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Major Matthews collection

AM54
Fonds
[ca. 1860]-1974

The collection consists of Major Matthews' private papers and records gathered by Matthews relating to the history of Vancouver when he was City Archivist. It includes numerous military records; collected photographs, [186-?]-1968; correspondence and pamphlets relating to Vancouver's water supply; examples of letter-heads, business stationery, tickets, notices and so on used in Vancouver in the 1880s; records of the planning and building of the First Narrows Bridge, Vancouver; an obituary book of clippings from newspapers; correspondence and clippings relating to unemployment and relief in Vancouver, 1931-1939; clippings relating to mayors of Vancouver, 1932-1971; clippings, photographs and menus relating to the visit of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1951; clippings relating to distinguished visitors to Vancouver 1928-1953; a scrapbook of clippings relating to pioneer Vancouver aviator, William Stark, 1912; genealogical records relating to the family of J.S. Matthews; numerous topical and categorical files relating to a wide variety of subjects; and a series of index cards describing the history of street and place names in Greater Vancouver.

Matthews, James Skitt, Major

[Clay model for bronze bust of Emily Matthews]

[Clay model for bronze bust of Emily Matthews]

AM54-S4-: Port P1217
Item
1952

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Cleared area in valley]

[Cleared area in valley]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1658
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows shacks and railroad tracks in an area of tree stumps and other debris.

[Clearing stumps in Shaughnessy Heights]

[Clearing stumps in Shaughnessy Heights]

AM54-S4-: Dist P10
Item
1910

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows (left to right): H.E.C. Carry and H.J. Cambie

[Clearing the land that would become the area near the corner of Hastings Street and Seymour Street]

[Clearing the land that would become the area near the corner of Hastings Street and Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P202
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Clearing the road after the Seymour Creek washout]

[Clearing the road after the Seymour Creek washout]

AM54-S4-: Out P719.20
Item
Oct. 1921

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Clearing the townsite for Prince Rupert]

[Clearing the townsite for Prince Rupert]

AM54-S4-: Out P773
Item
May 1906

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Clearing trees in Stanley Park for the road to the Lion's Gate Bridge]

[Clearing trees in Stanley Park for the road to the Lion's Gate Bridge]

AM54-S4-: Br P11.2
Item
May 1937

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Close view of streetcar rail, from reconstruction of Hastings, Main and Harris (Georgia) Street ...

[Close view of streetcar rail, from reconstruction of Hastings, Main and Harris (Georgia) Street lines]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1068.17
Item
[1912?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Closed swing span of Granville Bridge]

[Closed swing span of Granville Bridge]

AM54-S4-: Br P83
Item
Apr. 15, 1936

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Colonel and Mrs. R.S. Chaplin on board the "Berengaria"]

[Colonel and Mrs. R.S. Chaplin on board the "Berengaria"]

AM54-S4-: Port P495.1
Item
Dec. 15, 1933

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Colonel Edward Mallandaine]

[Colonel Edward Mallandaine]

AM54-S4-: Port P1039.2
Item
Sept. 8, 1937

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait

[Colonel George O. Fallis delivering dedicatory address at opening of Memorial Park]

[Colonel George O. Fallis delivering dedicatory address at opening of Memorial Park]

AM54-S4-: Park N13.3
Item
[22 May 1926]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Colonel J.B. Stevenson lays wreath on Captain George Vancouver's grave]

[Colonel J.B. Stevenson lays wreath on Captain George Vancouver's grave]

AM54-S4-: Mon P146
Item
May 18, 1940

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Reverend R.S. Mills, the Mayor of Richmond, England, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. McAdam, Mr. and Mrs. M. Troy and others

[Colonel James Sclater]

[Colonel James Sclater]

AM54-S4-: Port P623
Item
1915

Part of Major Matthews collection

Full-length portrait

[Commemoration service at the grave of Captain George Vancouver at St. Peter's Church]

[Commemoration service at the grave of Captain George Vancouver at St. Peter's Church]

AM54-S4-: Mon P55.4
Item
May 20, 1951

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Mayoress of Richmond, England, Mrs. George C. Miller, G.C. Cullum Welch, the Lord Mayor of London, Nancy Hodges, Harry P. Hodges, Mrs. R. Walker Roylance, the Mayor and Mayoress of King's Lynn, Lady and Sir Francis Heathcote, Dr. Jocelyn Perkins and others

[Commercial building at Water and Cordova Streets]

[Commercial building at Water and Cordova Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu N522.4
Item
[193-]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a building containing various businesses, including: Kelly, Douglas Co. Ltd.; Renwicke and Cuncliffe; and Gault Bros. Photograph also shows a sign reading "Use Nabob" on the roof of the building. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Commissioner W. Wycliffe Booth unveils plaque at Pioneer Place commemorating the establishment o...

[Commissioner W. Wycliffe Booth unveils plaque at Pioneer Place commemorating the establishment of the Salvation Army in Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: Mon P123.1
Item
Sept. 29, 1962

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Commissioners and officials of the Park Board]

[Commissioners and officials of the Park Board]

AM54-S4-: Port P952
Item
1916

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing G.W. Hutchings, A.S. Wootton, Jonathan Rogers, W.S. Rawlings and M.S. Logan

[Comox and Campbell Lake Railway Company train hauling logs on Vancouver Island]

[Comox and Campbell Lake Railway Company train hauling logs on Vancouver Island]

AM54-S4-: Log P28
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Composite photograph of] Point Grey Police Department [employees]

[Composite photograph of] Point Grey Police Department [employees]

AM54-S4-: LP 38.2
Item
1921

Part of Major Matthews collection

Individuals identified are H.P. McCraney (Police Commissioner), Dr. Blackwood (Police Surgeon), J.Allan (Police Commissioner), J. Birnie, Reeve Lembke (Magistrate), T.F. Johnstone, A. Logan, M. Macaulay, W. Clouston, H.J. Simpson, J. Murdock, J.E. Green, N. McPerson, J. McDonald, P. Kirkham, T. Hurlbert and W.E. Blair

[Congregation of Evangelistic Tabernacle - Hastings and Main Streets]

[Congregation of Evangelistic Tabernacle - Hastings and Main Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P175.1
Item
May 12, 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Congregational Church picnic]

[Congregational Church picnic]

AM54-S4-: Ch P156
Item
1892

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait

[Consecration service for St. James' Church at 301 East Cordova Street]

[Consecration service for St. James' Church at 301 East Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Ch P58.1
Item
Apr. 18, 1938

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Constable A. Lindsay and his charger "Bob" watch a fawn and goat on Pipe Line Road]

[Constable A. Lindsay and his charger "Bob" watch a fawn and goat on Pipe Line Road]

AM54-S4-: St Pk P210
Item
1950

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Constable Malcolm McLennan and Constable John M. McLean]

[Constable Malcolm McLennan and Constable John M. McLean]

AM54-S4-: Pol P8
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Constantin Alvo von Alvensleben, German Consul]

[Constantin Alvo von Alvensleben, German Consul]

AM54-S4-: Port P1082
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

[Constructing a road at Gibsons]

[Constructing a road at Gibsons]

AM54-S4-: Out P849
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway depot] False Creek

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway depot] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.036
Item
4 July 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway depot] False Creek

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway depot] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.051
Item
31 Aug. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway terminal at] False Creek

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway terminal at] False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.029
Item
31 May 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows pipes and construction debris in foreground, and railway station in the distance.

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway terminal] freight shed. False Creek

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway terminal] freight shed. False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.034
Item
31 May 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway] depot, False Creek

[Construction of Canadian Northern Railway] depot, False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.050
Item
31 Aug. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of Fraser River bridge at Mission]

[Construction of Fraser River bridge at Mission]

AM54-S4-: SGN 196
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows cranes, barges, and workers on the river, and trees and mountains in the distance.

[Construction of Great Northern Railway terminal] freight sheds, False Creek

[Construction of Great Northern Railway terminal] freight sheds, False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.019
Item
2 Apr. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of headquarters for B.C. Electric Railway Company conductors and motormen, located ...

[Construction of headquarters for B.C. Electric Railway Company conductors and motormen, located at Main and Prior Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 948
Item
7 Aug. 1913

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1259.1
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

[Construction of penstock on hillside behind Buntzen Lake Power Plant number one]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1259.2
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of pier for Robin Hood Mills at the foot of Nanaimo Street]

[Construction of pier for Robin Hood Mills at the foot of Nanaimo Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu N319
Item
18 Dec. 1924

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows partially constructed pier, and dredging machinery near shore.

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Out N485.1
Item
14 Oct. 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Out N485.2
Item
14 Oct. 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Out N485.6
Item
14 Oct. 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

[Construction of reservoir at Burwell Lake]

AM54-S4-: Out N485.8
Item
14 Oct. 1930

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of street railroad along Granville Street]

[Construction of street railroad along Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Str N244.1
Item
[1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying tracks for street cars along Granville Street.

[Construction of street railroad along Granville Street]

[Construction of street railroad along Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Str N244.4
Item
[1912]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying tracks for street cars along Granville Street.

[Construction of street railroad by Vancouver Street Railway Company along Powell Street]

[Construction of street railroad by Vancouver Street Railway Company along Powell Street]

AM54-S4-: Trans N7
Item
[1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men laying tracks between Heatley Avenue and Princess Avenue. Vancouver's first hospital is in the distance. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Construction of] C.N. Depot, False Creek

[Construction of] C.N. Depot, False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.035
Item
4 July 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction of] C.N.R. Depot, False Creek

[Construction of] C.N.R. Depot, False Creek

AM54-S4-: Bu N540.054
Item
8 Oct. 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Construction workers tightening cables atop Westcoast Building - 1333 West Georgia Street]

[Construction workers tightening cables atop Westcoast Building - 1333 West Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P725.7
Item
[1969]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Convent of the Sacred Heart]

[Convent of the Sacred Heart]

AM54-S4-: Bu N524.1
Item
[29 May 1944]

Part of Major Matthews collection

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