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Item consists of 1 audio recording entitled "There's A Lot To See in B.C." recorded by the Dixieland Express Jazz Band and featuring a trumpet solo by the Minister of Tourism, Claude Richmond. Side A contains the title track, "There's A Lot To See in B.C." and side B contains the song "Twelfth Street Rag." The record sleeve contains the lyrics for the title track. The recording was created for Expo '86.

Item consists of 1 vinyl sound disc comprised of re-election campaign recordings of Herb Capozzi and Evan Wolfe, two Social Credit MLAs for Vancouver Centre. The recording covers each candidates electoral platform for the 1969 election and was circulated to constituents. The recordings are introduced by broadcaster Jim MacDonald.

The fonds consists of 161 35 mm colour slides and four large slides predominantly depicting logging camps and equipment in British Columbia, between 1969-1987. The logging camps and locations captured in the slides are: Port McNeill, Rayonier Logging Camp; Jeune Landing, Port Alice; Denham Bay Logging Camp; and Nimpkish Logging Camp.

There are also slides depicting Vancouver, the construction of BC Place in 1982-1983, and Ladysmith.

The fonds consists of an illustrated diary written in a school exercise book of William Law Ogilby's experience as a chainman on a survey of a portion of the western boundary of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Belt on Vancouver Island. A photograph, presumed to have been taken on the survey, depicts Ogilby and two other men at their camp at an unidentified location.

The fonds consists of Lew's letterbook, containing correspondence of his firm and of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.

The fonds consists of correspondence received by Matilda John in Victoria from Harold Penn Wilson between 1899 and 1900. Wilson, a bank clerk from Victoria, moved to Bennett in 1899, and Atlin in 1900. In the letters, he described the journey north and what it was like to live and work there.

The fonds consists of photographic extracts from a log kept by Midshipman James Ferris Prowse whilst aboard the H.M.S. Thetis under Captain Augustus L. Kuper. There are 90 negatives (2 negatives per page) and 42 print copies.

The printed extracts are those which have any mention of any place or point near Vancouver Island or Queen Charlotte's Island (Haida Gwaii), or of any item which might be of interest. These items are marked in red pen on the right hard edge of the photographic prints. The period covered is from the arrival of the ship outside the straits of San Juan de Fuca on May 22, 1852 to the time it sailed from Esquimalt Harbour for England on January 22, 1853.

The fonds consists of Sutton's photographs of views of scenery on Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the interior of B.C.

The London Student Sojourn contains 21 illustrations depicting boarding house life at Mrs Dodd's, 4 Bulstrode Street, London, England. The illustrations are painted directly onto the right hand pages and accompany detailed verses typed on paper glued to the left hand pages. The verses and illustrations describing the boarders, aspects of communal living, commeraderie as well as personal or situational discord. Two typed pages of the preface and the 21 left hand pages are not

One hand formed clay pot and lid.

Item consists of one album containing 41 diagram-style sketches in crayon and ink created by David Henry Norcross. Norcross was born in Granite Siding (or Granite) near Nelson, BC, and began his mining career at age 16. The drawings document his memories and history of mining and mining technology in British Columbia, particularly within the Kootenay district.

Item consists of one piece of paper with two separate artworks on recto and verso. One side features a pencil sketch of a man pulling a water barrel in Victoria and the other side is a watercolour of people in a canoe with Mt. Baker in the background. Both pieces have been assigned the same PDP number. The artist(s) is unknown.

The item is a volume titled land office blotter. Blotters were used to record detailed trading activity. Only one page has been used. The page describes two financial transactions with the Hudson's Bay Company.

The first transaction relates to 200 pound sterling received from James Cooper, Master of the Hudson's Bay Company ship Columbia, as a deposit on a land purchase in September 1849.

The next relates to the trade of 535 blankets on the 6th of May, 1850. The blankets were paid to several Indigenous groups "for purchase of their lands as per details in Register of Land Purchases", also known as the Douglas Treaties. The names, transcribed directly from the blotter, are: Tee-chamitsa, Kosampsom, Swenghung, Chilcowitch, Whyomilth, Checonein, Kakyaakan, Chewhaytsun, and Soak.

This record was likely created by James Douglas, as it appears to be written in his handwriting [see Wilson Duff, "The Fort Victoria Treaties", BC Studies No. 3 (Fall 1969): 8].

File consists of two photographs at least one of which was taken by Hannah Maynard for her photography business in Victoria. This image is a group photograph of sailors, possibly the gun room officers of a Royal Navy ship docked at Esquimalt. The names of the sailors are listed on the verso.
The other photograph is of a family in front of a house. Possibly Hannah and Richard Maynard seated in a garden with a young man (their son Albert Hatherley Maynard?) behind them. Two women, a man (Harry Maynard?), three children, and a dog, are positioned in a stairway nearby.

Includes:
J-08135
J-08144

The file consists of three black and white photographs of the 2nd Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, taken at Willows camp, Victoria, in 1915, likely photographed by Ernest Crocker. The photographs consist of large group portrait of the battalion and two postcards. One postcard shows the battalion on parade at Willows Camp. Another is a group photograph of soldiers performing camp duties.

Items include:
J-08131
J-08142
J-08143

The file consists of three photographs of the V-J Day parade in Victoria B.C. on August 15, 1945. One photograph shows the Victoria Girls' Drill Team, another shows the Chinese float, and another shows several female Chinese-Canadian participants.

Includes:
J-08130
J-08140
J-08141

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There are also typed transcripts of many of Carr's letters.

The file consists of an assortment of letters between William and Irene Clarke, Ira Dilworth, and Alice Carr.

The file consists of correspondence written by Emily Carr to William and Irene Clarke. The file also includes typed carbon copies of letters ('flimsies') written by the Clarkes to Carr. There is also a typed transcript of one of Carr's letters.

The item consists of one album containing five titled and dated sections of photographs:

1. “A trip to the continent March-April 1900,” includes views of France and Italy. Large photographs were likely purchased during travels and include a number and the name of a photographer’s studio. There is pressed plant material “From Hadrian’s Villa” on page 3.

2. “Port Townsend Cruise (in “Dorothy”) July 1900” includes views of various sailing vessels, many are identified.

3. “Cruise to Nanoose Bay (in “Dorothy”), Sept 1902” includes photographs of house exteriors, sailing vessels, and unidentified women and men.

4. “Duck shooting expedition to Douglas Lake (via Kamloops), October 1903” includes outdoor group portraits of identified men and one woman, building exteriors, and transportation by horse and boat.

5. “A trip to Cassiar, 22nd Aug. to 2nd Oct 1904” includes views of landscapes, river boats, outdoor group portraits of partially identified men, and animal trophies. A “Memo of dates” and “Synopsis of hunting tip to Eagle River, 1904” are written on two of the pages. The collection ends with two full-page hunting photographs.

Numerous album pages are unused.

All photographs are captioned in black ink.

“(All photos (except large full plate[s]) taken with Kodak by WHL)” is written in pencil in the top left of the first album page, probably by Archives staff.

The file consists of one album of 14 photographs containing views of outdoor group portraits of identified members of the Langley and F.W. Foster families and others picnicking and hunting in the area around Clinton.

An image of “A holiday at Clinton, B.C. 1889,” handwritten and framed in lace, has been adhered to the front cover. “Photographs taken by W.H. Langley (son of A.J. Langley) on a visit to the F.W. Fosters at Clinton 1889” is written in blue ink on the inside cover. Pages are made of card, with a thin layer of paper adhered to the front, punched with two holes, and tied (bound) with white string. Photographs have been cut into circles 9.8 cm in diameter and adhered to album pages with unknown adhesive. Each photograph was printed with varying patterned borders 1 cm wide.

A piece of blue paper has been taped to the inside cover, listing members of the “upper ten” (see attached File List). A photograph consisting of a copy of “Looking down the valley,” framed with ribbon, and the words “Near the lake where drooped the willows long time ago” has been adhered to the outside back cover.

Original titles were added by the creator. “These photographs identified by Mr. Fred Foster (F.W. Foster) 1842 Feltham Road, March 31. 1963” is written on verso of the first page and Foster’s notations are written on the verso of a photograph’s preceding page in blue ink.

The file consists of one album of 19 photographs containing views of unidentified horses, jockeys, and spectators at a Victoria horseracing competition. There are no identifying captions on the photographs.

Below the title, the following is typed on the album front cover:
“Committee: Major DuPont, Mr. Justice Drake, J.C. Davies Esq., John Martin, Esq., M.G. Drummond, Esq, Dr. Duncan R.C.A., G.L.S. Warrender, Esq., R.N.; Hon. Secretary: L.H. Webber, Esq.; Judges: Mr. Justice Drake, the Hon. P. O’Reilly, Major Dupont; Starter: Lieut. Col. Hughes, R.C.A.; Clerk of the Course: The Hon. C.E. Pooley.

Conditions: Post entries will be accepted. The decision of the judges to be absolutely final. The “assembly” will be sounded by a bugler ten minutes before each race. All prizes to be sweepstakes, except in race No. 10 in which the prize will be $25.”

Pages are made of card, with a thin layer of paper adhered to only the front, punched with two holes, and tied (bound) with [blue or green] ribbon. Photographs have been cut into circles 7.5 cm in diameter and adhered to album pages with unknown adhesive. They have each been decoratively framed with five concentric circles hand drawn in blue ink. The final photograph has been adhered to the outside back cover.

The file consists of one album of 101 photographs containing views of friends of the Langley family (including the Foster, Pemberton, Mouat, Helmcken, Beeton, Rithet, Dunsmuir, Turner, and Jones families and Judge Peter O’Reilly), J.T. Pearce Groceries & Provisions Store, views of Victoria Driving Park, and locations across Esquimalt including St. Paul’s Church, St. George’s Inn, an open-air tram and tramline terminus, and ships within the Esquimalt Harbour and graving dock (dry dock).

“A. J. [sic] Langley photographs identified 1963-1964 by Miss Flora Burns, Miss F. G. Hood, Mr. Fred Foster, Mr. Hamilton, Mrs. Hew Paterson, Mrs. H.C. Holmes” is written on the first page in blue ink. Additional identifying text possibly added by Archives staff.

Most photographs have been cut into circles and adhered to album pages with unknown adhesive. They have been decoratively framed with 2-6 concentric circles hand drawn in blue ink. Unnumbered square photographs on page 39 have no additional framing.