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Rosemary Brown fonds

  • PR-2328
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1986; predominant 1977-1986

The fonds consists of the records of Rosemary Brown, and were created in her capacity as a member of the British Columbia legislative assembly (MLA), and as a member of the New Democratic Party. A large number of the records reflect Rosemary Brown’s activities on legislative committees and her caucus critic responsibilities.

The records, in smaller numbers, were also created in her capacity as a public speaker, columnist, and university instructor, activities which were not directly related to her job as MLA, but which were carried on at the same time she was an MLA. The fonds also consists of a relatively small number of personal records which were intermingled with records relating to her MLA work.

The records were created by Rosemary Brown at the B.C. legislature, although whether they were created by her, immediate staff, or caucus research staff, is not always clear. Records were also presumably created in Brown’s constituency office.

Records reflect events in the two constituencies she served, although most reflect the time period after she left Vancouver-Burrard to serve as MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, from 1979 to 1986. Although the majority of her correspondence was with people in the greater Vancouver area, the geographic scope of the records includes all of the province of British Columbia as she was concerned with province-wide issues, and also received letters from citizens throughout the province. In addition to concerning B.C. affairs there are reports and letters from outside B.C. and concerning issues of national and international relevance.

The records date predominantly from 1977 to 1986.There are virtually no records from the periods of Brown’s life prior to becoming an MLA in 1972 or after her retirement from B.C. politics in 1986. There are almost no records from her first years as MLA, from 1972 to 1975, when she was on the government side of the house.

The subject matter of the files includes all aspects of British Columbia politics and public policy. However there is a particular emphasis on records related to the subjects of her caucus critic responsibilities and legislative committees, and areas of her personal interest and activism. Her critic or spokesperson areas, reflected in the files, include the Human Resources ministry (and related areas of Health), feminism and the status of women, human rights and minority groups, Attorney General, and Consumer and Corporate Affairs. The files also reflect her interest in municipal affairs, education, environmental issues, labour rights, civil rights, minorities and each of these in an international context.

A large amount of the correspondence is from members of the public who expressed their opinions on political and social issues. Correspondence also includes “case work” (requests from the public for assistance with personal issues and problems). As Brown was a well-known public figure, the correspondence comes from various parts of the province and is not restricted to her constituents. There are also a significant number of records related to the policies and political activities of the New Democratic Party both in B.C. and across Canada.

The fonds consists of the following documentary forms: correspondence; memos; briefs on legislation and issues from government, organizations and non-governmental bodies; research information; copies of Hansard and government bills and budget documents; reports; newsletters; pamphlets; petitions; position papers; press releases; reports; petitions; studies; election campaign literature and voter lists.

The fonds also consists of a large amount of collected resource or reference material; these subject files include clippings, newsletters, magazines, pamphlets and photocopied articles. There are a small number of Brown’s speeches and articles written by Brown. Some records appear to have been given to Brown by research staff, with their suggestions that she use the information for her questions in the legislature or for speeches. There are also what appear to be Brown’s handwritten notes on issues.

A small number of files consist of personal correspondence (friends and acquaintances) and personal business records, (financial, real estate purchases, mortgage, MLA remuneration), and collected ephemera. These were intermingled with the records relating to her MLA work.

There are no photographs in the fonds.

The correspondence files are arranged as they were by the creator of the records, in chronological and alphabetical order.

The files were found to have no numbered classification system. They were usually well-labeled by the creator of the files, and organized by the creator according to subjects falling under the responsibility of a government ministry (i.e. the Human Resources ministry, Health, the Attorney General, and Consumer and Corporate Affairs, etc.). However, many appeared to be out of the order of their original filing system, so it was sometimes necessary for the archivist to reorganize the files to return them to this original subject arrangement, grouping files according to the subject matter as it appears in the title of the folder.

The archivist determined that distinct series could not be distinguished; the fonds therefore consists of only one series.

Brown, Rosemary (Wedderburn), 1930-

Certificates of appointment and certificates of dismissal for police constables and peace officers

  • GR-3171
  • Series
  • 1970-1984

Certificates of appointment and certificates of dismissal for police constables and peace officers under the National Harbours Board Act and the Canada Ports Corporation Act registered at the Vancouver Law Courts. The certificates (many of which are photocopies) were originally kept on a Shannon file with no consistent numbering system or pairing of appointments and dismissals.

British Columbia. Vancouver Law Courts

Western Forest Industries Ltd. fonds

  • PR-0125
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900-1983]; predominant 1949-1981

The fonds consists of company business records which relate to the full range of its activities in logging, lumber and shingle production, and marketing of its products. Most of the records concern the plant at Honeymoon Bay, the logging camp at Gordon River, and the facilities and residences built for employees at those locations.

The fonds includes records of predecessor companies (records created prior to the founding of Western Forest Industries Ltd. in 1946). It also consists of records of the companies that had majority ownership of Western Forest Industries Ltd., including Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd. and Rayonier Canada (B.C.) Limited, (and the owner of the latter, after 1968, ITT Rayonier Incorporated).

The fonds consists of general office files, in four different series, dating primarily from ca. 1949 to 1981. These records were created by the following departments and offices: the manager, accounting, sales and production co-ordinator, boom department, powerhouse, forestry/engineering, electrical, logging division, mill superintendent, and personnel.

The fonds also consists of technical and architectural drawings, blueprints, maps and plans; these are in two different series: CM/ES4 and MS-1333.K. Most of the maps and plans relate to land, timber holdings, and logging and forestry issues. The technical drawings and blueprints relate to mills and mill equipment, and to buildings and facilities for the worker communities at Honeymoon Bay and Gordon River. Some of the maps, plans and drawings were created by predecessor companies prior to 1946.

The fonds also consists of ca. 900 photographs (colour and black & white), including prints, slides, and negatives. (Many of the latter are undeveloped). The images include the Honeymoon Bay plant, townsite and environs, workers, equipment and logging locations.

The fonds consists of the following series:
CM/ES4 - Western Forest Industries Ltd. plans and maps series [multimedia]
MS-1333 - Western Forest Industries Ltd. records
MS-2182 - Office files
MS-2187 - Sales and production coordinator office files
MS-3137 - Administrative office files

The following items are not attached to a series:
AAAA1582 Cowichan Valley logging and milling, which consists of unedited film footage of logging and sawmilling operations, ca. 1963;
G-03160 Western Forest Industries mill at Honeymoon Bay (1 photograph); and,
G-03161 Lake Cowichan, Climax locomotive No. 10 (1 photograph).

Western Forest Industries Ltd.

Jack Webster radio broadcast collection

  • PR-2320
  • Collection
  • 1970-1983

The collection consists primarily of radio broadcasts for 1977-1978, representing the period before Webster switched to broadcast television for his current affairs talk show. These broadcasts were recorded at both his Vancouver and his Victoria studio (Room 178 of the Empress Hotel). Also included are five (5) audio reels relating to interviews with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1972.

Also included are the original CJOR Webster Program log books for 1977-1978 and a small number of photos of Jack Webster and selected interviewees taken during these interviews.

Early Vancouver radio oral history collection

  • PR-1853
  • Collection
  • 1979-1982

The collection consists of oral history interviews by Ronse pertaining to the history of early radio broadcasting in B.C., primarily in Vancouver.

Ronse, Emmanuel, collector

48th Battalion C.E.F. Association fonds

  • PR-2296
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1980

The fonds consists of the records of the 48th Battalion, C.E.F., Association and includes correspondence, newsletters, programs and financial information from 1936 to 1980. Most of these records were created by the Association's Vancouver branch secretary, Al La Fortune. The fonds also includes a photograph album created by La Fortune between 1915 and 1959 which shows members of the 48th Battalion (3rd Pioneer Battalion) at the Willows training camp in Victoria, going overseas, in England and at Vimy in France. The album also has photographs of the Association getting together for their reunions in Victoria from 1947 to 1959.

48th Battalion C.E.F. Association

Theatre in British Columbia collection

  • PR-1753
  • Collection
  • 1979-1980

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the history of the theatre and its development in Vancouver and Victoria.

Mannering, Peter

Vancouver Supreme Court case files

  • GR-3946
  • Series
  • 1970-1980; predominantly 1977-1979

The series consists of microfiched Supreme Court case files from the “A,” “B,” “C,” “H” and “X” records series. The majority of the case files date from the period 1977-1979, with some records dating from as early as 1970 and as late as 1980. The original case files were microfiched and destroyed before the final orders could be removed and filed separately; as such, these microfiche represent the only extant copy of the final order.

“A” and “X” series records appear to contain case files relating to legislated statutes, "B” series relates to Motor Vehicle cases, “C” series relates to general civil cases, and “H” series records deal with foreclosures.

The fiche are arranged by series, and then by case number. The case numbers are not arranged in a strict sequential order, but rather are arranged by record series, year, and then by the last two digits of the court file number. For example, all “A” series records from 1978 ending in “00” are grouped together (A780100, A780200, A780300, etc), followed by all the 1978 “A” series records ending in 01, and so on.

If a researcher is missing the file number, this can be located in indexes that are available to staff only. These indexes include both plaintiff and defendant in the same list. Once the file number has been located, this can be used to locate the case file and the order can be copied.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver Supreme Court divorce case files

  • GR-2334
  • Series
  • 1945-1949, 1975-1980

The series consists of originals of divorce case files from the years 1945, 1946, 1948-1949, and microfiched divorce case files from 1975 to 1980. Typical divorce case files can contain affidavits, petitions, correspondence and other records relating to the case.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Deputy Minister photographs

  • GR-3339
  • Series
  • 1973-1979

The series consists of photographs, 1973-1979, acquired by George Giles as Deputy Minister of Highways and Public Works and its predecessor body, the Department of Public Works. There are photographs taken of the legislative precinct area in 1973 as part of the precinct '73 project as well as a photographic inventory of Victoria properties in 1976 and of models of the proposed Vancouver courthouse ca. 1974. Most of the photographs are colour prints taken during the renovations of the legislative buildings in Victoria 1978-1979, known as project 0490. This project took place after Giles had left Public Works and moved on to the Ministry of Recreation and Conservation. It is not clear how he obtained the photographs, however they are clearly numbered prints made from the same numbered negatives created by the British Columbia Buildings Corporation (BCBC) and described as GR-3267.

British Columbia. Ministry of Highways and Public Works

Vancouver Courthouse slides

  • GR-3399
  • Series
  • Sep 1979

The series consists of 26 colour slides taken by Gar Lunney for the Vancouver Supreme Court. The slides show the opening of the Vancouver Courthouse in September 1979 including the speakers, the audience and various shots of the building.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Strathcona Project collection

  • PR-1905
  • Collection
  • 1977-1978

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the Strathcona neighbourhood in Vancouver, B.C.

Marlatt, Daphne Shirley (Buckle), 1942-

Vancouver Resources Board operational files

  • GR-0941
  • Series
  • 1973-1977

This series consists of Vancouver Resources Board operational records, 1973-1977. Records include correspondence, reports, briefs, memoranda, minutes of meetings and limited case material from the Vancouver Resources Board (V.R.B.) and related Community Resource Boards (C.R.B.'s) in the Greater Vancouver area.

The V.R.B. and its 15 constituent C.R.B.'s were established under the Community Resources Boards Act (S.B.C., 1974, Chap. 18) to perform functions of the B.C. Ministry of Human Resources in their local areas within general provincial guidelines. These functions included income assistance, protection of children, community grants, aid to the handicapped, services to unmarried parents and their children, aid to senior citizens and administration of miscellaneous other social programs.

The bulk of the records are from the V.R.B. itself, which was the umbrella organization for the delivery of social services in Greater Vancouver. Other smaller boards included Grandview Woodlands C.R.B.; Marpole Oakridge C.R.B.; Cedar Cottage Kensington C.R.B.; Dunbar West Point Grey Southlands C.R.B.; Renfrew Collingwood C.R.B.; Strathcona C.R.B.; and South Vancouver C.R.B. The collection includes limited material from these smaller C.R.B.'s and encompasses both the periods during which they were actively functioning as C.R.B.'s and during which they served as advisory bodies only.

Vancouver Resources Board

Ministry of Labour general office files

  • GR-1117
  • Series
  • 1966-1977

The series consists of the general office files created by John Melville between 1966 and 1977. Melville was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Dept. of Labour from 1967 to 1972 and then the Director of Manpower, Training and Development from 1973 to 1977.

The files include correspondence, including drafts created by Melville for the Minister and Deputy Minister of Labour; administrative circulars; news releases; estimates, committee files, correspondence with the Women's Bureau; reports and other general office records.

British Columbia. Ministry of Labour (1976-1986)

Vancouver Supreme Court chambers order books

  • GR-1609
  • Series
  • 1918-1976

The series consists of Vancouver Supreme Court Chambers Orders from 1947 to 1976. The orders are indexed and are contained in volumes 78 to 429.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court judgements

  • GR-2010
  • Series
  • 1947-1976

Series consists of judgements created between 1947 and 1976 by the Vancouver County Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver Supreme Court indexes to reasons for judgement

  • GR-3164
  • Series
  • 1950-1975

Indexes to reasons for judgement from County Court, Supreme Court, R.S.B.C. and Divorce and Matrimonial cases. The Supreme Court volumes overlap because when space in the volume for a specific letter (eg. "B" ) ran out - entries were made in a new volume.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Architectural proposals and consultants reports

  • GR-0386
  • Series
  • 1967-1974

This series consists of architectural proposals and consultants reports on topics connected with the construction of public buildings, urban development, siting, traffic patterns, and design requirements. Reports have been created for the Department of Public Works by various sources, including Arthur Erikson Architects, The Environmental Analysis Group (TEAG), UBC School of Architecture, BCIT, Vancouver City Planning Department, and other various architects and engineers.

British Columbia. Dept. of Public Works

Vancouver Family Court calendars

  • GR-3107
  • Series
  • 1945-1974

City of Vancouver Family Court calendars. Oversized volumes showing date, offender, offence, remands and adjournments and disposition of each case.

Vancouver (B.C.). Family Court

Summary Convictions for the judicial district of University Hill

  • GR-3167
  • Series
  • 1962-1973

Form 2B - Summary Convictions. This report of Summary Convictions for the judicial district of University Hill was completed quarterly (March 1962 - December 1967 and monthly (January 1968 - March 1973) by Magistrate M.E. Ferguson. Form 2B is a form generated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (authorized by the Statistics Act) in order to compile statistics on the number of cases terminating in a conviction, absolute discharge or conditional discharge from a summary convictions court. The form includes very detailed instructions and explanations for its completion and submission to the Dept. of the Attorney-General. About 150 offences are listed as well as possible dispositions: fine, probation, prison, or discharge (all categories subdivided "M" or "F"). Remuneration of one cent per summary conviction was paid to the person transmitting the report.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Vancouver Family Court case files

  • GR-0208
  • Series
  • 1942-1972

The series consists of selected Family Court case files created by the Vancouver Provincial Court and its predecessor, the Vancouver Family Court, between 1942 and 1972.

The sample files were chosen by the Court and consist of case files created under the following acts:
Box 1: Children of Unmarried Parents' Act
Box 2: Juvenile Delinquents Act
Box 3 : Protection of Children Act
Box 4: Wives and Children's Maintenance Act

Although the files are identified by name, there is no discernible arrangement or file code system for the sampled files.

British Columbia. Provincial Court (Vancouver)

CKWX Radio fonds

  • PR-1784
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1969

The fonds consists of radio programming and advertisements of CKWX Radio in Vancouver. Fonds includes recordings of political speeches, documentaries, interviews, news and variety programs.

CKWX (Radio Station : Vancouver, B.C.)

John Emerson fonds

  • PR-1796
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1965, 1969; predominantly 1950-1964

The fonds consists of: audio recordings of John Emerson's radio, nightclub, stage and television performances and rehearsals; oral history interviews about John Emerson; Emerson's papers; a collection of theatrical, publicity, and family photographs; and a kinescope of the CBC Vancouver television musical variety program, "John Emerson Presents" (1959).

Emerson, John, 1911-1968

Alberta Lumber Company fonds

  • PR-1039
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1969

The fonds consists of correspondence files, accounting and financial records, log registers, safety files, accident reports and lumber sales records.

Alberta Lumber Company

Meyers Studio fonds

  • PR-0479
  • Fonds
  • 1967-1968

The fonds consists of photographic negatives from created by Meyers Studio in 1967-1968. The photographs are numbered from 37000 to 38772 and are mainly portraits.
The prints are in containers 890975-0001 to 890975-0007.

Meyers Studio

Vancouver Supreme Court probate/estate files

  • GR-2989
  • Series
  • 1949-1966

Vancouver probate/estate files: 43000 - 93199. Files 71655 and 72321 are oversize and can be found on reel B09706.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Register of Tug-boat Men's Liens

  • GR-3173
  • Series
  • 1927-1966

Register of Tug-boat Men's Liens under the Tug-boat Men's Lien Act (BC Statutes, 1926-1927 Ch. 73) for Vancouver. The register shows the lien number, the date of filing, "By whom claimed" and "Against whom claimed". A photocopy of the Act has been put inside the front cover of the volume.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

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