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Mallet used by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the British Columbia Building on Regent Street

Item is a wooden mallet with an inscribed metal plaque. The plaque reads "This mallet was used by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught K.G. on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the British Columbia Building on Regent Street on the 16th day of July, 1914. J.H. Turner, Agent General. Alfred Burr F.R.I.B.A. Architect."

British Columbia. Agent-General in the United Kingdom

The history of Lucius S. Edelblute

The item is a typescript titled "The history of Lucius S. Edelblute, his life and adventurez in calaforn[i]a & return and brit[is]h columbia and alazka and muntana...", written by Edelblute about his adventures between 1849 and 1873.

Li Bang Lim materials

Series consists of two items. One is a 1911 letter from Dr. Sun Yat-sen to Victoria businessman Li Bang Lim, regarding fund-raising for Nationalist China. The letter is written in Chinese. The second is a medal presented to Li Bang Lim by Hon. Li Hong Chong on the occasion of his visit to Victoria.

Executive Council request for a British Navy vessel stationed at Esquimalt

The item is an undated and unsigned draft memo written by the President of the provincial Executive Council, likely written in the 1880s. The memo is a request for the dominion government to pressure the British government to continually station a Royal Navy ship at Esquimalt and patrol the coast of the province. The impetus for the request is a "riot" at Metlakatla in which Indigenous People allegedly destroyed several missionary society buildings. The memo outlines the perceived threat posed by Indigenous Peoples to white settlers and the "need" to suppress them with the presence of a war vessel.

British Columbia. Executive Council

Executive Council report on Tsimpsean Reserves

The item is a copy of a report from the Surveyor General submitted to the Executive Council and approved by the Lieutenant Governor on the 29 February 1884. The report approves and confirms the surveyed boundaries of 11 Indian Reserves at Fort Simpson and Metlakatla for the Tsimpsean Indigenous People. The report includes the 1882 minutes of decision from Peter O'Reilly, Indian Reserve Commissioner, accompanied by a sketch map.

British Columbia. Executive Council

Provincial Secretary telegram register

This item is a telegram register volume. The telegrams date from 1877-1878 and appears to include correspondence in and correspondence out. The volume was likely maintained by the Department of the Provincial Secretary, though the creator is unconfirmed. The volume includes telegrams sent by a wide variety of government employees located in the capital and around the province, including positions such as Ministers and Government Agents. The volume records the date, name of sender, name of recipient, location, and the full contents of the telegram.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

The Princess

Documentary. This film depicts a trip from Seattle to Victoria on the S.S. Princess Marguerite, and profiles the history of the ship -- and of her namesake, an earlier B.C. coastal steamship that was sunk during World War II while serving as a troop transport.

British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Ltd.

Brief re juvenile delinquency and unemployment

Brief to the Honorable W.A.C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia, and members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, re juvenile delinquency [and] unemployment, presented by the Socialist Youth League of Canada, B.C. Committee.

Socialist Youth League of Canada, B.C. Committee

My Life Story / Belle Delia Watt

The item is a photocopy of "My Life Story" by Belle Delia Watt of Calgary, a machine operator and real estate agent. It is an account of Watt's family and early days in Terrace, along with brief reminiscences of Port Essington and Prince Rupert.

Reminiscences of Walter Bodington

The item is a photocopy of reminiscences concerning Bodington's boyhood in England, voyage to New York, and travels in Montana and Oregon (1884-1887). Reminiscences of Vancouver and of Bodington's career as farmer on Sea Island, in New Westminster, and in Vernon (1887-1906). Account of homesteading near Macklin, Saskatchewan (1907-1932) and author's later years in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1932-1935). Ms also concerns author's relationship with his father, Dr. George Fowler Bodington, Superintendent of British Columbia Insane Asylum (1893-1902).

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