The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Afaf Makarem Elsamny titled "The past and present of Robson street." 1976. x, 219 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (M.Arch.), University of British Columbia, 1976. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 169-174. Canadian theses on microfiche, 28676.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Frederick Joseph Elligott titled "The planning decision-making process of Vancouver's False Creek: a case study 1968-1974." 1976. viii, 205 [i.e. 201] leaves: illus., maps. [Leaves 24a, 43a, 172a, 185a and 193a inserted]. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1977. Vita. [Includes abstract]. Bibliography: leaves 185a - 193. Canadian theses on microfiche, 32458.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Robert Arthur John McDonald titled "Business leaders in early Vancouver, 1886-1914." 1977. viii, 502 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1977. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 449-502. Canadian theses on microfiche, 32519.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Angus Everett Robertson titled "The pursuit of power, profit and privacy: a study of Vancouver's west end elite, 1886-1914." 1977. xiv, 328 leaves: maps. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1977. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 311-320. Canadian theses on microfiche, 32556.

The item is a thesis by Alison Isobel Boulter entitled "Constituting an ethnic difference: an ethnography of the Portuguese immigrant experience in Vancouver." 1978. v, 112 leaves: appendices. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1978. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 113-117. Canadian theses on microfiche, 40571.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Diane Louise Matters titled "A chance to make good": juvenile males and the law in Vancouver, 1910-1915. 1978. v, 122 leaves: tables, appendix. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1978. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 123-126. Canadian theses on microfiche, 40713.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Diane Beverley Hinds titled "The evolution of urban public park design in Europe and America: Vancouver adaptation to 1913." V, 217 leaves: illus. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 213-217. Vita. Canadian theses, 46154.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Margaret Andrews titled "Medical services in Vancouver, 1886-1920." v, 285 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 259-285. Vita. Canadian theses, 46062.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Robert Galois titled "Social structure in space: the making of Vancouver, 1886-1901." xvi, 506 leaves: fig., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Simon Fraser University, 1980. Bibliography: leaves 487-506. Canadian theses, 44895.

The file consists of a typescript copy of the reminiscences of Gerald Ross Hunter titled "Are we at the crossroads?" Mr. Hunter was born in England, emigrated to Wynyard, Saskatchewan, moved to British Columbia in 1937 where he and his wife operated a motel on Kingsway in Vancouver, and then lived in the Fraser Valley and in Victoria.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Donna McCririck titled "Opportunity and the workingman: a study of land accessibility and the growth of blue collar suburbs in early Vancouver." xi, 137 leaves: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Bibliography: leaves 130-137. Canadian theses on microfiche, 56673.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Andrea Barbara Smith titled "The origins of the NPA: A study in Vancouver politics, 1930-1940. " v., 95 leaves: figs., tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 88-95. Canadian theses on microfiche, 55134.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Peter Frederick Guildford titled "The development of professional theatre in Vancouver." vi, 198 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 109-110. Canadian theses on microfiche, 55021.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Bessie Lamb titled "Origin and development of newspapers in Vancouver." v, 111 p, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1942. Bibliography: p 96-111.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis of Dennis Michael Churchill entitled "False Creek Development: a study of the actions and interactions of the three levels of government as they affected public and private development of the waterway and its land basin." ix, 234 leaves: maps. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1953. Bibliography: Leaves 231-234.

The file consists of a letter to J.E. Vaz of the Jewish Federation in Montreal, written by J. Howard T. Falk, Executive Director of the Vancouver Council of Social Agencies, dated August 1, 1932. The letter includes an 8 page report of the committee on homeless men dated July 1932. The report, which includes a survey of Vancouver agencies providing assistance to homeless men, also makes recommendations in the area of local and national policy. This report was one of many copies sent to cities and agencies across Canada to encourage support for the recommendations contained within and to ask that these agencies take their suggestions directly to the Prime Minister of Canada.

The item consists of an account by Walter Sage titled "Memories of old University Hill," which details Sage's life while living in the University Hill area of Vancouver where he attended Queen Mary School, Kitsilano Junior High School, University Hill High School and the University of British Columbia.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Gillian Margaret Weiss titled "As Women and as Citizens: Clubwomen in Vancouver, 1910-1928." viii, 322 p: figs., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of British Columbia, 1983. Vita. Bibliography: pages 295-312.

The item is a large, illustrated volume titled "British Columbia: of their doings there by one of them" by Frederick D. Williams. The volume contains a manuscript account of a journey from London, England to Vancouver B.C. and back between August 28 and October 6, 1897. Williams landed in New York and travelled by train through Chicago and Spokane to Nelson where he and his party took the Kootenay Lake steamer to Kaslo and the train to Sandon and then on up to Nakusp and Revelstoke, Kamloops and Vancouver.

The volume has been illustrated by glued in photographs, magazine prints, maps, menus, passenger lists and programs.

Chinese business in Vancouver, 1886-1914. v, 143 p: tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1983. Vita. Bibliography: pages 128-132.

Purchased from the National Library, 1987.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by John Douglas Belshaw. It is titled "The administration of relief to the unemployed in Vancouver during the great depression". ix, 161 p: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1982. Bibliography: pages 146-161.

Purchased from the National Library, 1987.

The file consists of a photocopy of Mary Isabella Roger's reminiscences of her journey to Victoria from England in 1885, and visits to Vancouver from Victoria including one made to see the arrival of the first transcontinental train.

Guest book of visitors to an exhibition "The World of Emily Carr" from the Newcombe Collection of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia that was held in the Vancouver Hudson's Bay Company store during August 1962

A letter to members of the British Columbia Legislature relating to performance of music in licensed premises, copy of an excerpt from the "International Musician", January, 1928, relating to immigrants being allowed to work in the US entertainment industry and galley proofs of revision of the constitution and by-laws of local no. 145.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Chee Chiu Clement Ng titled "The Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver: 1885-1923, a response to local conditions." vi, 293 p Thesis (MSW), University of Manitoba, 1986. Bibliography: p 280-293.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche, by James Robert Conley titled "Class conflict and collective action in the working class of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1900-1919." xi, 775 p.: tables, figs. Thesis (Ph.D.), Carleton University, 1986. Bibliography: p 707-734.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Elizabeth Anne Lees titled "Problems of pacification: veterans' groups in Vancouver, 1919-1922." viii, 142 p. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1985. Bibliography: p 136-142. Purchased from National Library, 1988.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Baljeet Dhaliwal titled "Sikh in the Vancouver region: a descriptive study of certain Sikhs' views of education since 1904." vii, 78 p: figs. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1985. Bibliography: p 73-78.