Fahrni, Mildred, d. 1992
Mildred Fahrni fonds. - [ca. 1910-1992].
1.75 m of textual records and other material

Mildred Fahrni (nee Osterhout) was born in rural Manitoba on January 1, 1900.  Between 1919 and 1923 she was educated at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy. Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree Fahrni continued her education at UBC by beginning a Master of Philosophy in the fall of 1923. 

Post graduation Fahrni worked for both the YMCA and the Canadian Memorial Church (CMC) as a secretary in Vancouver and between 1930 and 1931 Fahrni continued her education at Bryn Mawr, in Pennsylvania, enrolled in the Department of Social Economy and Social Research. Between 1931 and 1939 Fahrni traveled extensively abroad, including trips to Russia, India and Japan, with period returns to Vancouver. In 1939 she obtained at teaching position at Carleton Elementary School in Vancouver; and in 1941 she married Walter Fahrni.  In 1947 Mildred was elected head of the local branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She was active as a public speaker addressing issues of war, poverty, non-violence, and social change. In 1970 devoted herself to Servas, an international organization that promoted peace through travel and home stays; through which her trip to South America was made possible.

She was awarded the Vancouver peace award in 1991 before passing away in 1992.

The fonds consists of broadcasts and talks on the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, relief camps and related political topics of the depression on CJOR, Vancouver. It also includes correspondence and subject files relating to her interests in peace and women's movements.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Faminow, Peter, d. 2002
Peter Faminow fonds. - 1925-2002.
95.5 cm of textual records and other material.

Peter Faminow (1917-2002) was born in Alberta to Russian-born Doukhobor parents, Sam and Elizabeth Faminow. Faminow was actively involved in the Doukhobor youth movement. He would later help organize the 1958 Conference on Peace through Non-violence, author a column called “Dasha” in the Doukhobor publication Mir, and serve as the secretary-treasurer of the Union of Doukhobors in Canada. Faminow served as a councillor and alderman for the District of North Vancouver between 1960 and 1974 and ran once for Reeve. He also ran once as a New Democrat in the Federal Election of 1963. In 1987, Peter Faminow filed a case in the B.C. Supreme Court regarding the issue of secondary suites in North Vancouver, B.C. and succeeded in having the bylaws for allowing the rental of secondary suites changed.

Fonds consists of personal and business records of Peter Faminow, related to his personal and family life, career as a lawyer and a politician, and his interests and involvement in the Doukhobor community. Records include correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks, photographs, audio recordings, papers, speeches, and other textual records. Fonds is arranged into the following series: Family records, Records related to education, Records related to law practice and career, Doukhobor related files, Scrapbooks and clippings, and Audio recordings.

Title based on the provenance of the fonds.

Fonds contains 95.5 cm of textual records; 14 photographs; 14 audio reels; 4 audio cassettes.

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Farrell, Ann, collector
Ann Farrell research collection. - 1966-1974, 1990-1993.
10 cm of textual records
17 audio cassettes

Ann Farrell was born and educated in England where she was apprenticed to the London office of a Calcutta newspaper during World War II. She came to Canada after the war, raised a family, and, in her sixties, resumed her career. She was employed as a reporter, feature writer, and editor prior to writing: "Grace MacInnis: a story of love and integrity."

The research collection consists of interviews conducted for a published biography on Grace MacInnis. Interviewees include Dave Barrett, Rosemary Brown, Cliff Scotton, Harold Winch, and Bruce Woodsworth. She also collected speeches made by Grace MacInnis in the House of Commons as printed by Hansard, 1966-1974.

Title based on the name of the collector.

Farris, John Wallace de Beque, 1878-1970
John Wallace de Beque Farris fonds. - 1918-1969.
8.3 m of textual records ; 116 photographs

John Farris was born in New Brunswick. He was educated at St. Martin's Seminary, Acadia University and at the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained his LL.B. In 1903 he was called to the bar in British Columbia. Farris ran unsuccessfully for the general election of 1907 for Vancouver and in 1909 for Richmond. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of B.C. in 1916 as Liberal MLA for Vancouver and continued in that position until 1924. Farris was Attorney General and Minister of Labour (1917-1922) and was called to the Senate in 1937.

The fonds consists of correspondence (1888, 1922-1969), personal and business subject files, legal files and opinions, financial records, addresses, journals, scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, printed materials and subgroups of and relating to Jacob Kierstad, Elias Kierstad, Evelyn Fenwick Farris, John D. Farris and John Lauchlan Farris.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Farris, Wendell Burpee, b. 1886
W.B. Farris fonds. 1917-1944.
2 m of textual records and other material.

Born in New Brunswick, Wendell Farris attended the University of New Brunswick. After studying law, he was called to the bars of New Brunswick in 1908 and then British Columbia in 1909. He practiced law in Vancouver and sat on the boards of numerous corporations. Farris was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1942.

The fonds consists of incoming letters (1920-1944), outgoing letters (1917-1942), and business correspondence (1920-1942). Also included are stocks, receipts, tax returns, addresses, printed matter on Canadian and world politics, economics and industry, photographs, memorabilia, maps and plans.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Includes: 10 photographs, 2 maps, 4 plans.

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Federation of British Columbia Naturalists
Federation of British Columbia Naturalists fonds. - 1972-1978.
5 cm of textual records

The Federation of British Columbia Naturalists was formed as a means of bringing people togethner to learn, enjoy, and preserve more of the wonders of the natural world. The group became dormant in 1978.

The fonds consists of minutes of the Board of Directors, annual general meetings, spring and fall meetings, Vancouver Island regional meetings as well as circulars, memoranda, and reports, 1973-1978.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Federationist Publishing Company
Federationist Publishing Company fonds. - 1936-1945.
1.5 cm of textual records.

The Federationist Publishing Company, founded in 1936, published the Federationist, the party newspaper of the provincial Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

The fonds consists of the company minute book (1936-1945) for the Federationist Publishing Company.

Fee Packaging Service Corporation
Fee Packaging Service Corporation fonds. - 1935.
13 cm of textual records

The Fee Packaging Service Corporation sold and maintained packing equipment for lard
and other shortenings.

Fonds includes correspondence between the Fee Packaging Service Corporation and its
employees (primarily R.F. Marshall) as well as clients.

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Fenton, E. Tilford
E. Tilford Fenton fonds. - [between 1906 and 1915], predominant 1912-1915.
30 cm of textual records.

E. Tilford Fenton was member of the Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and served as the Executive Board representative of the First District of the Pacific District Council of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from March 1912 to October 1913. Fenton lived in Mission City, B.C. for some years. Fenton had been Local 213 President in 1911. On 26 October 1912, Fenton was re-elected as Executive board member. During Fenton’s term of office, the Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was mostly devoted to improve working conditions and fight for the rights of local electrical workers.

Fonds consists of records reflecting Fenton’s activities as the president of the Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in B.C. and the Executive Board representative of the First District of the Pacific District Council of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, spanning approximately from 1912 to 1913. These records are arranged in chronological order. Textual records in the fonds primarily consist of incoming correspondence from the U.S. to E.Tilford Fenton as the president of the I.B.E.W. in B.C., general circulars and reports from Pacific District Council, and administrative documents of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Personal correspondence of E. Tilford Fenton spans primarily from 1914 to 1915. These records are also arranged in chronological order. The fonds is arranged into the following four series: office correspondence; general circulars; administrative documents; and personal correspondence.

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Fewster, Ernest Philip, 1868-1947
Ernest Fewster fonds. - 1910-1940.
26 cm of textual records

Ernest Fewster was a doctor and poet as well as a member of the Vagabond Club of Vancouver. Born in England, Fewster came with his family first to Manitoba in 1887, and then to Vancouver in 1888. He studied medicine at the University of Chicago and then began his practice in Vancouver as a therapeutic specialist in 1911. In 1916 he began the Vancouver Poetry Society, of which he was president. As a writer, Fewster published six books, five of poetry and one of essays and poems.

The fonds consists of eleven manuscripts of poetry and two prose manuscripts. Of the poetry, "Lilith" is unbound and "Sons of the Sun" is handwritten. The two prose manuscripts are "My Dream Garden" and "Twilight Stories".

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Finley, Art, 1926-
Art Finley fonds. - 1960-1990, predominant 1969-1985.
41 audio cassettes.
1 reel tape.

Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, in 1926, Art Finley was active in the radio television broadcasting industry for fifty years, 1944-1994, prior to retirement in Victoria, BC. Beginning with KXYZ Houston in 1944, Finley established radio stations for the US military in Newfoundland, 1951-1953, went to New York, 1953-1955, and accepted a position as a TV producer and director for children's shows in San Francisco and Stockton, California, in 1958. After being employed by several TV and radio stations in San Francisco, including talk show programs at KSFO, he received a contract from CHQM, Vancouver in May, 1968. Shortly afterwards, he bagan doing talk radio with CKNW until 1974 when he returned to San Francisco to do talk programming with KGO. After that contract ended, he returned to Vancouver to work with CJOR, 1981-1986. Finley completed his radio talk show host career by working in Norfolk, Virginia, 1987-1988, San Diego, 1989-1990, and San Francisco, 1990-1994.

The fonds consists of audio cassettes of interviews (100) with a variety of personalities (79) from the fields of entertainment, politics, and the professions relating to their careers and issues of the day recorded on radio talk show programmes at KSFO San Francisco (1), CKNW Vancouver (57), KGO San Francisco (10), CJOR Vancouver (23), WNIS Norfolk (3), XRA San Diego (5), and KCBS San Francisco (1) from 1960 to 1990. Some of the tapes include questions from listeners to the talk show guests. The people interviewed by Art Finley included some of the prominent personalities and newsmakers of the 1970s and early 1980s: Mohammed Ali, Joan Baez, Bill Graham, Germaine Greer, Henry Heimlich, Yousuf Karsh, John Lennon, Henry Morgentaler, Huey Newton, Pierre Trudeau, and Gore Vidal.

Title based on contents of fonds.

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Finnish Organization of Canada. Vancouver Local No. 55
Vancouver Local No. 55 of Finnish Organization of Canada fonds. - Photocopied 1985.
1 m of textual records.

The Finnish Organization of Canada traces its roots to 1906. Organized in 1923, Vancouver Local No. 55 of F.O.C. became the most influential local on the west coast. During World War II the F.O.C., as with other leftist organizations, was banned by the federal government. The F.O.C. and its locals were again permitted to resume operations at the end of 1943. Although the organization has experienced a decline over the years, Vancouver Local No. 55 has survived and continues to pursue the traditions and ideals of F.O.C.

The fonds consists of photocopied minute books of the Finnish Workers' Association (Raivaija) (1910-1918), Finnish Organization of Canada, Local No. 55 (1934-1969), and Webster's Corner Socialist Local (1922-1955). The fonds also includes photocopies of financial records of Local No. 55 (1949-1957) and of subject files pertaining to the development of the Finnish culture in Canada.

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Fisheries Association of British Columbia
Fisheries Association of British Columbia fonds. - 1938-1975.
25 m of textual records.

The Fisheries Association of British Columbia was established in 1951 as the western division of the Fisheries Council of Canada. The activities of the Association spanned the full range of interests of the B.C. fishing industry, including resource protection and development, labour contract negotiations, product development, and safety programs. In addition, the Association also functioned as a liaison between the various departments of government and the British Columbia fishing industry. The Association severed its ties with the Fisheries Council of Canada in 1984 to become the Fisheries Council of B.C.

The fonds consists of minutes, financial records, negotiations and agreements, speeches and subject files generated by the Fisheries Association. The subject files include information on the activities of the Association including labour, safety, pollution, resources, waste water and licence limitations. The material was primarily generated during the period 1955 to 1975, except for minutes of the Salmon Canners' Operating Committee (1943-1948), agreements (1946-1956) and one subject file on the Native Brotherhood of B.C. (1947-1958).

RESTRICTIONS: Some restrictions apply.

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Fisherman Publishing Society
Fisherman Publishing Society fonds. - 1926-1983.
78 cm of textual records.
ca. 5000 photographs.

The Fisherman Publishing Society was born from the production of The Fisherman, a bi-weekly newspaper published by the Salmon Purse Seiners Union and the Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union.

The fonds consists of correspondence, a scrapbook, minutes, historical collections including ships' logs and the Harry Allison papers, and a 5000-image photograph collection which documents all aspects of the fishing industry and also includes non-fishing labour events in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

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Fishing Vessel Owners Association
Fishing Vessel Owners Association fonds. - 1935-1997.
2.2 m of textual records.
8 video cassettes.

The Fishing Vessel Owners Association (F.V.O.A.) has served the interests of fishing vessel owners since 1935. The F.V.O.A. is involved with all aspects related to fish and water issues. These include, but are not limited to, First Nations concerns, the development and administration of relevant legislation, policies and procedures, the environment, vessels, land referrals, and Canadian-U.S. relations and negotiations. This work is done in conjunction with all relevant organizations, committees, councils, boards, governmental departments, and legislative bodies.

The fonds consists of twelve series: meeting minutes, 1938-74, newspaper clippings, welfare funds, videos, regulations and legislation, related organizations, general business records, land referrals, herring (roe), financial, First nations, and salmon relating to F.V.O.A.'s work with fishing and water concerns.

Restrictions: All post-1980 materials are restricted until March 20, 2012 except with written permission from the President of the Association.

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Flesher, Eric Gregory, 1891-1972
Eric Flesher fonds. - 1904-1972.
45 cm of textual records.
44 photographs.

Eric Flesher was born in California and moved with his family to Vancouver in 1901. He began logging in 1912 and his career in the industry spanned some six decades.

The fonds consists of Flesher's unpublished memoirs entitled "Timber: The Log of a Western Logger" with revised drafts by Elsie McGill. The manuscript provides an account of the British Columbia logging industry from 1912 to 1965. The fonds also includes five journals (1934-1969), correspondence (1946, 1965-1972), legal documents (1904-1912), photographs of Flesher's family and early logging career and printed material. Most of the records relate to his activities in the Phillips Arm area.

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Food and Service Workers of Canada Union
Food and Service Workers of Canada Union fonds. - 1958-1987.
6.5 m of textual records.

The Food and Service Workers of Canada Union (FASWOC) was created in 1958 as the White Spot Employees Union. In 1968 the White Spot Company was purchased by General Foods Ltd. and the Union changed its name to Canadian Food and Associated Services Union (CFUSA) in 1972 and joined the Canadian Council of Unions in 1973. After organizing locals in two provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, the union changed its name to Food and Service Workers of Canada Union in 1981. At the time of its merger with the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers (CAIMAW) in 1987, FASWOC represented nineteen White Spot Restaurants, forty-seven Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants and other employees in British Columbia.

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, case files, convention material, and other textual records relating to the activities of the Food and Service Workers of Canada Union and its predecessor unions, the Canadian Food and Associated Services Union and the White Spot Union.

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Forbes, George, Reverend , O.M.I., collector
Catholic Church (B.C.) history collection. - 1948-1969.
53 cm of textual records.

Reverend George Forbes, O.M.I. was a Roman Catholic priest who acted on behalf of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (B.C.). He collected material relating to the history of the Catholic Church in B.C.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, subject files and other material which document the history of the Roman Catholic Church and its priests in British Columbia.

Title based on the contents of the collection.

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Fort Langley and District Board of Trade
Fort Langley and District Board of Trade fonds. - 1947-1965.
66 cm of textual records.

Administrative history unavailable.

The fonds consists of correspondence, government documents and material relating to the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, the Provincial Government and Provincial Women's Institutes.

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Foster, H.B.
H.B. Foster fonds. - 1876.
1.5 cm of textual records.

Biographical information unavailable.

The fonds consists of a one-volume journal kept by H.B. Foster during a voyage from Jamaica to England via New York and Canada in 1876.

Fox, Paul
Paul Fox fonds. - 1961.
13 cm of textual records.

Paul Fox taught political science at the University of Toronto.

The fonds consists of transcripts of interviews with pioneers of the socialist and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation movements in Canada (1961) by Paul Fox.

Franco-Canadian Trust Company
Franco-Canadian Trust Company fonds. - 1892-1950.
190 maps.

The Franco-Canadian Trust Company was active in Vancouver as a real estate and insurance firm from 1911 to 1947.

The fonds consists of maps of British Columbia. The maps detail property which the company handled in the B.C. Interior and Vancouver Island.

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Fraser, Donald Murray, 1946-1985
Donald Murray Fraser fonds. - Dates: 196- to 198-.
90 cm of textual records
120 photographs
3 posters

Born in Nova Scotia in 1946, Donald Fraser received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Acadia University in 1966 and moved to Vancouver to pursue graduate work. With friends, he formed the original nucleus of Pulp Press in the early 1970's. Under the name "D.M.Fraser", he wrote for, and contributed sporadically to the Georgia Straight, 3 cents Pulp, Alive, Parallelogram Retrospective, and Rough Beast. He published two collected works under Pulp Press, Class Warfare (1974) and The Voice of Emma Sachs (1983). After his death, editors and friends at Pulp Press, now Arsenal Pulp Press) published two more volumes of Frasers' work, Prelude: D.M.Fraserf, The Collected Works. Vol. 1 (1987) and Ignorant Armies (1990), by consulting unfinished manuscripts and drafts.

The fonds consists of academic materials and writings, prose, poetry, incoming and outgoing correspondence with family, especially his mother, Viola Fraser (nee Huggan), friends and co-workers; colour and black & white photographs portraying a variety of subjects; posters, notebooks, printed materials such as newspaper clippings and serials, and a variety of other ephemera created and/or collected and/or used by Fraser in Vancouver.

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Fraser Valley Tourist Association
Fraser Valley Tourist Association fonds. - 1962-1965.
13 cm of textual records.

The Fraser Valley Tourist Association was a local organization which was formed to promote tourism in the Fraser Valley area with Fort Langley as the principle attraction. The Association sponsored local essay-writing contests for school children on the theme of tourism.

The fonds consists of clippings, outlines for advertising, annual reports (1963), correspondence, essays, tourist promotions and printed material pertaining to tourism information and the B.C. Chamber of Commerce.

French, C.H., b. 1867
C.H. French fonds. - 1740-1879.
1.5 cm of textual records.

Born in Ontario, C.H. French worked for the Hudson's Bay Company in various capacities until his retirement.

The fonds consists of a typed transcript of French's autobiography which chronicles his experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company forts in their early days. It also includes a monograph entitled Transportation and Transportation Routes in British Columbia, a fragment of a work on gold mining and his family history.

Fuller family
Fuller family fonds. - 1937-1985.
1 m of textual records and other material.

Frank Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1917. Doris Fuller was born in Stockton, California in 1922. They were married in 1945 and moved to California in 1946. The Fullers both received B.A.'s in Geography in the early 1960s and in 1963 they began their teaching careers. In 1967 they moved to Sechelt, B.C. where Doris Fuller became president of the Sechelt Teachers' Association and Frank Fuller became head of the Labour Liaison Task Force of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation. He later became the founding president of the Labour History Provincial Specialist Association of the B.C.T.F. and, in 1980, he developed a curriculum on the Sechelt Indian cultural heritage.

The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files and photograph albums pertaining to the Fullers' professional careers, labour activities and personal lives. The fonds also contains materials which reflect the activities of the Labour History Provincial Specialist Association of the B.C.T.F. and the Sechelt Indian Curriculum project and a film, "For Twenty Cents a Day".

Includes: 241 photographs, 1 film and 74 slides.

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Fuller family (musicians)
Fuller family fonds. - [ca. 1912-1919].
11 cm of textual records and other material.

The Fuller family were from Sturminster Newton, Dorset England. The three sisters of the family, Dorothy, Rosalind and Cynthia, performed traditional English, Scottish and Irish folk songs in Victorian costume; their brother Walter acted as their manager. From 1913 to 1917 the sisters toured American towns and cities, especially in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. During this period Walter Fuller was based in New York City. Walter Fuller was married to Crystal Eastman (feminism activist and sister of Max Eastman, author and activist). At the end of the First World War, the Walter Fuller returned to England.

Fonds consists of textual and graphic material related to the activities of the Fuller siblings as traveling musicians, particularly during their American tour from 1913 to 1917, including correspondence, financial documents such as contracts and receipts, and photographs and drawings from their tours. Fonds also includes printed material such as programs and sheet music which the Fuller family had printed and sold. Fonds is arranged into series according to the type of documentation: Correspondence, Business and concert documents, Sheet music and lyrics and Photographs and drawings.

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