Series consists of agendas of this special committee of Council, which serves as a forum for Councillors to consider and discuss various issues in a less formal manner than Council meetings themselves permit. The series includes a variety of correspondence, reports, and other materials that provide the background material for discussion.
Victoria (B.C.). Committee of the WholeSeries consists of plans, specifications, receipts and correspondence for homes built under the Better Housing and Soldiers Settlement Housing Acts. Information contained in these records include: plan number, permit number, legal description, civic address, name of owner, architect, contractor and tradesmen.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of Advisory Planning Commission (APC) zoning and rezoning applications, related reports, correspondence, plans and photographs.
Files go up to 1994 however some files may contain more recent information.
Victoria (B.C.). Advisory Planning CommissionSeries consists of records created by the City of Victoria Archives. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and guest registers.
Victoria (B.C.). Archives DivisionSeries consists of an index to letters sent outward (CR-0009).
Each volume is divided into alphabetical sections. Within each section the names of correspondents, whether persons or organizations, are listed chronologically throughout the year. The index also provides in addition a note on the topic of each letter.
See also the indexes to individual letterbooks before 1893 (CR-0009) and the topical index (CR-0015).
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries includes correspondence, minutes, agendas, and reports.
Victoria (B.C.). Landlord and Tenant Advisory BureauSeries consists of correspondence pertaining to Singh properties.
Victoria (B.C.). Land DepartmentSeries consists of copies of outward letters.
Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor's OfficeSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Engineering Department.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Board of Health.
Victoria (B.C.). Board of HealthSeries consists of agendas of City Council meetings.
The series includes a variety of correspondence, reports, and other materials that provide the background material for discussion.
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries consists of correspondence, declarations, petitions, briefs, and certificates relating to Council business that were either orphaned from their original filing systems or retained by the Clerk because they did not fit within the regular series of Council records.
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries consists of copies of general correspondence outward, much of it dealing with planning issues of the day.
Victoria (B.C.). Community Development DepartmentSeries includes correspondence relating to applications, minutes, correspondence, draft zoning bylaws, notes and reports related to the creation of zoning bylaws.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of photographs of some of the houses in the original "This Old House" volume published by the City of Victoria. Also includes several reports: Rockland, Fort Street Heritage Program (1978), A Brief to Heritage Canada Concerning the Establishment of a Heritage Conservation Area (1976) and Proposal of Fees and Services for a Study of a Heritage Conservation Area (1977) as well as correspondence and an inventory of Fort Street homes with photographs.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, and minutes of this committee charged by Council with developing, reviewing, and advising on policies and procedures pertaining to the issuance of liquor licences.
Victoria (B.C.). Liquor Licencing Advisory CommitteeSeries consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, and minutes of this task force charged by Council with reviewing and advising on the structure and membership of City committees.
Victoria (B.C.). Task Force on Public Participation and Committee RestructuringSeries consists of property tax assessment notices and related correspondence, mainly concerning persons and corporate bodies with multiple properties.
Victoria (B.C.). Assessor's OfficeSeries consists of reports, correspondence, memoranda, and background material regarding communications, public participation, and improving the effectiveness of Council committees.
Victoria (B.C.). Task Force on Public Participation and Committee RestructuringSeries consists of invitations and miscellaneous correspondence inward and outward pertaining to protocol visits and ceremonies. Includes items from the British Columbia Rifle Association, the Lieutenant Governor, and Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as a variety of greetings and congratulations pertaining to the City's 1962 centenary and a play called "The Victoria Story"
Victoria (B.C.). Mayor's OfficeSeries consists of letters and reports sent outward from the Engineering Department to other City agencies and the general public regarding all aspects of departmental operations.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of records pertaining to operation and maintenance of the Johnson Street Bridge. Includes correspondence, maintenance files, and cement test results.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Court of Revision pertaining to appeals regarding tax assessments on land and improvements.
Victoria (B.C.). Court of RevisionSeries consists of records created in the process of estimating annual revenue and expenditures, as published in the bylaws comprising CR-0243 (budget estimates). Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and spreadsheets.
There is a gap in this series for 1950.
Series consists of letters and reports sent outward from the Plumbing and Sewerage Inspector regarding the plumbing conditions of local buildings.
Victoria (B.C.). Plumbing and Sewerage Inspector's OfficeSeries consists of correspondence, reports, and plans of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate proposals for a new City Hall.
Victoria (B.C.). Special City Hall Building CommitteeSeries consists of records created as a result of the City of Victoria's participation in the Capital Region Planning Board.
This board was constituted in 1951 under Provincial legislation and served as an advisory board for regional planning until its functions were taken over by the Capital Regional District in the late 1960s.
The records include correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to City planning, historical buildings, transportation, statistics, urban renewal, subdivisions and urban sprawl, street numbers and names, and parks.
Capital Region Planning Board of British ColumbiaSeries includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to the renovation of Crystal Gardens.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of records pertaining to the regulation and supervision of wrestling and boxing matches in Victoria.
Includes wrestlers' licences (1973-1977), correspondence with City Council (1953-1976), general correspondence (1953-1976), investment receipts and statements ([ca. 1973-1976]), journal (1954-1976), minutes (1954-1975), programs (1959), and rules and regulations (1952-1972).
See bylaw 3723
Series consists of correspondence of the City Purchasing Agent.
Correspondence deals primarily with policy and procedures of the Purchasing Division with several special occasion files interfiled within.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists of an index to the City Manager's operational files 3 (CR-0124).
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of one bound volume recording both inward and outward correspondence of the Mayor, indexed by name of correspondent.
Victoria (B.C.). Mayor's OfficeSeries consists of bound letters sent by the Mayor's Office.
Victoria (B.C.). Mayor's OfficeSeries consists of general office files created by the Mayor.
Victoria (B.C.). Mayor's OfficeSeries consists of records created by the City Manager under a filing system introduced in 1971. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity.
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of letters received by the Engineering Department from other City agencies and departments, other governments, and the private sector.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of letters sent from the Engineering Department to City Council and its Committees.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of letters sent from the Engineering Department to other City agencies.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Water Commissioner.
Victoria (B.C.). Water CommissionerSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Tourist Association of Victoria by its Secretary (1903-1906) and its Treasurer (1904).
Victoria (B.C.). Tourist Association of VictoriaSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Sewerage Commissioners.
Victoria (B.C.). Sewerage CommissionersSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Sanitary Inspector.
Victoria (B.C.). Sanitary Inspector's OfficeSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Public Parks Board.
Victoria (B.C.). Public Parks BoardSeries consists of letters sent outward from the Collector-Treasurer, mainly in his capacity as Collector.
Victoria (B.C.). Collector-Treasurer's OfficeSeries consists of letters sent outward from the City Surveyor.
Victoria (B.C.). City Surveyor's OfficeSeries consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of this standing committee of Council, which dealt with matters of a financial nature.
There are a number of committees that reported to the Group 'A' Committee: the Finance Committee; the Health, Welfare and Personnel Committee; the Lands and Fire Wardens Committee; the Public Transportation Committee; and the Inter-municipal Committee.
Included in addition to the material of the Group 'A' Committee are agendas, minutes, and papers of the Finance Committee (CR-0026) and the Greater Victoria Intermunicipal Committee (CR-0027).
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Group 'A' Committee, see CR-0132.
Victoria (B.C.). Group "A" CommitteeSeries consists of records created by the first City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity.
Files are arranged primarily by subject within a sequential numerical scheme reflecting a general alphabetical order. Individual descriptions include original file numbers, which range from 1 to 329. Unnumbered files are described after those so numbered.
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of records created by the second City Manager. They pertain to virtually all areas of City activity. Earlier Manager's records are described in CR-0022 (predominantly 1950-1963), while later ones are described in CR-0124 (predominantly 1970-1977).
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of an index to three series of letters inward: correspondence inward (CR-0011), communications received (CR-0012), and special correspondence inward (CR-0013).
The entries are arranged by received stamp number, and provide information on date of receipt, sender, and topic.
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries consists of letters received by the City Clerk from different City departments, community organizations, the federal and provincial governments, professional organizations, and municipalities throughout the world.
Although there are letters dating back to 1908, most of the material dates from the mid 1930's. There are two sequences of records within this series; the first ranging from the earliest material to the 1950s, and the second covering the 1950s through to 1973. This correspondence is arranged by subject and is filed either by received stamp number or chronologically. If the letter received originated within the City administration there will be no received stamp number, it will not be listed in the communications received index (CR-0014), and the file will be arranged chronologically. If the material received originated outside the City administration it will be arranged according to received stamp number and will be listed in the index.
Council meeting agendas, originally described as part of this series, were transferred to CR-0327 (Council Agendas) in 2006.
Victoria (B.C.). City Council