The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, account book, applications for admission and related correspondence, and constitution of the British Columbia Protestant Orphans' Home.
The collection consists of oral history interviews with Chinese women about their experiences working in British Columbia from the 1920s to the 1950s. The interviews, with nine first-, second- or third-generation Chinese-Canadian women, were recorded in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster during the first half of 1984. The project focused on "women's work" (whether paid or unpaid), including work in the home and in family businesses. The interviews discuss the kind of work these women did; what they experienced; how they perceived their roles in the family and the Chinese community; and the legislative policies which affected their work and their lives. The interviewees are to remain anonymous, and should be referred to only by the assigned pseudonyms. In addition, two of the interviews are closed to public access.
The fonds consists of minute books, porch registers, applications and financial records of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia. Includes records of the Mount Hermon Lodge, founded in Moodyville in 1869 and moved to Vancouver in 1886, and manuscripts, notes and indices used by the Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge for writing the history of the Grand Lodge.
The fonds consists of minutes, letterbooks, correspondence, and financial records of the Victoria-Columbia Lodge and its predecessors, the Victoria Lodge and the British Columbia Lodge.
The fonds consists of minutes, porch books, bylaws, applications, letterbooks and financial records of the Vancouver and Quadra Lodge and its predecessors, the Vancouver Lodge and the Quadra Lodge.
The fonds consists of correspondence, financial statements, bylaws and returns of the Valley of Vancouver Masonic organization. Fonds includes correspondence and paid accounts of the Vancouver Lodge of Perfection and the New Westminster Masonic Temple Company.
The fonds consists of records of Marjorie Beamish singing and playing the piano, as well as radio broadcasts of Burnaby civic events involving William Beamish, including the opening of a transit line and the 1951 Royal Visit.
The collection consists of interviews with members of the legal and judicial profession of British Columbia conducted as part of the B.C. Legal History Project.
The fonds consists of amateur film footage shot by Carleton P. Browning, the manager of the Britannia Mine. The footage mainly documents community life at Britannia Beach, BC, including May Day and Dominion Day celebrations, picnics, skating parties, and other recreational activities. There is also considerable footage devoted to the Browning family and their friends. A reel entitled "Industrial Britannia" (192-) depicts various aspects of the mine operation. Another reel, "PGE Quesnel Cariboo Mines" (1933) shows various mining operations and communities in the Cariboo Region. The fonds as a whole provides an interesting glimpse into the life of a self-contained mining community during the Depression.
The fonds consists of films of British Columbia Packers Limited pertaining to herring and salmon fishing, canneries, fish processing, and the whaling industry.
