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CA ABL 993-350 · Fonds · 1956-1965

The fonds consists of two journals of the Women's Auxiliary (1956-1965) of Christ Church (Anglican) at Alert Bay.

Christ Church (Alert Bay, B.C.). Women's Auxiliary
CA ABL 990-342 · Fonds · 1976-1979

The fonds consists of certificate of registration, minutes of meetings and individual Brownie sheets of the First Alert Bay Brownie Pack.

Girl Guides of Canada. Alert Bay Brownies Pack, 1st
CA ABL 990-340 · Fonds · 1961-1971

The fonds consists of CGIT and Explorer notebooks, registers, correspondence and pamphlets.

Canadian Girls in Training (Alert Bay, B.C.)
CA ABL 985-299;987-310;987-311;987-312;987-313;987-314 · Fonds · 1965-1985

The fonds consists of certificate of incorporation, constitution, minutes, banking records, ledger books, annual statements, agreements, and correspondence.

Cormorant Island Receiving Home Society
CA ABL 985-295 · Fonds · 1946-1962

The fonds consists of minutes of the Board of Trustees and annual general meeting minutes of the St. George's Hospital Society.

St. George's Hospital Society (Alert Bay, B.C.)
T. Westerlund fonds
CA ABL 984-292 · Fonds · [ca. 1948-1962]

The fonds consists of plans, maps, blueprints, and specifications relating to a variety of construction projects in Alert Bay and area, including construction work for the Village of Alert Bay, the Community Hall at Alert Bay, the Rainbow Theatre, and Christ Church and parish.

Westerlund, T.
CA ABL 984-257 · Fonds · 1957-1969

The fonds consists of the minutes of the Board of the Alert Bay United Church (1957-1968) and of congregational meetings (1957-1969).

Alert Bay United Church
CA ABL 980-193 · Fonds · 1950-1966

The fonds consists of minute books and receipt books (1950-1966) of the United Church Woman's Association in Alert Bay along with catering information and a guest book.

United Church of Canada. Woman's Association (Alert Bay, B.C.)
CA ABL 980-186 · Fonds · 1960-1970

The fonds consists of logbooks and daily journals for the B.C. Hydro Alert Bay Station.

British Columbia Hydro. Alert Bay Station
Johan Helders fonds
CA VPL 54743-54774 · Fonds · [ca. 1925]-1937

The fonds consists of Helders' photographs taken in Vancouver, Ottawa, Friendly Cove, Williams Lake, Tofino, and Alert Bay depicting scenes, events, and native Indian life.

Helders, Johan
Beverley Brown fonds
CA UBCMOA 17 · Fonds · [ca. 1937 - ca. 1949]

The fonds consists of 478 photographs, predominantly of students at the St. Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay. Beverley Brown and her friends took the photographs between ca. 1937 and ca. 1945 using Brown’s camera. Photographs from this period include shots of the students with their friends and of social events, as well as posed class photographs. These class photographs were taken by school supervisors who subsequently sold the prints to other students. Other photographs were taken in Brown’s hometown, Bella Bella, and in the area of the Namu cannery. These show weddings, fishing boats, landscapes, and buildings. Peter Mason Sr., Brown’s father, had the photographs developed in Vancouver.

The fonds has been arranged into three series:

  1. St. Michael’s Residential School photographs
  2. Bella Bella photographs
  3. Langley High School photographs
Brown, Beverley
Fonds · 1950-1995

The collection consists of sound recordings of Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwagiulth) songs, oral histories of Kwakwaka'wakw peoples (primarily at Alert Bay), and interviews relating to ethnobotany in the northern Vancouver Island area and to the Kwakwaka'wakw language.

Fonds · [ca. 1890-1974]

The collection consists of photographs depicting Kwakwaka'wakw people in Alert Bay and on Vancouver Island from Fort Rupert in the north to Comox in the south. Collection includes photographs of individuals, families, village scenes, community activities, industry (primarily fishing), and of students at St. Michael's Residential School at Alert Bay.

Fonds · 1966-1980

The collection consists of slides of Alert Bay and area depicting people, totem poles, community events and activities, general scenes, and economic activity (particularly fishing). Collection incorporates the slides created by Bill Kraus.

Village of Alert Bay fonds
Fonds · 1944-1979

The fonds consists of council minutes, bylaws (1946-1979), assessment rolls (1947-1958, 1960-1966), land titles (1946-1979), petitions, financial records, correspondence, business licences, foreshore leases, boats ledgers, and urban renewal studies. Fonds includes ledgers and other records of the Community Hall Cooperative Association and minutes of the Alert Bay Recreation Association.

Alert Bay (B.C.)
Burrows family fonds
Fonds · 1923-2010

Fonds consists of records relating to the Rev. Bob and Joan Burrows and of Joan’s parents, the Rev. Frank and Marguerite Fidler. Includes the following series: Frank and Marguerite Fidler correspondence and other material (1923-1995); Frank and Marguerite Fidler photographs (1928-1974); Bob Burrows research material and interviews (1962-2010); Joan Fidler Burrows church leadership and committee materials (1960-1984); Burrows family memorabilia (1961-1987); Burrows family photographs (1991); and Bob Burrows audio recordings (1961-1967).

Burrows family
Fonds · 1925-1964

Fonds consists of Baptism, Marriage and Burial records (1938); Membership records (1915-1955); Managers minutes (1915-1918), Stewards minutes (1931-1936), Official Board minutes (1929-1956), Congregational Meetings minutes (1929-1956), and Trustees minutes (1929-1957); Woman's Association minutes (1940-1959), Ladies Aid/Woman's Association financial records (1914-1942); Congregational financial records (1921-1952); and Annual reports (1956-1960, 1964).

Alert Bay United Church
Fonds · 1950 - 1958

The fonds consists of 7 photographs from a June 1958 centennial celebration in Alert Bay that Barwick described as having been ordered from a local cameraman. There are also 7 postcards that contain images of Alert Bay ca. 1949 or 1950 that were purchased by Barwick in the summer of 1958. Sixteen negatives were taken by Barwick at an excavation at Beach Grove in the Fraser River delta in June of 1957, likely done under the guidance of Charles Borden, a Lecturer and later Professor of Archaeology at UBC who studied the Beach Grove site from ca. 1955 to 1958. Notes on the envelope indicate these include images of D. N. Abbott, Colin McCafferty, and Nansi Swayze.

Barwick, Diane Elizabeth
Fonds · 1959-1974

Fonds consists of the following record series: Membership records (1960-1968); Board and committee records (1959-1972); Sunday school records (1963-1971); Financial records (1963-1970); Correspondence (1959-1974); Annual reports (1959-1972).

North Island Pastoral Charge (Port Alice, B.C.)
Helen Frances Codere fonds
Fonds · 1955

The fonds consists of 28 black and white photographs taken by Codere in 1955 during her second field work expedition to B.C. 19 of the photos were taken in and around Alert Bay, while the remaining 9 were taken on Hope Island.

Codere, Helen Frances
John Mennie fonds
Fonds · 1862 - 1937, predominant 1930 - 1937

Fonds consists of various photographic materials and a small number of textual records. Glass plate negatives document totem poles, house fronts, street scenes, church groups, school groups, weddings, the local store and maritime subjects in Alert Bay. Textual records include a Christmas card from Alert Bay Radio and two small pamphlets of photography instructions printed by "J. Mennie, Developing & Printing Service." The oldest negative dates from 1862, though the identity of its photographer is unknown.

Mennie, John
Jacques Moon fonds
Fonds · [1957?]

Fonds consists of a single series: Marine Missions photographs ([1957?]), created during a photoshoot for a United Church Observer article. Photographs include images of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, B.C.

Moon, Jacques