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Victoria (B.C.) Series
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Rithet family personal papers and business records

Series consists of correspondence and letterbooks of R.P. Rithet, Elizabeth (Munro) Rithet (wife of R.P.R.), John Rithet, W.J. Munro, 1868-1915; miscellaneous notebooks and papers of various members of the Rithet family; ledgers and cash books of Welch, Rithet and Co., 1863-1879 with sundry time sheets, 1944; indentures, 1860-1897; sealing captain's assignments with R.P. Rithet and Co. concerning indebtedness and bill of sale of various schooners.

Journalism and essays

Series consists of articles, typescript drafts, essays, biographies, notes, clippings, etc. relating to Alaska, the history of British Columbia, historic sites in British Columbia, Indigenous people of British Columbia, the pelagic sealing industry, etc. The series also includes invitations to events and 124 black and white photographs, mostly of Smith's time in Japan and China.

Edward Mallandaine papers

Reminiscences: diaries and notebooks, 1846-1858, 1862-1896 (22 vols.); sketchbook and diary, August - October 1859; account books; printed notice re night school, 1877; papers accumulated as collector of road taxes, including correspondence, minute books, Victoria road district, 1861-1874, assessment rolls, Victoria, Esquimalt, Metchosin and Sooke road districts, various tenders, reports, bills; correspondence with Dept. of Militia and Defence as Paymaster, no 11 Military district, 1874-1879.

Finding aid: file list.

Mallandaine, Edward, 1827-1905

Black-bound sketchbook "B"

One sketchbook with 33 drawings by Emily Carr within. The images include cartoons with verse, posed models. Pages of poetry includes "The Olsson Student" which refers to a separate series of images (PDP06117 to PDP06124) created by Carr, presumably also in 1904 depicting Carr's life in St Ives 1901-1902. Sketches and cartoons set in both Vancouver and Victoria are also included here.