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The fonds consists of an unfinsihed novel, short story and correspondence of Clive Greerson Cornish.

The fonds consists of correspondence of the Yale family including James Murray Yale and John Duncan Manson and a copy of a manuscript about J.M. Yale.

The fonds consists of Colvin's correspondence, mainly pertaining to the history of Saltspring Island and its ferry service. It also includes a typescript consisting of notes by Colvin on people and events mentioned in a 1897 record book and of his own reminiscences of Cowichan School.

The fonds consists of John Young Copeman's personal and business correspondence, including diaries, estate papers and personal financial records, correspondence, and photographs.

The fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of Colston's diary.

The fonds consists of consists of correspondence and papers relating to mining and real estate in Rossland and real estate in Victoria. Included also, as Dean acted as an arbitrator, are papers dealing with land expropriation by the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) for its Saanich Suburban Inter-urban Railway and papers concerning the Victoria (B.C.) Shipowners Limited dispute. The fonds also contains Dean's personal diaries, his diary as Mayor of Rossland for 1903, two account books, a copy of a Victoria city census ca. 1900-1901, certificates appointing John Dean Justice of the Peace for various counties, photographs and nine maps.

The fonds consists of letters and a manuscript and galley proof of Collier's "Three Against the Wilderness".

The fonds consists of records created and compiled by the Victoria Sewage Treatment Alliance (VSTA) and document the organizations efforts to raise awareness about the need for sewage treatment in the greater Victoria area. The VSTA, formed in 2005, is a volunteer organization with the goal of attaining sustainable and affordable sewage treatment for Victoria and the Capital Regional District (CRD).

The records consist primarily of a collection of reports, meeting minutes, and media coverage, as well as some audiovisual materials and photographs. The involvement of Mr. Floatie, the highly visible mascot of the campaign, is well documented in the photographs.

The fonds consists of notebooks, diaries, a passport, records of rattlesnake expeditions, a memoir "Fin, Feather and Scale" of the Mackie brothers, a diary kept by Christianne Grace Mackie and correspondence on Mackie family genealogy, photographs, and a published sound recording of the Vernon Preparatory School Choir.

The fonds consists of Westgarth's inspection notebook.

The fonds consists of ca. 258 photographs created or acquired by Herbert Carmichael between 1897 and the early 1900s. Most of the photographs are in two albums and there are also 66 loose photographs and negatives.

The fonds consists of correspondence, catalogues, articles, scrapbooks and photographs.

Fonds consists of records of the Dept. of Customs and Inland Revenue generated in the offices of the collectors of customs at Burrard Inlet, Nanaimo, and in Victoria. Types of records include ships' bills of health, general clearance papers and manifests (1872-1875), a ledger (1882-1886), shipping documents (1892-1921), claims paid under the Bering Sea Award (1893), correspondence (1897-1899) and Agreement and account of crew forms (1889-1890).

The fonds consists of John Stuart's journal 1805-1806, and a transcript of outward correspondence, originally from 1826.

The fonds also includes a copy of an 1826 letter from Stuart to James M. Yale.

The fonds consists of Hamilton Moffatt's letter book, pertaining to his activities at various forts including Fort Rupert, Fort Simpson and Fort Kamloops.

The fonds consists of records created by the St. Lawrence Gold and Silver Mining Company in 1878 and includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes and a share certificate book.

The fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of John T.E. Gowlland's log books for the Ganges and the Plumper, including one completed during a survey of Vancouver Island in 1859-1860.

The fonds consists of various volumes of records kept at the Fort Rupert store including inventorie, account books, daybooks and a trade blotter.

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.

The fonds consists of the records of Herbert Anscomb, who had one of the longest and most important political careers in the history of British Columbia. They document his activities as Reeve of Oak Bay, B.C., Mayor of Victoria, opposition member in the B.C. legislative assembly, cabinet minister in the B.C. government in numerous portfolios, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia, and member of the federal Royal Commission on Transportation from 1959 to 1962. Predominantly, the records relate to his political career which began with his election to Oak Bay council in 1924 and ended with his defeat in the provincial election of 1952. The fonds also consists of a relatively small number of records concerning his personal life, family, and his involvement in the wine and brewing industry.

The documentary forms most significant in number include correspondence, photographs, and speeches (in public, in the legislature, and for radio broadcast). In smaller numbers the documentary forms include handwritten notes which were passed from MLAs to Anscomb during sittings in the legislature, magazine articles, and political campaign literature such as brochures, posters and pamphlets. The fonds also includes collected editorial cartoons, caricature drawings and other art work, certificates, reports, guest and visitors books, and ephemera.

The records reflect a wide range of subjects; these include: government, politics and economic policy during the depression and World War II, the province’s coalition government, infrastructure building, political competition against the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF party), the single transferable vote electoral system, the process of appointment to government jobs, hospital insurance, and the history of the Conservative Party in B.C. and its relationship with the federal party.

The fonds consists of six series, as follows:
• Provincial political records
• Municipal political records
• Personal records
• Royal Commission on Transportation records
• Photograph album
• Newspaper clippings scrapbooks

Records of particular note include detailed diaries which Anscomb kept as Minister of Mines, Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Public Works, and Minister of Municipal Affairs in the early to mid-1940s. The fonds also consists of a rich collection of photographs which document in particular his career as mayor of Victoria and as a B.C. government cabinet minister.

The fonds also consists of a series of 12 volumes of newspaper clippings dating from 1924 to 1978. These scrapbooks cover Anscomb’s entire political career; subjects include all aspects of government and politics in Oak Bay, Victoria and the province of B.C., and not just articles pertaining to Anscomb himself. The fonds includes a manuscript of an unpublished autobiography Anscomb began in 1953.

Where possible the archivist has arranged records chronologically. Where files clearly had been used together as a group by their creator, that order was maintained.

The fonds consists of the wastebook [accounts book] of Fort Nanaimo, 1854-1861,reflecting the various activities of the HBC in the Nanaimo area. It also includes a transcript copy of Fort Nanaimo correspondence between Joseph W. McKay and James Dougas, 1852 to 1853, and a transcript copy of the Fort Nanaimo journal, 1855 to 1857.

The fonds consists of guest registers of Glacier House.

The fonds consists of records created by William Washington Bolton, relating to the Province Exploring Expeditions of 1894 and 1896. The fonds includes journals, a scrapbook with newspaper articles and other material, maps, watercolours sketches and photographs. The fonds also includes Bolton's 1914 reminiscence of his trip to the Yukon and Alaska.

The fonds consists of John W. Laing's records created to document the 1896 Vancouver Island exploring expedition. The records include a photograph album, glass slides, photographic prints all taken by expedition photographer Edgar Fleming; and the manuscript of an illustrated lecture Laing gave on the beauties and resources of Vancouver Island.

The fonds consists of miscellaneous accounts and returns created at Fort Alexandria between 1831 and 1861.

The fonds consists of records created at the Hudson's Bay Company Fort Langley by various company employees. Includes the Fort Langley journal, 1827-1830 as well as copies of records made from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives and other sources in 1935 and 1965.

The fonds consists of business and personal papers of the O'Keefe family and Ranch, including journals, account books, inventories, business correspondence, correspondence relating to St. James Roman Catholic Church and records pertaining to Kamloops and Vernon theatres, photographs, and the correspondence of ranch foreman, J.H. Cousins.

The fonds consists of Cotton's diaries, essays from school, personal correspondence, financial records, business correspondence, project files, architectural plans of commercial and residential buildings in Victoria, photographs, galleys of an unpublished history of Government House, note cards, and rough drafts.

The fonds consists of watercolour sketches and one drawing of beehive burners created in the field by Lou J. Englehart as the basis for a series of oil paintings. As the original source of the oil paintings, the watercolours document the state of beehive burners within a four-year period after they were outlawed in 1970. The fonds also includes 1 oil painting of the Mazur Lumber Co., Elko, sawmill and burner, 1974. It is based on the watercolour sketch PDP10033 from May 1974

The fonds consists of the artwork and illustrations of Jean Donald Gow, as well as personal papers and research files.