Fonds consists of textual records of the Osoyoos Fire Brigade from 1943-1947. Includes minutes and financial records in one volume.
Osoyoos Fire BrigadeThe fonds consists of two handmade scrapbooks containing photographs, notes and sketches made by Leonard Humphreys during his time in the Sudan. Humphreys compiled these scrapbooks in 1978.
Humphreys, LeonardFonds consists of textual records of the Newgate Customs House from 1913-1938. Includes a register of power of attorney and a personnel record.
Canada. Newgate Customs HouseThe fonds consists of records created by Ryckman during his tenure with the Department of Indian Affairs, primarily from the 1920s and 30s. The fonds includes contact sheets made as copies of photographs that remain in possession of Ryckman’s heirs. Records in the fonds take the form of notes and correspondence. Also included in records is a ledger which contains census information. The fonds also includes photocopies of newspaper articles relating to members of the First Nations whom Ryckman came into contact with as a result of his work as well as materials relating to Ryckman himself.
The fonds consists of the following files:
1-1, Ledger Book [Original & Copies], c. 1920
1-2, Photographs [Negatives & Contact Sheets], c. 1920
1-3, Articles and Correspondence [Photocopies], 1922-1936
1-4, Kootenays [Typed & Handwritten transcipts], c. 1932
The fonds consists primarily of material accumulated and/or created by Lt. Col. Parker during the period of his military duties in Tibet and time spent there after his release from the military (1921-1924). This material includes textual records such as correspondence relating to military matters with Sir Charles Bell, and those written to, and received from, Tibetan officers and the 13th Dalai Lama. A few letters written in Tibetan have been recently translated into English and are included in the fonds. Other textual materials includes handwritten speech and other notes, published documents such as an Almanac (written in Tibetan), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items such as philatelic materials and handwritten children's rhymes and songs.
The fonds also contains a collection of black and white photographs and negatives, the majority of which were images taken by Lt. Col. Parker, while others, predate Parker’s time in Tibet. The photographs are housed in two albums (Photograph Collections A and B), and show Tibet primarily in the 1920s. The images depict military and domestic scenes in Tibet including photographs of individuals from all social strata, as well as local architecture and landscapes. Some of the places (e.g., monasteries) no longer exist. The albums also contain more recent colour prints of the many Tibetan objects acquired by the Parkers (and now housed in the Ethnology Collection at the Museum of Anthropology). Some duplicates occur within and between albums. The negatives correspond to prints in one album (Photograph Collection A). Only a small number of negatives have not been printed.
The fonds is arranged in the following 3 series:
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Miscellaneous Materials
The collection consists of maps and photographs. It includes two surveys of Inverness Cannery (1923, 1934), a blueprint showing wartime houses' sewer connections (1945), a Canadian National Railways map of the waterfront showing businesses (1947), and photographs of buildings and homes in Prince Rupert and Shawatlans (195-).
British Columbia Assessment Authority (Prince Rupert, B.C.)Fonds consists of the textual records of the Kootenay Agency from 1898-1905, 1921. Includes a register of the residents of five of the East Kootenay reserves, listing names and content of each family. Register also includes lists of government property on East Kootenay reserves, 1898-1905 and expenses for R.L.T. Galbraith, 1921.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs. Kootenay AgencyThe fonds consists of photographs likely taken by A.F.R. Wollaston in Uganda, the Congo, New Guinea, and Fiji. Also included are the envelope in which the photos were posted, and a note from M (Marjorie Halpin) to Audrey (Shane? Hawthorn?) regarding the donation of the photos to the Museum of Anthropology.
Wollaston, Francis Edmond RichardFonds consists of two letters from the British Columbia Deputy Provincial Secretary appointing Frederick William Kerton as 1) a Member of the Board of Licence Commissioners for the City of Courtenay, 28th August, 1915 and 2) a Member of the Board of Commissioners of Police for the City of Courtenay, 5th February, 1916.
Kerton, Frederick WilliamFonds consists of records of the Fort Steele government agent and assessor. Includes correspondence, financial records, and lists.
British Columbia. Government Agent (Fort Steele, B.C.)Fonds consists of 24 items of correspondence for the period of June, 1908 to June, 1909. Subjects covered include livestock inspection and diseases.
Osoyoos Customs HouseThe fonds consists of Clement Francis Cornwall's diaries recording life at Ashcroft Manor and as a senator in 1872 in Ottawa. It also contains Cornwall's bench books from ca. 1891 to 1906.
Cornwall, Clement Francis, 1836-1910The fonds consists of records kept by the secretary of the planning commission. Includes minutes, correspondence, and invoices. It also includes a copy of Zoning By-Law and the first Draft of Incorporating Regional Planning Division Regulations.
North Okanagan Regional District. Advisory Planning Commission "F"The fonds consists of school, real property and wild land assessment rolls (1919-1924) of the Alberni Assessment District.
Alberni Assessment DistrictThe fonds consists of records of proceedings of the Magistrates Court, the Court of Revision, the Licensing Court, and the Court for Examination at Alberni, B.C.
British Columbia. Alberni MagistrateThe fonds consists of blueprints and specifications for construction of the Customs Office to be built in Aldergrove, B.C., dated 1919.
Canada. Aldergrove Customs OfficeThe fonds consists of print submissions made by individuals to The Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform, electronic records made by the CAER, video recordings of plenary sessions, interviews with CAER members, details of the BC-STV system, and animations of the procedure for the BC-STV, and a printed technical report.
Citizens Assembly on Electoral ReformFonds consists of the records of the City of Enderby, from 1904-1987, which document the City's incorportion, expansion, economic depression and development, and everyday activities. Includes correspondence, legal documents, financial records, ephemera and maps.
Enderby (B.C.)The fonds consists of assessment and collectors rolls, property tax rolls, Engineering Department records, Building Inspector's records, accounts and cash books, minutes, personnel records, financial statements and annual reports, tax sale registers, tax arrears registers, supplies ledgers, records of the Unemployment Relief Office, the Air Raid Precaution Committee, the City Pound, the Kamloops Park Commission, Kamloops Board of Licence Commissioners and the Kamloops Fire Department.
Kamloops (B.C.)The fonds consists of correspondence, assessment and collectors rolls, records of tax sales, municipal election records, certificates, licences, receipts, legal agreements, debenture certificates and power and water records. The fonds includes records of the Police Court, Kaslo School, and the Johnson's Landing School Board as well as plans relating to waterworks, the golf course, and proposed community facilities.
Kaslo (B.C.)The fonds consists of ledgers, day journals and correspondence of the City of Revelstoke Electrical Department.
Revelstoke (B.C.). Electrical Dept.Fonds consists of scrapbooks of clippings and photographs related to various parks and recreational facilities in Nanaimo.
Nanaimo (B.C.). Board of Park CommissionersThe fonds consists of photographs of Commander Wurtele, scenes of Esquimalt and staff of the Esquimalt municipal government; text of a radio speech; and written and taped reminiscences..
Wurtele, Alfred CharlesThe fonds consists of account books and receipts.
British Columbia. Liquor Control Board (Kamloops, B.C.)The fonds consists of a scrapbook relating to the Caravan Across British Columbia, an automobile caravan from Vancouver to Hazelton, B.C., in June, 1930. Scrapbook includes lists of expenses, newspaper articles and advertisements of the event, and several letters.
British Columbia. Bureau of Provincial Information. Caravan Across British Columbia