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The series consists of correspondence and other records which relate to Frederick B. Pemberton's personal business affairs and family matters. They relate to his financial affairs; hobbies; expenditures on goods and services of a personal and household nature; insurance policies; family wills, probate and power of attorney matters; personal property sales and legal lot descriptions; a furniture and personal property inventory; and documents concerning his Justice of the Peace and Notary Public appointments.

The series also consists of records concerning real estate (title to properties, conveyances and purchase agreements) and share certificates for numerous mining companies in different parts of the province. The relationship of these records to company business is not clear.

The series includes miscellaneous correspondence of Frederick B. Pemberton which was found in poor original order and was assigned to this series by the archivist, and arranged chronologically where possible.

Some of the records may have been gathered together by Fred Maurice (removed from their original order) and used by Maurice during his research on the history of the company and the family.

Frederick B. Pemberton owned “Pemberlea,” an 1100-acre farm at Cowichan Station, B.C. (after he sold it, it became the Fairbridge Farm School in 1935). The files concerning Pemberlea Farm include letters regarding logging operations, payment of wages, supplies and equipment, and other farm management issues. Most of these concern William Henry Slater, who carried out logging of timber for F.B. Pemberton. Originally housed in Shannon binding cases, two of the three Shannon cases were labelled number 13 and 16, indicating there may have been other volumes, now missing. Correspondence from the Shannon cases is arranged alphabetically by correspondents' last name, and roughly chronologically within alphabetical sections.

The series includes records concerning house additions and alterations for Joseph Despard Pemberton's “Gonzales” residence in Oak Bay, apparently dating from 1891-1893. Architectural plans and sketches related to these records (for Gonzales house design and renovation) are located in series MS-3052.

Correspondence of Frederick B. Pemberton is also located in Series MS-3042. Records concerning the wills and estates of Pemberton family members are also located in MS-2983 and MS-3036.

In 2023, a file from the original accession of 2012.249, which had been in the custody of a staff member at the time of processing, was returned to this series. The file contains personal and private correspondence of F.B. Pemberton, as well as miscellaneous contracts and the original memo of conditions for Pemberton and Sons.

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 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 records dating from 1918-1948 pertaining to the founding and governance of Brentwood College, a private, boarding school for boys, at Brentwood Bay, B.C.

Brentwood College Ltd. incorporated on March 23, 1923, and purchased the former Brentwood Hotel and lands, to be used for the main school building and grounds. Henry Cuthbert Holmes, a co-founder, was one of the original directors, secretary, and served on the board's financial committee. In addition, he was both the trustee for the debenture holders of Brentwood College and a shareholder himself, as were other members of the Pemberton and Holmes families, including Frederick B. Pemberton and P.D.P. Holmes. It appears that Pemberton & Son acted as financial and insurance agent for the school, filing paperwork with the Registrar of Companies, selling shares of Brentwood College Limited stock, and writing policies and advising on the insurance needs of the school and its students. Additionally, Pemberton & Son was a Brentwood College Ltd. shareholder.

The original Brentwood College school closed after a fire in August 1947. In 1961, the Brentwood College name was revived and a private school for boys opened at Mill Bay, B.C.

The series primarily consists of Henry Cuthbert Holmes' copies of Brentwood College Limited's corporate governance and financial records. These include board of directors' meeting minutes and reports, annual reports, the company's Articles of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association, voting proxy forms, committee reports, and correspondence. Financial records include progress reports, balance sheets, estimated income and expenditure reports, a joint banking account application, notes on assets and liabilities, and income tax forms. Records relating to Brentwood College Limited's stock and shareholders include a valuation of the school for debenture holders, dividend notices, a financial prospectus, reports on shares and allotments, notices regarding share sales, share receipts, and related correspondence.

The series also consists of records related to the acquisition of the Brentwood Hotel at Brentwood Bay, B.C., and the subsequent transformation of the property for use by the school. Records include a Brentwood Hotel ledger book, containing entries dating from 1918 to 1922. Its consists of balance sheets for accounts including operating, petty cash, head office, inventory, Bank of Toronto account summaries, and guest/patron account summaries. Also included are an inventory of Brentwood Hotel assets, details of an auction of hotel assets, construction contracts and specifications, and related papers and correspondence. The series also includes records relating to mortgages with Brentwood College Limited as both the mortgagor and the mortgagee, conveyances, (including a conveyance of land for the school chapel), use and occupancy documents, Land Registry Office forms, land option agreements, tax notices, and related papers and correspondence.

The series also consists of records related to the administration of the school, and to headmasters, teachers and exams. This includes correspondence, reports, fee lists, bills and invoices, insurance policies, and ephemera printed by the school. The series also includes architectural drawings, blueprints, maps and subdivision plans, including drawings of buildings and features on the Brentwood site.

The series consists of advertisements for the sale of land, in a poster or broadsheet format. Some were printed by real estate brokers, including Pemberton & Son, and many involve lot sales at public auction. These records usually have a map on one side, or unfold into a detail map or subdivision plan. Some include artwork which portrays the locality concerned. Many include catalogues of the lots, complete with their dimensions.

Some of these records relate to the same subjects (the same properties or clients) that are found in textual records in the fonds; however, there are no file classification numbers attached to these advertisement records which link them to those textual records.

The geographic scope includes: Victoria, B.C. neighbourhoods, and areas of Greater Victoria including Esquimalt, Lake District, Highlands District, and Metchosin District. They also include these B.C. Lower Mainland areas: Vancouver, Steveston, Burnaby, New Westminster, Abbotsford, Pitt Meadows and Matsqui. Other areas include Tulameen, Nelson, Barclay Sound, Port Simpson, Galiano Island, and various locations in Washington State.

Some notations in the records appear to be by F.G.P. (Fred) Maurice.

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 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 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 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 records dating from 1889 to 1923 related to the Estate of Joseph Blackburn Greaves, for which Pemberton & Son served as executors. From the early 1880s to 1910, Greaves had been an owner and manager of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company in the B.C. interior. He retired to Victoria, B.C., and died there in 1915, at age 85. He left a substantial estate, much of which went to charity. Its trustees were Frederick B. Pemberton and Lindley Crease. Regarding the name Joseph Blackburn Greaves, "Blackbourne" is an apparently incorrect spelling which appears in some of the records.

The series consists of correspondence to and about charitable organizations which received a legacy from the Greaves estate, and includes receipts from the organizations. The series also includes court papers and related documents regarding the validity of the codicil of Greaves' will establishing the legacy. The main beneficiaries of the Greaves estate were the Royal Jubilee Hospital and the B.C. Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Other organizations receiving a legacy from the estate included: Vancouver General Hospital, B.C. Protestant Orphans' Home, the Salvation Army, Nicola Valley General Hospital, St. Luke's Home, and the Children's Aid Society.

The series also consists of documents related to estate properties, particularly in Kamloops and Merritt, B.C., including a notebook of Greaves estate mortgages, mortgages and releases, conveyances, certificates of encumbrances, certificates of change, tax notices and receipts, insurance policies, maps and postcards, and related correspondence. The series consists of several files related to property transferred to or held by his friend, Charles William Ringler Thomson. The series also consists of miscellaneous documents including a valuation of estate property, balance sheets and accounts, promissory notes to Greaves, and correspondence regarding payment of account balances from Greaves estate funds.

The series consists of records relating to properties in northern B.C., in locations which include Salmon River, Stuart Lake, Pinchi Lake, Maxon's Lake and Anaham Lake. [It is possible “Anaham” is a misspelling of “Anahim"].

The records relate to all aspects of property; record types include sketches, lot plans, applications to purchase, certificates of purchase, conveyances, power of attorney records, crown grant documents, state of titles, title deeds, and descriptions of lands.

Most of the records were filed in docket envelopes, and stored together in a black metal box labelled "F.B.P. Northern B.C. Lands." Further research is needed to understand the Pemberton & Son company relationship to these records as opposed to F.B. Pemberton's personal interest in the properties.

While the series is primarily concerned with northern B.C. lands, it includes a Pemberton & Son real estate properties booklet (ca. 1910) which is primarily related to farm properties on Vancouver Island, and the promotion of Victoria and Vancouver Island in general.

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 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 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 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 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 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 of numerous members of the Pemberton family, and concern wills, estates, probate, power of attorney and court cases. These family members include J.D. Pemberton, Theresa Jane Despard Pemberton, Frederick B. Pemberton, Sophie Pemberton, Mary Ann Dupont Pemberton, William Parnell Despard Pemberton, Harriet Susan Sampson (Harriet Susan Pemberton), Ada Beaven (Ada Georgina Pemberton), and H. D. Deane-Drummond.

The series also consists of records related to lot sales, insurance policies, tax assessments, mortgages, an agent’s agreement between Pemberton & Son Ltd. and Union Insurance Society of Canton, a Commission of Authority from Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, and related correspondence.

Sophia Theresa (Sophie) Pemberton was also known under two different married names; she was married to Arthur John Beanlands and to H.D. Deane-Drummond.

Related records, concerning the wills and estates of Pemberton family members are located in series MS-3036 Pemberton Estate and mortgage expenses ledger, and in series MS-3040 Frederick B. Pemberton correspondence and personal business.

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 three letterpress copybooks, which includes outgoing correspondence from Pemberton & Son, concerning the business affairs of the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia. Pemberton & Son was the financial agent for the Synod, and invested money on their behalf. The labelling on the three volumes reads: "The Incorporated Synod of BC." There are also business records in the fonds dealing with transactions concerning the Synod of New Westminster.

Letters are arranged chronologically, with an alphabetical index of recipients. In the 1902-1903 volume, handwritten numbers on a letter indicate a cross reference to letters to the same recipient. It is not known why the fonds includes only letterpress books from 1901 to 1903.

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 correspondence regarding stocks, shares and investments, share certificates, stock transactions, company promotional material and annual reports, and company reports to directors and shareholders. The correspondence and business transactions are with a wide variety of companies and organizations. However in some cases, there are no other records or information about the companies involved other than share certificates.

The files includes records regarding the following: Cariboo-McKinney Mining & Milling Company; Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company; Panama Pacific Grain Terminals Ltd.; New Westminster Gas Company, Limited; Prudential Trust Company Limited; Maurice Basteyns, Belgium investment proposal; New Fairview Corporation; Stemwinder Gold & Coal Mining Co.; North American Loan Company, shares and Articles of Association; O.K Gold Mining Co.; Josie Gold Mining Company; Bulkley and Telkwa Valley Coal Company; Anglo-Mexican Oil Company, Limited; Kitimat, Limited; Kitimat Coal and Railway Syndicate; Van Anda Copper and Gold Company; Cowichan Creamery Association, Limited; Canada-West Fire Insurance Company; North Empire Fire Insurance Company; and, Esquimalt Water Works Company.

The file for A.W. More & Co. (Victoria); More & Honywill (Seattle); A.W. More (Seattle), includes share certificates for: Consolidated Sable Creek Mining Company, Big Kayak Petroleum Company, the Lost Horse Copper Mines Ltd., Mineral Hill Gold Mining Co., Mineral Creek Gold Mining Company, and Norway Gold Mining Co.

The series consists of records concerning the boundaries, subdivision and sale of the McNeill estate, originally the property of W.H. McNeill, in Oak Bay, B.C. The records include correspondence, rough notes, and auctioneer advertising announcements which include plans of subdivision.

The records are housed in their original binder, originally labelled “J.D. Pemberton, McNeill Estate Boundaries.” Related auction advertisement announcements are located in Series MS-3045.

The series consists of account balance sheets, including: J.D. Pemberton in account with Allsop & Mason; Pemberton, Ward and Allsop in account with Allsop & Mason; Pemberton, Ward and Allsop in account with B.C. Land and Investment Agency Ltd. (successors to Allsop & Mason); Pemberton, Ward and Allsop in account with the B.C. Land and Investment Agency Ltd.-Victoria Branch.

The series consists of eight volumes of correspondence sent by F.B. Pemberton, relating to personal matters, personal business transactions, and possibly company business. Labelling on the spine of some of the letterpress copy books reads “F.B.P.” Letters are arranged chronologically, with an alphabetical index of recipients. Handwritten numbers on a page indicate a cross reference to another letter in the copy book to the same recipient. Correspondence of F.B. Pemberton is also located in Series MS-3040.

The series consists of account balance sheets which read Messrs. Pemberton, Ward and Allsop in account with the B.C. Land and Investment Agency Ltd.-Victoria Limited, or Messrs. Pemberton, Ward and Allsop in account with Allsop & Mason.

The series consists of records pertaining to the interaction between the company and the Rental Administration within the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.

The Canadian government formed the Wartime Prices and Trade Board (WPTB) in September 1939, at the onset of the Second World War. The board was invested with extensive economic powers, including the control of prices and supply of food, rental accommodation and other consumer goods and services. The board had a regional office in each province, and several local offices in smaller centers. The Rental Administration section of the board enforced maximum rates at which landlords could rent a dwelling. Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. was in continuous contact with the Rental Administration in order to establish rental rates for their Victoria, B.C. properties from 1942 to 1947.

The records consist primarily of Maximum Rent Decisions. In addition, the series contains correspondence, applications to raise or set a fixed rate, and notices to vacate.

The series consists of F.B. Pemberton's tax records, including local, provincial and federal taxes, dating from 1910 to 1932. The series is arranged by the taxing body, then chronologically within.

The series consists of an account ledger containing two-column balance sheets which record credits and debits related primarily to Pemberton Estate accounts and mortgages expenses accounts from 1899 to 1924. Pemberton Estate accounts include income, Gonzales, block rentals, Pemberton building, principal, capital, repair, and the Mrs. T.J.D. Pemberton Estate. Pemberton Estate account balance sheets are followed by A-Z index tabs of mortgagor names appearing on the mortgage expenses account balance sheets. Entries for multiple mortgagors appear on each sheet and mortgagee names appear in the left column of each entry. A number of sales account balance sheets are included at the front of the volume.