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A note on Port Haney & Webster's Corners, period 1912 to 1915 / Leonard Humphreys

The item consists of an essay by Leonard Humphreys in 1978 titled "A note on Port Haney and Webster's Corners, period 1912 to 1915." The essay contains a sketch map of the area and is illustrated with 13 photographs taken between 1913 and 1914, a handbill from the 1915 Maple Ridge annual exhibition and the customs declaration from a welfare parcel received by Leonard Humphreys in 1916 when he was at the Somme.

Annie Margaret Angus family papers

Diaries, documents and research notes concerning the family of Annie Margaret Angus, especially her father Major William James Anderson. Materials consist mostly of diaries (1885-1924) of Major Anderson, and his wife Laura, which cover his career in the British Army and the family's efforts in establishing a fruit orchard in the Kettle Valley/Rock Creek district of British Columbia. They also include papers regarding W.J. Anderson's military career, family history, Annie M. Angus' correspondence and research notes regarding here family's history, and her annotations and notes on her father's diaries. Also included are two family photograph albums which have been transferred to Visual Records.

Annie Margaret Angus was the eldest daughter of Major William James Anderson and his wife Laura. Born in Turkey, she was raised in Scotland and India before her family emigrated to the Rock Creek valley of British Columbia in 1909. There they worked at establishing a fruit ranch until her father's death in 1915 and the abandonment of the orchard for Vancouver in 1919. Annie Anderson attended the University of British Columbia from 1919-1923 and married Dr. Henry Angus in 1924. Following his retirement from the faculty of the University of B.C. in 1956, where he served as the dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Angus was appointed Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. Mrs. Angus was active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Vancouver School Board from 1952-1958, and on the Senate of the University of British Columbia from 1957 to the mid-1960s. She was also active in child welfare agencies in Vancouver and at the national level.

Major William James Anderson, 1860-1915, the father of Annie Margaret Angus, was the son of Colonel John Cumming Anderson of the Royal Engineers in India. As a young officer J.C. Anderson had been in charge of the defences of Lucknow during the Sepoy Mutiny. W.J. Anderson was also first cousin (on his father's side) to Alexander Caulfield Anderson, a chief factor with the Hudson's Bay Company in British Columbia. W.J. Anderson was raised in India and England and was commissioned in the British Army in 1882. He was posted in India, Crete and Turkey, where he served as a military consul from 1899 to 1903. In 1900 he married Laura Elsworth who was born in Wisconsin in 1870, and taught at an American missionary school for girls in Turkey where she and William Anderson met. With the rank of Major, William Anderson retired from the army in 1909. The family then emigrated to British Columbia to establish a fruit ranch in the Kettle Valley/Rock Creek district on land purchased from the "Kettle Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands Company". In 1915 Major Anderson was recalled to active duty and was killed while serving at Gallipoli on October 19, 1915. Laura Anderson was forced to abandon the orchard in 1919 and to move to Vancouver.

Beginners Please: My Life in Amateur Theatre / Albert Williams

"Beginners Please: My Life in Amateur Theatre". Reminiscences of author's boyhood in Bolton, Lancaster, and early interest in amateur theatre, 1914-1948; account of immigration to New Brunswick and theatrical work in Fredericton, 1949-1954; recollections of his migration to Victoria, British Columbia and association with Victoria Theatre Guild and other local dramatic societies, 1955-1979. MS. includes photocopies of theatre programmes and newspaper cuttings.

Biographical information about Mary Barnes' family

The file consists of photocopied information including a biography, 1980, of Eleanor Armour Jamieson Postill, early Okanagan Valley settler and mother of Mary Barnes; and reminiscences about Elizabeth Jamieson, grandmother of Mary Barnes, entitled "The lady of New Westminster's first Presbyterian manse".

Business and personal records

Series consists of business and personal records of Eustace Smith, particularly relating to his mining activities; typewritten reminiscences and correspondence regarding timber business, and maps.

Correspondence and other material

Letters to Edward Burdett Garrard, his wife, Eleanor (Watson) Garrard, and their three children, E.F.A. (Ted), Joyce (Garrard) Redford and Saville, 1904-1940, mainly from each other; two diaries kept by Eleanor Garrard, one in the Lake District, 1892, and one on a Journey to Europe, 1936, which included attendance at the dedication of the Vimy memorial; scrapbook kept by Walter Redford; correspondence, 1868-1890, of Dr. Alfred M. Watson; various certificates, memorabilia; short stories by Helen M. Hill, Port Alberni.

Diaries

Diaries, February 28, 1904 - March 10, 1905, and August 11 - December 22, 1909. The diaries describe Gelsthorpe's journey from Malta to Esquimalt, where he was employed at Dockyard; his life there from April 19, 1904 to February 28, 1905; his return to England across the U.S.A.; a visit to Victoria from August 11 - August 15, 1909; and his return to England via the C.P.R. and ship.

Diaries

Series consists of diaries of Alberta - British Columbia boundary surveys, 1916, 1917, 1919 and 1920 (also one entry for Aug. 29, 1913); transcript of diary kept by Arthur 0. Wheeler during the Alpine Club of Canada expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mt. Robson region, July to September 1911 (vol. 4).

Diary

The series consists of a copy of Jeanie Lucinda's diary including an account of her marriage to Colony of British Columbia Governor Anthony Musgrave, in San Francisco in June and her return to the colony.

Diary and other material

Diary of survey of west coast of Vancouver Island (1926), with transcript and elaboration by the author (1970); identification cards. Photos transferred to Visual Records. Pamphlets transferred to BC Archives Library.

Diary and other material

Diary, 1939, with a few entries from later years. Photographs (mostly of Panama, Mexico, Ghent, and groups on decks of ships) transferred to Visual Records (accession 197902-2).

Beaumont, Ernest Godfrey, 1876-1967

Diary, account book and other material

Horticultural dictionary-cum-diary, 1912-1929; account book and work schedules pertaining to construction of Griffith's Victoria home "Fort Garry" [afterwards known as "Spencer Castle"], 1912-1914; garden plans and architectural drawings; newspaper clippings and genealogical notes concerning author.

Donated Surplus: Being a Series of Autobiographical Essays

The series consists of a typescript copy of "Donated Surplus: Being a Series of Autobiographical Essays". They are reminiscences of Clive Cornish's boyhood in Vancouver, school days at Vernon Preparatory School (1920-1922), and early career as bank junior and clerk in salmon exporting house. Also contains sketch of his later career as chartered accountant and freelance writer. Includes memoir and autobiographical manuscript of the his father, Edgar Osman Cornish, a prominent salmon canneries exporter and commission agent.

Essays

Epistolary essay from Percy Witherby to Lionel Curtis, 1943- 1944; typescript entitled "Features of my Life and Views", Parts 1-3, including description of his experiences in British Columbia, 1910-1911, and ca. 1939-1945.

Curtis, Lionel

Flavelle family papers

Diary (1903-1923) of Aird Flavelle; correspondence of Guy Flavelle to his parents in 1920 during his trip by train from Ontario to Vancouver; letter (transcript) of Sir Joseph Flavelle, 18 Jan 1927; eulogy delivered at funeral of Aird Flavelle, 6 March 1973. Photographs transferred to Visual Records.

The Flavelle family were residents of Port Moody, BC.

The records consist of the diary (1903-1923) of Aird Flavelle; correspondence of Guy Flavelle to his parents in 1920 during his trip by train from Ontario to Vancouver; letter (transcript) of Sir Joseph Flavelle, 18 Jan 1927 and a eulogy delivered at funeral of Aird Flavelle, 6 March 1973.

Photographs transferred to Visual Records, accession 198201-78.

Related records in MS-0666, MS-0495, MS-0875 and 197810-5.

Forin family papers

Diary of John Forin, Belleville, Ont., 1897. Diaries of John Andrew Forin, 1882-1940; diplomas, appointments, personal documents, etc., 1875-1942; transcript of 1885 diary which describes service during Riel Rebellion copied from original at Queen's Own Rifles Museum in Calgary. Certificates, diplomas, etc., of Peter McLaren Forin, 1885-1914. John Forin, an architect, lived in Belleville, Ontario. His son, John Andrew Forin, was born in Belleville, Ontario on July 20, 1861. He went to high school in Belleville and then attended Albert University and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1885 and practiced law in Belleville until 1889. He was a member of the volunteer militia and served with the Queen's Own Rifles during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. He moved to British Columbia where he was admitted to the bar in 1890. From 1891 to 1895 he practiced law in New Westminster. In 1896, he was appointed County Court judge for the Kootenay/West Kootenay District. He served as a judge until 1928 when he retired from the bench. He then moved to Vancouver where he lived on Granville St. in a home known as "The Bunkers". He died on September 14, 1957. John Andrew Forin married Mary Dunn in 1896. Mary Dunn was born in Kincardine, Ontario and lived in Vancouver. She moved with her husband, first to Rossland, then to Nelson, BC, and finally to Vancouver. The couple had two sons and three daughters, Isabel, Jean, Mollie, Douglas and Peter. Mary Forin died in 1955. Peter McLaren Forin, brother of John Andrew, attended the University of Toronto. He graduated in 1891 and then clerked with John Andrew Forin in New Westminster. He was admitted to the bar in British Columbia in 1895. He was also active in the volunteer militia and served in several companies including: the 15th Battalion Argyle Light Infantry (1884-1885), Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (1886-1888), 5th Regiment Canadian Artillery (1896) and the 34th Battery C. F. A. (ca 1914). He returned to Ontario where he was entered on the Solicitors' Roll in 1908. He died on April 19, 1915. Records include diaries of John Andrew Forin, 1882-1940, diplomas, appointments, personal documents, etc. , 1875-1942, and a transcript of an 1885 diary which describes service during the Riel Rebellion. The original diary is included on microfilm [A00878]. There is one diary of John Forin 1897, John Andrew's father. Also includes certificates, diplomas, etc. , of Peter McLaren Forin, 1885-1914.

Henderson, Stanley. Vancouver.

". . . an account of my trip on the 'Vancouver Belle' on a sealing venture in the year 1891: diary of Stanley Henderson born in Kingston, Ontario, living most of his life in Vancouver", June 13 - July 25th, 1891.

Presented by Mrs. George Henley, Vancouver, 1957, per Admiral's Secretary, H.M.C. Dockyard, Esquimalt.

Henderson, Stanley

History of the K.L.O. Benches, their tragedies and comedies / Thomas Leslie Gillespie

The file consists of "History of the K.L.O. Benches, their tragedies and comedies": the reminiscences of T.L. Gillespie who moved to east Kelowna in 1910 and operated his orchard on the Lower Bench until 1922 with the exception of the war years when he served at the internment camps at Vernon and Kapuskasing. Includes capsule descriptions of most of his neighbours in East Kelowna.

In the footsteps of an Irish immigrant / Edwin G. Lucas

The item is a typescript by Edwin G. Lucas titled "In the footsteps of an Irish immigrant," containing an account of his life from childhood in Ireland. The Lucas family emigrated to Victoria, B.C. in 1913. Lucas worked as a laborer on PGE construction crews, and as an accountant for Clayoquot Sound Canning Co. at Kennedy Falls. He later worked for the Royal Bank of Canada in Victoria, Port Alberni, Hazelton, Vancouver and Coalmont.

Irvine Family. Cedar Hill; Farmers

Correspondence, birth certificates, school reports, newspaper clippings and historical sketches of John (1827-1906), Jessie, Christina and Margaret Irvine; scrapbook of transcribed poems of Christina Irvine; reminiscences of John (Jack "Long Gun") Irvine (1861-1948) and transcript.

Part 1 loaned to PABC for copying by Barbara Brown, Victoria.

Jackson Family (G.A.B. Jackson). Long Beach.

Diary of George Alfred Bradt Jackson, September 1927 - January 1929, recording life at Long Beach and work as telegraph lineman; guest book kept by his daughter, Gertrude Jackson, 1928-1935. Photograph of G.A.B. Jackson inside front cover.

Presented by Mr. Jackson's daughter, Miss Gertrude Jackson, Victoria, 1980.

Journal

Series consists of an account of part of a journey from North Dakota to Atlin [translated from the original Finnish]. With a group of investors from North Dakota who had formed the Alaska Mercantile and Mining Co. in 1897, Tervo set out for the Klondike, travelling to Ashcroft by train and then north via Quesnel and Hazelton. The account ends a few days north of Hazelton.

Lumberjack, 1912-1972

The item is a typescript copy of the reminiscences of Archibald Stewart Kerr titled "Lumberjack, 1912-1972". Mr. Kerr emigrated with his family from England to Northern Alberta in 1912 and began to work in the woods in 1920; he settled in B.C. in 1925 and worked in various logging camps on Vancouver Island, he was a forester with B.C. Pulp and Paper, Port Alice, Moore Whittington, Victoria, and the B.C. Electric Railway; from 1953-1972 he was in private practice as a consulting forester.

Mackie family papers

The series reflects the development and activities of the Vernon Preparatory School for boys and the lives of its proprietors, Augustine (1879-1965) and Hugh (1882-1971) Mackie.

The records include a list of pupils, a copy of the school register, sample pupil reports, an account book, clipping books, and miscellaneous notebooks. It also includes numerous notebooks filled with sermons and talks to the boys by Augustine Mackie. Some of the sermons were from his period as a priest in England prior to emigrating to Canada. School materials include complete runs of the Old Boys' News Letter (1951-1961) and the Chronicle of the Vernon Preparatory School (1918-1950). There is also considerable private material relating to Mackie family members, both those in Canada and in England. This includes correspondence, genealogical material, a marriage contract (1871), diaries, journals, scrapbooks and clipping books. Augustine was a devoted conservationist and fish and game enthusiast and there are copies of several articles written by him on the topic.

Manuscript biography

Manuscript biography of Geoffrey Murray Downton comprising Part I, birth to 1915 (author's narrative interposed with lengthy extracts from his diaries and letters); and Part III, reminiscences by Downton of period, 1918-1960. Essay describing Downton's life in Lillooet.

Martha Eugenie Perry papers

Correspondence, including letters to and from Pelham Edgar and E.J. Pratt; diaries of life in Kirkfield, Ont. (1898-1902), High River, Alta. (1914), and Victoria, B.C. (1914-1946, intermittent); manuscripts of articles, short stories and poetry; papers re activities in the Victoria and Islands Branch of the Canadian Authors' Association and the Victoria Natural History Society. M. Eugenie Perry was born in Kirkfield, Ontario, in 1880 or 1881 (she was 77 at the time of her death in 1958). She lived with her family in Dauphin, Manitoba, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, and High River, Alberta, before moving to Victoria in 1916. She continued to live in Victoria until her death. Miss Perry was a writer and poet who published articles, short stories and poems in British, American and Canadian magazines as well as several volumes of poetry and one of short stories. The collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1 to 5), papers collected in connection with Miss Perry's involvement with the Victoria and Island Branch of the Canadian Authors' Association and the Victoria Natural History Society (box 6), diaries (box 7), scrapbooks (box 8), notebooks and clippings of reviews (box 9), poetry, family papers, articles, plays, typescripts and manuscripts (boxes 10 to 15). The correspondence in and out has been arranged chronologically with the exception of correspondence with E.J. Pratt and Pelham Edgar which is filed under those writers names. Source: MS Finding Aids Finding aid: file list.

Perry, Martha Eugenie

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