Fonds consists of 6 series: announcements series, 1917-1971, which includes birth, marriage, and death announcements; diary series, 1972, which includes a diary of Len Rowlatts daily activities; fiscal records series, 1919-1972, which includes pension records, ration books, Turners Dairy Ltd. milk counts, mortgage records, bank correspondence, a victory bond certificate, savings bonds, Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association annual statements, agricultural subsidy records, and bank books; legal records series, 1874-1972, which include deeds and information regarding property, funeral records, birth certificates, a marriage certificate, and records related to the Rowlatt will; correspondence series, 1913-1972, which includes correspondence from Len s fiance Effie and correspondence sent to both Len and Isabella from family, including family in England, and friends; and ephemeral series, which includes recipes and an airline and rail pass stub from Lens 1969 trip to England.
Rowlatt, LenThe collection consists of items collected by Lawrence Haugen. Includes one applebox label for Earlscourt apples; one cattle auction booklet for Earlscourt Farms (1959); and one magazine "Angler and Hunter" (1938). Also includes one photograph of the old Globe Hotel.
The collection consists of photographs of Langley, Fort Langley and area depicting individuals and families (including pioneers), schools, churches, railroad stations and other buildings, businesses, industry (particularly farming), and community groups and events.
The fonds consists of a minute book (1922-1939) of the Langley Agricultural Association Women's Auxiliary, which supported the activities of the Langley Agricultural Association.
Langley Agricultural AssociationThe fonds consists of articles of association, bylaws, register of members, tax returns and financial statements, annual reports and other miscellaneous reports.
Kamloops Fruitlands Irrigation and Power CompanyThe fonds consists of constitution, minutes, cashbooks, contracts, account books, banking records, journals, insurance policies, and entry books and prize lists of the association.
Kamloops Agriculture AssociationThe fonds consists of accounts ledgers.
James Woodland's (Firm)The fonds consists of ledgers, minutes (1911-1930), correspondence, financial records, entry forms, and prize lists (1909-1993).
Interior Provincial ExhibitionThis collection consists of records created or acquired by several researchers, including historian Juanita Snyder and archivist Sylvia Stopforth. Most of the materials are copies of archival records or photocopies of pages from various books.
The fonds consists of a promotional brochure regarding land availability in the Langley B.C. area ca. 1907, which includes a sketched birds-eye view of the area showing land plots, scenic photographs, and brief descriptions of local facilities and industries. Fonds also include a booklet listing the Prize Lists Regulations for the Aldergrove Agricultural Association's Patriotic Exhibition, held at Aldergrove, B.C., on September 15th, 1916.
Hope and Farmer Real Estate AgentsThe fonds consists of records generated by farming operations on the Holmes farm on Crescent Island, Delta, and by Locke Holmes' later activities after the farm was sold. The farm records are largely from the years 1910 to 1921 and include financial records, correspondence, and reference and miscellaneous material. Locke Holmes' records are few and give a general indication of his activities. The records have been arranged in the following series: financial records; Crescent Island B.C. Hay and Grain Growers' Association records; correspondence; reference and miscellaneous material; and Locke Holmes' material.
Holmes (family)Fonds includes the probate records of Henry Harland, including affidavits by John Harland, Oliver Harvey, and A.L. Fortune, certificates, results of the distribution, and invoices. It also includes the probate records of Thomas Harland, Henry's brother, who died intestate in Enderby, March 28, 1891 while assisting in winding up his brother's estate. Of special interest is an affidavit written by Alexander Leslie Fortune, Henry Harland's partner, who describes their activities and lists the quantity and value of their farm products and implements, their income, expenses and debt.
Harland, HenryThe fonds consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, and diaries pertaining to Constable's activities in promoting the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed. Fonds includes photographs of the Creston Valley (predominantly from 1945) and maps of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed area. Fonds includes records relating to the Creston Power, Light and Telephone Company, the Kootenay Valley Power and Development Company, various farmers' associations, and the Creston Board of Trade/Chamber of Commerce. It also includes copies of provincial and federal documents relating to development in the Columbia-Kootenay watershed.
Constable, GuyThe fonds consists of correspondence, receipts, time books, and other miscellaneous documents.
Johnson, GeorginaThe fonds consists of financial records belonging to G.W. and Richard London, correspondence belonging to Hazel that is about her wedding in 1934, and photographs of family, friends, school classes and scenes of the local area.
London (family)The collection consists of a cash book (1945-1963) of the Delta Manor Co-Operative Association, cash book and subscription register (1930) of the B.C. Co-Operative Feed Pool, agreements between farmers and the Pool, and correspondence between shareholders and the Pool and the Egg Co-Operative and the Pool. The collection also includes two programs from the Delta Centennial Banquet (1958).
The fonds consists of correspondence, account books, agreements, employee timesheets, and assessment notices relating to Whitaker and his ranch.
Whitaker, G. CecilThe fonds consists of minutes of the Board of Directors meetings and of annual general meetings, contracts for reinsurance, some client files, which contain copies of automobile insurance coverage issued by the Fruit Growers Mutual Insurance Company to clients in the Kelowna, B.C. area, a file of job definitions, and three ledgers for the period 1968 to 1974: insurance ledger (1968-1974); general ledger (1972-1974); and a record of claims paid, reconciled, outstanding and incurred (1970 and 1974).
Fruit Growers Mutual Insurance CompanyThe fonds consists of photographic images depicting the historical images of the pioneer lifestyle, clothing; agriculture and economic growth both in construction and the industrial fields.
Shearer, FredThe fonds consists of audited financial statements (1920-1933) for shareholders in the Fraser Valley North Langley Cooperative Association.
Fraser Valley North Langley Cooperative AssociationThe fonds consists of minutes and documents regarding the establishment of the Fort George Agricultural and Industrial Association.
Fort George Agricultural and Industrial AssociationThe fonds consists of portraits of the McCleery family and photographs of the McCleery farm on the North Arm of the Fraser River.
McCleery, FitzgeraldThe fonds consists of two series: minute books (1919-1954); and financial records.
Fraser Valley Delta Cooperative AssociationFonds consists of four photograph albums compiled by Erskine Burnett. Two similar albums entitled "The Shuswap Country" are 10" x 13", photographs mounted on black paper held together with two rings. The photographs and carbon-copy script from approximately 1939 describe the country between Kamloops, Sicamous, Salmon Arm and Revelstoke, south to Falkland and Westwold, and south to Enderby, Lumby, Mabel Lake, and Cherryville. Photographs and script are numbered 1 to 338; forward, table of contents, map and index included. Two similar albums entitled "B.C.'s Inland Empire" are 9" x 11", photographs mounted on white paper in a 3-ring binder, and were compiled in approximately 1950. the photographs and carbon-copy script describe the country and its history from Kamloops, Sicamous, Salmon Arm and Revelstoke, south to Westwold and Falkland, south to Mara Lake, Enderby, Mabel Lake, Armstrong, Vernon, Lumby, Sugar Lake, Oyama, Kelowna, Penticton and Osoyoos. One album has photographs and script numbered 1 to 446; forword, table of contents, map and index are included. The other album has photographs and script numbered 1 to 402 and 501 to 527, with photographs of the 1948 flood and an index. Some of the photographs in "Inland Empire" are duplicates from "The Shuswap Country" and others are copies of heritage photographs.
Burnett, ErskineFonds consists of one journal, dated 1912, kept by Ernie Skyrme when he was the foreman of the L & A Ranch. Entries include quantities of livestock, hardware, feed, grain or hay purchased or sold by the ranch, plus notations of new employees. Entries in the back of the book, dated 1928, record the breeding and calving of cows and sows on Hazelmere ranch. Fonds also includes one letter written by George Heggie to Ernie Syrme, 1944, where he explains his reasons for moving to Victoria and recounts memories of their experiences on the Stepney & L & A Ranch.
Skyrme, Ernie