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Dunsmuir family fonds
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- multiple media
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1881, 1906-1936 (Creation)
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- Dunsmuir (family)
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300 photographs, 4 cm of textual records
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Robert Dunsmuir (1825-1889) was born in Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland. He came to British columbia in 1847 and worked as a mining advisor to the Hudson's Bay Company. He discovered coal in Nanaimo and became one of B.C."s leading industrialists and political figures. After his death, his son James Dunsmuir (1851-1920) continued the family business and served as Premier and later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. The Dunsmuirs are known for their homes, including Craigdarroch Castle and Hatley Park.
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Mills Seminary certificate donated by Jim Morgan, 1982.
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The fonds consists of photographs (1910-1915) of family activities, Hatley Park, Esquimalt and the family yacht; and, the guest book of Hatley Castle, the Dunsmuir family residence in Colwood near Victoria. It also includes two oversized certificates: one presented to Mary Jean Dunsmuir (Croft) by Mills Seminary (1881) and one presented to Laura Dunsmuir upon becoming a life member of the Victoria and Vancouver Island Local Council of Women (1910).
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Archives code(s): 197912-041; 197912-042; E/D/D921.
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Accession number(s): 197910-004; 197912-041; 197912-042; 82-117; 82-018I
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- Dunsmuir (family) (Subject)