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Item consists of a stereo photograph of grave sites in the Fraser river canyon. The photograph is attributed to Frederick Dally.

Item consists of a photograph of Indigenous people at Mission, near Fraser River. The photograph is attributed to Frederick Dally.

Robert Brown (1842-1895) was a naturalist who took part in several expeditions and in 1864 he was appointed Commander of the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition. The records consist of the journal and catalogue compiled while botanist for the British Columbia Botanical Expedition, 1863-66; journals kept as commander, Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition [VIEE], 1864-65; memoir on the geography of Vancouver Island, 1868; The land of the Hydahs, 1866; journals kept by A. Barnston, J. Buttle, T. Lewis, R. McDonald, J.Meade, F. Whymper during the VIEE in 1864 [vols. 1 and 2]; Vancouver Island Exploration Committee papers, including minute book, 1864-1865, correspondence, applications, bills and receipts, orders and reports issued by Brown; private correspondence, 1865-1895 [vol. 3]. Included in volumes 4 and 5 are transcripts of the VIEE journals, and some transcripts of Robert Brown's material. Two items were transferred to the BC Archives Library. A copy of volume 1, file 7 is catalogued as NWp 580 B862c ( previously NWp 581.9711 E96). A portion of the Catalogue of animals, plants, seeds, minerals collected by Robert Brown (from volume. 1, file 11), published in The Farmer, May 16, 1866 is catalogued as NWp 580 B862c. Both items were filmed by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM no. 16844 and no. 16588 respectively). The originals could not be located as of October and August 2010. The Robert Brown records were microfilmed by the BC Archives in 1986. At that time, volume 1, files 7 and 9 were noted as missing.

The item consists of a photograph album that belonged to B.W. Pearse. The front page is inscribed "B.W. Pearse, Fernwood, Victoria, British Columbia, 1860.” The album contains 55 b&w photographs collected by Pearse that primarily depict Yale, the Fraser River, areas around the Thompson River, and views of Victoria. Several of the photographs are by Frederick Dally. Pages are numbered and nearly every photograph has a caption.

The series consists of 76 predominantly studio portraits of Indigenous people in what is now known as British Columbia, taken between ca. 1862 to 1890. The majority of the photographs were taken by Hannah Maynard, however some are attributed to Frederick Dally and Carlo Gentile (perhaps others). Photographs were produced and marketed as commercial products popular during the 1860s and 1870s, such as 'cartes de visites', and, to a lesser extent, as personal portraits in the late 1880s. Maynard's studio produced conventional portraits as well as composite photographs which combined portraits with field photography landscapes. Indigenous communities and individual's names have been identified at the item level when known.

The series consists of records created by Frederick Dally including correspondence and letters of introduction; notes on his voyage from London (1862), a trip around Vancouver Island on H.M.S. SCOUT (1866), a journey to the Cariboo and his witness of the Barkerville fire (1868), First Nations people of British Columbia, and various other topics; printed items relating to his training as a dentist and later life in England. Records are arranged into three thematic groups, correspondence, miscellaneous documents, and printed items.

The fonds consists of Dally's correspondence and photographs.

The item consists of one album of approximately 150-200 large scale, or mammoth plate, photographs depicting landscapes, architecture, and people in Victoria (Esquimalt, the Gorge, James Bay) as well as Madeira, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, Paraguay, Melbourne, New Zealand, Kamakuya (Kamakura, Japan), Honolulu, the Sandwich Islands, Chili, Jamaica, Egypt, and possibly the Sudan.

Photographers include Felice Beato and Javier Lopez. Photographs of B.C. taken by Frederick Dally. All photographs have been captioned by the album creator, most with elaborate script in red and black ink and some in pencil.

At the top of the first page a portrait of a man has been adhered and captioned “Rear Admiral G. Phipps Hornby” (1785-1867). In the centre of the page is an image of approximately seven sailing vessels with the caption “The Flying Squadron, 19th July, Plymouth, 1869.” At the bottom of the page is an image of numerous men posed aboard a ship, with a dingo. Their names have been captioned below.