The fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, financial records, manuscripts, photographs and paintings.

Records include diaries, paintings of B.C. fauna and natural history notes from James G. French, who operated an animal menagerie at Victoria. French had his menagerie at Willows Beach, ca. 1897-1900, when he moved it to Swan Lake. He later moved to the property which is now French Beach Provincial Park. Mrs. Jane French operated the Woodbine Rabbitry.

The collection consists of artwork created or acquired by Emily Carr between ca. 1893 and 1945. This collection was acquired by the BC Archives over many years through donations and purchases. It includes sketchbooks, paintings and other artworks.

Correspondence, historical notes, drafts of articles and reviews, and family memorabilia.

Diaries of Mrs. Julia Bullock-Webster, kept during a two year visit with her sons, Edward Walter and William Howard Bullock-Webster, on their ranch near Keremeos, B.C. The author (an elderly English gentlewoman) was accompanied by her two daughters, Evelyn Eliza and Helen Georgina Bullock-Webster, and a young English "farm pupil," William Dalziel Walker. The diaries contain lively descriptions of pioneer life in the Similkameen district; they also include cookery recipes and ink sketches of the Bullock-Webster ranch.

The fonds consists of research files on Emily Carr, Arthur Pitts and the Island Arts and Crafts Society, an article entitled "My friend, Emily Carr", personal correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs, as well as sound recordings of interviews and reminiscences about Emily Carr and other Victoria area artists.

Series consists of administrative records of the Victoria Sketch Club. There are record books (1909-1919, 1930-1976), which primarily contain meeting minutes, but also include programs, accounts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. There are also miscellaneous documents that include membership lists, exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings, correspondence, schedules, meeting notices, and other items. Many of these documents have the name "Jessie Crease" or "J. Crease" written on them, and may have been collected and maintained by Jessie Crease.

The records consist of correspondence, exhibition catalogues, articles, scrapbooks and photo periodicals.

Diaries and scrapbook kept by Henry Masterman Mist while interned in Ruhleben Camp, Spandau during World War I. This unit also contains "Prisoners Pie", a magazine produced by the prisoners for New Year 1916, and 2 books about Ruhleben, "The Ruhleben Prison Camp" by Israel Cohen and "The History of Ruhleben" by Joseph Powell and Frances Cribble.

Scrapbook containing certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence; newspaper clippings re art; receipt book re paintings and sales; files on paintings and sales; album of portrait sketches, 1921-1933; sketches and sketching aids.

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Ina D. D. Uhthoff and three of her paintings. The records primarily document Uhthoff's relationships with various art galleries, either regarding selling or exhibiting her works. Some of these records were created by other individuals connected to Ina Uhthoff (principally John Uhthoff, son of Ina Uhthoff) and relate to the selling or disposition of her artwork.

The file consists of one hardcover folio, which contains 19 loose artworks created by various artists associated with the Island Arts and Crafts Society (IACS). The portfolio is inscribed with the name "Mrs. N.P. Shaw". The portfolio was presented to Ella Gertrude Shaw, nee Lugrin (Mrs. N.P. Shaw) in March 1925 upon her departure from Victoria to Vancouver. Shaw was a founding member of the IACS and exhibited from 1910-1922 at the Society's annual exhibitions.

The papers of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, including research files on Emily Carr, Arthur Pitts and the Island Arts and Crafts Society, and personal correspondence and scrapbooks. Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher was a friend and sketching partner of Emily Carr. She wrote two books, M.E.: a portrayal of Emily Carr (1969) and Emily Carr: the untold story (1978). In 1974 she was appointed the "Special Consultant on Emily Carr for the British Columbia government". This collection includes material she gathered during her research, her research correspondence, and drafts of her books and articles. Hembroff-Schleicher also wrote about other subjects, including the British watercolourist Arthur D.J. Pitts who lived in Saanich from 1947 to 1972, and the Island Arts and Crafts Society. Hembroff-Schleicher grew up in Victoria. Her scrapbook and photo albums provide glimpses of life in the city. This collection also includes the journal of her travelling companion, Marian Allardt, during their trip to Europe 1928-29, and her correspondence with fellow artist Max Maynard. The files have been grouped into the following broad thematic categories; duplicates have been removed. Otherwise, the original composition of the files has not been altered: Research - Emily Carr (Boxes 1 to 3); Research - Arthur Pitts (Box 4); Research - Island Arts and Crafts Society (Box 4); Research - Ernest Hemingway (Box 4); Personal - Correspondence and documents (Boxes 4 to 6). The material Hembroff-Schleicher gathered during her research included photocopies of Emily Carr's correspondence. The copies have been retained only if they were annotated, or if they represented collections that are not held by the British Columbia Archives. This collection also included photocopies of all of Emily Carr's correspondence with Ira Dilworth. The photocopies were not retained in this collection because they were not annotated. The originals are in the Parnall (MS-2763) and the Inglis (MS-2181) collections.

The series consists of records created and collected by William Henry Clarke, his wife Irene, and their son William (Bill), who managed Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., a publishing house in Toronto that was established in 1930. The records were created and collected in both a business and personal capacity between 1930 and 1979.

The collection consists of 120 original Emily Carr letters sent to both William and Irene Clarke between 1941 and 1945. Alongside nearly all these letters are typed transcripts of the letter, as well as the 'flimsies' of the Clarke letters sent to Carr. Also included in the collection are two folders of correspondence between William Clarke and Ira Dilworth between 1944 and 1957, which are related to the publishing of Emily Carr's manuscripts. There are additional folders containing correspondence from William and Irene Clarke, Ira Dilworth, Oxford University Press, Lawren Harris, and other lawyers, solicitors, publishers, amongst others. The collection also includes Emily Carr's probate as well as agreement between Emily Carr, Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd, and Oxford University Press. Also included are drafts of manuscripts, including 'Pause', 'The Heart of a Peacock', and 'Wild Flowers', and other manuscripts from both Emily Carr and Doris Shadbolt. The collection also includes publicity material, such as book reviews of 'The Book of Small', Carr's posthumous art exhibitions, two photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, as well as copies of speeches given by Emily Carr, Professor Garnett Sedgewick and others. Finally, there are photocopies of some correspondence from Emily Carr to Carol Pearson and Alice Carr from 1942 to 1945.

Some of the contents contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive.

Letters from Emily Carr (46 letters); also 2 letters from Emily Carr to Fred Brand. The typed transcript and the notes attached to them are by Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher.

The fonds consists of 29 handwritten letters from Emily Carr to Myfanwy Pavelic, with some to her parents, nearly all written in pencil, 1942 to 1944. There is also one letter from J. Delisle Parker to the editor of Victoria Daily Times about an exhibit in Vancouver of Pavelic's paintings.

"My friend, Emily Carr" is an article written by Edythe Hembroff Brand (later Schleicher) after Emily Carr's death. It predates her manuscript for "M.E.": "A portrayal of Emily Carr" which was accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in 1951, but not published until 1969 by Clarke Irwin Company, Toronto.

SUMMARY: First half of radio program with Doug Nixon, announcer; Ira Dilworth, CBC Regional Director; Garnett Sedgewick, professor; and Lawren Harris, painter, about: literature; Emily Carr's book "Growing Pains"; art, painting.

The item is an experimental film by Stan Fox and Dorothy Burritt. It was produced as a gift to Burritt's husband, filmmaker Oscar Burritt (who was working in Toronto at the time), and is an offbeat study of life at their Vancouver apartment -- suite 2, 1960 Robson Street. The camera explores the apartment and the household memorabilia, and Dorothy is seen sitting for a portrait by painter Peter Bortkus. Later some friends drop by for a screening of Sacha Guitry's film "Pearls of the Crown", followed by a party. Among the guests are Moira Armour, film editor Maureen Balfe, UBC student Stanley Fox, photographer Peter Varley, and an unnamed figure wearing a bird costume. Most of the people shown would have been involved with the National Film Society of Canada (Vancouver Branch). Suite Two won honourable mention (amateur category) at the first Canadian Film Awards in 1949.