dorothy L. Durrant
and her husband Edward D.S. Durrant were residents of Victoria. Fonds consists
of photographs of May 24 parades and Miles for Millions marches held in Victoria.
Durrant family members are in several of the photographs.
Includers 99 slides and 16 negatives.
Location: 26 A 5. |
PR 244 |
| Events - Parades |
Campbell Studio fonds. -- 1918-1949. -- 32 photographs (0.03 m). Campbell
Studio was a commercial photography studio that operated from ca. 1939 to 1974.
It was managed by A.L. Lee and J.L.W. Price. At one point, Campbell Studio evidently
acquired the photographs of the photographer Claude Colpitts. Fonds consists of
photographs taken by the Campbell Studio and Claude Colpitts. Images depict the
Foundation Company of B.C. Ltd. shipyards located in Victoria West, parades held
in Victoria and other miscellaneous photographs of sporting groups, military personnel
and others.
Fonds was donated in two accessions 98006-06 and 98110-06. The second accession
was donated by J.L.W. Price whereas the first accession was from an unrecorded
donor.
Claude Colpitts was a photographer who operated a studio in Victoria ca. 1917-1921.
He later moved to California and passed away in 1939. The Colpitts Studio was
evidently taken over by Campbell Studio.
Location: 26 B 6, 27 A 4. |
PR 108 |
| Events - Parades |
Irene A. Dyson fonds. -- [ca. 1914-1950]. -- 8 photographs. Irene A. Dyson
was the daughter of George Arthur Allen, a policeman who worked for the City of
Victoria. She later married Ernie Dyson, an insurance agent. Fonds consists of
photographs of Irene Dyson's father George A. Allen, identified and unidentified
Victoria City policemen and a float in a May 24th Parade.
Location: 28 A 7. |
PR 131 |
| Events - Parades |
Winnifred A. Donaldson fonds. -- [ca. 1950-1952]. -- 43 photographs. Winnifred
A. Donaldson is a resident of Greater Victoria. Fonds consists of photographs
and postcards. Images depict a Navy Day parade, Beacon Hill Park, Christ Church
Cathedral, Douglas Street and Belleville, the Inner Harbour, the Nippon Maru ship,
and other various photographs of Victoria streets and buildings.
Photographs include 41 prints and 2 postcards.
Location: 28 E 7. |
PR 147 |
| Events - Parades |
Dorothy L. Durrant fonds. -- 1966-1973. -- 115 photographs. Dorothy L. Durrant
and her husband Edward D.S. Durrant were residents of Victoria. Fonds consists
of photographs of May 24 parades and Miles for Millions marches held in Victoria.
Durrant family members are in several of the photographs.
Includers 99 slides and 16 negatives.
Location: 26 A 5. |
PR 244 |
| Events - Royal Visits |
Faith E. Swanson fonds. -- [ca. 1920-1960]. -- 4 photographs. Faith E. Swanson
grew up as a member of the Wilkinson family. She later married Valdemar Swanson.
Fonds consists of photographs of members of the Wilkinson family, policemen, a
Royal visit of the Prince of Wales and the Victoria harbour.
Several members of the Wilkinson family were members of City of Victoria Police
Department.
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 71 |
| Events - Royal Visits |
Frederick Albert E. Manning collection. -- 1919. -- 6 photographs. Frederick
Albert E. Manning was born in 1911 and died in 1989. He was a resident of Victoria
for many of these years. Fonds consists of photographs of the visit of the Prince
of Wales to Victoria.
Photographs appear to have been commercially sold images.
Location: 28 F 6. |
PR 158 |
| Events - Sporting - Commonwealth Games 1994 |
Victoria Commonwealth Games Society fonds. -- 1986-1995. -- 77.77 m of textual
records and other material (141.48 m). The City of Victoria Commonwealth Games
Society was incorporated 11 May 1987. The name was changed by special resolution
on 13 December 1988 to the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society (VCGS). Before
incorporation the society was known informally as the Victoria Committee to Host
the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the Greater Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games Association.
The society is scheduled to be dissolved in 1996. VCGS moved through four distinct
phases during its existence. The bid phase lasted from before the organization's
inception until late 1988 during which time the preponderance of efforts were
directed to encouraging local interest in making a bid, securing the Canadian
right to bid for the games (won on 10 November 1987) and persuading the Commonwealth
Games Federation to award the games to Victoria (decided on 14 September 1988).
The planning phase lasted from late 1988 until April 1994, during which time planning
and construction were directed by the Board of Directors and games management
staff. In late April 1994 the operational phase began when the Venue Operations
Committees were restyled Venue Teams and undertook to execute approved plans to
operate the venues under authorized policy and budget parameters. This phase,
which included the actual running of the XV Commonwealth Games, lasted through
the end of the games on 28 August. After the conclusion of the games, the windup
and recovery phase commenced, during which venues were dismantled, decommissioned
and turned over to or back to their owners; salaried staff were laid off according
to a schedule; materiel, supplies and other property were disposed of; remaining
contracts were wound up; outstanding bills were paid; and the records of the organization
were collected for disposal, medium-term storage or transfer to the City of Victoria
Archives. The governing body of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society was the
Board of Directors, who were legally and financially responsible for the planning
and running of the XV Commonwealth Games and for any liabilities incurred. The
President was responsible to and a member of the Board of Directors. Permanent
staff were organized into twelve departments, each of which consisted of a number
of business units (see Business Unit Tactical Plan, November 1992). One or more
departments reported to a Vice President, whose title changed to reflect the changing
mix of his or her responsibilities. The numerous volunteer committees were responsible
to the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and these committees
carried out a great deal of the planning and preparation and the bulk of the operations
work of the games. Many specialized activities, construction in particular, were
carried out by contractors. The defining characteristics of the organization were
the wide distribution of planning and operational tasks (due necessarily to the
complexity of the event, the unalterable starting date and games schedule and
the requirement to enlist volunteers to carry out the bulk of the work), tight
central financial and legal control of these activities and the planned extinction
of the society. Fonds consists of principally of operational records which document
the bidding for the games and planning and execution of facilities, sporting events,
accommodation, transportation, food services, accreditation, security, ceremonies,
cultural and entertainment events, communications, media relations, marketing
and fundraising activities and protocol. The records are arranged in 247 series
and consist primarily of textual documents of all sorts (correspondence, minutes,
reports, planning files, etc.). A large image bank (Series 1) documents many aspects
of preparation and execution of the games, and the CBC Host Broadcaster's file
of videotapes (Series 2) represent the moving images and sounds of the games which
were available to domestic and international broadcasters. Adminstrative records
such as accounting, legal and personnel records were not turned over to the City
Archives due to their confidential nature.
The fonds also contains ca. 3000 architectural drawings, ca. 170 artifacts, 2
audio discs, 211 audio tape cassettes, 1 audio tape reel, 27 compact discs, ca.
160 computer files, 802 drawings, 1 film reel, 57 graphics, 1 kit, 4 maps, ca.
77,000 photographs, ca. 150 prints and 1147 videocassettes.
Inventory available. |
PR 74 |
| Events - Victoria Day |
Stoddart family fonds. -- [ca.1890]-1979. -- 16 photographs (0.02 m) and 0.01
m of textual records. Robert William Croke Stoddart was born in London, England
and came to Victoria about 1894 where he opened a watch repair and jewellery store
on Yates Street. Robert was married to Sarah Annie Stoddart and had seven children,
Ada, Daisy, Emily, Rosa, Harry, Percy and William. Sarah died in 1922 and Robert
died in 1932 at the age of 91. Fonds consists of photographs and miscellaneous
records. Photographs depict members of the Stoddart family, family residences
and family businesses. Miscellaneous records consist of theatre and parade programmes
and tourist brochures of Victoria.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 65 |
| Ewen, Jean |
Victoria Canada-China Friendship Association fonds. -- 1977-1989. -- 0.29
m of textual records, 29 photographs (0.02 m) and 1 videocassette. The Victoria
Canada-China Friendship Association was founded in 1965. The purpose of the Association,
according to its constitution, is to develop and further friendship and understanding
between the Canadian peoples, primarily in British Columbia, and the Chinese peoples;
to promote understanding of the People's Republic of China, its institutions and
objectives; to promote cultural, educational, athletic and other exchanges between
Canada, and specifically Vancouver Island, and the People's Republic of China;
and to raise funds to promote and develop the aims and objectives of the society.
Fonds consists of general office files. Records are arranged chronologically and
include minutes, correspondence, membership lists and newsletters. Fonds also
contains photographs and a videotape of the ceremony held in remembrance of Jean
Ewen at Juncheng, Hebei Province, China.
A file list of the records is available.
Fonds was acquired by the British Columbia Archives and Records Service in three
accessions and transferred to the City of Victoria Archives in 1991.
Location: 31 D 5 - 31 D 7. |
PR 206 |
| Fair family (David, d. 1936) |
Fair family fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1910]. -- 5 photographs. David Fair was born
in Paisley, Ontario. He worked as a stockbreeder for several years before he left
to take part in the Yukon gold rush. In 1901, Fair came to Victoria where he found
work as a contractor. David Fair was married to Christina Fair and they had 3
children, David A., John, and Della. David Fair died in 1936. Fonds consists of
photographs of the Fair family and of either David or David A. Fair driving a
Tally-Ho carriage in Beacon Hill Park.
Fonds was donated by David A. Fair.
Location: 26 G 2. |
PR 241 |
| Fairfull, Ethel Melinda Trewolla, 1904-1989 |
Ethel Melinda Trewolla Fairfull fonds. -- 1887-[198-?]. -- 64 photographs
(0.05 m) and 0.06 m of textual records. Ethel Melinda Trewolla Fairfull was born
in 1904, the daughter of Nicholas Trewolla Olive and Henrietta Margaret Olive
(nee Watson). Ethel married David Fairfull, a printer for the Victoria Press.
David died in 1968 and Ethel died in 1989. Fonds consists of photographs, newspaper
clippings, invitations, autograph book and miscellaneous records relating to the
Fairfull, Olive and Watson families.
A file list and item list of the records is available.
A family tree of the Fairfull, Olive and Watson families is available.
William Washington Watson was born in 1837 in Ohio. In 1875 he came to Victoria
with his wife Malinda Toney on board the steamer Pacific. Watson worked for many
years at the Albion Iron Works. He and his wife had three children, Franklin Pierce,
Cora Mary and Henrietta Margaret. Henrietta later married Nicholas Trewolla Olive.
Andrew Fairfull married Margaret Young in 1889. They had four children, James,
Jessie, Margaret and David. Margaret worked for David Spencer Limited for many
years. David married Ethel Olive.
Location: 29 D 5 - 29 D 6, 29 E 3. |
PR 185 |
| Fatt family |
Fatt, Sutton family fonds. -- [ca. 1872-1916]. -- 12 photographs. William
and Sarah Sutton had six children, William John Jr., Sarah Ellen, James Edward,
Richard Keyworth, Fanny Keyworth and Mary Louise. William John Sutton Jr. became
a well known geologist who worked on the West Coast before his death in 1914.
Fanny Keyworth Sutton married the Anglican Minister Frederick Helling Fatt. Together
they had four sons, William M., Fred P., Norman B. and Edward John. William M.
Fatt died ca. 1917. The Reverend F.H. Fatt died in 1930. Fonds consists of 12
photographs of which 6 have been donated and 6 have been loaned for copying. Photographs
consist of images of the Fatt and Sutton families, soldiers, school children,
Vancouver Island Steam Engine, the Gorge Park and Bridge.
Images were loaned and donated by Norman B. Fatt, the son of the Reverend F.H.
Fatt.
Copy prints of images are stored in the photo access system under the subject
headings "Rev. F.H. Fatt family" and "William Sutton family."
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 67 |
| Fatt, Norman B. |
Fatt, Sutton family fonds. -- [ca. 1872-1916]. -- 12 photographs. William
and Sarah Sutton had six children, William John Jr., Sarah Ellen, James Edward,
Richard Keyworth, Fanny Keyworth and Mary Louise. William John Sutton Jr. became
a well known geologist who worked on the West Coast before his death in 1914.
Fanny Keyworth Sutton married the Anglican Minister Frederick Helling Fatt. Together
they had four sons, William M., Fred P., Norman B. and Edward John. William M.
Fatt died ca. 1917. The Reverend F.H. Fatt died in 1930. Fonds consists of 12
photographs of which 6 have been donated and 6 have been loaned for copying. Photographs
consist of images of the Fatt and Sutton families, soldiers, school children,
Vancouver Island Steam Engine, the Gorge Park and Bridge.
Images were loaned and donated by Norman B. Fatt, the son of the Reverend F.H.
Fatt.
Copy prints of images are stored in the photo access system under the subject
headings "Rev. F.H. Fatt family" and "William Sutton family."
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 67 |
| Fawcett, Edgar |
Donaldson, Clay family fonds. -- [ca. 1880-1920]. -- 31 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Alexander Dawson Donaldson was the son of Alexander and
Mary Donaldson. Following his mother's death, he was adopted by his uncle James
Dawson. Alexander came to Victoria in 1874 and married Amanda Woolsey in 1879.
The marriage produced 4 children, Alexander T. Woolsey, James Douglas, Margaret
Dawson and Elizabeth Victoria. Alexander Sr. worked as a carpenter until 1901
when the family moved to a farm in Sooke. He died in 1909 at the age of 70 and
his wife Amanda died in 1930 at the age of 75. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth
Victoria married William Clay, the son of Jonathan Clay. William and Elizabeth
had three children, Donald, Eric and Leonard. Elizabeth died in 1988 at the age
of 91. Fonds consists of photographs and miscellaneous files. Photographs depict
members of the Clay and Donaldson families, and family friends including the Edgar
Fawcett family, Alexander Ross, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mrs. William Prout and Hattie
Chapman. Miscellaneous files consist of photocopies of Alexander T. Woolsey Donaldson's
Boys Brigade cards, an in memoriam card for Joseph Wilson, and records relating
to Alexander Dawson Donaldson.
Fonds was donated by Leonard Clay.
5 of the images were loaned to the Archives for copying.
An item list of the photographs is available.
A family tree for the Clay, Donaldson and Fawcett families exists.
Edgar Fawcett was born in 1847 and died in 1923. He worked for the Customs Department
of the Federal Government and also published books as a local historian. In 1867
he married Myra Holden and had six children, Thomas Douglas, Edgar Lionel Jr.,
Myra Louise, Olive A., Elizabeth, and Victor Cecil.
Location: 29 C 8, photo access system. |
PR 178 |
| Fell, James (family) |
Maude Lendrum fonds. -- [ca. 1880-1915]. -- 35 photographs (0.02 m) and 1
plan. Maude Worthington was born in 1910, the daughter of the City alderman John
Arthur Worthington and Marion Jessie Moss. Her father was the grandson of James
Porter a resident of Rock Bay Street in Victoria. Her mother was the daughter
of Henry and Marion Moss and the granddaughter of former Victoria mayor and merchant
James Fell. In 1938, Maude Worthington married Charles Edward Lendrum. Fonds consists
of photographs and an architectural drawing. Photographs consist of images of
the Fell, Moss, Porter and Worthington families, and of buildings in the Victoria
region. The architectural drawing, drawn by Thomas Hooper, is of a building for
A. Porter on Store Street.
An item list of the majority of photographs is available.
A family tree has been compiled for the Porter, Worthington, Fell, Moss and Lendrum
families.
Location: 28 E 4, 28 E 6. |
PR 144 |
| Ferguson, Alfred J. |
Alfred J. Ferguson fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1939]. -- 15 photographs and 2 artifacts.
Alfred J. Ferguson was the son of Frances J. and Mabel Ferguson. Alfred J. Ferguson
worked as a lather and was married to Jessie Ferguson. Fonds consists of photographs
and artifacts. Photographs consist of images of members of the Ferguson family,
schoolchildren, the 1919 visit of the Prince of Wales, the Chinese junk Amoy,
and other images of the Greater Victoria region. Artifacts consist of a photo
booklet of the 1939 Royal visit and a postcard record of Victoria.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 29 B 4. |
PR 177 |
| Ferguson, Virginia |
Virginia Ferguson collection. -- [ca. 1900-1980]. -- 55 photographs, 0.1 m
of textual records and 5 maps. Virginia Ferguson was a local Victoria collector.
Collection consists of records of Lim Yat, records of Honoria Mary Lefevre, photographs
of Spring Ridge Housing Co-operative employees, photographs of demolished buildings,
a pharmacist's journal, business cards, miscellaneous photographs, Greater Victoria
street maps and a Canadian Customs pamphlet. Records of Lim Yat consist of architectural
sketches, a photograph of 1619-1629 Store Street, and Provincial Exhibition diploma
and map. Records of Honoria Mary Lefevre consist of a scrapbook and photographs
documenting her singing engagements. Demolished buildings photographs document
houses on Bee Street and Foul Bay Road where the Oak Bay Recreation Centre now
stands. The pharmacist journal is of unknown provenance and consists of a list
of customer names and their prescriptions. Miscellaneous photographs consist of
images of the Gorge, a delivery truck and the Pied Pipers musical group.
A file list of the records is available.
Honoria Mary Lefevre was a local singer who sang for choirs and churches from
the 1920s to the 1950s.
The Spring Ridge Housing Co-operative operated in the Fernwood area in the 1970s.
Location: 32 D 3. |
PR 218 |
| Fernwood Community Association |
Fernwood Community Association fonds. -- 1974-1989. -- 1.43 m of textual records
and ca. 200 photographs. The Fernwood Community Association was incorporated on
January 31, 1974. The purpose of the society is to promote, facilitate and support
any activity that enhances the quality of life in the Fernwood Community. They
have successfully lobbied for the declaration of Fernwood as a Neighbourhood Improvement
Area, and the allocation of funds for the construction of the Fernwood Community
Centre. They have also been involved in providing services for the community including
organizing the Fernwood flea market, publishing the Fernwood News newspaper and
also the commissioning of the John Ellis book, The Fernwood Files, detailing the
history of Fernwood. The organization consists of a general membership who, in
turn, elect a Board of Directors. An executive is appointed by the Board of Directors.
Fonds consists of general office files, minutes, correspondence, financial records,
Fernwood News files and John Ellis Fernwood history files.
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 31 C 1 - 31 D 4. |
PR 200 |
| Financial Services |
British Columbia Land and Investment Agency fonds. -- 1858-1960. -- 73.75
m of textual records and 74 photographs.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 1 |
| Financial Services |
London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company fonds. -- 1890-1900. -- 1.85 m
of textual records.
As of January 2000, these records have been transferred to the British
Columbia Archives. |
PR 4 |
| Financial Services |
P.R. Brown and Sons fonds. -- 1909-[ca.1973]. -- 11.10 m of textual records.
Originally from Halifax, Percival Rideout Brown moved to Victoria in 1872, becoming
the manager of the British Columbia Land and Investment Agency in 1881, entering
the real estate market on his own in 1889, and establishing the firm of P.R. Brown
in 1900. On his death in 1922, Brown's son, P.R. Brown Jr., became president,
changing the name of the company to P.R. Brown and Sons. Successive presidents
were: Thomas A.Brown, 1947-1958; H.P.R. (Herb) Brown, 1958-1987; and W.R. (Bill)
Brown, 1987-1990. The firm merged with Brown Bros., a rival firm started in 1918
by two of P.R. Brown's sons, effective 1 October 1990. Fonds consists of 19 series
of real estate, insurance, and property management records, mainly financial.
These series include: 15% non-resident interest tax deductions (1944-1962); bond
ledger [ca. 194-]; caretakers payroll (1963-1966); cash book (1941-1957); cash
book summary (1957-1968); clients ledger (1909-[ca.1954]); clients trust account
cheque register (1940-1955); general cheque register (1946-1960); general journal
(1938-1968); general ledger (1913-1968); insurance accounts [ca. 1952-1955]; insurance
companies and sub agents ledger (1963-1965); insurance journal (1943-[ca. 1973]);
mortgage ledger [ca. 1913-1953]; mortgage loans (1954-1955); mortgagees index
[ca. 1945-1953]; mortgagors index [19--]; petty cash (1931-1957); rent roll [ca.
1949-1957].
Inventory available. |
PR 150 |
| Financial Services |
Elsie B. Richards fonds. -- 1889-1952 (predominantly 1921-1952). -- 0.46 m
of textual records. Elsie B. Richards worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper
for Arthur Coles and the firm of Coles, Howell Company in the 1920s. Following
the death of Arthur Coles in 1930, Richards opened up her own real estate, insurance
and rental firm. It appears that her firm was a successor to several of Arthur
Coles' accounts. Elsie B. Richards operated her firm until 1950. Throughout the
1950s, Richards worked as a bookkeeper. Fonds consists of a cash journal (1934-1950);
ledger (1924-1942); estate records of Arthur Coles, G.S.M. Warlow, Marian Allan
and Albert Henry Hall (1889-1952); register of land transactions (1929-1933);
J.C. Richards estate cash journal (1928-1951); Sarah Richards' estate cash journal
(1947-1952); and correspondence (1947).
Records have slight water damage and are mildewed.
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 32 E 1 - 32 E 3, 32 D 10. |
PR 222 |
| Financial Services |
Gillespie, Hart & Company fonds. -- 1912-1972. -- 0.10 m of textual records
and 2 photographs. Gillespie, Hart & Company was established in 1911 as Gillespie,
Hart & Todd named after its founders John Hebden Gillespie, John Hart and
Ernest D. Todd. The Company dealt in insurance, real estate and loans. In 1930,
the name was changed to Gillespie, Hart & Company. The firm was reorganized
in 1958, and remained in existence until 1982. Fonds consists of a cash journal,
mortgage files, photographs of founding members, certificate and artifact.
John Hart was a longtime MLA and Premier of British Columbia from 1941-1947.
Location: 32 E 6, 32 C 8, Map 2 D 9. |
PR 224 |
| Findlay, James R. |
James R. Findlay collection. -- 1896-1988. -- 33 photographs (0.04 m), 0.01
m of textual records and 1 artifact. Jim Findlay is a local collector and former
employee for the City of Victoria. Collection consists of photographs, miscellaneous
pamphlets and an artifact. Photographs consists of images of the Harrison Yacht
Pond, Beacon Hill Park, Steve Fonyo, Rockland Avenue, Dallas Road, Cross' Stores,
Hudson's Bay Company, and the Bank of Nova Scotia at Douglas and Yates Streets.
Pamphlets include a Daily Colonist newspaper and bus timetables. Artifact consists
of a flag from the 1988 B.C. Summer Games.
Several of the photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying.
Fonds consists of accessions 98702-10, 98707-04, 98709-12, 98803-28, 98804-01,
98806-22, 98807-22, 99103-01, 99207-01.
Location: 28 F 6, 29 A 3, 29 B 2, 32 D 9, Vault V3 C 2, photo access system. |
PR 160 |
| Fishing |
Miller family fonds. -- [ca. 1860]-1948. -- ca. 923 photographs (0.37 m),
0.01 m of textual records and 1 drawing. The Miller family lived in Oak Bay at
1206 Beach Drive. Frank G. Miller and his brother David Miller began their careers
as fishermen in the late 1930s. Fonds consists of three series of records arranged
by function and medium. They are as follows: family photographs, collected prints
and Victoria Day Celebration Souvenir programme. The family photographs document
the family at their home at 1206 Beach Drive, scenes of boating and fishing, trips
and various scenes of Greater Victoria. The collected photographs depict various
aspects of British Columbia including the Rocky Mountains, Northern British Columbia,
sealing expeditions, the opening of the Parliament Buildings and various other
scenes of early Victoria.
Photographs consist of 923 prints and 141 postcards.
Records were donated by Frank Gerard Miller.
Location: 26 C 4 - 26 C 5, 26 D 1. |
PR 82 |
| Fishing - Sealing |
Miller family fonds. -- [ca. 1860]-1948. -- ca. 923 photographs (0.37 m),
0.01 m of textual records and 1 drawing. The Miller family lived in Oak Bay at
1206 Beach Drive. Frank G. Miller and his brother David Miller began their careers
as fishermen in the late 1930s. Fonds consists of three series of records arranged
by function and medium. They are as follows: family photographs, collected prints
and Victoria Day Celebration Souvenir programme. The family photographs document
the family at their home at 1206 Beach Drive, scenes of boating and fishing, trips
and various scenes of Greater Victoria. The collected photographs depict various
aspects of British Columbia including the Rocky Mountains, Northern British Columbia,
sealing expeditions, the opening of the Parliament Buildings and various other
scenes of early Victoria.
Photographs consist of 923 prints and 141 postcards.
Records were donated by Frank Gerard Miller.
Location: 26 C 4 - 26 C 5, 26 D 1. |
PR 82 |
| Fitzgerald, Anne |
Michaelis family fonds. -- [ca. 1906-1912]. -- 21 photographs. Gustav Michaelis
came to Victoria, about 1915, with his wife, Annie Marie, and daughters, Anne,
Elsa and Lillian. Prior to this, the family lived in Seattle. Gustav died in 1930
at the age of 70 and was buried in Ross Bay Cemetary. His wife Annie died in 1958
at the age of 87. Their daughter Anne married Maurice Le Moine Fitzgerald and
moved to Regina in 1934. Elsa married Dr. George Hall of Victoria in 1937 and
Lillian married Frank Bastedo of Regina in 1938. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Michaelis family and residences.
17 images consist of copy prints taken from the originals held by Anne Fitzgerald.
Copy prints and negatives for the images are available.
Location: 27 B 6. |
PR 254 |
| Fleming Bros. |
Fleming Bros. fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- 184 photographs (0.07 m). Harold
and Edgar Fleming came to Victoria, about 1887, and opened a photographic studio.
The studio existed until 1934 when Harold Fleming passed away. Edgar Fleming died
in 1938. Fonds consists primarily of copies of loaned images taken by the Fleming
Bros. studio. Images depict buildings, people and scenery around Victoria and
Vancouver Island.
Accession 98105-01 was loaned for copying by Hilda Fowle, the daughter of Harold
Fleming. Accession 98107-08 was donated by Mrs. F.F. Toms, the daughter of Edgar
Fleming.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 26 D 5 (negatives), 26 E 5, 26 G 2. |
PR 238 |
| Fleming, Edgar, d. 1938 |
Fleming Bros. fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- 184 photographs (0.07 m). Harold
and Edgar Fleming came to Victoria, about 1887, and opened a photographic studio.
The studio existed until 1934 when Harold Fleming passed away. Edgar Fleming died
in 1938. Fonds consists primarily of copies of loaned images taken by the Fleming
Bros. studio. Images depict buildings, people and scenery around Victoria and
Vancouver Island.
Accession 98105-01 was loaned for copying by Hilda Fowle, the daughter of Harold
Fleming. Accession 98107-08 was donated by Mrs. F.F. Toms, the daughter of Edgar
Fleming.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 26 D 5 (negatives), 26 E 5, 26 G 2. |
PR 238 |
| Fleming, Harold, d. 1934 |
Fleming Bros. fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- 184 photographs (0.07 m). Harold
and Edgar Fleming came to Victoria, about 1887, and opened a photographic studio.
The studio existed until 1934 when Harold Fleming passed away. Edgar Fleming died
in 1938. Fonds consists primarily of copies of loaned images taken by the Fleming
Bros. studio. Images depict buildings, people and scenery around Victoria and
Vancouver Island.
Accession 98105-01 was loaned for copying by Hilda Fowle, the daughter of Harold
Fleming. Accession 98107-08 was donated by Mrs. F.F. Toms, the daughter of Edgar
Fleming.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 26 D 5 (negatives), 26 E 5, 26 G 2. |
PR 238 |
| Fletcher Bros. |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Fletcher Bros. |
Fletcher Bros. fonds. -- [191-?]-1978 (predominantly 1955-1978). -- 0.13 m
of textual records. Fletcher Bros. music store was started in 1872 by Thomas Fletcher.
Fletcher, in that year, opened a store selling washing machines, sewing machines
and pianos. In 1898, he retired and the store was renamed Fletcher Bros. and was
operated by his sons James Henry, George A. and Thomas J. In 1909, the store was
located at 1231 Government Street and specialized in piano, organs, music, sewing
and talking machines. The business later expanded with locations in Vancouver,
Nanaimo and Prince Rupert. However, by 1944, only the Victoria store remained.
About 1954, Fletcher Bros. closed for business. In 1956, a new Fletcher Bros.
store was opened, located at 2020 Douglas Street and specializing only in pianos.
Walter J. Fletcher, the son of James Fletcher managed this store until its closure
in 1971. Fonds consists of a journal, ledger and miscellaneous advertisements.
Location: 31 G 1. |
PR 205 |
| Fletcher family (Thomas W. Fletcher, d. 1927) |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Fletcher, James Henry, d. 1944 |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Fletcher, Margaret |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Fletcher, Walter J. |
Fletcher family fonds. -- [188-?]-1983. -- 52 photographs and other material
(0.05 m). Thomas W. Fletcher was a native of Sheffield, England, and came to Victoria
in 1862. He left immediately for the Cariboo goldfields and remained there until
1872. Returning to Victoria, he established a music business, which he passed
on to his sons when he retired in 1896. He died on 26 September 1927, survived
by four sons, George A., James Henry, Thomas B. and William B. Fonds consists
of photographs of Fletcher Bros. music store; miscellaneous Victoria businesses
(ca. 1890); the Cariboo Road, Barkerville and Andrew Kelley, a saloon-keeper in
Barkerville and a relative of the Fletchers; grounds of an unidentified residence,
possibly Arran on York Place, Oak Bay, photographed by Gus A. Maves; and a portrait
of James Henry Fletcher. The Photo Card File contains a copy print of a photograph
of Harriet Amelia Calhoun (later Fletcher). The textual material consists of a
magazine clipping showing the Fletcher Bros. store; the death certificate of James
Henry Fletcher; Royal Theatre program and tickets for a concert by Joseph Szigeti
(1951); and a letter from CJVI to Walter Fletcher on the station's 60th anniversary
(1983); and two thimbles (one issued by Fletcher Brothers).
Donated by Walter and Margaret Fletcher, children of James Henry Fletcher. Copy
negatives of some of the images are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 G 1-2, Vault. |
PR 33 |
| Floyd family (James Sterling, d. 1922) |
Floyd, Johnston family fonds. -- [ca.1866-1920] (predominantly [ca. 1895-1920]).
-- 18 photographs (0.03 m). James Sterling Floyd was a municipal auditor and accountant
for the Municipalities of Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt. He married
Esther Mary Johnston, the daughter of Philip T. Johnston, a nurseryman, about
1890, and had four children Eveleen, Thomas, Claude and Biddy. James Floyd died
in 1922 and his wife Esther died in 1939. Thomas died in 1983. Fonds consists
of family photographs of the Floyd and Johnston families.
Individuals in photographs appear to have been identified by the children of Thomas
Floyd.
Location: 26 F 6, 26 G 4. |
PR 99 |
| Floyd, James Sterling, d. 1922 |
Floyd, Johnston family fonds. -- [ca.1866-1920] (predominantly [ca. 1895-1920]).
-- 18 photographs (0.03 m). James Sterling Floyd was a municipal auditor and accountant
for the Municipalities of Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt. He married
Esther Mary Johnston, the daughter of Philip T. Johnston, a nurseryman, about
1890, and had four children Eveleen, Thomas, Claude and Biddy. James Floyd died
in 1922 and his wife Esther died in 1939. Thomas died in 1983. Fonds consists
of family photographs of the Floyd and Johnston families.
Individuals in photographs appear to have been identified by the children of Thomas
Floyd.
Location: 26 F 6, 26 G 4. |
PR 99 |
| Flumerfelt family |
Flumerfelt family fonds. -- [190-?]. -- 5 photographs. Alfred Cornelius Flumerfelt
was born in Markham, Ontario in 1856 and came to British Columbia in 1886 as the
branch manager for Ames Holden & Company. Flumerfelt soon became a well known
capitalist with interests in a number of different companies. He was a British
Columbia cabinet minister from 1915-1916, and also gave his time to a large number
of organizations including the Victoria Board of Trade, Jubilee Hospital, and
Protestant Orphan's Home among many others. He was married to Ada Annie Kilvington
and together they had two daughters, Norma and Gertrude. Norma married Albany
Herbert Ritchie in 1906. Gertrude married Dr. Geoffrey Jefferson and moved to
Manchester, England. Ada Flumerfelt died in 1924 and in 1926, Alfred married Lola
Grierson, the widow of E.D. Grierson. Alfred died in 1930. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Flumerfelt family and their residence Ruhebühne located at 835 Pemberton
Road.
Donated by Tanis Monteith Stephenson, great granddaughter of A. C. Flumerfelt.
An item list is available.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 64 |
| Flumerfelt, A.C |
Flumerfelt family fonds. -- [190-?]. -- 5 photographs. Alfred Cornelius Flumerfelt
was born in Markham, Ontario in 1856 and came to British Columbia in 1886 as the
branch manager for Ames Holden & Company. Flumerfelt soon became a well known
capitalist with interests in a number of different companies. He was a British
Columbia cabinet minister from 1915-1916, and also gave his time to a large number
of organizations including the Victoria Board of Trade, Jubilee Hospital, and
Protestant Orphan's Home among many others. He was married to Ada Annie Kilvington
and together they had two daughters, Norma and Gertrude. Norma married Albany
Herbert Ritchie in 1906. Gertrude married Dr. Geoffrey Jefferson and moved to
Manchester, England. Ada Flumerfelt died in 1924 and in 1926, Alfred married Lola
Grierson, the widow of E.D. Grierson. Alfred died in 1930. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Flumerfelt family and their residence Ruhebühne located at 835 Pemberton
Road.
Donated by Tanis Monteith Stephenson, great granddaughter of A. C. Flumerfelt.
An item list is available.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 64 |
| Folbigg, Violet |
Violet Folbigg fonds. -- [1919?]. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Violet Folbigg
was married to Norman N. Folbigg who worked in Victoria from ca. 1930 until his
death in ca. 1944. During the 1914-1918 War, Norman served in the military and
following an injury, convalesced in Victoria. Fonds consists of 6 postcards written
by Norman to his then fiancee in England, Violet, during his convalescence in
Victoria. Postcard images depict the Inner Harbour and the 1919 visit of the Prince
of Wales.
Location: 29 C 8. |
PR 179 |
| Forestry |
Leonard Frank fonds. -- [191-?]. -- 48 photographs. Leonard Frank began his
career as a professional photographer in the late 1890s while living in Alberni,
B.C. In 1916, he moved to Vancouver where he opened up the Leonard Frank Photo
Studio. Fonds consists of 47 photographs, many of which are arranged in a photo
album. The photos document forestry practices on Vancouver Island, and scenes
of the Malahat Drive on the Island Highway.
Location: 26 C 6. |
PR 84 |
| Forestry |
Clarence Hoard fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1935]. -- 207 photographs (0.04 m). Clarence
Hoard was a civil engineer, surveyor and railway contractor who came to Victoria
ca. 1912. About 1921, Hoard became President and Managing Director of Bainbridge
Lumber Company, a position that he held until approximately 1935. Around 1927,
Hoard also began the Hoard Company Ltd, which manufactured silos. The Hoard Company
lasted, in one form or another, until approximately 1935, when Hoard appears to
have retired from his business interests. Fonds consists of photographs of the
business interests of Clarence Hoard. Photographs include images of logging in
British Columbia and the manufacture of silos. Also included are photographs collected
presumably because Hoard was an investor in several ventures. These include photographs
of the Nitinat Lake, Clo-ose and Carmanah regions of Vancouver Island taken by
the West Coast Development Company, and photographs of the Cholberg Shipyard and
the schooner S.F. Tolmie which was built at the Cholberg Shipyard.
The West Coast Development Company Ltd. was planning to invest in a hotel on the
West Coast of Vancouver Island.
The Cholberg Shipyards was operated in Victoria West from ca. 1918-1922.
Location: 26 F 6, 26 G 4, Map 2 A 2. |
PR 101 |
| Fort, Robert H. |
Robert H. Fort fonds. -- [ca. 1910] - 1958. -- 0.02 m of textual records,
24 photographs (0.02 m) and 2 artifacts. Robert J. Fort was the son of Edward
J. Fort of Alberbury House, Salisbury, England. He served in the Canadian army
in the First World War and started up a commercial photography business of his
own in 1929, retiring around 1960. He died about 1975. Fonds consists of correspondence,
miscellaneous records, photographs and artifacts pertaining to the military service
and family of Robert Fort. Miscellaneous records consist of probate and real estate
documents and military certificates. Photographs consist of images of the Fort's
residence and garden at 417 Constance Street and portraits of family members.
Artifacts consist of a parchment deed and cloth armbands.
Location: 31 E 7. |
PR 66 |
| Foster, Norman, 1880-1959 |
Victoria Girls' Drill Team fonds. -- 1938-1965. -- ca. 1000 photographs (0.16
m), 0.27 m of textual records, and 5 artifacts. The Victoria Girls' Drill Team
was founded in 1938 under the leadership of Norman "Cappy" Foster. The
Team was composed of young single women of "high moral standing" organized
into a skilled drill corps. As a drill team, they performed at a number of events
including performances for troops during World War Two, at May 24 Celebrations,
the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair, and at the Portland Rose Festival. The first
Director was Norman Foster, who founded and led the group from 1938-1959. After
his death in 1959, John Shrimpton and Robbie Robertson served as Directors. The
Drill Team disbanded in 1976. Fonds consists of photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper
clippings, rules and regulations of the Victoria Girls Drill Team, programmes
and miscellaneous artifacts. Photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings depict
the activities and members of the Team. Artifacts consist of two complete uniforms,
one hat, a Team banner and a bust of Norman "Cappy" Foster.
Records of team members Helen Tregellas (nee Cook) and Alice Grant (nee Harvey)
have been interfiled with the records of the organization.
Captain Norman "Cappy" Foster was born in London England in 1880. He
served in the British Armed Forces and was a veteran of the Boer War and World
War One. He and his wife Mary retired in Victoria, ca. 1936, where he worked for
the Victoria Chamber of Commerce and with the Victoria Girls' Drill Team. Foster
died in 1959.
Location: 26 F 1, 29 E 1, 29 E 2, 29 E 4, 29 E 5, 29 E 6, 29 E 7, Map 2 C 16,
Vault V1 C 2, Vault V3 B 5, City Hall foyer. |
PR 100 |
| Foster, Norman, 1880-1959 |
Victoria Girls' Drill Team Reunion Committee fonds. -- 1987-1988. -- 0.14
m of textual records, 26 photographs and 1 artifact. The Victoria Girls' Drill
Team Reunion Committee first met on May 27, 1987, to plan the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the founding of the Victoria Girls' Drill Team to be held August
13 and 14, 1988. The Committee last met September 20, 1988. Fonds consists of
minutes, membership lists, photographs, miscellaneous records and a reunion package.
Photographs consist of 26 negatives and 12 prints taken from the negatives.
Location: 28 C 9, 29 E 1. |
PR 187 |
| Foster, Norman, 1880-1959 |
Norman Foster fonds. -- 1949-1952. -- 141 photographs (0.04 m). Captain Norman
"Cappy" Foster was born in London England in 1880. He served in the
British Armed Forces and was a veteran of the Boer War and World War One. He and
his wife Mary retired in Victoria, ca. 1936, where he worked for the Victoria
Chamber of Commerce and with the Victoria Girls' Drill Team. Foster died in 1959.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs and postcards documenting Norman and
Mary Foster's vacations to Los Angeles, Vernon, Revelstoke and Banff. Album also
includes pamphlets and programmes acquired at various tourist sites.
Includes 103 photographic prints and 38 postcards.
Location: 29 E 7. |
PR 188 |
| Foster, Norman, 1880-1959 |
Gladys Cook fonds. -- 1938-1988. -- 0.14 m of textual records and 120 photographs.
Gladys Cook was an original member of the Victoria Girls' Drill Team and a member
of the Drill Team Alumni. She died in 1987 at the age of 76. Fonds consists of
a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous correspondence and programmes
and photographs documenting Gladys Cook's involvement in the Victoria Girls' Drill
Team.
Location: 29 E 1, 29 E 7. |
PR 189 |
| Frank, Leonard, 1871-1944 |
Leonard Frank fonds. -- [191-?]. -- 48 photographs. Leonard Frank began his
career as a professional photographer in the late 1890s while living in Alberni,
B.C. In 1916, he moved to Vancouver where he opened up the Leonard Frank Photo
Studio. Fonds consists of 47 photographs, many of which are arranged in a photo
album. The photos document forestry practices on Vancouver Island, and scenes
of the Malahat Drive on the Island Highway.
Location: 26 C 6. |
PR 84 |
| Fraser family |
W. Allan Fraser fonds. -- [ca. 1906-1925]. -- 5 photographs. W. Allan Fraser
was the son of Dr. Roderick L. and Elizabeth Fraser and the brother of Katherine
"Kitty" Castle. W. Allan worked as a doctor and served as a medical
consultant for the Government of British Columbia. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Fraser family and images of a doctor's picnic at the summer home of Roderick
Fraser in Mount Newton.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 260 |
| Fraser, W. Allan |
W. Allan Fraser fonds. -- [ca. 1906-1925]. -- 5 photographs. W. Allan Fraser
was the son of Dr. Roderick L. and Elizabeth Fraser and the brother of Katherine
"Kitty" Castle. W. Allan worked as a doctor and served as a medical
consultant for the Government of British Columbia. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Fraser family and images of a doctor's picnic at the summer home of Roderick
Fraser in Mount Newton.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 260 |
| Freisinger, Anne |
Anne Freisinger collection. -- 1969-1977. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Anne
Freisinger is a resident of Greater Victoria. Collection consists of Cecil Clark
"Yesterday and Today" newspaper clippings, numbered from 1-801.
Location: 28 E 5. |
PR 146 |
| Friendly Help Society |
Friendly Help Society fonds. -- 1895-1933. -- 0.07 m of textual records. The
Local Council of Women of Victoria and Vancouver Island, Committee of Charities,
first met February 25, 1895. At this meeting they adopted the name Friendly Help
Society. The object of the Society was to unite the local system of charities,
work with other charities to ensure that services were not duplicated, while bearing
in mind the "important principle of helping the needy to help assist themselves."
The Society was founded on a non-denominational basis. Fonds consists of minute
books (1895-1920) and a board of directors list (1932-1933).
Fonds was donated to the Archives by Spencerhouse Welfare Centre.
Location: 27 F 5. |
PR 126 |
| Funk, Jacob, d. 1990 |
Jacob Funk fonds. -- [ca. 1937-1962]. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Jacob Funk
was a Victoria resident who worked on several ventures with his partner N.J. Hansen.
Funk and Hansen ran Globe News and Tobacco before opening up H & F Confectionery
in the late 1940s. About 1960, the two opened up Funk & Hansen boarding rooms
at 1012 Richardson Street. Funk died in 1990 at the age of 83. Fonds consists
of records of Companies presumably purchased by Jacob Funk. Series include a guest
register from the Columbia Rooms (1948-1962) and a general journal and correspondence
of the Island Steamship Company (1937-1938). The records of the Island Steamship
Company appear to have been created by Thomas A. Johnstone who was hired to represent
the Company.
Island Steamship Company was a stevedoring Company that operated in Victoria and
Vancouver from ca. 1937 to 1938. The Company was purchased by the Canadian Stevedoring
Company in 1938. The Columbia Rooms offered boarding rooms at 631 Pandora from
ca. 1915 to the 1960s.
Location: 31 F 1. |
PR 210 |
| Gale, Linn A. |
Linn Gale fonds. -- [ca. 1920-1969]. -- 0.33 m of textual records and 26 photographs
(0.07 m). Linn A. Gale was born in 1890 in Woodsville, New Hampshire. After living
in Montreal from 1914-1922, Gale came to Victoria in 1923 and began work as an
accountant. In addition, he was active in expressing his views on a number of
different community issues by writing to the editors of the local newspapers.
Gale died in 1968. Fonds consists of general files and photographs. General files
are arranged alphabetically in subject files and consist of correspondence, letters
to newspaper editors, newspaper clippings, maps, plans, and research notes relating
to City history, planning issues, parks and the history of Victoria. Photographs
consist of images of Victoria taken from a variety of vantage points including
the Parliament Buildings, Cadboro Bay and Victoria Golf Course.
Several maps are located in the map system at A0021, A0022, A0023, and A0024.
Location: 27 E 4, 27 F 2, 27 F 3, 27 F 4. |
PR 124 |
| Gardens |
Flumerfelt family fonds. -- [190-?]. -- 5 photographs. Alfred Cornelius Flumerfelt
was born in Markham, Ontario in 1856 and came to British Columbia in 1886 as the
branch manager for Ames Holden & Company. Flumerfelt soon became a well known
capitalist with interests in a number of different companies. He was a British
Columbia cabinet minister from 1915-1916, and also gave his time to a large number
of organizations including the Victoria Board of Trade, Jubilee Hospital, and
Protestant Orphan's Home among many others. He was married to Ada Annie Kilvington
and together they had two daughters, Norma and Gertrude. Norma married Albany
Herbert Ritchie in 1906. Gertrude married Dr. Geoffrey Jefferson and moved to
Manchester, England. Ada Flumerfelt died in 1924 and in 1926, Alfred married Lola
Grierson, the widow of E.D. Grierson. Alfred died in 1930. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Flumerfelt family and their residence Ruhebühne located at 835 Pemberton
Road.
Donated by Tanis Monteith Stephenson, great granddaughter of A. C. Flumerfelt.
An item list is available.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 64 |
| Gardner, George M. |
William E. Gardner fonds. -- 1894-1946. -- 25 photographs (0.02 m). William
Edward Gardner was born in Louisburg, N.S., in 1870 and went to sea at the age
of fourteen. He came to Victoria in 1890 and eventually became skipper of the
passenger ship City of Nanaimo, sailing out of Nanaimo. Gardner later established
the W.E. Gardner Towing Company, which he sold to Island Tug & Barge Ltd.
in 1926. He then bought the Turpel Marine Railway, which he renamed the Point
Hope Marine Railway. He sold this business in 1938 and retired. William Gardner
married Mrs. Mabel Johanna Robertson in Victoria, 2 May 1924. When he died in
Victoria on 1 April 1947, he was survived by his widow, one son and two daughters.
Fonds consists of photographs showing Captain William E. Gardner; George M. Gardner;
the ships Princess Victoria and Empress of Japan; and the tugs Bute, Respond and
Edna Grace.
Donated in 1978 and 1982(?) by George Gardner, son of Captain William E. Gardner.
An item list is available.
Location: 36 F 1. |
PR 36 |
| Gardner, William Edward, 1870-1947 |
William E. Gardner fonds. -- 1894-1946. -- 25 photographs (0.02 m). William
Edward Gardner was born in Louisburg, N.S., in 1870 and went to sea at the age
of fourteen. He came to Victoria in 1890 and eventually became skipper of the
passenger ship City of Nanaimo, sailing out of Nanaimo. Gardner later established
the W.E. Gardner Towing Company, which he sold to Island Tug & Barge Ltd.
in 1926. He then bought the Turpel Marine Railway, which he renamed the Point
Hope Marine Railway. He sold this business in 1938 and retired. William Gardner
married Mrs. Mabel Johanna Robertson in Victoria, 2 May 1924. When he died in
Victoria on 1 April 1947, he was survived by his widow, one son and two daughters.
Fonds consists of photographs showing Captain William E. Gardner; George M. Gardner;
the ships Princess Victoria and Empress of Japan; and the tugs Bute, Respond and
Edna Grace.
Donated in 1978 and 1982(?) by George Gardner, son of Captain William E. Gardner.
An item list is available.
Location: 36 F 1. |
PR 36 |
| Garesche family (Arthur John Garesche, 1860-1952) |
Arthur J. Garesche fonds. -- 1901-1911. -- ca. 80 photographs (0.11 m). Arthur
John Garesche was born in Volcanville, Calif., in 1860 and first came to Victoria
in 1866 with his family. His father was Francis Garesche of the banking firm Garesche,
Green & Co. He began his apprenticeship in dentistry in Portland, Ore., in
1881 and later attended the University of Pennsylvania Dental College, graduating
in 1887. He returned to Victoria in 1895 and opened a dental practice which he
maintained for 57 years. On 18 September 1902 he married Millicent Mary Trimen
(1873-1977), daughter of architect Leonard Buttress Trimen. Dr. Garesche died
in Victoria on 14 September 1952, three months after closing his practice. Fonds
consists of photographic prints and negatives showing scenes and events, principally
in Victoria, including the Parliament Buildings, construction of the Causeway
and the Empress Hotel, the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York (1901), the Garesche
Block, early automobiles and Dr. Garesche and his family. Reference prints are
filed with the negatives. An unidentified house and people appear on four copy
negatives (5278-5281) for which there are no prints.
Donated by Victoria Press in 1967. About half of the photos were copied from an
album which cannot be traced.
Copy negatives are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 A 4. |
PR 7 |
| Garesche, Arthur John, 1860-1952 |
Arthur J. Garesche fonds. -- 1901-1911. -- ca. 80 photographs (0.11 m). Arthur
John Garesche was born in Volcanville, Calif., in 1860 and first came to Victoria
in 1866 with his family. His father was Francis Garesche of the banking firm Garesche,
Green & Co. He began his apprenticeship in dentistry in Portland, Ore., in
1881 and later attended the University of Pennsylvania Dental College, graduating
in 1887. He returned to Victoria in 1895 and opened a dental practice which he
maintained for 57 years. On 18 September 1902 he married Millicent Mary Trimen
(1873-1977), daughter of architect Leonard Buttress Trimen. Dr. Garesche died
in Victoria on 14 September 1952, three months after closing his practice. Fonds
consists of photographic prints and negatives showing scenes and events, principally
in Victoria, including the Parliament Buildings, construction of the Causeway
and the Empress Hotel, the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York (1901), the Garesche
Block, early automobiles and Dr. Garesche and his family. Reference prints are
filed with the negatives. An unidentified house and people appear on four copy
negatives (5278-5281) for which there are no prints.
Donated by Victoria Press in 1967. About half of the photos were copied from an
album which cannot be traced.
Copy negatives are available.
An item list is available.
Location: 25 A 4. |
PR 7 |
| Garland, Abner N., d. 1972 |
Abner N. Garland collection. -- [ca. 1901-1970]. -- ca. 10000 postcards (2.07
m) and 11 photographs. Abner N. Garland was a postcard collector. He died in 1972.
Fonds consists of postcards and photographs. The postcards are arranged by subject
in albums, and show scenes from many different countries and cultures. The photographs
are of Abner N. Garland as a child and other unidentified individuals.
Location: 27 E 3, Vault V6 B 1- V6 D 4. |
PR 123 |
| Gates, Benjamin, d. 1922 |
Benjamin Gates fonds. -- [ca. 1905-1915]. -- 36 photographs (0.02 m). Benjamin
Gates was married to Alice Palmer, the daughter of Thomas William Palmer of 1310
Gladstone Avenue. Benjamin and Alice had two daughters, Dorothy and Elsie. Benjamin
died in 1922 at the age of 57. Fonds consists of photographs of the Gates and
Palmer families, family residences, family friends, Gladstone Street, Willows
Beach and other sites in Greater Victoria.
Location: 29 F 3. |
PR 196 |
| George N.Y. Simpson Studio |
George N.Y. Simpson Studios fonds. -- [ca. 1919-1935]. -- 97 photographs (0.43
m). George Norman Yale Simpson opened his commercial photography studio in 1946.
He operated the business until about 1982 when he retired. Fonds consists of images
of buildings, houses, school children, theatre groups and scenic views. The majority
of photographs were taken in Victoria however there are also images from Comox
and other areas of Vancouver Island.
Photographs include 97 glass plate negatives and 51 contact prints taken from
the negatives.
The photographs were sold to the Archives by Allan P. Fairclough who purchased
Simpson Studios.
An item list of the majority of photographs is available.
Location: 28 A 7, 28 A 9, 28 B 2. |
PR 132 |
| George, Percival Edward, 1890-1983 |
Percival Edward George fonds. -- 1910-1982. -- ca. 163 photographs and 0.38
m of textual records. Percival Edward George was born in 1890 in London, England.
In 1905, he arrived in Canada and, in 1906, travelled to Vancouver. While in Vancouver,
George apprenticed as a bricklayer, ran a general store and also began investing
in real estate. In 1912, he moved to Victoria with his wife Agnes Mary Kerley.
After losing his property investments in the land depression of the early 1910s,
George spent several years in the Army and following his discharge began manufacturing
gramophones. In 1930, he was elected to the Victoria School Board, a position
he held until 1940. He then became an alderman for the City of Victoria and later
served as Mayor of the Municipality from 1944-1951. Following his terms as Mayor,
George was appointed Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of B.C., a position
he held for the next fourteen years. George was also involved in a number of organizations
including the Canadian Federation of Mayors, Victoria Junior Chamber of Commerce,
B.C. School Trustees Association and the Union of B.C. Municipalities. He died
in 1983 at the age of 93. Fonds consists of seven series of records: correspondence
(1945-1982); scrapbooks (1910-1972); press photographs (1939-1951); transcript
of oral history interview (1974); correspondence regarding the Canadian Federation
of Mayors (1950-1971); and records relating to the Roman Catholic centenary in
Victoria (1946).
Location: 28 D 2 - 28 D 5. |
PR 138 |
| Gilchrist, William Law, d. 1923 |
Amy Moffat fonds. -- [ca. 1884-1980]. -- 12 photographs (0.02 m) and 0.01
m of textual records. Amy Kennilworth Moffat was born in 1897, the daughter of
Captain William Law Gilchrist and Amy Gilchrist. Her father was a longtime employee
of the C.P.R. coastal fleet. In 1925, Amy married Thomas Stewart Moffat, then
a sailor on the steamer Princess Patricia. She and her husband had five children,
Bill, Tom, John, James and Verelyn. Amy Kennilworth Moffat died in 1987 at the
age of 90. Fonds consists of photographs and a photocopy of Amy Moffat's written
memoirs. Photographs consist of images of the Moffat and Gilchrist families.
Some photographs have been copied to the photo access system under the heading
of Moffat family.
An item list of the photographs is available.
A family tree has been compiled for the Moffat, Gilchrist and Peden families.
Location: 28 B 7, 29 C 6. |
PR 137 |
| Gillespie, Hart & Company |
Gillespie, Hart & Company fonds. -- 1912-1972. -- 0.10 m of textual records
and 2 photographs. Gillespie, Hart & Company was established in 1911 as Gillespie,
Hart & Todd named after its founders John Hebden Gillespie, John Hart and
Ernest D. Todd. The Company dealt in insurance, real estate and loans. In 1930,
the name was changed to Gillespie, Hart & Company. The firm was reorganized
in 1958, and remained in existence until 1982. Fonds consists of a cash journal,
mortgage files, photographs of founding members, certificate and artifact.
John Hart was a longtime MLA and Premier of British Columbia from 1941-1947.
Location: 32 E 6, 32 C 8, Map 2 D 9. |
PR 224 |
| Goodwin, C. Isabelle |
C. Isabelle Goodwin fonds. -- 1905-[ca. 1931]. -- 15 photographs. Isabelle
Goodwin was the daughter of Arthur C. and Sara E. Pike. Her father, Arthur C.,
was an engineer who worked on ships and later for David Spencer Limited. Isabelle
married George E. Goodwin, a decorator, in the 1950s. Fonds consists of family
photographs. Images depict Arthur C. Pike on a ship near Prince Rupert, the David
Spencer Company choir and baseball team, Sara Pike's Red Cross group, and postcards
of the Victoria Fire Department.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 248 |
| Gordon family (J.D.) |
Jessie Gordon fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1920]. -- 289 photographs. Jessie Gordon
was the daughter of J.D. and Annie Gordon. Jessie was a schoolteacher who taught
in Victoria schools from ca. 1915-1950. In her private life, she was a philatelist
and member of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. She was also a member of
the Kings' Daughters and Sons from 1921 until her death, ca. 1971. Jessie lived
for many years with her mother Annie and brother D. Marshall Gordon, a solicitor,
at 404 Oswego Street and 1326 Woodlands (later renamed Thurlow Street). She and
her brother also lived at 2849 Burdick Street. Fonds consists of photographs of
the Gordon family, Gordon family residences, family friend Jean Roberts and many
unidentified individuals.
J.D Gordon was born in Goderich, Ontario and came to Victoria in 1883 accompanied
by his brother M.P. Gordon. The two brothers opened a furniture store in Kamloops
in 1884 and later expanded the store into Gordon's Furniture Ltd. J.D. married
Annie McQueen with whom he had several children, including Jessie and D. Marshall.
J.D. Gordon died in 1911 at the age of 51 and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.
His son D. Marshall became a solicitor.
Jean G. Roberts was a schoolteacher who taught at Victoria area schools.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 122 |
| Gordon, D. Marshall |
Jessie Gordon fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1920]. -- 289 photographs. Jessie Gordon
was the daughter of J.D. and Annie Gordon. Jessie was a schoolteacher who taught
in Victoria schools from ca. 1915-1950. In her private life, she was a philatelist
and member of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. She was also a member of
the Kings' Daughters and Sons from 1921 until her death, ca. 1971. Jessie lived
for many years with her mother Annie and brother D. Marshall Gordon, a solicitor,
at 404 Oswego Street and 1326 Woodlands (later renamed Thurlow Street). She and
her brother also lived at 2849 Burdick Street. Fonds consists of photographs of
the Gordon family, Gordon family residences, family friend Jean Roberts and many
unidentified individuals.
J.D Gordon was born in Goderich, Ontario and came to Victoria in 1883 accompanied
by his brother M.P. Gordon. The two brothers opened a furniture store in Kamloops
in 1884 and later expanded the store into Gordon's Furniture Ltd. J.D. married
Annie McQueen with whom he had several children, including Jessie and D. Marshall.
J.D. Gordon died in 1911 at the age of 51 and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.
His son D. Marshall became a solicitor.
Jean G. Roberts was a schoolteacher who taught at Victoria area schools.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 122 |
| Gordon, Jessie |
Jessie Gordon fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1920]. -- 289 photographs. Jessie Gordon
was the daughter of J.D. and Annie Gordon. Jessie was a schoolteacher who taught
in Victoria schools from ca. 1915-1950. In her private life, she was a philatelist
and member of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society. She was also a member of
the Kings' Daughters and Sons from 1921 until her death, ca. 1971. Jessie lived
for many years with her mother Annie and brother D. Marshall Gordon, a solicitor,
at 404 Oswego Street and 1326 Woodlands (later renamed Thurlow Street). She and
her brother also lived at 2849 Burdick Street. Fonds consists of photographs of
the Gordon family, Gordon family residences, family friend Jean Roberts and many
unidentified individuals.
J.D Gordon was born in Goderich, Ontario and came to Victoria in 1883 accompanied
by his brother M.P. Gordon. The two brothers opened a furniture store in Kamloops
in 1884 and later expanded the store into Gordon's Furniture Ltd. J.D. married
Annie McQueen with whom he had several children, including Jessie and D. Marshall.
J.D. Gordon died in 1911 at the age of 51 and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.
His son D. Marshall became a solicitor.
Jean G. Roberts was a schoolteacher who taught at Victoria area schools.
Location: 27 E 3. |
PR 122 |
| Gower family |
Gower family fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1920]. -- 17 photographs. William J. Gower
worked in wholesale, as a janitor and, for several years (ca. 1905), as the co-owner
of Gower and Wriglesworth Fish and Fruits located at 119 Douglas and 51 Johnson.
The Gower family residence was at 2026 Fernwood Road. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Gower family, the family residence, the Ladysmith area and of the businesses
where William J. Gower worked.
Photographs consist of 15 negatives and 2 prints.
Records were donated by W.J. Gower, the son of William J. Gower.
Location: 26 E 5. |
PR 94 |
| Gower, W. J. |
Gower family fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1920]. -- 17 photographs. William J. Gower
worked in wholesale, as a janitor and, for several years (ca. 1905), as the co-owner
of Gower and Wriglesworth Fish and Fruits located at 119 Douglas and 51 Johnson.
The Gower family residence was at 2026 Fernwood Road. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Gower family, the family residence, the Ladysmith area and of the businesses
where William J. Gower worked.
Photographs consist of 15 negatives and 2 prints.
Records were donated by W.J. Gower, the son of William J. Gower.
Location: 26 E 5. |
PR 94 |
| Grainger, Martin Allerdale, 1874-1941 |
Janet Bowden fonds. -- 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912). -- 64 photographs
and 0.04 m of textual records (0.07 m). Janet Bowden was born Janet Wilde in England.
While on a visit there in 1896 or 1897 Mabel Higgs (later the wife of Martin Allerdale
Grainger) and her sister Winifred (later Grey) persuaded Janet's mother, a struggling
widow with three children, to let them take Janet, then about ten or eleven years
old, to British Columbia to educate and raise her. About 1900 Janet was sent to
The Cliffs, a private school in Duncan, where she made friends with Judith Phillipps-Wolley,
daughter of the writer and well-known imperialist Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley.
She later became a stenographer in Seattle and then Kelowna. She followed the
same occupation with the British Columbia Government in Victoria and lived on
Lampson Street from the 1930s until about 1970. About 1941 or 1942 she married
J.L. Bowden, but was widowed only a few years later. Janet Bowden died at Sandringham
Hospital in Victoria on 29 September 1976. Martin Allerdale Grainger was born
in London in 1874 and spent his childhood in Australia. He graduated in 1896 from
Cambridge, where he excelled in mathematics. He spent a number of years in northern
British Columbia, fought in the Boer War and worked at placer mining, logging
and journalism back in B.C. In 1908 while in England he wrote Woodsmen of the
West based on his own experiences. He returned to the forest industry of British
Columbia in 1910 where he held successive positions as secretary to the Royal
Commission on Forestry, Deputy Chief Forester and Chief Forester. After 1920 he
ran his own lumbering firm. Grainger died in Vancouver in 1941. Fonds consists
of an album (inscribed to Janet "from Judith Phillipps-Wolley, Xmas 1906")
containing photographs and a copy of Martin Allerdale Grainger's Woodsmen of the
West (London: Arnold, 1908). Photographs include individuals and groups; houses
on Samuel Island, Eburne, Vancouver; Martin Grainger's house on Lampson Street,
Esquimalt; views of the coast of British Columbia, including the Gulf Islands.
One of the photographs is reproduced in Woodsmen of the West.
Donated by Heather Brown, 12 May 1975.
Location: 25 F 5. |
PR 29 |
| Grant, Alice |
Victoria Girls' Drill Team fonds. -- 1938-1965. -- ca. 1000 photographs (0.16
m), 0.27 m of textual records, and 5 artifacts. The Victoria Girls' Drill Team
was founded in 1938 under the leadership of Norman "Cappy" Foster. The
Team was composed of young single women of "high moral standing" organized
into a skilled drill corps. As a drill team, they performed at a number of events
including performances for troops during World War Two, at May 24 Celebrations,
the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair, and at the Portland Rose Festival. The first
Director was Norman Foster, who founded and led the group from 1938-1959. After
his death in 1959, John Shrimpton and Robbie Robertson served as Directors. The
Drill Team disbanded in 1976. Fonds consists of photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper
clippings, rules and regulations of the Victoria Girls Drill Team, programmes
and miscellaneous artifacts. Photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings depict
the activities and members of the Team. Artifacts consist of two complete uniforms,
one hat, a Team banner and a bust of Norman "Cappy" Foster.
Records of team members Helen Tregellas (nee Cook) and Alice Grant (nee Harvey)
have been interfiled with the records of the organization.
Captain Norman "Cappy" Foster was born in London England in 1880. He
served in the British Armed Forces and was a veteran of the Boer War and World
War One. He and his wife Mary retired in Victoria, ca. 1936, where he worked for
the Victoria Chamber of Commerce and with the Victoria Girls' Drill Team. Foster
died in 1959.
Location: 26 F 1, 29 E 1, 29 E 2, 29 E 4, 29 E 5, 29 E 6, 29 E 7, Map 2 C 16,
Vault V1 C 2, Vault V3 B 5, City Hall foyer. |
PR 100 |
| Grant, Joseph Henderson, d. 1956 |
Joseph Grant fonds. -- [1930?]. -- 16 photographs (0.02 m). Joseph Grant lived
in Victoria from ca. 1905 until his death in 1956. In addition to working for
the Hudson's Bay Company for over 35 years, Grant was also a member of the Victoria
Camera Club and an avid swimmer. He married Annie McConnell in 1913 and had one
daughter, Mary Eileen. Fonds consists of negatives of photographs taken by Joseph
Grant. Images consist of unidentified individuals at beaches, swimming scenes
and the Hudson's Bay Company women's basketball team.
An item list of the photographs is available.
Location: 29 D 8. |
PR 190 |
| Gray, John Vickers |
John Vickers Gray fonds. -- 1924. -- 39 photographs. John Vickers Gray was
a resident of Vancouver. He visited Victoria in 1924. Fonds consists of photographs
of major tourist attractions taken when Gray was visiting Victoria. Sites include
Butchart Gardens, Victoria Inner Harbour, Craigflower Schoolhouse, Chinatown,
and the Malahat Drive. There are also several images taken of Vancouver included
in this fonds.
Includes 37 photographic prints and 2 postcards.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 198 |
| Greater Victoria - Oak Bay |
Miller family fonds. -- [ca. 1860]-1948. -- ca. 923 photographs (0.37 m),
0.01 m of textual records and 1 drawing. The Miller family lived in Oak Bay at
1206 Beach Drive. Frank G. Miller and his brother David Miller began their careers
as fishermen in the late 1930s. Fonds consists of three series of records arranged
by function and medium. They are as follows: family photographs, collected prints
and Victoria Day Celebration Souvenir programme. The family photographs document
the family at their home at 1206 Beach Drive, scenes of boating and fishing, trips
and various scenes of Greater Victoria. The collected photographs depict various
aspects of British Columbia including the Rocky Mountains, Northern British Columbia,
sealing expeditions, the opening of the Parliament Buildings and various other
scenes of early Victoria.
Photographs consist of 923 prints and 141 postcards.
Records were donated by Frank Gerard Miller.
Location: 26 C 4 - 26 C 5, 26 D 1. |
PR 82 |
| Greater Victoria - Oak Bay |
Harry Dunnell fonds. -- [ca. 1905-1915]. -- 13 photographs. Harry Dunnell
was a teacher who taught at the Provincial Normal School for several years. His
home, for many years, was at 1989 Waterloo Road. Fonds consists of 13 photographs
taken by Harry Dunnell. Images depict scenes of the Oak Bay Municipality, Olympia
Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Provincial Normal School and beach scenes.
Location: 28 E 7. |
PR 149 |
| Greater Victoria - Saanich |
Frances Armour fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1945. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Francis
Armour worked as an assistant manager for two Victoria area hotels. In the early
1920s, Mrs. Armour assisted in the management of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, in conjunction
with her husband Stuart Armour. Later, starting in the late 1930s or 1940s, she
joined her sister Jane Ewing, the proprietor of the Old Charming Inn, as the assistant
manager. Mrs. Armour worked at the Old Charming Inn until the early 1950s. Fonds
consists of photographs of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, Old Charming Inn and their
surrounding areas.
Photographs consist of 24 postcards and 20 prints.
Location: 26 B 6. |
PR 81 |
| Greater Victoria - Saanich Peninsula |
Coles, Howell & Company fonds. -- 1875-1935. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Coles, Howell & Company was formed about 1927 when Arthur Coles and George
C. Howell merged their real estate and insurance firms. Following Coles' death
in 1930, George C. Howell continued as president of the Company until the late
1940s. Fonds consists of agreements and correspondence relating to the development
and subdivision of the Bradley-Dyne property located at Union Bay in the Saanich
Inlet.
An item list of the records is available.
George and Katherine Bradley-Dyne were farmers in the North Saanich region. They
formed the Union Bay Development Company to subdivide their property.
Location: 29 D 7. |
PR 184 |
| Grimm, William |
William Grimm fonds. -- [ca. 1885-1900]. -- 5 photographs. William Grimm was
born in Germany. In the 1880s he founded the Grimm's carriage factory located
on Johnson Street in Victoria. In 1909, the business changed its name to William
Grimm & Sons after William's sons William H., Charles, Frederick and Otto
became involved in the business. William died in 1912 at the age of 68. Fonds
consists of photographs of the interior and exterior of William Grimm's Carriage
Factory.
Location: 28 F 5. |
PR 156 |
| Gropp, Elwood S. (Elwood Stanley) |
Elwood S. Gropp fonds. -- 1920-1973. -- 0.04 m of textual material, 23 photographs
and 5 artifacts. Elwood S. Gropp started work for the City of Victoria in 1928,
where he became the City's Chief Sanitary Inspector. In the 1950s he also served
a term as the president of the Victoria City Hall Employee's Association, No.
388. He was married to Mary G.E. Gropp and in his spare time he was a bowler in
bowling leagues. Fonds consists of photographs, Victoria City Hall Employee's
Association No. 388 negotiating material, City Hall quarter century file and longtime
service certificate, cartoon sketches of City Hall staff, newspaper clippings
and Gropp family cash journal. Newspaper clippings document Gropp's career as
a sanitary inspector and his league bowling play.
A file list of the records is available.
Location: 32 C 8, 32 D 8, Vault V3 B 1. |
PR 220 |
| Hackett, Doris |
Doris Hackett fonds. -- [191-]. -- 6 photographs and 18 artifacts. Doris Hackett
was the daughter of Arthur R. Langley, who served in the 5th Regiment during World
War One. Fonds consists of photographs and artifacts. The photographs are of the
5th Regiment. Artifacts consist of medals won by Arthur Langley as a member of
the 5th Regiment.
Location: 29 A 1, Vault V3 C 2. |
PR 168 |
| Hafer, John Lawrence, 1900-1988 |
John Lawrence Hafer fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1910]. -- 9 photographs. John Lawrence
Hafer was born in Victoria on January 30, 1900, the son of Ludwig Hafer. He attended
the Boys Central School and, in 1926, married Patricia Gale. For many years he
was a director of the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society. He died in 1988. Fonds
consists of photographs of Lawrence Hafer as a student at Boys Central School
and of his father Ludwig Hafer in a staff photograph of the Albion Iron Works
and in his business L. Hafer Machinist (previously known as the Victoria Novelty
Works) at 150 Government Street (now 1420 Government).
For related records see PD 85, Victoria Novelty Works.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 251 |
| Hall, Gwen |
Gwen Hall fonds. -- 1915-1949. -- 12 photographs. Gwen Hall was a nurse at
St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria. Fonds consists of photographs of Gwen Hall and
friends.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3. |
PR 50 |
| Hamilton family |
Robert Hamilton family fonds. -- [ca. 1885]-1944. -- 3 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Robert Hamilton was born in Lanark, Scotland in 1866. He
was educated as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College in 1888. In
1890, he came to British Columbia where he continued to practice as a veterinary
surgeon. He also served as president of the British Columbia Veterinary Association.
He died in 1946. Robert Hamilton was married to Janet Clark and together they
had two sons, Archibald Prosser and Robert Jr. Archibald Prosser died in 1915
while Robert Jr. became a doctor in Port Angeles, Washington. Fonds consists of
photographs of the Hamilton family, the passport of Robert Hamilton and a transcript
of Robert Hamilton's birth certificate.
Location: 28 F 4. |
PR 152 |
| Hamilton, Madge, 1893-1992 |
Madge Hamilton collection. -- [189-]-1971. -- 568 photographs (0.07 m). Madge
Hamilton (née Wolfenden) worked at the Provincial Archives of B.C. as the Assistant
Provincial Archivist from 1934 to 1953. During the war she was Acting Provincial
Archivist. During the 1950s, she arranged for extensive photographs to be taken
of both interiors and exteriors of prominent residential buildings. The project
was undertaken with the help of the British Columbia Historical Association. Fonds
consists of negatives of Victoria homes taken by Cecil Clark, the British Columbia
Historical Association, E. Piggott and Michael Sears. Exterior views unless otherwise
indicated.
Inventory available.
Location: 32 D 11. |
PR 58 |
| Hamilton, Robert Jr. |
Robert Hamilton family fonds. -- [ca. 1885]-1944. -- 3 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Robert Hamilton was born in Lanark, Scotland in 1866. He
was educated as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College in 1888. In
1890, he came to British Columbia where he continued to practice as a veterinary
surgeon. He also served as president of the British Columbia Veterinary Association.
He died in 1946. Robert Hamilton was married to Janet Clark and together they
had two sons, Archibald Prosser and Robert Jr. Archibald Prosser died in 1915
while Robert Jr. became a doctor in Port Angeles, Washington. Fonds consists of
photographs of the Hamilton family, the passport of Robert Hamilton and a transcript
of Robert Hamilton's birth certificate.
Location: 28 F 4. |
PR 152 |
| Hamilton, Robert, 1866-1946 |
Robert Hamilton family fonds. -- [ca. 1885]-1944. -- 3 photographs and 0.01
m of textual records. Robert Hamilton was born in Lanark, Scotland in 1866. He
was educated as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College in 1888. In
1890, he came to British Columbia where he continued to practice as a veterinary
surgeon. He also served as president of the British Columbia Veterinary Association.
He died in 1946. Robert Hamilton was married to Janet Clark and together they
had two sons, Archibald Prosser and Robert Jr. Archibald Prosser died in 1915
while Robert Jr. became a doctor in Port Angeles, Washington. Fonds consists of
photographs of the Hamilton family, the passport of Robert Hamilton and a transcript
of Robert Hamilton's birth certificate.
Location: 28 F 4. |
PR 152 |
| Hancock, Joe (Joseph B.), d. 1938 |
Charles Staples fonds. -- 1896-1985. -- 0.03 m of textual records, 6 photographs
and 12 artifacts. Charles Staples was an avid cyclist who competed in many cycling
races in Victoria during the 1920s and 1930s. He died in 1990 at the age of 85.
Fonds consists of records relating to cycling races held in VIctoria and include
newspaper clippings, photographs, cycling race programmes, a certificate from
the National Radio Institute, reference letter, artifacts, and a scrapbook and
postcard apparently from Joe Hancock.
Joseph B. "Joe" Hancock was a competitive sprint cyclist who competed
in the 1890s and early 1900s. He died in 1938 at the age of 56.
An item list is available.
Location: 27 C 1, 29 E 3, 29 F 3, Vault V3 A 2 - V3 A 3. |
PR 194 |
| Harbours |
Faith E. Swanson fonds. -- [ca. 1920-1960]. -- 4 photographs. Faith E. Swanson
grew up as a member of the Wilkinson family. She later married Valdemar Swanson.
Fonds consists of photographs of members of the Wilkinson family, policemen, a
Royal visit of the Prince of Wales and the Victoria harbour.
Several members of the Wilkinson family were members of City of Victoria Police
Department.
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 71 |
| Harbours |
Thomas Charles Sorby fonds. -- 1885-1906. -- 0.17 m of textual records and
1 architectural sketch. Thomas Charles Sorby was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire
County, England in 1836 and studied architecture in London. Sorby emigrated to
Canada in 1883 and worked for several years in Montreal and Vancouver. In 1887,
he came to Victoria and began to design both residential and commercial buildings.
He also worked on plans for the development of Victoria's Inner Harbour and port
facilities. Sorby died in 1924 at the age of 88. Fonds consists of 3 scrapbooks
of newspaper clippings and 1 architectural sketch. Scrapbooks document Sorby's
work in Victoria, primarily his proposals regarding the development of the Inner
Harbour and James Bay Seawalls. Clippings also relate to technological developments,
such as fireproof building materials, which influence architectural development.
The architectural sketch is a proposed plan of the Parliament Buildings of British
Columbia.
Donated by Mrs. J. Wright, the daughter of Herbert Wilkinson.
Location: 27 A 5 - 27 A 6, Map 2 F 8. |
PR 109 |
| Harris, Dennis Reginald, 1851-1932 |
Dennis R. Harris fonds. -- 1885-1929 (predominantly 1907-1929). -- 0.17 m
of textual records and other material (0.18 m). Dennis Reginald Harris was born
in England in 1851 and immigrated to Canada in 1869. As a civil engineer he took
part in the survey for the Canadian Pacific Railway route in British Columbia
in the 1870s. He settled in Victoria, and on 21 March 1878, he married Martha
Douglas, youngest daughter of Sir James and Lady Amelia Douglas. The couple had
four children Hilda, Denise Victoria (later Oland), James Chichester and Reginald
William Douglas. Dennis Harris was an active surveyor and for a time sold real
estate in the firm Lowenberg, Harris & Co. He was a member of the Union Club
and an alderman for the City of Victoria. Harris died on 3 November 1932 at his
home at 603 Superior Street. Fonds consists of diaries, letters, bills and cancelled
cheques, most of which document Harris's career as a surveyor. Also included are
two album pages with photographs of Hilda and Denise (later Oland) Harris, daughters
of Dennis and Martha Harris; and maps of Victoria Harbour (Maps/B0092) and the
Western Front in World War I.
Found in the house at Shawnigan Lake once owned by Dennis Harris and donated by
the Rev. Eric Oland.
A file list is available.
Location: 25 F 2, 36 F 2, Map 1 G. |
PR 26 |
| Harris, Hilda, 1885-1939 |
Dennis R. Harris fonds. -- 1885-1929 (predominantly 1907-1929). -- 0.17 m
of textual records and other material (0.18 m). Dennis Reginald Harris was born
in England in 1851 and immigrated to Canada in 1869. As a civil engineer he took
part in the survey for the Canadian Pacific Railway route in British Columbia
in the 1870s. He settled in Victoria, and on 21 March 1878, he married Martha
Douglas, youngest daughter of Sir James and Lady Amelia Douglas. The couple had
four children Hilda, Denise Victoria (later Oland), James Chichester and Reginald
William Douglas. Dennis Harris was an active surveyor and for a time sold real
estate in the firm Lowenberg, Harris & Co. He was a member of the Union Club
and an alderman for the City of Victoria. Harris died on 3 November 1932 at his
home at 603 Superior Street. Fonds consists of diaries, letters, bills and cancelled
cheques, most of which document Harris's career as a surveyor. Also included are
two album pages with photographs of Hilda and Denise (later Oland) Harris, daughters
of Dennis and Martha Harris; and maps of Victoria Harbour (Maps/B0092) and the
Western Front in World War I.
Found in the house at Shawnigan Lake once owned by Dennis Harris and donated by
the Rev. Eric Oland.
A file list is available.
Location: 25 F 2, 36 F 2, Map 1 G. |
PR 26 |
| Harrison Yacht Pond |
James R. Findlay collection. -- 1896-1988. -- 33 photographs (0.04 m), 0.01
m of textual records and 1 artifact. Jim Findlay is a local collector and former
employee for the City of Victoria. Collection consists of photographs, miscellaneous
pamphlets and an artifact. Photographs consists of images of the Harrison Yacht
Pond, Beacon Hill Park, Steve Fonyo, Rockland Avenue, Dallas Road, Cross' Stores,
Hudson's Bay Company, and the Bank of Nova Scotia at Douglas and Yates Streets.
Pamphlets include a Daily Colonist newspaper and bus timetables. Artifact consists
of a flag from the 1988 B.C. Summer Games.
Several of the photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying.
Fonds consists of accessions 98702-10, 98707-04, 98709-12, 98803-28, 98804-01,
98806-22, 98807-22, 99103-01, 99207-01.
Location: 28 F 6, 29 A 3, 29 B 2, 32 D 9, Vault V3 C 2, photo access system. |
PR 160 |
| Harvey family (Rout Harvey, d.1905) |
George Harvey fonds. -- [1863-1968]. -- ca. 150 photographs (0.07 m). George
John Harvey was born in England, in 1859, the son of Rout and Susan Jane Harvey.
He came to Victoria with his family in 1861 and worked at Turner, Beeton &
Company for over fifty years, retiring eight years before his death in Victoria
on 29 April 1937. He was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs
of Stoneyhurst, the Harvey home on Belcher (now Rockland) Avenue; the Harvey family
and servants; and many Indian cairns.
Purchased from Watson's Primitives, Government Street, Victoria, ca. 1969.
Copy negatives are available. A list of these negatives is in the PR file.
Location: 25 A 5. |
PR 11 |
| Harvey, George John, 1859-1937 |
George Harvey fonds. -- [1863-1968]. -- ca. 150 photographs (0.07 m). George
John Harvey was born in England, in 1859, the son of Rout and Susan Jane Harvey.
He came to Victoria with his family in 1861 and worked at Turner, Beeton &
Company for over fifty years, retiring eight years before his death in Victoria
on 29 April 1937. He was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of photographs
of Stoneyhurst, the Harvey home on Belcher (now Rockland) Avenue; the Harvey family
and servants; and many Indian cairns.
Purchased from Watson's Primitives, Government Street, Victoria, ca. 1969.
Copy negatives are available. A list of these negatives is in the PR file.
Location: 25 A 5. |
PR 11 |
| Harvey, Rebecca "Beth" |
Rebecca "Beth" Harvey collection. -- 1913-1919. -- 0.01 m of textual
records. Rebecca "Beth" Harvey was the daughter of Major Barnett Harvey.
Beth participated in theatre groups and attended dances and, in 1921, she married
Captain J.H. Carvosso. She died in 1961 at the age of 66. Fonds consists of invitations
to dances and other social events, and programmes to the musicals Marching Orders
and Shoulder to Shoulder.
Location: 27 D 5. |
PR 261 |
| Harvey, Rout, d. 1905 |
Rout Harvey family fonds. -- [ca. 1860-1890]. -- 19 photographs (0.02 m).
Rout Harvey came to Victoria in the 1860s. He originally worked in the wholesale
department of J.H. Turner & Company, a wholesale and retail dry goods company.
He later joined Turner Beeton & Company, where he worked first as a clerk
and later as the Company's manager. He was married to Susan Jane Harvey and had
six sons and one daughter. From the mid 1880s until Rout Harvey's death in 1905,
the family lived at Stoneyhurst, a house in the 1300 block of Rockland Avenue.
Fonds consists of a photo album of members of the Rout Harvey family and the Harvey
residence Stoneyhurst located on Rockland Avenue.
Location: 31 F 1. |
PR 211 |
| Hayward family |
Charles Hayward fonds. -- 1862. -- 0.02 m of textual records. Charles Hayward
was born in 1839 at Stratford, Essex, England. He came to Victoria in 1862 and
began work in the contracting business. He later entered the undertaking business
in 1867, later founding the British Columbia Funeral Furnishing Company. He was
also involved in mining, building and manufacturing interests. Hayward also served
in public life as an alderman (1873, 1874, 1899) and mayor (1900-1902) for the
Municipality of Victoria and also as chairman of the School Board. Hayward also
gave his time to charitable organizations including the B.C. Protestant Orphanage
and the Children's Aid Home. Hayward was married to Sarah (nee Chesney) with whom
he had a number of children. Fonds consists of Charles Hayward's 1862 diary.
For conservation reasons, a transcript of the original diary has been created.
Records relating to Charles Hayward's mining investments are found in PR 120,
Reginald Hayward fonds.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 118 |
| Hayward family |
Ernest Hayward collection. -- 1899. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Ernest C.
Hayward was the second son of Charles and Sarah Hayward. He was educated at Stanford
University in California where he obtained a B.A., M.A. and B.Sc. Upon his return
to Victoria he entered the electrical business and was a member of the firm Hawkins
and Hayward. He also served the municipality of Oak Bay as a school trustee, councillor
and reeve. He died in 1933. Collection consists of copies of Ernest Hayward's
family correspondence.
Donated by Helen Bell, the daughter of Ernest Hayward.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 119 |
| Hayward family |
Reginald Hayward fonds. -- 1862-1964. -- ca. 550 photographs (0.1 m) and 0.7
m of textual records. Reginald Hayward was born in Victoria in 1880, the son of
Charles and Sarah Hayward. In 1908, he took over the family business, the B.C.
Funeral Company. Hayward also served in public life, first as a school trustee
(1913) then as an alderman (1922) and mayor (1922-1924) for the Municipality of
Victoria. Following his term as mayor, he became Victoria's Conservative Member
of the Legislative Assembly, a position he held for 11 years. He also gave his
time to a number of private organizations including the B.C. Protestant Orphan's
Home and the Native Sons of British Columbia. In private life Reginald was married
to Isabella Morrison Jaffrey, with whom he had three sons, Charles, William and
Reginald Jr. Reginald died in 1961. Fonds consists of family photographs, scrapbooks,
diaries, invitations, vacation files, Provincial MLA files, copies of political
speeches, records relating to the Native Sons of British Columbia, records relating
to the British Columbia Pioneer Society, records relating to the Lorindale mining
claim on Texada Island, and miscellaneous records.
Some of the 1960s records appear to have been compiled by Reginald Hayward Jr.
whereas the British Columbia Pioneer Society records and Lorindale mining claim
records appear to have come from the estate of Charles Hayward.
Records donated in three accessions by Reginald Hayward Jr., William Hayward and
Ann Strachan.
Location: 27 D 5, 28 G 1, 28 G 5, 28 G 6, 28 G 7, 28 G 8, 36 F 10. |
PR 120 |
| Hayward, Charles |
Reginald Hayward fonds. -- 1862-1964. -- ca. 550 photographs (0.1 m) and 0.7
m of textual records. Reginald Hayward was born in Victoria in 1880, the son of
Charles and Sarah Hayward. In 1908, he took over the family business, the B.C.
Funeral Company. Hayward also served in public life, first as a school trustee
(1913) then as an alderman (1922) and mayor (1922-1924) for the Municipality of
Victoria. Following his term as mayor, he became Victoria's Conservative Member
of the Legislative Assembly, a position he held for 11 years. He also gave his
time to a number of private organizations including the B.C. Protestant Orphan's
Home and the Native Sons of British Columbia. In private life Reginald was married
to Isabella Morrison Jaffrey, with whom he had three sons, Charles, William and
Reginald Jr. Reginald died in 1961. Fonds consists of family photographs, scrapbooks,
diaries, invitations, vacation files, Provincial MLA files, copies of political
speeches, records relating to the Native Sons of British Columbia, records relating
to the British Columbia Pioneer Society, records relating to the Lorindale mining
claim on Texada Island, and miscellaneous records.
Some of the 1960s records appear to have been compiled by Reginald Hayward Jr.
whereas the British Columbia Pioneer Society records and Lorindale mining claim
records appear to have come from the estate of Charles Hayward.
Records donated in three accessions by Reginald Hayward Jr., William Hayward and
Ann Strachan.
Location: 27 D 5, 28 G 1, 28 G 5, 28 G 6, 28 G 7, 28 G 8, 36 F 10. |
PR 120 |
| Hayward, Charles, 1839-1919 |
Charles Hayward fonds. -- 1862. -- 0.02 m of textual records. Charles Hayward
was born in 1839 at Stratford, Essex, England. He came to Victoria in 1862 and
began work in the contracting business. He later entered the undertaking business
in 1867, later founding the British Columbia Funeral Furnishing Company. He was
also involved in mining, building and manufacturing interests. Hayward also served
in public life as an alderman (1873, 1874, 1899) and mayor (1900-1902) for the
Municipality of Victoria and also as chairman of the School Board. Hayward also
gave his time to charitable organizations including the B.C. Protestant Orphanage
and the Children's Aid Home. Hayward was married to Sarah (nee Chesney) with whom
he had a number of children. Fonds consists of Charles Hayward's 1862 diary.
For conservation reasons, a transcript of the original diary has been created.
Records relating to Charles Hayward's mining investments are found in PR 120,
Reginald Hayward fonds.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 118 |
| Hayward, Ernest C., d. 1933 |
Ernest Hayward collection. -- 1899. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Ernest C.
Hayward was the second son of Charles and Sarah Hayward. He was educated at Stanford
University in California where he obtained a B.A., M.A. and B.Sc. Upon his return
to Victoria he entered the electrical business and was a member of the firm Hawkins
and Hayward. He also served the municipality of Oak Bay as a school trustee, councillor
and reeve. He died in 1933. Collection consists of copies of Ernest Hayward's
family correspondence.
Donated by Helen Bell, the daughter of Ernest Hayward.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 119 |
| Hayward, Reginald, 1880-1961 |
Reginald Hayward fonds. -- 1862-1964. -- ca. 550 photographs (0.1 m) and 0.7
m of textual records. Reginald Hayward was born in Victoria in 1880, the son of
Charles and Sarah Hayward. In 1908, he took over the family business, the B.C.
Funeral Company. Hayward also served in public life, first as a school trustee
(1913) then as an alderman (1922) and mayor (1922-1924) for the Municipality of
Victoria. Following his term as mayor, he became Victoria's Conservative Member
of the Legislative Assembly, a position he held for 11 years. He also gave his
time to a number of private organizations including the B.C. Protestant Orphan's
Home and the Native Sons of British Columbia. In private life Reginald was married
to Isabella Morrison Jaffrey, with whom he had three sons, Charles, William and
Reginald Jr. Reginald died in 1961. Fonds consists of family photographs, scrapbooks,
diaries, invitations, vacation files, Provincial MLA files, copies of political
speeches, records relating to the Native Sons of British Columbia, records relating
to the British Columbia Pioneer Society, records relating to the Lorindale mining
claim on Texada Island, and miscellaneous records.
Some of the 1960s records appear to have been compiled by Reginald Hayward Jr.
whereas the British Columbia Pioneer Society records and Lorindale mining claim
records appear to have come from the estate of Charles Hayward.
Records donated in three accessions by Reginald Hayward Jr., William Hayward and
Ann Strachan.
Location: 27 D 5, 28 G 1, 28 G 5, 28 G 6, 28 G 7, 28 G 8, 36 F 10. |
PR 120 |
| Health Services |
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Florence Nightingale Chapter
fonds. -- 1912-1939. -- 0.08 m of textual records. The Daughters of the Empire,
Florence Nightingale Chapter, also known as the Red Cross Chapter, was established
on April 1, 1912. It's motto was "charity never faileth," and membership
was open to hospital workers, nurses past and present, and wives and daughters
of doctors. The Chapter organized social activities to raise funds to meet its
charitable activities. These activities ranged from the purchase of clothing and
equipment for patients and hospitals to assisting in the financing of nurse training
and other related activities. Fonds consists of minute books and a scrapbook of
the 1939 Royal Visit.
Fonds was donated by J.R. Simpson, the husband of Naomi Simpson, a former secretary
of the Chapter.
Location: 28 F 9. |
PR 165 |
| Helmcken family |
Joseph Algernon Pearce collection. -- 1854-[ca. 1964] (predominantly 1854-1920). -- 0.47 m of textual records and 3 maps.
As of July 2004, these records have been transferred to the British Columbia Archives. |
PR 116 |
| Helmcken, Ainslie James, 1900-1987 |
Ainslie James Helmcken fonds. -- 1936-1983 (predominantly 1965-1983). -- 0.32
m of textual records, 14 photographs (0.01 m) and 1 artifact. Ainslie Helmcken
was born in Victoria on September 28, 1900. He was the son of Dr. James Douglas
Helmcken and Ethel Mouat, the grandson of Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken and the
great grandson of Sir James Douglas. Ainslie attended school in Victoria before
serving in the Air Force in the First World War. Following the War, Ainslie practiced
law until the 1930's when he started work at a fish reduction plant on Pender
Island. He later worked as a lumber broker and in the 1950's, he joined the B.C.
Power Commission for whom he monitored dam construction for five years. He also
operated a duty free store in Sidney where he and his partners built the Beacon
Hotel. In 1965, at the behest of Mayor Alf Toone, Ainslie Helmcken began an inventory
of the historical records of the City of Victoria. This quickly developed into
the position of City Archivist, a position Helmcken held from 1965 until his retirement
in 1983. As an avid local historian, Ainslie Helmcken wrote many articles for
the local newspapers and began work on an unfinished book titled 'The Day Before
Yesterday.' In 1984 the City of Victoria made him a Freeman of the City. In 1924,
Ainslie married Edith Richardson and, in 1925, they had a daughter Mary. Edith
died in 1983 and Ainslie died on September 26, 1987. Fonds consists of 11 series
of records. Series include book manuscript ([196-?]); material for film (1971-1972);
manuscripts ([196-?]); correspondence (1966-1983); Hollywood Cricket Club photographs
(1936); research notes ([196-?]); speeches ([196-?]); time line notes ([196-?]);
driver education proposal (1965-1966); miscellaneous ([ca. 1975-1982]); and published
articles (1966-1968).
A file list is available.
Location: 42 E 1 - 42 E 3, Vault. |
PR 252 |
| Helmcken, Hannah Jane |
Rita Hughes fonds. -- [1873?-192-]. -- 0.04 m of textual records and 1 photograph
(0.05 m). Rita Cecilia McTavish was born at Invertavish Farm, Ardmore, the daughter
of George and Catherine (Helmcken) McTavish. She married David C. Hughes, and
at the time of her death in Victoria on 22 December 1964, she was survived by
one daughter Margo Jamieson. Fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed
"Miss Helmcken 1873," who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken
(later McTavish), eldest daughter of John Sebastian Helmcken and grandmother of
Margo Jamieson. Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a Pierce-Arrow
limousine in Beacon Hill Park, attended by Mr. Ogg, her chauffeur.
Donated by Margo Jamieson, March 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, 26 C 1. |
PR 46 |
| Henderson family |
Henderson family fonds. -- 1868-1950. -- 83 photographs (0.03 m) and 0.07
m of textual records. Anton Henderson was born in Skodborg, Denmark in 1853. In
1874, Henderson left Denmark for North America where he worked his way across
the United States before arriving in Esquimalt in 1880. After a few years spent
in the Interior of British Columbia, Henderson returned to Victoria at which time
he married Ellen Orr. From 1883-1906 Henderson was superintendent of the Victoria
Transfer Company, a taxi company. In 1893, and between 1907 and 1909, Henderson
served as an alderman on the Victoria City Council. Henderson also served on the
Council of the Saanich Municipality. Ellen Henderson died in 1942 and Anton died
in 1950. They had three children and a number of grandchildren. Their son Anton
Jr. worked as a draftsman for the City of Victoria Engineering Department in the
early 1910s. Their second daughter Anna Mathilda was born in 1886 and died in
1969. In 1914 she married Albert Henry Todd of Saanich. Fonds consists of family
records relating to the various activities of family members. Series include photographs
of family members at home, work and school; diary and reminiscences of Anton Sr.;
aldermanic files; correspondence; school and wedding certificates; artifacts;
and miscellaneous historical materials including pamphlets and newspaper clippings
of Victoria families and houses.
A file list of the records is available.
An item list for many of the photographs is available.
Fonds consists of the following accessions: 98008-01, 98109-03, 98212-31, 98302-08,
98303-06, 98305-18, 98311-07, 98403-23, 98403-26, 98603-05, and 98706-08.
Location: 26 D 4, 27 A 3, 27 D 5, 27 E 5, 27 F 1, 27 G 2, 28 B 3, 29 A 1, Map
2 A 6, third floor 113 B 13, Vault V3 B 1. |
PR 88 |
| Henderson, Anton, 1853-1950 |
Henderson family fonds. -- 1868-1950. -- 83 photographs (0.03 m) and 0.07
m of textual records. Anton Henderson was born in Skodborg, Denmark in 1853. In
1874, Henderson left Denmark for North America where he worked his way across
the United States before arriving in Esquimalt in 1880. After a few years spent
in the Interior of British Columbia, Henderson returned to Victoria at which time
he married Ellen Orr. From 1883-1906 Henderson was superintendent of the Victoria
Transfer Company, a taxi company. In 1893, and between 1907 and 1909, Henderson
served as an alderman on the Victoria City Council. Henderson also served on the
Council of the Saanich Municipality. Ellen Henderson died in 1942 and Anton died
in 1950. They had three children and a number of grandchildren. Their son Anton
Jr. worked as a draftsman for the City of Victoria Engineering Department in the
early 1910s. Their second daughter Anna Mathilda was born in 1886 and died in
1969. In 1914 she married Albert Henry Todd of Saanich. Fonds consists of family
records relating to the various activities of family members. Series include photographs
of family members at home, work and school; diary and reminiscences of Anton Sr.;
aldermanic files; correspondence; school and wedding certificates; artifacts;
and miscellaneous historical materials including pamphlets and newspaper clippings
of Victoria families and houses.
A file list of the records is available.
An item list for many of the photographs is available.
Fonds consists of the following accessions: 98008-01, 98109-03, 98212-31, 98302-08,
98303-06, 98305-18, 98311-07, 98403-23, 98403-26, 98603-05, and 98706-08.
Location: 26 D 4, 27 A 3, 27 D 5, 27 E 5, 27 F 1, 27 G 2, 28 B 3, 29 A 1, Map
2 A 6, third floor 113 B 13, Vault V3 B 1. |
PR 88 |
| Henniker, Lieutenant Colonel |
Lieutenant Colonel Henniker fonds. -- [ca. 1915-1918]. -- 3 photographs and
1 postcard. Edward N. Henniker is a resident of Gibsons, B.C. His father, Lieutenant
Colonel Henniker, was the officer in charge of the 103rd Battalion, "Timber
Wolves," during the First World War. Fonds consists of photographs of the
103rd Battalion and a postcard to Lieutenant Colonel Henniker relating to the
1916 snowfall in Victoria.
Location: 32 C 8. |
PR 214 |
| Hincks, Reginald N. |
Reginald Hincks fonds. -- [ca. 1916-1949]. -- 0.02 m of textual records and
7 photographs. Reginald Hincks was born in London, England and came to Victoria
about 1909. Shortly after his arrival, he began producing pantomimes and plays
at theatres throughout Victoria. In the 1920s he became a manager of the Playhouse
Theatre at 808 Yates Street, where he produced weekly shows until about 1930.
Hincks remained active through the 1940s. Fonds consists of theatre programmes,
newspaper clippings and photographs all relating to theatre productions written
or produced by Reginald Hincks.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 29 C 8. |
PR 182 |
| Hinton Electric Company |
Hinton Electric Company fonds. -- 1911-1913. -- 0.01 m of textual records.
Hinton Electric Company evolved out of George C. Hinton & Company around 1899.
It was initially composed of John A. and George C. Hinton and operated in Victoria
between 1899 to 1920. The Company also operated a Vancouver Branch for several
of these years. The Company provided electrical machinery, wiring and supplies.
Fonds consists of a monthly summary of accounts.
Fonds was originally acquired by the British Columbia Archives and Records Service
and transferred to the City of Victoria Archives.
Location: 32 C 8. |
PR 225 |
| History |
Ainslie James Helmcken fonds. -- 1936-1983 (predominantly 1965-1983). -- 0.32
m of textual records, 14 photographs (0.01 m) and 1 artifact. Ainslie Helmcken
was born in Victoria on September 28, 1900. He was the son of Dr. James Douglas
Helmcken and Ethel Mouat, the grandson of Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken and the
great grandson of Sir James Douglas. Ainslie attended school in Victoria before
serving in the Air Force in the First World War. Following the War, Ainslie practiced
law until the 1930's when he started work at a fish reduction plant on Pender
Island. He later worked as a lumber broker and in the 1950's, he joined the B.C.
Power Commission for whom he monitored dam construction for five years. He also
operated a duty free store in Sidney where he and his partners built the Beacon
Hotel. In 1965, at the behest of Mayor Alf Toone, Ainslie Helmcken began an inventory
of the historical records of the City of Victoria. This quickly developed into
the position of City Archivist, a position Helmcken held from 1965 until his retirement
in 1983. As an avid local historian, Ainslie Helmcken wrote many articles for
the local newspapers and began work on an unfinished book titled 'The Day Before
Yesterday.' In 1984 the City of Victoria made him a Freeman of the City. In 1924,
Ainslie married Edith Richardson and, in 1925, they had a daughter Mary. Edith
died in 1983 and Ainslie died on September 26, 1987. Fonds consists of 11 series
of records. Series include book manuscript ([196-?]); material for film (1971-1972);
manuscripts ([196-?]); correspondence (1966-1983); Hollywood Cricket Club photographs
(1936); research notes ([196-?]); speeches ([196-?]); time line notes ([196-?]);
driver education proposal (1965-1966); miscellaneous ([ca. 1975-1982]); and published
articles (1966-1968).
A file list is available.
Location: 42 E 1 - 42 E 3, Vault. |
PR 252 |
| Hoard, Clarence |
Clarence Hoard fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1935]. -- 207 photographs (0.04 m). Clarence
Hoard was a civil engineer, surveyor and railway contractor who came to Victoria
ca. 1912. About 1921, Hoard became President and Managing Director of Bainbridge
Lumber Company, a position that he held until approximately 1935. Around 1927,
Hoard also began the Hoard Company Ltd, which manufactured silos. The Hoard Company
lasted, in one form or another, until approximately 1935, when Hoard appears to
have retired from his business interests. Fonds consists of photographs of the
business interests of Clarence Hoard. Photographs include images of logging in
British Columbia and the manufacture of silos. Also included are photographs collected
presumably because Hoard was an investor in several ventures. These include photographs
of the Nitinat Lake, Clo-ose and Carmanah regions of Vancouver Island taken by
the West Coast Development Company, and photographs of the Cholberg Shipyard and
the schooner S.F. Tolmie which was built at the Cholberg Shipyard.
The West Coast Development Company Ltd. was planning to invest in a hotel on the
West Coast of Vancouver Island.
The Cholberg Shipyards was operated in Victoria West from ca. 1918-1922.
Location: 26 F 6, 26 G 4, Map 2 A 2. |
PR 101 |
| Hocking, Ross |
Ross Hocking fonds. -- 1924-1953 (predominantly 1924-1933). -- 10 photographs
and 0.02 m of textual records. Ross "Bud" Hocking was born in Butte,
Montana in 1906 and came to Victoria in 1910. As a student in High School, Hocking
began playing basketball, one of the many sports that he played in his life. After
High School, Hocking took up lawn tennis and by 1933, was the number one ranked
player in British Columbia. In 1931, Hocking and another tennis player, opened
up the Hocking and Forbes Sporting Goods Ltd., a firm which lasted until 1981.
Throughout his life, Hocking remained heavily involved in sport and in the early
1950s he became President of the Victoria Figure Skating Club. Fonds consists
of photographs, newspaper clippings and a programme to the Ice Capers of 1953.
The photographs and newspaper clippings document Hocking's athletic endeavors
as a tennis player, lawn bowler and basketball player.
Location: 26 B 6, 29 B 4. |
PR 79 |
| Hong Yuen & Company |
George Y. Lee fonds. -- 1887-1972. -- 0.24 m of textual records and ca. 130
photographs. George Y. Lee was born in Victoria on March 28, 1893. He attended
Oregon Agricultural College in 1913 before returning to Victoria in 1914. He operated
Lee Dye & Company, later to be known as Lee Dye Sons. Around 1935, Lee moved
to Vancouver where he operated the Teen Jore store which specialized in chinese
herbs. Lee married Yet Lan in China in 1910 and together they had seven children.
Fonds consists of general files, photographs, Hong Yuen & Company cash journal
and school yearbook. The general files were received in no discernible order.
The records have therefore been tentatively arranged into the following categories:
business records, real estate transactions, personal and educational records,
graphic material and documents in Chinese. Photographs consist of images of the
Lee family, friends and businesses.
Records were originally donated to the Vancouver Museum in 1985 and transferred
to the City of Victoria Archives in 1992.
A file list of the records is available.
Hong Yuen & Company operated at 82-84 Cormorant Street starting in 1882. They
were wholesale dealers in farmer's produce and vegetables.
Location: 32 C 8, 32 E 4, 32 E 5, 36 A 6. |
PR 223 |
| Hooper, Matthew |
Matthew Hooper fonds. -- 1889-1891. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Matthew
Hooper was a resident of Victoria in the 1880s and 1890s. He worked as a police
constable and as a miner. Fonds consists of invoices from furniture and grocery
stores.
Donated by Paul Hooper, the grandson of Matthew Hooper.
Location: 29 C 8. |
PR 180 |
| Horne, John Stafford |
Thomas H. Horne fonds. -- [ca. 1906]-1917. -- 0.02 m of textual records. Thomas
H. Horne worked in Victoria from ca. 1892-1940. Horne initially worked in a variety
of capacities for the Victoria Truck & Dray Company until ca. 1908 when he
went into partnership with Alex M. Bannerman in the merchant firm Bannerman &
Horne. Bannerman & Horne lasted from ca. 1908-1913 and specialized in the
sales of flour, feed and seed. In 1917, Horne was the proprietor of the Tourist
Hotel, located on Johnson Street, when he applied for a position selling alcohol
for the Provincial Government. Horne subsequently worked as a vendor at B.C. Liquor
stores and as a manager for the Liquor Control Board until the end of the 1930s.
Fonds consists of correspondence, agreements, receipts and a will of John Stafford
Horne. Correspondence relates to Horne's appointment as a vendor for the Provincial
liquor stores and to his investments in the Hardy Bay Syndicate. Agreements and
receipts relate to Horne's personal and business investments.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 197 |
| Horne, Thomas H. |
Thomas H. Horne fonds. -- [ca. 1906]-1917. -- 0.02 m of textual records. Thomas
H. Horne worked in Victoria from ca. 1892-1940. Horne initially worked in a variety
of capacities for the Victoria Truck & Dray Company until ca. 1908 when he
went into partnership with Alex M. Bannerman in the merchant firm Bannerman &
Horne. Bannerman & Horne lasted from ca. 1908-1913 and specialized in the
sales of flour, feed and seed. In 1917, Horne was the proprietor of the Tourist
Hotel, located on Johnson Street, when he applied for a position selling alcohol
for the Provincial Government. Horne subsequently worked as a vendor at B.C. Liquor
stores and as a manager for the Liquor Control Board until the end of the 1930s.
Fonds consists of correspondence, agreements, receipts and a will of John Stafford
Horne. Correspondence relates to Horne's appointment as a vendor for the Provincial
liquor stores and to his investments in the Hardy Bay Syndicate. Agreements and
receipts relate to Horne's personal and business investments.
Location: 29 F 8. |
PR 197 |
| Hotels |
Joseph William Rowland fonds. -- 1879-1921. -- 0.02 m of textual records.
Joseph William Rowland lived in the Burnside area of Greater Victoria. He worked
as a farmer for many years at the Burnside Farm and later became the proprietor
of the Burnside Hotel located at the corner of Burnside and Admiral. Rowland was
married to Euphemia Rowland (nee Dodd) and together they had 2 daughters and 5
sons. He died in 1949 and is buried at the Ross Bay Cemetery. Fonds consists of
a ledger, correspondence and company shares. The ledger relates to bar, grocery
and general merchandise accounts at possibly the Burnside Hotel. The correspondence
relates to the rental of the Louvre Hotel at 515 Johnson Street in Victoria.
Location: 28 D 8. |
PR 141 |
| Hotels |
Tourist Auto Camp fonds. -- [ca. 1922]. -- 0.02 m of textual records and 1
photograph. The Tourist Auto Camp opened at 99 Gorge Road West in 1922 for automobile
drivers staying visiting Victoria. Between 1922 and 1976, the business was also
known as the Tourist Auto Camp, Victoria Tourist Auto Camp, Victoria Auto Camp
and the Victoria Motor Court. Fonds consists of a visitor register and photograph
of the Tourist Auto Camp. Visitor register include the following data points:
date, owner of car, street and number, city, destination, route, number in party,
make of car, length of stay, and notes.
Location: 27 G 4, 27 D 4. |
PR 256 |
| Hotels - Cadboro Beach Hotel |
Frances Armour fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1945. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Francis
Armour worked as an assistant manager for two Victoria area hotels. In the early
1920s, Mrs. Armour assisted in the management of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, in conjunction
with her husband Stuart Armour. Later, starting in the late 1930s or 1940s, she
joined her sister Jane Ewing, the proprietor of the Old Charming Inn, as the assistant
manager. Mrs. Armour worked at the Old Charming Inn until the early 1950s. Fonds
consists of photographs of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, Old Charming Inn and their
surrounding areas.
Photographs consist of 24 postcards and 20 prints.
Location: 26 B 6. |
PR 81 |
| Hotels - Columbia Rooms |
Jacob Funk fonds. -- [ca. 1937-1962]. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Jacob Funk
was a Victoria resident who worked on several ventures with his partner N.J. Hansen.
Funk and Hansen ran Globe News and Tobacco before opening up H & F Confectionery
in the late 1940s. About 1960, the two opened up Funk & Hansen boarding rooms
at 1012 Richardson Street. Funk died in 1990 at the age of 83. Fonds consists
of records of Companies presumably purchased by Jacob Funk. Series include a guest
register from the Columbia Rooms (1948-1962) and a general journal and correspondence
of the Island Steamship Company (1937-1938). The records of the Island Steamship
Company appear to have been created by Thomas A. Johnstone who was hired to represent
the Company.
Island Steamship Company was a stevedoring Company that operated in Victoria and
Vancouver from ca. 1937 to 1938. The Company was purchased by the Canadian Stevedoring
Company in 1938. The Columbia Rooms offered boarding rooms at 631 Pandora from
ca. 1915 to the 1960s.
Location: 31 F 1. |
PR 210 |
| Hotels - Empress Hotel |
Empress Hotel fonds. -- 1910. -- 0.03 m of textual records. The Empress Hotel
opened for business in 1908 under the ownership of Canadian Pacific. Fonds consists
of a hotel register for June 2, 1910 - August 4, 1910.
Location: 27 E 1. |
PR 247 |
| Hotels - Old Charming Inn |
Frances Armour fonds. -- [ca. 1910-1945. -- 44 photographs (0.02 m). Francis
Armour worked as an assistant manager for two Victoria area hotels. In the early
1920s, Mrs. Armour assisted in the management of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, in conjunction
with her husband Stuart Armour. Later, starting in the late 1930s or 1940s, she
joined her sister Jane Ewing, the proprietor of the Old Charming Inn, as the assistant
manager. Mrs. Armour worked at the Old Charming Inn until the early 1950s. Fonds
consists of photographs of the Cadboro Beach Hotel, Old Charming Inn and their
surrounding areas.
Photographs consist of 24 postcards and 20 prints.
Location: 26 B 6. |
PR 81 |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
H.G. Lewis family fonds. -- [ca. 1870-1900]. -- 7 photographs. Captain Herbert
George Lewis was born at Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England in 1828. Lewis became
a sailor at an early age and, in 1847, joined the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1870,
he settled in Victoria after marrying Mary Langford, the daughter of Edward Langford.
After retiring from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1883, Lewis joined the Marine
Department of Canada. Mary Lewis died in 1903 and Captain H.G. Lewis died in 1905.
Fonds consists of 7 photographs of the Lewis family and the Langford farmhouse.
Copies of the photographs are found in the photo access system under the subject
heading Captain H.G. Lewis family.
Location: 28 E 4, third floor 113 B 13. |
PR 142 |
| Hughes, Joanne J. |
Joanne J. Hughes collection. -- [ca. 1915-1925]. -- 10 photographs. Joanne
J. Hughes is a local researcher. The collection consists of ten photographs of
women who were school friends of Joanne Hughes' mother-in-law, Winifred Alice
Hughes.
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 69 |
| Hughes, Rita Cecilia, d. 1964 |
Rita Hughes fonds. -- [1873?-192-]. -- 0.04 m of textual records and 1 photograph
(0.05 m). Rita Cecilia McTavish was born at Invertavish Farm, Ardmore, the daughter
of George and Catherine (Helmcken) McTavish. She married David C. Hughes, and
at the time of her death in Victoria on 22 December 1964, she was survived by
one daughter Margo Jamieson. Fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed
"Miss Helmcken 1873," who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken
(later McTavish), eldest daughter of John Sebastian Helmcken and grandmother of
Margo Jamieson. Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a Pierce-Arrow
limousine in Beacon Hill Park, attended by Mr. Ogg, her chauffeur.
Donated by Margo Jamieson, March 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, 26 C 1. |
PR 46 |
| Hughes, Winifred Alice |
Joanne J. Hughes collection. -- [ca. 1915-1925]. -- 10 photographs. Joanne
J. Hughes is a local researcher. The collection consists of ten photographs of
women who were school friends of Joanne Hughes' mother-in-law, Winifred Alice
Hughes.
Location: 39 H 6. |
PR 69 |
| Hutchinson family (Fernwood District, Victoria, B.C.) |
Dave Hutchison fonds. -- [Copied 1979]. -- 6 photographs and 1 print. Dave
Hutchison is a resident of the Fernwood district. Fonds consists of a postcard,
copy negatives and copy prints of the Oddfellows Hall, Victoria (including its
dedication, 1879), the Hutchinson house at 1702 Fernwood Road, an unidentified
house and coal scows in the Inner Harbour. Copy prints are in the Photo Card File
under the following headings: Fraternal organizations - I.O.O.F. (4823); Harbour
(4821); and Hutchinson (family) (4818-4820).
The photographs were loaned for copying and the postcard was donated by Dave Hutchinson,
7 May 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, Photo Card File. |
PR 51 |
| Hutchison, Dave |
Dave Hutchison fonds. -- [Copied 1979]. -- 6 photographs and 1 print. Dave
Hutchison is a resident of the Fernwood district. Fonds consists of a postcard,
copy negatives and copy prints of the Oddfellows Hall, Victoria (including its
dedication, 1879), the Hutchinson house at 1702 Fernwood Road, an unidentified
house and coal scows in the Inner Harbour. Copy prints are in the Photo Card File
under the following headings: Fraternal organizations - I.O.O.F. (4823); Harbour
(4821); and Hutchinson (family) (4818-4820).
The photographs were loaned for copying and the postcard was donated by Dave Hutchinson,
7 May 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, Photo Card File. |
PR 51 |
| Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire ... |
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Florence Nightingale Chapter
fonds. -- 1912-1939. -- 0.08 m of textual records. The Daughters of the Empire,
Florence Nightingale Chapter, also known as the Red Cross Chapter, was established
on April 1, 1912. It's motto was "charity never faileth," and membership
was open to hospital workers, nurses past and present, and wives and daughters
of doctors. The Chapter organized social activities to raise funds to meet its
charitable activities. These activities ranged from the purchase of clothing and
equipment for patients and hospitals to assisting in the financing of nurse training
and other related activities. Fonds consists of minute books and a scrapbook of
the 1939 Royal Visit.
Fonds was donated by J.R. Simpson, the husband of Naomi Simpson, a former secretary
of the Chapter.
Location: 28 F 9. |
PR 165 |
| Irvine, Flora Ina |
Flora Ina Irvine fonds. -- 1914-1926. -- 6 photographs and 2 artifacts. Flora
Ina Hill attended North Ward School. In the 1930s, she worked as a stenographer
for the Canadian Government and, in 1939, she married William Robert Irvine, a
salesman for Shell Oil. Fonds consists of photographs and artifacts. Photographs
consist of images of Flora Irvine as a student at North Ward School and as a finalist
of the Victoria City typing championships. Artifacts consist of a brochure and
business card regarding health coffee.
Location: 31 F 2. |
PR 215 |
| Jackson, Robert Edwin |
Drake, Jackson & Helmcken fonds. -- 1890-1913. -- 0.1 m of textual records.
Drake, Jackson & Helmcken were barristers and notaries public who operated
in Victoria from ca. 1883-1912. The firm had its origins in the 1860s, when Montague
William Tyrwhitt-Drake, Robert Edwin Jackson and H.B. Willson Aikman became partners
in the firm Drake, Jackson & Aikman. Following Aikman's departure in the 1870s
the firm continued as Drake & Jackson until H. Dallas Helmcken joined about
1883. The firm ceased operations after Helmcken's death in 1912. Fonds consists
of a ledger (1890-1899) and memorandum book (1911-1912).
Location: 36 A 5. |
PR 226 |
| James Bay Athletic Association |
James Bay Athletic Association fonds. -- [ca. 1891]-1932. -- 31 photographs
(0.05 m). The James Bay Athletic Association began in 1886 when a group of men
from the James Bay neighbourhood formed a baseball team called the James Bays.
The Association's interests expanded to include rugby, track and field, basketball,
tennis, wrestling soccer and ice hockey. The Association's rugby team is still
active today. Fonds consists of photographs of the James Bay Athletic Association.
Images depict athletic events, members of the Association and the JBAA Clubhouses.
Fonds also contains 10 copies of images lent to the Archives for copying purposes
and returned to the Association. Copies of loaned images are found in the photo
access system.
Location: 27 A 6, 39 K 1, Map 2 F 7, Map 2 G 6, photo access system. |
PR 110 |
| James Island |
Victoria Chemical Company fonds. -- [1910?]-1931. -- ca. 475 photographs.
The Victoria Chemical Company was incorporated on November 29, 1893. It was originally
located at 7 Dallas Road and manufactured acids, fertilizers and tree sprays.
In 1912, the Company, after amalgamating with other Companies, was reorganized
as the Canadian Explosives Company. About 1912, it moved its operations to James
Island.
Frederick Moore was born in Blackpool, England and educated at the University
of London as a chemical engineer. Moore came to Victoria around 1893 and helped
found the Victoria Chemical Company. Up to 1912, Moore served as a Managing Director
of the Company, and after 1912 as the Western Canadian Manager of the Canadian
Explosives Company. Moore died in 1929 and was survived by his wife, two sons
and one daughter.
Robert Walley was an employee of the Victoria Chemical Company. Fonds consists
of photographs depicting the Victoria Chemical Works in the Victoria Inner Harbour,
construction of the Canadian Explosives plant on James Island, employees of the
Chemical works, and family scenes on James Island.
The records were donated by Robert Walley and the Frederick Moore family between
1969 and 1972. The donations from the two have been interfiled making it unclear
which records came from which source.
Location: 26 C 6, 26 D 4. |
PR 85 |
| Jamieson, Margo |
Rita Hughes fonds. -- [1873?-192-]. -- 0.04 m of textual records and 1 photograph
(0.05 m). Rita Cecilia McTavish was born at Invertavish Farm, Ardmore, the daughter
of George and Catherine (Helmcken) McTavish. She married David C. Hughes, and
at the time of her death in Victoria on 22 December 1964, she was survived by
one daughter Margo Jamieson. Fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed
"Miss Helmcken 1873," who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken
(later McTavish), eldest daughter of John Sebastian Helmcken and grandmother of
Margo Jamieson. Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a Pierce-Arrow
limousine in Beacon Hill Park, attended by Mr. Ogg, her chauffeur.
Donated by Margo Jamieson, March 1979.
Location: 26 A 3, 26 C 1. |
PR 46 |
| Jenkinson, Charles William, d. 1903 |
Barry Larsen fonds. -- [ca. 1885-1900]. -- 4 photographs. Barry Larsen was
a mechanic at Butchart Gardens. Fonds consists of photographs of a house at 1
(later 1001) Richardson Street, owned by C.W. Jenkinson; Craigdarroch Castle;
and the paddlewheeler R.P. Rithet in the Inner Harbour.
Donated by Bruce Larsen through Herb Warren, November 1979.
A copy negative is available.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3. |
PR 53 |
| Jeune family (Hellier) |
Robilliard family fonds. -- [ca. 1900-1956]. -- 80 photographs (0.8 m). John
J. Robilliard was born in 1879 in Guernsey. He came to Victoria, ca. 1895, where
he lived until his death in 1959. Robilliard married Esther Jeune and they would
have two children Margaret and Phyllis. John Robilliard later remarried and had
another child. John Robilliard worked in many positions over his life including
positions at steam laundry companies and as a boilermaker for the Victoria Machinery
Depot. Esther Robilliard passed away at age 42 in 1930. Fonds consists of two
series of records: family photographs and miscellaneous postcards. Photographs
consist of Robilliard and Jeune family portraits, and images of the Victoria Machinery
Depot and the Victoria Steam Laundry Company.
Photographs consist of 56 prints, 19 postcards and 5 negatives.
Fonds were donated by Phyllis Jeune Van Hoeke, the daughter of John J. Robilliard.
Accessions include 98008-05; 98009-02; 98102-05; 98105-06; and 98108-09. It appears
that the records from accessions 98008-09 and 98009-02 have been interfiled.
Location: 26 D 5, 26 F 4, 26 E 5, 26 F 6, 27 A 1, 27 B 1. |
PR 91 |
| John, William E., 1924-2000 |
William E. John fonds. -- 1932-1993 (predominantly 1966-1971). -- ca. 2750
photographs and 0.07 m of textual records (0.65 m). Born in Nanaimo in 1924, William
E. (Bill) John had his own dark room at the age of 8. He left school to work at
local photo lab in 1941. In 1943 he joined the Navy as an Ordinary Seaman working
for the next 21 years as a 35mm projectionist and photographer. After leaving
the Navy, Mr. John worked as a photographer and engraver for Victoria Press and
other local newspapers. Most of the photographs displayed here were taken during
his time as a free lance photographer from 1965 to 1971. Though he retired in
1980, Mr. John continued his life long devotion to photographic work for many
years thereafter. He died in Victoria on April 4, 2000. The majority of the photographs
were made during John's career as a photographer for Victoria Press, covering
a wide variety of topics relating both to everyday life and to special events
mainly in Victoria. They are arranged by subject, primarily in chronological order
for envelopes 1 to 107 and in the order of their receipt thereafter. Negatives
for images in envelopes 1 to 107 are arranged by strip numbers and stored separately
from the remaining negatives, which are arranged by file number. The textual records
consist of photocopied newspaper clippings of captioned photographs as published.
Inventory available.
Location: 29 A 8-9, 32 F 11, 33 G 9, 34 A 7, 36 B 3. |
PR 59 |
| Johnston family (Philip T., 1837-1912) |
Floyd, Johnston family fonds. -- [ca.1866-1920] (predominantly [ca. 1895-1920]).
-- 18 photographs (0.03 m). James Sterling Floyd was a municipal auditor and accountant
for the Municipalities of Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt. He married
Esther Mary Johnston, the daughter of Philip T. Johnston, a nurseryman, about
1890, and had four children Eveleen, Thomas, Claude and Biddy. James Floyd died
in 1922 and his wife Esther died in 1939. Thomas died in 1983. Fonds consists
of family photographs of the Floyd and Johnston families.
Individuals in photographs appear to have been identified by the children of Thomas
Floyd.
Location: 26 F 6, 26 G 4. |
PR 99 |
| Johnston, Flora |
Flora Johnston collection. -- 1887-1978. -- 0.2 m of textual records. Flora
Johnston was a resident of Victoria. She was related to A. Donovan Johnston, funeral
director for Sands Mortuary Limited. Collection consists of newspapers and pamphlets.
Newspapers consist of copies of the Daily Colonist, Victoria Times, Times-Colonist,
News of the World, Family Herald and the Saturday Sunset. The majority of papers
are special editions dealing primarily with Royalty, Royal visits, coronations,
war, and centennials. Pamphlets consist of items pertaining to Royalty and war.
An item list of the records is available.
Location: 28 G 3. |
PR 167 |
| Johnston, Margaret Ellen, 1897-1987 |
Margaret E. Johnston fonds. -- 1881-1978. -- ca. 120 photographs, 8 prints
and 0.10 m of textual records (0.16 m). Margaret Ellen Johnston was born on 26
August 1897, the daughter of Robert Henry and Frances (Skelton) Winter. She married
Harold L. Johnston on 6 June 1953 and died in Victoria 13 December 1987. Fonds
consists of photographs, albums and a carriage blanket. The photographs include
miscellaneous views of Victoria and pictures of the Edgar Dewdney and Paulus Aemilius
Irving families, employers of Robert Winter, Margaret Johnston's father; and an
album of photographs and postcards of Vancouver, Banff the Rocky Mountains and
Prairie Indians compiled by the Evans family. An album inscribed "Maggie
Winter 1881" contains verses, clippings, cards and Winter family notices.
Another album inscribed "J.J. Randolph" contains sayings and poems,
and a postage stamp album presented to Etta Evans as a spelling prize has been
used as a scrapbook containing clippings about various people and obituary notices.
An item list is available.
Location: 26 A 3-4, 28 C 5, Vault. |
PR 55 |
| Johnston, Thomas A. |
Jacob Funk fonds. -- [ca. 1937-1962]. -- 0.1 m of textual records. Jacob Funk
was a Victoria resident who worked on several ventures with his partner N.J. Hansen.
Funk and Hansen ran Globe News and Tobacco before opening up H & F Confectionery
in the late 1940s. About 1960, the two opened up Funk & Hansen boarding rooms
at 1012 Richardson Street. Funk died in 1990 at the age of 83. Fonds consists
of records of Companies presumably purchased by Jacob Funk. Series include a guest
register from the Columbia Rooms (1948-1962) and a general journal and correspondence
of the Island Steamship Company (1937-1938). The records of the Island Steamship
Company appear to have been created by Thomas A. Johnston who was hired to represent
the Company.
Island Steamship Company was a stevedoring Company that operated in Victoria and
Vancouver from ca. 1937 to 1938. The Company was purchased by the Canadian Stevedoring
Company in 1938. The Columbia Rooms offered boarding rooms at 631 Pandora from
ca. 1915 to the 1960s.
Location: 31 F 1. |
PR 210 |
| Johnston, Thomas A. (Thomas Ardies) |
Thomas A. Johnston fonds. -- 1907-1923. -- 0.05 m of textual records. Thomas
A. Johnston worked as a commission broker from ca. 1910-1923. In 1924, he became
manager of the Pioneer Sand & Gravel Company, a position he held until 1937.
Before his retirement in 1938, Johnston worked briefly for the Island Steamship
Company. Fonds consists of general files from the office of Thomas A. Johnston.
Records include correspondence, reports and agreements, with the majority of the
records relating to either Johnston's work with the Grand Trunk Pacific Transfer
Company or his efforts in opening a match factory in Victoria.
Records may have been donated with PR 210, Jacob Funks fonds, which contain records
created by Thomas A. Johnston when he worked for the Island Steamship Company.
Location: 31 F 5. |
PR 216 |
| Jones family (Henry Humphrey Jones, 1858-1954) |
Jones family fonds. -- [188-]-1966. -- ca. 500 photographs (0.13 m). Henry
Humphrey Jones was born in Newtonville, Ontario, and came to Victoria in 1898,
intending to continue on to the Klondike to search for gold. Instead he stopped
in Victoria and worked as a furniture salesman for Weiler Brothers for four years.
He then opened his own business engaging in brokerage, real estate, mining and
timber. In the 1920s he took up a gold mining claim in the Lillooet district,
but that operation was wiped out by fire in 1947, taking all of Mr. Jones's assets
with it. He lived for a time in the United States and died in Victoria on 31 July
1954. He had four children Aubrey H.C. Jones, Daisy Edna Kathleen Beaton, Julia
Helen Evelyn Jones and R.H.B. Jones. Fonds consists of ca. 500 photographs, loose
and in albums. Most individuals and groups in the images are not identified, although
group portraits of the Spencer family, the Clay children and Evelyn Jones's school
or college classmates in Hamilton, Ontario, are noted. Various Victoria area views
include images of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901, a floating
Japanese teahouse at the Gorge Park and the Exhibition Hall at Willows. There
are several images of the house and garden at Orchard House, the Jones family
residence at 633 Michigan Street. Other Victoria residences pictured are Hollywood
(the Shotbolt home) and the home of A.J. Smith at 36 Superior Street.
Donated in 1970 by Daisy Beaton (née Jones) of Mission, B.C.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 5. |
PR 17 |
| Jones, Evelyn, d. 1973 |
Jones family fonds. -- [188-]-1966. -- ca. 500 photographs (0.13 m). Henry
Humphrey Jones was born in Newtonville, Ontario, and came to Victoria in 1898,
intending to continue on to the Klondike to search for gold. Instead he stopped
in Victoria and worked as a furniture salesman for Weiler Brothers for four years.
He then opened his own business engaging in brokerage, real estate, mining and
timber. In the 1920s he took up a gold mining claim in the Lillooet district,
but that operation was wiped out by fire in 1947, taking all of Mr. Jones's assets
with it. He lived for a time in the United States and died in Victoria on 31 July
1954. He had four children Aubrey H.C. Jones, Daisy Edna Kathleen Beaton, Julia
Helen Evelyn Jones and R.H.B. Jones. Fonds consists of ca. 500 photographs, loose
and in albums. Most individuals and groups in the images are not identified, although
group portraits of the Spencer family, the Clay children and Evelyn Jones's school
or college classmates in Hamilton, Ontario, are noted. Various Victoria area views
include images of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901, a floating
Japanese teahouse at the Gorge Park and the Exhibition Hall at Willows. There
are several images of the house and garden at Orchard House, the Jones family
residence at 633 Michigan Street. Other Victoria residences pictured are Hollywood
(the Shotbolt home) and the home of A.J. Smith at 36 Superior Street.
Donated in 1970 by Daisy Beaton (née Jones) of Mission, B.C.
Copy negatives are available.
Location: 25 D 5. |
PR 17 |
| Jones, O.M. (Oswald Meredith), d. 1918 |
O.M. Jones fonds. -- [ca. 1890-1921]. -- 50 photographs (0.04 m). Dr. Oswald
Meredith Jones was born in Llandilo, South Wales, the son of Thomas and Laetitia
Jones. He graduated from the London University in 1888 and came to Victoria in
1891 as a surgeon on the H.M.S. Warspite. Shortly thereafter, he opened up a very
successful practice in Victoria. Jones was married to Kathleen Brady, and they
had several children. He died in 1918 at the age of 55. Fonds consists of photographs
of the Jones and Brady families, the Jones family residences, sailors on the H.M.S.
Warspite and Jones' family friends including the Leeder family.
Fonds consists of 17 original prints and 33 copies of loaned images. Copies of
loaned images are found in the photo access systems under the subject heading
of "O.M. Jones family."
Fonds was donated by Miss Ruth Jones, the daughter of Oswald Jones.
Location: 27 B 5. |
PR 113 |
| Journeymen Barber's International Union of America |
Journeymen Barber's International Union of America, local 372 fonds. -- 1902-1972.
-- 0.16 m of textual records and 3 artifacts. The Journeymen Barber's International
Union of America, local 372 was established on January 11, 1902. It was formed
to represent the interests of barbers, hairdressers and cosmetologists in the
area of Greater Victoria and parts of Vancouver Island as far north and including
Chemainus. Local 372 amalgamated with the Vancouver Local ca. 1980. Fonds consists
of by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership dues ledgers, monthly reports of the
corresponding secretary, correspondence and artifacts.
Donated by Len Stephenson, a former member of Local 372.
Also known as the Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmetologists International
Union of America, Local 372 and the Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists
and Proprietors' International Union, Local 372.
Location: 27 D 2 - 27 D 3. |
PR 117 |
| Ker, Robert Henry Brackman, 1895-1976 |
Robert H.B. Ker fonds. -- 1861-1925 (predominantly 1896-1925). -- 36 photographs
and other material (0.02 m). Robert Henry Brackman Ker was born in Victoria on
26 March 1895. He was educated in Victoria and England and served overseas during
World War I. Ker was an executive with a number of British Columbia business firms,
including Ker & Stephenson Ltd. and Brackman-Ker Milling Co. He served on
the Victoria City Council; was President of the Victoria & Island Publicity
Bureau and of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce; and was Aide-de-Camp for the Lieutenant-Governor
of British Columbia. In 1923 he married Helen Maud Nation and had two children.
Robert H.B. Ker died in Victoria on 20 October 1976. Fonds consists of photographs,
mostly of unidentified people and places; postcards; J.D. Pemberton's 1861 map
of Victoria (Maps/B0016); and miscellaneous textual items, including a concert
program.
Copy negatives of some photographs are available.
An item list is available.
Another large body of R.H.B. Ker records can be found at the British Columbia
Archives and Records Service: Add. MSS 793.
Location: 26 A 3, Map 1 D. |
PR 48 |
| Kerley, L. Alfred |
L. Alfred Kerley fonds. -- [ca. 1915-1918]. -- 6 photographs. L. Alfred Kerley
was a fireman who worked at the No. 2 Firehall. Fonds consists of photographs
depicting the Victoria Fire Department. Images depict members of the Department,
fire trucks and members of the Fire Department basketball team.
Donated by Mrs. L. Alfred Kerley in 1977.
Location: 26 F 6. |
PR 237 |
| Kersey, Morris H. |
Morris H. Kersey fonds. -- 1934-[ca.1945]. -- 23 photographs and 0.01 m of
textual records. Morris Kersey opened his first Carmelcrisp shop in September
1934 at 644 Fort Street. It was originally opened as an outlet for the Carmelcrisp
confection but within a year a coffee counter was added. In 1936, the name of
the store was changed to Morris Kersey Coffee Shop. In the 1940s Kersey opened
up a second store at 1319 Douglas Street and also branched into the wholesale
manufacture of peanut butter and nuts. Fonds consists of photographs, newspaper
clippings and a menu documenting the Kersey Coffee Shop and peanut butter and
nut manufacturing operations.
Location: 36 F 4. |
PR 228 |
| King, Henry |
Henry King fonds. -- [ca. 1955-1968]. -- 0.01 m of textual records. Henry
King was a customs broker and shipping agent for King Bros. Fonds consists of
King's reminiscences including the story of the Tilikum and its return to Victoria
and the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds also contains notes on the King family.
Location: 27 D 4. |
PR 259 |
| King, John W. |
John W. King fonds. -- 1893-1980. -- 0.04 m of textual records and 1 photograph.
John W. "Jack" King was a longtime resident of James Bay and member
of the James Bay Athletic Association. Fonds consists of a scrapbook of newspaper
clippings on the James Bay Athletic Association, initially compiled by John W.
King's father in law and continued by King, and 1 photograph of the 1901 James
Bay Intermediate Lacrosse Team.
Location: 31 F 2. |
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