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Esquimalt Fonds
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McLeod family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1910-1981

The fonds consists of photographs of the Prince Rupert and Hazelton area, training of the Fishermen's Naval Reserve in Esquimalt in 1939, and women attending an Eastern Star Tea outside the home of Mrs Massey in the 1930s. Also includes photographs of the wooden roadway at the GTP wharf, a ship in the drydock, Third and Fourth Avenues by Peerless Studio, a view of downtown from Summit Avenue, northern BC bearskin for A.J. Phillipson Fur Dealer, a view of the harbour, Hayes Cove, Tuck Inlet, and Mount Hayes, and a watercolour card of the Portland Canal. Also includes correspondence from Hoomes K. Freeman regarding the Launch "Narbethong" from 1918-1921, correspondence and schedules concerning the Commission on Pacific Fisheries Policy, a letter from the Salt Water Sports Fishermen of Prince Rupert and Port Edward BC to the Honourable Romeo Lablanc, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, a proposed newspaper advertisement regarding a petition, a letter to E.W. (Ned) McLeod regarding upcoming Commission of Fisheries public hearings from executive director E.D. Danby, and copies of letters from commissioner Peter H. Pearse, Commission on Pacific Fisheries Policy. Includes a list of publications relevant to fisheries available at the Prince Rupert Library, notes from a meeting of a special committee of the Prince Rupert Rowing and Yachting Club to discuss an appearance before the Commission of Pacific Fisheries Policy held on 23 February 1981, and a notice of intention to appear before the commission dated 24 February 1981. Includes a Tsimpsean Lodge No. 58 communication bulletin for 11 April 1946, a Prince Rupert-Smithers bulletin from 1961 published by the Province of British Columbia, and correspondence from 1960-1968 concerning E.W. (Ned) McLeod when he was the retired Lieutenant Commander of the R.C.N.R. It pertains predominantly to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia George R. Pearkes and his visits and tours of the north coast. Also included is a bound volume of "The Empire" newspaper that contains the first 26 issues from 20 July 1907 to 4 January 1908, 4 Air Navigation topographical maps for the RCAF in the 1940s, an IODE membership card, a Prince Rupert General Hospital memo from Mrs J.H. Lindsay to board members in 1970, a Hospital Hotline newsletter from 1977, a Northern BC Power Co. invoice, a Prince Rupert cookbook from 1914, and a photograph of largest blast from 1913.

McLeod (family)

Douglas Franklin fonds

  • UVICARCH AR428
  • Fonds
  • 1972-2000

The fonds consists primarily of photographic prints, negatives and contact sheets of historic buildings and properties - preparatory material for Franklin’s co-authored publications on Victoria’s architecture. The fonds is arranged in four series: photographs - Victoria: A History in Architecture, 1843-1929; photographs - Exploring Victoria’s Architecture; architectural drawing - East School elevation (Lord Strathcona School), Vancouver, BC, 1897; and publications and printed matter.

Franklin, Douglas

Jewish communities of British Columbia historical collection

  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1858-2000]

The collection consists of documents and photographs intentionally assembled collection of discrete items documenting the following areas: the occupational pursuits of B.C. and Yukon Jewry; the organized religious life of Jews in B.C.; leisure activities; and the membership and good works of organizations formed to aid and represent the Jewish community, such as the National Council of Jewish Women. There is also a wide range of individual and family portraits, and photographs of headstones.

Victoria Presbytery (United Church) fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1925-2011

Fonds consists of the following record series: Victoria Presbytery and Executive meeting minutes (1925-2011); Subject files of the Presbytery Secretary (1955-1986); Correspondence of the Presbytery Secretary (1957-1972); Presbytery committees (1931-1936; 1964-1992); and Financial records (1938-1959).

United Church of Canada. Victoria Presbytery

Velma Petch fonds

  • EMA 984.9
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1929

The fonds consists of photographs of Lampson Street School classes, choirs and minstrel groups.

Petch, Velma Mary

Walter E. Woodward fonds

  • MMB P1033
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1899

The fonds consists of photographs taken of Royal Navy activities, ships and group portraits surrounding the HMS Imperieuse while in Esquimalt Harbour (1896-1899).

Woodward, Walter E.

Yarrows Limited fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1914-1946

The fonds consists of workbooks and other papers (1929-1942) including those relating to work on the vessels William J. Stewart, Motor Princess, and HMCS Nootka. Fonds also includes alphabetical list of jobs done 1932-1946, estimate workbooks covering years 1914-1944; documents and estimates relating to HMCS Nootka, 1938; blueprint of Esquimalt Harbour (Constance Cove), ca. 1915; and specification sheets. Fonds includes plans for naval vessels (Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy), steamers, cruise ships, ferries, barges, lifeboats, and tankers. Fonds includes photographs of Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy ships, Yarrows displays and float, visits to the Yard by dignitaries, and designs for certain parts of vessels.

Yarrows Limited

Jack K. Slater fonds

  • 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 L. Sweetnam fonds

  • MMB L303
  • Fonds
  • [1891]

The fonds consists of a surgeon's journal detailing illnesses and medical examinations on the HMS Nankin with notes on diagnosis, remedies, medical practice and prognosis.

Sweetnam, James L.

John Bowden fonds

  • EMA 989.8
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1969

The fonds consists of household repair and operations receipts and property tax statements of Captain John Bowden.

Bowden, John

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