Backman, Bill,
collector
Bill Backman collection. - 1925-1950.
40 cm of textual records.
Bill Backman is a retired forester who worked for Bloedel, Stewart and Welch. He has also served as president of the B.C. Forest History Association.
The collection consists of operating statements for Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Ltd., Bloedel Operation (1925-1950), Sarita River Operation (1947-1950) and Sproat Lake Operation (1942-1950).
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Barbarian Press
Barbarian Press fonds. - 1976-1990.
2.75 m of textual records.
Barbarian Press was founded in 1977 by Crispin and Jan Elsted. They both received M.A. Degrees in English at the University of British Columbia in 1975, and after a year of teaching in the English Department, they travelled to England to work toward Ph.D.s at King's College, London. The Elsteds established Barbarian Press on their return to B.C. in 1978. Settling at Steelhead, north of Mission, the Elsteds have published continuously since then, producing both commercial work (stationery, cards and other job printing) and fine presswork: illustrated monographs, miniatures, pamphlets, broadsheets and keepsakes.
The fonds consists of correspondence files including founding operations and editorial issues; project files include planning and production of books (collaborations with I. H. Finlay and illustrators Edwina Ellis and Colin Paynton), pamphlets, broadsheets, etc.; general printing files cover printed ephemera and job printing including design files and promotional and background materials; financial files include invoices and bank records.
Inventory available.
Barclay, James Bow,
1903-1964
James Barclay fonds. - 1904-1956.
92 cm of textual records.
1,741 photographs.
James Barclay was born in Gourock, Scotland. After receiving his education in Scotland he worked in Shanghai, China as an engineering assistant. In 1928 Barclay decided to join his parents in North America. Leaving China, he arrived at the port of Seattle and from there made his way to Vancouver, B.C. After working in Trail as a draughtsman for Consolidated Mining and Smelter Company of Canada, Barclay moved to Vancouver where he became a member of the Canadian Professional Engineers. Thereafter, he worked on a number of construction projects in the city, including the Burrard Street Bridge.
The fonds consists of photographs mainly pertaining to his activities in China (1900s-1920s), Oregon (1920s) and British Columbia (1930s-1950s) as well as related correspondence, memorabilia and clippings.
Photograph inventory available.
Barlee, N. L. (Neville Langrell), 1932- , collector
Bill Barlee mining research collection. - 1892-1954.
0.7 m of textual records.
N.L. "Bill" Barlee, born in Grand Forks, has had a varied career as a high school teacher, writer, publisher and Minister of Small Business, Tourism, Culture and Film in British Columbia, 1991-1996. He wrote Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns, 1984. He hosted an award winning television series, "Gold Trails and Ghost Towns," which ran from 1986 to 1996 on five different networks.
The research collection consists mainly of correspondence, financial records, and legal records acquired on the activities and businesses of John Morgan Harris in Slocan and vicinity, mostly from 1893-1924. Reco Mining and Milling Co., Hotel Reco, Harris and Kelly, Star Mining and Milling Company, Norman & Company Mining and Stock Brokers and the Silver-Lead Miners Association of British Columbia were some of the companies and organizations in which Harris was involved. There are documents detailing court disputes between Star Mining versus Byron N. White and Harris versus White at various levels of the legal system to the Privy Council in England. In addition the collection contains the financial records and telegrams of the W.B. Bailey Co., 1896-1902 and the financial records of Clarence Cunningham, 1916-1919.
Title based on the name of the collector.
Inventory available.
Barnett, H.G.(Homer Garner), 1906-
H.G. Barnett fonds. - 1935-1940; predominant 1935-1936.
13 cm of textual records.
H.G. Barnett was a professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.
The fonds consists of field research material for the Coast Salish (1935/36) and Tsimshian (1940) Indians of British Columbia.
Inventory available.
Beaver Cannery (Rivers Inlet, B.C.)
Beaver Cannery fonds. - 1905-1906, 1931-1939.
6.5 cm of textual records.
Owned by J.H. Todd and Sons, the Beaver Cannery was constructed in 1905 at Rivers Inlet, B.C. in a small bay off Schooner Passage in the winter of 1905/06.
The fonds consists of photocopied pages from time book (1905/06), fisherman's catch records (1933-1938) and journals (1931-1939).
File list available.
Belcher family
Belcher family fonds. - 1736-1874.
40 cm of textual records.
Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877) was born in Halifax and, in 1812, joined the Royal Navy where he gained recognition as a surveyor. He was knighted in 1843 for his success in surveying the west coast of America. From 1852 to 1854, he commanded an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. In 1872 Belcher attained the rank of admiral.
The fonds consists of personal documents, journals, an order book, court papers, correspondence, drawings and miscellany (1821-1865). Series within the subgroups relating to other family members are arranged by incoming and outgoing correspondence. This fonds is built around Edward Belcher's material and, as a result, the material has been arranged with the other eight members of the Belcher family as sub-groups to the main body of material.
Inventory available. See also the inventory produced through the EAD Pilot project.
Bell-Irving
Insurance Agencies
Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies Ltd. fonds. - 1914-1968.
7 m of textual records.
H. Bell-Irving and Company was established in Vancouver in 1895 as Managing and Selling Agents for the Anglo British Columbia Packing Company. In 1908, the Company created an Insurance Department to underwrite insurance for its canneries and fishing boats and in 1929 it was established as a separate business under the name Bell-Irving Insurance Ltd. The firm purchased Nairn Insurance Agencies in 1948 and Crossley Insurance Agencies in 1949. Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies' functions included insurance, real estate, mortgages, automobile financing and property management. The company ceased operation in 1972.
The fonds consists of financial records, insurance policy records and ledgers arranged in three sub-groups: Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies Ltd., Crossley Insurance Agencies and Nairn Insurance Agencies.
Inventory available.
Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle,
1856-1931
Henry Bell-Irving fonds. - 1882-1930.
6.5 cm of textual records.
5 microfilm reels.
Henry Bell-Irving came to Granville in 1885. He was instrumental in founding the Anglo-British Insurance Agencies. Bell-Irving was active in the fishing industry through his association with the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company.
The fonds consists of photocopies of outgoing letters (1882-1885) and letter press copybook (1888). Also included are microfilm copies of diaries, deed books and address books (1887-1930).
Berger, Thomas R.
Thomas Berger fonds. --
1956-1997.
12 m of textual records
Thomas Rodney Berger, a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, and author, was born March 23, 1933, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the son of Maurice Theodore Berger and Nettie Elsie Perle McDonald. Berger received the Order of Canada in 1990, and was recognized with honorary degrees from several universities for his contributions championing aboriginal peoples of Canada.
The fonds consists of thirteen series of records pertaining to the activities of Thomas Berger, including two series of files arranged with reference to file classification schemes, related to party politics and to the Sardar Sarovar Projects Independent Review, as well as eleven series of subject files generally arranged alphabetically, related to the Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, the Advisory Commission on Indian and Inuit Health Consultation, a proposed United Nations Environmental Programme inquiry on whales and whaling, Japanese Canadians' redress, the Alaska Native Review Commission, the Canadian Judicial Council and its investigation concerning Berger, the University of British Columbia President's Ad Hoc Committee on British Columbia Native Indian People and Communities, the Simon Fraser University J. S. Woodsworth Chair committee, speeches given by Berger (arranged by event in subseries of two to seven year periodic groups), and subject files related to aboriginal peoples, the Arctic and the north in general. The arrangement by the records' creator of series and file order within series has been respected. Several series contain files housed in multiple folders, indicated by notes where applicable.
Inventory available.
Bernard, Elaine,
collector
Telecommunications Workers Union research collection. -
1880-1982.
2.8 m of textual records.
Elaine Bernard assembled the collection while researching The Long Distance Feeling: A History of the Telecommunications Worker's Union.
The collection consists of records covering the period from the granting of the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company charter in 1880 to 1982 when B.C. Telephone Company employees were laid off without notice. It includes union minutes, arbitration details, correspondence, press clippings, constitutions, agreements, and financial reports relating to the Telecommunications Workers Union of B.C.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory available.
Blathwayt, William, b. 1882
William Blathwayt fonds. - 1910-1955.
6.5 cm of textual records.
English poet William Blathwayt is the author of several volumes of poetry.
The fonds consists of a diary which dates from 1910 to 1912 and from 1935. Also included in the fonds is a journal of "Books Lent" (1915-1955) and a leaflet (1946) from the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company.
Blondal, Patricia, b. 1926
Patricia Blondal fonds. - 1948-1963.
40 cm of textual records.
Patricia Blondal was born in Souris, Manitoba. She attended the University of Manitoba in the early 1940s and then became a broadcaster in Winnipeg upon her graduation. Blondal also travelled throughout Canada and spent a year in England. She married Harold Blondal in 1946 and spent the 1950s living with her husband and children in Montreal. Blondal wrote short stories, two novels and one mystery novel which remains unpublished.
The fonds consists of both personal and business correspondence from Harold Blondal, from Nathanial Jenkins (her father), as well as from magazines, publishers and the C.B.C. The manuscripts include an untitled, unpublished mystery novel and two versions of her novel "A Candle to Light the Sun" and manuscripts for broadcasts.
Inventory available.
Bobillier, Marcel, Father,
O.M.I.
Father Bobillier fonds. - 1939-1953.
26 cm of textual records.
Father Marcel Bobillier has served as a Catholic missionary in northern B.C. and the Yukon for many years.
The fonds consists of a photocopy of the first of three volumes of Bobillier's diary describing his journey from France to the Yukon in 1939 and his subsequent missionary activities on behalf of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in British Columbia and the Yukon.
Bonney, P.S.
P.S. Bonney fonds. - 1913-1974; predominant 1931-1974.
26 cm of textual records.
40 photographs.
50 maps.
P.S. Bonney was a forestry engineer who was involved in the Alcan, B.C. Project.
The fonds consists of a B.C. Forest Branch report (1913) and photographs and maps relating to the development of Kitimat as part of the Alcan, B.C. Project.
Inventory available for maps.
Bourgon, Nan
Nan Bourgon fonds. - 1865-1965.
6.5 cm of textual records.
Nan Bourgon was a pioneer settler in the Bulkley Valley.
The fonds consists of manuscript copies of "Education in the Bulkley Valley" and "University Extension School of the '30's", both written in the 1930s. The fonds also includes a transcript of her memoirs about her life in the Bulkley Valley, 1914-1962. Relating mainly to pioneers in the Aldermere, Telkwa, Round Lake, and Hubert areas of B.C., the manuscript served as a regional gazetteer of local history and has been published as Rubber Boots for Dancing.
Bourke, Colleen Toppings,
collector
Labour research collection. - [ca. 1964, 1967].
6 cm of textual records.
Colleen Bourke was Communications Director, Centre for Continuing Education at the University of British Columbia.
The collection consists of typescript interviews relating to British Columbia labour history and labour education conducted by Colleen Toppings and Paul Phillips in 1964. Also includes typescripts of Paul Phillips' No Power Greater - A Century of Labour in B.C. (1967) and press clippings discussing the interview project.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory available.
Bowen, Roger W., 1947-
Roger Bowen fonds. - 1926-1984.
1.4 m of textual records.
Roger Bowen teaches at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. He has written two books on E. Herbert Norman: E.H. Norman: His Life and Scholarship and Innocence is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman.
The fonds consists of material accumulated by Roger Bowen in order to write his biography of E. Herbert Norman. It includes various research materials including copies of records from the F.B.I.
Inventory available.
Bowering, George,
1935-
George Bowering fonds. - 1962-1970.
6.5 cm of textual records.
George Bowering was born in Osoyoos, British Columbia. He attended Victoria College and then the University of British Columbia, where he obtained his B.A. in 1960, then his M.A. in 1963. He also attended the University of Western Ontario from 1966-1967. Bowering worked at a variety of jobs: aerial photographer with the R.C.A.F. (1954-1957), fruit-picker, and editor of and contributor to magazines in Canada and the United States. Bowering was writer-in-residence and lecturer at Sir George Williams University (1967-1971) and a member of the Department of English at Simon Fraser University.
The fonds consists of material pertaining to Bowering's private and professional life. Included are thirteen pages of draft typed and handwritten poetry, as well as 44 incoming letters and sixteen postcards (1962-1970) from Earle Birney.
Inventory available.
Bowman, James,
collector
Intentional Community collection. - [ca. 1975-1980].
13 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The collection consists of material relating to intentional communities in B.C. (ca. 1975-1980). It also includes two copies of "In Defense of Nature", the official journal of the Cariboo Organic Commune located in Ochlitree, B.C.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Boyd, John, 1862-1913
John Boyd fonds. - 1885-1901.
40 cm of textual records.
John Boyd was a rancher who lived in the Cariboo District at the turn of the century. He was the owner of Cottonwood House and Cold Springs House, combined ranches and roadhouses located in the Cariboo.
The fonds consists of receipts, cashbooks, and daybooks of Cottonwood House and Cold Spring House kept by John Boyd, covering the period 1885-1901.
Inventory available.
Bradbrook, M.C. (Muriel Clara),
1909-
M. C. Bradbrook fonds. - 1962-1976.
2 cm of textual records.
Muriel Bradbrook, Mistress of Girton College and Professor of English in the University of Cambridge, wrote the book Malcolm Lowry, His Art and Early Life (1974).
The fonds consists of sixty-six letters (1962-1975) between Bradbrook and several individuals pertaining to the life of Malcolm Lowry. Also included are Bradbrook's notes on conversations with Wilfred Lowry and Russel Lowry, information on Lowry from a number of sources, and a list of Lowry's contributions to The Fortnightly.
Inventory available.
Brayshaw, Thomas,
1886-1967
Thomas Brayshaw fonds. - 1907-1967.BR>
65 cm of textual records.
4 maps.
38 photographs.
Thomas Brayshaw was born in Yorkshire, England and moved to Canada in the early 1900s. He was a well-known sport fisherman and devoted most of his adult life to catching, studying and drawing of fish. He also illustrated several of Roderick Haig-Brown's books. Brayshaw achieved recognition for his wooden fish carvings. He spent his retirement in Hope, B.C. after growing fruit in the Okanagan between the wars.
The fonds consists of fishing diaries (1932-1964) and correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, maps, photographs, clippings and printed material (1907-1967).
Inventory available.
British Columbia
Academy of Science
British Columbia Academy of Science fonds. - 1909-1963.
1.6 m of textual records.
Founded in 1909, the British Columbia Academy of Science promoted original scientific research, published papers reporting research results and coordinated and sponsored meetings to further develop interest in the sciences throughout B.C. Through a modest award system, the Academy provided support to scientific research in B.C. at the high school and post-secondary levels. In 1947 the Academy organized its first annual science conference; these conferences continued for fourteen years. In 1963 the Academy was legally disbanded as a result of declining financial and membership support. It played an important formative role in the development of the scientific community in the province. Many of the province's most influential scientists were connected with the Academy during its history.
The fonds consists of financial records, minutes, agendas, notices and programs, scientific papers, election and membership records, conference records and extensive correspondence files.
Inventory available.
British Columbia and Yukon
Territory Building and Construction Trades Council
British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades
Council fonds. - 1971-1985.
80 cm of textual records.
Established in the mid-1960s as a labour counterpart to the Canadian Labour Relations Association and the Amalgamated Construction Association, the British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council bargains with these associations on behalf of approximately seventeen unions.
The fonds consists of convention reports (1971-1984), annuals (1973-1976), briefs and submissions of the Council (1973-1978) and other printed records reflecting the operational activities of the Council.
File list available.
British Columbia
Camping Association
British Columbia Camping Association fonds. - 1940-1975.
1.2 m of textual records.
164 photographs.
The British Columbia Camping Association was established by Gertrude Moore in 1940. An affiliate of the Canadian Camping Association, the B.C.C.A. embarked on activities to fulfill its constitutional objective of setting camping standards and safeguards. Accreditation services for campsites, counsellor training and directory publication have been primary services of the association, which has worked in conjunction with the United Way and other charitable organizations.
The fonds consists of minute books, correspondence, photographs, newsletters, historical accounts, printed material and ephemera which reflect the Association's mandate to help camp leaders coordinate camping work in the province, establish standards and safeguards for camping and to stimulate community interest in the activity.
Inventory available.
British Columbia Electric Railway
Company
British Columbia Electric Railway Company fonds. - 1896-1961.
120 m of textual records and other material.
The British Columbia Electric Railway Company was formed in 1897 through the amalgamation of a number of electric street railways and electric power facilities in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. The B.C.E.R. operated numerous subsidiary companies to provide streetcar and electric services. In 1926 a corporate reorganization resulted in the establishment of a new holding company, British Columbia Electric Power and Gas Company.
The fonds consists principally of bound and filed correspondence of the Company (1896-1914), early minute books and accounting records of the B.C.E.R. and related companies, as well as scrapbooks and clippings which reflect the growth and diversity of the Company. Also included is a valuable collection of 650 maps, diagrams, and engineering and architectural plans.
Includes: 250 maps, 400 plans and 64 microfilm reels.
Inventory available.
British Columbia Federation of
Labour (C.L.C.)
British Columbia Federation of Labour fonds. - 1889-1980; predominant
1962-1980.
61.7 m of textual records.
496 photographs.
10 sound tape reels.
The original B.C. Federation of Labour was founded in Vancouver in 1910 but disbanded in 1920. Re-established in 1944, it became affiliated with the Canadian Congress of Labour and consisted of industrial unions. Following an amalgamation of industrial and trade unions, the founding convention of the united B.C. Federationof Labour (C.L.C.) occurred in 1956.
The fonds consists of research files compiled during the writing of Paul Phillip's No Power Greater: A Century of Labour in British Columbia, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, political education material, history questionnaires and minutes of the Federation and affiliated associations. Five subsequent accessions have resulted in the deposit of office files, financial records, briefs, convention proceedings, speeches, memoranda, photographs and sound recordings reflecting the wide scope of activity and interest pursued by the Federation.
Inventory available.
British Columbia Federation of
Women
British Columbia Federation of Women fonds. - 1977-1980.
6 cm of textual records.
The B.C. Federation of Women is an umbrella group for women's organizations in B.C. Its goal is to organize province-wide action on women's issues, and it is particularly concerned with health, child care, education and employment.
The fonds consists primarily of printed material relating to the Federation's decision to become a non-profit organization. Included are guidelines for society incorporation, surveys given to Federation members to ascertain their opinions about becoming a non-profit organization and literature on non-profit societies.
British Columbia Home Economics
Association
British Columbia Home Economics Association fonds. - 1958-1972,
1975-1992.
30 cm of textual records.
The British Columbia Home Economics Association was created in 1975 with a principle goal of promoting the well-being of individuals and families in British Columbia through the advancement, determination, and encouragement of the skills and knowledge of family life and care by trained home economists. The Association participates in various projects such as leadership training, providing scholarships, staging conferences and selling cookbooks.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, and printed material relating to the activities of the British Columbia Home Economics Association and its predecessor, the Vancouver and District Home Economics Association (1958-1972).
Inventory available.
British Columbia Lawn Bowling
Association
British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association fonds. - 1924-1992.
3.5 m of textual records.
The new British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association was established in 1990 following a vote to amalgamate the former British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association (incorporated in 1969) and the British Columbia Ladies Lawn Bowling Association. The Association's main activities include promotion, financial support for and participation in lawn bowling competitions at the provincial and national levels. In these capacities, it is affiliated with several lawn bowling associations in British Columbia, and with the Canadian Lawn Bowling Association, the Canadian Lawn Bowling Association, the Canadian Lawn Bowling Council, the Canadian Ladies Bowling Council and the Lawn Bowls of Canada.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, constitutions and by-laws, reports, lists, memoranda, publications and miscellanea. The records include material from the British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association, the British Columbia Ladies Lawn Bowling Association (and its predecessor the Dogwood Lawn Bowling Association) and the Ladies' Lawn Bowling Association of British Columbia. Although the bulk of the records document the period 1977 to 1991, there are also minutes of the Ladies' Lawn Bowling Association of B.C. for the period 1924 to 1973.
Inventory available.
British Columbia Liberal
Party
British Columbia Liberal Party fonds. - 1927-1972.
2.5 m of textual records.
The British Columbia Liberal Association changed its name in the 1960s to the British Columbia Liberal Party. Additional information is unavailable.
The fonds consists of an incomplete set of convention minutes and proceedings (1927-1959), scrapbooks of clippings from 1963, campaign literature, files from Cam Avery including material relating to the development of various Liberal policies, files from Pat McGeer pertaining to his tenure as party leader, papers reflecting election coverage in each riding for certain years and press clippings relating to the political careers of several Liberal M.P.s from 1969 to 1972.
Inventory available.
British Columbia
Packers
British Columbia Packers Ltd. fonds. - 1918-1947.
.5 cm of textual records.
50 printers blocks.
ca. 100 plastic cards.
In 1902 the British Columbia Packer's Association of New Jersey was organized by Henry Doyle and Aemilius Jarvis through the consolidation of some forty-two B.C. salmon canneries. The Association was re-incorporated under the British Columbia Packers Act in 1910. Four years later its name was changed to the British Columbia Fishing and Packing Company Ltd. After amalgamating with Gosse Packing Company Ltd. in 1928, the company became B.C. Packers Ltd.
The fonds consists of fifty printer's blocks for producing lithograph salmon tin labels and approximately 100 plastic cards used for advertising fish products. Also included are miscellaneous items such as the Roll of Honour of the British Columbia Canning Company listing men in service during World War I, Fraser River charts (ca. 1929-1947), a sample of receipts for tram passes to B.C., and a framed sheet describing the history of the Bella Coola camp.
British Columbia Power
Corporation
British Columbia Power Corporation fonds. - 1928-1963.
80 cm of textual records.
The British Columbia Power Corporation, at one time the parent company of the B.C. Electric Railway, was liquidated in 1963. B.C. Hydro and Power Authority then assumed the functions of the company.
The fonds consists of bound minutes of the Corporation's board of directors relating to the development of urban transportation, electricity and gas utilities in British Columbia.
British Columbia Provincial C.C.F.
Women's Council. Vancouver Branch
British Columbia Provincial C.C.F. Women's Council, Vancouver
Branch fonds. - 1958-1961.
2.5 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of a bound minute book reflecting the administrative and operational activities of the Council between 1958 and 1961.
British Columbia Provincial
Police. Port Essington Office
B.C. Provincial Police Port Essington Office fonds. - 1911,
1917.
6.5 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of incoming letters to Constable A. Forsythe regarding fishing licences and other matters as well as his report on the spawning grounds at Babine Lake and other locations.
British Columbia Social Credit
Party. North Vancouver Constituency Association
British Columbia Social Credit Party, North Vancouver
Constituency Association fonds. - 1952-1955.
13 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, and printed material relating to its activities (1952-1960), as well as minutes of meetings (1952-1955) and notices of meetings (1954-1955).
Inventory available.
British Columbia Teachers'
Federation. Labour History Provincial Specialist Association
Labour History Provincial Specialist Association fonds. - 1976-1984.
58.5 cm of textual records.
The Labour History Provincial Specialist Association was established under the auspices of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation in 1976. The name of the organization was amended to the Labour History Association, B.C.T.F. in order to satisfy legal requirements. The Association produced a film, a manual and slide-sound program and ten issues of a journal, Labour History. The Association was disbanded as a result of reduced funding.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, subject files and related materials pertaining to the activities of the Association (1976-1984).
Inventory available.
British Columbia Voice
of Women
British Columbia Voice of Women fonds. - 1960-1987.
3 m of textual records.
The Voice of Women is a democratic, non-partisan organization which seeks to unite women throughout the world. Founded in Toronto in 1960, V.O.W. earned widespread support, establishing local chapters and a national network. It pursues two principle activities: to promote better understanding between people and to stimulate and inform public opinion about human rights issues.
The fonds consists of the records of the B.C. chapter of the Voice of Women and local chapters (Powell River, Vancouver, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver branches) include subject files, correspondence, minutes, scrapbooks, newsletters, conference proceedings, press clippings, president's papers, and financial reports reflecting the organization's involvement with disarmament, human rights issues, ecology and politics.
Inventory available.
British Columbia
Young New Democrats
B.C. Young New Democrats fonds. - 1966-1974.
1 m of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of materials created out of activities of the British Columbia Young New Democrats and records collected relating to political interests. Correspondence,minutes, agendas, financial records, constitutions, subject files and printed materials reflect the varied pursuits of the organization.
Inventory available.
British Columbia Youth
Parliament
British Columbia Youth Parliament fonds. - 1924-1982.
3.6 m of textual records.
200 photographs.
The British Columbia Youth Parliament was known as the Older Boy's Parliament from its date of incorporation (1924) until the 1974 session at which time the present name was adopted.
The fonds consists of the records of the B.C. Youth Parliament dating from its first session in 1924. It includes journals of the House, correspondence relating to sessions and group activities, membership lists, reports, press clippings, press releases, photographs and printed material. Recent accessions include records relating to playground development in urban housing complexes as well as records reflecting the administration and operations of the Parliament.
Inventory available.
Brown, Audrey Alexandra,
1904-
Audrey Brown fonds. - 1910.
14 p.
Poet Audrey Alexandra Brown was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1904. In 1948 Brown won the Lorne Pierce Medal for her contribution to Canadian literature. Brown also published The Log of a Lame Duck (1936), which is a journal that Brown kept while in hospital with rheumatic fever.
The fonds consists primarily of information about Audrey Brown's grandfather, James Miller Brown (1830-1926). Included is a thirteen-page typed reminiscence about James Miller Brown, as well as an envelope with poetry written on it.
Brown, Garth, 1942-1987
Garth Brown fonds. - 1966-1987.
4 m of textual records.
Garth Brown a founding member of the N.D.P., ran as a candidate for Point Grey in 1966 and was active in TEAM campaigns from 1968 to 1972. He chaired the NDP Labour Policy Committee (1973-1979) and was a campaign chairman in 1981-1982 for Vancouver/Little Mountain. Brown worked at the Eburne Sawmill as Plant Chairman and headed the Plant Committee through most of the 1970s, and was an active committee member in the 1980s. As Regional Co-ordinator of the LESC/CLC (1979-1982), Brown was at the centre of labour education in B.C., co-ordinating C.L.C. programs and advising other organizations.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, subject files and printed materials related to the N.D.P. Executive Committee, the Labour Policy Committee, Vancouver civic politics, labour education, Canadian Labour Congress, International Woodworkers of America and Brown's work at the Eburne Sawmill.
Inventory available.
Bruce, Malcolm,
1909-1967
Malcolm Bruce fonds. - 1918-1966.
6.5 cm of textual records.
Born in Prince Edward Island, Malcolm Bruce became an early member of the Canadian Socialist Party. Dissatisfied with what he believed to be the Socialists' laxness in revolutionary ideology, he co-founded the Revolutionary Worker's Party. Jailed for his association with an American criminal and then living in the Soviet Union as a Communist, Bruce later returned to Canada.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, speeches and printed material of the Political Committee of the Labour Progressive Party (1957-1966) with various records relating to the League for Socialist Action, Revolutionary Worker's Party of America, Spartacus League, Socialist Workers Party, Canadian Socialist Educational League and American Committee for the 4th International.
Brunswick Cannery Company (Canoe
Pass, B.C.)
Brunswick Cannery Company fonds. - 1896-1928.
32.5 cm of textual records.
The Brunswick Canning Company constructed three Brunswick Canneries; two on the Fraser River in 1893 and the third at Rivers Inlet in 1897. In 1903 the canneries were sold to the British Columbia Packer's Association. At that time the operations of Brunswick Cannery No. 1 at Steveston were amalgamated with the adjoining Imperial Cannery, while the Rivers Inlet cannery remained operational until 1930. The Brunswick Cannery at Canoe Pass canned salmon until 1930 when it became a fish camp for Imperial Canning.
The fonds consists of the records of the Brunswick Cannery located at Canoe Pass (1900-1928). It consists of financial records, most notably invoices and receipts from various merchants in the area of the cannery. These records provide some information about the goods and services required by the early canneries and also indicate the costs of such items. The fonds also includes some material from the Anglo American Cannery Company (1896-1913).
Inventory available.
Buchan, EwingBR>
Ewing Buchan fonds. - 1886-1889.
4 cm of textual records.
Ewing Buchan compiled Buchan's Exchange Tables which were used in the conversion of sterling into dollars and cents and vice versa.
The fonds consists of a bound volume of 35 letters to Ewing Buchan from dealers in the sterling exchange stating their pleasure or criticism with the sample sheet sent to them about a new edition of Buchan's Exchange Tables. Correspondence comprises letters sent from banking institutions and brokerage firms in Toronto, New York, Montreal, Yarmouth, Halifax, Hamilton and Windsor, N.S.
Bullock family
Bullock family fonds. - 1940-1986.BR>
16.6 m of textual records.
25 photographs.
82 posters.
Reginald Bullock (1905-1979) was a boilermaker by trade and worked at Wallace Shipyards and Burrard Drydocks in Vancouver. He was active in his own union and with various political parties espousing the socialist cause including the C.C.F., the League for Socialist Action, and the Socialist Workers Party. Bullock was expelled from the N.D.P. in the 1960s. Ruth Bullock (1909-1994) met her husband in 1938. She was active in the socialist movement and human rights. Heather McLeod wrote a thesis about her at Simon Fraser University entitled "Not Another God-Damned Housewife: Ruth Bullock, the 'Women Question' and Canadian Trotskyism" (1993).
The fonds consists of subject files, posters, photographs and pamphlets relating to the activities of the Revolutionary Workers League and its predecessors the League for Social Action, Socialist Educational League and the Revolutionary Workers Party. Research and subject files contain information on unions and the labour movement.
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Bullock-Webster,
Harry, b. 1855
H. Bullock-Webster fonds. - 1874-1880.
1 cm of textual records.
4 photographs.
H. Bullock-Webster was the British Columbia correspondent for The Graphic, a British periodical.
The fonds consists of ninety-two original sketches of British Columbian life, mainly of social life, customs, and dress in Hudson's Bay Company posts and along various transportation routes (1874-1880). Sketch book includes four photographs of Fort McLeod, Stuart Lake and the artist.
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Bulwer family
Bulwer family fonds. - 1263-1941.
78 cm of textual records and other material.
Biographical information unavailable.
The fonds consists of correspondence, memorabilia, maps, addresses, photographs, legal documents, sketches, seals and clippings generated or collected by the Bulwer family between 1263 and 1941, including Baron Henry Lytton Bulwer.
Includes 78 cm of textual records, 5 maps, 10 photographs, 10 sketchs, 5 seals.
File list available.
Burrard Field
Naturalists' Club
Burrard Field Naturalists' Club fonds. - 1926-1932.
3 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial material, and membership lists (1926-1932).
File list available.
Burton, Jean, 1905-1952
Jean Burton fonds. - 1927-1952.
13 cm of textual records.
Jean Burton was born in Saskatchewan and majored in history at the University of British Columbia, completing her B.A. in 1924 at the age of nineteen. In 1928 she took her M.A. in economics at the University of Alberta. From an early age Burton was interested in writing, at first short stories in magazines, then later two plays, Left Turn and Prelude (1933). In 1941, Burton wrote her first biography, Sir Richard Burton's Wife, which started her upon her non fiction writing career.
The fonds consists of business correspondence (1927-1943), legal documents, a playbill and the script for Left Turn, a handwritten article on Western Canadian Universities for the Canadian Forum (1930), and assorted clippings. It also includes five scrapbooks.
Buttle, John J.T.,
1838-1908
John Buttle fonds. - 1865-1867.
15 items.
John Buttle was born in London, England. He came to Canada in 1858 as a naturalist with the Royal Engineers under Sir William Cooker to help settle the boundary dispute between Canada and the United States. With the boundary line established by 1862, the men were discharged. In 1862 Buttle joined the party that surveyed a wagon road from Bute Lake toward the Cariboo. In 1864 Buttle became part of the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition whose primary goal was to discover a paying gold field, and incidently to explore the Island.
The fonds consists of correspondence with the Colonial Secretary's Office (1865-1867), a newspaper clipping and undated biographical notes.