Series consists of the minutes of the Board of Licensing Commissioners, 1906-1917. Series includes minutes from the inaugural meeting in 1906.
Series consists of the minutes of the Health Committee, 1915-1925. The first volume (1915-1920) includes a history of the local branch of the Victorian Order of District Nurse[s] for Saanich, as well as the minutes of their first meeting. Some minutes are taken by Advisory Board Member Mrs. Maude Hall. The second volume (1920-1925) includes statistical and financial reports, as well as minutes of the meetings of the Board of Management, Saanich War Memorial Health Centre.
Series consists of the minutes of the Advisory Planning Commission, 1951-1969. The first volume within this series (1951-1958) makes reference to the Saanich Town Planning Commission.
Series consists of the minutes of various Saanich committees, 1956 to 1969 (8 volumes): Fire and Water; Health & Social Welfare; Industrial Development; Light, Power and Transportation; Public Works; Sewer and Drainage; Lands & Building; Municipal Parks; Finance; Municipal Hall; Court of Revision; Special Committees; and others. Series includes 3 volumes of indexes for committee minutes, 1959 to 1978.
Series consists of the minutes of the District of Saanich council from the incorporation of the Municipality to 1969. Series includes minutes from the inaugural council meeting in 1906.
Series consists of energy use and garbage reduction books published by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1975-1978; and environmental handbooks published by the Greater Victoria Environmental Center, 1972-1974. Series includes published articles and reports on energy consumption, waste collection and reduction, recycling programs, and sewage composting.
Series consists of documents relating to a telephone survey conducted by the Citizens’ Task Force on Recycling, including volunteer and participant information, notes, draft questionnaire, and reference material. Series includes hand-written notes relating to the activities of the Citizens’ Task Force on Recycling.
Series consists of write-ups, correspondence, news clippings and research material relating to a campaign for a ban on disposable diapers and use of cloth diapers. Series includes clippings of the Saanich News feature “Envirotips” written by the Saanich Recycling Committee.
Series consists of a Saanich refuse collection schedule, burning permit, Fire Department notice, and various environmental brochures. Series includes a Civic Banquet invitation from Mayor Couvelier and Council.
Series consists of “exhibits” numbered 1 through 25 presented in support of the recycling proposal prepared by the Citizens’ Task Force on Recycling. Material includes correspondence, surveys, reports, ephemera, news clippings, publicity and other material. Series includes a review of the activities of the Citizens’ Task Force on Recycling, as well as draft and final copies of the committee’s report.
Series consists of letters written in support of establishing a recycling program in Saanich; correspondence to and from outside organizations and communities with existing recycling programs; and letters to the editor from Audrey Johnson on various environmental topics. Series also includes correspondence and supporting documents from Victoria MLA Robin Blencoe regarding sewage treatment in Greater Victoria.
Series consists of organizational documents relating to the Citizens’ Task Force on Recycling and includes terms of reference, objectives, internal memos, meeting notices, agendas, minutes and subcommittee reports.
Series consists of photographs, some with corresponding film negatives, of the proposed site for the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific. Series includes photographs of conceptual diagrams, as well as aerial photographs of the site and surrounding area.
Series consists of conceptual and site plans for the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific and includes survey maps, soil surveys and plans of the surrounding area (including one showing municipal services). Series includes a plan titled “Provincial Institutional Properties, Saanich Mental Hospital, Colquitz”. All but one of the plans are undated.
Series consists of newsletters created by the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific and includes an undated “Members’ Newsletter” updating the centre’s membership on project developments; and Vol. 1 No.s 1 & 2 of the society’s newsletter publication, 1983 & 1984. Series includes a membership brochure.
Series consists of documents relating to staffing requirements and resources for the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific and includes an organizational chart, positions list, and job descriptions. Series includes letters of intent from public relations companies and architects.
Series consists of general correspondence and related documents to and from the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s Directors, and Mel Couvelier in particular. Series includes letters to and from government officials, other horticultural societies and organizations, educational institutions, and interested members of the public. Topics include funding, feasibility studies and site surveys, the development of a horticultural school at the centre, membership and public relations.
Series consists of legal agreements relating to the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific site and includes copies of leases and contracts.
Series consists of the minutes of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (initially called the Horticulture Development Committee) outlining all Society business from the conceptual stages of the project onwards. Series includes agendas, meeting notices, and lists of Directors.
Series consists of the constitution and by-laws of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific as filed with the Registrar of Companies under the Societies Act, 1979. Series includes the names and signatures of the witnesses for the society.
Series consists of documents relating to the proposed Horticulture Centre of the Pacific project and includes general descriptions and briefs, schedule diagrams, and preliminary feasibility study results. Series includes detailed design competition submission requirements and results, as well as conceptual information on specific components of the project: Committee, Site, Pavilions, Arboretum, and Hall.
Series consists of an undated video cassette labeled “Megadreams NDP”; and a boxed record titled Tommy Douglas containing selections from Mr. Douglas’ speeches, anecdotes and recitations with introduction and commentary by Pierre Burton, 1971.
Series consists of photographs related to the CCF and include party leaders and MPs; local candidates; gatherings at the Douglas CCF Hall; the CCF summer camp on Gabriola Island; and campaigning activities. Notable names include Frank Snowsell, Dennis & Yvonne Cocke, Carol Pickup, Dave Barrett, Eric Sherwood, John Mika, Tommy Douglas, Bob (Robert) Strachan, and M.J. Coldwell. Series includes a group portrait of the Saanich CCF Annual Picnic held at Elk Lake, 1937.
Series consists of publications relating to the CCF/NDP, and includes articles published by the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation. Contents and topics include addresses by party leaders, membership, party history and general information, and labour movements. Series includes a signed book by former Saanich M.P. Frank Snowsell on M.P. Owen L. Jones, 1988.
Series consists of news articles relating to politics and to the CCF/NDP in particular, at the national, provincial and local levels. Series includes 2 issues of the NDP newsprint publication The Democrat, 1964-65. An accompanying scrapbook documents the 1972 election campaign by Saanich and the Islands NDP candidate Eric Sherwood.