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The fonds consists of photographs created by Gus A. Maves in his commercial business between ca. 1920 and 1944. At this time Maves, and his wife Margaret, lived in Oak Bay, near Victoria. Maves created most of the negatives using 8 x 10 nitrate film and these were numbered and entered into his index books by number and by subject. He also created two separately numbered negatives series for negative sizes 4 x 5 and 5 x 7. Many of these negatives were copies of the 8 x 10 negatives and were used to create postcards and other commercial products. A selection of copy negatives masked and titled for printing cards, calendars and other commercial products exist within the fonds. Maves created photographic prints and proofs from most of his negatives and arranged many of them in either number or subject order in four albums. These albums, which often include the negative number and caption under the print, may have been used as order or sample books for his commercial business. There are also a considerable number of loose photographs with many duplicates including some glass plate negatives, lantern slides, transparencies, prints and artworks hand coloured by Margaret Maves. The main subject of the photographs are landscapes, particularly Butchart Gardens, Beacon Hill Park, Oak Bay Golf Club and mountain and ocean scenic shots; still life photos of fruit, vegetables and flowers, agricultural and industrial photographs and interior and exterior photographs of homes. Most of the photographs were taken in the Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island area but there are also some photographs taken in the Okanagan. The fonds also includes textual records including three indexes to the 8 x 10 negatives (two arranged by number and one by subject), an order book, publications featuring artwork by Gus and Margaret Maves, miscellaneous advertising signs, two wood printing frames, a stand for darkroom work and a “No parking” stand with coloured transparency of still life with fruit.

The fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Sharon Rempel in the course of her work as an agricultural and garden heritage consultant in Alberta and British Columbia ca. 1987-2000. The files include research and project files with the headings: Horticultural history, Heritage gardens, Agriculture and Agricultural history. The files also contain copies of Sharon's published works and copies of reference publications relating to agriculture and garden history she used in the course of her work. Other files includes class work and research material relating to her studies at York University and other institutions ca. 1989-1994. The fonds also includes approximately 660 colour slides, 14 audio cassettes, four VHS cassettes and 1 minidv cassette that contain interviews with Sharon regarding the grist mill and other issues relating to heritage gardens, heritage seeds and food security.

The fonds consists of records created by Tom Fyles from 1914 to 1980 and particularly document his climbing career. The fonds includes 13 photo albums and one shoe box of negatives organized by album. The albums document climbing trips from 1913 - 1969. Texual records include Fyles' pocket climbing/trip diary which documents trips from 1913 through 1930s recording daily activities, costs per trip, supplies and food, photos taken. The records also include Margaret Gladstone's pocket diary of trip to Mt. Rainier in July 1921 and letters home to parents documenting 1921 trip with BCMC members (including her future husband Tom Fyles) to Selkirk Mountains. Also included are letters of condolence to Fyles' family; letter regarding naming of Mt. Fyles; photocopies of caricature sketches by climber Alec Dalgleish; 15 topographic charts by climber Neal Carter, 9 journals, offprint articles and pamphlets.

The fonds consists of photographs created by A. David Rogers between 1950 and 1970 for both private and commercial purposes. The photographs were taken in Vancouver, Victoria and coastal areas and the subject include shipping, yachts, buildings, theatre, local artists and their work, street scenes and family photographs. There are also some images of the 1950 Chicago Fair and Banff, Alberta.

The fonds include several series of photographs that Rogers maintained using different sizes of film and each with their own numbering system. The 4x5 negatives are numbered from 1 to 1370 and have additional unnumbered negatives. Rogers indexed these negatives in number order and included a description and sometimes a date. The 2x2 negatives are numbered from 1 to 2867 and include three small sub-series of numbered negatives as well as many unnumbered ones. This series is not indexed but Rogers did create contact sheets of most of these, and often added names and dates to the printed image. The contact sheets were kept in six albums or binders and may have been used like a commercial catalogue. There is also an incomplete series of 35 mm negatives numbered from 1 to 558 with many unnumbered negatives and miscellaneous negatives included. Some of the negatives are labelled with brief information and dates.

The fonds consists of textual records of the BC Council, Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW). The records contain and are arranged in the following order: executive meeting minutes (1988-2004), annual general meeting programs (1988-2005), public policy issue surveys and resolutions (1990-2006) and regional and BC Council newsletters (1989-2007).

The Charles Edwin Fripp fonds consists of photographs and sketches created and accumulated by Fripp during his time as a resident of British Columbia. Some of the images are linked to his work as an illustrator and correspondent for various publications, while others were made in his leisure time, often during sketching trips.

The fonds consists of three files: PR-2193.1 - British Columbia sketchbook PR-2193.2 - Journey to Yukon 1898 PR-2193.3 - New Zealand exhibit

The fonds consists of three photo albums created by John Irvine between 1894 and 1910. Many of the photographs are of railway survey campsites and features in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and California but some of the earlier photographs are city views of buildings in Ottawa, including the Parliament buildings after the fire in February 1897. The albums are uniform in size and appearance: black, pebbled covers with the "Photographs" embossed in gold on the top left front. The pages, which are stiff gray cardboard, are bound with red cord. The albums measure 18 by 30 cm. The mounted prints vary in size and tone from 7 x 12 cm to 19 x 15 cm, and from b&w to sepia. Nearly all of the photographs have a double white line border drawn around them and almost all are captioned in white ink. Several of the photographs are identified with "Yours truly Jno Irvine" and may be portraits of Irvine himself.

The recordings are of a talk given by Perry titled "Talk by Mr. Perry", possibly during his time as speaker. The collection comprises four discs, double sided, with each side labelled from Part One to Part Eight.

The fonds comprises records including 3 mini dictating cassettes recorded in March and April 1991 by Loenen describing the events that had been occurring in the caucus surrounding the question of Bill Vander Zalm's role as Premier. The cassettes were transcribed by Loenen. The additional records are textual including research on the constitutional rights of the caucus to request the Premier's resignation; personal notes taken during caucus meetings; correspondence; and press conference reports.

The Ore Mountain Mining Company, Limited records consist of one register containing a list of directors, details about shareholders, and information about transfers of shares. It is related to an item in the BC Archives library holdings: NWp 971.35.066 “Prospectus,” printed in 1924 by the Colonial Press.

The Hedley Sterling Gold Mine Company records consist of three share registries (one containing original shares) and one minute book. The minute book includes original documents including crown grants, insurance policies, and the certificate of incorporation, in addition to the minutes of meetings covering the duration of the company's existence and annual reports.

The fonds consists of eight items: folder 1, a marriage license (1855 ), folder 2, transcript from a marriage register (1857), folder 3, a Masonic lodge certificate (1865), folder 4, a certificate of competency as a ship's master (1853), folder 5, an indenture certificate (1840), folder 6, a certificate of character and discharge (1853), folder 7, an empty linen document envelope with "H.B. Ella" on one side and a partial original of Martha Ella's diary. The 1855 marriage license was signed by Governor James Douglas, while the 1857 license was signed by Bishop Edward Cridge.

The fonds consists of personal annual diaries or journals kept by Norman Charles Stewart and a transcript created by Joan Dakers. The original diaries are for the years 1910, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1945, 1947, 1952 (2 v.), 1953 and 1954. These records supplement the official surveyor field books he would have maintained as a BC Land Surveyor working for or with the Surveyor General's department. The transcript includes detailed copies and summaries of diaries from 1910 to 1951. Not all the supplemental information in the original diaries was transcribed.

The account provides primary evidence of the life and death of Fredrick Seymour, second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866, and the first governor of the union of the two colonies, also named the Colony of British Columbia from 1866 to 1869. Semour's final journey as Governor was to the Nass Valley to settle a dispute amongst First Nations tribes. He died of dysentery at Bella Coola on the return trip.

The records were created by another passenger on the H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, the ship used by Seymour to travel to the Nass Valley. The "journal" was created after Seymour's death as a primary account of Seymour's life and death, the main focus being the final journey to the Nass and Seymour's eventual demise. It is likely that the account was written by D.C. Maunsell, Seymour's private secretary. Maunsell was on the Sparrowhawk at the time, and of the known passengers seems the most plausible figure to write a personal and sympathetic description of Seymour.

A typed transcript of the record is included.

The fonds consists of photographic negatives and a photograph album dating between the 1890s and late 1930s. The fonds also includes a scrapbook of chiefly World War One newspaper clippings, photographs, drawings and memorabilia assembled by Margaret Millicent Shepherd; diaries and notebooks kept by Francis Holden Shepherd between 1916-1919; a few newspaper clippings and school report cards; and an issue of the Nanaimo Free Press dated 14 Apr 1880 with the marriage notice for F.H. Shepherd and Jane (Jennie) Holden.

The fonds consists of the records generated by the Asian Art Society of Victoria between 1977 and 1988 in the course of its meetings, social events, volunteer and fund-raising activities, tours, classes, sponsored lectures and art exhibitions in Victoria, British Columbia. The fonds consists of the constitution and by-laws, agendas and minutes of meetings, annual reports, financial statements, newsletters, membership applications and lists, lists of Board members, committee members and honorary patrons, copies of speeches, invitations, notices, grant applications, correspondence, information from lectures, guest lists, news clippings (some about Hilda L. Hale), photographs and a scrapbook (the “Social Record Book”) of the Asian Art Society of Victoria. The fonds also includes newsletters (1980-1988) and annual reports (1980-1985) of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria as well as some newsletters, bulletins and annual reports of the Canadian Society for Asian Arts (1978-1982).

The fonds consists of 81 glass negatives and 1 negative taken or copied by A.C. Hirschfeld between 1894 and 1910. The photographs include images of the Golden Gate Midwinter fair in San Francisco in 1894; photographs of Alaska, Atlin and Dawson City as well as interior and exterior shots taken ca. 1910 of the Hirschfeld home in Vancouver. The fonds also includes 10 copy negatives and 10 prints showing the Klondike Gold rush. Some show gold rush people on their way through a unknown pass to the gold fields, some Dawson City and the mines circa 1898. Other pictures show "The Scales," and the horse train.

The collection consists of six letters by James Douglas to James Yale or Donald Manson, three agreements between the Hudson 's Bay Company and four employees, and a bill of lading for the Hudson's Bay Company ship Cadboro.

The fonds consists of Kunst family records and contain the following: Memoir of Milton Kunst; photographs, both negatives and prints, taken or acquired by Milton Kunst and biographical information about Dr. Johan Jurriaan Kunst and his family.

The fonds conists of 1 colour and 46 black and white photographs taken or acquired by Cecil Wynne Davies between ca. 1940 and 1963. 45 of the photographs depict courthouses around the province, which included offices for government agents, and two photographs depict a staff party which includes Cecil W. Davies among the guests. The records also include a list of the courthouses and their construction dates.

The fonds consist of the personal and business papers of Charles Victor Brennan. The papers document the man's family, professional and social life in great depth. While success in his profession and his family life is evident through the papers he left, he was a hopelessly inefficient record keeper. It appears that he rarely discarded anything he received through the mail or any notes he scribbled on any scrap of paper available, but his efforts at organization were infrequent and soon sabotaged. The papers purchased by the Archives show family papers and correspondence thoroughly mixed with official Britannia materials, family financial papers and personal investment records. It is possible that the papers had become disordered during his later life or after his death, but that seems to be an unlikely or, at least, unimportant cause for their state. In so many instances, papers have been dropped one on top of another much in the manner of a kitchen midden. Subsequent handling may, however, be one cause for the almost total absence of papers after 1952. There are other possible explanations for this lack - Brennan's growing infirmity or a change in his wife's activity as semi-official secretary. The C.V. Brennan papers will be useful in documenting the life of a middle class professional who reached the upper executive ranks of a major British Columbia mining and milling company. His activities for Britannia Mining and Smelting are revealed in the extensive company records he retained. His exploration records for Britannia and the parent Howe Sound Company should prove especially useful as they document the long and difficult process of examining and evaluating ore bodies and bringing promising ones into productions. Even the health consequences of his professional life can be traced here. Researchers should also find the personal financial records of use. The records of domestic finances and personal investments to support his family's lifestyle are quite full, though not always complete. As a professional in a sometimes precarious industry, Brennan assumed a great deal of individual responsibility for maintaining his family's continued prosperity. The extensive correspondence found in these papers also document family relations: between spouses; between father and children; between son and mother; and between brother and siblings. The papers have been divided into a number of groups. C.V. Brennan's own group makes up the major part of the unit, but papers created or received by other family members make up other small groups.

The fonds consists of the records generated by the Royal Oak Women's Institute in the course of its regular meetings and includes the minute books from 1921 to 1995 with the following gaps: 1936-1942; 1947-1952 and 1983. A note in the accession file states that the missing volumes were destroyed due to improper storage. The fonds also includes a folder of information regarding the formation of the Queen Alexandra solarium, 1925-1927; a book listing donations for the Queen Alexandra solarium, 1934-1936 and a membership book from 1967.

The fonds consists of the records generated by the 1997 North American Indigenous Games in the course of managing the sport and cultural events that took place in Victoria, BC in August 1997. The fonds includes two series: the management files of Alex Nelson, Executive Director and Rick Brant, General Manager and marketing files. The management files are arranged by subject and include correspondence with the Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association of BC (ASRA) and other records relating to the management, administration and financial aspects of the games. The management files also include policy and procedure files, briefing materials, reports and minutes from meetings. The marketing files are arranged alphabetically by subject and consist of general files regarding all aspects of marketing the sport and culture events of the games. The marketing files also include a poster, examples of bronze, silver and gold medals and three videocassettes.

The fonds consists of a financial ledger used to document sales of groceries and merchandise at James Campbell's store. Entries are handwritten and listed in date order. Each entry lists what appears to be the account number of the person or agency making the purchase; the name of the person or agency making the purchase, details of each purchase and the amount of the purchase. The ledger lists transactions from April 18, 1877 to April 29, 1878. In addition, a newspaper article dated May 1971 has been glued onto pages 189 and 190. The newspaper article gives some details about the contents of the ledger and the Cache Creek area.

The fonds consists of four volumes which detail the operations of the Gordon Head Fruit Growers' Association. The fonds includes the minute book of the association from 1914 to 1921; two account books; one from 1924 to 1925 and the other from 1945 to 1955, and a ledger from 1948 to 1954.

The fonds consists of general office files of Nelsons Laundries Limited. They were probably created by the Personnel Advisor Dave Davies in the course of his everyday work. The fonds includes company history, minutes of NELCO (Nelsons Lower Mainland Consultative Committee, a labour relations organization), some personnel records, main plant bulletins and other administrative records.

The fonds consists of an ore record book used by the Consolidated White Bear Mining Co. Ltd. in Rossland, BC. between February 1904 and October 1907. The record book contains lot entries arranged by date, of ore shipped to Northport, Granby and Trail smelters. Information such as the value and weight of each lot is included. The volume also contains some loose sheets issued by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Limited (COMINCO) confirming arrival, weight and value of lots.

The fonds consists of correspondence and telegram messages created by the Telegraph Creek telegraph office agents from 1949 to 1962. From 1949 to 1954 the Telegraph Creek office was run by the Government Telegraph and Telephone Service. From 1954 to 1961, the office was managed from the Vancouver office of the North-west Telephone Company. When North-west joined the British Columbia Telephone Company in 1961, the running of the exchange was managed by the British Columbia Telephone Company. The first file contains correspondence (1949-1956) between the Telegraph Creek agent and the supervisor either of the Government Telegraph and Telephone Service or the North-west Telephone Company regarding office facilities, supplies, payment, work duties etc. The rest of the files are arranged by month and year (1958-1962) and consist of telegram messages sent out and messages received in at the Telegraph Creek office.

The fonds consists of photographs, maps and technical drawings that document the railway line building activities of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway in British Columbia. The seven photograph albums consist of black and white photographs taken between 1911 and 1913 of the construction of the railway line from Port Mann in the Lower Fraser division to mile 421 near Valemount. The albums are arranged by division and mile number and most have captions. The first four albums also contain small copies of blueprint maps showing the extent of the division. These maps are glued into the back page of the albums. The fonds also includes a gatefold technical drawing in a leather case. This drawing is a progress profile created by the construction department for the building of the Patricia Bay rail line on Vancouver Island. The drawing goes from mile 1.2 at North Quadra Street to mile 8 at Martindale Road and was probably drawn by Lawrence P. Macrae, engineer ca. 1913. In 2021 three technical drawings were added to the fonds. These are sheets that contain both profile plans and surveys of the CNPR line on both Vancouver Island and on the mainland. Number 24925E shows the extra width right of way from mile 210 to mile 212.50 (east from New Westminster Bridge), 1913. Number 24926E shows a proposed level crossing at mile 23.6 at West Sooke Road on Vancouver Island, 1911. Number 24927E shows a proposed connection with New Westminster Southern Railway at Port Kells, mile 82.77 west from Yale, 1911.