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James A. Moody collection

  • AM699
  • Fonds
  • 1971

The collection consists of a photocopy of the letter of Mr. Moody and background information, including an announcement of the takeover of Hoffar-Beeching Shipyards Ltd. by Boeing Aircraft, and photographs of the Boeing plant.

Moody, James A.

James Alexander Bonson fonds

  • AM224
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1914

The fonds consists of a notebook of bridge reports for the Maple Ridge municipality. The notebook contains daily entries detailing the weather, the work undertaken, the number of men employed, the meals prepared, and financial transactions.

Bonson, James Alexander

James Hamilton collection

  • AM444
  • Fonds
  • 1932

The collection consists of carbon copies of a typescript draft of Hamilton's "Western Shores", which was a collection of stories and recollections of events relating to B.C. maritime history.

Hamilton, James

James Kennedy fonds

  • AM248
  • Fonds
  • 1852-1853; reproduced 1941

The fonds consists of a typescript copy of a diary kept by James Kennedy during his trip to Australia. The fonds also includes a handwritten copy of a portion of the diary.

Kennedy, James

James Pilkington fonds

  • AM1024
  • Fonds
  • 1906

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a letter sent to James Pilkington by his nephew, Alf, in 1906, outlining conditions in Vancouver and the position of City Accountant; and a typewritten transcript of the letter.

Pilkington, James

Jericho Country Club fonds

  • AM59
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1892]-1942

The fonds includes records of the Jericho Syndicate Limited (1905) and a list of subscribers; letters concerning the formation of the B.C. Golf Association (1922) and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (1926); a guest list for the farewell reception of 1942; writings on the early history of the Club; photographs; a blueprint, J.H. Bushnell, "Plan of part of Lots 176 and 538"; two small maps of the golf course, one of the country club location; a book of membership applications, 1919-1928; clippings; and a scrapbook belonging to J.R. Waghorn, Chairman of the Golf Committee, containing correspondence, 1916-1917, and clippings from 1916-1931.

Jericho Country Club

Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia collection

  • AM471
  • Fonds
  • 1971

The collection contains a photocopy of the script to a slide show presentation entitled "Jewish Pioneers in British Columbia" prepared by Cyril E. Leonoff of the Jewish Historical Society of B.C., in September 1971, a photocopied newsclipping history of the Jewish community in Vancouver written by Julius Shore in 1971 and published in "The Bulletin", and miscellaneous clippings on Jack Beder.

Jersey Farms Limited fonds

  • AM1275
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1997 ; predominant 1931-1955

Fonds consists of the following series: film reels, 1938-1950; miscellaneous records, 1931-1997; photographs, 1936-1955. Records relate to the administrative, plant production, milk delivery, and public relations activities of Jersey Farms.

Jersey Farms Limited

Jessie Parkes fonds

  • AM277
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1938

Fonds consists of education certificates, teaching evaluations, and letters of recommendation for Jessie Parkes.

Parkes, Jessie F.B.

Joanne Hughes collection

  • AM105
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1972

Collection consists of a broad sheet signed by "one of many liberals" which strongly condemns Sir Wilfred Laurier's position on the conscription issue during the First World War; a preliminary survey, not drawn to scale, of the cemetery across from McMillan Island, which includes sketches of gravestones and lists of inscriptions, prepared by Mrs. Joanne Hughes, 2 April, 1972; and an itemised account of the building costs of a four room bungalow built 1940-1941 by Joseph Lawrence near Vancouver for F.R. Hughes, his son-in-law. There is also a photograph of the house at 5734 Bruce Street, Vancouver.

John A. Bovey collection

  • AM89
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1941

Collection consists of views of Vancouver including the city and Stanley Park.

John Frederick Morgan collection

  • AM1420
  • Fonds
  • 1912, 1926, 1971

Collection consists of "Intercom : 1871-1971 centennial issue", published by B.C. Hydro and Power Authority; "The B.C. Electric employee's magazine : special review number", March, 1926; and a B.C. Electric Railway medallion, with the following inscription on the reverse: "Souvenir, first annual picnic, Hastings Park, Vancouver, July 24-25, 1912".

Morgan, John Frederick

John Fraser collection

  • AM299
  • Fonds
  • 1974

The collection consists of campaign pamphlets.

Fraser, John

John Gansner fonds

  • AM1443
  • Fonds
  • 1946-1958

Fonds consists six films made by Gansner. Titles on the containers are: "[Vancouver] Jubilee Parade" (1946, motorcycle escort, marching band, dignitaries in carriage, floats include Margaret McNeil's birthday cake, Veterans of the Boer War, Native Sons of BC Post no.2, Irish Fusiliers, City of Victoria, City of New Westminster, City of Nanaimo; buildings include Ailsa Lodge, 1020 Melville); "Shriners Parade" (1951, buildings in background include Purdy's, 675 Granville Street, Paradise Theatre, 851 Granville Street, Cunningham Drug, 901 Granville Street, possibly Drysdale Building, 577 Granville Street); "Empire Games Opening Ceremonies" (1954); "Empire Games Swimming Pool" [UBC Empire Pool] (1954); "Grey Cup Parade" (1955); "Grey Cup Parade" (1958).

Gansner, John

John Henry Cates fonds

  • AM210
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1950

Fonds consists of personal and political correspondence. Letters relate to government activities, political campaigns, requests of local constituents, social events and community projects, and other matters. Fonds also includes some other materials, such as bills and receipts, invitations and other items.
Fonds contains two series: 1) Personal correspondence; 2) Political correspondence.

Cates, John Henry

John Reynolds Tite fonds

  • AM50
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1918

The fonds consists of military diaries (1914-1918), a notebook (1901), a scrapbook (1897-1898), and publications (1903-1904).

Tite, John Reynolds

John Roberts fonds : 1887-1890

  • AM387
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied [19--]

The fonds consists of Roberts' diary kept between 1887 and 1890, which records family and business affairs.

Roberts, John Hugh

John S. Browning collection

  • AM414
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1970-1974

The collection consists of John Browning's reminiscences of his life's experiences, particularly in World War One, and of working on the Prairies.

Browning, John S.

John Sprott fonds

  • AM818
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1888, 1899

The fonds consists of two letterbooks (1885-1888, 1899) of outward letters from Sprott, Road Inspector, concerning road building and maintenance, primarily in the Lower Mainland.

Sprott, John Hardie

John William Freeston fonds

  • AM1504
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1917]-1923

The fonds consists of panorama photographs depicting views of Vancouver including Downtown, English Bay, the harbour and waterfront, Vancouver General Hospital (Heather Pavilion), nurses, a May Day celebration, the Swallow family, Fire Department staff and equipment in New Westminster and Victoria, and Victoria Inner Harbour including the Empress Hotel.

Freeston, John William

John William Thomas Smith fonds

  • AM1427
  • Fonds
  • 1932-1934

Fonds consists of incoming letters from Smith's good friend Syd (Sidney Vernon) Harcourt relating primarily to Harcourt's adventures on his scrap gold buying and trading trips throughout Canada. The Harcourt family lived on Gilley Street in Burnaby during the 1920s and early 1930s.

Smith, John William Thomas

Junior League of Greater Vancouver fonds

  • AM1439
  • Fonds
  • [192-]-2003

The fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Junior League of Greater Vancouver, as well as collected items such as newspaper clippings. The records document the activities of the society from its beginnings until the society closed in 2003. The fonds is arranged in twelve series: Administrative records; Anniversaries, Celebrations and awards; Audiovisual records; Committee records; Community project records; Financial records; Fundraising records; Membership records; Minutes; Photographs; Publications; and Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.

Junior League of Greater Vancouver

Judge A.S. McMorran collection

  • AM554
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1927

The collection consists of miscellaneous forms of Information and Complaint for an Indictable Offence, and forms of Information or of Complaint on Oath filed in the city of Vancouver 1905-1927; notes re unspecified case in Sapperton, B.C. involving Sadakichi Ogawa and the Oriental Trading Co., and Japanese language newspaper, "The Continental News" dated 24 December 1909, 28 December 1909, and 1 January 1910.

Katherine Ferrie fonds

  • AM223
  • Fonds
  • 1907

Fonds consists of one notebook entitled Visiting List. The volume contains an alphabetical listing of individuals. Some entries also contain notations indicating what appear to be 'at home days,' or the days women chose to remain at home to receive visitors.

Ferrie, Katherine

Kenneth Waites fonds

  • AM180
  • Fonds
  • [19-?] -1954

The fonds includes a pamphlet on the history of Vancouver compiled by the Archivists Club; a draft copy of "50 Years of Secondary Education in Vancouver" and related notes; letters relating to research on early Vancouver schools; a radio script written by Waites; and four lantern slides depicting scenes from early Vancouver schools.

Waites, Kenneth A.

King Edward Alumni Association fonds

  • AM855
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1975

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, publications, and photographs concerning King Edward High School, the Alumni Association, and the Alumni Committee; Vancouver Community College publications; a history of Vancouver high schools; and a clipping book concerning World War I.

King Edward Alumni Association (Vancouver, B.C.)

Kitsilano Community Forum fonds

  • AM998
  • Fonds
  • 1976-1978

The fonds consists of constitution and bylaws, minutes, reports, mailing lists, and letter of agreement of the Kitsilano Community Forum.

Kitsilano Community Forum

Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce fonds

  • AM756
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1981

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, membership, and financial records of the Chamber, as well as operational files for the Kitsilano Showboat.
The fonds is arranged into 3 series: Correspondence, Financial records, Minutes, and Operational files.

Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce

Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre Association fonds

  • AM771
  • Fonds
  • 1946-1983

The fonds consists of a constitution, agreements, minutes, attendance records, annual reports, programs, and other records including photographs.

Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre Association

Kiwanis Club of Kerrisdale fonds

  • AM1114
  • Fonds
  • 1938-1992

The fonds consists of the records of the Kiwanis Club of Point Grey and the Kiwanis Club of Kerrisdale. The majority of the files are of the Kerrisdale club. They comprise some agenda and minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, news bulletins, documentation on their dog shows, information relating to their presentations of scholarships, information on their 50th. Anniversary celebration and photographs. Arranged into 11 series by the archivist and listed chronologically.

Kiwanis Club of Kerrisdale

Kiwanis Club of West Point fonds

  • AM1291
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1968

Fonds consists of three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs and programs of the Kiwanis Club of West Point.

Kiwanis Club of West Point

Kuo Kong Silk Company fonds

  • AM369
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1962

The fonds consists of the firm's correspondence, financial records, a catalogue of silk samples, and customer catalogues.
The fonds is arranged into 2 series: Business papers, and Proprietors' papers.

Kuo Kong Silk Company

Knights of Pythias, Mount Pleasant Lodge No. 11 fonds

  • AM760
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1940

The fonds consists of correspondence and the minutes of the meetings of the Knights of Pythias, Mount Pleasant Lodge No. 11 documenting their administrative organization. Included in the minutes are reports from the committees; records of receipts and disbursements; applications to the Lodge; the conferring of ranks; election of officers; reports of communication with other Lodges; and the Roll of Officers.

Knights of Pythias (Masonic order). Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 11 (Vancouver, B.C.)

Lambert M. Sung fonds

  • AM1070
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1917

The fonds consists of Sung's correspondence and cancelled cheques.

Sung, Lambert M.

Leonard Dobbin fonds

  • AM106
  • Fonds
  • 1919-1937

The fonds consists of correspondence, accounts and legal papers pertaining to Dominion Airways and Yarrows Aircraft Corporation, as well as material on aircraft and aeronautics in general. The fonds also contains the Royal Air Force records of Henry C.W. Dobbin.

Dobbin, Leonard Alexander

Leon Ladner fonds

  • AM641
  • Fonds
  • 1852-1978

The fonds consists of records Leon Ladner compiled or collected which document his personal and family life, his political career and interests and his involvement with the University of British Columbia. The records include diaries, correspondence, memos, speeches, newspaper clippings, publications and photographs.

Ladner, Leon Johnson

Lewis Popham fonds

  • AM189
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1960

The fonds consists of papers, memoranda, and photographs relating largely to Ioco Townsite and its development ca. 1917-1925. Included are records concerning Ioco and the provision of houses for workers, 1919-1920; records concerning Ioco Athletic Club and athletic activities; miscellaneous draft agreements drawn by Popham as a Justice of the Peace; a brief history he prepared on Standard Oil of N.J.; miscellaneous publications and copies of the Ioco Times, which he edited for a time; and several photographs, including one of the Ioco Baseball Club ca. 1922 and tennis matches ca. 1917.

Popham, Lewis G.

Little Mountain Area Human Resources Society fonds

  • AM804
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1978; predominant 1976-1978

The fonds consists of minutes, reports, grant reviews, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

Little Mountain Area Human Resources Society

Lorne Brown fonds

  • AM968
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1974

The fonds consists of correspondence, yearbooks, reports, lectures, articles, printed ephemera, and photographs.

Brown, Lorne Ellis

Lower Kitsilano Ratepayers' Association fonds

  • AM928
  • Fonds
  • 1946-1971

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, newsclippings, plans and photographs.

Lower Kitsilano Ratepayers' Association

Lytton Hotel fonds

  • AM353
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1918

The fonds consists of the guest register of the Lytton Hotel.

Lytton Hotel

Mabel Kirk fonds

  • AM193
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1936

The fonds consists of letters from Charlotte Pedley, 1917-1934, and from her son, Jim Pedley, 1935; copies of letters from Mrs. Kirk regarding the Women's Canadian Club, 1935, and the Victorian Order of Nurses, 1947; and a scroll presented to Mrs. Kirk in 1936 by the Advisory Board and General Committee of Vancouver's Golden Jubilee Committee.

Kirk, Mabel S.

MacLean family fonds

  • AM905
  • Fonds
  • 1875-1946

The fonds consists of correspondence between Murdoch MacLean and Martha Munn, and other members of the MacLean and Munn families; a resume of Lachlan Munn MacLean; and photographs.

MacLean family, Murdoch

Madill Garage Co. fonds

  • AM1457
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1942 ; predominant 1940-1942

The fonds consists of financial records in the form of electricity agreements, tax forms, rent receipts, accounts payable and receivable, balance sheets, bank statements, and ledgers. It also includes a form granting signing authority in August 1942 to W.E. Warren s wife, Edna.

Madill Garage Co.

Madeleine Roedde collection

  • AM675
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1895

The collection consists of two Christmas cards collected by Madeleine Roedde. One card is illustrated with a photograph of a trail in Stanley Park; the other card has a printed image of Cordova Street. The cards were produced around the turn of the century.

MacMillan Bloedel Place fonds

  • AM952
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1986

The fonds consists of records relating to MacMillan Bloedel Place, including correspondence, contracts and agreements, specifications, exhibit material, educational program information, attendance statistics, advertising and promotional literature, publications, photographs and a plan.

MacMillan Bloedel Place

Margaret Mitchell fonds

  • AM1380
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1993

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

Mitchell, Margaret A.

Margaret A. Pooley fonds

  • AM1473
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1906-1935]

The fonds consists of two drawing books from Normal School, a scrapbook and a recipe book.

Pooley, Margaret A.

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