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Agnes Walker fonds

  • PR-1434
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1887

The fonds consists of a journal and narrative of Agnes (Knight) Walker.

Walker, Agnes, d. 1915

A.H. Chambers fonds

  • PR-1800
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1915-1930]

The fonds consists of glass negatives of houses, some in Nanaimo, and views of northern B.C. and of the Victoria area.

Chambers, Arthur Hyde, 1852-1935

A.H. Holland fonds

  • PR-1481
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1911

The fonds consists of survey books of A.H. Holland, produced during his work in the Cariboo region, including his survey for the Fort Fraser townsite.

Holland, A.H.

A.H. Menzies fonds

  • PR-1262
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1929, 1964

The fonds consists of Menzies' photographs of family, friends, and local agricultural associations and activities.

Menzies, A.H.

A.I. McLean fonds

  • PR-1594
  • Fonds
  • 1877

The fonds consists of McLean's survey book for a survey near Edmonton.

McLean, A.I.

Aird Dundas Flavelle fonds

  • PR-0898
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1964

The fonds consists of a diary, correspondence, account journals, a ledger, share certificates, a minute book, photographs and school certificates of Flavelle and of the Thurston Flavelle Lumber Company.

Flavelle, Aird Dundas, 1888-1973

Al Bowen fonds

  • PR-1218
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1910

The fonds consists of Al Bowen's photographs of Vancouver Island, railroad construction and camp scenes.

Bowen, Al

A.L. Trotter fonds

  • PR-0166
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1938

The fonds consists of negatives depicting England and Scotland, the Okanagan, Duncan, the Gulf Islands and other B.C. locations.

Trotter, A.L.

Alabama Mining Company fonds

  • PR-1036
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1906 [Microfilmed 1981]

The fonds consists of an account book of the Alabama Mining Company.

Alabama Mining Company

Alan Thomson fonds

  • PR-0152
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1920

The fonds consists of diaries relating to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary surveys.

Thomson, Alan

Alben Hawkins fonds

  • PR-0875
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1880

The fonds consists of Hawkins' diary, a letter, a pay book, receipts and other miscellaneous documents.

Hawkins, Alben, b. 1838

Alberni Farmers' Institute fonds

  • PR-1037
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1967,1973 [Microfilmed 1977]

The fonds consists of cashbooks and minute books of regular, annual, directors and special meetings of the Alberni Farmers' Institute. Fonds also consists of a letter from Thomas S. Grieve, on the occasion of his being made an honorary member of the institute, in which he describes some of the early activities ofthe institute.

Alberni Farmers' Institute

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad fonds

  • PR-1038
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1984 [Microfilmed 1984]

The fonds consists of Alberni Valley Rescue Squad's scrapbooks containing minutes, correspondence, photographs, financial statements, constitution and bylaws.

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad

Albert Edward Bolton fonds

  • PR-1568
  • Fonds
  • 1884-1896

The fonds consists of correspondence and diaries of Albert Edward Bolton as well as some miscellaneous papers.

Bolton, Albert Edward, 1862-1915

Albert Edward Todd fonds

  • PR-2406
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1925

The fonds consists of scrapbooks and files of clippings of Albert Edward Todd and a written account entitled "A Summer's Automobile Tour Along the Pacific Coast," dated 1911. The scrapbooks are bound in four large volumes and are numbered Volumes 2 - 5. Volume 1 may refer to the loose clippings in folders (I-VII), which was previously maintained in binders. The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings from Victoria newspapers, however personal correspondence, maps, and ephemera are also interfiled. The main subject matter covered by the scrapbooks is transportation, with an emphasis on highways and railroads. Todd was active in Victoria in promoting transportation and tourism. Other subjects include local politics (including coverage of his own political career) and developments and land use in Victoria. Personal and professional correspondence can be found throughout the records. The textual records are from the Old MS collection and are assigned reference codes E/D/T56 (written account) and E/D/T56.1 (clippings and scrapbooks).

Also included in the fonds are 7 b&w photographs mounted on a single cardstock. The photographs were taken along the Pacific Highway pathfinding trip in 1910, made by A.E. Todd and Ada Todd. The pathfinding trip served as their honeymoon after they were married in Los Angeles.

Todd, Albert Edward

Albert Parfitt fonds

  • PR-0397
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1961 [Microfilmed 1978]

The fonds consists of diaries chronicling Parfitt's life and activity in the construction business in Victoria (1908-1961).

Parfitt, Albert, 1885-1961

Albert S. Reeve fonds

  • PR-1937
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1885 [Microfilmed 196-]

The fonds consists of certificates pertaining to Reeve's naval career.

Reeve, Albert S.

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 Cricket Club of Victoria fonds

  • PR-1041
  • Fonds
  • 1891-1933

The fonds consists of an account book, constitution and membership list of the Albion Cricket Club of Victoria.

Albion Cricket Club of Victoria

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

Alden Wesley Huson Fonds

  • PR-2366
  • Fonds
  • 1868-1912

Alden Wesley Huson (1832-1911), also known as West Huson, was a Vancouver Island entrepreneur, promoter, trader, and businessman with interests in a salmon saltery and cannery at Alert Bay, a coal mine at Suquash near Fort Rupert, and a quarry on Haddington Island.
A.H. Huson, also known as “West” Huson, was born in Oneonta, New York in 1832, the son of David Tomkin Huson and Sally Jackson. A.W. Huson arrived in British Columbia in 1858, and by 1867 he was living in Victoria and running the Adelphi Saloon. He established a close friendship with the photographer Stephen A. Spencer and opened a salmon saltery at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, with Spencer acting as his agent in Victoria. Huson had obtained a lease to the entire island around 1870 and established a cannery, but by 1880 his lease was reduced to 160 acres as a result of the allotment of most of the island as an Indian Reserve. He transferred his interest in the cannery to Spencer in 1884. Huson married Mary Lyons, a First Nations woman from Alaska, also known as Ekegat, in 1873, and adopted her son Charlie Lyons. They had at least 9 children together. Although his wife and most of his family lived at Alert Bay, Huson travelled to Victoria frequently in order to trade and negotiate business deals, and later to visit his granddaughter Stella. He eventually moved to Victoria permanently. In his later life, Huson attempted to sue various parties over his rights to the property on Haddington Island. He died in Alert Bay in 1911.
The records consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, agreements, land and tax records, a genealogy of A.W. Huson’s ancestors, and one photograph of A.W. Huson’s stepson, Charlie Lyons Huson.
The correspondence is primarily inward correspondence to A.W. Huson from his father David T. Huson, his sister Elizabeth Huson, his wife Mary, children Charlie [aka Charley], Spencer, Alfred, David, and George, grand-daughter Stella, friends such as Stephen Spencer, and other business associates. Huson’s stepson Charley lived for a time with Stephen Spencer and his wife “Em” in Victoria while attending school.

The records document the business activities of an early entrepreneur on Vancouver Island, and the life of a significant historical figure on Vancouver Island.

Of particular note is an 1871 letter from Father Leon Fouquet of the Jesuit Mission on Harbledown Island offering to vaccinate Huson’s children against smallpox (File 1); four letters (1874-1878) from Stephen A. Spencer in File 2; 1895 and 1897 letters written by Alfred J. Huson while a student at the Coqualeetza Indian Institute (File 4), and letters from Stella Pamphlet in Files 7 and 8, written while she was a child. Stella was the daughter of Ada Elvina Huson and Frederick William Pamphlet. There are also letters from James McGrath, who ran a store in Alert Bay, Stephen Cook, and A. Mouat of Barkerville.

Barry McClung transcribed many of the letters, and the transcriptions are filed with the originals.

Huson, Alden Wesley

Alex Anderson fonds

  • PR-1804
  • Fonds
  • 1898-1903

The fonds consists of correspondence from R.T. Anderson in Lemon Creek, B.C., to his uncle, Alex Anderson, in Florida regarding conditions in British Columbia.

Anderson, Alex

Alexander Begg fonds

  • PR-1178
  • Fonds
  • 1884-1894

The fonds consists of Alexander Begg's letterbook and questionnaires distributed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Land Department to settlers in the North West Territory and a manuscript of the "History of the North West".

Begg, Alexander, 1839-1897

Alexander Buckham fonds

  • PR-1138
  • Fonds
  • 1858-1965

The fonds consists of papers collected by Buckham, papers produced by him while working for the government, his private papers, photographs and maps.

Buckham, Alexander, 1914-

Alexander Caulfield Anderson fonds

  • PR-1052
  • Fonds
  • 1834-1884

The fonds consists of journals, certificates, notes and correspondence. Fonds includes Anderson's journal of an expedition to explore the interior of B.C.

Anderson, Alexander Caulfield, 1814-1884

Alexander Charles Harris fonds

  • PR-0863
  • Fonds
  • 1891 [Microfilmed ca. 1975]

The fonds consists of Harris' diary of travels on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Mainland and the United States.

Harris, Alexander Charles, 1872-1955

Alexander David Pringle fonds

  • PR-0449
  • Fonds
  • 1859-1863, 1909

The fonds consists of copies of letters and a photograph from Alexander David Pringle to his wife and father in England.

Pringle, Alexander David

Alexander Douglas and Elsie Turnbull fonds

  • PR-0170
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1990

The fonds consists of A.D. Turnbull's files as an MLA, material relating to his time as Minister of Health and Welfare as well as personal papers that reflect his association with various professional, national and community organizations. It also includes reminiscences by Elsie Turnbull, photographs and a few maps.

Turnbull, Alexander Douglas

Alexander Garland fonds

  • PR-0970
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1895 [Microfilmed ca. 1983]

The fonds consists of a letterbook.

Garland, Alexander T.

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