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archival descriptions
Fonds · 1892, [195-]

Collection consists of items associated with St. Andrew's Church including floorplans of the main floor and gallery and a sketch of the exterior, photographs of the church, the old and new manses and the dedication ceremony of the new manse, programmes for a production of the Messiah and Diamond Jubilee (1934) materials.

CA LMA MS 20 · Fonds · [Copied 1997]

The collection consists of correspondence, photograph, and legal documents. Includes letter to and from Patrick Reynard, Catholic Archdiocesan Archivist, one photograph of St. Ann's Church in 1934, a copy of the Deed of Land used for the church, copy of the 1941 inventory of contents of the church, and a church information time-line from 1935-1937.

Ross McLeod collection
Fonds · [ca. 1955]

Collection consists of schedules of Canadian Pacific ships on the west coast and a schedule for the Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay dayliner train. Also includes postcards of CP and Blackball line ships and views of downtown Nanaimo including views of the Malaspina Hotel, Georgia Park, the Bastion, Front Street looking south, and the harbour and port.

Fonds · 1962-1981

Fonds consists of records which document the administration of the Centre, including the records of the Management Committee (1962-70) and the Board of Directors (1971-81), and include minutes, reports, and correspondence.

Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre
Thorburn family fonds
CA CVM 992.02.4.1 · Fonds · [ca. 1926]-1942

The fonds consists of the personal papers and photographs of Grant Thorburn, Elizabeth Thorburn and Donald Butt, and records of Tzouhalem Hotel, including hotel registers (1937-1948), hotel daybook (1933-1939), receipts and correspondence.

Thorburn (family)
Fonds · 1858-1960

The collection consists of fire insurance maps, townsite plans, topographical maps, subdivision plans, road maps, street grade maps, zoning maps, building plans, sewer maps, and mineral reference maps of Trail and area, including Rossland and Tadanac. Collection includes architectural plans of the warehouse and sales building of West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

War Memorial Committee fonds
Fonds · 1922-1926

The fonds consists of 2 series: Minutes and financial records; Correspondence.

Great War Veterans Association of Canada. Revelstoke Branch. Women's Auxiliary. War Memorial Committee
Bella Vista Hotel fonds
CA AHM 1991-23-17 · Fonds · 1891-1897

The fonds consists of the hotel register (1891-1897) and an index to the bar account book.

Bella Vista Hotel (Agassiz, B.C.)
CA UVICARCH AR355 · Fonds · 2000-2002

The fonds consists of project files including correspondence, funding, proposals, newspaper clippings, research papers; journals and notebook; scrapbook entitled "Building of Change: the process exposed"; oral history interview tapes; video recordings. Audio cassettes included records interviews with: Jacquie Ackerly, Sharon Chow, Harrinder Dhillon, Dorothy Livingston, Norrie Preston, and Joan Russo.

Building of Change Project
Fonds · 1942, 1967

The fonds consists of a financial report (1942) and a list of residents who contributed to the addition at Speedway Hall and had their names inscribed on bricks on the north wall of the Cedar Community Hall.

Cedar Community Association
Annie McVie fonds
CA EMA 993.53 · Fonds · 1921-1985

The fonds consists of certificates and awards of recognition received by Annie McVie for her community work along with photographs of McVie and of buildings operated by the Victoria Senior Citizens Housing Authority.

McVie, Annie
A.L. (Les) Barley fonds
CA NCAI 2004 020 A · Fonds · 1949-1967

The fonds consists of records related to Barley's professional and community work. Fonds is arranged in two series: 1) Work orders and 2) Nanaimo Figure Skating Club memorabilia.

Barley, A.L. (Les)
Don Taylor fonds
CA EMA V990.7 · Fonds · [ca. 1973]-1975

The fonds consists of Taylor's photographs of scenes and buildings in Esquimalt, B.C. and at CFB Esquimalt.

Taylor, Don
Dorothy Dodge collection
CA LMA MS 42 · Fonds · 1940-2000

Collection consists of photographs of the Lytton and Spences Bridge area. Includes the building of the new Thompson Bridge and the construction around the old hospital, the filming of the movie 'The Pledge', the reaction ferry, the Chinese mining area across the river, and the Teit dedication ceremony at Spences Bridge, Lytton First Nation Band office, Millenium Book signing ceremonies, the old nurse's residence, before and after it's destruction, Chief Alice Munro and Elder Mildred Michell, and the old Earlscourt Ranchhouse. Also includes the fish wheel at Siska and an audio tape of church ceremony with Rev. Stanley Higgs at St. George's School.

CA CHI 988.102 · Fonds · 1979-1989

The fonds consists of subject files relating to heritage structures in the Chilliwack area, along with correspondence and miscellaneous files of Dorothy McCutcheon, Douglas J. Nicol, Linda Phelps, Andrew Purdy, and Malcolm Wright. Fonds includes photographs of heritage sites along with the minutes of the Atchelitz Threshermen's Association.

Chilliwack (B.C.). Heritage Advisory Committee
Hotel Western Home fonds
Fonds · 1911-1914

The fonds consists of the hotel registration book.

Hotel Western Home (Aldergrove, B.C.)
Ernie Plant fonds
CA VPL 33194-33321 · Fonds · 1948-1956

The fonds consists of photographs of operations of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, including general scenes, trackage, rolling stock, and bridges.

Plant, Ernie, d. 1992
CA FTST MS 26 · Fonds · 1962-1972

Fonds consists of textual records of the Fort Steele Restoration Foundation. Includes constitution, minutes, correspondence, reports, and clippings.

Fort Steele Restoration Foundation
Frank Bendall fonds
CA EMA V987.6 · Fonds · 1945-1947

The fonds consists of photographs depicting streets, buildings and general scenes of Esquimalt, B.C.

Bendall, Frank, 1927-
Fonds · 1900-1986

The fonds consists of minutes (1900-1966), financial records (1900-1968), Bastion guest books (1923-1978), records of attendance (1949-1964), subject files (1906-1977), Honeymoon Book (1953-1963), and oral interview tapes. Subject files include accounts, correspondence, minutes, 1913 constitution, resolutions, inventory of artifacts, photographs of the 1974 move of the Bastion to the present location, and ephemera.

Native Sons of British Columbia. Nanaimo Post No. 3
Fonds · [Reprinted 2001]

Fonds consists of images of the 1960 fire that razed most of Chinatown. June Leahy, who took all the colour slides, used one of the earliest SLR Pentax cameras while Bill Leahy, who took most of the black and white photographs, used a Leica camera. The photographs of the day after the fire were taken by June. The Leahys were friends with RCMP Staff Sergeant Earle Sarsiat who notified Bill Leahy of the fire; the Leahys were on site soon after the fire was reported.

Leahy, June, 1917-
Fonds · 1986-1987

The collection consists of photographs of historical landmarks and heritage houses in the Creston Valley taken as a part of an archival heritage project.

Monte Creek Hotel fonds
CA KMA 74.22.1 · Fonds · 1912-1914

The fonds consists of the register of the Monte Creek Hotel.

Monte Creek Hotel (Monte Creek, B.C.)
Fonds · 1997

Collection consists of photographs and wallpaper samples taken by Nanaimo Community Archives staff during renovations to Beban House in 1996. Beban House was built in the 1930s by Frank Beban. Beban arrived in Nanaimo from his native New Zealand around 1908 and worked in the mines. He made his wealth, however, as a sawmill owner. Beban House was built on 160 acres in Northfield and cost $25,000. Today, the house is used by Tourism Nanaimo and other community organizations. Photographs are views of the upstairs portion only of Beban House.