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Archival description
Duncan D. McTavish fonds
PR-0263 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1950]

Fonds consists of photographs of scenes of Victoria and reminiscences.

McTavish, Duncan Douglas, 1882-1967 (family)
Ainslie James Helmcken fonds
PR-0267 · Fonds · 1909-1983 (predominantly 1965-1983)

Fonds consists primarily of material pertaining to Ainslie Helmcken’s interest in researching and promoting Victoria’s history.

Helmcken, Ainslie James, 1900-1987
PR-0271 · Fonds · 1911-1956

Fonds consists of architectural plans of private residences, commercial buildings, and institutional buildings in Greater Victoria designed or altered mainly by Percy Leonard James and Hubert Savage.

Warner James Johnson (Firm)
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
Benedict Bantly fonds
PR-0281 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1921]

Fonds consists of photographs of Bantly family members and friends, music students and street scenes.

Bantly, Benedict, 1878-1961
William E. John fonds
PR-0059 · Fonds · 1932-1993 (predominantly 1966-1971)

Fonds consists of photographs taken mainly during John's career as a freelance photographer for Victoria Press, covering a wide variety of topics relating to everyday life and special events, mainly in Victoria.

John, William E., 1924-2000
W & J Wilson Limited fonds
PR-0062 · Fonds · 1859-1987

Fonds includes correspondence and financial, building, and employment records. There are also advertisements and notices to customers, orders, shipping lists, stock inventories, catalogues and price lists. Also included are a variety of clippings, broadcasts, photographs, and artifacts.

W & J Wilson
Flumerfelt family fonds
PR-0064 · Fonds · [190-?]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Flumerfelt family and their home on Pemberton Road.

Flumerfelt, Alfred Cornelius, 1856-1930 (family)
Kathleen M. Paulin fonds
PR-0070 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1925]

Fonds consists of photographs of Paulin family and friends.

Paulin, Kathleen M.
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
Cridge-Laundy family fonds
PR-0076 · Fonds · 1859-1976

Fonds consists of records created primarily by Bishop Edward Cridge, his daughter Ellen Laundy, and her daughter Helen Forbes documenting the activities of the Cridge-Laundy family, and their contributions to the Church of Our Lord, Protestant Orphan's Home, Female Infirmary and Royal Jubilee Hospital.

Laundy, Thomas Herbert, 1865-1957 (family)
Walls family fonds
PR-0028 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1945]

Fonds consists of photographs depicting Victoria and Vancouver Island scenes, the Walls family, World War I soldiers, and travels in California and England.

Walls, John Patmore, 1842-1925 (family)
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)
Fletcher family fonds
PR-0033 · Fonds · [188-?]-1983

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Fletcher Bros. music store as well as Victoria businesses, homes, and people.

Fletcher, Thomas W., d. 1927
Rattenbury family fonds
PR-0035 · Fonds · 1879-1982

Fonds consists of photographic prints (some in albums), negatives, correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings, books, and other material relating to the Rattenbury family. Photographs include images of members of the Rattenbury family and their home Iechineel in Oak Bay; Victoria homes and other buildings.

Rattenbury, Francis Mawson, 1867-1935 (family)
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
Noel F. Lang fonds
PR-0038 · Fonds · [Copied 1978]

Fonds consists of textual records relating to Noel Lang and Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway station names, as well as family photographs.

Lang, Noel Frederick, 1889-1967
Peter Steele family fonds
PR-0045 · Fonds · 1835-[195-?] (predominantly 1870-1950)

Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Steele family. Also included is the autograph album of Minnie Rex (later Steele), as well as photographs of the Alexander (Sandy) Roberts family, and one page of minutes of the Beaux Arts society.

Steele, Peter, Sr., 1845-1902 (family)
Dorothy Wilson fonds
PR-0047 · Fonds · [1936-1979]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Russian Ballet School and programmes.

Wilson, Dorothy
Gwen Hall fonds
PR-0050 · Fonds · 1915-1949

Fonds consists of photographs of Gwen Hall and friends.

Hall, Gwen
Dave Hutchison fonds
PR-0051 · Fonds · [Copied 1979]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Victoria Oddfellows Hall, Fernwood Road, and coal scows in the Inner Harbour.

Hutchison, Dave
Barry Larsen fonds
PR-0053 · Fonds · [ca. 1885-1900]

Fonds consists of photographs of Richardson Street, Craigdarroch Castle, and a paddlewheeler in the Inner Harbour.

Larsen, Barry
Winnett A. Brand fonds
PR-0054 · Fonds · 1913-1945

Fonds consists of photographs showing a class at Girls' Central School, classes of Chinese students at Kings Road School, and the second kindergarten class in Victoria, 1945.

Brand, Winnett A.
PR-0057 · Fonds · 1863-1995

Fonds includes minutes, scrapbooks, financial records, reports, bylaws, photographs and publications.
Also included are minutes and cashbook of the British Columbia Board of Trade Building Association, an organization established in 1892 to fund construction of the Board of Trade building in Bastion Square.

Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
City directories collection
AC5 · Collection · 1860-1999

The collection consists of city directories for Victoria, Vancouver Island, and British Columbia. The directories contain an alphabetical listing of residents (and occupations), businesses, government offices, churches, schools, and organizations, along with street addresses. Most issues also have a classified business directory section. From 1890 onward, the directories include a listing of residences and businesses by street.

Victoria (B.C.). Archives Division
McDonald family fonds
PR-0009 · Fonds · [1920-1930]

Fonds consists of photographs of the family and their homes on McPherson (now Raynor) Avenue and Langford Street.

McDonald, Michael (family)
George Harvey fonds
PR-0011 · Fonds · [1863-1968]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Harvey home, family, servants, and First Nations burial cairns.

Harvey, George John, 1859-1937
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
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.
Frances Armour fonds
PR-0081 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1945]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Cadboro Beach Hotel and the Old Charming Inn.

Armour, Frances
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
Bagshaw, Slater family fonds
PR-0092 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1950]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Bagshaw family, local parks and beaches, and images of floatplanes in the Inner Harbour.

Bagshaw, George James, d. 1931 (family)
William J. Gower fonds
PR-0094 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1920]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Gower family and family residence, the Ladysmith area, and of the businesses where William J. Gower worked.

Gower, William J.
Clarence Hoard fonds
PR-0101 · Fonds · [ca. 1900-1935]

Fonds consists of photographs of the business interests of Clarence Hoard, including logging in British Columbia and the manufacture of silos.

Hoard, Clarence
John Savannah fonds
PR-0104 · Fonds · [ca. 1895-1925]

Fonds consists of commercial photographic portraits.

Savannah, John, 1868-1925
Oswald Meredith Jones fonds
PR-0113 · Fonds · [ca. 1890-1921]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Jones and Brady families and friends, the Jones family residences, and sailors on the H.M.S. Warspite.

Jones, Oswald Meredith, 1863-1918 (family)
Jessie Gordon fonds
PR-0122 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1920]

Fonds consists mostly of photographs of the Gordon family and their homes.

Gordon, Jessie
Linn Gale fonds
PR-0124 · Fonds · [ca. 1920-1969]

Fonds consists of correspondence and research files pertaining to Victoria history, planning issues, and parks, as well as photographs depicting views of the city.

Gale, Linn A.
Friendly Help Society fonds
PR-0126 · Fonds · 1895-1933

Fonds consists of minute books and a list of directors.

Friendly Help Society
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
PR-0128 · Fonds · 1864-1877

Fonds consists of a cash journal.

St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Irene A. Dyson fonds
PR-0131 · Fonds · [ca. 1914-1950]

Fonds consists mainly of photographs of George Allen and Victoria City policemen.

Dyson, Irene A.
Stamford family fonds
PR-0134 · Fonds · [ca. 1916]-1961

Fonds consists family photographs and scenes around Greater Victoria.

Stamford, William Leonard (family)
PR-0142 · Fonds · [ca. 1870-1900]

Fonds consists of photographs of the Lewis family and the Langford farmhouse.

Lewis, Herbert George, 1828-1905 (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.
William Grimm fonds
PR-0156 · Fonds · [ca. 1885-1900]

Fonds consists of photographs of the interior and exterior of William Grimm's Carriage factory.

Grimm, William
Wilson Billingsley fonds
PR-0161 · Fonds · 1932

Fonds consists of photographs depicting a storm at Ross Bay and George Straith Jr. standing on the beach at Ross Bay.

Billingsley, Wilson
PR-0163 · Fonds · 1896-[ca. 1920]

Fonds consists of family photographs and other material.

Chungranes, Constantine Demetrius, b. 1891