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The fonds consists of records kept by the trustees of Craigflower School District as required by the Public Schools Act. Records includes a School Trustees' minute book (1892-1906) and cashbook (1891-1905).

The fonds consists of records of the Cadboro Bay School District. Records include the visitors' book maintained by Cadboro Bay School (1885-1894).

Fonds consists of Martin Vander's photo album documenting construction, operations and access to the Germansen Ventures Ltd. mining camp at Germansen Landing.

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence and financial records of the Jordan River Athletic Association. The records document the activities of the association and its relationships with other clubs including the British Columbia Amateur Basketball Association. The fonds also includes the records of the Jordan River Badminton Club, Jordan River Social Hall, Jordan River Baseball Club, and Jordan River Lawn Tennis Club which have been intermingled with the records of the Jordan River Athletic Association.

The fonds consists of Alexander Mouat's correspondence and pamphlets pertaining to the naming of Ladysmith, B.C. and one commemorative certificate presented upon his retirement as Comptroller General.

The fonds consists of Israel Wood Powell's diaries; notebooks; account book; certificates of medical, governmental and Masonic appointments; and correspondence pertaining to his tenure as Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Fonds includes correspondence and Alexandra Club speeches of Jane Powell and certificates of Jane, Ernest, and Bertram Powell.

Fonds consists of the records of David Binnie Turner, created between 1915 and 1978. The fonds contains copies of Turner's speeches and papers, books and other publications and other records.

The fonds consists of Church Missionary Society papers relating to British Columbia.

The collection consists of ships' clearance documents for sailing between the port of Vancouver and Costa Rica and from Liverpool to Victoria and Vancouver.

The fonds consists of business and personal papers including correspondence, diaries, documents, maps, and photographs relating to appointments, property and estates. [Also available on microfilm.]

The fonds consists of records created by Walter Mackay Draycott, and include a copy of an essay on WWI and three stamp albums.

The fonds consists of records from A.B. Sanderson Company, Ltd., primarily regarding project proposals, construction calculations and plans for engineering projects. The fonds includes: correspondence, calculations, plans and drawings regarding engineering contracts; reference material for engineers; newspaper clippings and promotional material on the company; and personal records of Adrian Barclay Sanderson. The company’s focus was on bridges, and the records represent work on major projects such as the MacDonald-Cartier Bridge, the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge, and a number of Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridges.

In addition to bridges, the A.B. Sanderson Company was involved in a number of significant projects including the Mount Kobau observatory. Additional projects include the Esquimalt Sports Centre and the Mt. Tolmie Reservoir, as well as a number of schools, sports arenas, water treatment facilities, and industrial buildings on Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The records include inspection reports for the Canadian National Railway tunnels that connected the CNR lines to the Second Narrows rail bridge.

A. B. Sanderson was named as technical advisor to the Royal Commission inquiry into the Second Narrows Bridge collapse, and the records in this fonds related to the Second Narrows Bridge are primarily newspaper clippings and reports.

Financial records for the company were not in the custody of Ker, Priestman and Associates at the time of transfer and do not make up part of this fonds.

Oversize plans relating to specific jobs can often be found in containers 880055-0522 – 880055-0529, usually identified by the corresponding file or job code. An index to job numbers can be found in container 880059-1582.

The fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of a scrapbook of news clippings, probably borrowed from the BC Parent Teacher Federation and filmed around 1970.

The fonds consist of a series of drawings by Ottawa architect G.F. Stalker under the pseudonym Alma for the 1892 competition to design the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. Although the plans are numbered from 1 to 15, only 13 plans were donated.

The fonds consists of records related to the involvement of B. Allan Mackie and Mary Mackie in log house construction, including correspondence, course information, clippings and notices, photographs, and two sound recordings.

The fonds consists of records created by the North and South Saanich Agricultural Society, between 1868 and 1892 and 1923. The records consist of minute books, a prize lists and some correspondence. It also contains a history of the Saanichton Fair, written in 1968.

The fonds consists of 271 audio tape reels, mainly containing CBC radio programs produced by Norman Newton. It includes three main types of recordings.

The first, and most numerous (T4365:0001-0200), are musical recordings of (mainly) Vancouver artists in concert, and of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (1983-1985), conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Rudolf Barshai, and various guest conductors. These performances were broadcast on such CBC programs as "Arts National", "Mostly Music", "Orgainists in Recital", "Pacific Soundscape", "Tapyak-tama", and "Two New Hours".

The second group (T4365:0201-0242) comprises radio dramas and documentaries produced by Newton between 1966 and the late 1970s. These were heard on series such as "Audience" and "CBC Stage".

The third group (T4365:0243-0271) consists of recorded material relating to the culture and music of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. It includes unedited material recorded in May 1968 at Alert Bay, B.C., featuring interviews about the potlatch with Kwakiutl people from Alert Bay and Fort Rupert, plus a public performance of Kwakiutl songs and dances. This group also includes the 1964 radio program "Music of the Native Peoples of B.C." and some programs from 1965: "Alert Bay Indian Songs & Dances" and the six-part series "The Indian as Artist".

The fonds consists of Mildred Valley Thornton's sound recordings documenting the Indigenous music, dance and folklore of the Northwest Coast, recorded between about 1950 and 1954. The fonds also includes some textual material that documents her music recording activities and other interests, from 1947 to 1967. In addition there is a newspaper article from 1971 and family notes on her artwork from 1976.

The fonds consists of the Lytton (Anglican) Mission's list of villages, with names of chiefs and captains, watchmen and the population. Fonds includes a register of baptisms, marriages, burials and other statistics.

The fonds consists of diaries, an account book, correspondence of Reverend Charles Montgomery Tate and diary of Caroline Sarah Tate.

The fonds consists of Gerry's amateur films depicting her experiences as a public health nurse in First Nations communities around B.C.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Clearihue family, principally created by Evelyn and Albert Clearihue. Fonds also includes passports of Mrs. Annie Clearihue (1913) and manuscript for a speech by Joseph Badenoch Clearihue on the subject of the Oak Bay United Church (1973) and two sketch maps.

The fonds consists of a journal (1913), personal correspondence, manuscripts, and a photo album of the Grainger family, much of which was created by Martin Grainger. Fonds includes correspondence regarding the authenticity of the dagger allegedly used to kill Captain Cook.

The fonds consists of passport, certificates, notebooks, annotated atlas and correspondence of Walter Brown Anderson. The fonds also includes photographs attributed to Walter Brown Anderson ranging between [1901] to 1926. The photographs consist of prints and negatives (predominantly glass plates) of various subject matter.

Photographs associated with accession 198009-005 primarily depict logging operation sin the Kootenay region, views around Golden and the Columbia River, and survey part of the Tesla Lake area. Accession 198009-005 contains copy negatives and no original material.

Photographs associated with accessions 198007-001, 198007-021, and 198007-022 primarily depict scenes in and around Victoria and Vancouver Island, and consist of both views of people, buildings, and street scenes, as well as flora, fauna, and natural geography. The photographs contained in 198007-001 are prints, many of which have identifying information printed in the album. Photographs in accession 198007-021 and 198007-022 are glass plate negatives and are the originals for several of the print photographs.

The fonds consists of amateur films by Arthur S. Sutcliffe showing members of the BC Mountaineering Club flying to Garibaldi Lake and climbing Mount Garibaldi (1933); the Vancouver waterfront (ca. 1935); and a train trip on the CPR's Coquihalla route (ca. 1955).

The fonds consists of a notebook, diaries, correspondence, and receipts of Lomas, primarily pertaining to his role as Cowichan Indian agent. Fonds includes bylaws governing life on the Cowichan Indian Reserve, petitions by residents, letters, an attendance register of the Cowichan Indian School and subscription lists for a hospital.

The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, and financial records of Archibald McKinlay and the McKinlay family, as well as the official appointment of McKinlay to the Joint Indian Reserve Commission.

The fonds consists of minutes and subject files of the B.C. Cattlemen's Association as well as constitutions and minutes of the B.C. Livestock Show and Sales Association, the B.C. Stockbreeders Association, and the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers' Association. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings.

The fonds consists of a minute book, correspondence, minutes, resolutions, reports, financial records, press releases, constitutions and bylaws of the Quesnel Cattlemen's Association.

The fonds consists of correspondence, agreements, minutes, financial records, notes on cattle shipping and other miscellaneous material of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company.