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Margaret Bulman fonds

  • AM910
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1927

The fonds consists of Bulman's account books and correspondence.

Bulman, Margaret

Margaret Mitchell fonds

  • AM1380
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1993

Fonds contains records pertaining to community development and urban living issues in Vancouver.

Mitchell, Margaret A.

Margaret Rushton fonds

  • AM137
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1955

The fonds consists of correspondence, radio scripts, programmes and photographs pertaining the activities of the Parent-Teacher Association.

Rushton, Margaret E.

Margery Wade collection

  • AM797
  • Fonds
  • 1898-1916

The collection consists of telegrams and letters from Walter Moberly to Margery Wade and Norton Griffiths concerning personal matters, the New Westminster fire (1898), and railway development; Wilfred Laurier to F. C. Wade concerning Liberal politics; Noel Robinson to F. C. Wade concerning Moberly. The collection also includes 95 original cartoon drawings by John Innis and James B. Fitzmaurice depicting provincial political figures and issues such as prohibition, and 4 black and white photographic reproductions of cartoon drawings by Fitzmaurice.

Wade, Margery

Marguerite Britton fonds

  • AM686
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1979

The fonds consists of photocopies of research notes, clippings and articles on painters Charles Hatch and Victor Long, and a short history of Knox United Church and its chancel stained glass window.

Britton, Marguerite

Marguerite Ford fonds

  • AM706
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2005; predominant 1973-1990

The fonds consist of records created and accumulated by Marguerite Ford during her work with the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Resources Board, the Point Grey Community Resources Board and other civic organizations. The files include committee minutes, correspondence, subject files, publications, financial records and personal correspondence

Ford, Marguerite

Marjorie C. Moore collection

  • AM587
  • Item
  • 1977

The manuscript is a study of prostitution in Vancouver using primarily the Police Court calendars and Board of Health minutes.

Marpole Baptist Church collection

  • AM355
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1973

The collection consists of excerpts from organizational meetings for the establishment of a Baptist Church at Eburne, 1910-1911, history of the church, 1911-1961, general information and photographs.

Marpole Baptist Church

Marpole Business Association collection

  • AM817
  • Fonds
  • 1983

The collection consists of three letters from entrants to the Marpole Pioneer Days Historical Information Contest: Eleanor Zelma (Clarke) Bunting, Lilace (Churchill) Thompson, and Florence (Hird) Foulkes. The letters contain genealogical and historical information about pioneers and pioneer life.

Marpole Business Association

Marpole-Oakridge Community Association fonds

  • AM1682
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1918-2015] ; predominant 1944-2015

Fonds consists of records relating to the operation of the Marpole-Oakridge Community Association. Record types include incorporation certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, annual reports, financial statements, board meeting minutes and standing committee minutes.

The fonds has been organized into the following series: Meeting minutes and reports (1944-2015), Administrative files (1944-2005), Program and event files (ca. 1946-2014), History files (ca. 1930-2011), Photographs (ca. 1918-1985), and Marpole Residents Coalition records (1978-1984, 2012-2014).

Marpole-Oakridge Community Association

Mary Aubrey Spillman collection

  • AM964
  • Fonds
  • 1889

Fonds consists of a single sheet for the Pioneer's Certificate roll of honour from the Vancouver Daily Province.

Spillman, Mary Aubrey

Mary E. Stott collection

  • AM296
  • Fonds
  • 1955

The collection consists of two photocopied pages from B.A. McKelvie's "Pageant of British Columbia", published in 1955.

Stott, Mary E.

Mary Gruchy fonds

  • AM253
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1983

The fonds consists of records created, received, and collected by Mary Gruchy. Fonds includes records pertaining to the Provincial Botanical Office, such as annual reports, notes, newspaper clippings, journals, photographs, a retirement certificate, and other materials. The fonds also includes brochures from the B.C. Mountaineering Club, and a map of Mount Garibaldi.

Gruchy, Mary J.

Mary Horner collection

  • AM254
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1958

The collection consists of miscellaneous material on the Kitsilano area: the yearbook for 1929 of St. Mark's Church, the obituary of John Hood, a Kitsilano pioneer, his photograph, and a newspaper photograph of Kitsilano beach in the early days. In addition, there is a 1958 federal voters' list for Kitsilano.

Horner, Mary

Mary Pack fonds

  • AM1018
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1986

Fonds consists of letters, cards, invitations, awards, photographs, speeches, notes, newsclippings, and other similar material documenting Pack's personal involvements with C.A.R.S. and other related organizations.

Pack, Mary

Max Baker fonds

  • AM1692
  • Fonds
  • 1984-1990

Fonds consists of six photo albums depicting Baker’s personal life as a gay man living in the West End and many of his friends, as well as Pride festivals from the 1980s and other local events. Albums dating from 1990 include photographs apparently taken after Baker’s death and may have been added by another person, possibly Gary Gilbertson. Album pages include labels identifying events and people. Some album pages also have names of persons identified with sticky notes, which were applied by guests during the 2019 exhibition at the Mole Hill Community Housing Society. The fonds also includes two photographs of Max Baker provided to the Mole Hill Community Housing Society by Baker’s cousin.

Max Baker

May Brown fonds

  • AM1649
  • Fonds
  • 1923-2019 (predominant 1941-2008)

Fonds consists of correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, certificates and honours, and books documenting May Brown’s achievements and contributions to the community.

The fonds is arranged into the following series: Election records (1947-1988); Awards, honours and recognitions (1967-1992); Education and teaching records (1929-1963); Councillor, civic appointments and volunteering records (1941-2007); Personal papers (ca. 1946-2018); and Photographs (1932-2005).

Brown, May

McCleery family fonds

  • AM114
  • Fonds
  • 1837-1959

The fonds includes a notebook belonging to Robert Wood (his sister Mary married F. McCleery in 1873); business and personal correspondence; clippings; publications; financial records and ledgers; diaries of William Wood, Fitzgerald McCleery, Samuel McCleery and Theodora Logan (daughter of Fitzgerald and Mary McCleery); photographs; mementos and letters of the Wood family; and school records.

McCleery family

McFarlane family fonds

  • AM79
  • Fonds
  • 1884, 1904-1912, 1945-1947

The fonds consists of a notebook containing university notes on various subjects, and student teacher notes. There are also examples of examination papers, report cards, and private correspondence.

McFarlane family

McGeer family fonds

  • AM958
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1987

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, and photographs relating to Gerald Gratton McGeer and his family.

McGeer family

McGlashan family fonds

  • AM704
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900-1956]

The fonds consists primarily of family photographs from New Brunswick, Scotland and Vancouver. In addition, there are poems by Mrs. McGlashan, notes by McGlashan entitled "The Western Sweep of Civilization" and ephemera.

McGlashan family

McGuigan family fonds

  • AM139
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1960

The fonds includes correspondence and other personal records; copies of reports (apparently from City of Vancouver records); Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Co. records, 1911-1935; miscellaneous maps and drawings; and photographs of the McGuigan family, civic functions, Jewish-owned retail stores, street scenes, and markets.

McGuigan family

McNair-Fraser Lumber Company collection

  • AM842
  • Item
  • 1976

The collection consists of a manuscript containing a history of the McNair-Fraser Lumber Company, Vancouver, by David M. Rees-Thomas. In 1906, the McNair Timber Company was incorporated in Vancouver. The timber limits were located in what is now the British Properties of West Vancouver. In 1907, a logging railway was begun by the company and during the same year a partnership was entered into with Russell L. Fraser and the new corporation was known as the McNair-Fraser Lumber Company Ltd. By 1918, the company was out of existence. Robert McNair continued to work in the industry as president of Robert McNair Shingle Company Ltd.

McQueen family fonds

  • AM465
  • Fonds
  • 1782-1796, 1874-1978

The fonds consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs and personal reminiscences of the McQueen family, including a series of letters from a James McQueen in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1782-1796 re: the French revolution, West Indies slave trade, parliamentary reform, corn laws and a variety of contemporary political and social events, family and personal matters; minutes of the Women's Educational Club, 1913-1919; a Whetham College calendar; miscellaneous papers of the Shaughnessy Heights Property Owners' Association, 1953-1966; a taped CBC interview with Kate McQueen, 1978; copies of the Westminster Hall Magazine and the Westminster Review, 1911-1917; photographs depicting the family, the family home, and Queen's Park fairgrounds; and materials relating to numerous organizations, including the Vancouver Art Gallery and Museum, King Edward High School, the Vancouver Pioneer's Association, and various women's clubs.

McQueen family

McRoberts family fonds

  • AM26
  • Fonds
  • 1860-[1914]

The fonds consists of family records, including a diary of Hugh McRoberts, 1883, miscellaneous correspondence, and other records, including those of Charles Edward Bunting and Maude E. Bunting, and a floral album of poems and autographs addressed to Jennie (McRoberts) Bunting between 1862-1901.

McRoberts family

Men's Musical Club of Vancouver fonds

  • AM191
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1929

The fonds includes a combined minute book-scrapbook, which also contains financial statements and a membership list. There are also programmes for concerts (1919-1929) and photographs of the members.

Men's Musical Club of Vancouver

Mercantile Mortgage Company fonds

  • AM123
  • Fonds
  • 1869-1988; 1908-1985 predominant

The fonds consists of textual records, including architectural plans and sketches, and photographs relating to the administration and operation of Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited, Estates Investment Limited and the other Thomson family corporate holdings.
Incorporation and capitalization documents and correspondence from 1908 and 1919 exist for both Mercantile Mortgage Company and Estates Investment Limited, respectively. Administrative and operational records include financial statements, operating statements and working papers for both companies, and Argyll House Limited, dating from their inception to the late 1980s, as well as company and Unit Holder audits from the same time period. Unit holder lists, registers, stock certificates and correspondence give investment and investor details from 1908 to 1988. Trustee Company Limited, Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited and Estates Investment Limited Minute Books detail the administration and operation of the companies from their inception in 1908 and 1919 to 1983.
A large number of records detail the property and real estate holdings and mortgage loans held by Mercantile Mortgage Company and Estates Investment Limited. These include building files for each of the significant Vancouver and New Westminster properties which include deeds, photographs, architectural plans and sketches, correspondence with building trades companies in the respective cities, permits for construction in each building and some lease and tenant information. Many of these files date to the late 19th Century or first decade of the 20th century. In addition, a number of building files detail modern upgrades to the buildings including elevator and sprinkler system installation and general upgrades from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some files contain lease and tenant information as well as operating statements and general property management information. Tax assessments and property valuations from the 1970s and 1980s are related to sale agreements for each of the properties. In addition, a number of dockets dating from 1896 to 1921 contain mortgages, agreements of sale, property deeds, real unit property deeds and transfers, and other indentures and contracts related to real estate investments and mortgage loans.
Photographs and colour slides of Gastown and New Westminster buildings and streets detail the development of the buildings and their respective cities and neighbourhoods through the 20th Century.

Mercantile Mortgage Company Limited

Mercer and Mercer Architects fonds

  • AM1431
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1970, predominantly 1940-1970

Fonds contains photographs and drawings of buildings designed by Mercer & Mercer Architects as well as a certificate of registration for Andrew Lamb Mercer from the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.

Also included in the fonds are photographs from six albums showing buildings of various clientele of Mercer & Mercer Architects as well as projects by the predecessor firm, Gardiner and Mercer. Sites include breweries, hospitals, schools, fire halls, banks and other businesses primarily located in Vancouver but also other parts of the province.

Mercer and Mercer, Architects

Michael Huculak fonds

  • AM442
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1896, 1947-1984

The fonds consists of research notes and correspondence relating to the publication, When Russia Was in America, 1965-1975; biographies, memoirs and correspondence regarding the 50th Anniversary Committee (participants in the November 1, 1918 resurgence in the Western Ukraine); correspondence regarding Ukrainian folk art exhibit in Vancouver and donations to Museums, 1968-1970; family correspondence, memoirs and correspondence regarding British Columbia and Ukrainians. Also included is a manuscript "Ukrainians in British Columbia and their Contribution to the Cultural Life of the Province" translation, 1984.
The fonds is arranged into 6 series: 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968-Western Ukrainian resurgence; 150th Anniversary of the establishment of Canada's western boundary; British Columbia and Ukrainian research documents; Michael Huculak's correspondence and miscellaneous papers; Research notes; and Ukrainian folk art.

Huculak, Michael

Michael Levenston collection

  • AM924
  • Item
  • 1985

The collection consists of "A Century in Western Canada", a family history of the Izen, Katz, Koenigsberg and related families, by Michael Levenston. The Izen family moved to Vancouver in 1888 and after great struggles opened a fruit store on Canada Street. Etta Izen married Maurice Koenigsberg. There are several descendants living in the Vancouver area.

Miller family fonds

  • AM819
  • Fonds
  • 1869-1983

The fonds consists of photocopies of various histories, notes, correspondence, photographs and genealogical information on the Miller and Springer families to 1983.

Miller family

Miss Alice England collection

  • AM215
  • Fonds
  • 1894-1896

The collection consists of four receipts: Christ Church Building Co. Ltd., 1894; Burnaby Statute Labour Tax receipts, 1895 and 1896; and an inspector's permit to extend sewer line, 1896.

England, Alice

Mitchell family fonds

  • AM977
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1986

Fonds consists of correspondence, Mitchell family history records, certificates, invitations, Vancouver Pioneers' Association records and photographs.

Mitchell, Alex

Mitchell-Dwelly family fonds

  • AM504
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1960

The fonds consists of minutes of the Lynn Valley Institute, 1913-31; correspondence, 1917-1948; World War II memorabilia; postcards, 1935-38; certificate, 1883; unemployment insurance card, 1950; income tax return, 1949; hospitalization and insurance claims, 1948-50; membership cards, 1920; and clippings, ca. 1952. The fonds also includes some of Elizabeth Aston's correspondence with her sister in England during World War I.

Mitchell-Dwelly family

Mon Alex Club of Vancouver fonds

  • AM1458
  • Fonds
  • 1945-2003

The fonds include the history, by-laws, rules, accounting ledgers, women's auxiliary agendas and registers, correspondence, speeches, bulletins, banquet programs, certificates and stationery, photographs (many unidentified) and a video relating to children's social activities. The materials that comprise the Mon Alex Club of Vancouver fonds were not arranged in any particular order when they arrived at the Archives.

Mon Alex Club of Vancouver

Morgan Family collection

  • AM197
  • Item
  • 1946

The collection consists of a portion of "Account of a trip taken by Owen Livingstone, 20 June to 11 August, 1946". The portion covers 27 June to 24 July. Owen Livingstone was a relative of J.R. Morgan, who travelled through B.C. to the Queen Charlotte logging camp of J.R. Morgan.

Moses Cotsworth fonds

  • AM882
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1942

The fonds consists of letters, bills, leases, papers, and publications of Moses B. Cotsworth; a photograph of John Oliver; and Vancouver publications.

Cotsworth, Moses Bruine

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

Mountain View [Cemetery] tombstone inscriptions (alphabetical) : 1887-1983

  • AM1377
  • Fonds
  • 1887-1983; Transcribed 1978-1983. Microfilmed Aug. 1986

Fonds consists of filmed index cards which indicate tombstone inscriptions, section location of tombstones, and name cross references, where relevant. Tombstone inscriptions vary, where indicated the birth and death dates of the buried individual(s), etc. Arranged alphabetically.

British Columbia Genealogical Society

Mountaineers' Terpsichorean Club fonds

  • AM264
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1905, 1929

The fonds consists of records produced by the Mountaineers' Terpsichorean Club. Records include programmes of dances, a photo of the Mount Pleasant Quadrille Club, and a minute book of the Mountaineers' Terpsichorean Club. The minutebook contains minutes of Club meetings, lists of members, as well as three reports of the operations of the Fire Department of the City of Vancouver, No. 5 Fire Company.

Mountaineers' Terpsichorean Club

Mrs. B.T. Rogers collection

  • AM198
  • Fonds
  • [192-?]

The collection consists of a copy of the personal reminiscences, made in the early 1920s, of Mrs. B.T. Rogers of early Vancouver.

Mrs. C.T. Major collection

  • AM352
  • Item
  • 1909-1955

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings re Vancouver pioneer families. It includes several articles on individuals connected with the fishing industry - Robert Draney, George Alexander, William Henry Barker, John Rowan and Charles Splan, and a list of B.C. salmon packed, 1897.

Mrs. F.E. Scott collection

  • AM481
  • Item
  • 1910

The collection consists of a scrapbook of magazine clippings, mostly images of local Vancouver sites. A few photographs of early Vancouver are included, as are salmon can labels (3 large + 1 narrow in file 4).

Mrs. George T. Smith collection

  • AM174
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1905

The collection consists of nine cartoons from "The Warder" dated 15 April and 10 June 1893:
1) He is not an Englishman
2) Poor Paddy
3) Faust-up to date
4) Old Mother Hubbard
5) Punctured
6) Robbing the Coach
7) New Partners in an Old Game
8) Mr. Morley hauls down the Union Jack
9) Real Irish Legislators!
There is also a copy of "The Perth Courier" dated 30 June 1905.

Mrs. M. Wilkinson collection

  • AM259
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1936

The collection consists of a copy of the Diamond Jubilee edition of the Daily Mail dated 23 June 1897, a coloured lithograph of Queen Victoria, and a poster to celebrate Vancouver's Golden Jubilee, 1936.

Mrs. M.S. White collection

  • AM261
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1962

The collection consists of the provincial license granted to the Sannie Transportation Co. Ltd. in 1944, the original typescript History of the Sannie Transportation Co. Ltd. 1920-1954 by Mary S. White, and a photograph ca. 1925 of the M.V. "Sannie III".

The Sannie Transportation Co. Ltd. was formed in 1920 by G.H. Brown and Thomas Steele and was taken over in 1922 by "Tommy" White who was president until 1954. The company relinquished its franchise in 1956 when Black Ball Ferries Ltd. took over the Horseshoe Bay-Bowen Island run. In turn, it was taken over by the provincial government in 1962.

Municipal History Society fonds

  • AM715
  • Fonds
  • 1955-1976

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, notes and published items. There are papers from J.T. Cork relating to Cassiar and Hastings-Sunrise area issues; records from the Lower Mainland Metro Council of Ratepayers; notes and correspondence of Mrs. Alice Mackenzie documenting her protests over property assessment practices; records of the Vancouver Central Council of Ratepayers; and cassette tape recordings of interviews.

Municipal History Society (Vancouver, B.C.)

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