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Rosemary Club fonds

  • AM580
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1966

The fonds consists primarily of the minutes of the Club, 1931-1966, as well as correspondence, pamphlets and memorabilia.

Rosemary Club

St. Barnabas' (Anglican) Church fonds

  • AM746
  • Fonds
  • 1891-1975 (microfilmed 1975)

The fonds consists of records of St. Barnabas' parish, including the Women's Auxiliary and the St. James Mission. Records includes minutes, various operational records of the church, and parish administrative records and publications.

St. Barnabas' Church (New Westminster, B.C.)

Strathcona Residents' Association fonds

  • AM1409
  • Fonds
  • 1992-1996

Fonds consists of correspondence, newsclippings, photographs and a video documenting the Strathcona Front Porch Project.

Strathcona Residents' Association

Silas Herbert Allen fonds

  • AM1146
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1907, 1921

The fonds consists of a marriage certificate, invoices for funeral services and photographs.

Allen, Silas Herbert

Stanley H. Warn fonds

  • AM1029
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1913

Fonds consists of Stanley Warn's 1907 Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club membership card, newsclipping of swim meets, team portrait dated 1913, a report on swim meets held in Port Alberni and Victoria, August 1913 and photographs.

Warn, Stanley H.

Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association fonds

  • AM734
  • Fonds
  • 1966, 1968-1979

The fonds consists minutes, correspondence, reports, proposals, legal records, financial records, notes, newsletters, publications, maps, plans, photographs and audio tapes.

Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association

Sunset Community Association fonds

  • AM68
  • Fonds
  • 1937-1956

The fonds consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, films, clippings and other papers of the Sunset Community Association; minutes (1937-1939) of the South Main Community Club; as well records from a time capsule created in 1949 for the construction of the Sunset Memorial Centre building.

Sunset Community Association

Thomas Wicks fonds

  • AM236
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1854-1947]

The fonds consists of correspondence and personal papers, relating to farming ventures, 1931-1947; a letter concerning the Alert Bay Mission Church, 1913; a letter to Wicks from MacKenzie King, 1946; the manuscript of Wicks autobiography; several photographs of members of the Wicks family and Ned Fregonne.

Wicks, Thomas P.

Tom Woodman fonds

  • AM975
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1960

The unit consists of a scrapbook, programs of performances and postcards.

Woodman, Tom

United Church of Canada, Hospital Commission fonds

  • AM524
  • Fonds
  • 1955-1958

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

United Way of the Lower Mainland fonds

  • AM849
  • Fonds
  • 1930-2019, predominantly 1930-1989

The fonds consists of records generated by various United Way committees in pursuit of their activities. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, notes, memoranda, published works, research materials such as questionnaires and surveys, display materials such as posters and pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, organization charts and photographs.

United Way of the Lower Mainland

Hubert Lindsay Cadieux fonds

  • AM782
  • Fonds
  • [18--] - 1981

The fonds includes Cadieux's research notes; navigational reference notes; numerous photographs of ships, shipwrecks and light stations as well as towns, harbours and other scenes in British Columbia; correspondence, photographs of family and friends and other personal records; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; collected publications on maritime topics; and two completed manuscripts, "British Columbia Towboats" and "Manned Lighthouses of British Columbia".

Cadieux, Hubert Lindsay

A. Stewart McMorran 29th (Vancouver) Battalion collection

  • AM953
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1985

The collection consists of the papers of James H. Humphries, Frank Hubert Matthews, Henry Seymour Tobin, Charles J. Garrett, Edmund Taylor, and Henry Cecil Royle concerning World War I, the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion Association: letters, newsletters, nominal rolls, minutes, reports of annual meetings, financial and general records, newsclippings, artifacts, photographs (including group portrait of various companies and views of various events in the Battalion's history) and printed materials.

McMorran, A. Stewart

Alexander Lambie fonds

  • AM955
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1944

Fonds consists of photographs, correspondence and a manuscript copy of "One More River: Being a Record of a Cheechacko's Summer in Alaska and Northern B.C.," detailing Lambie's 1905 participation in the Alaska Boundary Survey. Fonds also contains illustrations and correspondence regarding his publication "When Polly Went Away," and copies of his publications "When Polly Went Away," "The Lady of Lodore," and "A Stranger in our Midst."

Lambie, Alexander

Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd. fonds

  • AM957
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1976

The fonds consists of correspondence, research notes, newsclippings, sketches, photographs and photograph worksheets relating to historic buildings in Vancouver, B.C.

Commonwealth Historic Resource Management

Grassie Jewellers fonds

  • AM971
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1909

The fonds consists of Grassie's store ledger for the period 1891-1892 and 1902-1904, as well as photographs of W.H. Grassie and his wife and views of the store.

Grassie, W.H.

Henry A. Tabbers fonds

  • CVA 344
  • Fonds
  • 1970

The fonds consists of Tabbers' photographs of scenic views of coastal mountains and inlets.

Tabbers, Henry A.

A.J. Ingram collection

  • AM347
  • Fonds
  • 1917

The collection consists of photocopies of two newsclippings and a letter relating to the sinking of the British transport "Cameronia" in the Mediterranean in April 1917.

Ingram, Alan J.

Anne Angus fonds

  • AM351
  • Fonds
  • 1901-1977

The fonds consists of biographical material and notes prepared for the publication "Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, B.C."; files relating to Laura Holland and the Children's Aid Society, the Social Planning Committee of the Community Chest and Council of Greater Vancouver, 1950-1954, and the Canadian Welfare Council, 1950-1954; articles by Henry Forbes Angus; and a photocopy of his "My First Seventy-Five Years".

Angus, Anne Margaret

Anonymous collection (I)

  • AM506
  • Fonds
  • 1958-1975

The collection consists of four scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on a variety of topics relating to Vancouver, including First Nations, parks, Gastown, the Pacific National Exhibition, etc.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton fonds

  • AM508
  • Fonds
  • 1858

The fonds consists of letters written in 1858 to Sir Bulwer-Lytton from individuals seeking commissions on government appointments in British Columbia.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Lytton, Baron

Cpl. W.E. Roonie collection

  • AM539
  • Fonds
  • 1918

The collection consists of a handwritten letter [mechanical?] from King George V re convalescence, an envelope marked "A Message to You from the King", and a fragment from the "Canadian Daily Record" dated 11 October 1918.

W.E. Roonie, Corporal

A. Bryan Williams collection

  • AM551
  • Fonds
  • 1891-1940

The collection consists of a Bank of British Columbia passbook belonging to A. Bryan Williams, 1891-1902, a map of the Yale District, B.C., 1906, six photographs, including three re hunting and fishing, 1910-1940, and three re hydraulic mining, ca. 1900.

Williams, Arthur Bryan

Helen Dawe fonds

  • AM557
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1983

The fonds consists of a scrapbook pertaining to the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, 1942-45; photograph album of Miss Dawe's naval service, 1943-45; publications relating to the WRCNS, 1943-45; and clippings and notes relating to the history of Sechelt.

Dawe, Helen

Donald Gutstein collection

  • AM562
  • Fonds
  • 1977

The collection consists of a letter and photocopied manuscript entitled "Notes Towards a History of the Ward System in Vancouver".

Gutstein, Donald

Central City Mission fonds

  • AM576
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1993

The fonds includes minutes of Board of Directors' meetings and various committee meetings; sharebooks; correspondence; legal documents; some annual reports; a videocassette documenting the move from Abbott to Pender Streets; and photographs of the Mission on Abbott Street and other subjects.

Central City Mission (Vancouver, B.C.)

B.C. Hilliam fonds

  • AM578
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1917, 1963

The fonds consists of musical scores for "The Belle of Burrard" and "Oh! Oh! Oh! Captain B", programmes from the Lonsdale Theatre, 1913, and other theatres, correspondence re Hilliam's Vancouver career, a transcript of an oral interview of Hilliam, clippings and a photograph.

Hilliam, Bentley Collingwood

Annie McKinnon fonds

  • AM608
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1959

The fonds consists of eleven certificates, a letter and photographs covering McKinnon's career in education from High School to extension courses and teaching.

McKinnon, Annie McLeod

Gisela Behm fonds

  • AM630
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1976

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

Grandview-Woodland Park Area Council fonds

  • AM981
  • Fonds
  • 1965-1977

The fonds consists of reports, surveys, and minutes of the Grandview-Woodland Park Area Council, and records relating to the United Community Services, the City of Vancouver Department of Social Planning and Development and affiliated social planning and community development agencies.

Grandview-Woodland Park Area Council

J. George McDonald collection

  • AM1008
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1968

The collection consists of a scrapbook of printed materials, clippings and photographs documenting the history of the automobile sales industry in Vancouver.

McDonald, George J.

Citizen's Council on Civic Development fonds

  • AM1013
  • Fonds
  • 1967-1980

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, briefs, submissions, and development studies of the Citizen's Council on Civic Development.

Citizen's Council on Civic Development

Fruit Magazine Publishing Company fonds

  • AM1023
  • Fonds
  • 1909

Fonds consists of a book of minutes for the first five meetings of the company. Content is mostly of an organizational nature.

Fruit Magazine Publishing Company

Coast Grain & Feed Company Ltd. fonds

  • AM1034
  • Fonds
  • 1921 - 1937

Fonds includes a notebook from the Coast Grain and Feed Co. Ltd. containing mintues of meetings as well as documents which include the following: meeting notices, resolutions, financial statements, banking and borrowing bylaws (1921, 1925, 1928, 1929). fonds also includes a short biographical sketch of company owner Charles O. Stuart, prepared by his daughter, Sybil A. MacFarlane.

Coast Grain & Feed Co.

Douglas Honeyman fonds

  • AM814
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1968; predominant 1915-1919

The fonds consists of diaries written in trenches, correspondence regarding 29th Battalion activities, photographs, and miscellaneous publications from World War I.

Honeyman, Douglas Ramsey

Daniel Gilbert fonds

  • AM816
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1936

The fonds consists of correspondence concerning Gilbert's participation in the 1936 Vimy Ridge pilgrimage, and two books.

Gilbert, Daniel R.

Benjamin Codville collection

  • AM834
  • Fonds
  • 1889

The collection consists of Excursion Committee and Reception Committee ribbons from Dominion Day celebrations, 1889, Vancouver.

Codville, Benjamin

J. Roy Ogston fonds

  • AM848
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1968

The fonds consists of photographs of illuminated scrolls created by Ogston for ceremonial occasions, personal photographs, and clippings.

Ogston, John Roy

Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company fonds

  • AM870
  • Fonds
  • 1861-1972

The fonds consists of business records from the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company and its American subsidiaries. Most of the records span the time 1891 to 1968. The majority of the records from the ABC Packing Company fall into three series: annual records, Advisory Board minutes and legal records. The records of the Fidalgo Island Packing Company are represented by three minute books covering the period from 1895 to 1964. There is also one bound minute book which documents five U.S. fishing companies which were owned by the Fidalgo Island Packing Company from 1910 to 1927.

Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company

Frederick Ramsey fonds

  • AM670
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1969

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports to Council, some minutes of the Special Joint Committee on Skid Row Problems and the sub committees; technical reports and briefs, minutes of the Downtown Eastside Clergy; and other reference papers.

Ramsey, Frederick A., Reverend Canon

B.C. Professional Gardeners' Association fonds

  • AM673
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1970

The fonds consists of four minute books, 1936-1941 and 1950-1970 and three cash books, 1938-1963. The minutes record annual and monthly general meetings, as well as executive meetings. Descriptions of the lectures cover a wide range of subjects, mostly natural history.

British Columbia Professional Gardeners' Association

B.C. Marine Shipbuilders fonds

  • AM717
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1970

The fonds consists of invoices listing repairs to specific ships, 1923-1927 and 1930. Also included are payroll ledgers for the shipyard employees from 1939 to 1952, 1965 and 1970.

British Columbia Marine Shipbuilders

Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 40 fonds

  • AM723
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1980

The fonds consists of the constitutions and by-laws of the different Locals involved in the creation of Local 40; agreements and wage scales for unions in Canada and the United States; reports and briefs of the Liquor Enquiry Commission; scrapbooks chronicling the 1971 contract negotiations of Local 676 and the 1974 and 1976 mergers that resulted in the creation of Local 40; and newsclippings and speeches relating to the political campaign of Pat McGeer in 1969.

Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 40

Alan Morley fonds

  • AM786
  • Fonds
  • 1940

The fonds consists of clippings of Morley's newspaper column, "Romance of Vancouver," and the accompanying illustrations by Fraser Wilson.

Morley, Alan Palmer

E.C. Horwood Collection

  • AM787
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1913

The collection consists of architectural drawings by the architectural firms Burke, Horwood and White, and Horwood and White for the Hudson's Bay Company store building located at on West Georgia Street. The records principally document additions to the building, designed in 1925 and constructed in 1925 and 1926, which brought the building up to its modern footprint.

The collection includes preliminary, construction and as-built drawings pertaining to the 1925 addition and 1926 replacement of original 1893 building on the site. The drawings are primarily mechanical, HVAC, plumbing and electrical drawings, though the collection does contain some drawings of architectural designs. The drawings are depicted as floor plans, elevations, sections, details and schematic diagrams.

The drawings include reference copies of drawings from the construction of the 1913 addition to the 1893 store, the earliest part of the building still standing. The collection also includes a watercolour rendering of the store done at or after the completion of the building.

Burke, Horwood & White

Adelaide Seymour Lewis (Fowler) collection

  • AM796
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1927-1947

The collection consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (1924-1943) relating to Vancouver pioneers and early Vancouver history. There is also a B.C. Electric Railway Company "Notice" dated 1945 listing streetcar regulations for 1945, and a print of "The Golden Jubilee City Hall", 1936.

Lewis, Adelaide Seymour

Charles Thompson fonds

  • AM812
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1964

The fonds consists of a scrapbook (1934-1936) on the campaign and election of Gerry McGeer kept by Thompson; two presentation scrolls by artist J. Roy Ogston, an audio disc of Vancouver City Council final session, and photographs of Thompson and various public functions, views of City Hall, and autographed portraits of prime ministers.

Thompson, Charles Edwin

Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) fonds

  • AM605
  • Fonds
  • 1932 - 1978

The fonds consists of incorporation documents and by-laws, policy manuals, membership lists and rosters, annual reports, executive minutes, and organization publications. The fonds includes detailed project files and albums describing the activities of Jaycee committees, as well as briefs and resolutions to governments and local and regional Jaycee units that reflect many of the social and political concerns of the day, primarily in the decades of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The particular committee structure of the organization changed with the interests of the members, but activity areas remained stable, which was taken into consideration in the series arrangement. The fonds also includes the records of the Jaycettes (1947-1972), including minutes of meetings, reports, membership lists, and project files and albums.
The fonds is arranged in 18 series: Constitution & by-laws, membership lists and policy manuals; Minutes of Executive meetings; Financial records; Annual reports; Regional and international Jaycee policy manuals and reports; Presidents' files; Briefs and resolutions; Convention files; Publications; Government and civic affairs project files and albums; Awards and recognition files and albums; Community Service and special projects files and albums; Membership and fellowship project files and albums; Leadership training files; Miscellaneous committee activity files; Vancouver Junior Chamber of Civic Affairs and Vancouver Junior Board of Trade records; Jaycette records; and, Photographs.

Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce

Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club minutes

  • AM130
  • Fonds
  • 1897

The collection consists of the minutes of a meeting held at the Hotel Vancouver on 2 October 1897, which formed the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club.

Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club

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