Caesar, Northcote H., b.
1870
Northcote Caesar fonds. - [ca. 1940].
2 cm of textual records.
Northcote H. Caesar emigrated from England in 1883 and became a fruit farmer and rancher in Vernon, B.C.
The fonds consists of a manuscript of Caesar's autobiography, The Record of a Life, recounting events of his immigration to Canada from England, experiences as a pioneer in Saskatchewan, and successes and failures as a fruit farmer and rancher in Vernon, B.C. from 1892 to 1935. Also included is the manuscript of a poem.
Cameron, Alexander
M., collector
Pioneer Strike collection. - 1939.
12 p.
Alexander Cameron worked with the Pioneer Gold Mines of B.C. until 1939, when he was fired for participating illegally in strike action.
The collection consists of records relating to the Pioneer Strike of 1939.
Title based on the subject of the collection.
Cameron, Colin, 1896-1968
Colin Cameron fonds. - 1940-1968.
13 cm of textual records.
Colin Cameron was born in England and immigrated to Canada where he began sheep farming and industrial labour on Vancouver Island in the early 1920s. He first ran for provincial office in 1937 for the C.C.F. and retained his Nanaimo seat until 1953. Cameron was M.P. for Nanaimo Cowichan from 1953 to 1958 and 1962 to 1968. Until his death in 1968 he remained an acclaimed financial critic for the C.C.F. and N.D.P. as well as a specialist in federal external affairs.
The fonds consists of correspondence including a letter from T.C. Douglas as well as a large series from Gretchen Steeves dated 1950-1965 relating to her political activities and describing C.C.F. philosophy. Articles, speeches and broadcast transcripts by and about Cameron ranging 1940 to 1968 reflect his political interest and involvement.
Cameron, George Frederick,
1854-1885
George F. Cameron fonds. - [ca. 1870]-1885.
13 cm of textual records.
Canadian poet and journalist George Cameron was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. After moving with his family to Boston, he entered the Boston University of Law in 1872. After practising law briefly in Boston, Cameron returned to Canada and went to Queen's University in Kingston. He spent much of his spare time writing poetry. He became editor of the Kingston News in 1882. Some of Cameron's poems have been published in a book entitled Lyrics on Freedom, Love and Death which was edited by his brother, Charles J. Cameron and published posthumously in 1887.
The fonds consists of manuscript notebooks as well as handwritten and typewritten copies of his poetry.
Inventory available.
Cameron, William J.
William Cameron fonds. - 1935-1961.
1.5 cm of textual records.
11 photographs.
William Cameron was an executive member of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers during the Pioneer Gold Mines Strike of 1939-1940.
The fonds consists of records reflecting both Cameron's involvement with and perceptions of the Pioneer Strike. Clippings, minutes, correspondence, photographs and printed material record union and personal involvement in the strike and retrospective notes on events of the incident are included. Material relating to union recognition and working conditions at the Pioneer Mine is significant.
File list available.
Canadian Association of Industrial,
Mechanical and Allied Workers
Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers fonds.
- 1964-1992.
19 m of textual records.
The Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers (CAIMAW) was formed in Winnipeg in 1964, merged with the Canadian Electrical Workers Union (CEWU) in 1969, and after 1971, reorganized structurally and relocated in Vancouver. In 1991 CAIMAW merged with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW).
The fonds consists of records of the National Secretary Treasurers office and various staff representatives.
Inventory available.
Canadian Fishing Company
Canadian Fishing Company fonds. - 1920-1960.
2 m of textual records.
The Canadian Fishing Company was established in 1905 in Vancouver to supply halibut to the New England Fish Company and other distributing companies. Canfisco began to can salmon in 1918 and this operation soon became its primary activity. In 1945 the Company became a major producer in the herring and pilchard industry through its acquisition of the Nootka-Banfield Company and its associated operations.
The fonds consists of plant insurance appraisals for canneries owned by Canfisco, Todd and Sons Company, Banfield Packing Company, Doty Fishing Company, New England Fish Company, Nootka Packing Company and Johnson Fishing and Packing Company.
Inventory available.
Canadian Fishing Company. Espinoza
Reduction Plant
Canadian Fishing Company, Espinoza Reduction Plant fonds. - 1928-1937.
2.4 m of textual records.
Part of Canadian Fishing Company, Ltd., the Espinoza Reduction plant processed pilchard and herring reduction on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The fonds consists of correspondence, fish quotas, names of employees and wages (1928-1937).
Inventory available.
Canadian Japanese Young Men's
Christian Association
Canadian Japanese Young Men's Christian Association fonds. - 1931-1942.
2 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of minutes of the Canadian Japanese Young Men's Christian Association (1931-1942).
Canadian Labour Congress. British
Columbia Education Office
Canadian Labour Congress, B.C. Education Office fonds. - 1956-1977.
2 m of textual records.
Founded in 1956, the Canadian Labour Congress established regional education offices. The function of these offices was to provide instruction for union members in a variety of labour-related areas including shop steward training, parliamentary procedure, public speaking, collective bargaining, labour history and technological change.
The fonds consists of correspondence of various Education Directors, 1956-1974; material from Winter School, 1967-1974 and the Labour College of Canada, 1963-1977; education files for British Columbia labour councils, 1956-1974; and Canadian Labour Congress correspondence and printed material, 1970-1977.
Inventory available.
Canadian Merchant Service
Guild
Canadian Merchant Service Guild fonds. - 1917-1967.
80 cm of textual records.
The Canadian Merchant Service Guild was founded in Vancouver in 1917 as the Shipmate's and Officer's Association of Canada. In 1919 the association became incorporated as a national union bearing the name Canadian Merchant Service Guild. Between 1919 and 1965, mergers with other marine unions increased the size and jurisdictions of the Guild. In 1965 the revised by-laws of the C.M.S.G. formally established the division of the union into Eastern and Western Branches. Henceforth, the Guild as a single unit ceased to exist.
The fonds consists of minute books of the Guild from 1917 to 1967. The first monthly report of the Guild (March 1918) is included in the first minute book. Minutes of the Western Branch for 1966 and 1967 are also included.
RESTRICTIONS: Permission required from Guild office for access to minute books after 1965.
Inventory available.
Canadian Merchant Service Guild.
Western Branch
Western Branch of the Canadian Merchant Service Guild fonds. - 1918-1977.
12 m of textual records.
The Western Branch of the Canadian Merchant Service Guild was established in Vancouver in 1965. The Branch represents deck officers and engineers working on the ferries, towboats, and ships of the B.C. coast, the interior lakes and the MacKenzie River system.
The fonds consists of records reflecting the activities of the Guild as representative of seamen working on the west coast, hiring agency, collective bargaining body, and lobby group. The fonds includes minutes of Guild meetings, an extensive group of subject files, business records, and personal office files of Guild officers reflect the organization's active involvement in marine education, safety regulation development, marine standards, and open representation.
RESTRICTIONS: Materials relating to the 1970 strike restricted without permission from Guild office.
Inventory available.
Canadian Party of Labour
Canadian Party of Labour fonds. - 1961-1972.
13 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of correspondence and printed material relating to the Party's activities from 1969 to 1972. Correspondence records activities in the Toronto and Vancouver areas. Printed material includes items distributed by the Party and newspaper and periodical clippings relating to Party interests. Much of the material reflects the Party's student interests.
Inventory available.
Canadian Poetry Association.
Vancouver Chapter
Vancouver Chapter of the Canadian Poetry Association fonds. - 1986-1991.
10 cm of textual records.
4 sound cassettes.
2 computer disks.
The Vancouver Chapter of the Canadian Poetry Association was founded in 1987, and is allied with the CPA headquarters in Toronto, created in 1985 (in addition to Vancouver, there are chapters in Fort St. John, Saskatoon, Hamilton, Toronto, Halifax and Calgary). Spokes is the quarterly newsletter published by the Vancouver chapter.
The fonds consists of press releases, correspondence, cassette tapes of poetry readings, newsletters, forms, membership lists, statements, agendas, minutes, circulars, journals, a constitution, pamphlets, and floppy disks.
Inventory available.
Canadian
Union of Public Employees. Local 881
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 881 fonds. - 1961-1978.
1.6 m of textual records.
The Association of Chest Employees received its certification from the Labour Relations Board in 1963. Initially, there were four member agencies: Vancouver Epilepsy Society, Children's Foundation, The John Howard Society and Family Service Agency of Greater Vancouver. The Association of Chest Employees, representing social workers in these agencies, elected in 1964 to affiliate with C.U.P.E. as Local 881. At present the employees of the John Howard Society are the only remaining members of Local 881. The other organizations have been incorporated into the Ministry of Human Resources.
The fonds consists of C.U.P.E. Local 881 minutes (1961-1964, 1972-1978), correspondence (1963-1978), financial records (1963-1977), grievance records (1975-1977), and member agency correspondence (1963-1970).
Inventory available.
Canadian Western Lumber Company ; Fraser River Lumber
Company ; Fraser River Saw Mills
Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited fonds. - 1899-1992.
35.2 m of textual records and other material.
In 1889, the Ross, McLaren Mill was opened at Millside, an area near New Westminster, British Columbia. The mill had cost $350,000 to build, and was headed by President James McLaren, a Quebec timber investor and President of the Bank of Ottawa, and Vice-President Frank Ross. Production at the mill began in 1890. In addition to new facilities and a large amount of capital to support it, the mill also possessed the transportation benefits of frontage on the Fraser River and a spur line to the Canadian Pacific Railway system. However, despite these advantages, the mill soon faced several events that affected its production in a negative way. In addition to the death of McLaren, the mill also experienced a decreased demand for timber due to a general economic depression in 1892. Even when other mills began to recover in 1895, Ross, McLaren's productivity was curtailed by the silting of the Fraser River, which made it impossible for large vessels to reach the mill. All of these factors contributed to the company's decision in 1899 to place the mill and its timber rights up for sale. An American investment syndicate, headed by Lester David of Seattle and Mr. Jenkins of Minneapolis eventually purchased the mill in 1903. The new owners sought to resolve the mill's difficulties by dyking the area, and holding the federal government accountable for dredging the Fraser River channel and ensuring its accessibility to ships. Now called Fraser River Saw MIlls, the mill was finally re-opende in 1905, as the largest mill in the Pacific Northwest. By 1906, the mill was already setting records for production levels and over 250 labourers were employed. As a result of the increased production levels and staff, both the mill and Millside were expanded; this included the construction of the Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle Company Limited. Production at the mill was so high by 1907, in fact, that the mill was nearly shut down due to a lack of available labour. The mill was taken over by an investment syndicated headed by A.D. McRae of Winnipeg and Senator Peter Jansen of Nebraska. The new owners instituted a major re-organization of the business. A half million dollar renovation and expansion of the original mill buildings was implemented and improvements made to increase transportation access to the mill via the Fraser River. The name of the town was changed from Millside to Fraser Mills. The re-organization of the business culminated in 1910, with the purchase of enough timber rights in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island for the company, now called the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited, to be considered to have the largest private holdings in the world. Through direct or indirect purchase, the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited acquired full or partial ownership of the following companies by 1916: Canadian Tugboat Company Limited; Coast Lumber & Fuel Company Limited; Coast Lumber Yards Limited; The Columbia River Company Limited; Columbia Western Lumber Yards Ltd.; Comox Logging and Railway Company; Crown Lumber Company, Limited; Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle Company Limited; Lumber Manufacturers' Yard Limited; Security Lumber Company Limited; and Western Canada Sawmill Yards Limited. Later acquisitions include The Golden Light, Power and Water Company Limited. In 1954, the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited was acquired by Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited. The immediate successor company to Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited was Fletcher Challenge Limited of New Zealand, which purchased the company in 1983 and, with further acquisitions, became Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited in 1987. In 2000, Norske Skog, a Norwegian paper company, acquired all of Fletcher Challenge's pulp and paper assets, and a majority interest in Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited. This resulted in the formation of Norske Skog Canada Limited.
The fonds consists of records of the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited, including agreements and other documents pertaining to the organization and development of the company, financial records, insurance records, stocks and shares records, personnel records, photographs, and timber records. The fonds also includes records of its predecessor companies, Fraser River Lumber Company and Fraser River Saw Mills, and its allied and subsidiary companies, including the Columbia River Company, Limited; Fraser Mills Sash, Door & Shingle Company; Columbia Western Lumber Yards Limited; Canadian Tugboat Company Limited; Western Canada Lumber & Fuel Company/Coast Lumber & Fuel Company Limited; Coast Lumber Yards Limited; Comox Logging and Railway Company; Crown Lumber Company Limited; The Golden Light, Power and Water Company Limited; and, Security Lumber Company Limited. Also included in the fonds are records of its successor company Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited, and records of and pertaining to another CZ Canada Ltd. company, Pacific Mills, Limited at Ocean Falls, BC, and its predecessor companies. The fonds also includes some records of British Columbia Forest Products Limited, which, like CZ Canada Limited, was acuqired by Fletcher Challenge, New Zealand. The fonds includes slides and photographs of several of Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited's operations and products. Records of the North Coast Lumber Company Limited and the Vernon Box Company Limited may also be found in the fonds; the relationship of these companies to the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited is unknown. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Agreements and other documents pertaining to the organization and development of the company (1914-1954); Financial records (1910-1955); Insurance records (1910-1954); Photographs ([1919]-1956); Stock and shares records (1910-1955); Personnel records (1941-1972); Timber records (1913-1940); Fraser River Saw Mills Limited and Fraser River Lumber Company Limited records (1905-1912); Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle Company records (1914-1919, 1944-1948); Columbia River Company Limited records (1899-1951); Columbia Western Lumber Yards Limited records (1913-1929); Anacortes Lumber and Box Company records ([ca. 1906]-1934); Canadian Tugboat Company Limited records (1912-1978); Western Canada Lumber and Fuel Company (Coast Lumber and Fuel Company Limited) records (1911-1942); Coast Lumber Yards Limited records 91911-1962); Comox Logging and Railway Company records (1906-1954); Crown Lumber Company Limited records (1909-1965), the Golden Light, Power and Water Company Limited records (1908-1923); North Coast Lumber Company Limited records (1908); Security Lumber Company Limited records (1915-1954); Vernon Box Company Limited records (1926-1930); Pacific Mills, Limited (Ocean Falls) arecords (1906-1954); Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited records (1926-1974); British Columbia Forest Products Limited records ([ca. 1937]-1964); and Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited slides and photographs ([198-]-1992).
Title based on contents of fonds.
Includes: 1101 photographs, 412 slides, 103 negatives, 3 blueprints, and 1 illustration.
Access restrictions may apply to some material.
Cariboo Gold Quartz
Mining Company
Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Company fonds. - 1929-1971.
95 cm of textual records.
10 maps.
632 photographs.
Fred Marshall Wells was primarily responsible for the incorporation of the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Company in 1927. With the assistance of William Burnett and Oscar Solibakke of Seattle, Wells went to New York where he secured financing to develop the gold quartz veins in the Barkerville area. The town of Wells was surveyed in 1932 and the actual mining in the area began in 1933. By 1936 the Company was producing gold worth approximately 6.7 million dollars a year. While work was almost suspended during World War II when the market for gold collapsed, operations began again in 1947 and continued until 1967 when the mine was finally shut down. The Company merged with Coseka Resources in 1972.
The fonds consists of company minutes, correspondence, printed materials, press releases, clippings, bulletins, maps and photographs as well as records of subsidiary companies (Wells Townsite Company Ltd., Cariboo-Hudson Gold Mines Ltd.), the Gold Quartz Hospital Ltd., and personal papers of J.R. Morris. The personal papers of Morris reflect the task of establishing both the mines and the town of Wells, B.C.
Inventory available.
Carleton C.C.F. Club
Carleton C.C.F. Club fonds. - 1940-1960.
40 cm of textual records.
1 photograph.
The Carleton C.C.F. Club was established in 1940 to elect a C.C.F. government in B.C. and Ottawa. It disbanded after the C.C.F. was disbanded in 1960.
The fonds consists of business records of the Carleton C.C.F. Club (Vancouver), including cancelled cheques, ledgers, bingo receipts and an unidentified photograph.
Carson Truck Lines
Carson Truck Lines fonds. - 1940-1977.
40 cm of textual records.
Carson Truck Lines was founded in 1934. Its head office was in Burnaby, B.C.
The fonds consists of correspondence, notices, minutes, and clippings recording the dispute between the Automotive Transport Labour Relations Association and the Teamster's Union Local 31 Vancouver (1970-1971) which precipitated the passage of Bill 33. The fonds also reflects the history of Carson Truck Lines and motor transport on the Cariboo Road and Fraser Canyon.
Carter, Edwin F., 1884-1977
Edwin Carter fonds. - 1919-1958.
2.8 m of textual records.
439 maps.
1,206 photographs.
Edwin Carter was a consulting engineer employed by John S. Metcalf Company, Ltd. in North America, Australia and Shanghai between 1910 and 1958. Carter at one time was in charge of the company's grain elevator designs on the Pacific coast in Canada and the United States. He also supervised the construction of grain elevators in Australia. After his retirement he resided in Vancouver until his death.
The fonds consists of engineering and architectural plans of grain elevators, port facilities and related equipment in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Ontario; maps and plans of port properties and proposed developments in Washington and British Columbia; maps of railroads in Oregon; and regional maps of B.C. Subject files, correspondence, photographs and printed materials relating to other projects are also included.
Inventory available.
Charlesworth, Henry
Henry Charlesworth fonds. - 1926-1935.
3 cm of textual records.
Henry Charlesworth served as the first secretary of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation and was also a member of the World Federation of Education Associations.
The fonds consists of records relating to Charlesworth's tenure as secretary of the B.C.T.F. and member of the W.F.E.A. His philosophy of education is related in his personal diary, drafts of addresses, and typescripts of two World Federation speeches, "The World Federation of Education Association: Its Past Work and Future Plans" and "Educational Frontiers of the New World."
Charlton family
Charlton family fonds. - 1891-1962.
19.5 cm of textual records.
21 photographs.
Ormand Lee Charlton was one of the first organizers of the British Columbia C.C.F. party in the early 1930s.
The fonds consists of papers of the Charlton family principally generated by Ormand Lee Charlton and collected by his son Darwin relating to the early C.C.F. movement in British Columbia. Papers include information about the Canadian Co-operative Society (Ruskin Mills) and the Industrial Union (Ruskin) in the 1890s. Scrapbooks, clippings, drafts of speeches and addresses, correspondence and photographs relate to the family's involvement in socialist politics. The fonds also includes a collection of C.C.F. poems written by Charlton's wife Annie.
Charnley, Frank
Frank Charnley fonds. - 1951, 1959-1976.
26 cm of textual records.
9 photographs.
Frank Charnley served as chief research chemist for the Department of Fisheries.
The fonds consists of correspondence (1959-1976) and two diaries (1951, 1970-1971). The latter recounts his activities as a Barnston Island sheep rancher, three undated prose manuscripts, two poems, and subject files on beekeeping and photographs.
File list available.
Cheney, Nan
Nan Cheney fonds. - 1930-1985.
91 cm of textual records.
279 photographs.
107 slides.
Nan Cheney was a well-known B.C. portrait painter as well as a medical artist for the University of British Columbia, who met and corresponded with many Canadian artists. Cheney enjoyed a close friendship with Emily Carr in the period before Carr's work had gained general acceptance. Cheney collected material about Emily Carr until December 1979.
The fonds consists of 71 holograph letters from Ethel Wilson to Cheney, as well as correspondence from Wallace Wilson, Mary [Dodds] and Dorothy McNair. There is also correspondence between Nan Cheney and various artists, including Emily Carr, between the years 1938 and 1984. Cheney's subject files on Canadian artists are included in the fonds, along with newspaper and periodical clippings, memorabilia, photographs and manuscripts.
RESTRICTIONS: Some restrictions apply.
Inventory available. See also the inventory produced through the EAD Pilot project.
Children's Aid Society of
Vancouver
Children's Aid Society of Vancouver fonds. - 1940-1974.
13 cm of textual records.
The Children's Aid Society of Vancouver was established through the efforts of a group of private citizens concerned about child neglect in the city. The goal of the Society was to protect children from abuse and neglect and to provide them with the family life or other forms of care necessary to enable them to become good citizens. Expenses were met through voluntary contributions and small grants from the Provincial and Municipal Governments. Following World War II there began a gradual shifting of responsibility from the Children's Aid Society to the developing Child Welfare Services administered by the Provincial Government.
The fonds consists of annual statistics (1940-1968), histories of the Society to 1967, reports, correspondence, speeches and other assorted materials.
Inventory available.
China. Consul. Vancouver
Chinese Consul of Vancouver fonds. - 1914-1915.
6.5 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of a photocopied letterpress copybook used in consul business between 1914 and 1915. The correspondence was generated under the direction of Chinese consul Lin Shih Yuan.
Chock On
Chock On fonds. - 1928-1940.
26 cm of textual records.
Chock On was a labour agency operating from a house on Pender Street in Vancouver. It contracted Chinese labourers to various canneries along the B.C. coast.
The fonds consists of correspondence (1929-1940), miscellaneous receipts (1928-1936), address books in Chinese. The fonds includes letters sent to Chock On by overseas Chinese to be distributed to relatives that may have worked in canneries as well as correspondence between Chock On and its Chinese contractors at various canneries including Bones Bay Cannery.
Christopherson, Charles J.,
1920-
Charles J. Christopherson fonds. - 1958-1982.
1.6 m of textual records.
758 photographs.
Charles Christopherson was a resident of Vancouver.
The fonds consists of family papers, personal correspondence, diaries, subject files, printed material and photographs reflecting Christopherson's attitudes about education, co-operatives and socialism. Correspondents include Bert Herridge and Alistair McLeod.
Inventory available.
Co-ordinating Council for War
Work and Civilian Services in Greater Vancouver
Co-ordinating Council for War Work and Civilian Services in
Greater Vancouver fonds. - 1942-1946.
40 cm of textual records.
The Co-ordinating Council for War Work and Civilian Services in Vancouver was instituted in 1942 in order to channel civilian efforts towards assisting soldiers involved in the war effort.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence and financial records of the Council (1942-1946), including minutes of the Board of Directors, Auxiliary Service Section, United Services Board and Comforts Committee.
Coates, Carol
Carol Coates fonds. - 1975-1976.
13 cm of textual records.
Carol Coates was born in Tokyo, and she returned there for seven years from 1930 to 1937. Her work Fancy Free shows the influence of her Japanese experiences. Coates' works, one of which was a play entitled The Jade Heart, were privately printed during World War II. Her wartime poetry was printed in 1941, and her last published work was Invitation to Mood (1949).
The fonds consists of records pertaining to the life and literary career of Carol Coates, as well as that of her brother William H. Coates (1899-1976). It includes correspondence, designs, printed material and clippings. It also contains the typescript of tributes to W.H. Coates during memorial services in 1976 as well as the typescript of Carol Coates' Invitation to Mood (1974-1975).
Cobblestone Press
Cobblestone Press fonds. - 1968-1982.
3.5 m of textual records.
5 photographs.
Cobblestone Press was a British Columbia private press established by Gerald Giampa in 1964. The Cobblestone Press Society with its journal, The Fount, developed from the Press.
The fonds consists of manuscripts and printed material as well as subject, letter, book and magazine files. It also includes financial files from 1968 to 1980 and a number of photographs.
Inventory available.
Colbeck, R. Norman (Reginald
Norman), 1903- , collector
Colbeck manuscript collection. - [18--]-1914.
3 m of textual records.
Norman Colbeck was born in London, England. On leaving school he worked three years as a clerk with the Orient Steam Navigation Company in London. In 1923, after a brief period of self-education, chiefly at the British Museum, he was hired to manage the Rare Book Room of Foyle's Bookshop in Charing Cross Road. In 1927 he launched his own book shop, later moving to Bournemouth where he remained almost continuously until his move to Vancouver in 1967, when the University of British Columbia Library acquired his books and manuscripts. Colbeck became a Canadian citizen in 1976 and in 1987 UBC awarded him the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causae), in recognition of his unique contribution to education and scholarship.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence, notebooks and other literary manuscripts of many of the authors represented in the Colbeck Book Collection. The most important manuscripts are by the following authors: Douglas Ainslie, Arthur C. Benson, Edward Carpenter, Monk Gibbon, Philip Guedalla, Arthur O'Shaughnessy, John Payne, William Bell Scott, George Sturt ("George Bourne"), Edward Thomas, Dorothy Vernon White and William Hale White ("Mark Rutherford").
Title based on the name of the collector.
Inventory available.
College of
Pharmacists of British Columbia
College of Pharmacists of British Columbia fonds. -
1891-1984.
16 m of textual records.
The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia was originally established under the Pharmacy Act of 1891 as the Pharmaceutical Association of British Columbia. Prior to 1891, the practice of pharmacy was unregulated. The Association was initially located in Victoria, but later established College offices in Vancouver. The broad mandate of the College is to oversee the practice of pharmacy in the province which includes education, regulation, discipline and administration.
The fonds consists of minutes, membership records, financial records, correspondence and subject files from the office of the Registrar of the College. In addition, it includes prescription record books of early pharmacies in B.C. collected by the College.
Inventory available.
Columbia (Ship : 1787-1801)
Columbia (Ship) fonds. - 1789, 1791.
2 cm of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of a bound, handwritten transcribed copy of Robert Haswell's log of the Columbia, which chronicles two trips of her sister ship, the sloop Washington, to the vicinity of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1789. The fonds also includes a photostatic copy of Captain Robert Gray's log for the Columbia in 1791. It records voyages along the northwest coast of Washington State and British Columbia.
Conde, David W., 1906-
David Conde fonds. - 1946-1977.
8.3 m of textual records.
37 photographs.
David Conde was born in Ontario. He moved to the United States in the early 1920s and became an American citizen in 1932. In 1945/1946 Conde worked for the U.S. State Department during the occupation of Japan as the head of the Motion Picture Department of Civil Information and Education Section. In late 1946 to 1947 he covered the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. He was ultimately expelled from Japan by General Douglas MacArthur. In 1964 he returned to Tokyo as a regular correspondent for various periodicals, including the Far Eastern Economic Review and Ta Kung Pao. Several of his full-length books on Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Asian-American political policies have been published in Japanese. Most of his articles have appeared in English language publications.
The fonds consists of records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1946-47). It includes trial transcripts, biographical information on defendants, prosecution evidence, and copies of contemporary news accounts and interpretations of the trials. Research notes including printed materials, photographs, ephemera, and interview transcripts used for the writing of hundreds of short articles, news programmes, and full-length books (manuscripts also included in the collection), correspondence, and radio programme transcripts reflect Conde's integral involvement in Asian foreign affairs.
Inventory available.
Consolidated Employees Benevolent
Society (Trail, B.C.)
Consolidated Employees Benevolent Society fonds. - 1946-1974.
9.6 m of textual records.
The Consolidated Employees Benevolent Society was a society established in Trail, B.C. to assist injured and sick employees in obtaining appropriate benefits from the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada.
The fonds consists of medical claim files, including doctors' certificates, labour codes and correspondence pertaining to Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada employees in Trail, B.C. between 1946 and 1974.
Cooperman, Stanley, 1929-1976
Stanley Cooperman fonds. - 1948-1976.
2.5 m of textual records.
2 photographs.
9 sound tape reels.
Poet Stanley Cooperman was born in New York City but became a Canadian citizen in 1972. He received his B.A. from New York University and his Ph.D. from the University of Indiana, where he held a teaching position. He also taught at the University of Oregon, Hofstra University and at Simon Fraser University where he was a professor of English from 1969-1976. During his early university career he worked as a journalist and freelance writer, only beginning to write poetry in his later life.
The fonds consists of correspondence (1952-1976), primarily incoming, as well as published and unpublished manuscripts of poetry, prose, essays and plays. The fonds also includes biographical material, financial records (1967-1976), reviews written by (1948-1973) and about (1963-1973) Cooperman, two photographs of Cooperman, printed materials, course files, tapes of interviews, lectures and poetry readings.
Inventory available.
Cotsworth, Moses Bruine,
1859-1943
Moses Cotsworth fonds. - 1908-1931.
1.2 m of textual records.
279 photographs.
203 charts.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Moses Cotsworth moved to Vancouver in 1910. He devoted his considerable fortune to calendar reform. Calendar reform first became a topic of discussion in Canada in 1908 when Cotsworth presented his concept of a fixed thirteen-month calendar to the Royal Society of Canada. Although many had recognized the need for need for reform of the Gregorian calendar, Cotsworth's model was perceived to be too radical.
The fonds consists of charts, photographs, correspondence, clippings and a monograph written by Cotsworth relating to his efforts to influence world-wide calendar reform. Administrative records of his International Fixed Calendar League as well as papers reflecting his interests in mathematics, astronomy and astrology are included.
Council
of Forest Industries of British Columbia
Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia fonds. - 1901-1986.
28 m of textual records.
783 photographs.
The Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia was founded in 1960 by the following organizations: B.C. Loggers' Association (1907), B.C. Lumber Manufacturers' Association (1900), Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association (1936), B.C. Division of Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (1942) and Plywood Manufacturers of B.C. (1950). These five organizations merged to become interrelated divisions of the Council under a single board of directors. The functions of C.O.F.I. include trade promotion, accident prevention, government liaison and documentation of industry information.
The fonds consists of minutes, circulars, correspondence, annual reports, registers, printed materials, scrapbooks, subject files, lists and photographs relating to the activities of C.O.F.I., its founding associations and other British Columbian lumber and shingle manufacturers. Post 1966 records relate mainly to the activities of the Wood Products Division and its Senior Vice-President, N.R. Dusting, 1977-1986.
Inventory available.
Cowan, Harry,
collector
Harry Cowan collection. - 1891-1912.
13 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The collection consists of two scrapbooks which record events relating to the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council and the Asiatic Exclusion League, Vancouver.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Cowan, J., Reverend
J. Cowan fonds. - 1937-1946.
4 cm of textual records.
Reverend J. Cowan was an Anglican missionary in Lillooet B.C. during the early 1930s and 1940s.
The fonds consists of manuscript notebooks filled with sermons, sermon notes, and liturgical pieces written on loose paper. Also included is printed material such as clippings and journal articles on divine subjects.
Cowie, Margaret C.
Margaret Cowie fonds. - 1920-1934.
145 items.
2 photographs.
Born in 1886 in Simcoe County, Ontario, Margaret C. Cowie began teaching in Aberdeen Public School, located at 901 Barclay Avenue in Vancouver in November 1914. Moved to Nightingale Public School in February, 1934, was superannuated in 1946, but continued at Nightingale as a substitute until June 1948. During her career as a Grade 5-6 teacher she was instrumental in developing a Canadian Literature library within her school. She passed away in 1961.
The fonds consists of 141 letters written by 83 Canadian authors who received letters from the school requesting their books, a photograph, and a letter relating to their literary career. The photographs, with two exceptions, were not retained with letters and the books were placed in the school library; but the letters, many with their envelopes addressed to Miss Margaret Cowie, were passed by Margaret Cowie to a friend and eventually donated to the UBC Library. The correspondents include Marius Barbeau, Frank Burnett, Bliss Carman, Mazo de la Roche, Francis Dickie, Hubert Evans, Nellie McClung, L.M. Montgomery Macdonald, Isabel E. MacKay, Charles Mair, Emily Murphy, Charles G.D. Roberts, Constance Skinner, Robert Stead, and A.M. Stephen. Most of the letters were written between 1925 and 1928.
Title based on contents of fonds
Craft family
Craft family fonds. - 1917-1925.
1 cm of textual records.
George and Laura Craft were residents of Needles, B.C. George Craft worked as a postmaster and farmer. He received large amounts of land through the Soldiers' Settlement Board.
The fonds consists of legal documents pertaining to land settlement, business records and personal papers.
Crassweller, Ken
Ken Crassweller fonds. - 1967-1972.
1 m of textual records.
Ken Crassweller was employed by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development as Programme Development Officer, Arctic Division Office, and by the Northwest Territories government between 1962 and 1972. His task to evaluate the existing artistic and cultural situation of the North generated the papers in his collection.
The fonds consists of records relating to Crassweller's involvement in the development of Inuit arts and crafts programmes. It has four components: the Project index, manuscript for Crassweller's Handbook of Eskimo Artifacts, working papers filed by subject and printed material.
Inventory available.
Crawley, Alan
Alan Crawley fonds. - [ca. 1961-1965].
2.5 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The fonds consists of sixty-six letters from Ethel Wilson to Alan and Jean Crawley relating to her literary career and social activities.
Crook, Rudolph
Rudolph and Edith Crook fonds. - 1920-1950.
16 p.
136 photographs.
105 slides.
Rudolph and Edith Crook were Canadians who served as Baptist medical missionaries in the Szechuan province of China between 1920 and 1950.
The fonds consists of a manuscript, black-and-white and colour prints, and slide images relating to life in the Szechuan province of China (1920-1950). A manuscript entitled "A Trip to Tibet" (1930) with photographs chronicles a trip taken by the Crooks with fellow medics and missionaries. The considerable slide and print collection reveals aspects of Chinese people, life and topography as well as Asian-Christian subjects.
Inventory available.
Culhane, Claire
Claire Culhane fonds. - 1975-1993.
17 m of textual records.
The daughter of Russian Jewish refugees, Claire Culhane was born in Montreal and moved to Vancouver in the early 1950s. In 1976 as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Committee at the B.C. Penitentiary, she began working tirelessly for prison reform. Founder and most vocal member of the Vancouver-based Prisoners' Rights Group, Culhane has written two books on prison reform and her experiences in fighting the prison system entitled Barred from Prison (1979) and Still Barred from Prison (1985). Mick Lowe has written a biography of Culhane entitled, One Woman Army (1992).
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, printed material, and documents related to Culhane's activities with prisoner's rights and prison reform.
RESTRICTIONS: Personal and prisoners' letters restricted.
Inventory available.
Cummings, Arthur C.
Arthur Cummings fonds. - 1939-1946.
3 cm of textual records.
Arthur Cummings was a Canadian war correspondent for the Southam News Agency posted in London 1939 to 1946. Member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and several prestigious press associations, he wrote numerous articles for Canadian and British readers.
The fonds consists of a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings of descriptive dispatches written by Cummings between 1939 and 1946. Memorabilia include two Parliamentary Press Gallery annual dinner programs, one program for H.G. Wells' seventieth birthday and a newspaper article which discusses the 1940 bombing of Printing House Square.
Cumyow, Won Alexander, 1861-1955
Won Alexander Cumyow fonds. - 1888-1950.
14 cm of textual records.
68 photographs.
Won Cumyow was the first Chinese-Canadian born in Canada. He gained prominence as a merchant, community leader and official Court Interpreter for the Vancouver City Police (1904-1936). He served the Chinese Empire Reform Association as well as other related groups.
The fonds consists of correspondence, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, diplomas, certificates and printed materials relating to Cumyow's activities and interests among the Chinese-Canadian community of Vancouver. The activities of his family are also reflected in the fonds.
Inventory available.
Czartoryski, C.P., collector
C.P. Czartoryski collection. - 1912-1913.
52 p.
Biographical information unavailable.
The collection consists of photocopied minutes of a drama society of the Finnish Social Democrats at Sointula (1912-1913) and a play adapted for use by A. Orjatsals. Also included are the minutes of the F.S.D.
Title based on the name of the collector.