The fonds consists of records created and received by the Post Office Department. Fonds also includes records received from predecessor agencies including the Post Office Department of the Colony of British Columbia and the Post Office Department of the Colony of Vancouver Island. Fonds includes correspondence outward from the Victoria Post Office (1864-1873), a cash book of the New Westminster Post Office (1861-1868), a register of mail from the Pender Island Post Office (1902-1908) and a register of mail from the Clo-oose Post Office (1938-1951).
Microfilmed 1951-1952 (originally created 1861-1943)
The fonds consists of records related to the administration of the hospital as well as the admission and treatment of patients. Records include: minute book of board meetings and other hospital meetings (1862-1881); annual reports (1864-1868, 1904); financial records (1862-1904); records of tenders (1862-1916); correspondence, including applications for positions (1861-1903) and miscellaneous records, including by-laws and subscription lists (1863-1908, 1912, 1937 and 1943); case books of Dr. Thomas R. McInnes and Dr. Charles Newland Trew (1874-1882); patient histories, prognosis and orders (1878-1881); record of patient diets (1881-1888); record of patient valuables (1910); and patient registers and admission slips (1862-1901). Also included in this fonds are the minutes of the New Westminster Medical Society (1893-1903) and the treasurer's book of the Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Columbian Hospital (1920-1926).
The fonds consists of records created by William Pinchbeck and William Pinchbeck Jr. between 1861 and 1936. It includes ledgers, a free miners certificate and an indenture dissolving Pinchbeck Sr.'s partnership with William Lyne in 1888. Fonds also contains two letters to Pinchbeck and Lyne from R.J. Skinner.
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 Margaret McMickings letters, photographs, notebooks, a housekeeping book, a sketch book, a postcard album, an autograph album, and an oversized certificate.
The fonds consists of George Hargreaves' diary, survey notes relating to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and photocopies of correspondence and a "sketch" sent to friends in England.
The fonds consists of records created or acquired by Wallace in the course of his life as a teacher, public servant and retired member of the community.
The records reflect events held across the province in celebrations of the 4 centennials in British Columbia in 1958, 1966, 1967, and 1971.
The records are primarily photograph albums or scrapbooks and were arranged by Wallace as volumes in chronological order.
A small number of records contain correspondence and personal records related to Wallace’s family history in addition to collected ephemera related to centennial celebrations.
Published material included in the donation has been transferred to the archives’ library.
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 diaries, the entries of which describe Marriner's voyage from England around Cape Horn to Victoria as well as work he did on farms.