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The series consists of records created and collected by William Henry Clarke, his wife Irene, and their son William (Bill), who managed Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., a publishing house in Toronto that was established in 1930. The records were created and collected in both a business and personal capacity between 1930 and 1979.

The collection consists of 120 original Emily Carr letters sent to both William and Irene Clarke between 1941 and 1945. Alongside nearly all these letters are typed transcripts of the letter, as well as the 'flimsies' of the Clarke letters sent to Carr. Also included in the collection are two folders of correspondence between William Clarke and Ira Dilworth between 1944 and 1957, which are related to the publishing of Emily Carr's manuscripts. There are additional folders containing correspondence from William and Irene Clarke, Ira Dilworth, Oxford University Press, Lawren Harris, and other lawyers, solicitors, publishers, amongst others. The collection also includes Emily Carr's probate as well as agreement between Emily Carr, Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd, and Oxford University Press. Also included are drafts of manuscripts, including 'Pause', 'The Heart of a Peacock', and 'Wild Flowers', and other manuscripts from both Emily Carr and Doris Shadbolt. The collection also includes publicity material, such as book reviews of 'The Book of Small', Carr's posthumous art exhibitions, two photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, as well as copies of speeches given by Emily Carr, Professor Garnett Sedgewick and others. Finally, there are photocopies of some correspondence from Emily Carr to Carol Pearson and Alice Carr from 1942 to 1945.

Some of the contents contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive.

Series consists of records related to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Victoria, during the time that the Sisters of St. Ann administered and staffed the institution.

Mount St. Mary Hospital was founded in 1941 as a home for “the aged and infirm and chronic cases” as an adjunct to the nearby St. Joseph’s Hospital. The land on which the hospital was built was purchased in 1939 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria, and that same year the Provincial Government announced a grant of $50,000 to the Sisters for the construction of the facility. The first building was completed in 1941.

In 1965, Mount St. Mary Hospital was asked to initiate an extended care program. A Board of Management was formed in 1967 and the constitution and bylaws were approved in 1968. The board consisted of nine members, six appointed by the Sisters of St. Ann, one appointed by medical staff and one by the City of Victoria. In 2003, the old Mount St. Mary Hospital on Burdette Street was demolished and the new Mount St. Mary on the corner of Fairfield Road and Quadra Street opened. From September 1990, Mount St. Mary Hospital has been owned and operated by the Marie Esther Society.

The records in this series are arranged into five subseries: A. Administration; B. Board of Management and Committees; C. Finance; D. Patient records; E. Photographs, artworks, and moving images.

Series consists of judgements created between November 1880 and October 1977 by the Victoria Supreme Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Early records relate to a variety of matters, including adoption and divorce. Records after 1958 primarily relate to financial matters such as damages, costs, payments, bankruptcy recovery, and divorce costs and maintenance. Original textual records up to the end of 1958 appear to have been destroyed after microfilming; retrieve those records using microfilm.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

Index to judgments, Jan. 1, 1885 - Nov. 1, 1895. The judgments and the preceding index are found in GR-1590.

The series consists of an assortment of over 600 black and white photos and negatives, largely attributed to Ernest Crocker. Many of these are of familiar Crocker themes, such as World War One, houses and buildings in Victoria, portraits of families and individuals, as well as scenic photos, taken largely on Vancouver Island, but also British Columbia as well as overseas. In addition, there is some ephemera in the form of postcards, advertising brochures, correspondence to Ernest Crocker, sales receipts with regards his many clients who purchased his photos, as well as his price lists. Within the series is the embossed metal stamp for 'Trio'.

Other material within the series consists of items that was apparently collected by Crocker during his lifetime. This includes correspondence and postcards, photos by other photographers, and a piece of artwork by John P. Peters.

Given the large volume of other Crocker material in this fonds, it is possible that there are duplicates of some of his photos (notably those relating to WW1), within this series. There is also material that is unique, however, such as the 'Trio' stamp, his correspondence, and order slips.

The dates of the series are from 1887 to around the end of World War 2 in 1945.

Series consists of divorce case files created between 1940 and 1949 by the Victoria Supreme Court registry. Orders have been removed from this series and are filed separately as GR-1587. Typical divorce case files can include petitions, affidavits, summons, correspondence and other records relating to the case.

Records are arranged by case file numbers, which were assigned chronologically by the court registry and include the year a divorce was initiated. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-20.

Series consists of decrees nisi, decrees absolute, and divorce orders issued by the Supreme Court of Victoria between 1877 and 1998. Decrees nisi were used inconsistently prior to the 1930s and required a waiting period before a decree absolute could be issued. Between 1968 and 1985, the waiting period was three months. A divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal.

Volumes 1-11 and 19-43 are indexed. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

Series consists of 21 graphic items (prints, negatives, and glass plate negatives) pertaining to the Helmcken family. The photographs depict buildings and events in the Victoria area, as well as one portrait photograph of J.S. Helmcken seated on a chair. In 2021, one picture of a house in Scotland that was home to the Helmcken boys was Found in Collection and added to this accession.
J-01853 and J-08154 were found in collection in 2024 and added to this series.

The series consists of copies of British Columbia baptism, marriage and death registers created by churches that conducted the ceremonies. Currently only records (baptisms 1849-1899; marriages 1864-1903) of St. Andrews Cathedral, Victoria , are available.

Churches were required to submit their baptismal registers to the Vital Statistics Division in the 1940s so the registers could be microfilmed. Vital Statistics subsequently created an alphabetical index to the microfilmed registers, and a database was created from the index volumes with supplementary information from the microfilmed registers added to the entries. This information is searchable via the BC Archives Genealogy database. The microfilm copies of the original registers may include some additional information or context that was not included in the database.

Each bound volume was created by one church. Each entry corresponds with one ceremony, but may involve multiple individuals. The entries within each volume are ordered chronologically and may be numbered. Every volume varies in the type and presentation of information included and may not be consistent throughout one volume. All entries include the date of the ceremony, name of individual(s) involved in the ceremony, and the name of the priest who conducted the ceremony.

Baptism register entries may also include name of child, date of birth, place of birth, sex of child, name and surname of father, name and maiden name of mother, residence of parents, profession of parents, religion of parents, name and surname of grandparents, religion of grandparents, and name and surname of godparents.

Marriage register entries may also include name and surname of groom, name and maiden name of bride, age of bride, age of groom, name and surname of their parents, name and surname of witnesses present, religion of named individuals, place of birth, and signatures of parties involved.

Death register entries may also include: death dates, cause of death, age at death, location of internment and information about the funeral ceremony.

Indigenous people are included in the registers (as Indians or Sauvages). Some Indigenous names are included. Many baptisms of Indigenous people were in groups and may only consist of a list of the Christian names the priest gave to the baptized individuals. Tribal or community affiliations may be included.

Some entries include the geographical location that the ceremony took place. This location may vary from the location of the church, as some priests travelled quite widely to conduct ceremonies.

This series contains a bound volume of minutes of meetings of the Victoria School Board, along with receipts of payments made by the Board. The series includes minutes of meetings of school board electors (showing votes cast by individual electors for particular candidates) and contains copies of provincial government circulars relating to education and copies of schools-related bills, by-laws, rules and regulations.

Correspondence inward and outward, legal correspondence, receipts and accounts, invitations; correspondence of the family of James Henry White (1855-1948) of New Westminster; correspondence inward to Edward Woodman White (1887-1962) from Violet (Latham) White. Peter Secord Lampman was born on 23 June 1867 in Stamford, Ontario. He completed high school in Thorold, Ontario and attended Trinity College and Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Between 1888-1892, he read law with firms in St. Catherines, Hamilton and Toronto. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1892, he came to British Columbia and was called to the Bar in 1893. For two years he practiced law with George Powell in Victoria. In 1895, he left the practice to become Secretary of the British Columbia Law Society, a position he filled until 1905, when he was appointed judge in the County Court in Victoria. He remained on the bench of the County Court until 1936, when he retired. He was active in the North Pacific Tennis Association and the Senior's North West Golf Association. On September 26, 1901, Peter Lampman married Cecelia Maud Prior, daughter of Colonel E.G. Prior. They had one son, Thomas E. Lampman. Peter Lampman died on November 20, 1940. The records consist of 12 boxes of correspondence, receipts, accounts and invitations. One file contains papers related to the estate of E.G. Prior. Boxes 9-12 contain correspondence and papers relating to the family of Rev. James Henry White of New Westminster, in particular correspondence of James' son Edward W. White and Violet (Latham) White. Source: MS Finding Aids Finding aid: file list.

Diaries, 1917-1939 (11 volumes), also contains loose material; correspondence, 1913-1968, literary manuscripts; newspaper and magazine articles; reminiscences, 1915-1929 (preliminary and final drafts). Numerous photographs removed to Visual Records. Microfilm of diaries, 1917-1929 [Reel A00232], microfilm of reminiscences (final draft), omitting chapters 1-3 [Reel A00233].

Gift of Mrs. F.W. Hodson, Shawnigan Lake, 1967 and 1974.

Finding aid: reel/file list.

Diaries containing daily entries re weather, works projects, Freemason Lodges, Oak Bay municipal and church affairs, domestic and family affairs.

The series consists of naturalization applications and oaths of allegiance issued by the Victoria County Court between 1859 and 1917; 1926. They are arranged numerically by file number from 1 to 4118 and include oaths of allegiance from 1859 to 1865 and applications and oaths from 1871 to 1917; 1926. The files may also include oath of residence and certificates of naturalization.

Series consists of one bench book and minute book for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice civil cases heard before Chief Justice David Cameron between 18 October 1863 and 9 May 1864.

Ledger showing items purchased from the Japanese Bazaar merchants by Victoria area residents.

Series consists of one bench book for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice civil and criminal cases heard by Judge David Cameron at Fort Victoria from November 1853 to January 1856 and one criminal case at Nanaimo in May 1854. It also includes civil cases heard at Victoria in the Inferior Court of Civil Justice in 1856. The volume additionally served as a criminal record book for 1853, a cause book for 1856, and a Registrar's record book for 1853. It opens with a notation that Judge Cameron's commission was read and that he took his seat on 6 October 1853. The Registrar also notes that he received the court seal from Judge Cameron.

This series consists of 13 volumes of Victoria Sheriff court records, 1867-1898. Records include executions, process books, account books, auction book and a cash book. Records may relate to the Victoria County Court or Supreme Court.

This series consists of records relating to miners' certificates and permits issued by the Dept. of Lands and Works and the Dept. of Lands at Victoria. Includes Free Miner's Certificates, 1897-1912; Special Miner's Certificates, 1899-1906; Leave of Absence permits, 1895-1906; mining receipts, 1897-1903; Crown Grant fee receipts pursuant to the Mineral Act, 1911-1918.

The series consists of microfilmed copies of the Victoria Court of Appeal order volumes 2-7; 1915 to 1947 and bound order volumes 8-15 for the period 1948 to 1975.

The records consist mainly of orders in response to motions for leave to appeal lower court judgements and sentences, and include both civil and criminal matters. They are bound in folio number order by volume with a nominal index at the front of each volume.

The series consists of a microfilmed copy of the Victoria Court of Appeal orders volume 1, 1910 to 1914. These orders were bound in folio number order from 1 to 318. There is a nominal index at the front of the volume.

This series consist of Vancouver Island Police and Prisons Department charge books. Volumes also contain magistrate's sentence and gaoler's reports. Volumes 6 and 7 are indexes.

This series consists of 7 volumes of Vancouver Island Supreme Court fee books maintained by the Registrar, 1859-1870. The volumes record fees owing to the Supreme Court. Volume 2 also includes the registrar's office diary.

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 consists of record books from the Victoria County Court, 1879-1888. Records include journals, ledgers, and a letterbook of correspondence outward, written by A.F. Pemberton, County Court Judge, Dec. 1879 - Dec. 1880; Edwin Leigh, Registrar, Feb. 1883 - Nov. 1884; and Harvey Combe, Acting Registrar, Jan. 1885 - Nov. 1886.

The series consists of civil orders issued by the Supreme Court in Victoria between 1880 and 2008. Orders dating from 1880 until December 1946 were microfilmed and the originals destroyed. Records after this period are maintained in their original form. Many, but not all, volumes dating up to the late 1970s include nominal indexes. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court. The records relate to a variety of civil matters including adoptions, divorces, and bankruptcies.

The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

This series consists of 19 volumes of Victoria Supreme Court daily diaries, 1907, 1910-1912, 1916-1919, 1923-1932, 1934. Volume 1 includes weather reports as well as matters of the court.

This series consists of records created by Road Commissioners from various road districts in the Colony of Vancouver Island, from 1861-1875. This includes the Victoria, Esquimalt, Esquimalt Town, Lake, Saanich, Metchosin, Sooke and Highlands Road Districts.

The records include financial records such as cash books, account books, road tax assessment rolls and ledgers. These track the fines and taxes collected for each district, and the expenses for road construction and maintenance. Some records indicate the individuals who paid for and worked on specific roads in the Victoria area that are still in existence today.

Other records include correspondence and minute books recording the decisions and priorities of the commissioners. These indicate where and how roads were constructed as the colony was growing.

The series consists of 12 blueprints of plans for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Victoria, accompanied by a folder of correspondence:
Sheet 1: first floor plan
Sheet 2: cross-section
Sheet 3: second floor plan
Sheet 4: second floor plan
Sheet 5: front elevation
Sheet 6: side elevation
Sheet 7: side elevation
Sheet 8: front elevation
Sheet 9: first floor plan
Sheet 10: cross-section
Sheet 11: Murphy Electrical
Sheet 12: Murphy Electrical

The series consists of microfilmed copies of the minutes of B.C. Synod and Presbytery of Columbia.

Series consists of microfilmed registers of births, marriages, and deaths (1870-1881); minute books, letter books, correspondence, financial records, annual reports, plans and specifications.