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Allan H. DeWolf fonds

  • PR-1792
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900-1959]

The fonds consists of DeWolf's films (1925-1935 and 1951-1953, copied 1985) pertaining to engineering, logging and mining projects in the Kootenays as well as family events. The fonds also includes photographs (ca. 1900-1959) of the DeWolf family.

DeWolf, Allan Hatch

Tugboating in British Columbia collection

  • PR-1793
  • Collection
  • 1980-1981

The collection consists of interviews pertaining to the history of tugboating on the B.C. coast. Portions of these interviews with 22 individuals of the tugboat industry appear in Ken Drushka's book "Against wind and weather" (PABC NW387.232/D797)

Drushka, Ken, collector

Telefilm Services Limited fonds

  • PR-1795
  • Fonds
  • 1949-[197-]

The fonds consists of 85 cans containing ca. 320 (approximately 36,000 feet) film elements created by Bob Elliott's company Telefilm Services Limited between 1949 and 1973. The film elements are a combination of original and edited film footage including prints, positive pictures, negative pictures, A&B rolls, outs and optical tracks. The majority of the elements have not been copied onto a view-able format and are inaccessible.

A wide variety of local, industrial and promotional subjects are included, as are television commercials and news clips.
Highlights include: the demolition of the second Hotel Vancouver, 1949; British Empire Games, 1954 (including the Bannister-Landy "Miracle Mile" and the defeat of marathon runner James Peters); Princess Margaret in Vancouver, 1958; Ripple Rock explosion, 1958; CP Air's first trans-Canada jetliner flight, 1959; W.A.C. Bennett's 1960 and 1963 election campaign tours; B.C. Liberal Party convention, 1962; a filmed presentation (for TV) featuring Robert Strachan, from the NDP's 1963 election campaign; the Queen Mother's 1963 visit to Vancouver; the 1964 visit of the Beatles to Vancouver, and scenes at their Empire Stadium concert; Vancouver City Police horse training, motorcycle drill team footage, and Marine Squad on patrol in and around Vancouver Harbour, ca.1965; operations of Columbia Cellulose and Crown Zellerbach Ltd.; views of Houston and land-clearing in the Bulkley Valley, ca.1964-66; stock shots of Vancouver streets, Stanley Park, etc.; the BC Ferry Authority vessels City of Vancouver, Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of New Westminster.

Telefilm Services Ltd.

John Emerson fonds

  • PR-1796
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1965, 1969; predominantly 1950-1964

The fonds consists of: audio recordings of John Emerson's radio, nightclub, stage and television performances and rehearsals; oral history interviews about John Emerson; Emerson's papers; a collection of theatrical, publicity, and family photographs; and a kinescope of the CBC Vancouver television musical variety program, "John Emerson Presents" (1959).

Emerson, John, 1911-1968

Immigrant women interview collection

  • PR-1797
  • Collection
  • 1985

The collection consists of interviews with women who immigrated to B.C. pertaining to their experiences.

Farr, Carolyn M.

Scandinavians in B.C. collection

  • PR-1798
  • Collection
  • 1979-1982

The collection consists of interviews pertaining to Scandinavian settlements in B.C., including those at Bella Coola, Sointula and Cape Scott.

Fish, Gordon, 1938

Cambie family fonds

  • PR-1799
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1928 [Copied 1971]

The fonds consists of photographs of family events and trips to Comox, Victoria and Montreux.

Cambie (family)

A.H. Chambers fonds

  • PR-1800
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1915-1930]

The fonds consists of glass negatives of houses, some in Nanaimo, and views of northern B.C. and of the Victoria area.

Chambers, Arthur Hyde, 1852-1935

William Sylvester fonds

  • PR-1802
  • Fonds
  • 1927, 1959-1974

The fonds consists of correspondence, accident reports of Victoria Flying Services aircraft, and photographs.

Sylvester, William Beresford

Andrew J. Onderdonk fonds

  • PR-1803
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1881]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Pacific Section, including views of landscapes, tunnels, structures, construction workers, First Nations along the route, and portraits of the Onderdonk family, business associates, and friends.

Onderdonk, Andrew J., 1848-1905

Alex Anderson fonds

  • PR-1804
  • Fonds
  • 1898-1903

The fonds consists of correspondence from R.T. Anderson in Lemon Creek, B.C., to his uncle, Alex Anderson, in Florida regarding conditions in British Columbia.

Anderson, Alex

Borradaile family fonds

  • PR-1805
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1975 [Photocopied 1975]

The fonds consists of family photograph albums with narratives of the Borradaile family.

Borradaile (family)

Alexander MacLeod fonds

  • PR-1807
  • Fonds
  • 1951-1962 [Photocopied ca. 1975]

The fonds consists of a narrative of MacLeod's work as coxswain, 1925-1951, and correspondence and a certificate regarding his retirement, 1962.

MacLeod, Alexander, b. 1885

Carl Newman fonds

  • PR-1808
  • Fonds
  • [196-?]

The fonds consists of Newman's photographs of trains.

Newman, Carl

Monica M. Green fonds

  • PR-1809
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1920-1970]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting public health nursing activities and personnel.

Green, Monica M.

Morrison family fonds

  • PR-1810
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1910-1960]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Morrison family and Tom Morrison depicting family and friends, early Prince Rupert scenes, and views of telegraph stations, ships, and Department of Transport Staff.

Morrison (family)

Louise Brampton fonds

  • PR-1811
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1939

The fonds consists of photographs illustrating women as hunters, miners and mountain climbers. Fonds includes portraits of Brampton with Mrs. D.C. Noel, a pioneer resident of Bralorne, B.C.

Brampton, Louise

Kreg O. Sky fonds

  • PR-1812
  • Fonds
  • 1983-1984

The fonds consists of oral history interviews and photographs of guides and outfitters who operated in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, mainly in the years before World War II. The fonds was created by Kreg O. Sky in the course of his research project.

Sky, Kreg O.

John Bertram Green fonds

  • PR-1813
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1914

The fonds consists of Green's diaries and marriage and survey certificates.

Green, John Bertram, 1880-1967

Fort Chipewyan fonds

  • PR-1814
  • Fonds
  • 1829; 1850-1851 [Photocopied 193-]

The fonds consists of a photocopy of the private letterbook of James Anderson while Chief Factor of Fort Chipewyan. It also includes a single page from a 1829 journal documenting a journey from Fort Chipewyan to Slave Lake.

Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Chipewyan

Freemasons Lawson Lodge of Perfection No. 6 fonds

  • PR-1815
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1888

The fonds consists of constitution, bylaws, financial records and minutes of the Lawson Lodge of Perfection No. 6, based in Victoria. Minute book also includes minutes of the Khurum Chapter of Rose Croix No. 8 (Victoria, B.C.) for 1880-1881.

Freemasons. Lawson Lodge of Perfection No. 6 (Victoria, B.C.)

Freemasons Khurum Chapter of Rose Croix No. 8 fonds

  • PR-1816
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1888

The fonds consists of minutes, bylaws, porch books, membership register and financial records of the Khurum Chapter of Rose Croix No. 8. Fonds includes minutes and receipts from a joint financial committee with the Lawson Lodge of Perfection No. 6.

Freemasons. Khurum Chapter of Rose Croix No. 8 (Victoria, B.C.)

Newbury, Martin family fonds

  • PR-1817
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1900, 1914

The fonds consists of autograph book, certificates and correspondence of the Newbury and Martin families.

Newbury (family)

Archibald McDonald fonds

  • PR-1818
  • Fonds
  • 1839-1840, 1870-1871

The fonds consists of McDonald's correspondence pertaining to the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, and correspondence to him at Fort Garry.

McDonald, Archibald

Union Steamship Company of British Columbia fonds

  • PR-1820
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1951

The fonds consists of log books for the Cardena, Cassiar, Camosun and Cynthia, ships owned by the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia. Includes pilot house logs of the Cardena.

Union Steamship Company of British Columbia

W.H. McNeill fonds

  • PR-1821
  • Fonds
  • 1819-1844

The fonds consists of McNeill's log books for the Burton, Llama, Beaver, Golden Farmer, Paragon, Convoy, Tally Ho, Una and Cowlitz.

McNeill, William Henry, 1801-1875

Victoria Fire Department fonds

  • PR-1822
  • Fonds
  • 1858-1888

The fonds consists of membership roll of the various companies of the Victoria Fire Department, correspondence, indentures, annual report, and ledger listing equipment and fires in the city, as well as accounts and receipts. Includes minutes of Tiger Company.
G/V66/V66
G/V66/V66.9
G/V66/V66a
G/V66/V66r [file, use microfilm A1198]
G/V66/V66r [book]
C/C/70/V66ft

Victoria Fire Department

Registrar of the Diocese of British Columbia fonds

  • PR-1823
  • Fonds
  • 1901-1943

The fonds consists of correspondence and certificates of Lindley Crease and Edward Wooten, Registrars of the Diocese of British Columbia and its predecessor, the Diocese of Columbia, pertaining to the appointment and resignation of priests and the consecration of cemeteries and churches.

Anglican Church of Canada (Diocese of British Columbia)

Frank Fleming fonds

  • PR-1825
  • Fonds
  • 1958-1980

The fonds consists of films and sound recordings of radio broadcasts of Frank Fleming.

Fleming, Frank E., 1914-1986

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