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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate fonds

  • PR-2400
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1828-2018

The fonds consists of records relating to the missionary work of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI). Most records were created and accumulated by the administrations of various OMI provinces that have operated in British Columbia: St. Peter’s Province, St. Paul’s Vice-Province, St. Paul’s Province, and OMI Lacombe Canada. Additionally, the fonds contains some records created by the administration of the Vice-Province of Whitehorse. Other records pre-date the establishment of OMI provinces in Canada. Materials mostly relate to Oblate missionary work in British Columbia and the Yukon, but the fonds also includes some records pertaining to Oblate work throughout Canada, as well as records pertaining to foreign mission work (such as materials related to the OMI’s Provincial Delegation of Peru).

The fonds is divided into the following series:
● MS-3396 – Mission and school records
● MS-3397 – Personnel records
● MS-3398 – OMI archives files
● MS-3399 – Writing and research
● MS-3400 – Provincial administrative records
● MS-3401 – Indigenous affairs subject files
● MS-3402 – Multi-media [currently being processed]
● MS-3403 – Publications, grey literature, and manuscripts

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Bank of British Columbia fonds

  • PR-2343
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1964]-1986

The fonds consists of textual, photographic, video, and audio records of the marketing department of the Bank of British Columbia, created from around 1964 to 1986.
Records document the following activities of the marketing department: selection of an advertising agency; creation of a corporate image; promotion of the bank including program development and associated promotional materials (pamphlets, mailings, posters, television and radio commercials etc.); administration of employee incentive programs; issuing press releases and tracking media coverage; production and dissemination of annual reports and shareholder reports; collection of historical documents relating to the bank and associated agencies; collection of staff photos for promotional use; and oversight of the opening of new branches.

Following these activities, the fonds has been arranged into the following 9 series: Advertising, media coverage and press releases; Shareholder and public relations records; Company relations and staff engagement records; Annual reports; Company calendar records; Marketing strategy, research, and promotion records; Bank history records; Staff profile records and; Branch opening records.

There have been two institutions in B.C.’s history operating under the name of the Bank of British Columbia, the first operating from 1862 until 1901. While the activities of these two institutions are unrelated, the shared namesake was often highlighted, and many members of the public communicated with the second Bank of B.C., sending its staff historical material related to the first Bank of B.C. These records can be located in the series “Bank history records”.

The records were received by the archives with no designated classification system and many of the textual records and the majority of the photographic records were loose in their boxes. A selection of photographs were selected for removal by the archivist as they lacked any identifiable connection with the Bank and its business. A selection of textual material and video cassettes were identified for removal due either to their deleterious physical condition or lack of context to the Bank’s business.
Additionally, while the Bank of B.C. collected newspaper clippings throughout its life, documenting its advertising campaigns and media coverage, those folders and scrapbooks comprised exclusively of newspaper clippings devoid of other context and featuring predominantly material from major newspapers, were not kept by the archivist.

Bank of British Columbia

Gwyn Gray Hill fonds

  • PR-0390
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1984

The fonds consists of 19 log books kept by Gwyn Gray Hill between 1935 and 1984. The log books provide detailed descriptions of people, places and activities seen by Hill while living on his boats and travelling on the Pacific Northwest Coast. Hill recorded detailed observations on the weather, harbour activities and businesses, shipping and marine life.

The fonds also includes annotated copies of the British Columbia Pilot, volumes 1 and 2 from 1961 and 1965; an annotated copy of the 1962 United States Pilot and an annotate copy of Capt. Lillie's coast guide from 1976.

Gray Hill, Gwyn

Alice Ravenhill fonds

  • PR-1688
  • Fonds
  • 1932-1945

The fonds consists predominantly of records relating the publication of “Meet Mr. Coyote”, “Folklore of the Far West”, “The Native Tribes of British Columbia”, and “A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture”. In addition to these records there are correspondence and notes that tangentially relate to these publications and the creator’s interest in the artwork of B.C. indigenous populations. This includes works of art produced by both the Society for the Furtherance of B.C. Indian Arts and Crafts as well as William A. Newcombe.

The fonds includes drafts, additional legends and artwork that were not published as part of above listed works, correspondence, and records relating to the British Columbia Indian Arts and Welfare Society. Of note, the fonds also contains the doctoral certificate awarded to the creator in 1948 by the University of British Columbia and two examples of embroidery by the creator. These latter two are part of accession 199306-036 and have been assigned reference numbers PDP00679 and PDP00680.

Of those records relating to the writing of “Folklore of the Far West” some had already been re-housed and organized according to their geographic region of origin upon their initial arrival at the Archives; namely those in accessions 199306-036 and F/1/R19. This order was not further disturbed by the archivist in the process of arranging these records. Those records in accessions 86-064 and 81-152C, which had not been previously processed, were left in the order in which they were bound on entry to the archives and include records relating to each of the publications listed above.

Ravenhill, Alice, 1859-1954