City of Vancouver Archives

Sugar Mill at work, West Indies 1849

AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0123
Item
1849 (copied 1977)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Resolutions to be proposed by Mr. Hincks...(re: Customs Duties).

AM22-F4--
Item
30 Mar. 1849.

Part of Campbell Sweeny fonds

Printed. Pages 37-39.

Vancouver Island and Gulf of Georgia

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a nautical chart with illustrations. Illustrations depict a view of Nootka Sound, a view of Cape Alava and Cape Flattery, and the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

Bill 20, 3rd Sess. 3rd Parl. of Canada, 1849: "An Act to amend the laws regulating Inland Bills of Exchange...."

AM22-F4--
Item
1849.

Part of Campbell Sweeny fonds

Printed. With Mss. annotations. Pages 13-30.

Mss Notes entitled "Remarks relating to Mr. Moffat's Bill on Inland Bills of Exchange."

AM22-F4--
Item
[184-?].

Part of Campbell Sweeny fonds

Pages 58-59.

Portrait of unidentified woman]

AM1368-S3-: 2000-018.808
Item
[184-?]

Part of Rogers family fonds

John & Isabella Fairweather

AM1368-S3-: 2000-018.810
Item
[184-?]

Part of Rogers family fonds

Resolutions to be proposed by Mr. Hincks...2nd Sess. 3rd Parl. of Canada, 1849 (re: Debentures).

AM22-F4--
Item
1849.

Part of Campbell Sweeny fonds

Printed. Pages 31-36.

Douglas, James, letter from Fort Vancouver, 6th Jan. 1849, to James M. Yale re: payment of wages due four Kanaka's

AM54-S16-PHO P36
Item
Jan. 6, 1849

Part of Major Matthews collection

Cane Holeing (slave labour), West Indies 1849

AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0121
Item
1849 (copied 1977)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Albumen reproduction of a painting of Gertrude DuPuy (later Mrs. Henry S. Sanford)

AM1368-S2-: 2000-018.812
Item
[ca. 1850] ; reproduced [199-?]

Part of Rogers family fonds

Photograph has Mrs. Henry S. Sanford's obituary (1902) attached to the back

Margaret (Wilson) Hendry : mother of John Hendry

AM1036-S1-: CVA 703-1.2
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Hamber family fonds

The Territory of Oregon 1848

AM54-S13-: LEG1801.033
Item
[ca. 1850?] (copied 195-?)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Portrait of unidentified woman

AM1036-S1-: CVA 703-1.1
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Hamber family fonds

Mrs. Hendry : grandmother of John Hendry

AM1036-S1-: CVA 703-1.3
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Hamber family fonds

[Major General Rogers]

AM54-S4-: Port P306
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Studio portrait

Margaret (Wilson) Hendry : mother of John Hendry

AM1036-S1-: CVA 703-1.5
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Hamber family fonds

British North America

AM54-S13-: LEG1801.028
Item
[ca. 1850]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Letter of Sir James Douglas dated 15th April 1850, Fort Victoria (presumably) James Murray Yale, at Fort Langley

AM54-S16-PHO P37
Item
Apr. 15, 1850

Part of Major Matthews collection

James Douglas, 1852

AM54-S16-PHO P38
Item
Nov. 8, 1852

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a copy of a letter from Douglas to Yale re: Indian murder

S. Welch to P. Goepel, "Mermaid," Hobson Bay, re: goldfields, prices to Melbourne, descriptions of life in that area

AM23--
Item
30 Aug. 1852.

Part of Goepel family fonds

Pages 46-50.

Reverend Robert J. Staines collection

AM145
Item
1853

The collection consists of a letter written on 7 April 1853 to a clergyman in England, probably the Rev. J. Haldane Stewart. It contains references to the Hudson's Bay Company, to company rule, the land grant, and Oregon.

Dictionary of terms in art

AM1450-S4-: 2004-004.329
Item
[ca. 1854]

Part of John Girvan fonds

Amor de Cosmos, change of name from Wm. [William] Alex Smith, Feb. 7, 1854, neg. encl.

AM54-S16-PHO P146
Item
Feb. 7, 1854

Part of Major Matthews collection

Head and shoulders portrait of unidentified woman

AM1368-S3-: 2000-018.804
Item
[between 1840 and 1855]

Part of Rogers family fonds

Elizabeth Richards, maternal grandmother of Clara A. Dupuy

AM1368-S3-: 2000-018.809
Item
[ca. 1855]

Part of Rogers family fonds

Emily Susan Patterson

AM1562-: 72-545
Item
1855

Part of City of Vancouver Archives documentary art collection

[Railway yards] immediately below Keefer's house

AM54-S4-: Can N105
Item
1885; reproduced 1955

Part of Major Matthews collection

Portrait of Mr. Anderson

AM1183-: 1993-043
Item
Feb. 1856

Part of Stoner-Thornton-Anderson family fonds

Lock, F.W.

Frances T.S. Hamber

AM1036-S2-: CVA 703-2.3
Item
[1856]

Part of Hamber family fonds

[Studio portrait of James Clephan and his niece Mary C. Elgood]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-518
Item
[ca. 1857]; reproduced [197-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Emily Adams collection

AM203
Item
1857

The collection consists of a letter written by Thomas Drury of West Essa in Upper Canada to his sister Emily of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. It contains comments on economic and social conditions, railway speculation, and personal family matters. It seems that Thomas Drury was a merchant who had business dealings with local farmers.

Adams, Emily

Fort Langley, B.C

AM1562-: 86-83
Item
[ca. 1858]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives documentary art collection

Ralph Dorland collection

AM266
Item
1858

The collection consists of a copy of the certificate of marriage issued 26 October 1858 to Stephen Henry Dorland and Mary Jane Greene of Prince Edward County, Ontario.

The British colonist

AM1519-: PAM 1858-1
Item
1858

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

[Twitchell family portrait]

AM1477-2-S6-: CVA 1477-434
Item
[ca. 1858]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph is a studio portrait showing Caroline Little Twitchell, later Caroline Little Pierce, (standing) with her mother and siblings.

Burrard Inlet sheet II

AM54-S13-: LEG1801.085
Item
1859

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a copy of a portion of a manuscript map of Burrard Inlet, created during the H.M.S. Plumper survey of the area. Sheet shows the eastern portion of the Inlet, including the southern portion of the North Arm.

United Kingdom. Admiralty

Interior view of St John's Church

AM447-: 74-532.2
Item
1859

Part of St. John the Divine Church fonds

Rev. W. Cricker's drawing of the Fraser River, Lady Franklin and the rock named after her

AM54-S16-PHO P151
Item
[185-?] (copied 193-?)

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Full length studio portrait of] Mrs. William (Smith) Cruise

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-517
Item
[185-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

St. John's Church and Rectory, Derby B.C.

AM447-: 74-532.1
Item
1859

Part of St. John the Divine Church fonds

Marine's Camp, Fraser River, 1859 : Copied at the Dominion Archives, Ottawa, November 11, 1921

AM1562-: 1974-461.2
Item
1859 (copied Nov. 11, 1921)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives documentary art collection

Item is a reproduction of the original watercolour by William Wynch George Back Willis that is in the collection of Library and Archives Canada. The copy was commissioned by the City of Vancouver Archives.

Willis, William Wynch George Back

Portion of Burrard Inlet

AM1594-: MAP 684a
Item
1859 [copied ca. 1950?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a photostat copy of a portion of a map of Burrard Inlet from the 1859 H.M.S. Plumper Survey. The map depicts outer Burrard Inlet and the surrounding shorlines.

Fraser River and Burrard Inlet

AM54-S13-: LEG1801.086
Item
Nov. 30, 1860

Part of Major Matthews collection

Douglas, B.C., from 10 Mile Road, June, 1860 : Copied at the Dominion Archives, Ottawa, June 7, 1921

AM1562-: 1974-461.3
Item
1860 (copied 7 June, 1921)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives documentary art collection

Item is a reproduction of the original watercolour by William Wynch George Back Willis that is in the collection of Library and Archives Canada. The copy was commissioned by the City of Vancouver Archives.

Willis, William Wynch George Back

Murderer's Bar, 3 1/2 Miles below Fort Hope, Fraser River, B.C., June 1860 : Copied at the Dominion Archives, Ottawa, June 17, 1921

AM1562-: 1974-461.6
Item
1860 (copied 17 June 1921)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives documentary art collection

Item is a reproduction of the original watercolour by William Wynch George Back Willis that is in the collection of Library and Archives Canada. The copy was commissioned by the City of Vancouver Archives.

Willis, William Wynch George Back