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Charles Mair fonds
CA FTST MS 14 · Fonds · 1886-1929

Fonds consists of personal and business records of Charles Mair from 1886-1929. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal records, list, and publications.

Mair, Charles, 1838-1927
Fonds · 1886-1952

Fonds consists of records from Nanaimo Indian Mission. Record series include: Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1886-1952) and Sunday school records (1892-1912).

Nanaimo Indian Mission (Methodist)
Fonds · 1887-2010

Fonds includes records of First United Church and its predecessors, First Presbyterian Church and the Turner Institute. Fonds consists of the following series: Baptisms (1919-2005), Marriages (1897-1996), and Burials (1948-2004); Membership records (1943-1968); Board and Committee records (1897-2007); Superintendent’s records (1934-1984); Administration – General (1955-2007); Personnel records (1952-1984); Women’s Group records (1894-1971); Men’s Group records (1960-1972); Sunday School records (1893-1968); Youth Group records (1952-1955); Financial records (1916-1992); Annual Reports (1917-2004); Building and Properties records (1929-1987); Worship Bulletins (1952-1988); Choir records (1924-2005); Communication records (1976-2007); Radio Ministry records (1954-1983); Outreach and Social Action (1969-2010); Welfare Industries records (1954-1979); Camp Fircom records (1954-1980); Visitor registers (1930-1974); Photographs; and Reference Materials (1935-2004).

First United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1887-1925

Fonds consists of records relating primarily to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, but also relating to successor congregations St. Andrew's United Church (1925-1927), and St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church (1927-1947). Fonds includes the following record series: Baptism, marriage and burial records (1889-1947); Membership records (1897-1903, 1927-1931); Board and committee records (1888-1930) Women's group records (1887-1932); Sunday school records (1888-1939); Youth group records (1912-1919); Annual reports (1891-1929); and Newsletters (1865-1871).

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Charles Gladstone fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1888-1895]

Fonds consists of a diary. It appears the diary was written by Josephine Gladstone between 1888 and 1895. The content of the diary includes: Bible references, notes on events, money annotations, stories, songs, personal annotations, and transcription of correspondence written/received by Josephine and her relatives. The correspondence includes several letters to and from missionary G. Hopkins.

Gladstone, Charles, d. 1955
NWMA IH 1984.69 · Fonds · 1888-1959

Fonds consists of ten minute books of the New Westminster School Board. Names that appear throughout the fonds include W.B. Townsend, John Hendry, Reverend Robert Jamieson, E.A. Davidson, Nettie Dockrill, John McKenzie, F.W. Howay, J.W. Creighton, Robert Lennie, John Peck, T.J. Trapp, and Robert H. Gray.
Chronological List of School Board Minute Books:

Book 1: 2 August 1888 – 29 December 1897
Book 2: 30 September 1898 – 24 December 1902
Book 3: 14 January 1903 – 10 October 1909
Book 4: 25 October 1907 – 30 March 1911
Book 5: 3 April 1911 – 20 July 1911
Book 6: 13 July 1911 – 23 December 1919
Book 7: 12 January 1920 – 20 December 1931
Book 8: 21 January 1932 – 13 January 1943
Book 9: 13 January 1943-12 December 1951
Book 10: 10 January 1952 – 14 January 1959

New Westminster School Board
John Houston Fonds
Fonds · 1888-1910

Consists of Correspondence from Houston as the mayor of Nelson, Business statements, Membership certificates from the Prince Rupert board of Trade and a Free Miner's certificate, Interim receipts, a funeral notice, train and steamboat tickets and a Newspaper article about Houston.

John Houston
Fonds · 1888-1909, 1948-1949

Collection consists of materials which deal with two different subject areas of interest to Sutherland. One consists of microfilm records relating to the establishment of the Macdonald Institute, which later merged with two other colleges to form the University of Guelph. The other series consists of photocopies of records assembled by Sutherland for various research projects on the history of education.

George Fleming Wilcox fonds
Fonds · 1888

The fonds is divided into two series and consists of 66 postcards and 4 photographic postcards. All postcards feature correspondence addressed to Wilcox from various people when he resided in Virden, Manitoba and Salmon Arm, B.C.

George Fleming Wilcox
Fonds · 1988

The fonds is divided into seven series and consists of notices, prices, memos and copies of the minutes of the joint meeting of directors of the Okanagan Federated Shipping Association and Labour Negotiating committee.

B.C. Fruit Growers Association, Salmon Arm fonds
Seidelman family fonds
CA JHS A.2009.003 · Fonds · 1889 - 1975

The fonds contains records from various Seidelman family members, including Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, Harry Seidelman, and William Seidelman Sr. The records reflect the family’s daily life. The fonds includes photographs of the Seidelman family members and friends. The textual material includes letters written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman while in the Army from 1916 to 1917. Also included are correspondence of Harry Seidelman and records relating to his employment as a sailor and as a partner at United Grain and Milling Co. Ltd. Other records include receipts, financial records, school certificates, newspaper clippings, and records relating to the family’s involvement in the Vancouver Jewish community.

Seidelman (family)
Jacques Jewellers fonds
CA VERN MS 300 · Fonds · 1889-2007

Fonds consists of records documenting the business activities of Jacques Jewellers from 1893-1983. Includes financial records, watch repairs, clock repairs, jewellery repairs, secondhand and new watch sales, CPR watch inspection forms, dinnerware list for Queen Elizabeth II luncheon, legal correspondence, list of Canadian Jewellery Trade Marks, and ephemera.

Jacques Jewellers
Robert Reford fonds
Fonds · Digitized 2005 (originally created 1889-1891)

The scanned images in this fonds represent a selection of Robert Reford’s amateur photographs found in two albums from his time in British Columbia (1889-1891). The photographs were taken in various parts of British Columbia. They are presented in the order that existed in the original albums.

Reford, Robert
Homer family fonds
NWMA MSS 304 · Fonds · 1889, 1949-1978

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Homer family. There is a book on the genealogy of the Homer family There is a typewrtten document entitled "Memories of My Early Childhood Days in New Westminster, B.C." The document includes a description of the Bushby House, interactions with First Nation members, and Sir John A. Macdonald's visit to New Westminster of 1886. The fonds also contains an audio recording (a phonograph) recorded by Ethel Louise Homer discussing her father, J.A.R. Homer, and some newspaper clippings. The photographs are of early British Columbia settlers.

Homer (family)
Fonds · 1890-2012

Fonds consists of records from Hammond United Church and Maple Ridge Circuit Methodist Church, Agassiz, Westminster Junction, Pitt Meadows, and Websters Corners. Records include Baptismal register (1955-2012); Marriage registers (1920-2012); Burial register (1987-2012); Circuit register (1890-1940); Board and committee records (1908-2012); Women's group records (1943-1986); Men's group records (1960-1968); Sunday school records (1927-1968); Correspondence and subject files (1947-1963); Financial records (1911-2012); Policy and procedures (1996-2007); Annual reports (1958-2011); and Photographs and memorabilia (1982-2012).

Hammond United Church (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
Fonds · 1890 - 1944

The fonds consists of two day books with tuning orders and a private radio receiving station licence.

Springer, William and Margaret
Anna Chree fonds
CA WVAN 042 · Fonds · [1890-1991]

The fonds consists of material relating to the personal life and community involvement of Anna Chree, a long-time West Vancouver resident who was active in many organizations including the West Vancouver Garden Club. The fonds also contains records relating to her husband William Ian Chree who was active in local theatre. The material includes correspondence, documents, booklets, ephemera, calendars, pamphlets, tickets, scrapbook, travel journal, and photographs.

The fonds is arranged according to its original order in the following series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Air pollution
Series 3: Autograph books
Series 4: Canadian Folk Society
Series 5: Irish melodies
Series 6: Cards and ribbons
Series 7: North Shore Garden Contest Committee
Series 8: PNE
Series 9: Political materials
Series 10: Social service index
Series 11: Stanley Park
Series 12: Theatre Under the Stars
Series 13: Tickets
Series 14: Travel journal
Series 15: Vancouver Pacific Camera Club
Series 16: West Vancouver Little Theater Guild
Series 17: Women's School for Citizen's Lectures
Series 18: Official Guide Route of Royal Progress
Series 19: Pamphlet
Series 20: Family photographs
Series 21: West Vancouver photographs
Series 22: Social Credit photographs
Series 23: Oversize photographs
Series 24: Potter's Clydesdales
Series 25: Air pollution scrapbook
Series 26: Calendars

Chree, Anna
Edith Curran fonds
CA DMA CR-129 · Fonds · 1890-1972

The fonds consists of photographs, cash and ledger books, and memorabilia belonging to Edith Curran. Many of the photographs are of Edith's family in England, as well as photographs of the farm in Delta Manor and vacations in Canada. An album belonging to Ernie Goubault, who lived with the Currans, contains scenes of Ladner and the farm. Of special interest are Edith Curran's cash and ledger books which provide uninterrupted detail about farming activities and household expenses for a period of 40 years (1931 to 1972).

Curran, Edith
Fonds · 1890-2001

The fonds consists of material documenting aspects of the operation, maintenance, and administration of British Columbia Packers Limited and its predecessor and subsidiary companies, primarily in British Columbia, but also in other Canadian locations, in the United Stated, and in other countries. It includes trademark administration records and associated product labels; public and corporate relations materials comprising accumulations and collections of photographs and textual material; photographic and textual records used to document operations for organizational and legal accountability; employee and community relations material, including photographs of workplaces and social events; and advertising and marketing material, including samples of product packaging. Fonds is arranged in 12 series: 1. Organizational Records (1929-1983); 2. Barker Letter Books (1905-1926); 3. Property Administration and Development (1912-2001); 4. Production Records (1913-1973); 5. Trademark Administration (1890-1999); 6. Merchandising (1903-1997); 7. Public Relations (1935-1999); 8. Human Resources (1915-1999); 9. Head Office Photograph Collection; 10. Head Office Art Collection; 11. Fishing Industry Reference Library Collection; 12. Operational Sites - Canneries, Plants and Fishing Stations.

British Columbia Packers
Duncan Edwin MacKenzie fonds
NWMA IH 1983.51 · Fonds · 1890-1961

The fonds consists of records relating to MacKenzie's activities in fraternal organizations, as well as his personal business papers, and his work as May Day Committee secretary and Manager of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society annual exhibition. The fonds contains the following series: Personal Papers, Memberships, May Day Committee, and Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society.

Mackenzie, Duncan Edwin
CA DMA CR-122 · Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1914

Fonds consists of copies of William Henry and Edith Blanche Burr's farm diary for 1903; copies of letters written by Harry Burr between 1903-1914; property records relating to property owned by the Burrs and family photographs of scenes on the farm, the Hunt Club, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burr and other family members and a large matted portrait of Burrvilla.
Fonds is arranged in 4 series:
Correspondance
Memorabilia
Property Records
Photographs

Burr, W.H. and E.B. (family)
UVICSP SC092 · Fonds · ca. 1890-1986

The fonds consists of records relating to Pearkes' military career, 1933-1976; Pearkes' personal and family papers, 1918-1978; and reference material including newsletters, magazines and other publications, 1906-1985. Records include correspondence between Pearkes and the Royal Canadian Legion, citations and birthday congratulations, Information Documents on the George R. Pearkes Children's Foundation, and a file relating to Mrs. Blytha Pearkes' activities with the Wives of Progressive Conservative Members and Senators, including membership lists and correspondence. Fonds also includes publications collected by Pearkes, programmes for official functions, annual reports of the Union Club of British Columbia and a numerous photographs of his life as a soldier and politician.

Pearkes, George R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
Fonds · 1890-1958

Fonds consists of Baptismal register (1890-1958), Marriage Register (1900-1958), and Burial Register (1949-1957); Board and committee records (1890-1898); and Membership rolls (ca. 1920-1950).

Zion United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
NWMA IH 2008.1173 · Fonds · [ca. 1890] - 1994

The Slater family fonds consists of materials relating to Josephine and Kathleen "Kitty" Slater. Josephine owned a dance studio at 303 3rd Avenue. It contains family papers, dance and theatrical programs, photographs of performances, the dance studio, and family. The fonds contains 3 series: Josephine Slater - teaching career, Josephine Slater - dance career and Personal lives.

Slater, Josephine
Brine family fonds
Fonds · 1890, 1944-1965

Fonds consists of ephemeral items such as invitations to various local functions, christmas cards, and pamphlets. Fonds also consists of a certificate of title transferring land from Henry Kells Junior to Alfred J. Brine.

Brine (family)