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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 the records of Dr. Richard Foulkes, including reports, articles, correspondence and speeches, 1960-1981. The fonds also includes copies of reports, working papers, audio recordings and his private journal relating to his work on the Health Security Program Project, 1972 - 1976.

The fonds consists of watercolour sketches and one drawing of beehive burners created in the field by Lou J. Englehart as the basis for a series of oil paintings. As the original source of the oil paintings, the watercolours document the state of beehive burners within a four-year period after they were outlawed in 1970. The fonds also includes 1 oil painting of the Mazur Lumber Co., Elko, sawmill and burner, 1974. It is based on the watercolour sketch PDP10033 from May 1974

The fonds consists of the records created by Gretchen Brewin in her capacity as MLA including her time as Deputy Speaker, Speaker and Minister for Children and Families. The fonds consists of the following series: political workbooks, 1992-2001; day timers, 1993-2001 and general office files, 1991-2001.

The fonds consists of the records of David H. Flaherty created throughout his professional and private life. They include project research files relating to his work with Canadian and international privacy issues during his time at the University of Western Ontario from 1972 to 1987; teaching and lecture files on early American history, and American and Canadian legal and constitutional history from his time at Princeton, the University of Virginia and the University of Western Ontario from 1963 to 1991; and his personal files including diaries, correspondence, photographs and subject files from 1949 to 2017, including those from his time as the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia. Within each series, the files are arranged roughly by date. The personal files have been divided by Flaherty into open and restricted files.

The fonds consists of administrative files created by the Victoria office of the Community Care Services Society between 1971 and 1981. The fonds includes: agendas and minutes from the meetings of the board of directors; correspondence relating to the litigation case against the society; financial records; and files relating to employee positions. The special care services files which originally formed part of these records were destroyed by the BC Archives and Records Service upon transfer. Operational files of the society which governed community care activities may have been absorbed by the government departments which took over the functions and staff in 1980.