Haig-Brown, Roderick Langmere Haig, 1908-1976
Roderick langmere Haig-Brown Map and Plan Collection
35 maps
Roderick Langmere Haig Haig-Brown was born in Lancing, Sussex, 21 February 1908. In 1927 he moved to
British Columbia and worked as a logger, trapper, guide and fisherman. He returned to England for 1929-1931,
where his first book, Silver, was published. Although he considered himself primarily a writer, Haig-Brown was a
stipendiary magistrate and judge of the juvenile court of Campbell River and a noted conservationist.
Many of his articles and speeches are derived from his experience in these areas.
Collection consists of maps regarding Vancouver Island and western Canada in various format and scales.
Many maps are manuscript, or have manuscript annotations, and some of them are in color. Many of the maps in this collection
reflect his various interests, and some are the originals for maps used in his books.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also Roderick Haig-Brown Fonds
for textual records.
Hall, John G.C.
John Hall Map Collection
12 maps
John G.C. Hall was a director of the British American Oil Company.
Collection consists of original as well as published maps pertaining to B.C. geology and were produced for and used by British
American Oil Company.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also John G.C. Hall Fonds.
Harris, Robert (Bob) C.
Robert Harris Map Collection, 1835-1992; (predominant 1880-1930
1865 maps
Bob Harris was born in England in 1922. After he served with the Royal Engineers during World War II, he graduated with a
degree in Civil Engineering from the University of London in 1948. He was later married to Rita in July 1948 and sailed to Canada
that same year. In 1950 Mr. Harris and his wife moved to Vancouver where he worked for 25 years for the Dominion Bridge Company.
Then, in 1975 he moved to the structural engineering company of Buckland and Taylor where he remained until his death in 1998.
He was responsible for the design and/or erection of several bridges in the Vancouver area, namely Granville, Second Narrows,
Oak Street and Port Mann Bridges. He was a member of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, North Shore Hikers, the Vancouver Naturalist
Historical Society, and a volunteer Warden for Ecological Reserve Number 48. He was also commissioned to provide hiking trails
(a total of 75) for B.C. Outdoors Magazine. R.C. (Bob) Harris was an engineer by profession but an historian at heart,
who enjoyed the challenge of finding all the old trails in the field. He spent over 20 years visiting the Provincial
Archives and the Department of Lands in Victoria, accumulating a large mass of maps, diaries and fieldbooks of the
early explorers, surveyors and road builders, geologists and miners.
Collection consists of cartographic materials relating to reconnaissance trips taken by R.C. Harris incorporating old trails on
current maps. While the inclusive dates of this collection are from 1835 - 1981, the majority of these maps were created from 1880 -1930.
The items naturally fall into a classification system due to the organization of the maps through a personal classification system
as maintained by R.C. Harris. The maps were sorted into trays of a map cabinet with small stickers on the outside of those trays
indicating its contents. The decision has been made to honour this system and maintain the organization of this map collection.
The collection is comprised of about 17 trays from map cabinet shelves containing maps, both historic and those drawn up by
Mr. Harris for reconnaissance trips, incorporating old trails on current maps. The maps originate from his estate library
that contains extensive research material on B.C. historical trails and events concerning the fur trade, gold rushes,
Royal Engineers and early mining. There are also numerous 20th century maps of B.C., mostly topographic, lands and mining
of various series. There are numerous air photos, microfilm mining records, and a number of partial maps, titled and untitled,
but showing a catalogue number or Legal Surveys serial number. These partial copies of pre-emptions, and lots were used by
Mr. Harris to locate the trails in his effort to find them on the ground today and to enter them
on his own maps. There are also over 150 maps that Mr. Harris used for articles and lectures. It has been estimated that perhaps 10% of the collection is original material with the rest comprising copies.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] [HTML] available.
Hastings Brass Foundry, 1943 - 1959
Hastings Brass Foundry Plan Collection
21 plans
Administrative history unavailable.
Collection consists engineering drawing of naval architecture, salmon-fisheries, fishing boats, in various scales.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
Harley Hatfield Cascade Wilderness
Harley Hatfield Cascade Wilderness Map Collection, 1863-1986, (1972-1983 predominant)
152 maps
Harley Robert Hatfield was born on February 28, 1905 in Saint John, New Brunswick. He moved to British Columbia with
his family in 1907, and spent most of his life in Penticton. In the 1950's he became one of the founding members of the Okanagan
Similkameen Parks Society. He was also a director, writer, and eventually, Honourary Life Member of the Okanagan Historical Society,
and an active member of the Wilderness Advisory Committee.
The fonds consists of cartographic materials related to the efforts of Harley Hatfield and the Okanagan Similkameen Parks
Society to trace, document and restore the Hudson's Bay, Okanagan Brigade and a number of other trails in the Cascade
Wilderness area in south-west British Columbia. These trails have been incorporated
into digitized Forest Cover Map Series (92H) produced by the Ministry of Forests.
Many of the maps deal with the proposed extension to Manning Park, and are hand annotated.
There are a large number of photocopies of published maps of the Hope-Princeton area.
Harley Hatfield's son, Peter Hatfield, created a number of later maps. Fonds also includes lithographed
posters of nine animals found in British Columbia and a small number of textual records related to the Harley Hatfield's efforts.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also Harley Hatfield Fonds for textual records.
Hoffmeister Electric Company
Hoffmeister Electric Company Map Collection, 1898 - 1960
3 maps
Founded by Reinhart Hoffmeister, the Hoffmeister Electric Company was an electrical contracting firm
which moved to Vancouver in 1898.
Collection consists of maps of Vancouver and Canada, in various formats and scales.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also Hoffmeister Electric Company Fonds for textual records.
Howay, Frederic William, 1867-1943
Frederic William Howay Map Collection
68 plans
Born in London, Ontario, Frederick Howay moved to British Columbia as a child. He attended school in New Westminster and
in 1884 he went to Victoria to write his Provincial Teachers' examinations. He then taught at Canoe Pass and Boundary Bay schools.
In 1887 Howay entered Dalhousie University in Halifax to study law. While in Halifax, Howay wrote articles on law, politics,
temperance, and B.C. personalities, which were published in various B.C. papers. Howay graduated with his LL.B. in 1890 and was
admitted to the B.C. bar in 1891. In 1907 he became Judge of County Court of New Westminster. Howay had a great interest in history
and was a member and president of many historical associations in B.C and Canada such as the Historic Sites and Monuments Board,
Champlain Society and the Royal Society of Canada.
Collection consists of maps relating to the discovery and exploration of the Pacific Northwest, in various scales and
formats including glass slides, photostats, and published maps, some of which are annotated. For more information the Howay-Reid collection, please go to http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/howayreidmaps.html
Many of Howay's maps are individually catalogued and integrated with maps from other collections in the Historical Map Collection. Use the UBC Library catalogue to seach for maps in the Howay collection. An online inventory is also available.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also Frederick Howay Fonds for textual records
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