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Archival description
Robert Matheson fonds
PR-0207 · Fonds · 1988

Fonds consists of photographs of buildings in Victoria and Nanaimo.

Matheson, Robert
Thomas Ardies Johnston fonds
PR-0216 · Fonds · 1907-1923

Fonds consists of records relating mainly to the Grand Trunk Pacific Transfer Company and a match factory in Victoria.

Johnston, Thomas Ardies
Victoria Iron Works fonds
PR-0221 · Fonds · 1894-1896

Fonds consists of outward correspondence.

Victoria Iron Works
Elsie B. Richards fonds
PR-0222 · Fonds · 1947

Fonds consists of correspondence.

Richards, Elsie B.
PR-0224 · Fonds · 1929-1972

Fonds consists mainly of a cash journal, and business photographs.

Gillespie, Hart & Company
PR-0225 · Fonds · 1911-1913

Fonds consists of a monthly summary of accounts.

Hinton Electric Company
PR-0230 · Fonds · 1964-1988

Fonds consists of photographs, meeting minutes, show and exhibition records, and other material.

Victoria African Violet Club
PR-0234 · Fonds · [ca. 1878-1900]

Fonds consists of photographs of Elizabeth Kezia Sehl and a published volume of pictures of Victoria.

Sehl, Francis Thomas Styles
Fleming Bros. fonds
PR-0238 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1930]

Fonds consists of photographs depicting buildings, people and scenery around Victoria and Vancouver Island.

Fleming Bros. (Firm)
Beaumont Boggs fonds
PR-0239 · Fonds · [ca. 1885-1925]

Fonds consists mainly of family photographs.

Boggs, Beaumont Thomas Frederick William, 1864-1943 (family)
Fair family fonds
PR-0241 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1910]

Fonds consists of family photographs.

Fair, David, Sr., d. 1936 (family)
Lillian S. Smith fonds
PR-0245 · Fonds · 1896-1935

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of soldiers boarding ships for Europe and 1916 snow scenes in Victoria.

Smith, Lillian S.
Frances Ann Brown fonds
PR-0246 · Fonds · [ca. 1880]-1967

Fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, teaching records, and other material.

Brown, Frances Ann, 1876-1967
PR-0252 · Collection · [ca. 1850]-1986

Collection consists mainly of photographs of Victoria people, places, and events and souvenir booklets.

Helmcken, Ainslie James, 1900-1987
PR-0255 · Fonds · [ca. 1895-1965]

Fonds consists mainly of family photographs and a copy of McPherson's will.

McPherson, Thomas Shanks, 1873-1962
A.O. Noel Wilkinson fonds
PR-0258 · Fonds · [ca. 1919-1945]

Fonds consists of First World War certificates and air raid defence records.

Wilkinson, A.O. Noel
Ruth Veda Collis fonds
PR-0265 · Fonds · [ca. 188-]-1998 (predominantly 1918-1970)

The fonds consist of personal and family records, real estate, financial, and legal records, photographs, and artwork.

Collis, Ruth Veda, 1918-1999
Helmcken family fonds
PR-0272 · Fonds · [ca. 1865]-1975

Fonds consists primarily of correspondence and photographs of three generations of the Helmcken family. The fonds also includes a scrapbook, certificates, family tree, and other material relating to the family’s private and professional activities.

Helmcken, John Sebastian, 1824-1920
Mouat family fonds
PR-0275 · Fonds · 1852-1932

Fonds consists primarily of personal records of the family, including correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, a school exercise book, and published material. The fonds also includes William Alexander Mouat’s business records.

Mouat, William Alexander, Capt., 1821-1871
Grogan family fonds
PR-0280 · Fonds · 1892-1922

Fonds consists of George Grogan’s journal (and Grogan family history), family photographs (including images of Rathgilbert Ranch, Mt. Tolmie), Kathleen Sara Grogan’s prayer book, and a copy of the book Of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis.

Grogan, George (family)
William Andrew Mulcahy fonds
PR-0286 · Fonds · [ca. 1867-1929]

Fonds consists of glass plate negatives of unidentified adults and children (presumably members of the extended Mulcahy family), William Mulcahy during his employment with the B.C. Electric Railway, streetcars, street scenes, and buildings. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings pertaining to the City of Victoria council that belonged to Frank Campbell, a tobacconist.

Mulcahy, William Andrew, 1883-1955
City documents collection
AC2 · Collection · 1872-present

The collection consists of a wide variety of reports by and about the City of Victoria. These published and unpublished City documents (CDs) include neighbourhood plans, transportation studies, heritage reports, downtown studies, as well as economic and social profiles, surveys, and architectural proposals.

Victoria (B.C.)
William E. Gardner fonds
PR-0036 · Fonds · 1894-1946

Fonds consists of photographs showing Captain William Gardner and various ships.

Gardner, William Edward, 1870-1947
Henry Saunders family fonds
PR-0041 · Fonds · [Copied 1978]

Fonds consists of photographs of unidentified people and gardens.

Saunders, Henry, 1837-1904 (family)
Alex T. Stewart fonds
PR-0042 · Fonds · [1917-1928]

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of airplanes and Victoria scenery.

Stewart, Alex T.
Donald B. MacPherson fonds
PR-0044 · Fonds · 1894-1986

Fonds consists of reminiscences and photographs of whaling and tugboating.

MacPherson, Donald B., 1899-1985
Rita Hughes fonds
PR-0046 · Fonds · [1873?-192-]

Fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed "Miss Helmcken 1873," who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken (later McTavish), Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a limousine in Beacon Hill Park.

Hughes, Rita Cecilia, d. 1964
Alexander Roberts fonds
PR-0052 · Fonds · [Copied 1979]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Roberts family, various Victoria scenes, and the Nickel Plate Mine at Hedley.

Roberts, Alexander Cross, d. 1974
Arthur J. Garesche fonds
PR-0007 · Fonds · 1901-1911

Fonds consists of photographs showing scenes and events, mainly in Victoria, and the Garesche family.

Garesche, Arthur John, 1860-1952 (family)
Payne family fonds
PR-0008 · Fonds · [ca. 1900]

Fonds consists of photographs of the farms of Harold and Gerald Payne and the Bradley-Dyne family on Saturna Island as well as scenes of North Saanich.

Payne, Gerald Fitzroy (family)
Chambers, Todd family fonds
PR-0012 · Fonds · 1890-1935

Fonds consists primarily of glass plate and nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families.

Chambers, Arthur Hyde, Sr., 1852-1935 (family)
Thomas Rodney Cusack fonds
PR-0016 · Fonds · [ca. 1893-1920]

Fonds consists of photographs showing Thomas Cusack and others in early automobiling scenes as well as Victoria people, businesses, and ceremonies.

Cusack, Thomas Rodney, 1869-1925
Jones family fonds
PR-0017 · Fonds · [188-]-1966

Fonds consists of photographs of individuals and groups, as well as views of Victoria and various public and private buildings.

Jones, Henry Humphrey, 1858-1954 (family)
William Penman fonds
PR-0019 · Fonds · 1904-1962

Fonds consists of photographs, picture postcards, diaries, scrapbooks and miscellaneous printed material. The photographs include views of Manitoba, and Victoria and Vancouver Island; travels in North America, and Canadian military aircrew training during World War I. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Alexander Cowie of Langford during World War I.

Penman, William, 1878-1962
Janet Bowden fonds
PR-0029 · Fonds · 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912)

Fonds consists of photographs of family and friends, houses, and coastal scenes, including Janet and Martin Grainger, houses on Samuel Island and in Esquimalt, and views of the Gulf Islands. Textual material consists of a copy of Martin Allerdale Grainger's book, Woodsmen of the West.

Bowden, Janet, d. 1976
F. Morran Waller fonds
PR-0030 · Fonds · 1872-1917

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the estate of Henry Waller, marriage certificates, agreement for sale of a lot in Victoria, and photographs of children.

Waller, Frederick Morran, 1916-1987
Frederick Elworthy fonds
PR-0031 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1930]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Elworthy family and views of Victoria.

Elworthy, Frederick Barrington, Sr., 1854-1927 (family)
Lillian Shandley fonds
PR-0034 · Fonds · 1884-1985

Fonds consists of miscellaneous family records and artifacts relating to Mrs. Shandley and her family.

Shandley, Lillian Rose, 1897-1993
John Humbert McConnell fonds
PR-0020 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1920]

Fonds consists of one album containing photographs of mainly unidentified groups and individuals.

McConnell, John Humbert, d. 1963 (family)
Hudson W. Blake fonds
PR-0021 · Fonds · 1910-1923

Fonds consists of photographs of relatives and friends of Hudson Blake's father William Alfred Blake. Group photos include classes at Oaklands School, lacrosse teams and Canadian Army units (World War I).

Blake, Hudson W.
Spencer family fonds
PR-0083 · Fonds · [189-?]-1968

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of Spencer family members and their home.

Spencer, David, 1837-1920 (family)
Alexander family fonds
PR-0086 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1967]

Fonds consists mainly of photographs the Thomas Alexander family.

Alexander, Charles, 1824-1913 (family)
PR-0087 · Fonds · 1865-1990

Fonds consists of administrative, financial, operational, and membership records, as well as officers' files.

Native Sons and Daughters of British Columbia
PR-0090 · Collection · [191-]

Fonds consists of photographs of the interior and exteriors of the company building, its employees, automobiles, and mascot.

Victoria Motor Company
John J. Robilliard fonds
PR-0091 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1956]

Fonds consists mainly of photographs depicting the Robilliard and Jeune familes, the Victoria Machinery Depot, and the Victoria Steam Laundry.

Robilliard, John J., 1879-1959 (family)
Lucy Anna Little fonds
PR-0093 · Fonds · 1828-1978

Fonds consists of family photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous family files pertaining to the Little/Williamson/Sutherland families in Victoria and Montreal, as well as the Freemans and Lincolns of Massachusetts. Photographs include images of family and friends, vacations, horses, soldiers during the war, and the First Nations village at Alert Bay. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, dance cards, and other miscellaneous items. Correspondence includes letters from friends and family. Family files include genealogical research, estate files, newspaper clippings, and records documenting Lucy’s involvement with the Red Cross.

Little, Lucy Anna, 1895-1977
Isabel Munn fonds
PR-0098 · Fonds · [ca. 1875-1920]

Fonds consists mostly of photographs of the Munn, Williams and Morrow families.

Munn, Florence Isabel
M. Leo Sweeney fonds
PR-0102 · Fonds · 1902-1971

Fonds consists of photographs textual records relating the Sweeney family and business.

Sweeney, Michael Leo, 1886-1977 (family)