Gargrave, Anthony, 1926-
Anthony Gargrave fonds. - 1942-1966, predominant 1951-1958.
34 cm of textual records

Born in London, England, in 1926, Anthony Gargrave came to Canada in 1940 to live with his brother, Bert Gargrave, and attend school in Vancouver. He represented the provincial riding of Mackenzie as a CCF and NDP member of the Legislative Assembly from 1952-1966. After retiring from the legislature, he continued his career as a lawyer.

The fonds consists mainly of subject files created by Anthony Gargrave in his work as a CCF MLA for the riding of Mackenzie, British Columbia, 1952-1958. Some of the subject areas include forestry, fishing, parks, education, municipal affairs, and Indian affairs.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Garrison, Lindsay M.
Lindsay M. Garrison fonds. 1944-1951.
13 cm of textual records

Biographical information unavailable.

The fonds consists of materials relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) of Vancouver. Included are records of the East Vancouver District Council of the CCF (1949-1951), the cashbook of Cedar Cottage CCF Club (1944-1951), general correspondence and CCF election literature and pamphlets.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Gay Alliance Toward Equality
Gay Alliance Toward Equality fonds. - Photocopied 1980.
19.5 cm of textual records.

The Gay Alliance Toward Equality was established in Vancouver, B.C. in 1971 to fight for the full equality of homosexual men and women.

The fonds consists of photocopied minute books of the Gay Alliance Toward Equality (1971-1980), photocopies of selected items in the files of the organization and a list of files created by G.A.T.E.

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Gee, George, 1908-1987
George Gee fonds. - 1950-1960
40 cm of textual records
17 photographs

George Gee, an electrician, jointed the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Vancouver Local 213, in 1939, served as a business agent of Local 213, 1946-1955, and was expelled from that union in 1955 owing to his political affiliation. His attempts for re-instatement failed and he found employment elsewhere until his retirement in 1974.

The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, subject files, and printed material relating mainly to the union activities of George Gee as a business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Vancouver Local 213, his expulsion from the union by an international representative of the union, and his attempts to be re-instated.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Georgia Straight
Georgia Straight fonds. - [ca. 1960]-1979.
ca. 6500 photographs

The Georgia Straight was founded in Vancouver in 1967 as an underground press to explore issues not examined in mainstream newspapers, such as sexual freedom, police brutality, and the youth culture of the 1960s and early 1970s. The newspaper ceased publication in 1979 but was revived in 1981 in a different format.

The fonds consists of photographs and negatives from the Georgia Straight newspaper photograph files, depicting demonstrations, conflicts, picnics, concerts, musicians, celebrities and other events and individuals.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Germany. Consulate (Montreal, Quebec)
German Consulate fonds. - 1909-1939.
1.6 m of textual records.

The office of the German Consulate General was established in Montreal, Quebec in 1909. In 1937 the office was moved to Ottawa, but a German consulate remained in Montreal to handle commercial matters.

The fonds consists of the correspondence, reports, and memoranda (1935-1939) of the Consul General. Also included are Montreal office papers dating from 1919 and a few original documents from the Vancouver Consulate (1909-1911).

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Gibbons, Roderick
Roderick Gibbons fonds. - 1958.
40 cm of textual records.

Roderick Gibbons, author of the unpublished "The Novice Candidate", was party organizer and campaign manager for the Social Credit Party in the 1950s.

The fonds consists of material designed to improve the chances of a political candidate's being elected. It includes an unpublished manuscript, "The Novice Candidate", and related materials which include correspondence and clippings.

Giste, Gary
Gary Giste fonds. - 1975-1976.
51 p.

Difficulties between Gary Giste and the Draft Board in Tacoma, Washington, resulted in Giste's moving to Burnaby, B.C., in order to avoid the draft. Further biographical information is unavailable.

The fonds consists of letters and documents relating to Giste's difficulties with the American Draft Board (1975-1976), including correspondence with the War Resistor Information Program and the Project for Special Service Action, and U.S. Attorney J.W. Olson, as well as some clippings.

Graham, Donald
Donald Graham fonds. - 1876.
1 cm of textual records.

Donald Graham came to British Columbia in 1874 and settled in the Okanagan Valley. His diary chronicles his work as a driver of a pack-train, serving with the government survey party for the right of way that was to become the Canadian Pacific Railway. Graham held a series of public offices in the Okanagan.

The fonds consists of a handwritten diary and reminiscences by Donald Graham (1876).

Grahame, Henry A.
Henry Grahame fonds. - 1884.
1 cm of textual records.

Henry Grahame was a Hudson's Bay Company factor.

The fonds consists of a memo book and diary from the Hudson's Bay Company, Fort Chipewyan.

Greater Vancouver Health League
Greater Vancouver Health League fonds. - 1930-1962.
58.5 cm of textual records.

The Greater Vancouver Health League was organized in 1930 to provide education to the residents of Greater Vancouver and throughout B.C., in respect to personal and community health, as well as to improve institutions of disease treatment and to provide information and assistance to parents for teaching hygiene to their children. The League's membership consisted of persons from the Greater Vancouver area.

The fonds consists of minute books, subject files, and clippings (1930-1962).

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Greater Vancouver Regional District. Planning Department
Greater Vancouver Regional District Planning Department fonds. - 1949-1980.
32.4 m of textual records.
50 maps.
400 plans.

The Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board was established under the provisions of the Town Planning Act (1949). The Board was dissolved in 1969 and then replaced by the Greater Vancouver Regional District Planning Department.

The fonds consists of records generated by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board (1949-1969) and its successor, the Greater Vancouver Regional District Planning Department. It includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, studies, surveys, briefs, discussion papers, reports, plans, maps, graphs and clippings.

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Greater Vancouver Water District
Greater Vancouver Water District fonds. - 1957-1975.
6 cm of textual records

The Greater Vancouver Water District was incorporated by the BC Legislature in 1924 and began its operatons in January, 1926. Its purpose was to supply water to Vancouver, Point Grey and South Vancouver with provisions for other municipalities to join.

The fonds consists of a bound scrapbook with press cuttings of G.V.W.D. calls to tender (1957-1975). The clippings record the various projects and staff members associated with the department.

Title based on contents of fonds.

Greene, Lily
Lily (Steinman) Greene fonds. - [ca. 1930]-2000.
20 cm of textual records
22 photographs
1 audio cassette

Born in Toronto, Lily (Steinman) Greene graduated as a stenographer in 1932 and throughout her career was involved in the union movement and, as a secretary to Tom McEwen-- the Communist Party of Canada. She is a charter member of the Ontario Voice of Women. During the Vietnam War she was involved in aid for Vietnamese children in the form of a knitting project.

The fonds consists of 171 letters from Tom McEwen, a leader of the Communist Party of Canada,to Lily Greene, 1944-1976, as well as photographs and an audio cassette. The letters are mainly of a personal nature, but many contain discussions of, or references to issues important to the Communist Party of Canada and elsewhere.

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

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Greenlee, Barney B.
Barney Greenlee fonds. - 1964-1972.
.5 cm of textual records.

Barney Greenlee worked as a miner and a mining engineer before he became general manager of the Britannia mining operation after Anaconda Company (Canada) purchased the mine from New York Howe Sound Company in 1962. He oversaw operations during the 1964 International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers strike.

The fonds consists of photocopied clippings from the Britannia Beach strike (1964), five collective bargaining agreements between the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and the Anaconda Company (1965-1972), a Britannia Beach Newsletter (December, 1970), transcript of Olive Baxter's Memories of Britannia Beach, typescript of a foreword for a proposed book about Britannia Beach by Barney Greenlee and letters relating to industrial relations and Britannia Beach history.

Grossman, John
John Grossman fonds. - 1930-1956.
2 cm of textual records.
22 photographs.

John Grossman was a homesteader in Fort St. John, B.C., arriving in 1930.

The fonds consists of a typescript of Grossman's memoirs as a homesteader in Fort St. John, B.C. (1930-1956) and photographs.

Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Gulf of Georgia Cannery fonds. - 1899-1977.
1 cm of textual records
149 plans and maps.

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery was established by the Gulf of Georgia Canning Company in Steveston in 1894. By 1897 the cannery operated two production lines and ranked as the second largest cannery in British Columbia. In 1902 canning operations expanded to three canning lines. In 1929 canning operations ceased temporarily and the cannery was used as a net loft and gear locker. From 1943 to 1947, Gulf of Georgia canned herring; then after 1947 it was used for seine and gillnet lofts. In 1978 the Gulf of Georgia Cannery was designated as a national historic site, representing West Coast fisheries.

The fonds consists manly of plans (mss. and photocopied) pertaining to the Gulf of George Cannery, Reduction Plant, and machinery of the plant. The fonds also include financial records of the cannery, 1939, and two can labels, n.d.

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