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Newgate Customs House fonds
CA FTST MS 44 · Fonds · 1913-1938

Fonds consists of textual records of the Newgate Customs House from 1913-1938. Includes a register of power of attorney and a personnel record.

Canada. Newgate Customs House
CA PMM A1978.0001;A1980.0002;A1980.0007;A1987.0002;A1987.0006 · Fonds · 1899-1946

The fonds consists of ledger books from 1916 to 1942, minute books from 1918 to 1941, an account book from 1912 to 1917 and various loose textual records relating to the school board and Pitt Meadows Elementary School including invoices, letters, reports, memos and flyers. A photocopied page of the minutes of the Pitt Meadows School Trustees for September 1899 is also included. Fonds also consists of records relating to the general business of the Board and of the Department of Education for the year 1946. Three photographs of the Pitt Meadows School No. 2 (Richardson School) are also part of this fonds.

Pitt Meadows School Board
Mabel Lake Development fonds
Fonds · 1994-2006

Fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, applications and reports regarding the recreational development at Mabel Lake from 1994 to 2001. Includes correspondence and reports from the Kingfisher Round Table (1994), community sewage system (1996), and MAKERS (1995-2000); the first application, correspondence and maps regarding a proposal for multi-family units plus minutes recording written submissions at two public hearings and minutes recording the decisions made by NORD directors (1995); six development applications for multi-family residences, single family residences, and the Mabel Lake Golf Course with related residential development and commercial buildings (1999-2001). Also includes correspondence, assessment records and maps regarding property owned by NORD for public purposes and crown land required for the Mabel Lake boat launch project.

Mabel Lake Development
Marshall Bray fonds
Fonds · 1880-1902

The fonds consists of official commissions as government agent and police magistrate (1909); marriage certificates and childrens' report card and certificates; business correspondence concerning real estate (1892-1899); and letters of administration and estate administration papers for miners who died intestate in an explosion at the Wellington Mine in 1884, including John Lowry, Martin Lowry, Henry Arnold, Barney McGinnes, John Winders, and Domenico Ricono.

Bray, Marshall
Ron Black fonds
CA CMX 03.25 · Fonds · 1965-1991, predominant 1965-1972

The fonds consist of textual records and ephemera relating to Ron Blacks activities with Comox Council, the civic marina and writing for the Comox District Free Press. The material consists of copies of administrative records and correspondence; newspaper clippings; maps; and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of articles written for the Free Press. The fonds is arranged in six series: 1) Administrative Records; 2) Correspondence; 3) Ephemera; 4) Maps; 5) Scrapbook.

Black, Ron
Ronald Shearer fonds
Fonds · 1946-1995

Fonds consists of notes, correspondence, reports, and drafts produced by Shearer and others related to his participation in the Standing Committee on National Finance, The Academic Advisory Committee on Constitutional Reform, written briefs on the revision of banking legislation in Canada in 1977 and the Senate ad hoc Committee on University Organization.

Shearer, Ronald A. 1932-
Fonds · 1953, 1956, 1981, 1985

Collection consists of correspondence from the national headquarters of the R.C.M.P. to the Museum regarding the history of the detachment (1981); four photographs of various officers (1953, 1956, [1985?]) and a copy of a letter to Corporal Kuchta regarding recognition of his outstanding police service (1985).

Fonds · 1892-1946

The fonds consists of tax assessment and rural school district rolls for the Salt Spring Island Assessment District.

Salt Spring Island Assessment District
Fonds · 1993-1995

Fonds consists of speeches, newpaper clippings and correspondence about the statue project, sculptor Jack Harman, and the members of the committee.

Salute to Frank Ney Committee
School District No. 24 fonds
CA KMA 73.52 · Fonds · 1955-1977

The fonds consists of minutes, financial statements and reports of School District No. 24 (Kamloops).

School District No. 24 (Kamloops, B.C.)
Sir Charles Paget fonds
CA MMB L366a-e · Fonds · 1819-1838

The fonds consists of the commissioning papers (1819-1838) of Charles Paget.

Paget, Charles, Sir
Fonds · 1899-1963

The fonds consists of descriptions in house chronicles, items in local council minutes, mention in local accounts, newspaper articles, and subject and reference files.

St. Mary's School (Dawson, Y.T.)
Stanley R.S. Bayne fonds
Fonds · 1899-1935

The fonds consists of Stanley Bayne's farm diaries (1899-1935) and farmers account book (1925-1926). Entries in diary after Stanley Bayne's death in 1933 made by his son, Sydney Bayne. Fonds includes Dominion meteorological registers (1900-1933) for the Alberni Station of the Canadian Meteorological Service completed by Stanley Bayne.

Bayne, Stanley R.S.
CA SMA 2007-032 · Fonds · 1927 - 1952

Fonds consists of records relating to the secession of Ward 6 in the District of Saanich, 1927 to 1951, as well as the proposed secession of Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay and Shelbourne in 1950/51. Fonds includes correspondence, inventories of municipal property, assessments, advertisements, Saanich Relief Act of 1927, and the Act to Validate the Incorporation of the District of Saanich in 1951.

Terry Brennan collection
CA DMA CR-65 · Fonds · 1797-[ca. 1970]

This fonds consists of records collected by Terry Brennan in his efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of Delta, particularly the lives of the pioneering families. Consequently, the records accumulated by Mr. Brennan represent several families, and activities, which contributed to the development of Delta. Three series have been identified according to types of creators -- Private Records and Municipal Records -- and by media -- Photographs and other graphic material. Private records include both business records (British America Cannery), and personal papers (T.E. Ladner, Terry Brennan). Municipal Records include marriage and court records.

CA LCM MSS 86 · Fonds · [1896]

The collection consists of copies of the financial statement for the Municipality of Langley for December 31st, 1896, detailing assets and liabilities.

CA LCM MSS 227 · Fonds · 1912

The collection consists of a 1912 petition to Langley Municipality regarding street lights and other improvements in Fort Langley, B.C., possibly sponsored by the Fort Langley Board of Trade's Transport Committee.

Walter Meyer zu Erpen fonds
CA NCAI 1998 006 A ; 2007 019 A · Fonds · [198-]

The fonds consists of materials collected by Walter Meyer zu Erpen for his master's degree including research for a case study, "Towards an Understanding of the Municipal Archives of 19th Century British Columbia: A Case Study of the Archives of the Corporation of the City of Nanaimo, 1875-1904" and thesis: "Study of the Archival Record and Its Context: Meaning and Historical Understanding". The research notes are arranged alphabetically on index cards. Also includes photocopies of a report by Judge Eli Harrison on charges against Police Magistrate J.P. Planta, Bureau of Statistics Returns from Nanaimo, Assessment Rolls, 1895 & 1896, correspondence dated Jan 9, 1900, Wellington, from Theo Bryant re: nomination of E & N Railroad Conductor, J. W. Coburn (resident of Victoria) as Mayor of Nanaimo due to absence of any other nominees and correspondence to Col. Hon. James Baker (Provincial Secretary, Bureau of Statistics, Victoria) from R. E. Gosnell, (Secretary, Bureau of Statistics): Report of the Bureau of Statistics for the Municipalities of British Columbia, 1896.

Meyer zu Erpen, Walter J.
Fonds · 1907-1942

The fonds consists of accounts (1907-1934) and minutes (1933-1942). Fonds includes several letters of the Wellington Board of School Trustees.

Wellington School Board
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
Strategic Plans (1997-2020)
CA CCOQ F17-S04-SS01 · Subseries · 1997-2020
Part of City of Coquitlam fonds

The subseries includes the Strategic Plans for the following years: 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009-2011, 2012-2015, and 2020-2023.

City of Coquitlam
CA CCOQ F42-S04 · Series · 1971-1991
Part of District of Coquitlam fonds

The series includes financial statements prepared by a number of different chartered accountants on behalf of the District of Coquitlam for the years 1971-1991. Starting in 1981, the reports were called Annual Reports but continued to reflect the same information. The reports include a municipal directory, the Municipal Treasurer's Report, the Auditor's Report, and financial statements.

District of Coquitlam
Fred Ryckman fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1920-1936]

The fonds consists of records created by Ryckman during his tenure with the Department of Indian Affairs, primarily from the 1920s and 30s. The fonds includes contact sheets made as copies of photographs that remain in possession of Ryckman’s heirs. Records in the fonds take the form of notes and correspondence. Also included in records is a ledger which contains census information. The fonds also includes photocopies of newspaper articles relating to members of the First Nations whom Ryckman came into contact with as a result of his work as well as materials relating to Ryckman himself.

The fonds consists of the following files:

1-1, Ledger Book [Original & Copies], c. 1920
1-2, Photographs [Negatives & Contact Sheets], c. 1920
1-3, Articles and Correspondence [Photocopies], 1922-1936
1-4, Kootenays [Typed & Handwritten transcipts], c. 1932

Ryckman, Fred
Collection · 1923- [195-]

The collection consists of maps and photographs. It includes two surveys of Inverness Cannery (1923, 1934), a blueprint showing wartime houses' sewer connections (1945), a Canadian National Railways map of the waterfront showing businesses (1947), and photographs of buildings and homes in Prince Rupert and Shawatlans (195-).

British Columbia Assessment Authority (Prince Rupert, B.C.)