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CA VERN MS 62;1981.091 · Fonds · 1894-1897

Fonds consists of the business records of W.T. Shatford's general store from 1892-1897. Includes three daily account books (1892-1894) and one credit account ledger (1893-1897). The daily account books list the buyer's name, the quantity and type of product being purchased, prices, and the form of payment (cash or credit account). The credit ledger contains the detailed credit accounts of individual customers, and lists dates of purchases and payments on account, balances, and credit standings (good, bad or overdue).

W.T. Shatford General Store
CA VERN MS 63;1981.091 · Fonds · 1912-1923

Fonds consists of the business records of the Canadian Fire Insurance Co. from 1912-1923. Includes a policy register journal containing the listing of policies sold to various individuals and businesses. The register lists the policy number, the name of the policy holder (the assured), policy terms, policy dates (from-to), the amount of insurance being issued, the % rate and premium amounts. In many cases, a tissue copy of the original policy has been glued to the register pages in lieu of handwritten entries.

Canadian Fire Insurance Company
Oyama Community Club fonds
CA VERN MS 64;1982.030;1983.023;1984.312;1983.035;1983.060;1994.038 · Fonds · [ca.1913-1988]

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Oyama Community Club from ca.1913-1988. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, constitution and by-laws, recorder's records and various pieces of ephemera which detail the administration of, financial status of, and community projects participated in, by the local club. Of particular note are the documents detailing the amalgamation of the Kalamalka Agricultural Association and the Oyama Agricultural Association into the Oyama Community Club in 1937-1938.

Oyama Community Club
Dellview Hospital fonds
CA VERN MS 65;1983.026 · Fonds · 1948-1982

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Dellview Hospital from 1948-1982. Includes three patient admission registers, listing the patient's name, sex, age, registration number, marital status, date of admission, country of birth, present residence, occupation, religion, degree of education and general staff remarks. Register 1 includes admissions from 1948-1963, register 2 is from 1963-1976, and register 3 includes 1976-1982.

Dellview Hospital
CA VERN MS 66;1982.173 · Fonds · 1960

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon & District United Appeal organization from 1960. Includes a draft copy of the organization's constitution and by-laws. Typed, with handwritten changes and notations, the constitution outlines the organization's objectives, its area of influence, membership clasification and eligibility, regulations for conducting meetings, rules of voting, and the duties of organization officers. The document is unsigned and unsealed. Fonds also includes an organizational flow chart showing the society's heirarchy.

Vernon and District United Appeal
CA VERN MS 67;1983.066 · Fonds · 1942-1943

Fonds consists of the records of Mrs. R.H. Urquhart during her tenure as chairman of a sub-committee of Women's Regional Advisory Committee from 1942-1943. Includes correspondence to and from Mrs. R.H. Urquhart in regards to the sub-committee's activities. The majority of the correspondence is from the secretary of the WRAC in Vancouver, Mary Hurrell, and concerns many of the projects that the sub-committee was involved with. Includes information on the distribution of Blue Books, the establishment of a price control board, the establishment of a federal Rations Board, and the possiblity of a national housing survey.

Women's Regional Advisory Committee (Vernon, B.C.)
Merlin C. Dunwoodie fonds
CA VERN MS 68;1983.064;1990.038 · Fonds · 1919-1924

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of Merlin C. Dunwoodie from 1919-1924. Includes personal diaries, financial records and miscellaneous documents detailing Mr. Dunwoodie's everyday routines, activities and financial status.

Dunwoodie, Merlin C.
Simon Dodd Ord fonds
CA VERN MS 69;1983.106 · Fonds · 1895

Fonds consists of the personal records of Simon Dodd Ord for 1895. Includes personal correspondence from family and friends during his time as ranch hand at the Coldstream Ranch. The letters from his cousin Tibbie, sister Katherine, and uncle Nicholas all contain news and gossip of family and friends in England and South Wales. Some concern over his lack of communication, an accident he suffered on the job, and his dismissal from his job are expressed. Accompanying his uncle's letter is a bank draft from the Bank of New South Wales. Fonds also includes love letters to Simon from a young woman named Loosie, who lived at the Guisachan Ranch in the Mission area. Of particular note is that they were conducting their 'long distance' courtship in secret.

Ord, Simon Dodd
C.F. Costerton fonds
CA VERN MS 6;1959.033;2001.016 · Fonds · 1892-1931

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of C.F. Costerton for 1892-1931. The records, which pertain to all three of his real estate, notary public and insurance businesses, include a letterbook of correspondence, and financial ledgers containing both business and personal accounts.

Costerton, Clement Fisher
George Leek fonds
CA VERN MS 70;1983.187 · Fonds · 1894-1934

Fonds consists of the personal records and documents of George Leek from 1894-1934. Includes correspondence and legal documents.

Leek, George
Basil Norman D'Arcy fonds
CA VERN MS 71;1983.280 · Fonds · 1874-1914

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Basil Norman D'Arcy from 1874-1914. Includes personal and business correspondence, business records, and personal data documents which detail Mr. D'Arcy's attempt to start a real estate career in Vernon.

D'Arcy, Basil Norman
CA VERN MS 72;1983.064 · Fonds · 1912

Fonds consists of the business records of the Glover Rice Hardware Co. from Jan-June of 1912. Includes a hardbound ledger divided into three sections containing a list of all customer accounts, the individual customer credit accounts, and the company's general revenue and expenditures. The company's general financial accounts, which include entries for initial capital, wages paid, merchandise purchased, duty and freight costs, and all accounts payable and receivable, are found on pp.1-29 and 91-94. The customer credit accounts, which consist of the customer's name, date of purchases, payments on account and account balances, are found on p.117-268. The ledger abruptly ends in June 1912 with notations about being "transferred to L.L. ledger".

Glover Rice Hardware Company
CA VERN MS 73;1984.068 · Fonds · [ca.1973-1976]

Fonds consists of the administrative records and documents of the Community Centre Hill Association from ca.1973-1976. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters and ephemera which detail the Association's race to preserve the Community Centre Hill area as a natural greenbelt area and parkland.

Community Centre Hill Association
Leighton Tripp fonds
CA VERN MS 74;1988.006 · Fonds · 1929-1955

Fonds consists of the business records of Leighton Tripp, International Accountant, from 1929-1955. Includes business correspondence and annual financial reports of the E. Poole & Co. Ltd.

Tripp, Leighton
CA VERN MS 75;1983.188 · Fonds · 1910-1922

Fonds consists of the business records of the B.C. General Development Syndicate Ltd. from 1910-1922. Includes a report (1922) containing all legal and financial documents needed to transfer receivership of the Syndicate's holding to J.T. Mutrie. The report was compiled by Crease & Crease barristers, on behalf of Messrs Hoare, bankers of London and representatives of the syndicate's English shareholders. Anxious to receive repayment on loans and debentures made to the syndicate, the shareholders voted to put the syndicate into receivership. The documents within the report date from 1910-1922, and have been organized, numbered and bound together. Although the majority of the report focuses on the financial status of the Stepney Ranch (the principal holding of the syndicate), the report also contains mortgages, debentures, financial statements, and memos concerning many of their other properties and holdings. Fonds also includes a blueprint of the Stepney Ranch, with possible subdivisions marked in red.

British Columbia General Development Syndicate
G.A. Hankey and Co. fonds
CA VERN MS 76;1983.188 · Fonds · 1907-1930

Fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the G.A. Hankey & Co. from 1907-1930. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and reports detailing the company's ownership, business transactions and financial decline. Fonds also includes records of the Point Grey Land & Investment Company, as collected by the G.A. Hankey & Co., a shareholder.

G.A. Hankey and Company
H. Sigalet & Co. Ltd. fonds
CA VERN MS 77;1983.188 · Fonds · 1926-1946

Fonds consists of the business records and documents of the H. Sigalet & Co. Ltd. from 1926-1946. Includes correspondence, financial records and legal documents detailing the administration and operation of the company's logging and sawmills operations.

H. Sigalet and Company
Vernon Box Co. Ltd. fonds
CA VERN MS 79;1988.006 · Fonds · 1933-1936

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Vernon Box Co. Ltd. from 1933-1936. Includes financial statements and balance sheets detailing all revenue and expenditures of the company. Fonds also includes some correpondence to and from the company manager, J.G. Strother in regard to the company's financial situation.

Vernon Box Company
CA VERN MS 80;1988.006 · Fonds · 1932-1936

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Hotel Holdings Co. Ltd. from 1932-1936. Includes income tax claims, financial statements (1935-1936), an annual financial report (1932), inventory lists by item and price, and a copy of a shares sale between Patrick Henry Murphy (hotel proprietor) and the partners of Gilbert Gordon Southwell & Charles Arthur Dunsmore.

Hotel Holdings Company
CA VERN MS 81;1988.006 · Fonds · 1934-1937

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Okanagan Stationery & Book Co. Ltd. from 1934-1937. Includes financial statements and balance sheets documenting all revenue and expenditures, assets, liabilities, inventory on hand, and cash on hand. Fonds also includes some correspondence to and from the company in regard to their financial situation.

Okanagan Stationery and Book Company
Vernon Anglican Church fonds
CA VERN MS 82;1983.188 · Fonds · 1913-1923

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Vernon Anglican Church from 1913-1924. Includes a general accounting ledger containing the daily and monthly financial revenues and expenditures such as: sundry church expenses, offering collections, repairs, rectory notes (loans), organ collections account, parish hall rentals, maintenance fund guarantees, Sunday School expenses, synod assessments, stipends and salaries, mission funds, insurance policies and premiums, choir expenses, and the church bank account balances. Entries are scattered throughout the ledger without any true chronology.

Vernon Anglican Church
CA VERN MS 83;1983.188 · Fonds · 1893-1895

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Okanagan Land & Development Co. from 1893-1895. Includes an account ledger containing entries detailing the company's revenue (sales, commissions) and expenditures. In many of the land sales, detailed land descriptions (lots, sub-divisions and block #s) are given.

Okanagan Land and Development Company
CA VERN MS 84;1990.059 · Fonds · 1924-1926

Fonds consists of the financial records of the Gateby Ladies' Club & Tea Rooms from 1924-1926. Includes a ledger containing the alphabetically indexed revenues and expenditures of the Club. Expenditures include expense accounts with various city businesses, general tea room expenses, maintenance fees, furniture and fixture purchases, light, water, telephone, and fuel expenses, as well as employee wages. Incoming revenues consist mainly of member subscriptions, boarders and the tea room profits. Also included in the ledger are a listing of the capital accounts of Miss B. Yeatman, owner and proprietor of the Gateby Ladies' Club and Tea Rooms.

Gateby Ladies' Club and Tea Rooms
Vernon Club fonds
CA VERN MS 85;1984.079;1993.040;1997.017 · Fonds · 1911-1980

Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Vernon Club from 1911-1980. Includes minutes, financial records, legal documents, and registers which detail the establishment of, reorganization of, and internal activities of the club and its members.

Vernon Club
CA VERN MS 91;1983.014;1983.113;1983.035;1983.224;1985.198 · Fonds · 1928-1973

Fonds documents the personal and business life of Vernon Ellison, including his personal interests and activities, his cattle breeding farm (Kalwood Farms Ltd), and his fruit orchard business, from 1918-1973. Includes correspondence, personal writings, legal documents, financial records, permits, personal data documents, and ephemera.

Ellison, Vernon Etherington