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.
Inventory available.
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).
Inventory available. See also the inventory produced through the EAD Pilot Project.
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Roderick Gibbons, author of the unpublished "The Novice Candidate", was party organizer and campaign manager for the Social Credit Party in the 1950s.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 It includes an unpublished manuscript, "The Novice Candidate", and related materials which include correspondence and clippings.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).
Inventory available.
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.
Inventory available.
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. - 1927-1972.
4 m of textual records.
31 plans.
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 of office records from the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and records from the Canadian Fishing Company which relate to the Cannery. The fonds also includes can labels, technical drawings, catalogues and architectural plans of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery (1934-1943).
RESTRICTIONS: Some restrictions apply.
Inventory available.
Haig-Brown, Roderick Langmere,
1908-1976
Roderick Haig-Brown fonds. - [ca. 1926]-1976.
20.4 m of textual records.
Roderick Haig-Brown, author, environmentalist and Justice of the Peace, was born in Sussex, England. He moved to B.C. in 1927, where he worked as a logger, trapper, guide and fisherman. He returned to England in 1929 where he remained until 1931 to publish his first book, Silver. In 1934 Haig-Brown and his wife Ann moved to Campbell River, B.C. and purchased their now famous residence in 1936. Haig-Brown's writings include books, articles and short stories about fish and fishing, books for and about boys and books on Canadian history. Haig-Brown was not only a writer but also a magistrate and judge of the juvenile court of Campbell River and Chancellor of the University of Victoria from 1970 to 1973.
The fonds consists of biographical material relating to Roderick Haig-Brown, correspondence (1928-1974), and manuscripts of prose, articles, speeches, and broadcasts by Haig-Brown and others (ca. 1926-1976). The fonds also includes clippings of prose, articles, speeches, pamphlets and subject files. Much of the fonds relates to sport fishing in British Columbia and, more broadly, to the conservation of natural resources.
Inventory available.
Haig-Brown, Valerie, collector
Valerie Haig-Brown collection. - 1952-1983.
39 cm of textual records.
Valerie Haig-Brown is the eldest child of the noted B.C. author and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown. She worked as an editor for several popular magazines in Toronto before returning to British Columbia, in 1978 to act as her father's literary executor.
The collection consists of several of Roderick Haig-Brown's manuscripts as well as editors' working papers and printers' proofs of a number of his articles and other publications. In addition, there are reviews of his writings and magazine articles about him as well as incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Title based on the name of the collector.
Inventory available.
Hambleton, Ronald, 1917-
Ronald Hambleton fonds. - 1955-1967.
44 p.
3 sound tape reels.
Ronald Hambleton was an author of literary criticism and afiction. His works included Object and Event, Unit of Five, and Every Man is an Island.
The fonds consists of eleven undated letters from Ethel Wilson to Ronald Hambleton and two handwritten manuscripts by Wilson, "At what point do I grow old?" (12 p.) and "In defense of a little learning" (15 p.). Also included are three taped interviews with Wilson conducted by Hambleton for the C.B.C. (1955, 1967).
Hamilton, Robert A.
Robert Hamilton fonds. - 1883-1885.
1.5 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The fonds consists of one volume of manuscript essays dated 1883 to 1885. Included are "Historical Sketch of Paris by Abbey", "The True Character and Function of the Fine Arts", "The Religions of the Earth: 'Islam'", "Democratic Speech" and "Legendary and Symbolic Art in Literature".
Hann, Frank, b. 1893
Frank Hann fonds. - 1910-1940.
80 cm of textual records.
3 maps.
55 photographs.
Frank Hann came from England to Calgary, Alberta in 1910 to work in the Bank of Montreal. He later transferred to Vancouver and then to a series of villages in the interior of B.C. Hann's main interests focused on Britain, British furniture and porcelain, and the conflict between Britain and Ireland.
The fonds consists of photocopies of Hann's autobiography, reminiscences of Alberta and B.C., newspaper and magazine clippings (1910-1940), three unidentified letters (one dated 1930), and maps of Southeast England, Ontario (1912), Spain and Portugal. Scrapbooks in the collection contain clippings, printed material and correspondence on various topics. The fonds also includes photographs of classical art and architecture, buildings and monuments.
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Harbour Publishing Company
Harbour Publishing Company fonds. - 1972-1990.
13 m of textual records.
The Harbour Publishing Company was incorporated by Howard White in 1984. The publishing company continued the work begun by Raincoast Chronicles, a periodical which started in 1972 under the direction of the Raincoast Historical Society. White was, in fact, the driving force behind the Raincoast Chronicles, which featured works by and about the people of the west coast and focused on the culture and industries, particularly fishing and logging, which shaped their identity. This focus has very much carried over to the selection of publications for the Harbour Publishing Company.
The fonds consists primarily of manuscripts (published and unpublished) submitted to the Harbour Publishing Company and Raincoast Chronicles, incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, subject files, publishers' catalogues and information on Canada Council grants.
Inventory available.
Hardwick, Margaret Sibyl
Margaret Hardwick fonds. - 1916-1954.
2.5 cm of textual records.
10 photographs.
Margaret Sibyl Hardwick taught school in Maple Bay, Princeton and Vancouver from 1916 to 1954.
The fonds consists of records pertaining to Hardwick's teaching career. Included are documents, letters, entrance examinations and photographs.
Hardwick, Walter H.W.
Walter Hardwick fonds. - [193-]-1946.
13 cm of textual records.
Walter Hardwick served on the executive of the Canadian Amateur Basketball Association and the British Columbia Amateur Basketball Association and the Greater Vancouver Sunday Schools Athletic Association. He also acted as Canadian Basketball representative to the International Basketball Federation and Olympic Games Committee in the 1930s.
The fonds consists of correspondence, documents, reports, clippings and printed materials relating to basketball (1930s, 1945-1946) and Hardwick's involvement in the C.A.B.C. and B.C.A.B.A.. Also included is an article by Walter Hardwick entitled "Basketball in Canada, 1939".
Harper, Ed, collector
Gypsy research collection. - 1834-1967.
26 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The collection consists of correspondence, field notes and printed material relating to gypsies and essays and vocabulary manuscripts about the gypsies of Washington State.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory available.
Harris, Ellen, 1904-1967
Ellen Harris fonds. - 1893-1967.
6.4 m of textual records.
451 photographs.
In the 1920s and 1930s Ellen Harris was active in organizing the Children's Theatre Group. She was a prominent radio broadcaster during the 1940s and the 1950s, with her program "Morning Visit" which ran from 1944 to 1952. Harris appeared in many other radio shows and in the early 1950s she was involved in C.B.C. school broadcasts.
The fonds consists of broadcast scripts and speeches; manuscripts of plays, poetry, and prose; notebooks; diaries; scrapbooks and correspondence. The fonds also includes subject files, printed materials, fan mail, financial records and many subgroups relating to other family members and photographs.
Inventory available.
Harris, Robert
Robert Harris fonds. - 1977-1981.
1.3 m of textual records.
Robert Harris was a library consultant under contract with the government of British Columbia. He acted as Secretary or Executive Director to several co-ordinating and planning committees and as supervisor of a number of research and implementation projects. His major role was as Executive Director of the Management Advisory Council, a body reporting to the Ministry of Education.
The fonds consists of reports, correspondence and office records relating mainly to the activities of the Management Advisory Council in the Ministry of Education (1977-1981).
Hastings Brass Foundry
Hastings Brass Foundry fonds. - 1943-1959.
21 architectural drawings.
Administrative history unavailable.
The fonds consists of blueprints of fishing rigs and gurdies.
Hastings Saw Mill Company
Hastings Saw Mill Company fonds. - 1865-1890.
13.5 cm of textual records and other material.
The Hastings Saw Mill was opened in 1867 by the B.C. and Vancouver Island Spar Lumber and Saw Mill Company (commonly known as Stamps Mill) on Burrard Inlet. Captain Edward Stamp operated the mill until 1869 when it was sold. The new owners, Heatley and Company of London, secured the services of Captain R.A. Raymur to manage the operation. The Mill was guided in turn by Richard H. Alexander, John Hendry and Eric Humber until 1928 when the property was sold to the National Harbours Board.
The fonds consists of correspondence (1865-1888), an 1890 memo, one map, one photograph of B.C. Mills, Timber and Trading Company's Hastings Sawmill, five plans and articles of association.
Includes: 1 map, 1 photograph and 5 plans.
Inventory available.
Hatfield, Harley, 1905-2000
Harley Hatfield fonds. - 1804-1997, predominant 1970-1990.
1.48 m of textual records and other material.
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. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia, Hatfield and his father established Interior Contracting Company Ltd. in Penticton. He married Edith White Tisdall in 1932 and the couple had four children. During World War II, Hatfield served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Engineers. In the 1950's he became one of the founding members of the Okanagan Similkameen Parks Society (OSPS). 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. His efforts to restore both the Hudson's Bay Company and Okanagan Brigade Trails were rewarded with the naming of Mount Hatfield, in his honour, in the late 1960's, and a Heritage Canada Foundation Award in 1981. Hatfield also served as a director of the Engineering Institute of Canada (1961 to 1971), an alderman for the City of Penticton (1965 to 1968), an Executive Member of the Similkameen Regional District (1965 to 1969), a member of the Penticton Board of Trade, and in various capacities with the Boy Scouts. He died on February 14, 2000.
The fonds consists predominantly of textual, graphic, and cartographic materials documenting the efforts of Harley Hatfield, in conjunction with the Okanagan Similkameen Parks Society, the Wilderness Advisory Committee, and the Okanagan Historical Society, to establish the Cascade Wilderness area and the Hudson's Bay Company and Okanagan Brigade. The fonds also includes textual records illustrating Hatfield's research into old fur trading routes in that area. Additional material document facets of Hatfield's personal life and other interests.
Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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Haynes Park (Bedfordshire)
Haynes Park (Bedfordshire) fonds. - 1553-1862.
71.5 cm of textual records.
Haynes Park is one of England's "Stateley Homes". The Manor of Hawnes (Haynes Park) was in the Bray family from 1488 to 1588, and then of the Newdygates, Lukes, and Wynches, until finally Sir George Cateret acquired it in 1677. The estate remained in the Cateret family until 1914. The residence is a Georgian building with remnants of earlier structures.
The fonds consists of deeds, indentures, receipts, and booklets pertaining to the estate of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire and persons connected to the Park (1553-1862).
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Hemeke, Verle F.
Verle Hemeke fonds. - 1986-1987.
2 cm of textual records.
Verle Hemeke was raised in the United States in the early 1900s. His father established the Shingle Weaver's Union. Hemeke became active in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America until he was expelled in 1954 because of government suspicions of political subversion. He was nominated for the Progressive Party ticket in 1948 to run for State Senator under Roosevelt. Later as a democrat running against Henry Jackson in 1950, Hemeke received radio coverage and publicity for the labour cause. In his retirement from union politics, he wrote an autobiography and toured labour conventions as a speaker.
The fonds consists of typed manuscript copies of two works written by Hemeke. "The Expulsion of Verle F. Hemeke from Local No. 562, The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A.F.L., 1954", which forms the eighth chapter of his unpublished book "Some Political and Historical Events in the Life of Verle F. Hemeke, 1935-1955". The second manuscript is a typed address to the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Meeting in Vancouver (1987).
Henderson, Annie Heloise Abel,
1873-1947
Annie Henderson fonds. - 1823-1934.
13 cm of textual records.
Annie Henderson was born in Sussex, England. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Kansas and her doctorate from Yale in 1905. Henderson was interested in the British and American policy towards North American Indians.
The fonds consists of Henderson's research material pertaining primarily to British native policy and to the slave trade. Included are testimonials and notes on Indian affairs, copies of letters regarding slaves, reviewed and republished articles by Henderson, lectures, printed materials on slaves, Anti-Slavery Society notes, a speech and miscellaneous clippings.
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Hill-Tout, Charles, 1858-1944
Charles Hill-Tout fonds. - 1892-1941.
19.5 cm of textual records.
5 photographs.
Charles Hill-Tout was born in Devonshire, England. He came to Canada in the 1880s and arrived in Vancouver in 1890. Hill Tout was acting-principal of Dr. Whetham's College for several years before founding his own school, Buckland College. Hill-Tout was interested in anthropology and wrote many articles about the Indians of British Columbia.
The fonds consists of correspondence between Hill-Tout and eminent anthropologists (1884-1931), manuscripts and published works by Hill-Tout and others, and clippings, documents and photographs.
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Hills, George, 1816-1895
George Hills fonds. - 1860-1895.
52 cm of textual records.
Born in Egthorne, Kent, George Hills became a minister in the Anglican Church. From 1848 to 1859 he served at St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, the largest parish in England. In 1859 Hills became the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of British Columbia. He resigned in 1892 and returned to England, where he died.
The fonds consists of transcripts of the diaries of Bishop George Hills, dated from 1860 to 1895.
Inventory available.
Hoffmeister Electric Company (Vancouver,
B.C.)
Hoffmeister Electric Company fonds. - 1898-1960.
6 m of textual records.
Founded by Reinhart Hoffmeister, the Hoffmeister Electric Company was an electrical contracting firm which moved to Vancouver in 1898.
The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records and day books (1898-1960) from the Hoffmeister Electric Company.
Holderness, F.H.
F.H. Holderness fonds. - 1837.
1 cm of textual records.
Biographical information unavailable.
The fonds consists of Holderness' manuscript diary and expense account of a business trip to Canada and the United States in connection with the timber trade in 1837. He took particular note of his means of transport, which included steamer, railroads, schooners, canal boats, stage coaches, waggons, gigs and horses. The diary provides an excellent description of travel in North America at that time.
Holdom, M.W.
M.W. Holdom fonds. - 1923-1966.
39 cm of textual records.
M.W. Holdom was a B.C. ornithologist.
The fonds consists of three bird sighting notebooks (1923-1966), and 54 bird census books (1940-1966), mainly relating to the Crescent Beach and Surrey areas, as well as miscellaneous notebooks about birds and bird census (1950-1955).
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Hood, Robert Allison,
1880-1958
Robert Hood fonds. - 1900-1958.
2 m of textual records.
34 photographs.
Robert Allison Hood was born in Scotland and spent his youth in California, where he completed his education at the University of California. In 1906 he came to Vancouver and became involved in financial and real estate business. Hood published several novels and wrote articles and poetry. He was a member of the Canadian Authors' Association from its inception in 1921, and chairman of the Vancouver branch for a period.
The fonds consists of correspondence (1900-1956), manuscripts of prose and poetry, clippings, photographs, printed material, memorabilia and galley proofs of Ballad of the Pacific Northwest. Also included are files on the Thomas B. Colville Estate and the William B. Hood Estate. Subgroups include Canadian Authors Association (1921-1958), St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society, Scottish Dramatic Society, Presbyterian Church (1923-1950) and Hood Brothers (1908-1949).
Inventory available.
Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees
and Bartenders Union. Local 40
Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders
Union, Local 40 fonds. -
1910-1981.
1.2 m of textual records.
449 photographs.
The Hotel Industry was one of the first industries unionized in B.C., the first charter being granted in 1900 to the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union Local No. 28. Gradually the smaller locals began merging until 1974, when the Beverage Dispensers' Union, Local No. 676, and the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local No. 28, merged to become the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' and Bartenders' Union, local No. 16. The final province-wide merger occurred in 1976 with the creation of the Hotel, Restaurant, and Culinary Employees' and Bartenders' Union, having 12,000 unionized employees under this local.
The fonds consists of the minute books of various locals that are now part of the Local 40 (1910-1966), handbooks (1949-1951), two minute books of locals (1961-1973), minute book of Local Joint Executive Board (1958-1974), meeting roster (1972-1976) and weekly time books for staff, Local 619 (1965-1970). The fonds also includes photographs, clippings, two office files on union activities, copy of a report on the B.C. Hotel Industry (1978) and clippings and leaflets concerning election (1981). Some of the locals were located in Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Port Alberni, Vancouver and Victoria.
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Houle, Jerry
Jerry Houle fonds. - 1959-1988; predominant 1981-1984.
2.8 m of textual records.
Jerry Houle, a former member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada, attempted to establish a strong Canadian union in his profession in the 1980's. Active in the Vancouver section of the Shopcraft Organizing Committee, he became the National President of the Canadian Shopcraft Union which was connected to the Confederation of Canadian Unions. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a strong membership, the union disbanded.
The fonds consists of records relating to the railroad transportation industry and the role of the Canadian Shopcraft Union and railway workers. The correspondence, legal records, union data, reports, newsletters, and other printed material focuses upon the labour movement and the divergent paths between Canadian and American organized labour in the 1980s.
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Howard, Irene, 1922-
Irene Howard fonds. - 1968-1983.
78 cm of textual records.
5 photographs.
18 sound cassettes.
Born in Prince Rupert, B.C., Irene Howard is a free-lance writer, researcher, broadcaster and teacher of English Literature. She graduated from Normal School, obtained her teaching certificate from the University of Victoria in 1943 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1948. She completed her M.A. in Medieval Literature in 1964 and taught at the elementary, college and university levels from 1941 to 1983. Since 1956 Howard has been active in researching and writing local history. Her books include a history of Swedes in Vancouver and a biography of Ethel Wilson.
The fonds consists of subject files on events and organizations which pertain to Howard's personal and professional life, such as biographical material, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, as well as historical photographs and the Monday Morning (1967-1972) magazine. The rest of the fonds relates to Howard's literary career. Also included are news bulletins, correspondence, taped interviews and research proposals and drafts.
Howay, Frederick William,
1867-1943
Frederick Howay fonds. - 1786-1943.
5.4 m of textual records.
501 photographs.
68 maps.
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.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, financial records, speeches, photographs, notes, and a journal, pertaining to Howay, as well as manuscripts and essays on B.C. history and exploration and marine trade off its coastal waters. In addition, Howay created subject files on historical sites and monuments throughout Western Canada including Barkerville, the Cariboo, Fort Langley, Cut Knife Hill, Nootka Sound, Fort Steele and Fort Walsh.
Inventory available. See also the inventory produced through the EAD Pilot project.
Howe Sound Company. Britannia
Division
Howe Sound Company Britannia Division fonds. - 1913-1972.
70 m of textual records.
Copper mining activities began at Britannia Beach, B.C. in 1898 under the auspices of the Britannia Syndicate. In 1908 control of the property passed to the Howe Sound Company of New York which operated the mine as a wholly-owned subsidiary, Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company Ltd. The scale of operations expanded until, in the late 1920s, the mine produced the largest copper output in the British Empire. Mining continued on a reduced scale during the Depression while, by comparison, many other copper mines were forced to close entirely. The Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company was finally placed in voluntary liquidation in 1958 as a result of rising production costs and declining ore grades. Shortly thereafter, the Howe Sound Company reopened the mines and operated them as a division of the parent company until the property was sold to Anaconda Copper. Mining operations finally ceased at Britannia Beach in 1974.
The fonds consists of records of the Howe Sound Comapny - Britannia Division and the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company which document a variety of functions including personnel, payroll and accounting, financial and income tax reporting, accident reporting, insurance planning, mineral exploration, and negotiations with the International Mine Mill Workers' Union and the International Mine Metal and Smelter Workers' Union. There are also a few records from the Howe Sound Power Company and the Torbit Mining Company.
Formerly known as Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company fonds.
Inventory available.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company fonds. - 1786-1915.
16 cm of textual records.
The Hudson's Bay company was incorporated by royal charter in 1670 for the trade in furs in North America and was given a grant of land, called Rupert's Land (for Prince Rupert, first governor of the Company). The first fort established was Fort Charles (Rupert's House) built in 1668. Gradually, the company built posts further inland for trading with the Indians. The H.B.C. attempted to keep the west as a fur preserve, but with the spread of settlement the Company slowly lost its monopoly and the source of furs began to decline. The Company built colonies on the West Coast beginning with Vancouver Island (1849) which it eventually turned over to the Crown, along with the B.C. mainland in 1867.
The fonds consists of photocopies of Hudson's Bay currency notes (1846,1870); Fort Simpson inward letter book (1834-1844); typescript of agreement between H.B.C. and Ohia (1854); Spirit River Post day book (1908-1909); plus fragments of inventory and day book (1907, 1898-1899); letters and documents (1840-1842, 1851-1894); a photocopy of journal of McLeod's Lake (B.C.) post (1845-1848); as well as a photocopy of "Diary of Occurrence at York Factory in Hudson's Bay, North America by Joseph Colen, Resident Chief (1786-1787)"; letters and documents from W.H. Dickson, manager of the Fraser Lake and Stewart Lake posts in B.C. (1915).
Hull, Raymond, 1919-1985
Raymond Hull fonds. - 1951-1981.
5.8 m of textual records.
ca. 120 photographs.
Raymond Hull was born in Shaftsbury, England and moved to British Columbia in 1947. His varied employment history included steward on a Yukon River sternwheeler, farm hand, construction labourer, creative writing teacher and even spriritualist medium. From the age of thirty, however, he has been a full-time writer of stage and television plays. He is probably best known for his co-authorship of The Peter Principle, with Laurence Peter.
The fonds consists of manuscripts of books, published and unfinished, such as his incomplete autobiography "As I See Myself" (1963) and abandoned book proposals, as well as the manuscripts for short stories, plays (stage, television and radio) and for poetry. It also includes rough drafts and notes of more recent books, film scripts, articles from 1975 to 1976, lectures, publicity material, chronological miscellaneous files (1975, 1976, 1981) and correspondence (1973-1976).
Inventory available.
Humbird family
Humbird family fonds. - 1889-1943.
4 m of textual records.
45 photographs.
The Humbird family held shares in the Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company Ltd. and other companies in British Columbia and the western United States. John A. Humbird was one of the key figures in the development of Seaboard Lumber Sales Company, Ltd.
The fonds consists of records of several companies, including the Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Humbird Lumber Company, Jacob Humbird Holding Company, Seaboard Shipping Company, the Jacob Humbird Trust Fund, as well as estate records of John A. Humbird and photographs. Records from the Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company include minutes (1889-1950), journals (1889-1943), stock certificates (1898-1946) and ledgers (1889-1946).
Inventory available.
Humphreys, Leonard E.
L.E. Humphreys fonds. - 1916-1918.
54 p.
12 maps.
Lieutenant L.E. Humphreys served in 'A' Battery 190th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 41st Division, F.E.F., during World War I.
The fonds consists of notes and personal memoirs, with photocopies of maps carried into World War I battles including the Somme (1916), Messines, Ypres (1917) and Flanders (1918).
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910
William Holman Hunt fonds. - 1850-1907.
6.5 cm of textual records.
William Holman Hunt was born in London. He became an estate agent in 1843. He entered the Academy Schools in 1844 where he exhibited his first painting, "Hark", in 1846. Hunt's friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti was apparent in his work "Rienzi" where the initials P.R.B. (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood) appear after his name. Artistic fame finally came with Hunt's "The Light of the World".
The fonds consists of incoming letters from W. Bell Scott and F.G. Stephens to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt (Edith Holman Hunt), as well as subject files containing information concerning the relationship between Hunt and Stephens.
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