Before the pale-face came (Indian place names of Vancouver)
- AM54-S13-: 1975-016
- Item
- 1932
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
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Before the pale-face came (Indian place names of Vancouver)
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Brunette & Peele rifle butts, Seymour battery, N.W. Rifle Co. 1870-1880 New Westminster
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Capilano Creek : discovery of source
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map of the southern portion of the route only. Map LEG1801.018 shows the entire route.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Capilano Creek : discovery of source
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
City hospital, Cambie, Pender & Beatty Street, Vancouver 1888-1905
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a site plan of Vancouver's first City hospital, including floor plans of buildings. Information for the design was provided by Elinor Bugg.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
D.L. 258 military grant of Corporal W.H. Rowling South Vancouver
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Dried wedding bouquet of Margaret McCleery
Part of McCleery family fonds
Item is a small dried and pressed flower bouquet which has been encased in glass. The flowers were given to Major J.S. Matthews by Mrs. Margaret Mackie (nee McCleery) after her wedding Mar. 17, 1945.
Matthews dried and encased the flowers and added a note: "On 17 March 1945, being Irish, Miss Margaret Elizabeth McCleery, youngest daughter of Fitzgerald McCleery, who, together with his brother Samuel, were the first settlers on the site of Vancouver, 1862, astonished me , near the City Hall, by informing me that I would never see my old friend Miss McCleery again: that early that morning at the Manse she had been married, and presented her husband, Robert Mackie, son. of Thos. Mackie, whose brother, William, pre-empted D.L. 472; i.e. part of Fairview. She graciously gave me her wedding bouquet, primroses and some blue flower, yellow, green and blue the colors, picked from her own, and her late father's garden on the North Arm, Fraser River. J.S. Matthews."
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Early Canadian militia in British Columbia
Part of Major Matthews collection
Series consists of records relating to the activities of the 6th Regiment D.C.O.R. prior to the First World War, as well as to the training, battles, homecoming, honours, and ongoing association of the 102nd Battalion, C.E.F. and its members. Also included are records relating to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery (which preceded the 6th Regiment, D.C.O.R. and was part of the contingent from B.C. to the South African War). Includes correspondence, news clippings, narrative notes, photographs, company roll books, field service books, financial records, postcards, publications, maps, insurance policies, and ephemera. Arrangement is roughly chronological. Incoming and outgoing correspondence is arranged chronologically and alphabetically, respectively.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a genealogical chart.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item consists of a perspective rendering of the Greer Homestead and surrounding area with notations on flora, fauna and water features.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item consists of a map of the area called "Greer's Beach" (Kitsilano Beach) and two perspective drawings of the Greer homestead.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound before the whitemans came
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a manuscript map showing the territory of the Squamish peoples using Squamish geographic names, as told to him by August Jack Khatsahlano.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
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
Map of D.L. 258 South Vancouver
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map of a military grant given to Corporal W.H. Rowling, R.E. in South Vancouver.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photostat copy of MAP 1022 which has been partially redrawn and annotated by J.S. Matthews in Jan. 1941.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a map of McRoberts Island (now named Sea Island). The map shows the locations of farms and the Vancouver Airport, notes on flora and geographical features, crops & dates/partitions of settlement.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map of the Lower Mainland, with place names as given n Narvaez's exploration maps and locations of First Nations villages, between Boundary Bay and Gambier Island.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Narvaez's reconnaissance, Rio Blancho 1791
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map of the coast from Lummi Island, Washington north to Burrard Inlet, showing the route of Narvaez's explorations, modern and Spanish place names, and location of trails.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Nomenclature. Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map which shows the geographic area bounded by the north shore of Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, Point Atkinson, and the Burrard Inlet Second Narrows. Physical features on the map (primarily coastal sites) are labeled using both First Nations and European place names.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
North Arm Road, 1876. North Arm, Fraser River
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is an illustrated map showing lot boundaries and numbers, roads, trails, family settlements and reserves along North Arm Road along the shoreline of the North Arm of the Fraser River.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
North Arm Road, 1876 : North Arm, Fraser River
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a map showing lot boundaries and numbers, roads, trails, family settlements and reserves along North Arm Road of the North Arm of the Fraser River.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Official road map of western half of Whatcom County, Washington
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a portion of a road map published by the Whatcom County Road Department, used as a base map by J.S. Matthews to show place names given by Narvaez.
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Abbott to Bartlett
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Bartley to Boychuk
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Boyd to Buscombe
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Bush to Clarke
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Claxton to Dayton
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Dean to Dyson
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Eakins to Fyfe Smith
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Gabriel to Gray
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Greatrex to Hargreaves
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Harker to Hoylind
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Huang to Jung
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Kaip to Lamb
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Lambert to Loughnan
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Loughton to McAdam
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Macey to Mayse
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : McAfee to McVicar
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Mead to Mylrea
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Nagao to Peake
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Pearce to Pyke
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Qoitchetahl to Rousefell
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Rowan to Smiley
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Smith to Symons
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Tait to Tyrer
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Uihlein to Welsh
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Wessel to Wooster
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence : Wootton to Ziolkowsky
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major
Outgoing correspondence (additional)
Part of Major Matthews collection
Matthews, James Skitt, Major