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Parliamentary portraits

  • GR-4184
  • Series
  • 1991-2022

The series consists of large format photographic prints known as "Parliamentary portraits", taken between 1991 and 2022. The portraits are generally taken once per Parliament and show the members of the Legislative Assembly in the Legislative Chamber, at the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. Dates and Parliamentary sessions are noted and some photographs are accompanied by legends, naming each person in the photograph. Each photograph is taken from the entrance to the chamber and typically shows the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker and other members of the Speaker's and Clerk's office in the centre by the Speaker's chair. The MLA's are at their desks, the government members traditionally sit on the Speaker's right and the opposition on the Speaker's left.
The photographs are as follows:
1 col. photograph from session 34-5, 1991
1 col. photograph from session 35-2, ca. 1995
1 col. photograph from session 36-3, July 22, 1998
1 col. photograph from session 36-4, ca. 2000
1 col. photograph + legend from session 37-2, May 8, 2002
1 col. photograph + legend from session 38-1, November 2, 2005
1 col. photograph + legend from session 39-1, 2009
1 col. photograph from session 39-4, 2012
1 b&w photograph + legend from session 40-3, November 19, 2014
1 col. photograph + legend from session 41-40, 2017
1 b&w photograph + legend from session 42-3, October 3, 2022.

British Columbia. Legislative Assembly

Condolence books for the death of Queen Elizabeth II

  • GR-4155
  • Series
  • 2022

The series consists of six bound condolence books created following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022. The books contain written comments of citizens providing condolences and memories of Queen Elizabeth II.

Box one consists of two books that members of the public signed at Government House. Box two consists of four volumes that were created by the Vancouver Police Department and then submitted to Government House.

British Columbia. Government House

General Commission records

Series consists of records relating to the congregation's General Commission meetings. The General Commission is a body with consultative power to promote unity and solidarity between general administration and the geographically disparate provinces, and is convened periodically by the General Superior. The General Commission evaluates the community experience lived between Chapters and determines the directives to be given. Taking into account the rapid evolution of the church and of the world, it encourages, throughout the congregation, a renewed impetus and ongoing adaptation of apostolic religious life.

The General Commission is composed of the General Superior, General Councilors, General Secretary, General Treasurer and the Provincial Superiors.

The records consist of directives, correspondence, reports, photographs, and a scrapbook.

Chronicles

Chronicles (also called Annals) are similar to a diary or journal written in a simple, direct style which records the daily life and important events of the Local House in the order in which it occurred. Every Local House/Convent was mandated to write chronicles following a specific format set out in the customary; a topographical description of the locality and a synopsis of its commercial opportunities, number of churches, priests, the reasons the particular location was selected for a house, types of schools and the precise date of the inaugural work of the Sisters as well as the names of benefactors. Begun at the founding of the community in Quebec and continued in the missions, chronicles are a written from June–July.

The regular writing of the Chronicles started about 1918, with the exception of the documentation of the very early years of the first missions in Victoria and New Westminster. Another anomaly are the chronicles which were written at the Provincial level by the Bursar for seven years; 1923-1929.

After the mid-1960s, Sisters started to move out of institutions and convents and into their own apartments; some also had jobs outside the Community and sometimes outside St. Joseph’s Province. The Chronicles start to reflect these changes and chronicles were not written as they had been in the past. Personal rather than house chronicles are more common in the rural ministries and for Sisters living alone.

Records and histories of alumnae

The series consists of records documenting the personal and professional lives of the RJHSON alumnae. The series has been described as two sub-series: MS-3450.A consists of records created and/or collected by individual members and donated to the RJHSONAA archives, and MS-3450-B consists of written or recorded histories of individual alumnae.

Archaeological violation case files

  • GR-4055
  • Series
  • 1977-2019

This series consists of violation and complaint files related to archaeological sites across the province. The files were created by the Archaeology Branch and its predecessors from 1977-2019. Records relate to the receipt of and response to complaints and violations under the Heritage Conservation Act. Complaints usually originate from the public and may lead to investigations of alleged violations. This can include investigating Heritage Conservation Act offences, preservation intervention, recommendations, final decisions or charges for convicted offences.

Offences under the Act include damage, desecration, excavation, removal or other alteration of archaeological sites, artifacts, petroglyphs, burial sites, human remains, culturally modified trees (CMTs) and other heritage objects without a valid permit. Many files relate to site damage or artifact removal during industrial activities, such as logging or construction. Some files relate to the discovery of potential sites or artifacts during the course of this work. Other files relate to relic hunters or people posing as archaeologists and the theft of artifacts.

Records include correspondence, memoranda, site inventory forms, maps, photos, police records, court records, legal opinions, archaeological impact assessments, reports, field notes, incident reports, injunctions and stop work orders.

Records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the relevant geographic location. File titles may include the Borden number identifying the site location. File dates are approximate. Many files contain records with earlier dates and very few files contain records up to 2019. 2019 was the year all files were closed.

Classified as 11100-30 in the Archaeology Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

British Columbia. Heritage Conservation Branch

Photographs : Alberni

The series is a photograph album created by Herbert Carmichael, sometime in the early 1900s. It contains photographs of the Alberni area, including landscapes, homes and activities. There are very few captions or identifying notes.

Archaeology Branch Indigenous liaison case files

  • GR-4054
  • Series
  • 1975-2019

This series consists of Indigenous or Aboriginal relations case files created by the Archeology Branch and its predecessors from 1975-2019. The records relate to fostering and maintaining relationships with First Nations bands, tribal councils and treaty groups in order to facilitate the delivery of provincial archaeological services. This includes participation in the treaty process or interim measures agreements (IMAs) when archaeological sites may be involved and advice for groups participating in treaty or interim measures negotiations. Interim measures agreements provide for the protection, management or use of land and resources before treaties are concluded. Records address a variety of issues, requests or inquiries and provide evidence of the interaction between the government and First Nations on archaeological issues. Most records regard consultation related to attaining approval for archaeological permits.

Each file relates to a particular group and can include information on multiple archaeological sites. The series includes files for almost every Nation, Band, or Tribal Council in BC, as well as several other community organizations working on their behalf. If an Indigenous group changes its name, the file titles were updated with the new name in order to maintain the continuity of the records. Most names are correct up to 2019 when the files were closed.

Record types include correspondence, memoranda, maps, cultural studies, reports and records related to treaties.

Files are arranged alphabetically by name of the Nation or other group. File dates are approximate. Many files contain records with earlier dates and very few files contain records up to 2019. 2019 was the year all files were closed.

Classified as 11050-20 in the Archaeology Operational Records Classification System (ORCS). Some files were reviewed as part of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government v. Her Majesty the Queen et al.

British Columbia. Heritage Conservation Branch

Provincial Superior records

The series consists of records generated by the activities of the Provincial Superior, including: correspondence, circular newsletters, reports, Provincial Council and Provincial Chapter records, policy documents, correspondence with the General Council and staff of the congregation, and photograph albums. In particular, these records arise from her responsibility of convening the Provincial Council, reviewing the work of the sisters, maintaining daily correspondence, addressing the needs of individual sisters, convening the Provincial Chapter, visiting the local houses of the province and reporting to the General Superior.

According to the Constitution and Rules of the Sisters of Saint Anne, the Provincial Superior is invested with personal authority and has the responsibility of administering the province so as to help the local communities and local Superior in their office. She is appointed to the position by the General Superior in consultation with the sisters for a term of three years, renewable to six years. The Provincial Superior is accountable to the General Superior for the fidelity of the province to the Constitutions and Rules, to the capitular decrees, and the directives of the General Superior. The provincial administration has always been based out of Victoria, and relations with the Diocese of Victoria and other capital region entities are usually well represented.

In 2004 and in 2017, Co-leadership roles were established: Sisters Ann Thomson and Patricia Donovan served as co-leaders from 2004-2007 and in 2017 a triumvirate was elected: Sisters Marie Zarowny, Judi Morin and Joyce Harris. In June 2019, St. Joseph’s Province was suspended and a new Local Community was founded.

Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) photographs

Series consists of 545 photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), thought to be taken by Richard or Hannah Maynard. In 1880-1881, Richard Maynard was hired to document the construction of the C.P.R. but photos within this series may have been taken at later dates or by other photographers. Images depict trains ("rolling stock"); views of locations along the construction route, including rivers, bridges, and mountains; tracks and construction in progress; wrecks following accidents; snowsheds; and portraits of workers.

Maynard (family)

Miscellaneous Maynard photographs

Series consists of 148 photographs primarily attributed to Richard or Hannah Maynard. Other photographers are also likely. Images depict scenes, places, or people that could not be identified and/or otherwise be attributed to other series within this collection.

Maynard research files

  • GR-3792
  • Series
  • 1975-2018

The series consists of research files created by the staff at the BC Archives, previously the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, between 1975 and 2018. The files contain research into the Maynard family, specifically their photographic work in British Columbia. The files contain original research notes compiled by BC Archives staff, contractors and independent researchers documenting the life of Richard and Hannah Maynard and their family. Includes photocopies or microfilm printouts from newspapers, books, periodical articles and archival records.

British Columbia Archives

Personnel records

Series consists of personnel files of Oblates, both ordained priests and lay brothers. Personnel files were transferred with an individual upon his reassignment to a new location or retirement out of province. St. Paul’s Province (OMI BC) maintained rudimentary files of Oblates that had moved out of province; in those cases the files are simple, often containing a small number of secondary source material relating to the person in question, such as clippings. Personnel files of Oblates that remained in British Columbia are usually more complete, comprising most of the documents listed. Records include necrologies, death notices, obituaries, financial and tax records, wills, correspondence, newspaper clippings, historical notes, published material, newsletters, birth certificates, orders of oblation, evaluations and reports, applications, photographs, and transcripts of oral history recordings.

British Columbia general views and Victoria and vicinity

Series consists of 382 photographs produced primarily by Hannah or Richard Maynard. Other photographers may also be identified on some negatives. Images depict locations around Victoria, including downtown, Beacon Hill, Esquimalt, and the Gorge, as well as other places within British Columbia that could not be otherwise attributed to the Maynard's field photography. Scenes include Victoria street scenes, churches, the Inner Harbour, regattas, farming, and forests.

Annual appointments

Series consists of appointments for Sisters into missions or roles within the congregation. Appointments – also called obediences, nominations, assignments or annuaries – record where each Sister was missioned, living, studying or convalescing in any given year. They document the Sister's name, location, and often role within the mission but no other identifying information.

The bound volumes, starting in 1933, are divided into Provinces and then into houses. The appointments for St. Joseph’s Province by house (MS-3569-05) were created from the originals for ease of reference. Additional lists and statistics were compiled on a variety topics including list of Sisters and Sisters who have left the Community, SSA institutions as well as school and hospital statistics.

This series also contains internal telephone, address and e-mail directories.

Ships and shipping

Series consists of 103 photographs of ships and shipping attributed to Richard or Hannah Maynard. Other photographers are also likely. Images depict views of Esquimalt, the Victoria Inner Harbour, a variety of ships and boats, and portraits of crew members.

Maps and other reference material

The series consists of collected maps and illustrated portraits in glass copy negative format. The material is not original to the Maynard family, but Hannah or Richard Maynard likely created the copy negatives. The majority of the items are prints of various maps on glass plate negative and two maps on nitrate negative. The items have not been inventoried, but broadly include maps of North and South America, Canada, British Columbia, Quadra Island, Friendly Cove, and railway routes in Canada and British Columbia. There are also maps of exploration voyages, such as Cook's voyage. There are a few instances of illustrated portraits, presumably of explorers. There is one print of Murillo's Immaculate Conception.

Translations of Vancouver Island treaties

The series consists of three documents relating to MS-0772 Register of land purchases from Indians. The agreements recorded in the register are referred to as the Vancouver Island treaties (formerly known as the Douglas or Fort Victoria treaties). In February 2017 a conference was held at the Songhees Wellness Centre, inviting Indigenous and non-Indigenous islanders to discuss the treaties, their history, and their present-day impact.

The conference commissioned the first translations of two of the treaties into Lekwungen by Songhees Elder Dr. Elmer George, and a cultural interpretation of the treaties in SENĆOŦEN by STOLȻEŁ, Tsartlip Elder John Elliot Sr. The Lekwungen translations are of the če’q’nein nəč’elŋxʷ- kʷ’ats’ayč iʔ xpeʔ kʷəliq̌a (Chekonein treaty) and the Teechamitsa treaty.

Dr. Elmer George and John Elliot Sr. were awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Governor General of Canada in recognition of this work.

First Nations, Land, & James Douglas: Indigenous & Treaty Rights in the Colonies of Vancouver Island & BC, 1849-1864 conference

Alumnae Association records

The series consists of the records of the Alumnae Association and document its administrative functions. The records include bylaws, reports, minutes, treasury records, and document Begbie Hall, Pemberton Chapel, and garden projects. The series also includes records relating to class reunions. The records of the Alumnae Association Lower Mainland Branch are also included here. Records pertaining to the administration of the Archives, such as minutes, reports, and correspondence, are included here.

Victoria Sewage Treatment Alliance records

The series consists of textual records created or collected by the VSTA. A large number of the records are meeting minutes, reports, or records otherwise documenting the activities of the Capital Regional District (CRD), and specifically the activities of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee.

The series also contains records created to raise awareness about pollution risks of untreated sewage, such as petitions, letter-writing campaigns, and event planning (such as the Toilet Regatta). Events are further documented in series MS-3358: Photographs.

Mission and school records

Series consists of mission and school records.

The series is arranged into five sub-series:
● Codex historicus, visitation books, and registers
● BC Missions and Residential Schools
● Settler Missions and Schools
● Oversize items, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and audio-visual
● Cartographic

Business administration and marketing records

The series consists of corporate compliance documents and records of business operations in British Columbia and Washington state. The series includes documentation of trademarks, newsletters, membership directories, and quality control. Also included are records documenting the Bureau’s marketing and advertising activities, such as sample advertisements, brochures, guides, and correspondence. There are also five 16 mm films in this series.

Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau

Official visitation reports

Official visitations for Catholic congregations are untaken by a superior in the congregation who visits each separate mission to ensure the residents there are maintaining faith and discipline in accordance with the mandates of the Church and the congregation.

For the Sisters of St. Ann, official visitations were made yearly by the Provincial Superior of St. Joseph’s Province. She was accompanied on these visits either by the Prefect of Studies or the Provincial Bursar, who also wrote reports. They visited each mission, a trip that generally took several weeks. Some of the more remote missions, particularly in Alaska, were visited less often. The Superior General, usually based out of Lachine, QC, was expected to visit all houses within the various Provinces at least once during her term as Superior General.

This series consists of the reports written by both the Provincial Superior of St. Joseph's Province and the General Superior. These are handwritten descriptions of her observations at each mission including: Adherence to the Rule, discipline, health of the Sisters, state of the building and classrooms, finances, and relationships with local clergy. In 1959 the report became a form with the following fields: Spiritual life, Religious Discipline, Poverty and Common Life, Chastity and Safeguards, Obedience, Fraternal Charity, Works, Lay Teachers, Lay Help, Statistics, Administration and Financial Report as well as recommendations.

Miscellaneous family trees

The series consists of miscellaneous family trees, originally created between 1951 and 1970, some with updated notes.
MS-3508.1: Dunsmuir, Robert family tree. - 1951-1952. - 1 page and 1 mylar copy.
MS-3508.2: Dallas, A.G. family tree. - 1953. - 1 page
MS-3508.3: Robson, A. family tree / compiled by I. Andak. - 1970. - 1 page.
MS-3508.4: Thomson, Wm. family tree. - 1953, 2009. - 1 page + accompanying material.
MS-3508.5: Work, John family tree. - 1952. - 1 page.
MS-3508.6: Dougas, James family tree / compiled by Margaret Jane MacIntosh. - 1952, 2016. - 1 page + accompanying material.
MS-3508.7: Anderson, A.C. family tree. - [ca. 1950]. - 1 page.
MS-3508.8: Hart, John family tree. -1958. - 1 page.

Congregation journals and newsletters

Series consists of newsletters, journals, periodicals, and other material produced for wide distributions amongst the Sisters, at local house, provincial, and congregational levels. The newsletters provided information about missions, anniversaries, jubilees, and other news within the broad community. They were also intended to foster bonds between geographically separated Sisters across their many missions.

The series is comprised of three subseries: A. Journals, Annals, and newsletters subseries; B. L'Antenne subseries; C. St. Ann's Journal subseries.

Business records

The series consists of miscellaneous business records of Destrubé Photography Ltd., including examples of financial records, correspondence, advertising and promotional material, rate cards, customer lists, supplier information, and job number reference books. The series also includes some of Rob d’Estrubé’s student notebooks from his time at the Brooks Institute School of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.

Publications file

The series consists of copies of publications that used or featured photographic work from Destrubé Photography Ltd. The publications include brochures, pamphlets, magazines, and catalogues.

Legal files relating to mining

  • GR-3604
  • Series
  • [ca. 2000]-2014

Series consists of legal issue files created by the Ministry of Energy and Mines. The majority of the files document the creation or revision and administration of legislation and regulations,

The majority of the files consist of legal opinions, reports, background research, notes, draft documents, copies of existing legislation and regulations from BC and other jurisdictions, committee minutes, briefing notes to ministers and ministry staff, and cabinet submissions. The legal opinions provide advice for administering current legislation and creating new legislation. The research files include photocopies of records dating back to 1873.

The 19 CD-ROMS and DVD contain copies of research notes, most of which has been printed and placed in the files.

The records are arranged numerically by file number.

The records were classified as 140-03 (Legislation, Ministry or Agency – Legislative Program) in the BC Government’s Administrative Classification Schedule.

The following ministries were responsible for creating these records:
2000-2005 British Columbia. Ministry of Energy and Mines
2005-2010 British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
2010-2011 British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands
2011-2012 British Columbia. Ministry of Energy and Mines
2012-2013 British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas
2013-2014 British Columbia. Ministry of Energy and Mines

British Columbia. Ministry of Energy and Mines (1998-2005)

Land use planning and management records

  • GR-3647
  • Series
  • 1950 - 2014

The series consists of records regarding the review and approval by the minister of bylaws concerning land use and planning, amendments to official community plans and their related amending bylaws and changes of zoning. These include case files for individual localities, in particular regional districts. The records were used for legal purposes, research and reference.

The records include a coded subseries, known as the "36 series," which documents planning bylaw review and approval, planning grant review and approval, and ministerial authorizations related to land use planning and management bylaws.

Planning bylaw review and approval involves planning bylaws that require ministerial approval (e.g., regional district, the Islands Trust, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler planning bylaws). Planning staff reviewed those bylaws in order to ensure that they did not conflict with provincial government interests.

Record types include correspondence, forms, briefing notes, bylaws, minutes, studies and reports, official community plans and their supporting documents, records regarding local committee meetings (agendas etc.) public hearings and workshops (public posting of notices, minutes from public hearings), responses from referral agencies (comments on bylaws by government agencies), documents regarding rezoning applications, petitions from the public and news clippings. Intermingled in the predominantly textual records are maps and engineering plans and some photographs. Records also include bylaw submission forms submitted with bylaws requiring approval of the minister.

The creator of the records used a coding system that assigned a code to each local government. For example, the regional district codes consisted of the two-digit alphabetic prefix “RD” for regional district followed by the alphanumeric coding system in use in the ministry responsible for municipal affairs at the time. In many cases the files would be labeled in such a way as to abbreviate the code. While the filing systems initially appear to be aimed at an alphabetical order, by locality, that order is often broken. Local government codes used in this record series can be found in Appendix D of the Administrative Records Classification System 1993 Edition. Some of the codes on files are extended with dashes or decimal numbers which represent subject categories.

The records were created by several ministries which carried out the functions and activities of provincial responsibility for local governments; in addition to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (the name used at different times), the creators included: the Department of Municipal Affairs; the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing; the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Transit; the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture; and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Housing.

British Columbia. Ministry of Municipal Affairs (1993-1996)

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