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The series consists of microfilmed transcripts of short essays on various subjects, including the transport and mining industries in B.C., the history of B.C., descriptions of Victoria and other B.C. cities by Cariboo grocer Leonard A. Coton. Also includes accounts of car trips taken by L.A. Coton to the Okanagan, the Cariboo and on Vancouver Island in the 1950s.
Harriet C. Mackay school certificates
Item consists of two oversized certificates presented to Harriet Cotsford Mackay, a student at South Park School, Victoria, in 1895. On September 18, she was awarded a diploma for her writing by the British Columbia Agricultural and Industrial Association at their 19th annual exhibition. On December 20, she was awarded her high school entrance certificate by the Superintendent of Education.
Letters written to Hugh Booth Lee
The series consists of photocopies of letters written from British Columbia to Hugh Booth Lee of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, 1913-1914. Most of the letters were written by Hugh's mother, Mrs. Agnes Nash, during a visit she made to her children, Nessie (Mrs. Norman Lee), of Hanceville, Tom, of Alexis Creek, and Alfred, of Nicola and Alberni. The collection also contains letters from Tom and Nessie Hugh. Mrs. Nash was in the Chilcotin from March to May 1913, at Nicola from July to September, and in Victoria, where she lived with Nessie and Norman Lee, from October 1913 to June 1914. Mrs. Nash was very sociable and the letters are full of news of people met in B.C. and of the family in England.
Papers relating to Chinese people in British Columbia
The series consists of (Volume 1) tickets for passage from Hong Kong to Victoria in 1865 via the barque "Maria", receipts, account books, medicine books; and (Volume 2) letters written by a son in China to his father in B.C. in the 1870s relating to crops, family news, and information regarding the investment of remittances (Volume 2).
The record consists of a presentation album made on or around April 4, 1911 by an unknown creator. The album has a cedar bark cover and contains 18 black and white photographs mounted on paper. There are no captions or page numbers but there is a hand lettered title page which provides the album title.
Victoria Coal & Lumber Co. collection book May 1864
Series consists of a collection book for section MR 19, kept by James Frain from May to December 1864. It lists names and amounts collected.
Views of Victoria, E&N railway through Duncan
The series consists of 11 photographs of Victoria and the E&N Railway through Duncan. The photographs are numbered and consist of the following: