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Graveley family fonds
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0.14 m of textual records. - 44 photographs
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Walter E. Graveley came to Victoria from Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1881. He moved to Gastown in 1885 and established a real estate business, purchasing the first lot sold by the CPR for his business premises when the railway was extended from Port Moody to Vancouver. Graveley was very active in Vancouver yachting circles and was one of the founders of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.
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The fonds includes the undated, typewritten memoirs of Walter E. Graveley (covering the period ca. 1870 to ca. 1901); his real estate price book and business correspondence, 1884-1931; legal records; receipts dating from March 1886 for land bought from the CPR; agreements made with Robert S. Day and Son Ltd. (Insurance) in 1923 and 1931; two scrapbooks containing photographs, clippings, and written materials concerning the Graveley family and yachting; the minute book (1920-1924) of the General Leckie Chapter I.O.D.E. (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire); and a number of family photographs.
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Presented in 1972 by Mrs. Eileen Cox (Graveley) of Vancouver through Mrs. Tonia Baney.
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