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Robert Boscawen Matthews

File consists of records relating to Major Matthews grandson, Hugh Evelyn Robert Boscawen Matthews. Includes correspondence, a wedding invitation, and a wedding photograph.

Will - Dec. 8, 1966 and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd codicil

File consists of records relating to Major Matthews December 8, 1966 will and its codicils. Includes copies of the will and the 3 codicils, correspondence with Major Tupper, his solicitor, and pamphlets for the archives' Annual General Meeting of the Trustees on November 15, 1960.

New Zealand correspondence - 1929-1939

File consists of correspondence from New Zealand, mostly from Martin Matthews' wife, Mrs. Sadie Matthews nee Aldersley and M.A. Silson, as well as copies of Matthews' outgoing replies all regarding his brother Martin's mental illness.

Personal military service - Major J.S. Matthews, V.D. - 6th regiment D.C.O.R., 102nd battalion C.E.F., "The British Columbia Regiment" D.C.O.R., and "North British Columbia Regiment" - 1903-1930

File consists of papers relating to Major Matthews military service. Includes commission papers, military certificates, records of service in Nanaimo Riots, oversea gratuity, records of command of the 6th D.C.O.R., his overseas service, his Long Service decoration, and records of his invention, Trench Fire Cubes.

Willis, John G.

File consists of incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence between Major Matthews, John Willis, and his wife, Susie.

Photographs

File consists of mainly of J.S. Matthews' family photographs, includes the tugboat "Erie" in 1905, a Kerrisdale home "Greyholme" and aerial photographs covering Sperling and Willingdon Avenues.

3480 East Marine Drive property

File consists of records relating to the 3480 East Marine Drive property owned by J.S. Matthews. Includes correspondence, receipts, a large map of the property lot, an indentuer signing the property over to Florence Vera Matthews, and papers concerning old leases on the property during the 1930s to Chinese tenants.

[Correspondence and financial records, 1906-1917]

File consists of correspondence and financial records of J.S. Matthews and his family during their early years in Vancouver. Includes dried flowers sent from Wales, a letter from Herbert Lewis Matthews to Maud Boscawen, a hand coloured card to J.S. Matthews from his family, and 3 letters from Maud Boscawen to J.S. Matthews.

[Correspondence and miscellanea, 1924-1929]

File consists of correspondence and financial records of J.S. Matthews and his family. Includes incoming and copies of outgoing business correspondence, Imperial Oil stock papers, personal correspondence, and one photograph of Goat Lake. Correspondence includes incoming letters from Sadie Matthews, Martin Matthews, his cousin Gertrude, M.A. Silson, Emily Oxford, B. Schmidt, and the Soldier Settlement Board.

Mrs. Eileen Willis

File consists of correspondence between J.S. Matthews and Mrs. Eileen Willis, daughter of Mrs. Mabel Agnes Willis, his housekeeper and sister-in-law.

[Correspondence and miscellanea - birth certificate, marriage certificate, retired--retaining rank, life insurance, coat of arms]

File consists of miscellaneous papers and correspondence. Includes life insurance papers, a street car pass, a certified copy of the marriage of J.S. Matthews and Catherine Valentia Maud Boscawen, a photo postcard of the Matthews genealogical coat of arms, a certified copy of Matthews' birth certificate, papers stating Matthews' retirement while retaining rank, and a pamphlet for an event in which Matthews presents a sword.

[Correspondence and miscellanea, 1923-1930]

File consists of correspondence of J.S. Matthews and his family. Includes correspondence between J.S. Matthews and Sadie Matthews, Martin Matthews, Mary Jane Matthews, and Emily Matthews; J.S. Matthews and Midland Bank; Emily Matthews and her solicitors; bills for shipping Mary Jane Matthews' personal effects; Herbert Lewis Matthews' Rent Book; a diary J.S. Matthews kept during the period of separation with his wife Emily that includes daily entries concerning problems with Emily and a list of "Things Emily has thrown at me"; the deed for the land for the house for Mary Jane Matthews; household accounts; and a survey of knowledge J.S. Matthews wrote and sent to Martin regarding the state of their mother's affairs.

[Correspondence and miscellanea, 1925-1964]

File consists of correspondence and financial records of J.S. Matthews and his family. Includes copy print of photograph of Maud Boscawen; watercoloured card; letters and 3 photographs from Peta Clifton of Te Horo, New Zealand; a reference letter for J.S. Matthews to apply for the position of Principal Clerk of the Fisheries Branch; a sketch of the layout of the Te Horo home; correspondence to J.S. Matthews from his newphew Jack, G.D. Pinder (his cat's vet), W.H. Clifton, and C.M. Rolston (Imperial Oil); letter to Emily Matthews from Mrs. V. Haig; photographs of Prestatyn and an unidentified male; and letters from Martin Matthews and 2 photographs of Martin's home with himself and his son Frank Matthews.

Correspondence and miscellanea

File consists of miscellaneous papers and correspondence. Includes street car passes, newspaper clippngs, pamphlets, a bill for a hospital stay and a bill for the death of one of J.E.B. Matthews' children, military promotion papers, the 1941 City Archivists Report, and one of Matthews' cancelled wills. Also includes three photographs: of Matthews' garden, of Wales, and postcard.

Matthews, Mrs. J.S. - photographs and photostats

File consists of photographs and rememberances of Mrs. Emily Eliza Matthews. Includes a lock of her hair, the 39th Annual Report of the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital from 1908, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Matthews, photostats of her will and 27 photographs of Mrs. Matthews.

Mrs. [Emily Eliza] Matthews

File consists of a newspaper clipping, a pamphlet from Christ Church Cathedral, and copies of a typed page by Matthews detailing his wife's will and affairs, along with the memorials he gave her after her death.

Mrs. Donald C. Walser nee Evelyn Matthews

File consists of correspondence, including postcards, wedding and birth announcements, and letters. Includes records of the sale and mortage of the 5050 E Marine Drive property and magazine clippings from Adhesives Age. Also includes 9 photographs, predominantly of Evelyn's children--Matthews' grandchilren.

Mrs. J.S. Matthews - nursing service, war service

File consists of papers belonging to Mrs. Emily Matthews. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, an invitation from the King to Windsor Castle, her address book, lecture notes, a dinner menu from an Adelaide Steamship, her Officer's Record of Services Army Book, her identity disc used in World War I, her certificate for registration in the Graduate Nurses' Association of British Columbia, 1916 issues of The Balkan News during the war, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews marriage announcement, 1918 issue of the Canada journal in which Emily Edwardes is mentioned in the dispatches, a deed to land, her certificate of service, and 21 photographs and 3 negatives of Mrs. J.S. Matthews, Resthaven Hospital, and war time scenes.

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