Series includes correspondence, reports, clippings, personnel files, and requisitions.
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of the following project files: centennial decorations, Centennial Square, centennial projects, downtown beautification (includes display panels with black and white photographic panoramas, by downtown block, recording the current state of buildings), Fire Hall, floats, Humber Green, parks, and special projects. Records dating from 1943 to late 1963 were created in the Engineering or Building Inspector's Departments. They were merged with the rest of the files in 1963 as a result of the division head's continuing responsibilities despite his change of position.
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of a photocopied scrapbook of news clippings pertaining to the Victoria Police Department.
Victoria (B.C.). Victoria Police 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 files created by the City Solicitor from the first appointment to permanent staff of the City in 1910 to the contracting out of the work in 1956. Some files predate the appointment of a staff solicitor when the City's legal work was contracted out to various legal firms.
Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor's OfficeSeries consists of several groups of files with no discernible relationship amongst themselves except that they were created by the City Solicitor at various times.
Most date from the period when the City Solicitor was a member of City Hall permanent staff. The series covers a full range of typical Solicitor activities including the preparation of bylaws and legislation, negotiation of agreements and contracts for local improvements, sale of lands, and supply of services to the City, general counsel in litigation, and drafting of legal opinions.
A substantial group of files concerned with the building of Johnson St. Bridge (1911-1923) is comprised of records created by the City Engineer. These may have been brought together to handle potential litigation, given the City of Victoria's sensitivity to liability arising from the Point Ellice Bridge streetcar disaster of 1896.
Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor's OfficeSeries consists of a record of properties sold.
Victoria (B.C.). Land DepartmentSeries consists of bylaws, notices to residents, correspondence, newspaper advertisements, and reports from the City Engineer and City Assessor regarding proposed local improvements such as sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and crossings.
All that remains of this series are the files for streets in the F-G alphabetical range. Specific streets included are Foul Bay, Frances, Gamma and Delta, Garden, Gladstone, Glasgow, and Gonzales
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeSeries consists of minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Downtown Parking CommitteeSeries consists of minutes, annual reports, discussion materials, correspondence and articles of this agency, which was designed to advise Council on overall planning and development within the City.
The Commission was established in 1945 under bylaw 3122 (revised by bylaw 3652), under the authority of the Town Planning Act of BC (SBC 1925, C. 55). It was superseded by the Advisory Planning Commission in 1958.
Victoria (B.C.). Town Planning CommissionSeries consists of correspondence and reports of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of office files generated by the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society under their mandate to organize and coordinate celebrations for the Victoria centennial in 1962. The majority of records deal with cooperative ventures between the Committee and cultural groups of the City. The remainder of records deal with the general administration of the Committee
Victoria Centennial Celebration SocietySeries consists of minutes and papers dealing with all issues involving Public Works including construction, maintenance and replacement of streets, lanes, sidewalks, bridges, street lighting, civic floats and wharves, and all matters relating to highway access to the City and the regulation of signs on land and buildings owned by the City.
See also CR-0043, Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes (1951-1952).
There is a gap in this series from 1942 to 1952.
Victoria (B.C.). Public Works CommitteeSeries consists of the City's general ledger. The ledgers are arranged within numerous accounts documenting the financial transactions of the City.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of agendas, minutes, and papers of the Finance Committee reporting to the Group 'A' Committee regarding all financial matters relating to the preservation and development of the harbour and to public off-street parking.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Finance Committee, see CR-0134.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance CommitteeSeries consists of a list of the officers of the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society, 1962 and a report of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate possible projects to celebrate the 1962 Victoria centennial.
Victoria (B.C.). Centennial Advisory CommitteeSeries consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate possibilities for development of a multi-purpose civic auditorium.
Victoria (B.C.). Special Auditorium CommitteeSeries consists of a record of properties sold and their assessed value. Includes yearly tax sales.
Victoria (B.C.). Land DepartmentSeries consists of an index to the minutes in Series 26, Finance Committee (CR-0026) and the Finance, Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal Committee minutes (CR-0042).
Victoria (B.C.). Finance CommitteeSeries consists of an index to the minutes of the Public Works Committee (CR-0028) and to the Public Works, Lighting, Water and Harbour Committee minutes (CR-0043).
Victoria (B.C.). Public Works CommitteeSeries consists of a single volume containing a description of the exhibits used in each particular case that came before the Police Court, the name and the date of the case, and when and how the material was disposed of.
Victoria (B.C.). Police CourtSeries consists of an index to the Parks Committee minutes (CR-0107) and the Parks, Boulevards and Recreational Facilities Committee minutes (CR-0041).
Victoria (B.C.). Parks CommitteeSeries consists of a chronological listing of permits taken out for connection to City water services. Includes information on: permit number, date, name of applicant, lot, block, section, street and number, size of service, amount paid, and remarks.
Victoria (B.C.). Water Works DepartmentSeries consists of a special journal documenting the bills payable of the City.
Series deals primarily with accounts held by banks, most likely with debenture accounts. From 1911-1919, accounts are drawn up with the Bank of British North America and from 1919-1960 with the Bank of Montreal.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of declarations by elected officials that they will hold office in good faith and impartially, as well as sworn statements by a member of the Supreme Court of British Columbia witnessing such declarations. In the first few years those people appointed to hold administrative offices (for example, Clerk of the Municipal Council, Assessor, and Chief of Police) were also required to make declarations.
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeSeries consists of monthly reports pertaining to the purchase of goods and services.
The reports include aggregate figures regarding requisitions received, purchase orders issued, store accounts issued, invoices passed, and cash discounts taken, as well as notes and working papers used to calculate the reported figures.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries 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 a small section of the minutes of the Parks Committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Parks CommitteeSeries consists of office files generated by the directors of the Greater Victoria Centennial Committee under their mandate to organize and coordinate celebrations in Greater Victoria of the 1958 centenary of the founding of British Columbia. The majority of records deal with cooperative ventures between the Committee and cultural groups of the City. The remainder of records deal with the general administration of the Committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Greater Victoria Centennial CommitteeSeries consists of images of Fire Department equipment, personnel and facilities.
Victoria (B.C.). Victoria Fire DepartmentSeries consists of a general ledger of the Victoria section of the water works. The ledger has accounts numbered 1 through 96 dealing with all aspects of the water works.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, and plans of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate the feasibility of amalgamation between Victoria and Saanich.
Victoria (B.C.). Committee on the Amalgamation of Victoria and SaanichSeries consists of an index to the Greater Victoria Centennial Committee minutes (CR-0147).
Victoria (B.C.). Greater Victoria Centennial CommitteeSeries consists of a journal recording water works billing accounts. The billing of customers was performed on a bi-monthly basis.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of minutes of meetings of the Greater Victoria Centennial Committee under its mandate to organize and coordinate celebrations in Greater Victoria of the 1958 centenary of the founding of the Colony of British Columbia.
Victoria (B.C.). Greater Victoria Centennial CommitteeSeries consists of a register of real property owned by the City.
Includes registration number, date of purchase, legal description, size, purchase price, and remarks.
Part of single volume including CR-0257, CR-0258, and CR- 0259; located at pp. 2-48.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentConsists of a file pertaining to Council's resolution to acquire and subdivide a portion of the Government House property.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of monthly and annual accounts of car expenditures.
Car allowance payments document monthly vehicle usage whereas car allowance mileage reports document monthly mileage costs.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentThe indexes give access only to CR-0119, the City Solicitor's operational files.
Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor'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 reports to City Council by various committees. Prior to the implementation of the committee system in 1885, ad hoc committees were common, and their reports were recorded in the Council minutes (CR-0001).
The reports began to be numbered in 1891. These numbers were used as references in the indexes: the record of reports of committees (CR-0005) and the topical indexes (CR-0015). A chronological item-level descriptive list provides some subject access to the reports for 1885 to 1892.
There are gaps in this series for the first half of 1887, the first half of 1888 and all of 1890.
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries consists of records dealing with land sales including conveyances, deeds, mortgages, and land and Crown grants.
The documentation traces the history of ownership of various properties until they come into the possession of the Corporation of the City of Victoria.
The City acquired ownership of many of these properties for the purpose of rights of way for sewer, paths etc., the creation or extension of roads, or for public schools. City properties acquired for other purposes include the BC Agricultural Association lands at Willows in Oak Bay, the proposed cemetery at Ogden Point and Ross Bay Cemetery. Copies of various Crown grants such as the James Bay mud flats, Mt. Douglas and Beacon Hill Park are also included.
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeSeries consists of a register of applications (1-301) to Council for rezoning land. Includes information on the application number, date, street, legal description of property, nature of the rezoning applied for, name of the applicant, and whether or not the application was approved.
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeSeries consists of receipts for licenses for plots in Ross Bay Cemetery.
Each license consists of two parts, an original that remained in the volume, and a duplicate original that was retained by the applicant. Each record contains the following data elements: license number, name, address, amount paid, location of plot(s) purchased, date and was signed by both the Secretary of Ross Bay Cemetery and the undertaker or purchaser.
Starting in volume 5, copies of “Application for a deed of cemetery plot” and correspondence are often attached to the license. The burial permit number(s) is noted on the license.
Victoria (B.C.). Parks DepartmentSeries consists of a journal documenting voucher purchases.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of lists, reports, and notes describing the amount of various items used by City departments each year, such as coal, gasoline, oil, and milk. Also includes descriptions of other purchases such as cars and trucks and cluster lamps.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists the date books and a few note books of the Park Superintendent, W.H. Warren.
Victoria (B.C.). Parks and Recreation DepartmentSeries consists of an index to the Manager's reports to Council for January-April 1954, which are missing from CR-0022, file 213, 21 A 5-4 (Manager's operational files 1).
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of an inventory of City-owned waterworks land detailing the area, district, sections, title, description, and purchase of each parcel of land. Includes an 1873 arbitration award granted to William Curtis Ward pertaining to his ownership of land in the area.
Victoria (B.C.). Water Works DepartmentSeries consists of ledgers of accounts payable by the City.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department