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Richard Steele fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 954 · Fonds · 1984-1985

The fonds consists of research notes, correspondence, and other materials related to Steele's book "The Stanley Park Explorer" (1985).

Steele, Richard Michael
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 495 · Fonds · 1932-1943

The fonds consists of the first seven editions of The Sectional Map and Street Directory of Vancouver (1932-1942), maps, and a notebook from the Sectional Map and Street Directory Company.

Sectional Map and Street Directory Company
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1391 · Fonds · 1993-1995

Fonds consists of newsletters dated 1993-1995. Arranged chronologically.

Shakespeare Society of Vancouver
Sherwood Lett fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 361;CVA 78 · Fonds · [ca. 1900]-1990

The fonds consists of personal papers 1908-1964 including diaries and correspondence, military papers 1914-1963 covering service in World Wars I and II as well as peace-time associations; diplomatic papers 1947-1955 covering the 1947 Canadian Mission to Japan and the 1954-1955 Canadian participation in the International Commission in Vietnam; judicial papers 1955-1964 concerning the appointment as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of B.C. 1955, and as Chief Justice to the B.C. Court of Appeal, 1963; university papers 1951-1964 including election as Chancellor in 1951. In addition, there are scrapbooks, clippings, and a collection of publications 1916-1965. Fonds includes photographs depicting the personal, professional, military and academic life of Sherwood Lett.

Lett, Sherwood
Simon Mackenzie fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 345 · Fonds · 1915

The fonds consists of correspondence, 1915, relating to designs for portable housing and an anti-submarine boom utilizing B.C. cedar, which S.F. Mackenzie was offering to the Imperial forces.

Mackenzie, Simon F.
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 403 · Fonds · 1881-1938

The fonds consists of records created and received by the St. James' Church. Records include: registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; newsletters and histories of the church; and records of the St. Luke's Home, such as annual reports, minutes, registers, and accounts. Fonds contains three series: 1) Church registers ; 2) Miscellaneous church records; and 3) St. Luke's Home records.

St. James' Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Robert Henry fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1245 · Fonds · 1954-1988

The fonds consists of Henry's correspondence (pertaining mainly to his employment by the City of Vancouver), letters of appreciation, programs and invitations to civic events, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous photographs and other records.

Henry, Robert
Robert Twizell fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 166 · Fonds · 1897-1956

The fonds consists of notebooks, photographs, blueprints, Indian ink drawings, pencil sketches and certificates, relating to his career and work.

Twizell, Robert Percival Sterling
Robertson and Company fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 19 · Fonds · 1890-1895

The fonds consists of real estate listings, 1890-1895, of lots for sale, rentals and farmlands for sale.

Robertson and Company
Rogers family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1368 · Fonds · 1806-2000

Fonds includes records of genealogical research done by descendants of B.T. Rogers; personal correspondence, diary excerpts and notebooks of members of the Rogers and related families; log books of the family yachts; photographs of family members, relatives and friends, as well as some photographs of the Planter's Sugar Refining Co. and the B.C. Sugar Refinery; business records, including correspondence between Samuel Blythe Rogers and Henry S. Sanford; and correspondence, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings and architectural and technical drawings pertaining to the family's private residences.

Rogers (family)
Ross A. Lort Architect fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1015 · Fonds · 1905-1950

The fonds consists of architectural drawings by the firm of Maclure & Fox, primarily of residences in Vancouver's Shaughnessy Heights and West End neighbourhoods. Includes work of the Maclure and Lort, and Ross A. Lort offices and one house by firm of Jones & Aspell. Arranged into files by name of firm.

Lort, Ross Anthony
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 654 · Fonds · 1907-1953

The fonds consists of correspondence, 1936-1953; Director's Reports, 1907, 1910; President's addresses; a transcript from an interview with Mrs. G. Shane, 1943; annual reports from the Toronto branch, 1937, and the Montreal branch, 1938; clippings and pamphlets.

Royal Needlework Guild of Vancouver
Sam Brighouse fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 111 · Fonds · 1912-1926

The fonds consists of copies of drafts of Brighouse's will, as well as correspondence and other documents submitted to the Supreme Court of British Columbia between 1913-1926 in the course of the settlement of conflicting claims of his heirs.

Brighouse, Sam
Leon Ladner fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 641 · Fonds · 1852-1978

The fonds consists of records Leon Ladner compiled or; collected which document his personal and family life, his political career and interests and his involvement with the University of British Columbia. The records include diaries, correspondence, memos, speeches, newspaper clippings, publications and photographs.

Ladner, Leon Johnson
Leonard Dobbin fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 106 · Fonds · 1919-1937

The fonds consists of correspondence, accounts and legal papers pertaining to the Dominion Airways Ltd. and Yarrows Aircraft Corporation Ltd., as well as material on aircraft and aeronautics in general. The fonds also contains the Royal Air Force records of Henry C.W. Dobbin.

Dobbin, Leonard Alexander
Lewis Popham fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 189 · Fonds · 1917-1960

The fonds consists of papers, memoranda, and photographs relating largely to Ioco Townsite and its development ca. 1917-1925. Included are records concerning Ioco and the provision of houses for workers, 1919-1920; records concerning Ioco Athletic Club and athletic activities; miscellaneous draft agreements drawn by Popham as a Justice of the Peace; a brief history he prepared on Standard Oil of N.J.; miscellaneous publications and copies of the Ioco Times, which he edited for a time; and several photographs including one of the Ioco Baseball Club ca. 1922 and tennis matches ca. 1917.

Popham, Lewis G., 1885 or 1886-1974
Lorna Makepeace fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 732 · Fonds · 1912-1970, predominant 1940-1956

The fonds consists of correspondence, invoices, theatre programs, coronation of George VI pamphlets, a 1919 peace celebration songbook, certificates, postcards, military papers including paybooks, ration cards, travel authority warrants, and photographs.

Makepeace, Lorna May
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 928;CVA 725 · Fonds · 1946-1971

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, newsclippings, plans and photographs.

Lower Kitsilano Ratepayers' Association
McGlashan family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 704 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1956]

The fonds consists primarily of family photographs from New Brunswick, Scotland and Vancouver. In addition, there are poems by Mrs. McGlashan, notes by McGlashan entitled "The Western Sweep of Civilization" and ephemera.

McGlashan (family)
McGuigan family fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 139;CVA 492;Add. MSS. 866;Add. MSS. 920 · Fonds · 1886-1960

The fonds includes correspondence and other personal records; copies of reports (apparently from City of Vancouver records); Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Co. records, 1911-1935; miscellaneous maps and drawings; and photographs of the McGuigan family, civic functions, Jewish-owned retail stores, street scenes, and markets.

McGuigan (family)
O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1385 · Fonds · [18-?]-1965, 1971

The fonds consists of 42 photographs and negatives, mainly of the O.B. Allan store.

O.B. Allan Ltd.
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 281;CVA 180 · Fonds · 1907-1985

The fonds consists of records created and received by the Pacific National Exhibition (P.N.E.). Records include: minutes of various committee meetings; correspondence; financial records, contracts, and other legal records; public relations and advertising records; records regarding exhibit spaces and parking; administration records; subject files; reports, studies, and surveys; programmes, prize lists, and brochures from fairs; guest books; photographs; and other records.

Pacific National Exhibition
Peggy Perfitt fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 1445 · Fonds · [192-?]-[193-?]

Fonds consists of 40 photographs, mainly of unidentified individuals who may have been related to Peggy Perfitt or who worked at Gault Brothers Ltd., a local textiles manufacturing and sales firm. Some of the photographs were taken on board an unidentified vessel, possibly the Prince George, and some were taken at English Bay. Two photographs show the fire at C.P.R. pier D on July 27, 1938, and two photographs are of the ship Prince George.

Perfitt, Peggy
Phoebe Smith fonds
CA CVAN Add. MSS. 57 · Fonds · 1929-1957

The fonds consists of correspondence and papers relating to Smith's career as an actress, director, adjudicator and writer, 1934-1957; various photographs of productions; scripts; programmes, 1929-1957; clippings; and two audio tapes of Sidney Risk.

Smith, Phoebe