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Archival description
R.L. Pocock fonds
PR-0282 · Fonds · [ca. 189-?]-[193-]

Fonds consists of glass plate and nitrate negatives taken for the Daily Colonist newspaper and the photographer’s private use. The images date from between the 1890s and 1930s and include images of the Pocock family and friends, WWI military groups, buildings (including Fire Halls), sports events (including the VIAA swim team and the Victoria Golf Club), city and street views, as well as images of China and the interior of British Columbia.

Pocock, R.L., 1874-1943
Robert C. King fonds
PR-0080 · Fonds · 1979-1980

Fonds consists mainly of photographs documenting royal visits, Chinatown, the Temple Emmanuel, a Freedom of the City Ceremony, and the ferry Princess Marguerite.

King, Robert C.
PR-0010 · Fonds · 1909-1964 (predominantly 1909-1930)

Fonds consists of photographs of unidentified people, soldiers (World War I) and Victoria and Nanaimo scenes, as well as a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of MacLachlan's advertisement for his brokerage business and other material.

MacLachlan, Robert Douglas, 1883-1969
Robert H. Fort fonds
PR-0066 · Fonds · [ca. 1910] - 1958

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs and artifacts pertaining to the military service and family of Robert Fort.

Fort, Robert Hamilton
Robert Hamilton family fonds
PR-0152 · Fonds · [ca. 1885]-1944

Fonds consists of family photographs and other material.

Hamilton, Robert, 1866-1946
Robert Matheson fonds
PR-0207 · Fonds · 1988

Fonds consists of photographs of buildings in Victoria and Nanaimo.

Matheson, Robert
Robert Taylor Williams fonds
PR-0032 · Fonds · 1824-1954 (predominantly 1882-1934)

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Williams family, views of Victoria, and group portraits of City Council. Also includes material about the Williams directory of British Columbia, as well as miscellaneous family documents.

Williams, Robert Taylor, 1849-1934 (family)
Robert W. Nunn fonds
PR-0154 · Fonds · [ca. 1898-1925]

Fonds consists of photographs and postcards of streetcars in Greater Victoria.

Nunn, Robert W.
PR-0112 · Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1973

Fonds consists of family photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, theatre programmes, and other material.

Rochfort, William D'Oyly, 1884-1943 (family)
Roland Banyard fonds
PR-0025 · Fonds · 1887-[197-?]

Fonds consists of photographs of Vancouver Island coastal scenes and maps of Greater Victoria and southwestern British Columbia.

Banyard, Roland
Ross Anthony Lort fonds
PR-0127 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1930]

Fonds consists of photographs depicting homes designed by the architectural firm of Maclure and Lort.

Lort, Ross Anthony, 1889-1968
Ross Hocking fonds
PR-0079 · Fonds · 1924-1953 (predominantly 1924-1933)

Fonds consists mainly of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting Hocking's athletic endeavors as a tennis player, lawn bowler and basketball player.

Hocking, Ross V., 1906-2003
PR-0274 · Fonds · 1913-2007

Fonds consists of 23 series of organizational records, including constitution and bylaws, charter, annual reports, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, membership records, club bulletins, project records, conference and events records, historical files, scrapbooks, photographs, and artifacts.

Rotary Club
Rout Harvey family fonds
PR-0211 · Fonds · [ca. 1860-1890]

Fonds consists of family photographs.

Harvey, Rout, 1827-1905 (family)
Roy Sin Twe Chan fonds
PR-0164 · Fonds · 1917-[ca. 194-?]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Chan family and their home, North Ward schoolchildren, and the Chinese Presbyterian Church.

Chan, Roy Sin Twe, 1916-1998
Rudolph A. Williams fonds
PR-0183 · Fonds · [ca. 1940-1945]

Fonds consists of photographs of military units in the Greater Victoria region.

Williams, Rudolph A.
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
S.A. Spencer fonds
PR-0106 · Fonds · [ca. 1870-1885]

Fonds consists of commercial photographic portraits.

Spencer, Stephen Allen, 1829-1911
Scott family fonds
PR-0174 · Fonds · 1914-1980

Fonds consists of photographs and other material pertaining to the First World War, the Legion of Frontiersmen, and the Veteran's Hospital.

Scott, John R. (family)
PR-0125 · Fonds · [ca. 1962-1981]

Fonds consists of photographs of construction sites, newly completed Victoria buildings, and streetscapes.

Siddall Dennis Warner Architects
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)
Spencer's Stores fonds
PR-0068 · Fonds · 1929-1986 (predominantly 1929-1955)

Fonds consists of photographs depicting Spencer's Stores and General Warehouse Ltd. locations, including window and interior displays.

Spencer's Stores Ltd.
PR-0128 · Fonds · 1864-1877

Fonds consists of a cash journal.

St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Stamford family fonds
PR-0134 · Fonds · [ca. 1916]-1961

Fonds consists family photographs and scenes around Greater Victoria.

Stamford, William Leonard (family)
Stanley Holland Okell fonds
PR-0242 · Fonds · 1906-1948 (predominantly 1906-1926)

Fonds consists of photographs and other material relating to the Victoria West Athletic Association and the First World War.

Okell, Stanley Holland, 1888-1986
PR-0192 · Fonds · [ca. 1917-1966]

Fonds consists of correspondence and photographs of headstones.

Stewart Monumental Works
Stoddart family fonds
PR-0065 · Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1979

Fonds consists mainly of photographs depicting the Stoddart family, their homes, and their businesses.

Stoddart, Robert William Croke (family)
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
Thomas Charles Sorby fonds
PR-0109 · Fonds · 1885-1906

Fonds consists mainly of scrapbooks documenting Sorby's proposals regarding the development of the Inner Harbour and James Bay Seawalls.

Sorby, Thomas Charles, 1836-1924
Thomas Henderson Horne fonds
PR-0197 · Fonds · [ca. 1906]-1917

Fonds consists of mainly of correspondence relating to Horne's work for the Provincial liquor stores and to his investments, as well as agreements and receipts relating to his personal and business investments.

Horne, Thomas Henderson, 1865-1952
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
PR-0255 · Fonds · [ca. 1895-1965]

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

McPherson, Thomas Shanks, 1873-1962
Times-Colonist fonds
PR-0264 · Fonds · 1938-1983

Fonds consists of glass plate negatives and 4x5 and 35mm black and white safety film negatives taken by staff and free lance photographers for the Daily Colonist and the Victoria Daily Times, The Express and the Times-Colonist newspapers. The negatives date from approximately 1938 to 1991.

The negatives relate to the following subjects: news events; scenes of the city and surrounding area including buildings, city streets, and views; some up-island locations including Duncan, Nanaimo and Ladysmith; commercial and industrial activities such as store fronts and interiors, and manufacturing operations; sporting events; military personnel and activities; war effort activities; recreational activities; school and church activities; transportation and shipbuilding as well as individual and group portraits which appeared in the “Society” section. The latter include anniversary, wedding, christening and engagement portraits.

Times-Colonist
Todd Family collection
PR-0115 · Collection · 1909-1980

Fonds consists mainly photographs documenting Albert Todd's 1910 automobile trip, as well as research material pertaining to his life and career.

Todd, Albert Edward, 1878-1928 (family)
Tourist Auto Camp fonds
PR-0256 · Fonds · [ca. 1922]

Fonds consists of a visitor register and photograph of the Auto Camp.

Tourist Auto Camp
Toyo Takata fonds
PR-0043 · Fonds · [Copied 1978]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Japanese Tea Garden in Gorge Park.

Takata, Toyo, 1920-2002
Trio Studio fonds
PR-0129 · Fonds · [ca. 1918]

Fonds consists mostly of postcards depicting views of Vancouver Island, troop debarkations to Europe during the First World War, and children at the Willows Fairgrounds.

Trio Photography Co.
Vernon Nixon collection
PR-0162 · Collection · [194-]

Collection consists of photographic prints and postcards of tourist attractions in the Greater Victoria region.

Nixon, Vernon
Victor Edward Mitchell fonds
PR-0227 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1965]

Fonds consists of family photographs depicting homes, friends, vacations, theatre productions, and places of employment.

Mitchell, Victor Edward
PR-0230 · Fonds · 1964-1988

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

Victoria African Violet Club
PR-0276 · Fonds · 1921-[198-]

Fonds consists of 19 series of organizational records, including incorporation documents, constitution and bylaws, minutes, annual reports, membership records, conferences and events records, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Victoria Business and Professional Women's Club
PR-0206 · Fonds · 1977-1989

Fonds includes minutes, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and a videotape of a ceremony held in remembrance of Jean Ewen in China.

Victoria Canada-China Friendship Association
PR-0085 · Fonds · [1910?]-1931

Fonds consists of photographs depicting the Victoria Chemical Works at the Inner Harbour, construction of the Canadian Explosives plant on James Island, employees of the Chemical Works, and family scenes on James Island.

Victoria Chemical Company Limited
PR-0074 · Fonds · 1986-1995

Fonds consists mainly of textual records, photographs, and videos of the 1994 Commonwealth Games documenting the planning and hosting of the Games.

Victoria Commonwealth Games Society
Victoria E. Lemmax fonds
PR-0037 · Fonds · 1897-1927

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Lemmax family and school-related photos and certificates.

Lemmax, Victoria Eleuthera, 1898-1991
PR-0100 · Fonds · 1938-1965

Fonds consists mainly of photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings of the Victoria Girls Drill Team.

Victoria Girls Drill Team
PR-0287 · Fonds · 1921-1998

The fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, financial records, subject files, show catalogues and newsletters of the Victoria Horticultural Society and its predecessors, the Victoria and District Cottage Gardeners Mutual Improvement Association and the Victoria and District Gardener's Association.

Victoria Horticultural Society