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George Wilkinson fonds
CA EMA V987.28;V988.4 · Fonds · 1925-1934

The fonds consists of photographs depicting community and school activities in Esquimalt.

Wilkinson, George, 1918-
Gerhart B. Friedmann fonds
CA UVICARCH AR056 · Fonds · 1960-1986

The fonds consists of records documenting Friedmann's interests and activities both on and off the University of Victoria campus. Fonds includes reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings and course outlines for new courses offered in physics (including the co-op programme), nursing, and social work, records of Senate and faculty committees, material relating to the resignations of University of Victoria Presidents Bruce Partridge and Malcolm Taylor and the appointment as President of Howard Petch, material relating to the University of Victoria Open Houses, and records (including constitutions, minutes financial records) relating to the Cadboro Bay Ratepayers Association and Community Plan, the Canadian Parents for French, the Vancouver Island Opera Society and the Victoria Symphony Society.

Friedmann, Gerhart Bruno
Gilean Douglas fonds
Fonds · 1904-1993, predominant 1948-1993

Fonds consists of the personal records of Gilean Douglas which were produced and accumulated during her personal and literary activities. The preponderance of material dates from 1948 to 1993 and directly concerns her life on Cortes Island. Because of Douglas's involvement in the public life of the island, and her interest in local history, her papers contain a great deal of information about the political, community and social life of Cortes Island. Fonds is composed of the following series: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Literary Records; Regional Director for Area I (Cortes Island); Women's Institute; Women's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church; School District #72; Whaletown Community Club; Channel Rock; Research; "The Log" of the Columbia Coast Mission; Journals and Notebooks; Illustrations and Sketches; Ephemera; Clippings; Maps; Albums and Photographs.

Douglas, Gilean
Gladys Davis fonds
CA DMA CR-38 · Fonds · 1916-1981

Photographs consist of a 1916 postcard of Boundary Bay School students with their teacher Miss E. Mackenzie, a May Day postcard, a 1917 postcard of Westham Island School students, students and teachers of King George School in the 1920's and 1930's, teachers and students of Delta Central School in the 1920's, a 1913 Baptist picnic in Ladner, and five photographs of Delta Choral Society productions. Textual records consist of programs for the 1933 Delta Choral Society production of The Mikado, the 1934 production of The Pirates of Penzance, the 1935 production of The Gondoliers, a 1959 invitation to the opening ceremony of Deas Island Tunnel, and a 1981 program for the centennial banquet of All Saints Anglican Church.

Davis, Gladys, 1915-
Gladys M. Johnston fonds
Fonds · 1906-1983

The fonds consists of the writings of Gladys Johnston and ephemera related to the author.

Gladys M. Johnston
Good Neighbour Club fonds
Fonds · 1948-1983

The fonds consists of records kept by members of the Good Neighbour Club. Includes minutes, correspondence, financial records, annual reports, meeting programs, and scrapbook.

Good Neighbour Club (Enderby, B.C.)
Fonds · 1985 - 1987

During their time living in Bella Bella, the Houstons took many photographs of the lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation community documenting the day-to-day lives of the Heiltsuk First Nation as well as ceremonial activities. The color slides document the construction, painting, and launching of the Gi’wa, a Heiltsuk canoe which sailed with the Lootaas, the Haida canoe built by Bill Reid for Expo 86. Some of the slides document the welcome feast at Bella Bella in honor of the Haida crew of the Lootaas. The color slides also document several potlatches and wedding feasts held in the community hall, and the local Sports Day parade. Slides also depict the role of the fishing in the community, such as smoking salmon and processing roe. Other photos document gravestones on a nearby cemetery island, derelict canneries, petroglyphs and pictographs, totem poles and house posts, all in or near Bella Bella.

Houston (family)
Gordon Priestman fonds
CA SAM MS 146 · Fonds · 1936

The title of the fonds takes its name from its contents. The fonds is divided into two series and contains notebooks related to the writings of Gordon Priestman and studies related to the community’s development.

Gordon Priestman
CA CIM 1999.003 · Fonds · 1930-1953

Fonds consists of records of the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society, including minutes of meetings, financial statements and administrative records and correspondence. It is arranged into five series: Minutes, Financial, Administrative Records, Correspondence and Programs.

Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society
Grace Mulcahy fonds
CA WVAN 054 · Fonds · 1920-1925

Fonds consists of photographs of Grace Mulcahy, the home of West Vancouver Reeve Valiant Vivian Vinson, family, and friends.

Mulcahy, Grace
Graham Family fonds
Fonds · 1917

The fonds is divided into four series and that contain addresses to graduating classes by Guy and Davis Graham, Salmon Arm Quee Coronation programs, Ethel Graham's 1939 autograph book, and examination records.

Graham Family
Granite Trading Association
Fonds · 1915

The fonds is divided into 31 series and consists of minutes, correspondence, leases, plans, photographs, and samples of documentary artifacts related to the running of the co-operative.

Granite Trading Association
Grindrod Farmers Hall fonds
Fonds · 1916-1970

Fonds consists the Grindrod Farmers Hall minutes, membership lists, shareholderlists, annual reports, financial receipts, and correspondence.Of note is the particulars of incorporation, found as a notation in the 1951 account ledger, a list of directors and shareholders plus their occupations, found in the annual general meeting minute book, and list of shareholders found in the 1931 correspondence. It also includes records of affiliated Grindrod organizations, including minutes, membership lists and receipts of the badminton club and basketball club, plus correspondence and receipts of the Grindrod Women's Institute.

Grindrod Farmers Hall
CA UNBC 2000.16-2000.16.2-2000.16.2.4 · Item · 1906
Part of Prince Rupert Empire collection

Item is a copy print of a photograph of a group of people in a cleared area with a small tent in the background in Prince Rupert on June 1, 1906. The people in the photograph are identified as: Mrs. J.L. Williams, Jack or Jock Williams, Mrs. Porter, Miss Mai Johnston, Mrs. R.L. McIntosh, J.H. Pillsbury, Mr. P ? (Engineer), Captain J ?, Mrs. S.G. Harris, and Cannon Rushbrook.

CA MRM 00020 · Fonds · 1915 - 1983

The fonds consists of incorporation papers and membership lists, guest book for 55th anniversary (1970), the Institute's Baby Clinic ledgers for 1953-1954 and 1958-1965, and receipt books from 1969-1983.

Haney Women's Institute
Hari Sharma fonds
CA SFU F-251 · Fonds · 1949 - 2010

Fonds consists of records relating to the personal, political, and academic life of Hari P. Sharma. Activities, topics, and events documented include community activism for human rights and social justice of minorities and underrepresented groups; academic conference attendance and presentations; Sharma's research, writing, photography, and publications; his social life and relationships; and his death and memorial.

Sharma, Hari
Harry Graham fonds
CA LMA MS 39 · Fonds · ca. 1900-1920

Fonds consists of 10 photographs of the Loring family, Lytton sports day, and the Thompson River bridge. Includes the first bridge over the Thompson River; Sports day in Lytton [ca1910]; Lorenzo Delos Loring and nephew Edwin, son of Forrest Loring; an old school house on the Loring ranch; a wedding; and two groups of people at the Loring ranch.

Graham, Harry, b. 1873
Harry Wright Bullock fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1892-1900]

The fonds consists of Bullock's glass plate negatives depicting people, events and scenes of Salt Spring Island in the 1890s.

Bullock, Harry Wright
Helen Chambers fonds
CA BOW MS 8 · Fonds · 1947 - 1980

The fonds consists of the personal papers of Helen Chambers as well as papers accumulated by her regarding Bowen Island civic societies. Textual materials include legal papers and correspondence relating to land use and taxation (1947-1967), minutes and constitutions of civic societies (1967-1978), and notes from a Bowen Island Historians research project.

Chambers, Helen
Helen Dawe collection
Fonds · ca. 1820-1996

The collection consists of documents, etc. concerning Sechelt and District's development and growth, residents' remembrances of early life on the Sunshine Coast and Helen Dawe's family history. The collection consists of 29 series and includes notes by Helen Dawe, correspondence, printed material, business records, government reports, Sechelt Council and other organisations' minutes and reports, photographs, maps, and plans, oral history tapes, slides and films, scrapbooks, books, newspapers, and local newspaper microfilms, artifacts and ephemera.

Henry Whittaker fonds
CA VPL 35967-36252 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1960]

The fonds consists of photographs depicting Vancouver panoramas, Victoria Harbour, animals, children, ferries, farming, and various B.C. towns.

Whittaker, Henry, b. 1886
Herald Family Fonds
CA SAM MS 140 · Fonds · 1870

The title is based on the contents of the fonds. It is divided into 6 series and consists of correspondence, a school book, two pieces of original art, and receipts for running the farm.

Herald, Dr. Dundas
H.G. Sherriff fonds
Fonds · 1907

The fonds consists of a diary spanning from April 20 to September 23, 1907 and a contract between Sherriff, his partner W. Phillip and E. Stuart Wood.

Sherriff, H.G.
CA DMA CR-29 · Collection · 1978-1979

The collection consists of 39 copy negatives with 93 matching slides of Delta pioneers, schools and historical locations in Delta, and five cassette tapes of interviews with Delta pioneers conducted by grade five students of Holly Elementary School in Delta. The collection is the result of a centennial year project called "Those Were the Days" carried out by the students under the direction of their teacher Mr. G. Johnson. Photographs include copies of historical images as well as contemporary portraits and scenes. A project list of the images is available. People interviewed for the project were: Murray Davie, Tony and May Lagemaat, Jean Atkinson, Bertha Reynolds, John and Warrena Nottingham, Edith Bell, Mrs. Ellis Telfer, Mrs. Albert Weaver, Ed Vidulich and Dominic Bussanich.