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Series contains materials relating to the personal lives of Kitty and Josephine Slater, including materials pertaining to their parents, Joseph and Florence Slater. Series consists of 6 files: Kitty Joslin, Joseph Slater - Kent, Joseph Slater - Sweatman, Joseph Slater - engineering, Ephemera, and Photographs.

Series consists of invoices, receipts, lists of outstanding accounts, ledgers, bank statements, and daily pack reports, largely resulting form the operation of Brunswick Cannery, 1898-1930, as well as the Anglo American Cannery, 1986 to 1902. Invoices include billings from suppliers in Vancouver and New Westminster as well as local suppliers of groceries, lumber, hardware, etc. in Port Guichon and Ladner, and from local individuals. The invoices show changes in canning techniques, for example, invoices from the American Can Company for new types of can. Brunswick Cannery also received memorandums of debits and credits assigned to the cannery for supplies received from and traded to sister canneries and the head office of B.C. Packers. The ledgers are in the form of Net Books and contain information pertaining to fishermen and cannery workers who have accounts with the cannery for boats, equipment, food and supplies.

Series includes receipts for moneys paid by the British Columbia Packers Association to persons to fish, wages, and work done, and to persons and companies for goods and services supplied to Brunswick Cannery. Hand written entries give names of those receiving money, the amount, and the type of work done, and therefore supply personnel information. Other incomplete sets of records include lists of debts owed to the Association by its employees, bank statements, and daily reports of pack.

Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by Municipal Council, the governing body of the City of Coquitlam. Includes some bylaws that did not get past the final reading. Bylaws are pertinent to all aspects of municipal government including taxation, land and building regulation, public health and safety, culture and recreation, licensing and public works. Series includes appendices such as maps and engineering drawings. Arranged chronologically.

Early bylaws are bound in volumes; later ones are filed individually. The bylaws are numbered sequentially, but numbering begins again at #1 in 1971 when the District of Fraser Mills amalgamated with the District of Coquitlam. In some references the original bylaw numbers are preceded by the letter ?A? to distinguish them from the more recent bylaws

Series consists of the minutes of City Council meetings, the official record of the discussion and decision-making activities of the governing body of the City of Coquitlam. The minutes address all aspects of local municipal government, including municipal
taxation, land and building regulation, public health, safety, culture and recreation, and public works. Confidential or sensitive issues are addressed in Executive Council meetings, the minutes of which are maintained as a separate series. Arrangement of minutes is chronological.

Series consists of Clerk?s correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject. Subjects range from permit applications, auctions, air pollution, budgets, electrical and water service, elections, finance, garbage disposal, the Historical Society, insurance claims, the library, parks, public hearings, schools, recreation, superannuation, voters? lists, tax assessment and zoning. Alphabetic miscellaneous files proceed each letter block and in some years as a block of ?miscellaneous A-Z? files are located together at the beginning of annual block.

Earliest material was filmed in 1961 and subsequent filming was done roughly on an annual basis. Filming was done in batches, with closed files pulled for filming and active ones carried forward to the next year. Specific titles of filmed files are listed along with
notes regarding their annual status (i.e. pulled or brought forward), in a series of annual indexes. An index to the individual microfilm reels was created in the 1990s.

Series consists of legal documents sent to the Clerk?s Office or signed and sealed by Council and registered under the Clerk?s docket system. Such records include public works contracts, service agreements, deeds, development permits, development variance permits, subdivision permits, zoning and rezoning permits, grant documents and insurance policies, as well as some supporting correspondence. Each docket was given a unique docket number by the Clerk?s Office and filed numerically. Generally speaking, the dockets are the original records corresponding to Council resolutions dealing with the acceptance of agreements or approval of permits. The first two dockets contain records relating to the District?s incorporation.

The series consists of miscellaneous files on Congregation Emanu-El matters.

The series consists of records created by the Corporation of the District of Coquitlam.

The series consists of Assessment and Collector's Rolls from 1892 to 1957. There is a gap in the records between 1895 and 1909, as some records were lost prior to the establishment of the Archives.

Series consists of records relating to Lydia Gruchy’s family correspondence throughout her life and after her death. Documents include education certificates and diplomas, photographs of the Gruchy family, news articles about Lydia Gruchy, the will of her father Charles Gruchy, family records, and letters of personal correspondence.

The series consists of ephemera and scrapbooks relating to the RA&I exhibition as well as general correspondence.

Series consists of items related to Lady Aberdeen, the creator of the Council of Women. Items included are a history of the Council of Women, correspondence from Lady Aberdeen, and published material created by Lady Aberdeen.

Series consists of an award relating to members of the Delta Agricultural Society during it's tenure, specifically included in this series is the Chicago World's Fair award presented to Jubilee Farm in 1893 for their exhibit of 'Black Tartarian Oats.' Accession included in this series is: 2011-014.

Series consists of records detailing customer accounts and transactions made with the shop. Also included are invoices for purchases made by Fred or George Jacques with other retailers.

Series consists of minutes of the Board of License Commissioners, between June 13, 1894 and September 12, 1917, documenting the history of liquor supply and related activities in the community. The names and locations of social clubs, individuals, public houses, businesses and hotels are documented in the minutes. Reports of the Licence Inspector / Chief of Police record activities of gambling and gaming and details about clientelle in the hotel and clubs. In the later years (1913-1917), the Board heard many complaints and revoked licenses for the serving of liquor to "Indians", failure to operate licensed premises as a "hotel", or for allowing gambling on the premises. Convictions for illegal sale of liquor are also documented.

Series consists of 6 ledgers which record expenses for the mine and various other company owned premises in town.

Beatrice and Mabel Cave-Browne Cave were gifted musicians who taught music to many residents of New Westminster for many years. This series consists of notebooks, loose notes, essays and instructions, music and dance guides, music notation, general inspection report, and a guest book.

Series consists of one file of letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

Series consists of photograph print, copy print and negative images of members of the Whitworth family and their friends and relatives. Images include individual and family portraits, photos of family activities, the Whitworth house, and Whitworth boats (especially the "Birdswell"). Some of the items are photograph postcards and include correspondence. Many of the photographs are contained in the Whitworth family album. Photographs are described at the item level.

Series consists of minutes (including some attachments) of the Local Board of Health. Minutes document discussions and activities of the Board concerning pollution control and other environmental issues, and public health programs relating to infectious diseases and sanitary conditions. Minutes are for the years 1895-1910, 1953-1963, 1966, and 1970-1971.

Series consists of records collected and received by Gay and John Trevitt. Series consists of church records, marriage certificates, roll of honour, postcards, insurance records, correspondence, news clippings, scrapbook, and financial records. The records relate to the history of the Trevitt and Vasey families, John Trevitt's investments, the Trevitt family house and memorable events in the community.

Series consists of the following: 1 ink drawing depicting the principal elevation of "East School" – later named Lord Strathcona School – and signed by members of the Vancouver School Board.

Series consists of provincial and municipal licenses allowing the operation of Brunswick Cannery at Canoe Pass, gill-net licenses, court summons between the cannery and fishermen for monies owed and information about licenses granted to fishermen. The series also includes contracts signed between the cannery and fishermen that oblige the fisherman to sell his catch to Brunswick Cannery in return for rent of equipment and/or an agreed price for fish, and a contract signed between an agent and the cannery for the supply of skilled labour under the "Chinese Contract" system.

Series includes records of the Coqualeetza Indian Hospital and Coqualeetza Fellowship, 1945-1957; of the Coqualeetza Institute and Albemi Indian Residential School, 1897-1900 and 1939-1944; of the Conference committee Sunday School in the Home, 1951-1958; and of Vancouver Presbytery, 1958.

Series consists of employees documentation in the form of daily time tickets and pay sheets.