The collection consists of single or small accumulations of photographs, textual records, maps, and other material donated and loaned to the City of Victoria Archives by private individuals, businesses, and organizations.
Victoria (B.C.). Archives Division
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 These published and unpublished City documents (CDs) include neighbourhood plans, transportation studies, heritage reports, downtown studies, as well as economic and social profiles, surveys,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.)
The collection consists of non-circulating publications dealing mainly with Victoria local history.
Victoria (B.C.). Archives Division
The collection consists of newspaper articles and other related material about a wide variety of topics pertaining to Victoria over the years.
Victoria (B.C.). Archives Division
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
Helmcken reference files collection
This collection consists of a variety of original and copied documents on a number of topics pertaining to Victoria over the years. These documents, which were brought together by the City's first Archivist, Ainslie Helmcken, include programmes, menus, correspondence, booklets, newspaper clippings, and receipts.
Helmcken, Ainslie James, 1900-1987
Fonds consists of records made or received by the City of Victoria's various departments and offices, including boards and agencies that report directly to the City.
Victoria (B.C.)
Fonds consists of photographs showing scenes and events, mainly in Victoria, and the Garesche family.
Garesche, Arthur John, 1860-1952 (family)
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)
Fonds consists of photographs of the family and their homes on McPherson (now Raynor) Avenue and Langford Street.
McDonald, Michael (family)
Robert Douglas MacLachlan fonds
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
Fonds consists of photographs of the Harvey home, family, servants, and First Nations burial cairns.
Harvey, George John, 1859-1937
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)
Fonds consists primarily of material related to Ethel Bruce's career as a journalist including newspaper clippings, concert and theatre programmes, invitations, pamphlets, maps, photographs, correspondence and picture postcards.
Bruce, Ethel, d. 1968
Fonds consists of photographs of the Duncan Cameron family, views of Victoria, Frank Cameron in his early automobiles, and Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 expedition to the Canadian north.
Cameron, Duncan E., d. 1884 (family)
Fonds consists mostly of certificates, books, pamphlets, photographs, and a report related to Muriel Evans's work as a fingerprint expert, and her first aid and civil defence work during World War II.
Evans, Muriel
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
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)
Fonds consists of photographs showing the Pauline and Fleming families and motoring excursions over the Malahat.
Pauline, Frederick, 1831-1918 (family)
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
Fonds consists of one album containing photographs of mainly unidentified groups and individuals.
McConnell, John Humbert, d. 1963 (family)
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.
Fonds consists of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge, 1921-1923, and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages Theatre, 1919-1927.
Allwood, Frank Harold, 1889-1946
Fonds consists primarily of photographs of Victoria buildings and scenes.
Lowe, George, 1888-1978 (family)
Fonds consists of photographs of the Barnsley family, home, and business and some business records.
Barnsley, John, d. 1924 (family)
Fonds consists of photographs of Vancouver Island coastal scenes and maps of Greater Victoria and southwestern British Columbia.
Banyard, Roland
Fonds consists of mainly of diaries, letters, bills and cancelled cheques documenting Harris's career as a surveyor. Also included are family photographs and a map of Victoria Harbour.
Harris, Dennis Reginald, 1851-1932 (family)
Fonds consists of photographs of horses and a delivery wagon belonging to West End Grocery Co. and Dixi H. Ross and Co., as well as interior and exterior views of the latter's store.
Slater, James
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)
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
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
Fonds consists of photographs of the Elworthy family and views of Victoria.
Elworthy, Frederick Barrington, Sr., 1854-1927 (family)
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)
Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Fletcher Bros. music store as well as Victoria businesses, homes, and people.
Fletcher, Thomas W., d. 1927
Fonds consists of miscellaneous family records and artifacts relating to Mrs. Shandley and her family.
Shandley, Lillian Rose, 1897-1993
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)
Fonds consists of photographs showing Captain William Gardner and various ships.
Gardner, William Edward, 1870-1947
Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Lemmax family and school-related photos and certificates.
Lemmax, Victoria Eleuthera, 1898-1991
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
Richard Hamilton Muirhead fonds
Fonds consists mainly of photographs depicting Victoria streets, parks, buildings, and family members.
Muirhead, Richard Hamilton, d. 1979
Fonds consists of photographs of Girls' Central School and Victoria West School groups.
Clunk, William Otto, 1903-1988
Fonds consists of photographs of unidentified people and gardens.
Saunders, Henry, 1837-1904 (family)
Fonds consists mainly of photographs of airplanes and Victoria scenery.
Stewart, Alex T.
Fonds consists of photographs of the Japanese Tea Garden in Gorge Park.
Takata, Toyo, 1920-2002
Fonds consists of reminiscences and photographs of whaling and tugboating.
MacPherson, Donald B., 1899-1985
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)
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
Fonds consists of photographs of the Russian Ballet School and programmes.
Wilson, Dorothy
Fonds consists of photographs of the Ernie Seedhouse family, including the family gas station.
Thorne, Muriel
Fonds consists of photographs of Gwen Hall and friends.
Hall, Gwen