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Political, personal and family papers. Vols. 1-569 of the Macdonald papers held by the National Archives of Canada (NAC). The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) was born in Scotland and was raised and educated in Kingston, Upper Canada. He was a lawyer, but during most of his life political duties left him little time for his law practice. He married twice and was survived by his second wife and two children. He entered provincial politics as a Conservative in 1844, becoming a member of the Executive Council in 1847. Macdonald played a major role in creating the Coalition of 1854 which he moulded into the Liberal-Conservative Party which dominated much of the succeeding half century. He was the central figure in the creation of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Becoming Canada's first Prime Minister in 1867, he retained that post until 1873. He was Prime Minister again from 1878 until his death on 6 June 1891. Besides being Prime Minister, Macdonald held numerous important cabinet posts. Macdonald was central to many Canadian political developments such as the Northwest Rebellions, the Pacific Scandal, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the National Policy. Fonds consists of a microfilm copy of the political and personal papers of the Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald. The majority of the records are post Confederation, although there is extensive correspondence pertaining to Confederation and the events leading up to it. The political papers document the shaping of a new nation, and cover such key events as railway construction, determining national boundaries, and a wide range of other topics including government administration and native affairs. The personal papers provide insight into Macdonald's personal life, his legal practice, financial affairs, and the management of his estate. Family papers include the personal papers of Baroness Macdonald, and correspondence with close friends and other family members, including Macdonald's mother, and his sister Louisa. The following series were microfilmed and form part of the diffusion package: Political Papers: Correspondence arranged by subject, 1851-1891. (Vols. 1-185, pages 1-77165). Microfilm reels A00281-A00344 Correspondence arranged by correspondent's name, 1843-1891. (Vols. 186-296, pages 77166-135856). Microfilm reels A00344-A00396 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1836-1891. (Vols. 297-335, pages 135857-152372). Microfilm reels A00396-A00409. General letters, 1832-1891. (Vols. 336-503, pages 152373-253163). Microfilm reels A00410-A00482 Letterbooks, 1855-1891. (Vols. 504-536). Microfilm reels A00483-A00500 Personal Papers: Correspondence, 1835-1891. (Vols. 537-545, pages 253164-258360). Microfilm reels A00501-A00505. Miscellaneous, Notebooks, Invitations, Finances, 1827-1891. (Vols. 546-557, pages 258361-269219). Microfilm reels A00505-A00514. Family Papers: Baroness Macdonald, 1845-1910. (Vols. 558-568, pages 269220-276080). Microfilm reels A00514-A00519. Other Family Members, 1852-1889. (Vol. 569, pages 276081-276646). Microfilm reel A00520. Finding aid consists of a volume list (Vols. 1-569), a nominal index to the authors in the Personal Correspondence series (Vol. 537), a subject index for the Miscellaneous Correspondence series (Vols. 297-335), a microfilm conversion list (Vols. 1-569), and a list of additional finding aids created by the Library and Archives of Canada which are available on reels A00531-A00529. These finding aids consist of nominal, subject and chronological indexes for Vols. 1-545, 558 and 569. Each index contains approximately 150,000 entries. Printed copy of the finding aid also contains a subject index for the personal financial records contained in Vols. 552-555 and an author/subject list for the letters in Vols. 552-555. Additional records not microfilmed are available to researchers at the Library and Archives of Canada. Volume List: Nominal index to Volume 537 Subject index for Vols. 297-335 Microfilm conversion list: Source: MS Finding Aids

Series contains a variety of official documents in regards to the governing of the west coast, documents regarding official governing appointments for James Douglas, an address on the occasion of Douglas' retirement, a certificate commemorating Douglas' retirement, a condolences letter for Lady Douglas after James Douglas’ death, bound private notebooks, records of financial transactions, and several journals.

Series consists of subject files relating to Indigenous peoples in British Columbia. Subject files were originally compiled at the St. Paul's Province Archives, which was located at the Oblate House in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The series is divided into seven sub-series:
● Various Bands
● Culture
● Education
● Land Claims
● Organizations
● General
● Government

Series consists of private correspondence and personal financial accounts of James Hargrave and his family and descendants, which include the family of John Lockhart Schofield. Records include correspondence referring to life at York Factory and in mid-nineteenth century Britain; accounts; wills and marriage contracts; correspondence regarding publishing of family papers; school reports; papers relating to the Trail Creek News; and copies of newspapers.

The series consists of correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, commissions, notes and memoranda relating to his work with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company at Fort Nisqually, and later, Victoria. Some published materials from the library of the Tolmie family not related to the history of the northwest have been included in the collection.

Returns from Manitoba census, 1870; returns from Red River census, 1831-1847; returns from Red River census, 1849, 1832-1833; returns from Manitoba census, 1856.

This series contains extracts from volumes in C.O. 537 series [supplementary correspondence]. The records consist mainly of despatches to and from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada and senior British military officers. The majority of the records were originally classified as "Secret" or "Confidential." Records pertain to all parts of Canada, but include substantial British Columbia-related material. San Juan Island dispute, B.C.'s entry into Confederation, trans-Pacific steamship services, coastal defence, and the Bering Sea sealing negotiations are but some of the issues documented in this series.

Sketchbook (1632) and miscellaneous prints; journals (1837-1840) providing accounts of voyages to Italy, Calcutta (via the Cape of Good Hope), and log book of a voyage from China to California and Mexico (1853-1855); miscellaneous notes and clippings.

This series contains central registry files from the National Archives of Canada, RG 10, volumes 1020-1034, 6492-8870, and 10239-10351. Central Registry Files relate to all aspects of the administration of Indian Affairs throughout Canada. Only reels containing files which relate to B.C. are catalogued in this unit. For a full description of this series and its relationship to other RG 10 records, consult National Archives of Canada, General Inventory Series, "Records Relating to Indian Affairs (RG 10)," July 1991 (copy in Inventory no. 25).

Alexander Caulfield Anderson was born near Calcutta, India in 1814 and died at Saanich in 1884. He was educated in England and joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1831 as an apprentice clerk. After a year of service at Lachine, he was assigned to various HBC posts throughout the northwest, including Fort Vancouver, Fort McLoughlin, Fraser Lake, Fort George, Fort Nisqually, Fort Alexandria and Fort Colvile. He was promoted to chief trader in 1846, and would have been made chief factor had he been willing to accept a post in New Caledonia. Between 1846 and 1847, in response to the Oregon boundary issue, Anderson led three exploring expeditions in an attempt to find a route, from the HBC post at Kamloops to the HBC post Fort Langley, which would fall entirely within British territory. Two of the routes that he identified were used at various times by the HBC brigades between the interior posts and the ocean. He retired from the Company in 1854, and settled with his wife Eliza Birnie, whom he married in 1837, in Cathlamet, Washington. They eventually had 13 children. In 1858 Anderson was persuaded by James Douglas to accept the position of postmaster of Victoria; he later served briefly as collector of customs, and also had various business interests in Victoria. In 1876 he was appointed as both Dominion inspector of fisheries and the federal representative on the Dominion-Provincial Joint Commission on Indian Land in British Columbia. His appointment to this commission ended in 1878. Anderson was considered scholarly, and wrote several reports, articles and manuscripts about the history of the northwest coast.

Records include: A.C. Anderson's correspondence in and out (box 1), including letters from Peter Skene Ogden, 1837-1839, Sir George Simpson, 1836-1839, and letters to Alexander Grant Dallas, 1852, and William Fraser Tolmie, 1854; journals, certificates, notes and diaries and a manuscript "History of the Northwest Coast". Some of these records were previously catalogued in the Old Manuscript Collection of the BC Archives; a conversion list of old call numbers and a subject index are in the hard copy finding aid in the reference room. Box 1, file 1-4 consists of correspondence inward; Box 1, file 5 consists of correspondence outward; Box 1, file 6-7 consists of miscellaneous fur trade papers and appointments; Box 1, file 8-9 consists of certificates and will; Box 2, file 1-9 consists of notes, diaries and histories; Box 2, file 10 consists of the draft of Notes on North-Western America; Box 3 and 4 consist of miscellaneous records

Journal of a journey from Fort Vancouver to York Factory,1835 (original and typed transcript), notebooks and clipping books, expense book (1869), synopsis of Columbia affairs (1843-1848), messages of the governor on the opening and prorogation of the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island (1856-1864), journal kept by Martha Douglas during a visit to Europe (1872-1873), and a Douglas family bible. The records were originally microfilmed as Reel A00818.

Correspondence to and from members of his family, 1840-1851; letter from Adam D. Dundas, 1848, containing news of political events in England and of the Hudson's Bay Company; memorandum concerning legal rights to claims, 1860; certificates of attendance at medical courses, 1835-1838, and U.S. citizenship papers, 1851; papers concerning the settlement of Barclay's estate, 1873, 1879.

The series consists of personal correspondence (1851-1912) including papers and correspondence relating to Christ Church Cathedral (1855-1874) and the Reformed Episcopal Church (1874-1909); appointments, testimonials, certificates, accounts, newspaper clippings, sermon notes, diaries, notebooks, a sketchbook and photographs.

The sermons which were numbered by Cridge, are filed in number order, and the registers of sermons in Box 8, Files 1 and 5 may be used to determine the date on which they were first preached. Some of the Cridge sermons are not numbered or dated, and this is noted in the finding aid. Most are in booklet form, but others consist only of loose notes.

Diary, 1836-1881; accounts, 1861-1867, correspondence inward, 1844, 1846.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers pertaining to various members of the Crease family.

The series consists of copies of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials kept at Fort Vancouver, Fort Victoria, Fort Langley, and the Parish of Victoria. The original dates of the records are 1836 to 1886 while the photocopies and transcripts were probably made around 1950.

The first mission of the Church of England on the northwest coast of North America was established by Rev. Herbert Beaver when he arrived at Fort Vancouver, the Pacific Headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company, in May 1837. With the establishment of Fort Victoria, the Hudson's Bay Company employed Rev. Robert John Staines to replace Rev. Beaver who had resigned his Fort Vancouver post in 1838. Staines arrived in 1849 and initiated construction of Victoria's District Church in 1853. Unhappy with the company's land policies, Staines sailed for England in 1854 carrying the grievances of other settlers. His ship foundered and Staines perished. His replacement was Edward Cridge who arrived at Fort Victoria on 1 April 1855. With the issuance of an ordinance by Governor Douglas "establishing regulations for the arrangement of the affairs of the Colonial Church" Cridge could hold his first regular services in August 1856. An endowment of £25,000 from Baroness Burdett-Coutts provided for the establishment of the Diocese of British Columbia and on 12 January 1859 Letters Patent were issued creating a Bishopric and appointing Rev. George Hills as Bishop. His church was consecrated on 7 December 1865 and Edward Cridge was appointed Dean. In September 1869 the Cathedral was destroyed by fire to be replaced by a second wooden structure consecrated on 5 December 1872. This was replaced with the existing stone cathedral consecrated 28 September 1929.

The series consists of six files consisting primarily of inward and outward correspondence, including one letter addressed to Charles Ross but sent following his death. The series also consists of Ross's appointment to Chief Trader of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1842. Typed transcripts are included in some of the files.

Series consists of biography and subject files. Series also includes OMI Archives finding aids. Records include articles, publications and other printed material, as well as biographical information, correspondence, and photographs.

These records relate to McKay's career as a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company including correspondence, a journal, notes regarding ceremonies and traditional beliefs of Indigenous people of BC, and his recollections as Chief Trader.

Series contains a letter to Sir James Douglas; a receipt to Lady Amelia Douglas; a calling card from Mrs. H. Dallas Helmcken; James Douglas’s death certificate; and a textbook owned by Cecilia Douglas.

The series consists of microfilmed copies of Bishop Hills' diaries (1838-1895), synod notes (1860-1865) and memoranda.