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The fonds consists of letters written to George Pattullo by his three sons, including B.C. Premier T.D. Pattullo, and by men who were prominent in public affairs or politics in Ontario. The fonds also contains papers relating to the Pattullo family.

The fonds consists of Allen's diary and notebook.

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding family matters and expenses and records of mission work with natives, including diaries, sermon notes and a scrapbook.

The fonds consists of notebook, letterbook and correspondence of Jacob Hunter Todd, including correspondence with his son in medical school at McGill University; diaries and correspondence of Rosanna Todd; daybooks, agreements, ledger and account books of Todd, Turner and Company and J.H. Todd and Sons (Todd's business interests); programs, invitations and correspondence of the Todd and Gillespie families; notebooks and memorabilia from the All Canadian Football team rugby tour of Alexander Gillespie; accounts, diaries, house specifications and travel itineraries of John Hebden Gillespie, including account book of the Canadian Scottish Regiment; financial statements and agreements of the firm of Gillespie, Hart and Todd; and, correspondence, sketchbook and poetry of Mary Ann Wigley, a relative of the family. Fonds includes Alexander Gillespie's photographs, including portraits of the Todd and Gillespie families, and family photographs (including photographs from World War I).

The fonds consists of correspondence and accounts of the Swan River District.

The fonds consists of the diary of Richard Charles Mayne.

The fonds consists of Hamilton Moffatt's letter book, pertaining to his activities at various forts including Fort Rupert, Fort Simpson and Fort Kamloops.

The fonds consists of the business records of Pemberton Holmes Ltd. and its predecessor companies, including Pemberton & Son, Pemberton & Son Ltd. and Pemberton, Holmes Ltd. It also consists of records which relate to personal business activities and personal family matters. The records were created between 1859 and 1989, with the bulk of the material dating from the founding of Pemberton & Son in 1887 to approximately 1950. The records document the business and economic life of the province, and many aspects of social history. The geographic scope of the records includes the entire province of British Columbia, and to a lesser degree, parts of the Prairie Provinces and Washington State. Of particular significance are records for Victoria, Oak Bay, Port Alberni and southern Vancouver Island, Vancouver and the lower mainland of British Columbia.

The company records are evidence of a wide range of business and legal transactions, including the brokering of private mortgages, property sales and transfers, the renting of residences and small business premises, insurance purchases and servicing, estate management, and investments in industries such as mining. The parties to the business and legal transactions range from large companies and institutions to the average person wishing to rent or purchase a house, lot or farm. The records reflect that a major client of Pemberton & Son was the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia, for whom the company served as financial agent.

The company remained a family enterprise, and it appears the principals of the company tended to maintain personal records intermingled with company records. Frederick B. Pemberton was principal trustee of the J.D. Pemberton estate, which included large land holdings in Oak Bay, which over time were sold and subdivided. The records reflect the fact that the management of the family estate was integrated with the activities of the company. Furthermore, just as his father had farmed in Oak Bay, Frederick operated a farm in Gordon Head and an 1100-acre farm at Cowichan Station; the records generated by these operations were closely interwoven with the company. Similarly, in the case of Brentwood College, the principals of Pemberton Holmes Ltd. had a personal involvement in its founding and management, and at the same time, their company had a business relationship with the school. Personal records include but are not limited to: tax returns, insurance policies, and records concerning purchase and sale of securities, goods and services. They also consist of family photographs, ephemera, and correspondence. The latter includes letters from J.D. Pemberton to his daughter, the artist, Sophie Pemberton.

The fonds includes approximately 2750 business files, originally in docket envelopes, which made up the main filing system of Pemberton & Son and its successor companies. Most of these files consist of client transaction records, including business and legal documents with accompanying correspondence. A majority of the files concern specific properties or lots, and relate to the sale, conveyance, mortgage, rent or lease of those properties. A smaller number relate to a person, estate, organization, company, or subject, but not to a specific property. The physical housing of these files was, in most cases, a string-bound, reinforced, docket envelope, which contained the folded documents. The fonds also consists of a large group of financial records, including 103 bound ledger books, journals and cash books. There originally were links between these financial records and the docket files, but it is often not possible now to establish those links, and significant gaps exist for both groups of records.

Other textual materials include correspondence, annual reports, minutes of directors and shareholder meetings, monthly and annual financial statements and reports, tax returns, legal documents including wills and other estate records, records for real estate sales particularly in the Greater Victoria area, and routine office records. Records of some clients (notably, relating to an estate) have been maintained as they were originally filed, in their own series. There is a smaller amount of ephemera, including newspapers, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and collected published material including brochures and pamphlets.

The records include published and unpublished maps, fire insurance maps, subdivision plans, blueprints, architectural drawings, advertising display materials, and photographs of the Pemberton Holmes buildings and various buildings and locations in Victoria and the south Vancouver Island region.

The fonds also contains business and personal records of Frederick George Pennington (Fred) Maurice, who worked for the company for 52 years (ca. 1926-1977) and who became a director of the company. In the 1980s, in his retirement, Fred Maurice wrote an unpublished history, which is a part of the fonds. Largely anecdotal in nature, his manuscript covers Pemberton and Holmes family history (ca. 1850 to 1940) and company history (ca. 1887 to 1940). In the course of his research, it appears Maurice removed some records from their original locations. His handwritten annotations and bookmarks also appear on or with some of the records.

The Pemberton & Son office building at Fort and Broad Street, Victoria, BC, was destroyed by fire on March 23, 1909. In his history, Fred Maurice attributes "significant blanks" in the company's early records to this fire.

The fonds consists of landing warrants, receipts and cargo book of the ship Otter.

The fonds consists of the personal family records and collected historical records of David Henly.

The fonds consists of membership roll of the various companies of the Victoria Fire Department, correspondence, indentures, annual report, and ledger listing equipment and fires in the city, as well as accounts and receipts. Includes minutes of Tiger Company.
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The fonds consists of articles of association (1896-1913), Board of Directors and annual general meeting minutes (1887-1948), minutes of meetings of the four percent debenture stockholders (1896-1956), Victoria office mortgage registration book (1903-1919), revocation and grant of powers of attorney (1892-1935), reports, notices, licences, correspondence, and other records of the Victoria and Vancouver offices. Records of the Victoria office include correspondence (1858-1960) with Thomas Dixon Galpin, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, the Great West Life Assurance Company, the Montreal Rolling Mills Company, and the Company's Nanaimo and Vancouver agencies and its London office, as well as correspondence and papers relating to Mayhew and Harlow, the Phoenix Assurance Company, Nicholles and Renouf Ltd., Frederick George Walker, the Douglas estate, and the estates of James Crawford, Jean-Baptiste Timmerman and Rev. Arthur Whiteside. Fonds also includes photographs of BCLIA properties, employees and offices. Fonds includes records of predecessor companies, Thomas Allsop and Company and Allsop and Mason. The fonds is arranged into 124 series.

A metal key for the BC Land and Investment Agency building was transferred to the BC Archives from the City of Victoria Archives in 2021. It is stored in container 935638-0679.

The fonds consists of the register of baptisms, marriages and funerals of the Ebenezer Church of Nanaimo.

The fonds consists of letter, newspaper clippings, maps (some annotated) and watercolours of Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock.

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

The fonds consists of letters of introduction, correspondence, agreements, indentures, and a record of investments as well as journals from various trips taken into the interior of B.C.

The fonds consists of a book of daily scripture readings with annotations by Sophie Pemberton, a diary and a register of conveyances both belonging to Joseph D. Pemberton and the photographs of Mab Pemberton and the Pemberton family.

The fonds consists of letters from Mary Susannah Moody to her mother and sister in England, written from New Westminster, Victoria and Hope. It also includes other family correspondence, a photo album kept by Richard and Mary Susannah Moody and a copy of the Moody family tree.

The fonds consists of correspondence and reports written by and about Robert William Torrens between 1858 and 1865. In 1859 and 1865, Torrens took part in several different expeditions that took him to Haida Gwaii, along the Nass River, through the area of Clayoquot Sound, and to Bear River. During these trips, he interacted with many local Indigenous populations, and wrote about these encounters in his reports. The fonds also includes several letters of recommendation for Torrens and his 1865 oath of office for the position of stipendiary magistrate for the colony of Vancouver Island.

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, a will and related documents, indentures, share certificates and receipts.

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

The fonds consists of journals of service with the Boundary Commission and a map.

The fonds consists of photographs of the hop farm owned by the Hulbert family in the Chilliwack-Sardis area, as well as correspondence, letterbooks and ledgers, principally created by John and Henry Hulbert.

The fonds consists of correspondence, diary, indenture, letters patent, memoranda, appointment certificates, notebook, will and estate papers of Matthew Baillie Begbie.

The records consist of correspondence, letterbooks, minutes, secretary's files, reports on staff, buildings, bequests and various records of the Royal Jubilee Hospital, including patient registers and financial records.

The fonds consists of a personal account book, testimonial letters and a diary.

The fonds consists of correspondence, indentures, and deeds of Jeremiah Nagle.

The fonds consists of invoices, receipts, agreements, correspondence and miscellaneous Colonial Secretary records created by W.A.G. Young between 1859 and 1872. All of the records, with the exception of the miscellaneous Colonial Secretary records, relate to Young's household accounts and private activities. The miscellaneous Colonial Secretary records relate to Young's activities as Colonial Secretary and include records created by the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, household accounts, photographs, and maps.

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