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Electrical Division subject and departmental files

Series consists of two sets of electrical subject and departmental files, which were probably kept by two engineers or two offices. Records pertain to a broad range of administrative and operational matters concerning installation and maintenance of electrical services, including inspection and licensing. Set 1 (1949-1968) records are in original paper form, while set 2 (1948-1974, microfilmed 1985) is microfilm copy. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Electrical Division

City Electrician's files

Series consists of subject files which include correspondence, reports, tables and technical drawings; financial and inspection record books; one set of drawings; and photocopied minutes of the Technical Planning Board's Zoning and Real Estate Sub-committee (1951-1960). Filing units are arranged by starting year.

Vancouver (B.C.). Electrical Department

Water works register of appropriations for roadwork

Series consists of a register listing all instances of roadwork, drainwork, etc. It is possible to determine the date of the work, the portion of a street for which work was completed, and the cost of the work by looking up a street name. The date sequence appears complete. Arranged alphabetically by street name.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Board of Works reports to City Council

Series consists of the City Engineer's set of Board of Works reports (1906-1956), Board of Administration reports (1956-1974), and City Manager's reports (1974-1977), relating to engineering matters, which were forwarded to City Council for adoption, and signed by the City Clerk. Each volume contains an index. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Electrical Division project files

Series consists of two sets of electrical project files, which were probably kept by two engineers or two offices. Records pertain to the electrical aspects of a wide variety of city-wide sites, as well as to overall systems such as traffic signals, street lighting, fire alarms, radio signal transmitters, and utility poles. Set 1 (1930-1971) is in original paper form, while set 2 (1941-1975, microfilmed 1985) is microfilm copy. The two offices sometimes worked on the same projects, but neither set contains all projects (records are usually not duplicated). Arranged in two sets of numerical sequences by project numbers.

Vancouver (B.C.). Electrical Division

Road Operations Branch correspondence

Series consists of general correspondence pertaining to the construction and maintenance of roadways, including reports to City Hall, complaints, letters regarding accidents and claims, and reports on snow removal. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Streets Division

Water Works Department plumbing record

Series consists of a record of plumbing work done on houses and buildings in the city, as well as existing plumbing fixtures at each location. Entries list the city lot number, street name, date, owner, number and type of fixtures at that location, the plumber's name, remarks, and cost. Arranged according to location by district lot number.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Water Works Department valve inventory

Series consists of a large valve inventory compiled for reference purposes. It contains 160 pages of descriptions and accompanying drawings of valves at cross streets and other city locations. Indicated are valve sizes, number of turns required to open or close a valve, exact locations, type of valve (e.g. vertical, gate, etc.), sizes of bypasses, and characteristics of valve chambers. Includes alphabetical street name contents list. This record may have been compiled shortly after the amalgamation of Vancouver, Point Grey, and South Vancouver. Arranged more or less in alphabetical order by associated street name.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Sewerage records

Series consists of an assortment of records pertaining to the costs of sewerage installation and maintenance. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water and Sewers Division

Water works distributing journals

Series consists of accounting records of the Waterworks Dept., including administrative and operational expenses. 1929-1933 records are missing. After 1933 the record is called "Distributing Journal". Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Water application record books

Series consists of a record of applications for water service, in chronological order by date of application. Entries are numbered consecutively and the applicant's name, address, and city lot number are recorded. The earlier volume was begun by the Vancouver Water Works Company, a private utility which supplied the city's water before the City took it over.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Water rates journals

Series consists of an incomplete sequence of water payments (1892-1893, 1900, 1902, ca. 1905?, 1914-1920). The 1892-1893 record indicates the company name, the volume of water consumed, and the associated costs; the 1900 and 1902 volumes show the owner's name and payment record; the 1919 volume contains also plumbing details (e.g. no. of toilets). A separate volume contains properties which were deemed out of the ordinary and is complete for 1914-1920. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Law Department special files

Series consists of case files on significant City legal issues, e.g. amalgamations, land and property matters (including disputes with railway companies), etc. Also included are two files of photographs which were kept for their historical interest only. Arranged alphabetically by case file title (with the photographs at the end).

Vancouver (B.C.). Legal Services

Water Works Committee reports to Committee and Council

Series consists of reports of the City Engineer to the Water Works Committee, and reports of the Committee to Council (the 1910 volume contains only the former) kept by the City Engineer. The 1937-1940 volume consists of Board of Works reports on water matters, as the Board had taken over these responsibilities when the Waterworks Committee was abolished. Each bound volume has an index attached to the back cover. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Committee

City Engineer's incoming correspondence

Series consists of several sets of incoming correspondence relating to the City Engineer's public liaison and senior management activities. The earliest correspondents include the Canadian Pacific Railway Company; the early letters are addressed to the City Engineer, to City Council, to the City Clerk, or to the Board of Works. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Water Works Committee minutes

Series consists of minutes of the regular and special meetings of the Water Works Committee kept by the City Engineer. Included are Water Works Department reports, department requests for approval (and a record of the decision), Committee recommendations to Council, incoming correspondence from the public, copies of related by-laws, incoming correspondence from the public, copies of related by-laws, documentation of relations with contractors and employees, and with adjoining municipalities. Each bound volume has an index attached to the back cover. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Committee

Law Department general correspondence

Series consists of correspondence of the City Solicitor's Office (to 1936), the Law Office (1937-1947), and the Law Department (from 1948), relating to legal advice to City offices and boards, and correspondence with Province of British Columbia offices on legislative issues. Arranged in annual sets and therein alphabetically by subject.

Vancouver (B.C.). Legal Services

Records of Arthur Phillips

Series consists of correspondence, memos, notices of meetings, reports, briefs and speeches relating to his career as alderman and as mayor. The correspondence is primarily between Phillips and the general public during his years as alderman. A large number of newspaper clippings, arranged by month, have been collected from his time as mayor. As well, there are newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers relating to Phillips' concerns as mayor. These include the creation of the Granville Mall, the False Creek development, the purchase of the Orpheum Theatre, as well as in general housing, planning, taxation and immigration policies of that period. Arranged by form of records, and chronologically in each division.

Phillips, Arthur

South Vancouver School Board auditor's reports

Series consists of two bound ledgers which detail by school the expenditures under South Vancouver School By-laws numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, for the years 1908-1913, and 1918.

South Vancouver (B.C.). Board of School Trustees

City Clerk's Office outward correspondence

Series consists of bound volumes of letter press books containing copies of letters sent by the City Clerk to both internal and external addressees. Each bound volume contains an index of addressees.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Clerk

City submissions to senior governments

Series consists of briefs submitted by Council to senior governments, as well as a couple of miscellaneous briefs, all kept as a separate file in the Clerk's office during the period represented. Some are in published form, while others are reproduced typeface. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Clerk

Traffic Commission subject files

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

Vancouver (B.C.). Official Traffic Commission

Civic Museums and Planetarium Board correspondence, and administrative records

Series contains the records filed by the secretary of the Board, or by the Office of the City Clerk on behalf of the Board, including administrative records (e.g. copies of Board and committee minutes, of City committees related to the Board, budget files, some annual reports, etc.), correspondence with the public and other museums, and the Board's copies of some of the Museum's accession correspondence, all relating to the administration and promotion of the City's museums. Arrangement of the small volume of records varies.

Vancouver (B.C.). Civic Museums and Planetarium Board

City Council investigation transcripts, exhibits, and reports

Series consists of transcripts, exhibits, reports, and a small amount of correspondence relating to investigations carried out at the instigation of Council, either by a City body (as a preliminary probe), or by a provincial judge or commission (according to the Vancouver Incorporation Act). Much of this series consists of original transcripts and reports. Arranged alphabetically by investigation title.

Vancouver (B.C.). City Council

Elections - polling station record

Series consists of poll by poll tallies of number of voters, votes cast, per cent of eligible voters who voted, and other details, for each annual civic election, relating to the operation of individual polling stations. Some summary data for all polling stations is also included. Arranged in multi-year batches, and therein in polling station number order.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Clerk

Airport Board minutes

Series contains the official signed minutes, the confidential minutes, and an index to the minutes. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Airport Board

Vehicles for Hire Board Chair's correspondence and reference files

Series consists of files kept by the Chair of the Vehicles for Hire Board (Harry Rankin), including correspondence with the public concerning consideration of their licenses, and reference items such as Board minutes, the by-law, and outside reports on procedure. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Vehicles for Hire Board

City Council Standing Committee minutes

Series consists of bound volumes of standing committees of Council minutes, presented in Council minutes style. Bound volumes arranged chronologically by start year.

Vancouver (B.C.). City Council

Director of Social Services' subject files, 1955-1971 (predominant)

Series consists of the Director's administrative and operational files, consisting of policy files, project files, operational subject files, and professional files, filed under the following broad categories: "Procedures", "Projects and costs", Statistical reporting", "Briefs, statements, reports", "General files", and "United Community Services". Records are primarily correspondence and reports. Arranged in the broad categories.

Vancouver (B.C.). Welfare and Rehabilitation Department

Social Planning Department administrative and operational subject files

Series contains subject files documenting the following: administration of the Social Planning Department, the Community Development unit (1971-1974), the Carnegie Centre and the Civic Theatres unit (1978-1984); local area planning (carried out primarily by the Planning Department with input from Social Planning); social policy issues relating to refugees, English language problems, youth services, prostitution, alcoholism, etc.; participation in the social and cultural planning for Expo 86; and multi-government social policy development. A variety of community organizations and their operations are represented.

Vancouver (B.C.). Social Planning Department

South Vancouver teachers employee records

Series consists of bound ledgers which identify names and addresses of teachers, date of appointment, class of certificate, and salary. Arranged by name of school.

South Vancouver (B.C.). Board of School Trustees

Control Division records

Series contains affidavits, project files, as well as serial letters relating to the establishment of a uniform policy regarding allowances at municipal and provincial level. Arranged by subject.

Vancouver (B.C.). Welfare and Rehabilitation Department

Pacific Hostel records

Series consists of minutes, correspondence and reports regarding the establishment and operation of Pacific Hostel for single men. Arranged by subject.

Vancouver (B.C.). Pacific Hostel

Social Service Department management meetings minutes

Series consists of minutes primarily of departmental directors and of unit supervisors relating to policy issues and problem solving. Arranged by body and therein chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Welfare and Rehabilitation Department

Skid Road reports

Series consists of reports on a plan for action to relieve the human problems on skid road in Vancouver. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Welfare and Rehabilitation Department

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