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Graham, Donald
Person

Donald Graham came to British Columbia in 1874 and settled in the Okanagan Valley. His diary chronicles his work as a driver of a pack-train, serving with the government survey party for the right of way that was to become the Canadian Pacific Railway. Graham held a series of public offices in the Okanagan.

Braverman, Doreen, 1932-
Person

Doreen Braverman was born in Richmond in 1932 . She received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia in 1964. After being a teacher for several years, she became involved with the B.C. Liberal Party. She was on the campaign committee backing Garde Gardom and Pat McGeer in Vancouver-Point Grey in 1966 and 1969 respectively. From there, Doreen Braverman's involvement in the party escalated as she became president of the West Point Grey Liberals (1970-1971). Her success at that post allowed her to become treasurer of the B.C. Liberal Party in 1972 and its president in 1973.
Her efforts at promoting the Liberal Party, however, were not limited to provincial politics. In 1975, Doreen Braverman was co-chair of the Federal Liberal Party Convention in Ottawa. For the next ten years, she supported politicians who embodied the Liberal Party traditions. In 1986, Doreen Braverman decided to emerge from the shadows of supporting Liberal candidates and run as the Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Point Grey in the 1986 B. C. provincial election.
Despite her numerous political accomplishments, she was far from being a one-dimensional person . She wrote a thesis entitled Government and Small Business in 1983 as part of a Master of Business Administration degree. It assisted her in the management of several of her businesses. Thus, Doreen Braverman had diverse interests that led her to excel in multiple facets of life . She will always be best known, however, for her efforts in elevating the B.C. Liberal Party from a relatively unknown and indifferent party to a strong party with confidence and well-defined objectives. Any success that the B.C. Liberal Party has in the future could not have been possible without the past dedication of people like Doreen Braverman.

Osler, William, Sir
Person · 1849-1919

William Osler was a medical philosopher who was born in 1849 in the town of Bond Head, north of Toronto. He and his family lived there until 1857 when they moved to Dundas. In 1867 Osler enrolled in divinity studies at Toronto’s Trinity College, where one of his teachers persuaded him to enroll in medicine instead. He graduated with a medical degree from McGill University in 1872, after which he pursued post-graduate studies in London, Berlin, and Vienna. He returned to McGill in 1874 to lecture in medicine and pathology. In 1883 he was elected a fellow of the British Royal College of Physicians.

He went on to accept a position as professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1884. Five years later he was the top choice to become Chief of Medicine at the new Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he taught students at patients’ bedsides rather than from a textbook. While teaching at Johns Hopkins, Osler wrote <em>Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine </em> (1892), a notable textbook on modern medicine. In 1898 he was one of the eight founding members of the Association of Medical Librarians, as the Medical Library Association was known until 1907.

In 1905 Osler was offered and accepted the position of Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University. Six years later he was made a baronet for his contributions to the field of medicine. He died on December 29, 1919 at the age of 70 due to pneumonia developed as a result of influenza.

Stacey, Duncan
Person · 1945-2012

Duncan Stacey was born December 26, 1945. He earned a B.A. in economic history in 1970 and an M.A. in history in 1978, both from UBC. He held many positions in the fishing industry over his lifetime including commercial fisherman, tenderman, seaman, and cannery fish inspector, in addition to working as a researcher and consultant in the fishing industry. He was a consultant and expert witness for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, as well as other industry organisations, regarding legal cases related primarily to First Nations fishing rights. He wrote many published works on the subject of fisheries in BC, including two co-authored books: Corklines and Canning Lines, (1992) and Salmonopolis: The Steveston Story, (1994). He also conducted curatorial and consulting work for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Postal Museum, and Parks Canada, including the Gulf of Georgia National Historic Site, before his death in 2012.

For more detailed information about Stacey's work history, publications, lectures, and displays, please see his curriculum vitae in File 33-20 "Letters of recommendation and CV," from the "Personal and professional correspondence" series.

Starkins, Edward, 1946-
Person

Edward Starkins, one of the early founders of the Vancouver Exiles' Association (also known as the American Exiles' Association), was an American draft dodger during the Vietnam War and now works in Vancouver as a writer.

Hopkins, Elisabeth Margaret
Person · 1894-1991

Elisabeth Margaret Hopkins was born in Fort Gilkicker, Hampshire, England, and trained as a nurse at Middlesex Hospital in 1916. Arriving in Victoria in 1954, she became known for her artwork late in her life. In the 1970s and 1980s, her paintings were exhibited at the Bau Xi Galleries in Vancouver and Toronto, and her children's book, "The Painted Cougar", was published by Talon Books in 1977. She lived on Salt Spring and Galiano Islands and was the subject of a film entitled "Hoppy: A Portrait of Elisabeth Hopkins."

Lane, Elizabeth
Person

Elizabeth Lane was educated at the University of British Columbia and has long been active in community arts organizations. She is former president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1976-1978), Community Arts Council of Vancouver and the Vancouver Museums Association. She also served as the first chair of the B.C. Arts Board. Among other distinctions, Lane also became Chairman of the Commission's Advisory Committee on Culture and Communications. Established in 1980, the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee evolved out of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Policy (1979).

Weber, Ephraim
Person · 1870-1956

Ephraim Weber was born in Bridgeport, Ontario. He later moved to Alberta to homestead with his family. After a few years, Weber returned to his studies in Calgary where he also taught for six months. He then attended Queen's University and the University of Chicago before returning to the Prairies. Weber was the author of articles, short stories, poems and a novel.

Buchan, Ewing
Person

Ewing Buchan compiled Buchan's Exchange Tables which were used in the conversion of sterling into dollars and cents and vice versa.

Markson, David
Person

David Markson is a graduate of Columbia University where he obtained his M.A. Markson's interest in Malcolm Lowry gave rise to his master's thesis which examined Lowry's novel, Under the Volcano, and then the publication of a book, Malcolm Lowry's Volcano (1978).

Corporate body

The office of the German Consulate General was established in Montreal, Quebec in 1909. In 1937 the office was moved to Ottawa, but a German consulate remained in Montreal to handle commercial matters. Its offices were at 317 Keefer Bldg, Montreal.

Murray, Gladstone
Person

Gladstone Murray was a journalist, speaker and lobbyist who was very critical of the activities and goals and aims of the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) and all other socialist parties. He was also the head of the Responsible Enterprise association.

Harper, Ed
Person

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Bullock-Webster, Harry
Person · 1855-1942

Harry Bullock-Webster was the British Columbia correspondent for The Graphic, a British periodical. Born in Britain in 1855, Bullock-Webster emigrated to Canada and by 1878 worked for Hudson’s Bay Company managing a trading post at Fort Connelly, on Bear Lake in Northern British Columbia. Here he sketched, painted, and drew life in the Rockies, sending this artwork to The Graphic magazine. In 1880 he returned to Britain, where he married a Miss Maud Williamson in 1884. From Britain, he emigrated to New Zealand where he lived until the time of his death in 1942.