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Percy Bartlett fonds

  • AM497
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1926

The fonds consists of deeds, mortgage agreements, tax notices and documents relating to real estate transactions in the Vancouver area and in B.C. handled by Bartlett, particularly on behalf of Louis Erichson, a Norwegian businessman. There are also building plans for bungalows drawn up for construction on Point Grey and Kerrisdale sites.

Bartlett, Percy Reginald

Sharon O'Krane collection

  • AM873
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1904

The collection consists of medical prescriptions issued by Vancouver physicians and institutions and filled by an unidentified druggist in Vancouver. In the days before the development of the modern pharmaceutical industry, doctors and druggists had greater freedom to devise medications and to tailor them to the perceived needs of a patient.

William Thomas Riley collection

  • AM837
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1927

The collection consists of a Masonic membership certificate letter, Justice of the Peace Commission of Office, memorial record and obituary.

Riley, William Thomas

Benjamin Codville collection

  • AM834
  • Fonds
  • 1889

The collection consists of Excursion Committee and Reception Committee ribbons from Dominion Day celebrations, 1889, Vancouver.

Codville, Benjamin

Rod Snyder et. al. collection

  • AM838
  • Item
  • 1975

"A Study of Point Grey Municipality [1908-1929]", for U.B.C. History Course 404. Submitted by R. Snyder, M. Killam, G. Ingster, M. Nelson, M. Chamberlain, L. Gordon, B. Koehn. Emphasis on political history, disposal of C.P.R. land grant, architecture, and distribution of houses, Shaughnessy Heights planning and development; and public schools and recreational facilities.

Austin V. Mifsud collection

  • AM835
  • Fonds
  • 1898-1984

The collection consists of an envelope bearing a Vancouver postmark, 1898, and two postal covers commemorating the 110th anniversary of Granville post office, 1984. A post office was established at Granville in 1874 and the name was changed to Vancouver in 1886.

Mabel Lewis collection

  • AM826
  • Item
  • 1925

The collection consists of a letter and testimonials from the Vancouver City Hall Employees' Association to a fellow employee departing from City Hall employment, 1925.

Rudyard Kipling collection

  • AM823
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1927

The collection consists of photocopies of land deeds and other documents pertaining to property owned by Kipling on the southeast corner of 11th Avenue and Fraser Street, Vancouver (Lots 1 and 2, Block 157E, D.L. 264A).

Kipling, Rudyard

O.E. and Dora Ozburn fonds

  • AM815
  • Fonds
  • 1922

The fonds consists of student notebooks of O. E. and Dora Ozburn at the Provincial Normal School, Vancouver, on handwork, drawing, penmanship, nature and weaving.

Ozburn, O.E.

C.M. Pallard fonds

  • AM809
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1921]

The fonds consists of examinations, answer sheets, and notes for lessons for various courses at Vancouver Technical School, including physics, mechanics and woodwork.

Pallard, C.M.

Shelly's Bakery Limited collection

  • AM962
  • Item
  • 1926

The collection consists of "The Romance of British Columbia", an album of advertising material written by Roy A. Hunter and illustrated by John Innes.

Sue Wheeler cooperatives collection

  • AM961
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1987

The collection consists of minutes, organizational records, and newsletters documenting the development of cooperatives in Vancouver during the 1970s. Collection includes records of the Mountain Equipment Co-operative, Vancouver Co-operative Radio, Collective Resource and Services Workers' Co-operative, Agora Co-operative Food Association, Isadora's and Fed-Up Co-operative Wholesale Association.

Wheeler, Sue, collector

Col. Thomas H. Tracy collection

  • AM960
  • Item
  • 1896

The collection consists of a letter of appreciation from the Chinese Merchants' Exchange.

Peter A. Watson collection

  • AM982
  • Fonds
  • 1982

The collection consists of a photocopy of the essay "Gower Point 1916-1923. Twenty miles to Paradise" by John Watson and photocopies of photographs. The essay recalls the time the author spent with his family at Gower Point.

Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service collection

  • AM976
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1974

The collection consists of historical documents describing the function of the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service.

Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service

Fred Thurston fonds

  • AM1398
  • Fonds
  • 1890, 1909-1910

Fonds contains legal records pertaining to land purchased by Andrew Anderson in 1890 and sold to Fred Thurston in 1909. Fonds also includes a property tax assessment for the land for 1910. The land involved was D.L. 301, block 80, lots 16 and 17, located at the junction of New Westminster Road (now Kingsway), St. Catherine's Street and 18th Avenue.

Thurston, Fred

Old Contemptibles Association in Canada collection

  • AM921
  • Fonds
  • 1928

The collection consists of letters patent, under the seal of Fernand Rinfret, Secretary of State of Canada, incorporating the Old Contemptibles Association in Canada.

Old Contemptibles Association in Canada

Graham Edis collection

  • AM784
  • Item
  • 1981

The collection consists of the manuscript "The Spark & Gasoline Club", a history of the British Columbia Automobile Association.

Joseph A. Byron collection

  • AM795
  • Item
  • 1942

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) and other civilian defence activities in British Columbia, October 1 to December 31, 1942.

Alexandra Neighbourhood House fonds

  • AM420
  • Fonds
  • 1891-1972

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, financial statements, and annual reports of the organization, as well as reports and documentation of the agency's recreational programming, social work services, and neighbourhood development projects. There are some case files relating to families that received social service assistance, as well as some clippings, and photographs. Fonds includes records of the Alexandra Non-Sectarian Orphanage and Home for Children, Alexandra Community Activities, and Community Chest and Councils of the Greater Vancouver Area.

Alexandra Neighbourhood House

Burrard Hotel fonds

  • AM777
  • Fonds
  • 1908

The fonds consists of an account book and work regulations of the Burrard Hotel.

Burrard Hotel

Fruit Magazine Publishing Company fonds

  • AM1023
  • Fonds
  • 1909

Fonds consists of a book of minutes for the first five meetings of the company. Content is mostly of an organizational nature.

Fruit Magazine Publishing Company

The Vancouver Society of Change Ringers fonds

  • AM1021
  • Fonds
  • 1988

Fonds consists of a Bell Restoration Proposal prepared by the Bell Restoration Committee of the Vancouver Society of Change Ringers. Included in the proposal are an index, summary, history and background, information on committee members, the proposal proper, cost summary and conclusions, terms of reference, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and noise by-law materials.

Vancouver Society of Change Ringers

Thomas Logie fonds

  • AM1019
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1912

Fonds consists of a Deed of Land conveying title of a property purchased in 1911 by Eric Hamber from Thomas Logie, 23 cheques drawn on the Bank of Vancouver by Mr. Logie, and one British Columbia Electric Railway Co. electric light bill.

Logie, Thomas

E. Herberts collection

  • AM1051
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1933]-1937

Collection consists of one plan of an addition to the Yale Hotel (corner of Granville Street and Drake Street) for James C.C. De Biddle Cope Esq., by W.T. Whiteway, Architect; and three electrical plans of the Bottling Room of Vancouver Breweries Ltd., Gardiner & Mercer, Architects.

George Vancouver, 1757-1798, collection

  • AM1062
  • Item
  • 1783

The collection consists of an original parchment of the commission given by Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney appointing George Vancouver fourth lieutenant of H.M.S. "Fame".

The New Play Centre fonds

  • AM1073
  • Fonds
  • 1951-1989, predominant 1970-1988

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, play scripts (microfilmed Nov. 1991), financial records, production files, and publicity material which includes audio tapes and photographs.

New Play Centre (Vancouver, B.C.)

Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Company fonds

  • AM77
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1915

The fonds consists of a minute book, 1911-1913; business correspondence, 1910-1915; a blue-print of the proposed location; a sketch map of the southern part of D.L. 1345; and printed works.

Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Company

Mount Stephen Apartments fonds

  • AM1315
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1922

Fonds contains journal of rental collected and cash paid out January 1915 to September 1922, as kept by the building manager, Ernest Bulmer (1889-1979).

Mount Stephen Apartments

James McIntosh fonds

  • AM104
  • Fonds
  • 1876-1889

The fonds consists of a letterbook of business correspondence, 1876-1889, for the most part connected with the business of the Shuswap Milling Company.

McIntosh, James

Chief Capilano collection

  • AM121
  • Fonds
  • 1890

The collection consists of a receipt for $15.00 signed (by mark) by Chief Capilano, a Chief of the Capilano Band Squamish Tribe, on 16 June 1890.

David Salmond Malcolm Mitchell collection

  • AM120
  • Fonds
  • 1889-1953

Collection contains a program of a concert given by the Central School on 31 October 1899 at the Imperial Opera House; a letter written by David Mitchell in 1949 to Mr. E.B. MacMaster, Secretary, Vancouver Pioneers' Association, commenting on the program; copies of photographs of David Mitchell in 1889 and 1894; and a newspaper clipping dated March 1953 about the 1899 concert.

Mitchell, David Salmond Malcolm

William Hailstone fonds

  • AM119
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1908

The fonds consists of two price lists and maps showing lots owned by William Hailstone; an indenture between the C.P.R. and Hailstone; and copies of the wills of William Hailstone and his wife, Catherine.

Hailstone, William

Rebecca Dayton fonds

  • AM117
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1945

The fonds consists of photographs and assorted genealogical material, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, correspondence and a Dayton genealogy manuscript.

Dayton, Rebecca

Vancouver Real Estate Board fonds

  • AM101
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1889

The fonds consists of minutes of the Vancouver Real Estate Board of 1888. The volume also includes a price list, and maps from later custodians of the volume.

The volume also includes notations in the hand of JS Matthews, some of which state incorrect information on the relationship between the 1888 Vancouver Real Estate Board and the later Vancouver Real Estate Exchange formed in 1919.

Vancouver Real Estate Board [1888]

Alfred D. Long fonds

  • AM107
  • Fonds
  • 1961

The fonds consists of letters, memoranda and circulars concerning the establishment of the Art, Historical and Scientific Association Archives of Aviation.

Long, Alfred D.

Emma Cripps fonds

  • AM100
  • Fonds
  • 1877-1890

The fonds consists of poetry on patriotic, religious, topical and sentimental themes.

Cripps, Emma

James Thomas Hughes collection

  • AM99
  • Fonds
  • 1942

Collection consists of clippings and a poem entitled "Here and There", a jingling rhyme, written by Mr. Hughes in July 1942 for his wife's birthday, reminiscent of their life together in Wales and Canada.

Hughes, James Thomas

Shakespeare Society of Vancouver fonds

  • AM1391
  • Fonds
  • 1993-1995

Fonds consists of newsletters dated 1993-1995. Arranged chronologically.

Shakespeare Society of Vancouver, 1993-

Queen Charlotte Apartments fonds

  • AM1390
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1941

Fonds consists of: photocopy of "typical plan . . . Drawing no. 2" (Sept. 1927); a brochure ("Vancouver's finest furnished or unfurnished apartments : 1101 Nicola Street, corner Pendrell Street", includes illustrations, ca. 1930; a contact sheet of 4 frames of photographs by Campbell Studios (exterior and interiors), ca. 1935; a blank rental form, ca. 1940; and an "Interim Receipt" for purchase of the building, 6 Feb. 1941, signed by N. A. Larsen and the agents for the owner, Macaulay, Nicolls, Maitland & Co. City Council passed a by-law to designate 1101 Nicola Street as a heritage property in 1997 (by-law no. 7814). Arranged chronologically.

Queen Charlotte Apartments

Vancouver Bowling Club fonds

  • AM78
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1909, 1924-1927

The fonds consists of photographs and business correspondence, 1906-1909, and clippings and records of scores, 1924-1927.

Vancouver Bowling Club

J.A. Byron collection

  • AM92
  • Fonds
  • 1895-1911

Collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Alfred Hood. The first is a child's school notebook dated 1839. The clippings are varied, a few dates, 1904-1905, 1911, are given. The second is a cashbook dated 1860. The clippings are largely of Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg dated 1895-1899.

Archibald Douglas Darlington collection

  • AM86
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1938

The collection consists of articles A.D. Darlington published between 1913-1938 which have been collected into a scrapbook by his son, John Darlington, photographs and correspondence.

Darlington, Archibald Douglas

William Templeton collection

  • AM80
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1950

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and programs, aviation and flying news 1930-1941, 1945-1947; three printed works by William Templeton: Touring the Wild and Woolly West by Air (1933); Vancouver Airport and Seaplane Harbour, plus a song by him "Vancouver Calls Me" (1947), and Memorandum of Vancouver International Airport with Recommendations for Future Development (1950).

Templeton, William

New Westminster Agency of the Department of Lands and Works fonds

  • AM94
  • Fonds
  • 1889-1906

The fonds consists of notices, indentures and other legal documents from the files of the New Westminster Agency of the Department of Lands and Works. The majority of the documents are concerned with mining claims in the area of Texada Island.

British Columbia. Department of Lands and Works. New Westminster Agency

Jonathan Miller collection

  • AM291
  • Fonds

The collection consists of biographical data on Jonathan Miller.

Miller, Jonathan

John Kmetz fonds

  • AM290
  • Fonds
  • [194-?]; 1958-1965

The fonds consists of letters received by John Kmetz, written in Ukrainian, with accompanying envelopes. Also included are photocopies of the letters with some English translations, as well as two photographs of an elderly couple.

Kmetz, John

Alex Black collection

  • AM288
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1825-1862

The collection consists of correspondence of the McGibbon family.

Black, Alex

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