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The series consists of company and family records, and includes newspaper clippings (biographical and obituaries), publications, pamphlets, ephemera and artifacts. Included are illustrated booklets which promote the company and the city of Victoria. These include a company history entitled “The First 60 Years” (1947), “Victoria, the City Beautiful” (ca. 1913), and “Victoria The City Beautiful of the North Pacific" (ca. 1912). Other materials consist of collected pamphlets, postcards, a 1930 Victoria phone book and an undated, early Atlas Road Map of Vancouver Island, B.C.

The series also consists of records which have only a loose connection, or no connection, to the business or the family, and include magazines, newspapers and collected clippings concerning world news, and Victoria places, news and events.

The archivist found the records physically located throughout the fonds and assembled them in one series.

The series consists of the records of Frederick George Pennington (Fred) Maurice, who worked for the company for 52 years (ca. 1926-1977) and became a director of the company. After retiring, in the late 1970s and 1980s, he wrote an unpublished history of the company and the Pemberton and Holmes families. That manuscript forms part of this series. There are also materials related to that manuscript and his research for it, including his rough notes, memos and correspondence (notably with William J. Borrie). There are draft versions of chapters, transcriptions of old company correspondence, a Pemberton and Holmes family tree, and his notes concerning B.C. and Canadian history. The extensive notes and transcriptions are on loose leaf paper, index cards, and in spiral notebooks.

The series also consists of original records or photocopies which Fred Maurice removed from their original location in the fonds, including news clippings, photographs, ephemera, maps and plans. Photocopies of company records include several related to dealings between the Pemberton family and the Gonzales Point Land Company Limited, and photocopies of documents such as the wills of Charles William Ringler Thomson and Joseph Blackburn Greaves. The series includes what appears to be a handwritten draft of a memoir written by Frederick B. Pemberton.

The series also consists of business files believed to have been in the possession of Fred Maurice, concerning both Pemberton Holmes company business and Maurice’s personal business. These include records regarding the management of estates.

The series includes a photograph album, presumed to be Fred Maurice's, as his name is written in his handwriting on the front cover. The black and white prints appear to be primarily vacation photos, featuring landscape shots and unidentified people. Some loose photos are dated 1940. The album contains three photographs that appear to have been taken in the Netherlands during World War II. The back of one photo (of the Dutch town of Hoorn) is annotated with the following: "(Note - I still keep out of / pictures!!). This may indicate that Maurice was possibly the photographer, not a subject in the photographs.

The series consists of records related to filings with the Registrar of Companies in compliance with the BC Companies Act. These include the company's annual report filings with the Registrar of Companies and documents and correspondence related to the preparation for this annual filing. Annual reports were filed directly by the company and also by the law firm of Pearlman and Lindholm. The series also consists of documents submitted in 1974 by Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. to Pearlman and Lindholm for filings in compliance with the New British Columbia Companies Act.

The series also consists of minutes and related records from annual ordinary general meetings, shareholder meetings, and board of directors meetings. Bound books consist of minutes and/or the company register (including lists of directors, lists of shareholders, registers of transfers, and stock ledgers). Other documents related to corporate governance include executed board of directors' resolutions, director resignations, notices of change in director or officer, consents to reassign shares, consents to act as director, voting proxy assignments, notices to shareholders of annual general meetings, estimated gross income sheets, balance sheets, meeting agendas, tax notices and documents, general remarks on income and expenses, statements of assets and liabilities, cash flow sheets, president's reports to directors, budgets, profit plans, staff personal plans, staff updates, promotion and relocations reports, financial analyses, schedules of payment, memos and notes.

The 1944 board of directors meeting minutes record the name change from Pemberton & Son Ltd. to Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. The series also consists of correspondence related to annual general meetings and share transfers. Correspondence and annual report copies are generally arranged chronologically.

The series consists of records relating to company organization, articles of association and its change of name, in the 1930s and 1940s. It also consists of notarized copies of a 1987 certificate from the BC Registrar of Companies documenting the change of name from Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. to Pemberton & Son Ltd., and the 1986 Company Act articles of Pemberton & Son Ltd.

The series consists of an alphabetically-ordered record group, created between 1964 and 1966, called “client history sheets” which, in most cases, consists of individual files on real estate clients of the company. The data collected on each client includes but is not limited to: name, spouse, occupation, number of children with gender and age, the address of the property purchased and/or sold, the type and use of the dwelling, and price. The records are incomplete; only files for “J to Z” are present.

The series also consists of two scrapbooks of collected newspaper clippings of ads for the sale of Victoria properties. One scrapbook dates from 1911-1912 and the other from ca. 1976 to 1987.

The series also consists of a Teela market survey semi-annual yearbook, relating to real estate values for properties in Victoria and southern Vancouver Island in 1972.

The series consists of Pemberton & Son Ltd. and Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. financial records dating from 1933 to 1987. Records consist primarily of draft and final versions of profit and loss account summaries (consolidated, combined, departmental, comparative), balance sheets (departmental, consolidated, comparative, pro forma), trial balance sheets (general and departmental), comparative statements of fiscal years, summaries of operations, and financial comparisons, as well as related notes, working papers, calculations, correspondence, inter-office communications and memoranda. The series also consists of records related to the financial transition made when the partnership of Pemberton & Son incorporated in 1933.

The series also consists of copies of the company's official financial statements for 1936-1941, 1947, 1951-1957, and 1973-1987 (excluding 1986), as well as correspondence related to the financial statements and president's reports or remarks on the financial statements. A 1935 financial statement for Pemberlea Ltd. is also included. Financial statements are arranged chronologically starting in 1941.

Other records in the series include schedules of shareholders' loans, lists of securities, statements of capital surplus, staff and salesman production monthly totals, lists of insurance accounts outstanding, action plans for accounts, an application of funds statement, lists of real estate sales, departmental cash analysis, lists of financial procedures, inventory statements, daily advice sheets and sales reports, minutes and agenda for board of directors meetings, and inventory write-off lists.

The series consists of records (primarily photographs) relating to company buildings in Victoria, B.C., including images of building exteriors, office interiors and a small number of photos of staff.

The first Pemberton Block at Fort and Broad Street was destroyed by fire in 1909. Frederick B. Pemberton issued plans for a replacement building at Fort, Broad and Broughton Street, built in 1910. It housed Pemberton & Son and Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. until 1948 when the company sold it to Norman Yarrow (therefore now referred to as the historic Yarrow Building). After 1948, Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. was located at its new premises at 1002 Government Street. The series includes photographs taken in the transition between the two buildings in 1948.

The series includes a photocopy of a pamphlet which gives details about the construction and floor plans of the Yarrow Building.

There are also records which relate to company buildings and offices in series MS-3052.

The series consists of records pertaining to the community groups, organizations, charitable causes and political involvement with which the principals of the company or the company itself were connected. These include: the Oak Bay Improvement Association, the War Memorial Committee (regarding the Victoria Cenotaph), the Royal Jubilee Hospital, the Vancouver Island Milk Producers' Association, the Victoria Cricket Club, the Victoria and District Cricket Association, the Canadian Highway Association, the Union Club of B.C., and the Victoria Golf Club. It also consists of records concerning the creation of parks and greenbelt lands, including Cathedral Grove, Pemberton Park and Cuthbert Holmes Park. Records include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, receipts, stocks and debentures records, and meeting minutes. The War Memorial Committee was formed for the purpose of collecting funds to build a war memorial (the cenotaph) in downtown Victoria in 1924. Frederick B. Pemberton, (whose sons Frederick D. Pemberton and Warren Pemberton, had been killed in the First World War), served as treasurer. The records include receipts and correspondence concerning fundraising for this project. The records also include a brief history of the cenotaph project, with several drafts and research notes created by Fred Maurice. Frederick B. Pemberton and others formed the Oak Bay Improvement Association in 1905. The series includes a letterpress copybook containing correspondence of that organization. The series also includes an Oak Bay municipality assessment roll, dated 1907, which probably also relates to Frederick B. Pemberton's involvement with municipal affairs and politics. The records were arranged together in this series by the archivist. There are related records in Series 3040.

The series consists of records related to the family matters and personal business matters of various members of the Holmes family. It is frequently unclear who created or collected the records, although Henry Cuthbert Holmes appears to have been responsible for many of them.

Textual records relating to Henry Cuthbert Holmes include: birth, baptismal, citizenship and marriage records; property ownership records; wills, estate, power of attorney, indenture and mortgage records; and a news clipping scrapbook. There are also personal business notebooks, calendars and day books of Henry Cuthbert Holmes, which tend to be fragmentary and lacking in context.

Textual records also include files relating to the personal business matters of Terence Charles Holmes, Philip D.P. (Pip) Holmes, and Joan Isabella Holmes.

Photographic prints and negatives include photos of Henry Cuthbert Holmes, Pip Holmes, William Cuthbert Holmes, Terence C. Holmes, Holmes family ancestors, family snapshots, and studio portraits, including some of the Pemberton family (J .D. Pemberton and F.B. Pemberton). Also included is a drawing of Pip Holmes. There are also photographs of unidentified people and subjects, landscapes and exteriors, photographs of paintings and other art work, and photographs of unidentified houses and furniture.

See also Series 3038 for other records related to Holmes family matters.

The series consists of approximately 2750 business files which made up the main filing system of Pemberton & Son and its successor companies. Most of these files consist of client transaction records, including business and legal documents with accompanying correspondence. A majority of the files relate to the sale, conveyance, mortgage, rent or lease of properties. These files were organized according to the street address of a property, with cross reference to its legal lot description. These legal descriptions usually appear on the original docket covers. Most were housed in the docket format (in reinforced, expandable, heavy envelopes, usually bound with string) with documents folded inside. However, some files were housed in ordinary envelopes. The majority were assigned a file number, which was stencilled or written on the front of the docket or envelope. Because the company was a leading broker of private mortgages, a great many files pertain to mortgages, together with accompanying records such as insurance policies. For these docket files, the name of the mortgagee is written at the top of the cover, and the name of the mortgagor is at the bottom. Names were often updated as changes occurred in the ownership of a property or when the parties to a mortgage changed. Also, a substantial number of the files relate to property management or rental of properties. Record types include but are not limited to: assignment of mortgage and indenture documents; conveyances; deeds; agreements for sale of land; loan applications; releases; title searches; certificates of title; certificates of encumbrance; Land Registry Office records; insurance policies; tax assessments and receipts; invoices from contractors, builders and other service providers; lot plans; blueprints; photographs; maps, plans, diagrams and sketches; inventories; notices of payment due; leases; account statements; power of attorney records; wills and codicils; timber cutting agreements; property appraisals; share or stock information, including stock certificates. The docket file numbers are sometimes referenced in the ledger books, presumably to help a user find the file related to a ledger entry; and at the same time, a corresponding ledger entry sometimes appears written on the front of a docket. However, it has not been possible to establish consistent, useful links between the dockets and the ledgers. Numbers on dockets appear to refer to a ledger, but that ledger cannot be located. Similarly, docket numbers (sometimes called folio numbers) frequently appear in the ledgers, but the docket apparently referenced cannot be located. It appears that many of the docket envelopes were reused, perhaps when the records in that envelope were deemed obsolete. Old docket covers were pasted over with new covers, with different file numbers. If obsolete records were destroyed or moved to a different location, and dockets reused, this may help explain why many dockets referenced in the ledgers are missing. The numbered dockets mostly fall into one of three number systems: a one to four-digit numbering system with no prefix (e.g., 3482); a one to four-digit numbering system with an "A" prefix, introduced in approximately 1926 (e.g., A3482); and a one to four-digit numbering system with a "B" prefix, introduced approximately 1948 (e.g., B3482). While it appears that the date range of the A-prefix group extends later chronologically than the no-prefix group, and the B-prefix group extends later chronologically than the A-prefix group, there is much overlap, and it is unclear why the new groups were implemented or what distinct purpose each numbering scheme might have served in the organization of the files. There are also dockets numbered B1 to B6843, although there are many gaps or missing numbers in the numbering sequence. In addition to the prefixes, letters were sometimes used as suffixes (e.g., 3482c). In addition, the same file number is occasionally used across multiple dockets without a suffix but with distinguishing information added to the front of the envelope, such as the name of a property. Occasionally a handwritten note on the front of a docket refers the user to another docket containing related material. In addition to the predominant groups (no-prefix, A-prefix, and B-prefix groups), a small number of dockets are labelled with four-digit sales numbers rather than with standard file numbers. (They are numbered in the 4000 range). Also, a small number of dockets, which had previously been part of the B-prefix group, have had the standard file numbers crossed out and replaced with a 5- or 6-digit mortgage number. These appear to be files for mortgages released in 1978-1979 and are the newest records in the series. It is possible the docket files were first created about 1910. There are documents dating back to ca. 1880 (or earlier) within the files, but it is possible that clients first brought these documents (their “old records”) to Pemberton & Son after 1910

The series consists of plans, drawings, diagrams and sketches, including original watercolour architectural drawings, for private houses and for commercial buildings. These include records for Pemberton family residences, for Pemberton & Son buildings, and for other buildings in Victoria's Old Town, and other locations in Victoria, Saanich and Nanaimo, B.C.

The series consists of published and unpublished cartographic materials including: early surveyor plans and rough diagrams and sketches, early auction and subdivision plans, pre-emptor's and mining district maps, and city zoning and planning maps.

The series consists of Vancouver Island colonial period maps which are the first published surveys of locations including Comiaken District, Cowichan District, Quamichan District, Shawnigan District and Somenos District. Also of note are historic British Columbia mining maps related to Kaslo and the Slocan District, and Rossland. The series also consists of 19th century lot auction maps and subdivision maps for Victoria, the Town of Alberni and the Vancouver region.

The series also consists of maps published by federal government departments, and by B.C. ministries and departments such as the Dept. of Lands and Forests, Dept. of Highways, and the British Columbia Provincial Bureau of Information. City maps and plans (for Victoria and other cities) include materials from city engineering, zoning and planning departments.

The geographic scope is primarily British Columbia; however, there are a smaller number of maps of locations in the United States (mainly Washington State) and the Canadian prairie provinces.

The series consists of real estate sales records generated by Pemberton & Son, Pemberton & Son Ltd., and Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. dating from May 15, 1919 to February 12, 1979. The records concern properties on Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island; specific areas include: Victoria, Esquimalt, Highlands District, Metchosin, Saanich, Cameron District, Malahat District and Cowichan District. The company assigned a number to each property sale; these numbers range from 1851 to 14547. The records consist of receipts for deposits on property purchases, (later called agreements to purchase), offers to purchase, and acceptance forms. They provide the names of purchasers and sellers, property locations, interest rates paid, and commissions owed to Pemberton Holmes. There are also records related to each sale which are interfiled, pasted, or pinned to the related sales deposit receipt or agreement to purchase; these related records include account statements on purchases (providing balances due by purchaser), notes, correspondence, addendums to contracts, certificates of title, and interim agreements. Some records also include related docket file numbers and mortgage numbers. The earliest records, from 1919 to 1933, are in bound volumes. These volumes include indexes on the inside front or back covers. Records dating from 1933 to 1979 were originally in post-bound volumes, and have been rehoused into file folders. Some post-bound volumes also contained indexes of sales, and each index was rehoused into an individual folder. At the series level, records from the post-bound volumes are arranged in ascending order by sales numbers, though at the file level, records are arranged in descending order according to the original order of the post-bound volumes.

The series consists of records pertaining to the Mortgage Insurance Company of Canada, with whom Pemberton, Holmes, Ltd. insured their mortgages. Records include administrative bulletins and newsletters, annual reports, published material, and correspondence dating from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.

The series consists of records relating to the company's licenses, including copies of agent license applications sent by the company to the Real Estate Institute of British Columbia, and copies of applications for license and auditor's certificate sent to the Superintendent of Insurance. The series also consists of related correspondence and receipts for application fees paid. There are also copies of regulations and policies under the Real Estate Act sent by the Superintendent of Insurance, blank notice of director forms, and correspondence from the Victoria Real Estate Board.

The series also consists of records related to the Real Estate Council of British Columbia and the Real Estate Institute of British Columbia, the BC Association of Real Estate Boards (BCAREB), the Canadian Institute of Realtors, the Appraisal Institute of Canada, and the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards.

Records include by-laws and guidelines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, directories of board members, instructional materials, conference information and correspondence. In the 1970s, Philip D.P. (Pip) Holmes served as President of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI), and the records were in part generated by these activities.

The series consists of records dating from 1958-1975 relating to Oakwood Holdings Ltd. and development of the Jolivet subdivision in Saanich, B.C., in the area of Jolivet Crescent, Penshurst Road, Bracken Avenue, Ranger Place, Borden Street, and McBriar Avenue. The series consists chiefly of correspondence between Lawrence C. Jolivet, Cowlin Municipal Engineering Ltd., Willis, Cunliffe, Tait, and Company Ltd. (consulting engineers and contractors), the Municipality of Saanich and the Corporation of the District of Saanich, and the law firm of Jackson, Baugh, Allen, and Russ (later Jackson and Company).

The records include invoices, plans, summaries and estimates of costs, timelines, design approvals, composite quotations sent to contractors, newspaper clippings, project development narratives, progress estimates, financial statements, engineering reports, appraisals, zoning applications and photographs. The series also consists of other records relating to the Oakwood Holdings Ltd. account and properties, including copies of mortgages, prospectuses, assessment notices, lists of assessments received, tax receipts, tax sale exemptions, property listings, corporation income tax returns, offers to purchase, agreements of purchase and sale, a list of interims received, lists of properties owned by Beatrice Jolivet, deeds of land, and scheduled liability policies. The series also consists of records related to British Columbia Life and Casualty Co. insured mortgages and loan procedures.

The series consists of fire insurance maps for Victoria, B.C., including: (1) one large format book labelled "Insurance Plan of Victoria, British Columbia, Volume Three (with 1925 and 1931 dates); and (2) "Insurance Plan of Victoria, B.C. Volumes I & II, property of and printed by the British Columbia Underwriters' Association.” Volume I dates from September 1957 and Volume II from October 1959. It includes a comparative block index.

The series also consists of registers related to insurance policies administered by Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. between 1958 and 1964 and between November 1964 and February 1976. The left page of each two-page spread functions as a general ledger recording the amount received from the insurance client, the amount retained by Pemberton, Holmes in commission, and the amount due to the insurance company. The right page of each two-page spread functions as a payable sub-ledger that records which insurance company is owed (and amount owed) by Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. The last name of the insurance client appears in the far left column of the left page, but entries are not arranged alphabetically. Entries appear in reverse chronological order with the oldest records appearing at the back of the volume and the newer records at the front. The month and the year of entries are noted, but not the day. Insurance companies listed include North British and Mercantile, Royal Exchange, Sun, Scottish Union, Guardian, Union of Canton, Yorkshire, Massie and Renwick, The Hartford, Home, Northwestern Mutual, Brown Brothers, Casualty Company, Century, Dale Company, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, and Gore Mutual.

The series also consists of correspondence related to the history (dating back to 1890s) of the appointment of Pemberton & Son as agent for insurance companies including North British & Mercantile Insurance Company and Sun Insurance Office Limited. Other correspondence is with the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company and the Home Insurance Company.

The series also consists of policies and correspondence concerning insurance for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria ca. 1967 to 1973.

The series consists of a register of stock shares in which Pemberton & Son Ltd. and its clients were invested. The volume contains security register sheets, headed by the stock or investment name, which record details such as the date of share purchase, description of the security, and the number of shares. Pages are arranged alphabetically by stock name, and tabs separate alphabetical sections. A list dated March 31, 1940 between the front cover and the text block includes names of Pemberton & Son Ltd. clients, the number of shares purchased, the name of the investment, and what may be a related docket file number.

The series consists of a general ledger recording debits and credits for multiple unidentified Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. accounts (101, 141, 148, 105, 144, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 300, 350, 400, 450, 202) between October 1969 and September 1974. Descriptions for entries include receipts, board, cheques, petty cash, insurance, accounts payable, payroll, adjusting entries, and debits and credits. Entries appear in reverse chronological order with the oldest records appearing at the back of the volume and the newer records at the front. The volume contains no index.

The series consists of share certificates for Pemberton & Son Ltd. dating from 1933 to 1941, and Pemberlea Ltd., dated 1922 and 1931. It also includes correspondence regarding Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. debentures interest, dating from 1970 to 1973.

The series consists of ledgers which record receipts and disbursements on mortgages administered by the company from 1886 to 1973. The volumes contain two-column account balance sheets, headed by mortgagor names, which record details including: mortgagor name and address, principal and payment amounts, terms of repayment, property valuation details, mortgage interest, accompanying insurance policy, privilege, mortgagee name, mortgagor title, mortgage registration number, assessment office, taxes paid, tax roll number, application number, and file, account, and ledger number. Sheets are arranged in rough alphabetical order by mortgagor name; tabs or indexes separate alphabetical sections. Geographic areas of the properties are: Victoria, Esquimalt, Metchosin, Helmcken, Goldstream, Saanich, Portland Island, Salt Spring Island, Shawnigan, Cowichan, Quamichan, Nanoose, Newcastle, Alberni, Vancouver, New Westminster and the Kootenays. Volumes appear to have been used in distinct sets. Set 1 is the earliest (1886 to 1899), consists of three volumes, and relates to mortgages, rentals, and general accounts. Unlike later ledgers, the account balance sheets are not arranged alphabetically or strictly chronologically, but an alphabetical index is included at the front of each volume. Volume 1 contains information on Pemberton family-owned mortgages; many of the mortgages appear to be financed by J.D. Pemberton. Volume 1 also contains balance sheets for general Pemberton & Son accounts including collections, capital, profit and loss, commission, office expenses, registration, cash and sundries, conveyancing, and insurance. Some volume 1 account balance sheets also refer users to newer ledgers for additional entries. Volume 2 more consistently lists details of the mortgaged properties and companion insurance policies. It also contains information primarily on mortgage or property rental accounts, rather than general office accounts. In Set 2 volumes contain ledger sheets as follows: Volume 4--mortgagors A-B; Volume 5-- mortgagors C-F; Volume 6--mortgagors G-K; Volume 7--mortgagors L-Mc; Volume 8--mortgagors N-R; Volume 9--mortgagors S-Z. All volumes in set 2 include indexes with related docket file numbers at the beginning of each alphabetical section. Volume 4 is missing its front cover and may be missing opening pages. In volume 5, a partial index for section G is included at the back of the volume, but without the corresponding ledger sheets for the section. Set 3: Volume 10 contains ledger sheets for mortgagors A-L; volume 11 for mortgagors M-Z. Geographic areas of properties are primarily Vancouver and the District of New Westminster. Mortgage ledger sheets in these volumes often include separate docket file numbers for the Vancouver and Victoria offices. All volumes include indexes at the beginning of each alphabetical section. Set 4: Volume 12 contains ledger sheets for mortgagors A-J, and volume 13 contains ledger sheets for mortgagors K-Z. All volumes in this set include indexes with related docket file numbers at the beginning of each alphabetical section. Set 5: Volume 14 contains ledger sheets for mortgagors A-C; volume 15 contains mortgagors D-L; volume 16 contains mortgagors R-Y. A volume that presumably includes mortgagors M-Q is missing. In addition to the above sets of volumes, the series consists of stand-alone volumes. Volume 18 includes ledger sheets for mortgagors A-Z, and volume 17 consists of a collection of loose, alphabetized mortgage ledger sheets from one or more unidentified volumes. Volume 19 contains ledger sheets for properties held primarily by the Pemberton Estate or its trustees, including F. B. Pemberton, Theresa Jane Despard Pemberton, and William Parnell Despard Pemberton. Volume 20 is a multi-purpose ledger containing three separate sets of alphabetical index tabs and four sections. The first section contains mortgage ledger sheets for Vancouver-area properties. The second section, preceded by an index, contains lists of client properties, F.B. Pemberton properties, tax sale properties, Pemberton & Son properties, Pemberton Estate properties, and client properties in Vancouver. The third section contains mortgage ledger sheets for Victoria properties, and the fourth section contains Vancouver-area properties. Volume 21 contains account balance sheets for early mortgages held by the Pemberton Estate, as well as rental properties and land sales pertaining to that estate. It is not arranged alphabetically or strictly chronologically, but an index is included at the front of the volume. The volume also contains investment information, and lists of mortgages, personal property, and real estate holdings. Numbers for related docket files (called folio numbers) occasionally appear on the left side of the balance sheets. Volume 22 contains Pemberton Estate entries on sheets divided between three separate sets of alphabetical index tabs. It appears that the different types of sheets found in the volume, headed by the fields "client," "property," or "mortgagor" serve the same purpose. The first section contains primarily "property" sheets, which include fields for the name of the property, value of land, value of buildings, taxes paid to, and insurance, and client account balance sheets. In addition to "property" and "client" ledger sheets, the first section contains balance sheets for general Pemberton Estate accounts including insurance, taxes, water, income, principal, and the Pemberton Block. The second and third sections contain mortgage ledger sheets and "client” sheets, which appear to be used interchangeably. Per the alphabetical index tabs, many pages from this volume were transferred to other ledgers. Volume 23 contains mortgage ledger sheets and brief real estate sales entries; both are arranged in rough alphabetical order by mortgagor or purchaser name. Multiple sales entries appear on a ledger sheet, and sales numbers are located in the left column beside each entry. The last part of the volume contains unindexed sheets headed by the fields "client" or "property," which appear to serve the same function as mortgage ledger sheets, in alphabetical order. Volume 24 contains ledger sheets with fields for sheet and account numbers, terms, name, address, rating, and credit limit. These sheets appear to serve the same function as mortgage ledger sheets. Sheets are arranged in rough alphabetical order by client name, and tabbed indexes with docket file numbers separate alphabetical sections. Per the index tabs, many of the ledger pages appear to have been removed or transferred to other ledgers. A list of "Credit Foncier Franco-Canadian Clients" is included. Two loose sheets at the beginning of the volume appear to be from another unidentified volume and record payments made between 1938 and 1946.Volume 25 is a collection of loose sheets, similar to those in volume 24, for clients or mortgagors A-Z from an unidentified ledger. The unindexed sheets are arranged in alphabetical order.

The series consists of various records related to the staff of the company, including individual earnings records, their pension plan, annuity contract, and group insurance.

Pension plan records date from 1949 to 1973 and relate to the company's pension plan administered by William Mercer Ltd., consulting actuaries. This includes contributions reports, employee statements of pension benefits, applications for group annuity benefits, statements of group annuity payments, premium reconciliation statements, and related correspondence and payment receipts. The series includes correspondence related to individual employee pension plans, to changes in the group plan, to staff salary adjustments, and to payment disputes. The series includes correspondence related to a survey of pension plan coverage requested by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

The series also consists of group annuity contracts for Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. dating from 1946 to 1960. These annuities were for their employees' retirement pensions. The contracts are called Canadian Government Annuities and were issued by the Department of Labour. The series includes brochures relating to Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. Retirement Annuity Plan, and to Canadian government annuities.

The series also consists of correspondence and receipts from 1941-1954 pertaining to group insurance for employees.

The series consists of income tax returns, auditors' reports and correspondence. Records for Pemberton & Son Ltd. and Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. are filed together and are arranged chronologically.

The series consists of records relating to the Dr. John Chapman Davie Estate, which was managed by Pemberton & Son and later Pemberton, Holmes Ltd., and for which Frederick B. Pemberton and Henry Cuthbert Holmes were trustees. It includes Davie's will, a hand-written memo with instructions for his final remains, and balance sheets and schedules for the estate from 1952 to 1963 (excluding 1958).

The series consists primarily of correspondence between estate trustees and beneficiaries. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to trustee Francis Bulkley Ward concerning estate mortgages, land sales, account statements, insurance settlements and commissions. Estate beneficiaries include Kathleen (Kitty) Bloomhardt, Edith C. Sims, and (Kate?) Polehampton.

The series also includes land sale agreements, a 1942 newspaper clipping of Miss Mary Skinner's obituary, a list of all estate mortgages, a July 26, 1972 copy of the Peninsula Progress newspaper, and correspondence regarding the sale of the Columbia Carpet Company Ltd. building to Heaney Cartage and Storage Ltd.

The series of consists of records relating to company office business practices, including a detailed report (undated) which surveyed the accounting methods and procedures used by the company

The series consists of records relating to Operation Re-Creation, a "public experiment in housing" with which Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. was involved in Victoria, B.C. in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its purpose was to show the benefits of renovating and modernizing old houses. Details about the financing and execution of the project are not known. The records include correspondence, pamphlets, and other textual materials pertaining to this project. There are 50 photographs of a house renovation project at 2238 Windsor Road in Victoria, B.C. Most photographs are 8x10 black and white prints, with some 4x5 colour prints.

The series consists of photographs of the Victoria, B.C. area, including buildings, landscapes, cityscapes, events and activities. In many cases it is not clear who created or collected the photographs. Some were taken by commercial photographers, and some are copies of images from the B.C. Archives.

The subjects include: Victoria, B.C. buildings photographed by commercial photographer Duncan Macphail (13 in total); Victoria, B.C. area landscapes and aerial photographs; Willows Exhibition Grounds and race track, Victoria, B.C.; the Selkirk industrial waterfront, Victoria, B.C. photographed by Cecil Clark; Victoria College degree day; Canadian Club photograph and correspondence; and 6 unidentified office and house interiors photographed by Roger Kerkham.

Some of the photographs were not originally filed together and were artificially assigned to this series by the archivist.

The series consists of bound catalogues listing property sales in or near Victoria, B.C. from May 1963 to December 1968. The catalogues were created by the Multiple Listing Service of the Victoria Real Estate Board. Information given for each property includes the list price, final sale price, street address, and normally, a photograph of the property. In some cases, the cross street, neighbourhood, proximity to schools or shopping centres, or waterfront status, is given.

Some catalogues contain a second section for the sales of vacant lots. For lots, the information given includes the location, with section, range, plan number and lot size. The listings are arranged alphabetically by street name. Later catalogues include an index of street names at the beginning of each section. The catalogues are in chronological order, with some gaps in the sequence.

The series consists of two record books, and receipts for certificates of title, with related correspondence and documents. The two record books alphabetically list the name of the holder of the certificate of title, the number of the certificate, and dates. The book dated 1940 to 1944 lists the corresponding company file number.

The series consists of business correspondence and accompanying records, including land sale agreements, property diagrams or lot plans, balance sheets, tax notices, invoices, loan applications, Land Registry Office forms, conveyances, certificates of title, leases, mortgages, auction catalogs, account statements, insurance and other financial records. The series includes business correspondence with Rand Bros., A.W. Ross & Co., Ross & Ceperley, H.A. Jones & Co., the Vancouver Loan, Trust, Savings & Guarantee Co., and the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The series also consists of statements of a joint account and securities held jointly by J.D. Pemberton and W.C. Ward. The series also consists of records relating to: Cranbrook Estate in Cranbrook, B.C.; coal prospecting at Bamfield/Barclay District (Vancouver Island); Towner Bay Country Club Limited; Superior Syndicate; Carson Land Company; Parksville Syndicate; Bishop's House Syndicate; Anglican Synod of the Diocese of B.C.; Beckley Farm; W.F.L. Paddon; George C. Mesher; John Graham; Fort Street building and architecture; Johnson Furniture Works; Patricia Bay land expropriation; David Lyle; Joseph Robinson; Joseph LaFortune property ( Cowichan Valley); Steamer "Vancouver" collision with steamer "Yosemite;" and Pemberton Meadows. The series also consists of correspondence relating to real estate in the towns of Sehome and New Whatcom, near Bellingham, Washington. It includes a map of the town of New Whatcom (dated 1883) and of the Sehome and Bellingham area (dated 1889). The series also consists of records from the period 1911 to 1922 relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and real estate in the town of Coronation, Alberta. Some of the material was in poor original order, assembled in this series by the archivist, and roughly arranged chronologically.