Fonds PR-1272 - Chambers family fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Chambers family fonds

General material designation

  • graphic material
  • moving images
  • multiple media
  • textual record

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

PR-1272

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1927-1960 (Creation)
    Creator
    Chambers (family)

Physical description area

Physical description

1559 photographs, 1 film reel, 1 videocassette

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Theodore Gervase Sandeman Chambers (1897-1989) was married to Lilian Therese Victoria Chambers (1897-1986). They were proprietors of the Forbidden Plateau Lodge, near Courtenay, B.C., in the 1940s and 1950s.

Custodial history

Scope and content

The fonds consists of photographs of the Chambers family, and home movies of their travels in British Columbia, Canada, the United States and Europe (1936-1940), as well as footage of Forbidden Plateau (1949) and a promotional film the Chambers made for the Empire Tea Bureau.

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Material in 85-103 and F1986:11/001 donated to the BC Archives by the Chambers' executor, Mrs. Claire Bridgeman, 1985-08? Other material donated by Mrs. Lilian T.V. Chambers. V1986:13 deposited by P. Dunae.

Arrangement

Language of material

Script of material

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

  • No access restrictions apply.
  • Conservation restriction: material in cool or cold storage requires special retrieval and handling.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

General note

Archives code(s): 74A-001; 85-103; 198207-006; F1986:11/001; V1986:13.

General note

Accession number(s): 198207-006; 85-103; F1986:11; V1986:13; 74A-001

Conservation

Graphic material and moving image originals may be in cool or cold storage. Contact staff for specific details.

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres