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150 Mile House County Court index book

  • GR-0027
  • Series
  • 1919-1964

The series consists of an individual index book created between 1919 and 1964 under schedule "E", Partnership Act, by the 150 Mile House County Court.

British Columbia. County Court (150 Mile House)

Alberta Lumber Company fonds

  • PR-1039
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1969

The fonds consists of correspondence files, accounting and financial records, log registers, safety files, accident reports and lumber sales records.

Alberta Lumber Company

Albion Bed Rock Flume Company fonds

  • PR-1040
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1868

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Directors, a ledger and an agreement of the Albion Bed Rock Flume Company.

Albion Bed Rock Flume Company

Albion Iron Works Company fonds

  • PR-1042
  • Fonds
  • 1882-1908

The fonds consists of minutes of directors' meetings, financial statements, Albion Iron Works Company's day book, a B.C. Foundry Order Book and a Shareholders Dividend book which contains various orders, contracts and photographs.

Albion Iron Works Company

Alexander McLean fonds

  • PR-0566
  • Fonds
  • 1867-1873

The fonds consists of clothier's sales and account books of McLean and of Scotch House.

McLean, Alexander

A.R. Johnson Company fonds

  • PR-1028
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1910

The fonds consists of correspondence with lawyers and clerks, various indentures and agreements, telegrams, receipts and bills.

A.R. Johnson Company

Belmont Boot and Shoe Company fonds

  • PR-0203
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1872

The fonds consists of an account book of the Belmont Boot and Shoe Company.

Belmont Boot and Shoe Company

Bills of sale indexes and registers

  • GR-1900
  • Series
  • 1861-1956

The series consists of 11 volumes of a bills of sale indexes and registers created by the Victoria Supreme Court between 1861 and 1956. The registers list bills of sale for chattel mortgages and conditional sales and related volumes of nominal indexes. Most of the volumes relate to bills of sale in Victoria but one volume is an index to bills of sale on the mainland.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria)

Boyd family fonds

  • PR-1223
  • Fonds
  • 1843-1946 [Microfilmed 1979]

The fonds consists of family and business correspondence, daybooks and business records of Cold Spring and Cottonwood House, two establishments owned by John Boyd and his family.

Boyd (family)

British Columbia Cement Company Limited fonds

  • PR-2319
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900-1983]

The fonds consists of the records of the British Columbia Cement Company and mainly relates to the company cement plant at Bamberton, B.C. Other locations of company activity and the creation of records were Tod Inlet in Saanich, B.C., Texada Island, B.C. and the Vancouver Island locations of Cobble Hill and Horne Lake. The records were created ca. 1900 to 1982, though predominantly after 1950. The fonds includes records from the 1960s and 1970s when the company became a subsidiary of Ocean Cement Ltd.

From the 1920s to the 1960s, the products of the British Columbia Cement Company were used to build much of the infrastructure of the province. Before 1958 the B.C. Cement Company was virtually the sole supplier of cement in British Columbia.

Most prominently, record types include: technical drawings, maps, plans, diagrams and architectural drawings; correspondence and memoranda; equipment manuals, operating guides, catalogues and bulletins; photographs; research reports and technical studies; cement plant shift log books; weekly and monthly reports on labour, production and manufacturing costs; daily journals for materials purchased (stores received); reports of chemical data regarding cement testing; budget papers and financial reports, and deliveries log books (journal recordings of product sold). Other record types include: company publications and employee newsletters; quotations for goods and services; complete technical journals and magazines, (and individual articles); news clippings; company annual reports; brochures, pamphlets and flyers; committee minutes; conference proceedings; staff lists and seniority lists; org charts; plant operation flow charts and stock certificate books.

A large number of the records (including textual materials, technical drawings, maps and photographs) were generated by the activities of cement production. These include records related to quarrying; rock and materials handling; the kiln, dry mill and wet mill operations; the electrical department; the purchase and consumption of fuel including coal and oil; cement packing; chemical testing, quality control and research; the sale and shipping of cement; the purchase, operation and maintenance of equipment, and environmental monitoring. Records were created in departments of the plant including the laboratory, by the plant chemist and research and quality control staff, at the quarries, the wet mill, the dry mill, the mixing department, the kiln department, electrical department, and the cement packing plant. Other company activities that generated records include mineral exploration, property acquisition and appraisal, and the transition to closing the plant. There are relatively few records from before the 1950s.

The records were also generated by routine business activities including company administration, corporate planning, annual reporting, union agreements and labour-management relations, budgeting, auditing and financial issues, personnel and staff training. Records were created by company executives, by staff in the plant main office, by the plant manager, the plant engineer, the purchasing agent and personnel manager.

A relatively small number of records were inherited from predecessor companies. These include records which originated with the Vancouver Portland Cement Company Limited, founded by Robert Pim Butchart, which produced cement at Tod Inlet. Some records originated with the British company, the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (London) and its subsidiary, the Portland Cement Construction Company Limited, which purchased the land and built the Bamberton cement plant ca. 1911-1913.

Records concerning Tod Inlet include photographs ca. 1905-1913, of the first arrival of machinery and early photos of the cement plant. There are also plant technical drawings and maps relating to the Tod Inlet area, and textual records concerning B.C. Cement Company's continuing ownership of property in Saanich. Records for the Bamberton plant and townsite date from 1911; these include photographs of historic value of the first development on the site in 1912-1913. Many photos were taken by professionals, and it appears they were created and maintained by company staff in order to document the history of the company. Records for Blubber Bay on Texada Island (ca. 1929-1949) include photographs, textual material, and technical drawings. Records relating to Cobble Hill, B.C. (ca. 1950-1975) relate to investigation for mineral deposits, company property holdings, mapping, quarry operation, and the building of the private haul road from Cobble Hill to Bamberton.

The fonds also consists of records for locations where the company owned properties or carried out exploration for minerals, aerial photography and mapping. These include Davies Bay on Texada Island, and Vancouver Island locations including Horne Lake, Deep Bay, and Harris Creek in the Cowichan Valley.

The records include a history of British Columbia Cement Company by a long-time company employee, Robert H. (Bob) Moffatt. It was researched, written and updated between 1976 and 1981.

British Columbia Cement Company Limited

British Columbia Electric Railway Company fonds

  • PR-1252
  • Fonds
  • 1861-1967

The fonds consists of records of the Victoria Office of the British Columbia Electric Railway created between 1861 and 1967 and includes financial records, correspondence, photographs, maps and films.

Fonds includes financial records of the Victoria Gas Company (1861-1904), the Victoria Illuminating Company (1887-1890), and the National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company (1889-1944) as well as business records of the Vancouver Island Power Company (1910-1944). It also includes an engineer's report on relay protection of the high tension transmission systems of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company prepared by Westinghouse (1923), various maps and plans and twelve historical films created for the 1958 Centennial.

British Columbia Electric Railway Company

British Columbia Marine Railway Company fonds

  • PR-1119
  • Fonds
  • 1905; 1911-1913

The fonds consists of an account book entitled "Record of Cost" from 1905. The fonds also includes 30 technical drawings of steamer design plans.

British Columbia Marine Railway Company

Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) fonds

  • PR-1156
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1940

The fonds consists of deeds and survey book, cash book (1901-1904) of coal accounts recording sales and shipments to various companies, a record book of employees (1918-1925), photographs of the Puntledge River power project and of the Comox and Union Bay Mines (1911-1922), and various forms and stock certificates (1921-1946).

Canadian Collieries Resources, Limited

Canadian Pacific Navigation Company fonds

  • PR-1160
  • Fonds
  • 1872-1893

The fonds consists of general correspondence, accounts, cash books, freight books, log books and inventories of the various ships of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company.

Canadian Pacific Navigation Company

Cariboo District business record collection

  • PR-2175
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1863-1907]

Consists of a collection of unidentified account books from hotels, businesses and mining companies in the Cariboo district. The records have been acquired by the archives over a number of years and placed into this collection.

Cariboo District firm declaration book

  • GR-0009
  • Series
  • 1900-1954

The series consists of a Firm declaration book for Cariboo district for the period January 1900 to October 1954. The book has has an index volume for the period after 1918.

British Columbia. County Court (Barkerville)

Cariboo District firm individual index books

  • GR-0010
  • Series
  • 1900-1918

The series consists of Firm individual index books for the Cariboo District, from January 1900 to April 1918.

British Columbia. County Court (Barkerville)

Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company fonds

  • PR-1170
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1920

The fonds consists of an indenture, leases, a journal, a ledger and an index to the ledger of the Cariboo Hydraulic Company.

Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company

Central Coal Company fonds

  • PR-1269
  • Fonds
  • 1951-1963

The fonds consists of correspondence and accounts books of the Central Coal Company.

Central Coal Company

Charles Gabriel and Company fonds

  • PR-1279
  • Fonds
  • 1884-1890

The fonds consists of a ledger of Charles Gabriel and Company showing items purchased from the Japanese Bazaar merchants by Victoria-area residents.

Charles Gabriel and Company

Consolidated Whaling Company fonds

  • PR-1373
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1943

The fonds consists of accounts, reports, correspondence, and engineers' and chief officers' log books. Fonds includes records of the Victoria Whaling Company, the Pacific Whaling Company, the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company and the Canadian Northern Pacific Fisheries.

Consolidated Whaling Corporation Ltd.

Cory Menhinick fonds

  • PR-2274
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1940

The fonds conists of the business records of Cory Menhinick from 1916 to 1940. The fonds includes correspondence and various financial and legal records that document Menhinick's activities regarding mining claims and the Camborne Water and Power company.

Menhinick, Cory

Crow's Nest Prospecting, Mining and Developing Company fonds

  • PR-1353
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1899

The fonds consists of business records, a minute book, a cashbook, and an accounts ledger of the Crow's Nest Prospecting, Mining and Developing Company.

Crow's Nest Prospecting, Mining and Developing Company

David Spencer Limited fonds

  • PR-1385
  • Fonds
  • 1858-1945

The fonds consists of a minute book, a memorandum, and Articles of Association, agreements, indentures, mortgages, and deeds of David Spencer Limited.

David Spencer Limited

Declarations of partnership

  • GR-1950
  • Series
  • 1929-1952

Declarations of partnership (Nos. 115-378).

British Columbia. County Court (Cumberland)

Declarations of partnership

  • GR-3689
  • Series
  • 1955-1965

The series consists of declarations of partnerships made under the Partnership Act. Records in this series were created between 1955 and 1965 in the County Court of Golden. Records were originally housed in shannon folders, but have since been rehoused by the Archivist.

British Columbia. County Court (Golden)

Declarations of partnership

  • GR-1951
  • Series
  • 1952-1970

Declarations of partnership (Nos. 379-877).

British Columbia. County Court (Courtenay)

Destrubé Photography Ltd. fonds

  • PR-2318
  • Fonds
  • 1971-2014

The fonds consists of selected records created by Destrubé Photography Ltd., including client photographic job files, stock shot files, enlarged photographic prints and posters, photographic portfolios, examples of advertisements and publications containing the company's work, business records, and promotional materials.

The fonds contains a selection of photographic material intended to represent the nature and breadth of the activities of Destrubé Photography, including industrial photography, studio portraiture, commercial photography for end use in large- and small-format advertising, and self-promotion. Reflecting these activities, and considering the final format of the product, the fonds has been divided into the following 7 series:
• Business records
• Client photographic job files
• Howard Roloff collection images
• Stock shot files
• Photographic portfolios
• Publications file
• Display prints and posters

It should be noted that, as Destrubé Photography was a Victoria-based studio, the represented client base and photographic subjects are largely from the Greater Victoria area and southern Vancouver Island.

Destrubé Photography Ltd.

E. Grancini fonds

  • PR-1414
  • Fonds
  • 1877-1879

The fonds consists of a ledger and miscellaneous bills.

Grancini, E.

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