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Fred Lade fonds

  • PR-2394
  • Fonds
  • [189-?]-1963

The fonds consists of the photographs created or collected by Fred Lade, documenting the Kootenay region in the early 20th century. It also contains a photocopy of Lade's reminiscences.

Lade, Fred, 1891-1976

George Edgar Winkler fonds

  • PR-0045
  • Fonds
  • [189-]-1978

The fonds consists of records created by George Edgar Winkler between the 1890's and 1978. Fonds includes Winkler's correspondence, both personal and business, maps and clippings, photograph albums, books and pamphlets and Winkler's poetry and political files. Files includes correspondence with William (Shorty) Dunn.

Winkler, George E.

David Scholes fonds

  • PR-0192
  • Fonds
  • [193-]-1943, 1960-1987

The fonds consists of Scholes' photographs of Victoria buildings and panoramas and three framed of the Victoria Short Wave Club. The fonds also includes Scholes' membership card for the Victoria and Island Gliding and Soaring Club from ca. 1943 as well as 15 black and white photographic prints and the matching 15 black and white negatives showing the construction of gliders at Lansdowne Field, 1943 to 1944.

Scholes, David

Fort Chipewyan fonds

  • PR-1814
  • Fonds
  • 1829; 1850-1851 [Photocopied 193-]

The fonds consists of a photocopy of the private letterbook of James Anderson while Chief Factor of Fort Chipewyan. It also includes a single page from a 1829 journal documenting a journey from Fort Chipewyan to Slave Lake.

Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Chipewyan

Moose Factory fonds

  • PR-1672
  • Fonds
  • 1745-1779

The fonds consists of the Moose Factory book of entry for letters received from the Hudson's Bay Company.

Hudson's Bay Company. Moose Factory

Harris family fonds

  • PR-0864
  • Fonds
  • 1753, 1834-1920

The fonds consists of correspondence of the Harris family, principally that of Martha and Dennis Harris, memoirs, journals, business records of Dennis Harris and family memorabilia. Fonds includes records relating to Sir James Douglas, the diary of Martha Douglas kept as a child (with annotations by Douglas), published books owned by the Harris family, and a survey book of Dennis Harris for a CPR survey. Fonds also include 4 photo albums and some loose photographs.

Harris (family)

Crease family fonds

  • PR-1344
  • Fonds
  • 1753-1965

The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, journals, notebooks, sketchbooks and account books of Henry Pering Pellew Crease; diaries, correspondence, sketchbooks, notebooks, and letter index of Sarah (Lindley) Crease; diaries, correspondence, notebooks, sketchbooks and commonplace book of Lindley Crease; diaries, sketchbooks, library catalogue and correspondence of Susan Crease; diaries, sketchbooks and notebooks of Josephine Crease, including records relating to Island Arts and Crafts Society; and diaries, correspondence and account books of Arthur Crease. Includes diaries of Emily Howard Crease, correspondence of Barbara Crease, correspondence of other family members, diaries and sketchbooks of Mary Crease, and minutes of the Colonial Securities Company. Fonds includes maps of the Crimea, Toronto, and various locations in B.C. Also includes a scrapbook regarding the Bishop Hills, Dean Cridge dispute.

Crease (family)

McKenzie family fonds

  • PR-0563
  • Fonds
  • 1779-1943

The fonds consists of business and personal papers including correspondence, diaries, documents, maps, and photographs relating to appointments, property and estates. [Also available on microfilm.]

McKenzie (family)

Chamberlain family fonds

  • PR-1271
  • Fonds
  • 1783-1922

The fonds consists of a diary of Theophilus Chamberlain (1783), letters, memoirs, and scrapbooks of James Robert Chamberlain, and miscellaneous papers of Alban Edward Chamberlain.

Chamberlain (family)

Sea Otter fonds

  • PR-1518
  • Fonds
  • 1785

The fonds consists of the logbook of the ship Sea Otter.

Sea Otter (Ship)

Charles William Barkley fonds

  • PR-1519
  • Fonds
  • 1787-1792

The fonds consists of Barkley's logbook for the ships Loudoun, Diana, Warren Hastings, Princess Frederica and Halcyon.

Barkley, Charles William, 1759-1832

Admiralty fonds

  • PR-2125
  • Fonds
  • 1788-1955

Fonds consists of records of the Admiralty in carrying out its activities. Records relate to the area of the West Coast of Canada and include reports and dispatches from the Pacific Station at Esquimalt, microfilm copies of correspondence and reports of the Pacific Station, logs of ships that explored the Pacific Northwest between 1788 and 1795, and admiralty charts.

Great Britain. Admiralty

Ebenezer Dorr fonds

  • PR-0937
  • Fonds
  • 1790-1819

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding news of the fur trade and documents of ships engaged in the triangle trade between Boston, the West Coast and China.

Dorr, Ebenezer, 1762-1847

Ruby fonds

  • PR-1517
  • Fonds
  • 1794-1796

The fonds consists of the logbook of the ship Ruby, as kept by Commander Charles Bishop.

Ruby (Ship)

O'Reilly family fonds

  • PR-2025
  • Fonds
  • 1795, 1830-1992

The fonds consists of the diaries, correspondence, notebooks, survey field books, accounts, business and personal papers, photographs, watercolours, maps, and ephemera created by members of the O'Reilly family between 1830 and 1992. These records reflect the family's role as part of the inner circle of administrators during the colonial period and as part of Victoria's upper middle class, until the death of Peter O'Reilly in 1905. They also document the everyday activities and events in the life of the family. The work of Peter O'Reilly took him to most parts of the British Columbia mainland. In his roles as Stipendiary Magistrate and Gold Commissioner, he was expected to supply the Governor with information on all happenings and developments in his district and was responsible for the administration of justice, lands and mining matters, roads and trails, public works, postal service, the issuance of trade and other licences, collection of various taxes and the district accounts. As a High Sheriff from 1860-1866, he was responsible for arranging hangings in the Colony. He also served as a returning officer, in 1872 and 1874, for the electoral district of Yale, which encompassed Yale and Kootenay districts. He was also asked to report on the Chilcotin Indians in 1872. The textual records are arranged into eight sous-fonds by the creating family member and also include ten series of mixed family records, not belonging to any one individual. The sous fonds were created by: Peter O'Reilly; his wife Caroline A. (Trutch) O'Reilly; their daughters Charlotte Kathleen O'Reilly and Mary Augusta O'Reilly; their sons, Francis Joseph O'Reilly and Arthur John O'Reilly; wife of Arthur John O'Reilly, Mary Beresford (Windham) O'Reilly; and the son of Arthur and Mary, John Windham O'Reilly. The ten series of mixed family records consist of general family records such as house account books, published materials, and letters addressed to more than one person. The series are: correspondence inward; miscellaneous correspondence; bills received and paid; house account books; miscellaneous account books; school books; miscellaneous books; scrapbooks; ephemera; and miscellaneous. The non textual records are arranged by accession. The ca. 2500 photographs are in seven different accessions. The records, ca. 1860-1992, include many photographs of O'Reilly family members, relatives and other prominent Victoria families. There are also photographs of the O'Reilly home, Point Ellice house. There are postcards and photographs of Victoria, Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia and Alberta. There are four watercolours painted by Charlotte Kathleen O'Reilly and one by M.S. Townsend. One additional accession includes maps of the Oregon territory, Yukon, British Columbia and the North West Territories, ca. 1855-1890 and blueprints and sketches of claims and subdivisions in Hope, Victoria, Port Moody and New Westminster.

O'Reilly (family)

Sir Joseph Banks fonds

  • PR-1086
  • Fonds
  • 1801-1803

The fonds consists of Sir Joseph Banks' letters from Baron Glenbervie on matters affecting English trade during the Napoleonic Wars.

Banks, Joseph, Sir

Dease family fonds

  • PR-1392
  • Fonds
  • 1801-1829, 1924-1934

The fonds consists of a will, inventory of estate and effects of John Dease, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents of the Dease family, principally those of Peter, Francis, and John Warren Dease. Fonds includes a diary (1829) of John Warren Dease at Fort Vancouver.

Dease (family)

John Stuart fonds

  • PR-1504
  • Fonds
  • 1805-1806, 1826 [Photocopied 1928]

The fonds consists of John Stuart's journal 1805-1806, and a transcript of outward correspondence, originally from 1826.

The fonds also includes a copy of an 1826 letter from Stuart to James M. Yale.

Stuart, John

Vernon Denton fonds

  • PR-1402
  • Fonds
  • 1806-1808, 1852-1943

The fonds consists of Denton's correspondence relating primarily to Simon Fraser, copies of Simon Fraser's 1806 and 1808 journals, notes on the fur trade, the Gold Rush, the building of the CPR, and other significant historical events.

Denton, Vernon

Archer Martin fonds

  • PR-0677
  • Fonds
  • 1808-1928

The fonds consists of correspondence, collected documents, and research notes used on the preparation of Martin's volume on Hudson's Bay Company land tenures. The fonds also consists of general correspondence files, letterbooks, and judgment books concerning court cases and legal matters; Martin's notebook containing planting notes, correspondence and clippings regarding his garden and gardening on Vancouver Island; other correspondence and a library catalogue.

Martin, Archer, 1865-1941

Frank Cyril Swannell fonds

  • PR-0389
  • Fonds
  • 1811-1968

The fonds consists of diaries, photographs, field books, scrapbooks and files containing notes and correspondence. Fonds includes survey maps of land in Russia, Turkey, France, and British Columbia.

Swannell, Frank Cyril, 1880 - 1969

Gertrude Ann Rhodes fonds

  • PR-0314
  • Fonds
  • 1813-1894

The fonds consists of correspondence, petitions, registers of births and marriages all relating to the Red River Settlement and other miscellaneous records of Gertrude Ann Rhodes.

Rhodes, Gertrude Ann (Gigot), d. 1966

Donald Ross fonds

  • PR-0303
  • Fonds
  • 1816-1877

The fonds consists of correspondence, and diverse papers relating to the Hudson's Bay Company including invoices, reports, memoranda and accounts. [Also available on microfilm.]

Ross, Donald, 1797? - 1852

Ross family fonds

  • PR-2395
  • Fonds
  • 1816-[19-?]

The fonds consists of two series : Charles Ross papers (MS-3427) and the Charles Ross collection (MS-3428). The Charles Ross papers consist of both inward and outward correspondence from Charles Ross, as well as a letter from his wife Isabella (Mainville) Ross. The series also consists of Ross's appointment to Chief Trader of the Hudson's Bay Company. Records in MS-3428 were found in the Old Manuscript Collection at the BC Archives and had originally been cataloged as the "Charles Ross collection." The provenance of these records is unclear. The majority of the records in the Charles Ross collection relate tangentially to Ross, and consist mostly of records relating to Ross's in-laws.

Correspondence discusses both personal business and matters related to HBC forts. Some correspondence includes reference to Indigenous peoples, namely the Heiltsuk and Nuxalk.

Ross (family)

W.H. McNeill fonds

  • PR-1821
  • Fonds
  • 1819-1844

The fonds consists of McNeill's log books for the Burton, Llama, Beaver, Golden Farmer, Paragon, Convoy, Tally Ho, Una and Cowlitz.

McNeill, William Henry, 1801-1875

Yale family fonds

  • PR-0058
  • Fonds
  • 1820-1928

The fonds consists of correspondence of the Yale family including James Murray Yale and John Duncan Manson and a copy of a manuscript about J.M. Yale.

Yale (family)

Fort Fraser fonds

  • PR-1662
  • Fonds
  • 1821-1895

The fonds consists of the administrative records of Frasers Lake post, including financial records (balance sheets, accounts) and correspondence.

Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Fraser

Joseph Algernon Pearce collection

  • PR-2153
  • Fonds
  • 1821-1976

The collection consists of textual records, historical notes, newspaper clippings, and research notes. Included in the collection are miscellaneous records acquired from sources including the O'Reilly and Trutch families, Helmcken family, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The O'Reilly and Trutch records consist of family correspondence and records relating to Peter O'Reilly's career, particularly his work as the Commissioner of the Indian Reserve Commission. The Helmcken records include correspondence both made and received by John Sebastian Helmcken and James Douglas Helmcken, records relating to J.S. Helmcken's position in the colonial and provincial governments, and estate records. The Supreme Court records include correspondence of Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, trial records, affidavits, bankruptcy files, estate files and other miscellaneous records. There are also miscellaneous records relating to a number of other notable personalities including the Mesher and Pauline families, J.A. McTavish, J.W. Bushby, W.R. Higgins, David McKean, William Manson, and Josephine Crease. Also includes records of organizations including the Victoria Jockey Club. Research notes consist of information relating to a paper presented by Pearce at the British Columbia Historical Society on John Sebastian Helmcken.

Pearce, Joseph Algernon

Church Missionary Society fonds

  • PR-1287
  • Fonds
  • 1821-1950 [Microfilmed ca. 1985]

The fonds consists of Church Missionary Society papers relating to British Columbia.

Church Missionary Society

Annandale family fonds

  • PR-1721
  • Fonds
  • 1823, 1862, 1879

The fonds consists of death notice of Peter Annandale as well as letters patent and will of Alexander Annandale.

Annandale (family)

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