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A.J. Stone album

The series consists of 180 photographs, some loose and most mounted in an album, created from 1896 to 1904. The photographs were taken by A. J. Stone and A. E. Stanfield and include images of hunting activities in Alaska, Cassiar, Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake and River, Liard River, and Stikine River. There are also many images of Indigenous people in those areas. The album is accompanied by a list of the photographs that has been annotated by Archives staff over the years.

Black-bound sketchbook "A".

One sketchbook with 130 drawings by Emily Carr, several pages of written text including lists, poems and commentary. This book appears to primarily document her time in St. Ives in Cornwall, outside the hours of her formal art schooling there.

Black-bound sketchbook "C"

One sketchbook with 21 drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings include figure studies, cartoon drawings and document activities in 1902 at art school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. They do not include her 1901 sojourn in Bushey. Some cartoon sketches may convey domestic incidents while boarding in private homes and include incidents concerning her landladies. One sequence appears to date from after her return to Victoria, 1904. There are also a number of poems written by Carr, notes and text that provide context for these and other sketches in the Carr fonds. The sketches include cartoon drafts for other finished works.

Blank Ontario Drawing Book No. 1.

One sketchbook with 32 drawings by Emily Carr and 6 blank pages. The drawings are all untitled and have no dates applied. They have been dated by Carr scholars as between 1930 to 1939. The sketches include brief unfinished graphite impressions, stylistic landscapes and forest interiors and some First Nations subject matter. At times the pages hold more than one sketch.

Blank Ontario Drawing Book No. 1

One sketchbook PDP08791 originally containing PDP08792 through PDP08820 containing still lifes, geometric studies, coastal and forest, landscapes, monumental poles and canoes.

Blank Ontario Drawing Book No. 1. Ottawa 3658

One sketchbook comprising 26 sketches made while on a trip to Ottawa in 1927 when she met members of the Group of Seven. Drawings are of objects on display in the collection of the National Museum, particularly those with Northwest Coast Indigenous designs that Carr copied for reference. Carr's notes regarding colours and design aspects are also present on the drawing pages.

Blank Ontario Drawing Book No. 1. Ottawa sketchbook.

One sketchbook comprising 38 sketches made while on a trip to Ottawa in 1927 when she met members of the Group of Seven. Drawings are of objects on display in the collection of the National Museum, particularly those with Northwest Coast aboriginal designs that Carr copied for reference. Carr's notes regarding colours and design aspects are also present on the drawing pages.

Book of sketch maps

Book of sketch maps of a journey from the junction of the Columbia and Okanogan rivers to Quesnel and north, April to May 1833. Includes: Bonaparte River; Fort Alexandria (Alexandria); Fort Kamloops; Fort Okanogan (near Brewster, Wash.); Lac La Hache; Okanagan Lake; Okanogan River (Wash.); Osoyoos Lake; Quesnel; Thompson River; Williams Lake

Books & odments

One sketchbook with 29 pages of drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings are of First Nations subject matter and landscapes.

Business records

Business records of Kwong Lee and Co., and Hopkee and Co., including shares of British Columbia companies and agreement to transport Chinese to Victoria.

Presented by W.E. Knowlton, Kamloops, 1977.

Colonel Richard Clement and Mary Moody scrap album

The series is a photograph album of 130 pages containing 100 images, two loose prints, and one small painting. The photographs are predominantly albumen, with two salted paper prints. Many images have pencil annotations, some photographs have been cut into geometric shapes for presentation. The photographs are pasted onto scrap album paper, the album is sewn cardboard covered in faux leather.

The one hundred images contained in this scrap album are a disparate collection documenting Col. Moody's professional travels as an officer of the British colonial empire, and his personal travels and family life as a 19th century British patrician. Many photos have penciled captions in Mary Moody's handwriting. The album begins with a series of purchased images documenting the Moody family's European grand tour. Common for the era, images depict the Loire Valley and Brittany; Belgium and Northern Italy. Four images depict scenes from mid-century, colonial British Columbia reflecting his private life and professional duties as Commander of the Columbia Department of the Royal Engineers for the Crown colony of British Columbia. Of note are two photographs depicting unidentified First Nations' men thought to be photographed near New Westminster; among the earliest photographs of indigenous peoples in the colonial northwest of North America. The album also contains purchased images of Japan; photos taken across mid-19th century England and Scotland; and portraits of friends and associates. The album also contains a pencil sketch by Sarah Crease of the Moody home in New Westminster dated 1863 and a cutting from the London Illustrated News.

Commission on Victoria Police Commissioners

  • GR-0784
  • Series
  • 1910

This series consists of records of the Commission on Victoria Police Commissioners, 1910. Commissioner Peter S. Lampman was appointed March 24, 1910 to inquire into the actions of the Victoria Police commissioners in response to allegations of corruption. The investigation centered on the actions of the Police Commissioners in regard to bawdy houses and gambling establishments in the Chinatown area.

British Columbia. Commission on Victoria Police Commissioners (1910)

Correspondence

Series consists of eighteen letters written to Humphrey Toms by Emily Carr. The letters are addressed to Mr. Toms in Victoria, Enderby, and at various Canadian army addresses.

Correspondence and contracts for public works projects

The series consists of correspondence and contracts between Surveyor General W.S. Gore, on behalf of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, with various contractors regarding three public works projects. The projects are the building of the Victoria Law Courts, correspondence and contracts from February to June 1887; Kamloops bridge, correspondence and contracts from March 1887 to February 1888; and Lillooet Bridge, correspondence and contracts from August 1887 to March 1888.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works

Correspondence outward

The series consists of correspondence out from Fort Vancouver, 1846-1848, signed by Peter Skene Ogden and James Douglas. The records consist of originals, borrowed transcripts and transcript copies. Almost all of the letters are addressed to Dr. W.F. Tolmie, at Fort Nisqually

Correspondence outward

The series consists of correspondence from Peter Skene Ogden at Fort Vancouver to W.F. Tolmie at Fort Nisqually, written between 1847 and 1848. Some of the letters are transcript copies only.

Correspondence outward

The series consists of correspondence outward written by Dugald Mactavish between 1854 and 1858 from Vancouver, Washington Territory. The letters are a mixture of original records and transcript copies from other sources. They are mostly written to W.F. Tolmie at Fort Nisqually and to Henry Peers or William Sinclair at Cowlitz Farm. The letters are primarily concerned with the sale and transport of goods between various forts but also touch on local events and news.

Correspondence outward

The series consists of two letterbooks created by Archibald McDonald from April 1838 to August 1841 and from August 1841 to May 1842. The books contain McDonald's correspondence copies to Hudson's Bay Company officials and officers and relates to all aspects of the administration and operation of Fort Colvile.

Correspondence outward

The series consists of a partial letterbook of outward correspondence kept by Archibald McDonald while stationed at Fort Colvile in 1834 as Chief Trader. The first 9 pages contains copies of letters, then there is a 14 page narrative or report by McDonald regarding the Colvile district.

The book also contains a 28 page handwritten partial copy of D.W. Harmon's journal from 1800, copyist and reason unknown.

Correspondence outward

The series consists of correspondence from James Douglas to other HBC officials, written between 1832 and 1849 while he was assigned to Fort Vancouver. The first part of the series consists of the original letters (1839 to 1848) while the second part consists of copies or transcripts of original letters (1832 to 1849) obtained from other institutions or individuals.

The letters cover all aspects of life in the Hudson's Bay Company forts including directions sent by Douglas to other Fort officials regarding men, equipment and farm operations; trading, exploration and relations with the Indigenous people; news and politics.

Correspondence outward

The series consists of correspondence from John McLoughlin to other HBC officials, written between 1832 and 1845 while he was Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver. The series consists of both original letters and of borrowed copies or transcripts of original letters obtained from the Bagley collection.

The letters cover all aspects of life in the Hudson's Bay Company forts including directions sent by McLouglin to other Fort officials regarding men, equipment and farm operations; trading, exploration and relations with the Indigenous people; news and politics.

Correspondence outward : W.H. McNeill

The series consists of a volume of letterbook copies of outward correspondence kept by Captain W.H. McNeill while based at Fort Nisqually 1841-1842. Most of the letters are to John McLoughlin or James Douglas at Fort Vancouver and detail the work being carried out at Fort Nisqually along with requests for food and equipment. Other letters are to Captain James Scarborough directing the activities of the schooner Cadboro and to James Yale at Fort Langley.

The book also contains five letters from 1845 written from Sitka, New Archangel and Fort Stikine. They are to Captain Humphreys of the steamer Beaver, John McLoughlin and John Work regarding McNeill's dispute with Humphreys over transport to Fort Stikine. There is also a letter to the HBC committee in London regarding activity on the coast.

The second half of the volume has been flipped upside down and used for the writing of lines, presumably by a child practicing writing.

Correspondence outward and accounts

The series consists of four copybook letters written by Simon Fraser in 1806 and 1807 while he worked for the North West Company. The letters are written in the same incomplete volume containing various Fort Liard (NWT) accounts created between 1803 and 1805.

The four letters were written by Fraser to Trout Lake (Fort McLeod) as follows:
December 21, 1806 from Fraser at Makesleh to James McDougall.
January 31, 1807 from Fraser at Natleh to James McDougall.
February 1, 1807 from Fraser at Natleh to John Stuart.
February 10 or 15, 1807 from Fraser at Natleh to James McDougall.

Diary and other material

The series consists of a typescript diaries of Tom Wilson's trip into the Yukon, March to May 1897 and September to November 1897 (detailing the terrors of a winter trip) as well as his diary for April - September, 1898. It also includes the autobiography of Wilson as dictated to his niece, with five postcards and clippings.

Douglas Land District land register

  • GR-2632
  • Series
  • 1864-1865

This series consists of a Douglas Land District land register from Range 1, Section 1 to Range 8, Section 20 on Vancouver Island. Entries date from 1864-1865. The registers record the land in numerical order and records the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, preemption, lease, etc.). Information may include the name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. The volume contains an alphabetical name index.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

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