Series MS-3165 - Newspaper clippings scrapbooks

The series consists primarily of cuttings from newspapers, but also from magazines, permanently mounted in 12 scrapbooks, some with annotations, in chronological order.

Other items in the scrapbooks include full magazine articles, postcards, credentials for conventions, menus, and other ephemera. There are numerous short, handwritten notes which were passed from MLAs to Anscomb during sittings in the legislature.

The 12 volumes cover Anscomb’s entire career, as well as events after he retired from politics in 1952. The time period covered begins with Anscomb’s career in Oak Bay politics and government, and Volume 1 consists of excellent secondary source material on the history and politics of Oak Bay. The subjects of the news clippings include all aspects of government and politics in Oak Bay, Victoria and the province of B.C., and not just articles pertaining to Anscomb himself.