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Archival description
CoV-CR-0328 · Series · 1959-1989
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of minutes and agendas of this agency, which was created to oversee planning and zoning issues in the City.

This agency was created in 1958, under bylaw 4653, as the successor to the Town Planning Commission, records of which can be found in CR-0031.

Victoria (B.C.). Planning Department
CoV-CR-0175 · Series · 1956-1989
Part of City of Victoria fonds

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 Department
Building permit applications
CoV-CR-0265 · Series · 1907-1989
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a log of building permits issued by the City.

Includes information on the date and number of the permit, owner of the property, its legal description, and the street on which it is located. Also includes information on how many buildings are included in the permit, building material, number of storeys, number of rooms, purpose of the building, estimate of cost, and amount of fee paid.
This series was started in 1907. Although the City likely had a regular method of recording building permits before this time, the best existing source for annual lists of building permits issued from the early 1860s to 1907 is the local newspapers, copies of which are available in the Archives' reference room.

Victoria (B.C.). Public Works Department
CoV-CR-0261 · Series · 1954-1987
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a log of tenders received by the City for various goods and services.

Includes information on what the tender is about, the date and time it was received, who it was from, who received it, and the date it was submitted to Council.

Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing Department
CoV-CR-0251 · Series · 1987
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of an inventory of heritage buildings on the site of the Victoria Eaton Centre prepared by Cadillac Fairview Shopping Centres for the City of Victoria.

Includes photographs of all exterior facades, selected interior photography keyed to a schematic drawing of the interior, and general exterior photographs of each building including close-up exterior details of the following buildings on Douglas, Fort, Broad, and Government Streets: Driard Hotel, Spencer's Block, Spencer's Arcade, Times, Montague Bridgman, Kresge (Marks & Spencer), Winch, Kent Hotel, Wilson, Brown, Melrose, and Eaton's interior details

Victoria (B.C.). Planning Department
CoV-CR-0351 · Series · 1953-1987 (predominantly 1973-1984)
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of records made and received while administering land and buildings owned by the City. As such, it includes records relating to the purchase, sale, lease, use, and development of City land and buildings.

Victoria (B.C.). Property Manager's Office
CoV-CR-0298 · Series · 1983-1987
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of photographs of buildings taken at the time a building permit application for demolition was submitted.

Victoria (B.C.). Engineering Department
Tax sale redemption receipts
CoV-CR-0237 · Series · 1937-1986
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of receipts issued upon the redemption of properties scheduled for tax sale by the payment of back taxes owed to the City.

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
CoV-CR-0105 · Series · 1972-1985
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of files, photographs, architectural material, and graphic material deriving from the Neighbourhood Improvement Program.

This program was developed in 1973 by the federal government to encourage and support the efforts of municipalities in concert with neighbourhood residents toward the improvement of the physical environment in neighbourhoods needing improvements.

Victoria (B.C.). Planning Department
CoV-CR-0324 · Series · 1976-1985 (predominantly 1976-1978)
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series 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 Department
Group 'A' Committee records
CoV-CR-0024 · Series · 1962-1982
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series 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" Committee
CoV-CR-0124 · Series · 1966-1982 (predominantly 1970-1981)
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series 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 Office
CoV-CR-0291 · Series · 1862-1982
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series 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 Office
CoV-CR-0257 · Series · 1892-1981
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a register of agreements and leases between the City and various parties.

Part of single volume including CR-0256, 0258, and 0259; located at pp. 82-99 (agreements 1-380, 1892-1927) and pp. 122-154 (agreements 380-471, 1927-1956).

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
Land Department agreements
CoV-CR-0347 · Series · 1886-1981
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of copies of agreements, leases, contracts and other legal documents which pertain to City-owned or leased land. These are copies of the original agreements forwarded to the Lands Department by the City Clerk.

Victoria (B.C.). Land Department
CoV-CR-0329 · Series · 1928-1980
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series includes correspondence relating to applications, minutes, correspondence, draft zoning bylaws, notes and reports related to the creation of zoning bylaws.

Victoria (B.C.). Planning Department
CoV-CR-0132 · Series · 1962-1980
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of an index to the minutes or the Group 'A' Committee records (CR-0024).

Arranged chronologically by year, alphabetically within each year by first letter only, and numerically by minute number within each alphabetical section

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
CoV-CR-0187 · Series · [ca. 1953-1979]
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of administrative records as well as reference and promotional material pertaining to civil defence and emergency protective services in Victoria.

Documents from 1943 to 1962 consist mainly of reference and promotional material such as pamphlets, periodicals, reports and books about civil defence planning, first aid, communications, fallout shelters, emergency feeding, nuclear warfare and related topics, as well as some 40 posters pertaining to civil defence awareness. The administrative records range mainly from 1964 to 1979. Also included are Civil Defence headquarters blueprints, general signage, first-aid station log, and exercise alert signage.

In 1974 the name of the agency changed from the Victoria Civil Defence Control Board to the Victoria Emergency Program.

Victoria (B.C.). Victoria Emergency Program
CoV-CR-0283 · Series · 1922-1979
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a record of railway and navigation traffic using and requiring operation of the Johnson Street Bascule Bridge.

Includes daily information on the time the bridge was raised, for what vessel, and whether it was entering or leaving the Upper Harbour. Also includes the time trains passed over the bridge, their name or a description of them, and whether they were entering or leaving the downtown area. In addition, there are notes on bridge maintenance, weather, and various other matters.

Victoria (B.C.). Engineering Department
CoV-CR-0200 · Series · 1952-1977
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series 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

Victoria (B.C.). Athletic Commission
City Council resolutions
CoV-CR-0007 · Series · 1885-1977
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of formal statements of City Council agreed to after the consideration of a motion.

For indexes to the resolutions, see CR-0008.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
CoV-CR-0015 · Series · 1914-1977
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of an index to the letterbooks, Council minutes, committee reports and resolutions.

Arranged chronologically, one volume per year. Each volume is divided into alphabetical sections. Within each section, topics are entered chronologically throughout the year. In the early volumes the communications inward were indexed, although the material has not survived. The subjects vary over time and are usually well cross referenced.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
CoV-CR-0019 · Series · 1890-1976
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of official reports sent from the Deputy Returning Officers to the Returning Officer and from the Returning Officer to the City Clerk documenting the results of elections, referenda, loan bylaws and other matters set to a public vote. The reports are based on the election record book (CR-0018)

Victoria (B.C.). Returning Officer's Office
Quotation record book
CoV-CR-0236 · Series · 1951-1976
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a record of quotations received for materials considered for purchase by the City.

Does not include actual prices and suppliers, but rather consists of an index to such documents (see CR-0183, Tenders and quotations and CR-0246, Specifications). Describes the quotation number, date, department, and description of material. Includes an alphabetical list of suppliers ca. 1951-1956.

Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing Department
CoV-CR-0176 · Series · 1965-1976
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of annual reports documenting the operations of the Department of Recreation and Community Services, including Memorial Arena, Crystal Gardens, Royal Athletic Park, and McPherson Playhouse.

Victoria (B.C.). Recreation and Community Services Department
Agreements
CoV-CR-0341 · Series · 1912-1976 [predominantly 1938-1968]
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of original agreements, leases, contracts and other legal documents which pertain to a variety of matters including land purchases, land sales, large building projects, water supply, employment, paving, operations of concessions, Wartime Housing, and union agreements.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
Advertisement purchasing log
CoV-CR-0174 · Series · 1946-1975
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of correspondence, advertisement rates, and news clippings of advertisements purchased by the City from local newspapers. Advertisements deal with job vacancies, tenders, public notices, and bylaw announcements.

Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing Department
City Solicitor's agreements
CoV-CR-0345 · Series · 1874-1975
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of agreements, leases, contracts and other legal documents which pertain to a variety of matters including land purchases, Vic West Arbitration, and expropriation of land at Elk Lake and Sooke Lake and for water works purposes.

It also includes records dealing with expropriation of land in Fernwood for the Victoria High School as well as agreements for houses under the Soldiers Better Housing Act, and agreements with other municipalities regarding infrastructure projects.

Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor's Office
City Council letterbook
CoV-CR-0009 · Series · 1870-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of copies of letters sent outward by the City Clerk, mostly communications ordered by Council.

Because the letters were bound chronologically, access is most effective using the alphabetical indexes to the letterbooks. Indexes for 1870 to 1893 are bound in at the beginning of the corresponding letterbooks, providing an alphabetical listing of names of correspondents, whether persons or organizations. Independent indexes providing similar listings are available for 1894 to 1973 (CR-0010), although these indexes also provide in addition a note on the topic of each letter. Subject access can also be obtained through the topical index (CR-0015), which covers the period from 1914 to 1974.

The series is relatively complete, with only a few gaps within years from 1902 to 1908. The first two letterbooks cover 1 April 1870 to 7 April 1873 and 31 March 1870 to 10 June 1875 respectively. The latter volume covers mostly mid 1873 to 1875 but there is still considerable overlap.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
CoV-CR-0214 · Series · 1962-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of monthly reports submitted by the Engineering Department to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

The information provided includes (where appropriate) name of building owner or applicant, location, type of use, kind of work to be done, value of construction, and number of new dwellings created.

Victoria (B.C.). Engineering Department
CoV-CR-0230 · Series · 1951-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists primarily of photographs of various homes and buildings around the City, including 1144 Queens with various running and non-running automobiles in the yard.

Victoria (B.C.). Building Inspector's Department
CoV-CR-0293 · Series · 1972-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of project documents related to reorganizing and renumbering the Assessors and Collectors rolls, including a conversion list of old and new roll numbers, correspondence, and plans showing the location of blocks within sub-districts.

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
CoV-CR-0012 · Series · 1940-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of letters received by the Clerk's Office, other than those received primarily from internal and external governmental agencies (for which see CR-0013).

The material is arranged chronologically by received stamp number. "File numbers" (as provided in the file list for this series) combine file and item numbers; for example, "089 001-078" refers to file 89, items 1 through 78. "Reference" numbers are consecutive numbers given to individual items regardless of which file they are part of. In other words, reference numbers "31114-31266" are another way of pointing to the same items indicated by the file numbers "089 001-078".

Access to these records is provided by the communications received index (CR-0014), which is arranged chronologically by received stamp number and includes for each entry the sender and subject. Access can also be obtained through the topical index (CR-0015).
For other series of letters received, see CR-0011 (1862-1916) and CR-0013 (special correspondence inward).

Victoria (B.C.). City Council