Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation fonds
- AM929
- Fonds
- 1956-1985
The fonds consists of reports of The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation: summaries of grants awarded, 1984, 1985; and, reports of activities, 1956-1983.
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation fonds
The fonds consists of reports of The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation: summaries of grants awarded, 1984, 1985; and, reports of activities, 1956-1983.
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
Fonds consists of photographs taken by Reksten of Vancouver. In addition to city views of Vancouver his subjects include the Pacific Nation Exhibition (PNE) and Expo 86. Photographs are arranged into two series by photograph subject, the Vancouver series and the Expo 86 series.
Reksten, Ernie H.
Northwest Institute of Sculpture, British Columbia Chapter fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence (1956-1963), constitution and by-laws, membership lists, minutes (1960-1962), cash book (1956-1961) and photographs.
Northwest Institute of Sculpture. British Columbia Chapter
British Columbia Centennial Committee fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence regarding the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret; correspondence and lists relating to pioneers; organizing correspondence for the visit of "The Navies of the World" and for ski jumping; certificates of incorporation of the Committee; correspondence relating to the Centennial Museum and St. Roch project and to the dedication of the Centennial Totem; sound recordings of the B.C. Centennial Searchlight Tattoo; and examples of the publicity material published by the Centennial Committee.
British Columbia Centennial Committee
United Church of Canada, Hospital Commission fonds
The fonds consists of minutes, 1955, 1958 (incomplete); correspondence, 1955-1958, from offices in Toronto and Winnipeg; surveys and briefs; Report of the Commission on Church Hospitals, 1956; and miscellaneous papers re commission activities.
United Church of Canada. Hospital Commission
Municipal History Society fonds
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.)
The collection consists of historical meteorological notes.
Kennett, Richard F.
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion West End Branch 187 fonds
The fonds consists of brochures and photographs of various provincial and national conventions and photographs and a brochure from the Miss English Bay Beauty Contest, an annual event sponsored by the Auxiliary.
British Empire Service League. Royal Canadian Legion. West End Branch 187. Ladies' Auxiliary
The collection consists of two photocopied pages from B.A. McKelvie's "Pageant of British Columbia", published in 1955.
Stott, Mary E.
Vancouver Festival Society fonds
The fonds consists of four volumes of minute books, 1955-1964, two with indexes; programs from 1958 to 1963; a script by Lister Sinclair; and nine scrapbooks of newsclippings covering the activities from 1955-1967.
Vancouver Festival Society
The fonds consists of Henry's correspondence (pertaining mainly to his employment by the City of Vancouver), letters of appreciation, programs and invitations to civic events, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous photographs and other records.
Henry, Robert
Playhouse Centre of British Columbia fonds
The fonds consists of Board of Directors records (minutes and correspondence), 1965-1986; operational records (correspondence outwards, subject files and administration files), 1965-1986; public relations records (general files, invitations, publicity for individual plays) 1962-1989; productions (notes, correspondence and contracts) 1963-1988; production scripts; personnel records, 1955-1975; and publications 1963-1989. Included within the fonds are programs, handbills, posters, scripts, photographs and plans. There is also material from Playhouse Holiday Theatre, the children's wing of the theatre. The records are organized into 29 series and listed alphabetically by series title.
Playhouse Centre of British Columbia
Skyline Toastmistress Club fonds
The fonds consists of brochures, programmes, meeting notices, clippings and photographs of the Skyline Toastmistress Club.
Skyline Toastmistress Club
The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings re obituaries ca. 1954.
Vancouver Housing Authority fonds
The fonds consists of the minutes, 1953-1968.
Vancouver Housing Authority
Vancouver Regional Construction Association fonds
The fonds consists mostly of administrative files of the Amalgamated Construction Association and the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, as well as publications, photographs and oral history interviews on audiocassettes. The publications include the ACA newsletter, ACA and VRCA annual reports, Directory and Buyers Guide, Construction Sightlines, and some published briefs and reports. The fonds is arranged into the following series: A.C.A. newsletter (1967-1974); Amalgamated Construction Association Board of Directors (1966-1988); Annual general meetings (1974-1991); Annual reports (1992-2000); Committees (1966-1991); Construction sightlines (1981-1984); Directories (1970-2001); Executive Committee (1966-1989); Miscellaneous files (1967-1992); Miscellaneous photographs (1960-2001); and Predecessor organizations (1953-1965).
Vancouver Regional Construction Association
Western Canadian Writers fonds
The fonds consists of minutes, 1962-1963; a ledger book, 1951; club newsletters, 1953-1973; and clippings of published articles by club members.
Western Canadian Writers
Point Grey Road (North Side) and Cameron Avenue Ratepayers' Association fonds
The fonds consists of the records of both organizations, including minutes, correspondence, notices to members, submissions to Council, clippings, maps, plans and photographs.
Point Grey Road (North Side) and Cameron Avenue Ratepayers' Association
The collections consists of posters advertising Theatre Under the Stars music performances at the Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park. Theatre Under the Stars was established by the Parks Board of the City of Vancouver in 1939 and closed in 1963. The posters were located in the interior and exterior of street cars and advertise productions of: “Timber”, “Waltz in Old Vienna”, “The Red Mill”, The Wizard of Oz”, “Finian’s Rainbow”, “Kiss Me Kate”, “Rose Marie”, “The Desert Song”, “Song of Norway”, “Carousel”, “The New Moon”, “Sweethearts”, “Brigadoon”, “Oklahoma”, “Anything Goes”, “Music in the Air”, “The Great Waltz”, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “The Student Prince”, “The Pajama Game”, and “Kismet”.
Weston, J.
Air Pollution Control Society fonds
The fonds consists of a constitution, list of directors, notices of meetings, and correspondence.
Air Pollution Control Society
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Society (1954), Vancouver Committee fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence of the Society, minutes of committee meetings, Society publications and photos, and a collection of clippings.
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Society (1954). Vancouver Committee
The fonds consists of minutes, annual reports, financial statements and correspondence regarding the transfer of shares of Alpen Holdings Limited.
Alpen Holdings Limited
The fonds consists of administrative records, exhibition files, correspondence, minutes and reports documenting the operation of the Western Art Circle. The fonds also contains photographs, history files, and scrapbooks which were collected by the Association to preserve historical information of the Western Art Circle.
The fonds is arranged into the following series: Administrative files (1951-2012), Financial records (1994-2011), History records (1952-2013), Exhibition files (1961-2010) and Photograph albums (1962-2011).
Western Art Circle
British Columbia Wharf Operators' Association fonds
Fonds consists of the constitution, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, circulars and other records of the British Columbia Wharf Operators' Association.
British Columbia Wharf Operators' Association
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.)
Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) fonds
The fonds consists of the records of the Coalition of Progressive Electors. The records cover the period 1951-1993, predominantly 1968-1993. The majority of the records are textual and consist of correspondence, minutes, election and campaign materials, brochures, financial records, and photographs.
Coalition of Progressive Electors
Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds
Fonds consists of subject files, project applications and other records documenting the activities of the Vancouver Centennial Commission and the various events and programs that took place during the Centennial year. Document types include correspondence, financial records, proposals, minutes, reports, agreements, publications, application forms, certificates, graphic material, photographs, sound recordings, audiovisual material and ephemera.
The fonds is arranged into the following three original series: Housekeeping subject files (1980-1987), Program subject files (1956-1987, predominent 1979-1987), and Centennial project applications (1982-1987 [microfilmed 1999], and three additional series established by the Archivist for material acquired by the Archives from various sources: Executive Director records (1981-1987), Commissioner Ann Yandle records (1983-1987), and Centennial program records collected by the Archives (1983-1987).
Vancouver Centennial Commission
Vancouver Public Aquarium Association fonds
The fonds consists of the association's minutes and financial reports, and notes, maps and photographs related to the Vancouver's Old Streams booklets published by the aquarium in 1978 and 1989. The fonds is divided into two series: Minutes and financial statements (1959-1988) and Vancouver's Old Streams notes and photographs (1978-2000, 1978-1989 predominant).
Vancouver Public Aquarium Association
The fonds consists of invoices of goods sold to West Grocery of Vancouver, B.C.
West Grocery (Vancouver, B.C.)
The collection consists of correspondence, studies, reports, clippings and other material on diverse topics related to city planning and citizens action groups in the Kitsilano, Jericho, Point Grey and University of British Columbia areas of Vancouver.
Russell, Bruce
The fonds consists of correspondence, radio scripts, programmes and photographs pertaining the activities of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Rushton, Margaret E.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, and subject files for various community and charitable organizations.
Vancouver Foundation
The fonds consists of constitution and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, briefs, reports, memoranda, budgets, and financial statements.
Children's Foundation
The collection consists of seven Christmas cards which contain poetry and prose about Canadian history written by Ells.
The fonds consists of daily journals kept at work for the years 1949-1961.
Monk, John L.
Community Planning Association of Canada, British Columbia Division fonds
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, reports and financial statements of the Division. Also included are regional conference proceedings, documentation from educational programs, the Action Habitat workshops, and the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board.
Community Planning Association of Canada. British Columbia Division
Fonds consists of records documenting the personal, family and professional life of Vancouver business and philanthropist Harry Lin Chin.
The fonds contains home movies predominantly documenting various family events: weddings, vacations, visits from friends and relatives, sights and events around Vancouver, and other family gatherings. The fonds also includes footage of Mr. Chin's business, Keefer Wholesale Florists.
Chin, Harry Lin
Fonds consists of 2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings that relate to the Juvenile Court and the establishment of a BC Probation Officer’s Association. Also present are histories of the BC Juvenile Court, the BC Provincial Court, and Criminal Justice and Corrections in British Columbia.
Stevens, Gordon
British Columbia Aviation Council fonds
The fonds includes minutes, financial records and annual reports of the Council for the period 1948-1965. The fonds also contains a brief concerning the clearing of artificial lakes, two photographs, and aviation maps of air facilities in B.C.
British Columbia Aviation Council
St. Roch Preservation Society fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, reports and clippings of the St. Roch Preservation Society.
St. Roch Preservation Society
Friends of Chamber Music fonds
The fonds consists of minutes; financial statements; annual reports, including those of Presidents and Committee Chairmen; correspondence; membership lists; list of programmes, typescript, all concerts; accommodation, booking and seating; brochures; programmes; programmes, Young Musicians; scrapbook; and three copies of Friends of Chamber Music, A History of Twenty-Five Years, Vancouver 1973, by Rachel Giese.
Friends of Chamber Music
The fonds contains subject files which consist primarily of incoming correspondence, both personal and business, typescripts of outgoing correspondence to Vera Thompson, receipts, two notebooks with various writings and newspaper clippings.
Emerson, John
Kiwanis Club of West Point fonds
Fonds consists of three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs and programs of the Kiwanis Club of West Point.
Kiwanis Club of West Point
The fonds consists of newspaper and magazine articles on Garibaldi Park and the Diamond Head chalet, and correspondence with various government agencies about preserving the chalet and activities in the area.
Behm, Gisela
Women's Committee of the Vancouver Symphony Society fonds
The fonds consists of the records of the Women's Committee and document its activities in support of the society. It contains minutes, financial records, annual reports, membership records, newsletters, fund-raising and social event records, photographs and scrapbooks.
Women's Committee of the Vancouver Symphony Society
The collection consists of one scrapbook and a file of loose newspaper clippings describing various issues handled by City Council in 1947.
Jones, Charles
Fonds consists of publications, reports, proposals, memoranda and other records pertaining to child and family welfare in Vancouver.
McGarland, William D.
The fonds consists of correspondence, reports and minutes.
Malkin, Elizabeth Ursula
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