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Series consists of annual file sets primarily on "anomalies", but including arbitrations and a few grievances, relating to City (employer) negotiations with the inside (Local 15) and outside (Local 1004) unions, including Parks, Police, and Library units. Inside union predominant dates are 1957-1969; outside union predominant dates are 1952-1969. (Not all years are represented because discussions took place around union contract periods.) Series also includes files documenting union jurisdiction and certification. Documented are primarily union jobs (e.g., Clerk III, Housing Inspectors, etc.), along with position histories (and frequently mentioning the names of the individuals who filled them), but the odd senior position is represented also. Records include Board of Arbitration minutes (reference copies), some draft agreements with the unions, correspondence with the unions, internal correspondence, analyses of various types (including positions surveys, i.e., charts which compare the same positions among several government and/or private sector organizations), and departmental organization charts which situate the positions being considered for reclassification or salary increase/decrease. Arranged alphabetically by file title (i.e., fringe benefits, inside union, outside union, statutory holidays, etc.), and therein chronologically. The files were arranged according to "inside union" and "outside union", and therein designated by year, with detailed and inconsistent file titles (these are cited on the file folders only, for privacy reasons).

Series consists of documentary material relating to unemployment and relief in Vancouver during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Comprised primarily of news clippings. Also includes photographs, correspondence, and historical accounts compiled by J.S. Matthews. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of correspondence, brochures and item descriptions relating to Michael Huculak's donations of Ukrainian folk art artifacts to various museums and galleries in Canada. Series also includes Michael Huculak's family correspondecne.

Series documents the organisation of the 1994 national UELAC Convention, hosted by the Vancouver, Victoria and Chilliwack Branches.

The series contains correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, and other preparatory records associated with the 1994 Convention and related events, such as the UEL Week and the Parks Canada display.

Series consists of a report by W. A. Tucker on internal matters within the Vancouver Police Department, in which Tucker makes accusations of malfeasance within the department and City

Series consists of minutes, correspondence and reports regarding treatment and social services provided by C.A.R.S. Arranged in no apparent order.

Series consists of reports and correspondence relating to the club's finances, including auditor's reports, bank reconciliations, statements, and receipts. Includes correspondence relating to gifts and donations. Arranged in no apparent order.

Series consists of annual financial statements of the Society. The records reflect the yearly receipts and expenditures and bank account balance. They also show lists of members, dues paid, donations, expenses, and lists of those receiving complimentary issues of "Full Tide."

Series consists of the Treasurer's books of the Vancouver Girls' Corner Club. Included are financial statements and records pertaining to the management and disbursement of the Club's funds as well as records of all receipts and expenditures. Reports are arranged chronologically.

Series consists of correspondence, informal reports, City reports, consultants' reports, notes to file, minutes of the Transportation Working Group and the Expo Traffic Operations Group, and architectural drawings of sites, relating to transportation and traffic planning activities of committees of Provincial, Expo, and City officials for Expo 86. Textual records arranged chronologically; oversize maps and architectural drawings are a separate chronological sequence.

Series consists of photographs of streets in Vancouver taken by Engineering and outside photographers for traffic analysis purposes. Arranged into two subseries: Miscellaneous traffic management photographs and Intersection photographs.

Series consists of drawings of speed studies and traffic accident analysis by Earl J. Reeder.

Series consists of minutes of the Transportation and Customs Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade (also known as the Transportation Committee and the Transportation Bureau) and includes minutes of various sub-committees such as the Railway and Freight Rates Committee, the Marine Committee, and the Aviation Committee. The records reflect the Bureau's goals of advancing Vancouver's and British Columbia's interests in import, export, and domestic freight matters. Topics covered in the minutes include the equalization of freight rates, freight handling facilities, harbour dues, traffic conferences, handling of dangerous articles, steamship schedules, licensing of customs house brokers, and foreign trade agreements. The minutes include position statements, membership lists, newspaper clippings, monthly reports, etc. The series is arranged chronologically by date of meeting.

Series consists of records relating to Gordon Price s research, planning, and evaluation activities concerning transportation and land use. Records stem from his involvement on City Council's Standing Committee on Planning and Environment, as well as his participation on the board of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority. Transportation issues include traffic problems, transit infrastructure and service, and discussions with CP Rail regarding a potential streetcar line. City planning records relate primarily to communities in the downtown and False Creek areas. These records cover social and housing strategies, zoning proposals, traffic movement, parks and open space strategies, multiculturalism, density, and urban growth. Series also includes records relating to BC Place, which Councillor Price inherited from Councillor Marguerite Ford.

Document types include copies of development proposals, workshop handouts, consultants reports, discussion papers, copies committee meetings minutes and public hearings, copies of draft bylaws, and correspondence with the public.

Series consists of transcripts of 11 cases, and miscellaneous correspondence. Arranged alphabetically by file title.

Series consists of original typed transcripts of Hearings no. 1-12 and 17-18 (which include handwritten corrections), relating to the expertise and opinions of a full range of community and individual represention on the question of electoral reform and consideration of the ward system. Arranged in hearing number order, i.e. chronologically by date of hearing.

Series consists of records containing traffic volume and intersection flow data (the purpose of the creation of which was to improve traffic flow by changing signals, lanes, parking regulations, etc.). The data were entered by hand until 1967, after which time the traffic counts were produced by counter tapes so the record format changed to computer printouts.

Series consists of correspondence, reports, and studies pertaining to the activities of the Official Traffic Commission.

Series consists of minutes of the Trade and Commerce Committee of the Vancouver Board of Trade. The records reflect the Committee's interests in such matters as fire protection; customs regulations; the appointment of a trade agent from British Columbia to investigate trade possibilities with South America, Mexico, and the West Indies; railway transportation fees and regulations; licensing; etc.

Series contains administrative files, Commission committee files, "zoning" files (1940s), "public hearing" files (1946-1952), and operational files containing correspondence and quite a variety of other records. Some of the files were accumulated and used for reference purposes (these include books and pamphlets). Arranged in several sets of records, and therein alphabetically by subject. A proposal report containing housing photographs (1942) is at the end of the series.

Series consists of published consultants' reports prepared for the Vancouver Town Planning Commission and other publications, such as statutes, frequently referred to by the Commission. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of bound minute books of the meetings of the Town Planning Commission, relating to decision-making based on the recommendations of the Board's standing and special committees. Standing committees, which, between them, carried out the functions of city planning and zoning regulation, were: the Harbour and Railways Committee, the Plans Approval Committee, the Recreation and Civic Art Committee, the Street Widening Legislation Committee, the Legislation Committee, the Publicity Committee, the Streets and Transit Committee, and the Zoning Committee (2 Feb. 1939 period, Board minutes). Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of bound minute books of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Town Planning Commission. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of a collection of articles, photographs, films newsclippings and other materials relating to various individuals, places, local business and subjects, which are connected with the history of Kerrisdale area. These files were collected not only to fulfill the Society’s mandate of preserving history of Kerrisdale, but also to prepare for the Society’s project of publishing a history book of Kerrisdale.

Series consists of a collection of records and other material relating to various individuals, places, and subjects, most of which are connected with the history of Vancouver and area. These files are the result of J.S. Matthews' continuous information-gathering activities during his tenure as city archivist. Series comprises two subseries: topical files and categorical files. Includes narrative notes, transcripts of interviews, correspondence, memoranda, reports, genealogical documents, excerpts from minutes of meetings, maps, plans, diagrams, profiles, and ephemera.

Series consists of Davis' extensive research for his book Top Dog : A Fifty Year History of CKNW, B.C.'s Most Listened to Radio Station (1993).

Series consists of textual and moving image material related to three Tommy Tompkins Wildlife Films productions: "Where the Timber Wolves Call," "Mountain Springtime," and "Valley or the Grizzly."

The four scrapbooks consist of press clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, bumper stickers, etc., and document Greenpeace's first campaign to stop the United States government's Amchitka nuclear bomb test off the Alaskan coast in 1971. Most of the clippings are from September to November, 1971, but also include retrospectives published in 1991, 2001, and 2008, as well a special supplement to the Vancouver Sun, 1969, "Special Decade Edition." The clippings are identified as coming from the following newspapers and publications: Vancouver Sun, Province, Prince Rupert Daily News, Nanaimo Daily Free Press, Toronto Star, Ottawa Journal, Victoria Daily Colonist, Parksville Progess, Georgia Straight, Newsweek Magazine, Toronto Globe and Mail, Vancouver Free Press, Calgary Herald, Victoria Daily Times, Calgary Albertan, Western Producer, Montreal Star, Parksville-Qualicum Beach Progress, Campbell River Courier, Lions Gate, Salmon Arm Observer, Pacific Tribune.

There is also one file of photocopied articles, from various papers, and one photograph of members of "B.C. Voice of Women," featuring Deeno Birmingham (undated).

Correspondence includes letters from Dave Barrett, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition (B.C.); T.W. Trousdell, Correspondence Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister (P. E. Trudeau); Robert Stanfield, federal Leader of the Opposition; David Lewis, Office of the Leader of the New Democratic Party (federal); R.W. Lawson, Principal, Qualicum Beach Secondary School, as well as a few items of peronal correspondence.

Series consists of clippings and correspondence relating to the club's first social service project, the donation of a portable organ to the "Thomas Crosby", a United Church mission boat that travelled the B.C. coast. Includes some correspondence regarding a later attempt to trace the organ's whereabouts.

Series consists of files created and used by Thomas Ainsworth, Museum curator, ca. 1960's.

Series consists of correspondence with and news releases, annual reports and programmes of other theatres.

Series consists of Theatre Under the Stars programs from the 1947 to 1963 seasons.

The series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the The Vancouver Book (1976). Also included are promotional materials and project files.

Series consists of copies of The Pointer, the news bulletin of the club.

Series consists of correspondence, reports, and memorandums pertaining to the New School. The New School was a non-profit, parent-owned, cooperative school that began operation in 1962 and closed down in 1977. The Argenta Friends School is of a similar format and located in Argenta, B.C. (Kootenay Lake). Series also contains a photographic postcard and the annual creative writing publication (the Whittler) published by the Argenta Friends School.

Series contains edits and drafts of essays that would become chapters in the Greater Vancouver Book (1997). In addition, the records contain correspondence with commentary on the progression of the book.

This series contains textual, audio, and moving image materials related to the production, distribution, and final product; of the film "The Gift of Water" produced by New Horizon Films. Featuring many of the waterways of British Columbia, the 20 minute colour film, it was produced to inform and delight; portraying a message of environmental conservation and showing off the beauty of the province.
"The Gift of Water" won two awards at the Canadian Film and Television Association Awards in 1975: Best Nature and Wildlife Film, and Best Cinematography.

Series consists of drafts of detailed timelines that were used in The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver. Timelines include noteworthy events in Vancouver.

Series consists of textual records and moving image material related to the industry films "Red Dog Mine" and "A Temporary Use of the Land" created by Yaletown Productions for Teck Resources Ltd. Tech Resources was known as Teck Cominco until 2008, formed from the amalgamation of Teck and Cominco in 2001. Teck Resources also owns Highland Valley Copper, which is known as Teck Highland Valley Copper.

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Technical Planning Board, its Development Permit Sub-committee, and special sub-committees created for fixed terms to address specific planning issues.

Records include agendas, minutes of meetings, copies of reports of the Board and its sub-committees on a variety of subjects, and memoranda regarding meetings. The records were retained in the Planning Department's central files, as the Director of Planning was the Chair of the Board and Planning Department staff acted as Chairs of the Board's two sub-committees.

Series consists of records documenting Richard Dopson's activities as a member of the Board of the Team Vancouver Athletics Society (TVAS) and its predecessors. The TVAS was founded to facilitate participation of athletes in local, national, and international competitions; promotion of community spirit and a positive image of the lesbian and gay community; and provision of financial assistance to individuals and teams to participate in sporting events.

The Team Vancouver Athletics Society was incorporated under the Society Act November 17, 1989. The TVAS grew out of the Vancouver Olympic Committee that had been formed in 1982 to organise Team Vancouver's participation in the first Gay Games in San Francisco in 1982. This group later evolved into Team II, which organised Team Vancouver's participation in Gay Games II. Dopson was a founding member and principal organiser of these groups.

The series includes the Team’s meeting agendas, minutes and reports, documents regarding its relationship with the larger gay and lesbian community in Vancouver, ephemera produced by Team Vancouver, newsletters, pamphlets and notices of events that were held in support of the Team.

Series consists of course announcements, class lists, notes, and teaching materials.

Series consists of minutes of the Taxation Committee of the Vancouver Board of Trade and includes membership lists. The records reflect the Committee's role of reviewing, researching, and issuing recommendations regarding various forms of taxation legislation such as the Income Tax Act, logging and mining tax acts, and the Dominion Succession Duty Act.

Series includes records pertaining to the sale of land for taxes, applications for the "work for taxes" scheme, a record of sales of city tax sale properties, and comparative statements and monthly sales for tax sale lands and city owned properties. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of a scrapbook of pasted-in typed and printed financial summaries on a wide variety of matters and accounts, some of which will also appear in the City's annual reports (see City Publications and Reports, PDS 1). 1914-1919 are especially well represented. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of logbooks created by police officers working on the Prostitution Task Force team; correspondence, minutes and reports of the Mount Pleasant Police Liaison Committee; and minutes of Block Neighbours meetings. Chronologically arranged.

Series consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda and organization charts.

Series consists of records generated by the various task force committees and are generally divided into five sections: "Members," "Minutes," "Policy," "Reports," and "Information." The series is arranged alphabetically by title of task force.

Series contains reports, correspondence, notes, and charts regarding oils and fats, sugar, and other economic topics.

Series consists of one videocasette of the International Stone Sculpture Symposium held in the VanDusen Botanical Gardens, 1975, and three short public service announcements for the City Shapes Sculpture Symposium held in Vanier Park in 1986.