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James Deans fonds

  • PR-1714
  • Fonds
  • 1845-1901

The fonds consists of poems written by James Deans.

Deans, James

Bayliff family fonds

  • PR-1095
  • Fonds
  • 1845-1968 [Microfilmed 1981]

The fonds consists of correspondence, ranch diaries (Chilancoh Ranch), business records and personal records including diaries kept by T.L. Bayliff, G.T.L Bayliff and Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff.

Bayliff (family)

John Sebastian Helmcken fonds

  • PR-0880
  • Fonds
  • 1845-1869

The fonds consists of Helmcken's medical certificates, testimonials, diplomas, correspondence and commissions.

Helmcken, John Sebastian, 1824-1920

Fort Stikine fonds

  • PR-1681
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1849

The fonds consists of the journal of Fort Stikine, kept by George Blenkinsop. The volume has been microfilmed and is available on reel A00792(4).

Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Stikine

Robert H.B. Ker fonds

  • PR-0769
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1976

The fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, personal and business records, maps, architectural plans and photographs.

Ker, Robert Henry Brackman, 1895-1976

Edward Mallandaine fonds

  • PR-0665
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1897

The fonds consists of reminiscences, diaries, notebooks, account books and papers accumulated by Mallandaine as a collector of road taxes. The fonds also includes a sketchbook of 17 sketches (originally catalogued as E/C/M29.1 and later as PDP03987-PDP003394, PDP03997-PDP03999 and PDP03401-PDP03406) and 3 sketches removed from MS-0470, box 2, file 8 and catalogued as PDP03395, PDP03396 and PDP03400.

Mallandaine, Edward, 1827-1905

Meldram family fonds

  • PR-1723
  • Fonds
  • 1847-1854, 1876, 1891

The fonds consists of indentures, correspondence, birth and baptism certificates of the Meldram family.

Meldram (family)

Trutch family fonds

  • PR-2026
  • Fonds
  • 1847-1907

The fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, account books and other financial and business records of the Trutch family created between 1849 and 1907. Also included in the papers of Joseph William Trutch are records related to his various government positions. The fonds has been arranged into five sous fonds containing the records of: Trutch's mother, Charlotte Hannah (Barnes) Trutch; Joseph William Trutch; his wife, Julia Elizabeth (Hyde) Trutch; his brother John; and John's wife, Zoe Trutch. The Joseph William Trutch sous fonds is the most extensive. The Charlotte Hannah (Barnes) Trutch sous fonds consists of correspondence inward from family members. The Joseph William Trutch sous fonds consists of: a diary; pocket account books with occasional diary entries; correspondence inward, including many letters of sympathy written on the death of his wife, and other personal, business and professional matters; briefs, memos, correspondence, commissions, etc., relating to professional matters; papers relating to business investments; account books and bank books relating both to personal finances and to the construction of the Cariboo road. Charlotte and Joseph William Trutch maintained a correspondence with relatives in England, India and Victoria. Their correspondence inward series contains letters from Davey, Pinder, O'Reilly and Hare relatives and from Julia Trutch's Preston connections. Family letters from Charlotte Barnes (Trutch) Davey and her daughter, Sarah Emily (Davey) Ashley were written from Bombay, India, and describe the life of the merchant class there. The Julia Elizabeth (Hyde) Trutch sous fonds consists of one letter inward. The John Trutch sous fonds consists of correspondence from O'Reilly, Trutch and Pinder family members and financial papers.

Trutch (family)

Fort Dunvegan fonds

  • PR-1660
  • Fonds
  • 1848-1850, 1879-1880

The fonds consists of account books of Fort Dunvegan.

Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Dunvegan

Andrew Muir fonds

  • PR-1553
  • Fonds
  • 1848-1850

The fonds consists of Muir's diary starting in December 1848 as he prepared to leave Scotland for Vancouver Island and continuing until June 5th, 1850. Diary provides details of his voyage to and experiences on Vancouver Island.

Muir, Andrew

Helmcken family fonds

  • PR-0879
  • Fonds
  • 1848-1920

The fonds consists of the papers of Dr. John Sebastian and Harry Dallas Helmcken. Also includes certified copies of various death certificates, correspondence, account books, contracts, medical notebooks and case books of the other members of the Helmcken family. [Portion of the fonds also available on microfilm.]

Helmcken (family)

Henry Newsham Peers fonds

  • PR-1695
  • Fonds
  • 1848, 1853, 1857

The fonds consists of Peers' diary of a trip from Fort Langley to Thomsons River and Peers' appointment to Chief Trader. There is one piece of correspondence (accession 74A-595) from W.W. Miller to H.N. Peers (1857) requesting an account of all public property regarding the Company of Cowlitz Rangers, 1st Regiment W.T. Volunteers.

Peers, Henry Newsham, 1821-1864

Susan Louisa Allison fonds

  • PR-2270
  • Fonds
  • 1849-1982

The fonds consists of writing notebooks, manuscripts of stories, poems in various drafts and formats (holograph and typescript) by Susan Allison, correspondence and household documents of Susan Allison, and correspondence of her husband John Fall Allison. The fonds also includes correspondence and documents by three descendants, Georgina Maisonville, Elvie Sisson and Alice O.A. Wright, who preserved the records, protected their mother's intellectual property, and assisted historian and biographer Margaret A. Ormsby with her book A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia: The Recollections of Susan Allison (University of British Columbia Press, 1976).

Allison, Susan Louisa, 1845-1937

Richard Blanshard fonds

  • PR-1203
  • Fonds
  • 1849-1851

The fonds consists of official papers, correspondence and a will.

Blanshard, Richard, 1817-1894

Joven Guipuzcoana fonds

  • PR-1913
  • Fonds
  • 1849-1859, predominant 1849

The fonds consists of receipts, crew lists, and passenger lists of the barque Joven Guipuzcoana.

Joven Guipuzcoana (Ship)

John Charles fonds

  • PR-1499
  • Fonds
  • 1849

The fonds consists of Charles' journal of the Columbia Express party delivering supplies to Fort Nez Perce.

Charles, John

William Winnard fonds

  • PR-1562
  • Fonds
  • 1849-1868

The fonds consists of correspondence and financial records of William Winnard.

Winnard, William, d. 1868

Herald Street collection

  • GR-1069
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1849 to 1970]

The collection consists of records created ca. 1849 to 1970 by the Dept. of Lands and Works and related departments, including pre-Confederation government bodies.

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria (Roman Catholic)

  • PR-0587
  • Fonds
  • 1849 - 1934

Fonds includes a register of baptisms (1849-1871); marriages and baptisms (1864-1879); marriages (1871-1903); deaths (1871-1899; 1899-1934); marriages (1859-1866). Includes entries for Victoria, Fort Langley and Nanaimo.

Roman Catholic Church. Diocese of Victoria

Baptismal, marriage and burial church registers

  • GR-3258
  • Series
  • Microfilmed 1946 (originally created 1849-1903)

The series consists of copies of British Columbia baptism, marriage and death registers created by churches that conducted the ceremonies. Currently only records (baptisms 1849-1899; marriages 1864-1903) of St. Andrews Cathedral, Victoria , are available.

Churches were required to submit their baptismal registers to the Vital Statistics Division in the 1940s so the registers could be microfilmed. Vital Statistics subsequently created an alphabetical index to the microfilmed registers, and a database was created from the index volumes with supplementary information from the microfilmed registers added to the entries. This information is searchable via the BC Archives Genealogy database. The microfilm copies of the original registers may include some additional information or context that was not included in the database.

Each bound volume was created by one church. Each entry corresponds with one ceremony, but may involve multiple individuals. The entries within each volume are ordered chronologically and may be numbered. Every volume varies in the type and presentation of information included and may not be consistent throughout one volume. All entries include the date of the ceremony, name of individual(s) involved in the ceremony, and the name of the priest who conducted the ceremony.

Baptism register entries may also include name of child, date of birth, place of birth, sex of child, name and surname of father, name and maiden name of mother, residence of parents, profession of parents, religion of parents, name and surname of grandparents, religion of grandparents, and name and surname of godparents.

Marriage register entries may also include name and surname of groom, name and maiden name of bride, age of bride, age of groom, name and surname of their parents, name and surname of witnesses present, religion of named individuals, place of birth, and signatures of parties involved.

Death register entries may also include: death dates, cause of death, age at death, location of internment and information about the funeral ceremony.

Indigenous people are included in the registers (as Indians or Sauvages). Some Indigenous names are included. Many baptisms of Indigenous people were in groups and may only consist of a list of the Christian names the priest gave to the baptized individuals. Tribal or community affiliations may be included.

Some entries include the geographical location that the ceremony took place. This location may vary from the location of the church, as some priests travelled quite widely to conduct ceremonies.

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency

Archives discrete item collection

  • F1
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1849]-2017

The collection consists of single items, reports, photocopies, photographs and other small collections donated and loaned to the BC Archives which document all aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the province. There are private records produced by individuals, businesses and organizations and acquired by the Archives over many years from all areas of the Province and varying widely in subject matter. They consist of account books and journals, letters and diaries of gold seekers, pioneers, missionaries, and school teachers, literary manuscripts, photographs, the papers of natural historians and students and the personal and family papers of notable settlers and residents of the province.
There are also some provincial and federal government records which either came to the Archives as single items or files or were removed from other series.

British Columbia Archives

Archives visual records collection

  • F5
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1850-1990]

The Archives photo collection (also known as the General file or genfile) consists of photographs collected by the Archives from around 1908 until the 1990s. The photographs were primarily collected because of their subject matter and little or no information was gathered as to their provenance and type. A single volume, arranged numerically by a classification code, appears to indicate that the first 14,000 or so photographs acquired were arranged by subject groupings.

By 1934, the annual report of the Provincial Library and Archives department noted that the "collection of photographs and prints in the Archives, which is estimated to consist of at least 14,000 items, is rapidly outgrowing the old filing system, and sooner or later the entire collection must be recatalogued and rearranged." In 1935 the new system of applying individual catalogue numbers known as "HP" or "Historic Photograph" numbers had begun. In 1940 the Provincial Archivist reported that half the photographs had been recatalogued. The cataloguing consisted of entering the photographs into registers in HP number order; the first number assigned was HP101 or HP000101. This system of item level numbering continued into the 1990s with over 100,000 photographs entered into the HP accession registers. While most of these photographs continued to be acquired because of their subject matter, selected photographs that formed part of original record groups, were also catalogued with an HP number.

The "original" photographs acquired in this way consist mainly of photographic prints in a variety of sizes and formats, but also include original negatives (both glass and flexible). In many cases, the Archives borrowed and copied photographs from individuals and other institutions. In these cases the "original" is a copy print made by the Archives at the time.

The prints are stored in HP number order in several runs: main run of several hundred boxes, one run of Maynard photographs, two runs of oversized photographic prints and one run of large oversized prints stored in map cabinets. Original negatives are stored by type (glass, nitrate, acetate, polyester etc.), usually by HP number. These original records are often know as "HP originals".

Copy prints were made of many of the prints and are arranged by subject in several runs. Portrait/family files are arranged in alphabetical order; topographic (place name) files are arranged alphabetically by place name and then by subject within the place; and a small set of subject files (including ships) are arranged alphabetically by subject. There are a variety of indexes and lists of files available in the Archives to help determine which general file copy print files are available on request.

Copy negatives (arranged by negative number or photo lab number) were made from many of the prints and original negatives. These records were used for reproductions and are stored in a large negative cabinet.

British Columbia Archives

George Buchanan fonds

  • PR-1139
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1930

The fonds consists of George Buchanan's historical notes regarding Kaslo, B.C. and a submission concerning a road through Earl Grey Pass.

Buchanan, George Owen, 1850-1930

Robert Brown fonds

  • PR-1136
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1895

The fonds consists of journals and catalogues compiled by Brown as a botanist on exploring expeditions. There are also minutes, correspondence, applications, bills, and receipts of the Vancouver Island Exploration Committee and personal correspondence. [Also available on microfilm.]

Brown, Robert, 1842-1895

Act regulating importation of spirituous liquors

  • GR-0771
  • Series
  • 1850

Colony of Vancouver Island Act regulating importation of spirituous liquors, dated 13 May 1850.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Governor (1849-1851 : Blanshard)

Alexander Munro fonds

  • PR-2264
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1916

The fonds consists of correspondence, legal and miscellaneous documents, a newspaper clipping and a "tintype" photograph .

Munro, Alexander, 1824-1911

Irvine family fonds

  • PR-0705
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1942

The fonds consists of correspondence, birth certificates, school reports, historical sketches, poems and reminiscences.

Irvine (family)

Sisters of St. Ann Archives collection

  • SSA
  • Collection
  • 1850 - 2021

The collection consists of records related to the creation and function of the Sisters of St. Ann in St. Joseph's Province, which covers the geographic area of British Columbia, the Yukon, Alaska, Oregon and Washington State. The SSA Archives acquired records created by the Sisters and the Corporation, as well as associated bodies such as parent-teacher organizations or alumnae societies for the schools they were involved in. The collection is currently arranged into 53 fonds, with the records created by The Sisters in one main fonds (PR-2415) which is comprised of approximately 140 series. The additional fonds are records created by external related bodies, such as the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae, Providence Farm in Duncan, and the Friends of St. Ann's Academy.

The Sisters of St. Ann were involved in education and healthcare throughout British Columbia as well as in the Yukon and Alaska, and the records in this collection represent those activities, as well as the place of the congregation in the broader Catholic landscape of Western Canada. Records reflect the Sisters' presence in parochial and residential schools as well as hospitals, but also their relationship to their motherhouse in Lachine, Quebec, and the reporting structures of a congregation of women religious. There are many series that are related to a specific institution where the Sisters worked, but additional information about that institution will be held in administrative series such as the Provincial Bursar records or the Provincial Superior records.

The records in this collection are on numerous formats, including textual, photographic, audio and visual recordings, artworks, published library materials, objects, and digital records.

The Sisters of Saint Ann

Gutmann family fonds

  • PR-0840
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1914

The fonds consists of photographs of the Gutmann family.

Gutmann (family)

Minutes of the Council of Vancouver Island

  • GR-0819
  • Series
  • 1851-1861

This series consists of a minute book of the Council of Vancouver Island from 30 August 1851 to the prorogation of the House of Assembly on the 6 February 1861.

The series also consists of several extracts of council minutes on various topics from 1853 and 1856, and what appears to be 2 drafts - one consisting of Council minutes and the other of an ordinance. The drafts are dated 14 February 1857 and 2 August 1856, respectively, and deal with the granting of money for the use of the Vancouver Island House of Assembly, and for the arrangement of the affairs of the Colonial Church at Victoria. These additional records may be copied in the minute book.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Council

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