The fonds consists of A.C. Lincoln's photographs and film footage of events at Fairbridge Farm School. Fonds also includes a register of the Fairbridge Farm School Wolf Cub Pack and miscellaneous correspondence and brochures relating to Fairbridge Farm School.

This unit consists of cards relating to closed licensed child care facilities, day care facilities 1967-1980 and summer camps 1954-1974. The facilities were licensed under the Welfare Institutions Licensing Act of 1938 until 1969 when it was replaced by the Community Care Facilities Licensing Act.

Case files for children admitted to the Alexandra Non Sectarian Orphanage and Children's Home in Vancouver.

The item is an autograph book kept by Patrick Webb, while he was a trainee at Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School (Cowichan Station, B.C.) and at the Fintry Fairbridge Training Farm near Vernon B.C.

This series contains records from the Boys Industrial School Inquiry. Commissioners C.W. Topping and Eric Pepler were appointed January 12, 1934 to investigate and report upon the administration of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys. The records include the original letters of complaint from the staff, the proceedings, evidence and exhibits presented at the proceedings, and correspondence of the commissioners and the Provincial Secretary regarding the inquiry. The records also include a file regarding an investigation at the Colony Farm (Essondale) in the same year and a report of the Superintendent of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys in 1944.

The commission was to inquire into the operation of Jericho Hill School for the deaf and blind; Ben Chud was appointed sole commissioner. Two administrative files and some background reports are available here. The final report is available at the Legislative Library. The Commission of Inquiry into Jericho Hill School was established pursuant to the Public Inquiries Act by Order in council 2018, dated 18 June 1974, with B. Chud appointed as sole Commissioner. The Commission was to examine the operation of the Jericho Hill School to discover any restrictions upon the extension of the operation or programmes to meet more fully the needs of the children. Secondly, the commission was to examine the present management system (A District Superintendent responsible for running the whole complex accountable to the Division of Supportive Services), and if appropriate, suggest alternative systems of management, including an analysis of the impact of the of the Public Service Classification System and salaries upon the ability of Jericho Hill School with respect to the recruitment and retention of staff. The Commission held approximately 120 private interviews with school staff, parents, related organizations, professionals in the fields of sight and hearing impairment as well as other interested persons from the community. Public hearings were held on July 9th and 12th at which time 53 presentations were received. The Commissioner met with the Director of Support and Integrated Services of the Department of Education, Victoria, held group meetings with teachers and administrators of the school, the Greater Vancouver Association for the Deaf, the Courtenay-Comox Pre-School Society, and travelled to Ontario and Quebec visiting several schools for the Deaf and Blind. The Commission submitted a final report on 4 September 1974. Fonds is incomplete except for some reports written on the subject of the school and provincial services for the sight and hearing impaired in years just prior to the commission as well as two commission administrative files. A copy of the Report of Inquiry, Jericho Hill School is available at the Legislative Library, Victoria.

SUMMARY: Mrs. Margaret Shepard appeals for donations to help foster children.;

Series consists of correspondence inward, sermons and addresses, pamphlets and newspaper clippings pertaining to mental health services, and a brief entitled "Home For Emotionally Disturbed Children" prepared in 1956 by the Canadian Association of Social Workers and a Joint Committee of the Community Chest and Council of Greater Vancouver.

The series consists three sub-series of Fairbridge Farm School administrative and operational records, 1935-1961:

A: Farm school records are in boxes 1-4 and document the school's active phase as a residential training centre for underprivileged British children (ca.1935-1949). Includes correspondence, reports, newsletters, and case files of 'Fairbridgians' (student trainees), which may include legal documents, case histories, personal correspondence, and photographs.

B: Farm site records are in boxes 5-12 and document the period when the Fairbridge property was leased to local farmers and used to accommodate English immigrant families, 1949-1960. Includes records for agricultural work on the farm site and records about English immigrant families who leased farm cottages.

C: Case files are in boxes 13-22 and consist of individual student trainee records. These may include legal documents, case histories, personal correspondence, and photographs.

The series consists of records of the Fairbridge Alumni Association and predecessor organization, the Old Fairbridgian Association. Members of the association were formerly trainees at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, ca. 1935-1951. Records include correspondence (1946-1975), minutes (1947-1970), newsletters and gazettes (1950-1954), constitution and financial reports 1964-1974), account books and receipts, and addresses of alumni, ca. 1953-1962. The records were maintained by the Rev. Thomas E. Speed, a Fairbridge alumnus.

The series consists of newspaper cuttings concerning Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School and Old Fairbridgians, ca. 1934-1983; copies of provincial government statutes and regulations re: welfare institutions, etc., 1937-1948; correspondence to Miss Katie O'Neill (farm school cottage mother), 1936-1941, 1960. Also a photocopy of a certificate from the Fairbridge Society in Britain to the Fairbridge Alumni Association, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Fairbridge Farm School at Cowichan Station.

The series consists of two albums of photographs from the period when Lincoln was on staff at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School at Cowichan Station, (near Duncan, B.C.) from 1935 to 1939. It also includes class photos taken by a professional photographer, and images of the school (including an aerial photo) on postcards. Subjects include: individual students and staff (many identified), group photos, Wolf Cubs, Boy Scouts, sports and games, outdoor and farming activities, and building interiors and exteriors. The series includes a photograph of a visit by Lord Tweedsmuir and a portrait of Kingsley Fairbridge. The series also includes images of Cowichan Bay and other Cowichan Valley locations.

The series contains documents pertaining to Fairbridge Farm School, a residential and educational community for underprivileged British children, located near Duncan. Includes visitor books (1935-1953) and roll book of Fairbridge school staff (1935-1950). Also includes scrapbook and diary of school nurse, Margaret (nee King) Minchen (1940-1942).

Minutes of the Welfare Institutions Licensing Board (1938-66), later the Community Care Facilities Licensing Board (1972). Also includes Regulations of 1940 and explanatory notes on the Welfare Institutions Licensing Act of 1937 (volume 7). The Welfare Institutions Licensing Board was established within the Department of the Provincial Secretary in 1938 to carry out the provisions of the Act Respecting Private Welfare Institutions. The Act came into existence in 1937 as a result of Commissioner Bird's recommendations upon his inquiry into the Homes for the Friendless in that year. The intention of the Act was to protect infants, unmarried mothers, and handicapped or aged adults from exploitation in private boarding homes or similar institutions. In 1950, responsibility for the administration of the Welfare Institutions Licensing Act was transferred from the Hospital Services Division of the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service to the Social Welfare Branch. In 1969 the Welfare Institutions Act was superseded by the Community Care Facilities Licensing Act. In 19701971, responsibility for the Act was returned to the Health Branch, within the Department of Health Services and Hospital Insurance. This unit includes minutes of the board 1938-1966 and 1972. Volume 7 also includes regulations, ca 1940, and notes explaining the legislation (1937). The minutes include lists of facilities which were licensed, addresses and capacity, and other information.

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, newsletters and case files as well as operational records regarding agricultural work on the farm site, a roll book, a scrapbook, loose pages from the Punishment Book, photographs and maps.

This series includes six case files (1914-1920), one pamphlet, four news clippings (1956-1969) and one letter regarding the Provincial Industrial Home for Girls (1912-1937), later named the Provincial Industrial School for Girls (1937-1959), and then the Willingdon School for Girls (1959-1973).

The series consists of loose pages from a punishment book kept at Fairbridge Farm School by the duties master, ca. 1944-1946. Sheets record punishments given to Fairbridge children for offences and infractions. Series also contains prospectus of Fairbridge Farm Schools Society, ca. 1935.

Received from the Fairbridge Alumni Association, 1987.

Records of the Chief Inspector of Welfare Institutions. Subject files relating to boarding home care for discharged patients of the mental hospitals, various committees studying day care and welfare of the aged, courses in preschool education, essays regarding the history of the program, annual reports of the Inspector and treasury slips detailing licenses to various institutions. The Department of the Provincial Secretary was responsible for health and welfare programs between 1907 and 1946, including the administration of the Act Respecting Private Welfare Institutions, passed in 1937. The Inspection of Welfare Institutions remained under the supervision of the Department of the Provincial Secretary until 1950, when it was transferred to the Department of Health and Welfare (Social Welfare Branch). In 1969, when the Community Care Facilities Licensing Act replaced the Act Respecting Private Welfare Institutions, this responsibility was transferred to the Ministry of Health. These files give a tremendous amount of information relating to the development of community care facilities licensing and the activities of persons who were interested in the welfare of dependent groups. GR-2864 documents early work in placing discharged mental hospital patients into boarding homes, the development of standards for care, correspondence with the Community Chest and Council of Vancouver, several essays on the history of pre-school education in Vancouver and the administration of welfare institutions in British Columbia. The annual reports are useful because they contain more information than the published reports.

Series consists of 1922-1973 case files, registers of pupils, records of school grades achieved, and a few personal items from girls at the Provincial Industrial Home for Girls (1912-1937), later named the Provincial Industrial School for Girls (1937-1959), and then the Willingdon School for Girls (1959-1973) .