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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.

Series consists of incoming letters from private companies or individuals brought before the Board of Works relating to the construction and maintenance of road, sewer, and water systems kept by the City Engineer. Arranged chronologically by Board of Works meeting dates.

Series consists of consulting engineer Grant's private files (not City files) containing correspondence, plans, news clippings, maps, and notebooks relating to the design and construction of bridges in Vancouver, Victoria, Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series consists of 65 cheques signed by D. Oppenheimer, G. F. Baldwin, F. Cope, or R. A. Anderson. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of minutes of special committees, boards, commissions, task forces, and of other "non-standing" committees of Council (although there is flexibility about what differentiates special and standing committees or what defines a special committee during some periods). The earliest minutes consist of nine bound volumes of "Special Committees" (1890-1891, 1930-1948) and "Traffic Commission" (1929-1948), prepared in Council minutes style, and numbered volumes 66-74, a continuation in the numbering of series 33 (Standing committee minutes). 1892-1929 and 1960-1974 special committee minutes appear not to have been kept as a separate recordkeeping unit, but were frequently quoted verbatim within Council minutes (series 31). 1930-1948 minutes in the bound volumes and 1949-1959 minutes are arranged by year, often with minutes of various committees interfiled (with the exception of the Traffic Commission which is a separate set). Files dating from 1975 are also arranged by year and therein alphabetically by committee name.

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

Series comprises records from the 1975-1980 Central Registry Files of the Engineering Department, relating to its administration, general services and involvement in community planning. The documents include minutes and related materials of meetings of the Engineering Department and committees, organizational charts, reports, correspondence and notes to the file. The files are arranged in their original order.

Series consists of indexes to the City Council minutes (series COV-S31). The indexes were prepared by the Office of the City Clerk. Arranged chronologically.

Series lists by school the monthly absences of students and teachers. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of files containing correspondence and other documentation pertaining to a variety of development projects, including Renfrew, Fraserview, wartime housing, Renfrew Heights, and land assembly projects. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series consists of the minutes of City Council meetings, the official record of the discussion and decision-making of the governing body of the City of Vancouver. Series is complete from incorporation in April 1886. The minutes are arranged chronologically by meeting and organized into bound volumes numbered 1 through 508. Series also includes supporting documents included as attached reports to the associated Council meetings, or in separate files in series 20 (Subject files) and series 62 (Operational subject files).

Series includes records pertaining to the sale of land for taxes, applications for the "work for taxes" scheme, a record of sales of city tax sale properties, and comparative statements and monthly sales for tax sale lands and city owned properties. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of Council resolutions, correspondence, plans and registration details, relating to properties reserved for highways, streets and lanes. Arranged in District Lot (D.L.) number order.

Series consists of records relating to land subdivision (primarily Champlain Heights). Included are Council resolutions and reports on traffic, facilities, soil and other issues. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series consists of records pertaining to the rental and leasing of City property. Included are lease and rental agreements (and related correspondence and reports) between the City and various individuals and organizations, pertaining to the Renfrew and Fraserview housing projects as well as False Creek. Arranged alphabetically by case file.

Series consists of records pertaining to the activities of the Properties Division arising from the Vancouver Redevelopment Study of 1957. In the context of that study, the Division was responsible for the acquisition of land titles, as well as temporarily relocating former residents of properties acquired, demolition, clearing and grading of properties, dedication of streets and lands, registration of subdivisions, and dealing with lands offered for disposal.

Most of the records are "project files" which contain correspondence, reports, copies of agreements, clippings, and architectural plans. "Acquisition files" contain property descriptions, a few photographs of some of the properties, and correspondence concerning the purchases of property for redevelopment projects.

Projects no. 1, 2, and 3 are defined as follows. Project no. 1 was organized into the following subareas: A-1 - Raymur-Campbell public housing; A-2 - MacLean Park Playground; A-3 - MacLean Park public housing; and D-1 - blocks within the boundaries of 1st Avenue, Granville, 6th Avenue, and Burrard. Project no. 2 was divided into the following subareas: A-5 - blocks within the boundaries of waterfront, Clark, Hastings, and Heatley; A-6 - MacLean Park public housing; and A-7 - Strathcona School site extension. Project no. 3 concerned blocks within the boundaries of Hastings, Woodland, Columbia, and Boundary.

Records are arranged in the following broad categories in this order: Project no. 1, Project no. 2, Project no. 3, Second Narrows Bridge area, Strathcona Rehabilitation Project, Britannia Community Services Centre, Other Projects, Britannia Site Acquisitions, Neighbourhood Improvement Program, Project no. 2 (miscellany), Project no. 3 (miscellany), Project no. 2 (miscellany), Project no. 1 (miscellany), Project no. 3 (including "enquiry files" by property), Project no. 2 (oversize plans), Acquisition Files (Projects no. 1 and no. 2), Project no. 1, and Project no. 2.

Series consists of case files containing appraisals, photographs, and valuation reports of City-owned property. The case files were created by units called the Lands and Rentals Department (to 1956), the Property and Insurance Division (and later the Properties Division) of the Finance Department (1959-1987), the Properties Division of the Civic Buildings Department (1987-1989), and the Housing and Properties Department (1989-1995). Arranged in multi-year sets (1959-1967, 1968-1972, 1968-1975, 1979-1982, 1966-1983, 1986-1990).

Series consists of registers (insurance, tax sale properties, and title deeds), journals (tax sales and rentals, wartime housing), cash books (tax sales and rentals, mortgages and loans, corporation land sales, Better Housing Scheme), as well as soldiers' housing accounts, Better Housing scheme ledger account, tax sale properties (assessed values), and a ledger recording the sale of city lands.

Series consists of subject files containing correspondence and other documentation pertaining to a wide range of matters, including: advertising, annual reports, civic improvements, housing reports, industrial statistics and questionnaires, natural resources, property uses survey, rezoning, steel, and Vancouver Industrial Development Commission. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series consists of 7 letter registers of incoming correspondence, both external and internal, received by the Comptroller. Each entry consists of the document's registry number, date received, sender's name and address, date of letter, subject, and disposition (to whom it was forwarded).

Series consists of correspondence relating to financial monitoring and decision-making concerning a broad range of the City's administrative and operational functions. Arranged alphabetically into the following broad categories: Administration (General, Personnel, Miscellaneous), Cemeteries, City Council, City Planning, Downtown Development, Finance (General, Expenditures, Schools, Write-offs, Revenues, Parking), Hospitals, Housing, North Fraser Harbour Commission, Pacific National Exhibition, Parks, Provincial Government, Remembrance Day Committee, Taxation, Theatre, Transportation, Union of B.C. Municipalities, and Utilities.

Series consists of a variety of reports submitted to the Fire Chief. Arranged in a general chronological sequence.

Series consists of subject files from several periods. Files dated 1906-1948 consist primarily of subjects on City financial administrative matters; files dated 1949-1959 are complete and unappraised annual sets on all administrative and operational subjects; files from the 1960s are multi-year subject files, with the latest accrual carefully appraised and documenting only the City's operational activities which are not already represented in the City Clerk's files. Arranged variously, generally in alphabetical sets or in the office's filing number order.

Series consists of correspondence and related documentation pertaining to the internal management of the Division as well as to the provision of computer services to civic departments, e.g., Engineering, Permits and Licences, Planning, Social Service).

Series consists of a ledger containing final costs for street paving and street lamps, specifying location of work, cost to property owner and to City's By-law number.

Series consists of real property appraisal cards covering residences, farm dwellings, duplexes, row houses, and small apartments. Affixed to each card is a small black and white photograph of the property. Each card contains a detailed description of the property and its appraised value. Arranged by roll number.

Series consists of microfilm copies of textual records documenting budgets, budget adjustments, and expenditure justification. Records are estimates, revised estimates, Manager's minutes and Council minutes (which are duplicates of other series), as well as correspondence explaining the need for budget items, and in some instances general information about the organizational unit requesting the funding. Arranged in annual sets and therein alphabetically by department, agency or project.

Series, microfilmed by the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board for its own use, shows the top section of the water service record cards only. The "record of fixtures" was not filmed. Used by the Archives as an address index to water service application numbers (which are necessary to find water services records (MCR 26) and legal descriptions for properties (used for Property Tax records searches, etc.). Arranged alphabetically by streets, followed by numbered avenues east, then numbered avenues west.

Series includes, in addition to water applications, many installation orders, requisitions for meters, application and agreement forms, applications for supply service connection, and applications for fire service connection. More recent files consist of applications for water service connection with corresponding installation orders. Arranged in application number order.

Series consists of debenture registers and cash receipt book re issue of debentures.

Series consists of a few selected files on early bonds (1925-1927) and the Baby Serial Bonds issued to finance City Hall. For more information on baby bonds see Council minutes and by-laws 2368 and 2378.

Series comprises a record of garbage collection particulars for all properties. Indicated on the computer printouts are: name of owner, address, number of cans collected, and amount billed. Other information is the "mail code" (designated when billing is to be sent to another address), the "restriction code" (shows limit on the number of cans), "allowance" (refers to the number of cans collected at no charge), and "arrears signal" (giving amount in arrears). Arranged by year and therein in coordinate number order.

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.

Series consists of records documenting the levying of taxes and other City and non-City charges on properties in the City of Vancouver. The records are the main tax billings sent out by the City annually in the spring, and indexes to those billings which cross-reference civic addresses with tax account and assessment coordinate roll numbers. The records are in the form of computer-output microfiche, and the main billings are organised by tax account number.

Series consists of City applications to higher levels of government to receive grants in exchange for property tax exemptions. Arranged by grant type.

Series consists of correspondence with City departments and City-associated bodies. Arranged by year.

Series consists of correspondence from individuals and agents who are appealing assessments on residential, commercial, and industrial property. The letters which initiated appeals heard by the Court of Revision contain, in some instances, descriptions of property owners' neighbourhoods (including socio-economic factors). Arranged by legal description.

Series consists of forms created during the process of determining the assessed value of buildings on properties in the city.

Forms list several addresses of single family dwellings with hand-written details about the corresponding buildings. Information on each property generally includes: Permit number; civic address; building type, dimensions and age; replacement value and depreciation; building configuration (number of floors and rooms, foundation type, presence of basement, roof type, exterior finish, type of construction, type of plumbing and heating), presence of a garage on the site, and the assessed value of the improvements for a 20 year range. In some instances, a small floor plan outline drawing has been made on the reverse of the form).

The records are arranged by legal land description. The series does not include the West End and Downtown (D.L. 185 and D.L. 541).

Series consists of subject files (working files) on real property assessments, Court of Revision appeals, business tax appeals, and correspondence with City officials. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series consists of photographs and negatives of staff members, equipment, activities, and offices of the Vancouver Fire Department.

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.

Series consists of one bound volume of records detailing the maintenance costs for roads, highways, sanitation and parks.

Series consists of an index to the record of juveniles brought before Juvenile Court.

Series consists of one bound volume of completed report forms concerning juveniles brought before the Juvenile Court. The reports detail the offence and the judge's decision.

Series consists of one book of occurrences, detailing activities of a criminal (or potentially criminal) nature that were reported to the Police Commission.

Series consists of two published voters' lists (1910, 1913), indicating the names and addresses of eligible voters in the municipality of Point Grey. Arranged chronologically.

Series consists of the register of building permits, indicating the permit number, owner, architect, location, value, and type of building. Arranged by permit number.

Series consists of one minute book of meetings of the Point Grey Town Planning Commission.

Series consists of four bound journals chronologically recording fires and fire alarms. The journal records, for each fire or alarm, the date and time, type of building, owner, losses suffered, and equipment used. Arranged chronologically (1920-1924; 1925-1926; 1927-1928; 1928).

Series contains correspondence, briefs, and some minutes or transcripts of the City's special committees, boards, commissions, task forces and all other bodies which have been clerked by the Office of the City Clerk over the years. Arranged chronologically and therein alphabetically by subject.