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Account book of John Calder and George C. Keays. Their partnership was entered into on 1 May 1866 and closed on 29 March 1867 and most entries fall within this period, although the final entry was not until 2 November 1868. John Calder was the majority partner.

Advertisement book, November 1864 - April 1865 (p 1-4) for this twice weekly, New Westminster newspaper. Book lists advertisers and fees paid for advertisements, notices, etc. (Pages 5-6 removed).

Criminal assize calendars for Victoria. Also includes criminal assize calendars for Yale, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Clinton, Richfield, Kamloops, Quesnellemouth, Cassiar, Laketon, Glenora and Lytton, 1870s.

The series consists of photocopies of Henry William Birch's commonplace notebook, two diaries kept by Arthur Nonus Birch pertaining to a trip to North America and his service as colonial secretary of British Columbia, correspondence with various members of the Birch family, reminiscences of life in the colonial service by Arthur Nonus Birch, and photographs. The series also includes some Birch family papers on microfilm.

The series consists of a microfilm copy of Bishop Hills' notebook, kept between 1851 and 1892.

The British Columbia and Victoria Steam Navigation Company - a forerunner of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company - was incorporated in February 1860, in the Colony of British Columbia to operate steamers between the ports of Victoria and New Westminster and Yale on the Fraser River. Shortly thereafter, William Irving bought into the company and in 1865 placed the newly built steamer "Onward" in service on the Fraser River run. This unit consists of records of the "Onward": (1) Cash and expense book April - November 1870, August 1872. (2) Freight book containing cargo manifests, 1872 (also lists outstanding accounts, pages 134-138). (3) Receipt dated June 8, 1872 for freight shipped on the steamer.

Records and reports of British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [BCSPCA] "Parent Body". Collection includes constitution and by-laws of society, membership lists, annual reports, and minutes of general meetings, 1896-1942.

Transaction registers for ships registered at the Port of New Westminster, 1880-1889 (reel B09868), and 1889-1913 (reel B09869). The reels also contain Registers for various ports in Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and for Aklavik in the N.W.T. Among details to be found are where and when the ship was built, owners, builders, number of decks, masts, details of rigging, etc., length, breadth, tonnage, details of engines, transactions relating to ownership and reason for being taken off registry. The Registers record transactions up to ca. 1950. (National Archives of Canada, RG 12, A 1, vols. 364 and 445).

Received from the National Archives of Canada under the 1990-1991 Diffusion Programme.

Ships - Registration and transfer - British Columbia

This series consists of civil cause books from the mainland colony's British Columbia Supreme Court, 1864-1869.

Although the colonies of Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia were united in 1866, the Supreme Court of each Colony remained as two separate Supreme Courts until they were merged in 1870 as the Supreme Court of British Columbia, based in Victoria

This series contains the correspondence inward to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Colonel R.C. Moody. The records consists largely of letters from Governor James Douglas and the Colonial Secretary pertaining to town lots, other lands, trails and roads, and other public works in the vicinity of New Westminster. The series includes letters on the Harrison River road and pack trail.

This series consists of records of the Commission on Police Administration of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster, 1942. Unit consists of correspondence, transcript of proceedings, exhibits and report.

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Conduct of Warden Armstrong Or Guard Calbick of the Provincial Gaol at New Westminster, 1898, including report of Judge Eli Harrison, transcripts of evidence, and exhibits.

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Fire and Water Departments of New Westminster. Records include a 1898 type-written report of Judge Eli Harrison.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on the Provincial Gaol at New Westminster, 1901. Records include transcripts of evidence, notes of testimony, report and exhibits.

Cornelius Bryant emigrated from England in 1856. He taught school in Nanaimo from 1857 to 1870, and then became a Methodist minister, serving in that capacity at Nanaimo, at several places in the Lower Mainland and Lower Fraser Valley, and at Bella Bella, before retiring in 1893. Records consist of correspondence, 1859-1895, including letters of introduction, letters inward concerning family matters and expenses, letters outward concerning the New Westminster congregation and mission work among Natives in the Nanaimo area, and a letterbook, 1870-1895; diaries, 19 August 1856 - 1 February 1857, 1 January 1857 - 6 January 1860 [A01745] and 1 June 1895 - 31 December 1902 (in letterbook, 1870-1895); sermon notes; scrapbook.

This series contains correspondence between Messrs. Wm. Cochrane, H.M. Ball, W.R. Spalding, John Bowron, and Acting Postmaster General A.T. Bushby, concerning the establishment and operation of postal services between New Westminster and the Cariboo. The series also contains mail contracts drawn up between Bushby and Peter O'Toole and Stipendiary Magistrate Chartres Brew and H.R.H. Adamson.

Correspondence inward (1 letter) to Sarah Jane Rogers (1869); souvenir pamphlet commemorating official opening of New Westminster Bridge (1904); family record copied from family bible. Photographs in Visual Records accession 198202-78.

This series consists of Colony of British Columbia Department of Lands and Works records, 1858-1863. Records include receipts for payments for lots and some correspondence regarding sales of land in Queensborough, Yale, and Hope.

Creditor's Relief notices from Supreme, County and Small Debts Court posted by the New Westminster Sheriff; T.J. Armstrong (1902-1920), H.P. McMartin (1921-1928) and Frank R. Cotton (1929-1953).

Custom House Returns. The records In this volume include: lists of articles (quantity and value) imported to British Columbia from Vancouver Island, the United States and the United Kingdom; lists of articles exported from British Columbia; shipping returns from the port of New Westminster; road tolls from Yale, Douglas and Hope; and an annual summary of customs receipts (from duties, harbour dues, head money, tonnage dues, warehouse fees, inland navigation licenses, fines, and tolls at south boundary).

The series consists of a letter book created by the Collector of Customs in the Vancouver Island Customs Dept. between 1858 and 1871 and the Canada Customs Department between 1871 and 1876. It contains copies of correspondence outward from the Customs Houses in Victoria and New Westminster. There is an index to the volume.
The Collector of Customs was based as follows:
A.C. Anderson, Victoria, July 1858 - April 1859
W. Hamley, Victoria, April 1859 - June 1859
W. Hamley, Queensborough, New Westminster, June 1859 - December 1868
W. Hamley, Victoria, January 1869 - June 1876

This series consists of the daily record of Constable George Hutchison, New Westminster and Port Moody, 1909-1911; Constable J. Moore, Port Moody, 1911-1912; Constable J.W. Austin, Port Moody, January - March 1913.

This series consists of a day book of expenditures of road and bridge construction, surveys and transport, 1862-1864; goods received from grocers, Hope, B.C., 1865; correspondence and specifications relating to the construction of the Burrard Inlet road, 1864-1865.

Series consists of records created by the Delta Plywood division and consists of Accountant's Office financial records from the British Columbia Forest Products plywood plant at New Westminster. The records are annual budgets, working papers, financial statements and other files. They pertain to all aspects of plant operations including products, finances, suppliers, clients, markets, partners, facilities, equipment, supplies and human resources. Alphabetical-chronological filing arrangement has been retained for these records.

Series consists of records created by the Delta Plywood division and consists of administrative records in the form of general office files and plant manager's files pertaining to management of the British Columbia Forest Products plywood plant at New Westminster. The series consists of two sets of records: A. General office files from 1970 to 1985; and, B. Plant Manager files from the office of W. H. Pumfrey, in two runs dating 1977 to 1979 and 1985 to1987. Both sets pertain to all aspects of plant operations including products, finances, suppliers, clients, markets, partners, facilities, equipment, supplies and human resources. Alphabetical-chronological filing arrangements have been retained for these records.

Series consists of the financial records of the Douglas Plywood project, including correspondence with suppliers and distributors.

Correspondence of Florence E. (Suter) Dingle, 1898-1940, diary 1887, notebook; correspondence of Richard Gray Dingle, 1898-1951; of Walter Dingle, 1898-1904; incoming correspondence to James K. Suter, 1898, and correspondence of Mary Agnes (Postlethwaite) Suter, 1893-1914.

Receipt book, 1884; register of shareholders, 1883; register of shares, 1883-1884; miscellaneous invoices, 1883-1884, correspondence inward, 1884-1885; cheque between the saw mill and the Anglo Californian bank, 1884.

This series includes a suggested draft for the 1872 Public Schools Act by Thomas Nicholson (1871), correspondence regarding the school at Burton's Prairie (1882) and correspondence regarding a request for an additional teacher at New Westminster High School (1889).