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Albert March fonds
CA EMA V990.8;990.13;M991.2 · Fonds · 1896, [ca. 1920-1942]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Pioneer Street village (Esquimalt, B.C.) and of the Point Ellice Bridge disaster. Fonds includes a map relating to the expropriation of Esquimalt Village during World War II.

March, Albert
Archie H. Wills fonds
CA UVICARCH AR394 · Fonds · 1890-2004

The fonds consists of records relating to his career as a journalist and to his family life in Victoria. It has been arranged in two series, Autobiography and Writing. The Autobiography series consists of Archies autobiographical works, which document his service in World War I and his family life and career. It has been arranged into three sub-series: All in A Lifetime, My Life in the Army, and Travel. The Writing series consists of his published and unpublished work, and background material for it. The series shows his interest in making new generations of Victoria residents aware of their citys history and aware of World War I history. It has been arranged into two sub-series: Articles and Stories, and Broadcasts. Records include typed manuscripts, clippings of Archies published articles, photographs including photograph albums, diaries, scrapbooks, war medals, and ephemera.

Wills, Archie
Audrey Wylie fonds
Fonds · 1909-1984

Fonds consists of photographs collected by Audrey Wylie that document aspects of the lives of various of her family members, including her father Sam Gilmore, her mother Gertie Gilmore (nee Kidd) and Gertie's sisters, her uncle Les Gilmore and her brother Boyd Gilmore. Photographs include images of her father and uncle during World War 1, and of her brother during World War 2. Also included are images of farming activities, of English School, and of lacrosse games.

Wylie, Audrey
C.J. Bonner fonds
CA MMB L981.15.1-5 · Fonds · 1918-1944

The fonds consists of professional certificates; notebooks consisting of written notes, stories, poems, and anecdotes aboard the Empress of Japan; a notebook on the beginning of World War II with engineering notes; engine notebook on SS Scandinavian; photographs of the Empress of Japan; and, ephemera.

Bonner, Clarence John Earnell, b. 1896
C.P. Clarke fonds
CA MMB P44 · Fonds · 1910-[ca. 1915]

The fonds consists of photographs primarily of the HMCS Niobe, Halifax dockyards, the crew, the officers, and "before" and "after" photographs of new recruits.

Clarke, C.P.
Fonds · 1925-2008

Fonds contains records of Canadian Memorial United Church and its predecessors, Canadian Memorial Chapel and Sixth Avenue Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1920-1982), Marriage registers (1918-1985), and Burial registers (1922-1987); Membership records (1924-1983); Session minutes (1931-1969), Stewards minutes (1931-1967), Official Board and Council minutes (1918-1996), Congregational Meetings minutes (1933-1996), Building Committee records (1922-1929); Correspondence (1934-1994); Church school records (1906-1981); Women's group records (1903-2008); Men's group records (1950-1980); Youth group records (1917-1975); Music program records (1950-1999); Annual reports (1926-2006); Building and property records (1922-1998); Financial records (1918-1933); Naramata Trek records (1956-1996); Communications (1962-1999); Col. George Fallis Collection (1917-1998); Anniversaries and special events (1928-2003); Historical writings and recordings ([1925?]-2003); Clergy sermons and biographical information (1962-1994); Scrap books (1929-1995); Portraits and architectural photographs (1915-1980); Realia ([195-?] and 1957); and Reference materials (1936-1986).

Canadian Memorial United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Charles A. Prosser fonds
Fonds · 1950-1980

The fonds consists of photographs of HMCS Oriole including ceremonies and group photographs and a folder containing information sheets on the HMCS Oriole.

Prosser, Charles A.
Charles B. Hill-Tout fonds
CA MMB P1250 · Fonds · 1913-1914

The fonds consists of photographs of the Victoria and Esquimalt area with an emphasis on naval ships and merchant shipping.

Hill-Tout, Charles Buckland
CA FAR 983.48 · Fonds · 1942-1945

The fonds consists of a war diary.

Canada. Canadian Army. Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 27th
A. Thomas fonds
CA MMB L1137;P470;P3171-78;P4677 · Fonds · 1895-1918

The fonds consists of Thomas' diary describing his trip across Canada to Halifax and his first few months in Halifax, 1918. Photographs are of ships and shipmates stationed in Halifax and of HM and HMC ships.

Thomas, A.
CA MMB L981.88.1-6;P981.59.2 · Fonds · 1883-1954

The fonds consists of journal of D.L. Raymond as midshipman serving on the HMS Malaya, including photographs (1922-1924); indenture and certificate of competency of E.L. Raymond; a guest book register from the HMCS Ontario (1953-1954); and photographs of naval ceremonies in Australia and New Zealand and of other naval activities.

Raymond, D.L.
E.A. MacFayden fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1900-1968]

The fonds consists of documents pertaining to gunnery notes from World War II, with an emphasis on the use of gas, smoke screening and chemical warfare; ephemera; and photographs of various naval scenes and activities.

MacFayden, Edward A., 1909-
Elsie Allan fonds
CA UVICARCH AR001 · Fonds · [ca. 1914-1918]

The fonds consists of Allans' photographs of Victoria and Field, B.C., Camp Petawawa, Salisbury, England, France and unidentified B.C. locations during World War I. Many of the photographs depict the military.

Allan, Elsie
Eric Leslie Hammer fonds
CA MMB 988.179.2-3;988.180 · Fonds · 1937-1977

The fonds consists of certificates of discharge, certificate of marriage, awards, television script ("Empress Incident"), photographs of ships and people, video recording of film footage (1939-1941) from the Empress of Russia troop carrier with views of New Zealand, Australia and India, and ephemera relating to Empress liners.

Hammer, Eric Leslie, 1917-
Ernie Taylor fonds
CA DMA CR-80 · Fonds · 1930-1989

The fonds consists of personal papers related to Ernie Taylor's service in WWII; a history of and records related to the RCAF Station at Boundary Bay; research notes, field books and reports related to his BA and MA theses; reports and notes related to his employment with Canadian Wildlife Service; and photographs of Delta residents and landscapes. The fonds includes Taylor's B.A. Thesis "Winter Food Habits of the Ring Necked Pheasant in the Lower Fraser Valley", his M.A. Thesis "A Study on the Factors Affecting the Reproduction and Survival of the Ring Necked Pheasant in the Lower Fraser Valley", and a review for CWS titled "Wildlife and Recreation in Boundary Bay".

Taylor, Ernie W.
Frederic James fonds
CA MMB L513 · Fonds · 1871-1939

The fonds consists of baptismal certificate, certificates of character (1893-1910) of the Royal Navy, letter of reference, papers from the Admiralty, papers regarding James' acceptance into the Royal Canadian Navy, and a short resume of his naval career to 1903.

James, Frederic William Haigh, b. 1865
George Edwards fonds
CA MMB L4 · Fonds · 1894-1919

The fonds consists of certificates of service for the Royal Navy (1894-1909), Certificate of Service in the Naval Service of Canada (1910-1912), and a Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Certificate (1917-1919). Fonds includes a letter of reference and volunteer sign-up sheet, demobilization certificate, station cards, and two postcards of unidentified people and objects.

Edwards, George, b. 1877
CA UVICARCH AR279 · Fonds · 1978-1997

The fonds consists of VICD minutes, accounts, reports, correspondence and notices, 1978-1983; GVDG/VPC constitution, minutes (1983-1997), annual accounts, (1983-1997), Peace/Earth Walks (1982-1997), correspondence (1983-1997), subject files (1978-97), displays, presentations and newsletters.

Greater Victoria Disarmament Group
Jack K. Slater fonds
CA MMB 988.83.2-5 · Fonds · 1941-1963

The fonds consists of private papers of Slater, including ephemera; exercise books with hand-written notes and illustrations on gunnery; Royal Canadian Navy instruction on weapons, drills and exercises, and RCN information sheets on gunnery.

Slater, Jack K.
James Denoon Laurie fonds
Fonds · 1914-1958

The fonds consists of naval appointments and orders, certificates, correspondence, pension payments and adjustments, and mementos. Fonds includes photographs of various naval ship and a log book entered by Laurie as midshipman on the HMCS Niobe, 1914.

Laurie, James Denoon
James McKie (McKee) fonds
CA LCM MSS 44 · Fonds · 1860-1871

The fonds consists of a Royal Navy Service Certificate of James McKie (McKee) detailing service aboard HMS Nile and HMS Challenger between 1860 and 1871.

McKie, James
James W. Walker fonds
CA MMB L17 · Fonds · 1813-1815

The fonds consists of letters and orders (inbound) to J. Walker in Montreal from Mr. Laws, Storekeeper, Naval Yard, Kingston, Ontario and Mr. Kyles, Quebec City.

Walker, James W.
Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1994

The collection consists of photographs of people, events, organizations, and institutional activities relating to the Japanese-Canadian community, primarily in British Columbia. Many of the photographs depict scenes of Japanese-Canadian life in internment and relocation camps during and after World War II.

John Cass fonds
CA MMB L2929 · Fonds · [ca. 1970]

The fonds consists of Cass' research correspondence and a short historical essay on the HMS Virago on its voyage (1851-1854) on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Cass, John, 1921-
John Harper fonds
CA MMB P957-962;L115a-b · Fonds · 1883-1915

The fonds consists of photographs of Royal Navy Artillery Volunteers, HM ships, field gun drill, Esquimalt (1914), and Lt. John Harper. Fonds includes letter (1915) from Admiral John Parry recommending Harper to Admiral Inglefield.

Harper, John