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McCaffery family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1921-1941

The fonds consists of photographs of the McCaffery family. It includes family and friends in Prince Rupert and at boarding school and family holidays at places such as the family's summer home in Qualicum Beach.

McCaffery (family)

McArthur family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1938-1960

The fonds consists of photographs of family in friends and textual records including personal correspondence, household receipts, a weighing station tally sheet for crab catches, and ephemera.

McArthur (family)

John Robert Service fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1931-1939

The fonds consists of photographs of the Central Hotel, its employees and relatives of the owners Peter and Cora Elizabeth Black. It also includes photos taken during the trips to and from Prince Rupert, collected by John Robert Service who visited the Central Hotel to see his grandmother, Cora Black, between 1931 and 1939.

Service, John Robert

John L. MacIntosh Family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1906-1933

The fonds consists of photographs, nitrate negatives, and textual records belonging to John L. MacIntosh. It includes photographs of people in Prince Rupert, including employees at the Prince Rupert firehall, relatives and friends of the MacIntosh family, and the Grand Trunk steamship S.S. Prince Rupert grounded on Ripple Rock. It also includes correspondence to John L. MacIntosh and an invoice for his brother, Robert M. MacIntosh.

John L. MacIntosh family

Gurvich family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1912, 1944, 1967

The fonds consists of photographs taken in Prince Rupert and documents relating to Nick Gurvich. It includes photographs of a "Men's Own Basketball Team" (1912), Gyro Club (1948), the fire at Columbia Cellulose (1967) and drawings of the Canadian Government Grain Elevator in camouflage during the Second World War (1944), a Department of Labour Mobilization sheet for Nick John Gurvich (1944), War Savings Canada stamp, and a war savings certificate for Nickolas Gurvich.

Gurvich (family)

Gordon family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1919-1982

The fonds consists of photographs related to scenes and events in Prince Rupert, on the Skeena River, and in Terrace and records related to the Gordon family, Gordon's Grocery and Gordon's Hardware. It includes 39 photographs depicting train wreck of Engine No. 101 on the Skeena, the opening celebration of the Skeena Highway in Terrace (1944), scenes in Prince Rupert including a man with halibut catch, view of the federal building, Freddi Wingham [ca. 192-], the opening of the Friendship House (1958), Alder Park with totem poles [ca. 193-], CN Park, "Queen of Prince Rupert" and its first visit to the city in June 1966, 2nd Avenue West and 3rd Street, and the Presbyterian Church (1992). It also includes a letter to Mrs. Robert Gordon regarding the opening of the Skeena Highway (1944), a postcard addressed to Olive Mae Gordon (1946), an account ledger for Gordon's Grocery (1919-1920), Profit and Loss Account Ledger for Gordon's Hardware (1945-1946), a certificate for the Tsimpsian Grand Lodge in Vancouver (1930), a certificate for Olive Mae Gordon's graduation from the Prince Rupert General Hospital Nursing School (1930), blueprints for the Gordon's Home at 234 4th Avenue East (for former owner Mr. Maquire), blueprints showing a map of the Skeena River and vicinity of Khatada to Prince Rupert, Location Plan for Terrace, B.C. (1942), Lakelse Lake Lot Plan (1919), and blueprints for Gordon's Hardware. There is a booklet with instructions for mounting and wearing decorations, campaign starts and medals along with a decal, a poster with Instructions to be observed in the event of an enemy attack, a blackout map for Prince Rupert, and an Aurora (1937). Other artifacts include a nursing cape, calendar with themometre from Gordon's Hardware (1958) and a 68th Coast Bty. R.C.A. crest. It also includes the program for the auction sale of Prince Rupert lots in Vancouver on May 25 and 29, 1909 with pencilled numbers and notes, a booklet from 1923 with newspaper pages and section maps of Prince Rupert for the City Assessment Roll, regulations and tariff of fees, rentals and charges under the water act from 1939, maps of Prince Rupert sections 5 and 6 from 1909, and a BC pre-emptors map, from 1929.

Gordon (family : Prince Rupert, B.C.)

Don Hamilton fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1940-[195-]

The fonds consists of both black and white and colour photographs with 2 photograph albums taken by Don Hamilton during the 1940s and 1950s when he worked in various fish plants in British Columbia. They include photographs of operations at Carlisle, Bones Bay, and Butedale canneries. There are some photographs depicting family and friends, Claire Salter, Norman Christenson, Charles McMillan, William Malcom, and Sylvester Anthony MacDonald in a way of life enjoyed by people living at the canneries. There are also photographs of the RCAF MTB Rescue Boat M-234, five vessels named Mary K, Venture, Sambo Point, Coquitlam, and Cape Calvert, as well as helicopters and float planes used for a rescue operation when a U.S. Bomber crew ditched on Princess Royal Island in the 1950s (Broken Arrow). Also includes a hand painted photograph of a paddle wheeler, and photographs of Vancouver.

Hamilton, Don

J. Lewis Sangster fonds

  • NWM IH 2011.30
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1950

This fonds consists of photographs and postcards taken or collected by J. Lewis Sangster during his time spent in New Westminster, during his time traveling and during his time spent overseas during World War I. Sangster developed a large number of the photographs himself, in a small cellar in his home that was converted into a darkroom. The fonds has been divided into three series based on content: Sangster Family, Military, and New Westminster Subjects. Included in the Military series, there is a collection of Canadian Official postcards published by the British newspaper The Daily Mirror, which Sangster collected during his time serving in World War I. The family series consists of photographs taken by Sangster of his family members, as well as pictures that Sangster received from extended family members.

Sangster, J. Lewis

James Delgado fonds

  • SFL MsC 123
  • Fonds
  • 1964-2010

The fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Delgado since 1964. The fonds contains correspondence, personal records, photographs, slides, negatives, video recordings, audio recordings of interviews with Delgado, and files focusing on: projects (shipwreck and historic sites), expeditions, lectures and education, and writing. The fonds also focuses on Delgado’s work with the National Park Service in the US, his work with the Vancouver Maritime Museum and with the Institute for Nautical Archaeology. Records also focus on Delgado’s work on The Sea Hunters television program.

The fonds is divided into eleven series: Correspondence series (Personal correspondence sub-series, Outgoing correspondence sub-series, Incoming correspondence sub-series), Personal records series, Projects series (Miscellaneous projects sub-series, Maritime archaeology sub-series, S.S. Central America sub-series), Expeditions series, Sea Hunters series (Episode files sub-series, Photographs sub-series, Slides sub-series, Video recordings sub-series), Writing series (Books and publications sub-series, Reports sub-series, Correspondence sub-series, Article drafts sub-series, Published articles sub-series, Publicity and reviews sub-series), Newspaper clippings series, Lectures and education series, Audio recordings series, Images series (Photographs sub-series, Titanic images sub-series, Slides sub-series), and Video recordings series.

Delgado, James

Harry and Valerie Jerome fonds

  • SFL MsC 130
  • Fonds
  • 1982-2001

The fonds consists of textual records and other media created by Harry and Valerie Jerome, which reflect the various facets of Harry Jerome’s life, including academics, athletics, and community and national sports initiatives. While most of the records reflect Harry’s life, the fonds also includes records that pertain to Valerie Jerome’s life and her own athletic career, such as newspaper clippings. In addition, a biographical manuscript, which is Valerie Jerome’s written iteration of the story of the Jerome family and Harry’s life, is included in the fonds. The fonds also includes records that were created by the Harry Jerome Commemorative Society and the Black Business and Professional Association’s Harry Jerome Awards. In order to respect the multiple creators and the overall nature of the records, the fonds has been arranged into the following six series: Harry Jerome records (1958-1982); the Valerie Jerome records (1887-[2005]); Harry Jerome Award programs (1986-1998); the Harry Jerome Commemorative Society records (1982-2001); photographs (1919-[2005]); newspaper clippings (1946-2010). The series are contained in eight boxes.

Harry Jerome Commemorative Society

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