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              CA LCM MSS 9 · Fonds · 1895-1979, predominant 1895-1948, 1972-1979

              The fonds consists of original minute books of Council meetings (1895-1948), typed minutes (1960-1979), handwritten notes (1953-1973), and typed notes based on newspaper accounts of Council meetings (1873-1914).

              Langley (B.C. : Township). Municipal Council
              CA LCM MSS 2 · Fonds · 1896-1919, predominant 1906-1907

              The collection consists primarily of correspondence to John Walter Berry (1868-1943), Municipal Clerk, requesting tax assessments for lots of land in the Township of Langley, B.C. (1905-1906). Collection also includes examples of official tax assessment forms (1907), court cases appealing tax assessments (1906), and assessment rolls from 1896 and 1902.

              Fonds · 1858-1960

              The collection consists of fire insurance maps, townsite plans, topographical maps, subdivision plans, road maps, street grade maps, zoning maps, building plans, sewer maps, and mineral reference maps of Trail and area, including Rossland and Tadanac. Collection includes architectural plans of the warehouse and sales building of West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

              Fonds · 1925-1991

              The collection consists of maps and plans of the Valemount area including land use and village maps of Valemount, townsite plan and sketch map of Red Pass, B.C., map of Lucerne in Mount Robson Park, preemptors map of Tete Jaune Cache, B.C., and sketch maps, land use maps, and trap-line maps of the Valemount and Robson Valley areas. Collection includes Canadian National Railways trackage maps of Valemount and area (Robson Subdivision) and station plans.

              Victor B. Harrison fonds
              Fonds · 1917-1918

              The fonds consists primarily of applications, affidavits and correspondence regarding granting of crown grants to Nanaimo-area residents. Applications were processed in 1917, but include information about early settlers and the social aspects of their lives.

              Harrison, Victor B.
              W.C. Mainwaring fonds
              Fonds · 1940-1964

              The fonds consists of photographs depicting scenery, towns, and homes in various locations in B.C. as well as portraits of the Mainwaring family.

              Mainwaring, W.C.
              W.E. Oliver fonds
              CA KSM MG36 · Fonds · 1913-1922

              The fonds consists of documents relating to the property owned by W.E. Oliver. The fonds consists of 2 series that include letters, memorandums, lists of real estate and reports.

              Oliver, William Edgar
              Wah Hing Land Company fonds
              Fonds · 1940-1942

              The fonds consists of a register, written in Chinese characters. It includes one receipt and one application to transfer money to the Bank of China.

              Wah Hing Land Company
              CA LCM MSS 101 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1982]

              The fonds consists of incomplete history notes on various people buried in Wallsworth Cemetery, Langley, B.C., a letter from Mrs. W.B. Dawkins to the Municipality of Langley regarding locating the cemetery and graves of pioneers in what used to be called Fernridge, B.C., and sketched maps of rural lots in Langley, B.C.

              Wallsworth Cemetery
              Walter Reynolds Hall fonds
              CA LCM MSS 6 · Fonds · 1912-1917, 1984

              The fonds consists of copies made in 1984 of correspondence and land records, including articles of agreement, property conveyances, receipts, mortgages, deeds of land, and assessment notices of W.R. Hall concerning primarily land transactions involving George Henry Pratt, Alex Ritchie, George A. Jacobs, and Charles Reid dating back to 1898-1915, and 1947. There are original records from 1912-1917 documenting payments made by Walter Reynolds Hall to Rev. H.A. Burton and correspondence between Hall and Montgomery Ward & Co. from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

              Hall, Walter Reynolds
              Fonds · 1911-1967

              The collection consists of topographical maps, geological survey maps, recreation (e.g., trail) maps, preemption maps, mining claims maps and subdivision maps of the Whistler/Alta Lake area.

              Fonds · [ca. 1880] -[ca. 1980]

              Fonds consists of records related to the Loudon family, the Loudon mine, and properties in the Wellington area. The fonds is arranged in series as follows: 1) Photographs; 2) Maps; 3) Loudon mine records; and 4) Personal papers.

              Loudon, William Drummond
              WX Ranch fonds
              Fonds · 1934-1979

              The fonds consists of cash sales books and account books for the farm and other properties (including Sinclair, Canoe and Lakeshore) under the management of Don Raven.

              WX Ranch
              CA UVICARCH AR283 · Fonds · 1991-1994

              The fonds consists of 12 exhibit panels, and research files relating to the development of the exhibit. Files are arranged in the following series: Exhibit, Natural History, Straits Salish Songhees, Hudson's Bay Company, Early Settlers, Gordon head Settlers, Gordon Head Military, Gordon Head Campus, Miscellaneous.

              University of Victoria (B.C.). Gordon Head Exhibit Project
              Claire Heffernan fonds
              CA UVICARCH AR067 · Fonds · 1980-1990

              The fonds consists of research files on aquaculture, UVSS, VIPIRG, Campus Green Plan, and the Gordon Head exhibit.

              Heffernan, Claire
              Chad Evans fonds
              CA UVICARCH AR049 · Fonds · 1979-1991

              The fonds consists primarily of drafts and research materials used to write his book "Frontier Theatre: A History of Nineteenth Century Theatrical Entertainment in the Canadian Far West and Alaska", published in 1982. Fonds includes musical scores and librettos, programs, photographs, scrapbook and four unpublished plays: "Murder Pattern," 1936; "Ascend as the Sun"; "Earth Song", by Herman Voaden; and "The Dragon", by Bertram Brooker.

              Evans, Chad Arthur, 1951-
              Kruger family fonds
              CA OSOY MS 3 · Fonds · 1853-1900

              Fonds consists of the textual records of the Theodore Kruger family from 1853-1900. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal records, personal documents, and ephemera.

              Kruger (family)
              Charles Ora Card fonds
              CA OSOY MS 11 · Fonds · 1886 - ?

              Fonds consists of the photocopied transcribed textual records of Charles Ora Card from 1886. Includes a biography from the oral history of his daughter, Pearl Card Sloan, transcribed diary entries from his Canadian travels in 1886, and a map outlining his travel route in Washington and British Columbia.

              Card, Charles Ora
              Thomas T. McVittie fonds
              CA FTST MS 55 · Fonds · 1877-1917

              Fonds consists of the textual records of Thomas T. McVittie. Includes field books, index to the field books, notes, and maps.

              McVittie, Thomas T., 1855-1918
              Verdun Casselman fonds
              CA FTST MS 39 · Fonds · 1982-1987, photocopied 1987

              Fonds consists of the textual records of Verdun Casselman from 1982-1987. Includes correspondence, research material re Bull River, notes, clippings, and photographs.

              Casselman, Verdun, 1916-1990
              Robert T. Richardson fonds
              CA FTST MS 29 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-?]

              The fonds consists of textual records of Mr. R.T. Richardson from 1951. Includes correspondence and two histories of Bull River.

              Richardson, Robert T., 1881-1952
              W.A. Baillie-Grohman fonds
              CA FTST MS 9 · Fonds · [photocopied 197-]

              Fonds consists of the textual records of the Baillie-Grohman family. Includes correspondence from Baillie-Grohman and his wife Florence from their homes in
              England and Austria to Guy Constable in BC regarding the dyking of the Kootenay River and the reclamation of the Creston Valley, and an order in council about the Baillie-Grohman canal.

              Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph, 1851-1921
              Napolean Peter Casorso fonds
              CA KEL Add. MSS. 50 · Fonds · 1885-1997, predominate 1922-1987

              Fonds has been arranged into eight Series. Each series has been broken down by subject and filed chronologically, either by date or alphabetically. The fonds reflect the material kept and collected by Pete Casorso. The records date from 1885 - 1997, but are predominantly from 1922 - 1987, the year after his death. The fonds focuses on the business and financial records kept by Pete Casorso. The files represent his business interests whether it is Mountview Sawmills Ltd. Pioneer Ranch, Casorso Brothers Ltd. and the many properties he owned or co-owned, mining interests (especially Lexington Mines Ltd. and Notre Dames Des Mines). Also included are records relating to insurance and legal indentures, personal records such as correspondence. Many of the records are handwritten and offer a glimpse into the life and times of Pete Casorso, Kelowna pioneer, farmer and businessman. on contents. Fonds has been arranged into 8 series: They include 1) Financial: Bank Statements, Securities, and Income Tax, 1885-1986; 2) Real Estate: sorted by Lot number, 1930-1987; 3) Correspondence: general 1912-1979; 4) Business Records: general, Mountview Sawmills Ltd., Farm Management, Pioneer Ranch, Mining including: Lexington Mines Ltd., Notre Dames Des Mines Ltd. 1907-1987; 5) Legal: Wills, Patent, Indentures 1922-1987; 6) Insurance: Property, Life and Automobile 1926-1981; 7) Personal: Correspondence and Family History, note: some restrictions 1926-1983; 8) Ephemera: Fruit and Vegetable industry, mining, miscellaneous 1919-1982.

              Casorso, Napolean Peter, 1888-1987
              Fonds · 1982-2001

              Fonds consists of textual materials which document the responsibilities and activities of the Technical Committee on the Endowment Lands, and includes correspondence, agendas and minutes, reports, and published materials.

              University of British Columbia. Technical Committee on the Endowment Lands
              Fonds · 1912 - 1970

              Collection consists of maps and plans of the University campus and of the University Endowment Lands (now Pacific Spirit Park). The collection was started by UBC Library and is now continued by the UBC Archives. The collection is arranged in several series. Maps are filed, depending on their dimensions, in either map cabinets or vertical files.