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Bird neighbours in summer

The item is a documentary film. Summer birds in Canada. Shots of various species of common birds filmed at the home of R.O. Meriman of Hamilton, Ontario. Additional shots of the headquarters of the Hamilton Bird Society.

Correspondence, manuscripts and other material

The series consists of records created and collected by William Henry Clarke, his wife Irene, and their son William (Bill), who managed Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., a publishing house in Toronto that was established in 1930. The records were created and collected in both a business and personal capacity between 1930 and 1979.

The collection consists of 120 original Emily Carr letters sent to both William and Irene Clarke between 1941 and 1945. Alongside nearly all these letters are typed transcripts of the letter, as well as the 'flimsies' of the Clarke letters sent to Carr. Also included in the collection are two folders of correspondence between William Clarke and Ira Dilworth between 1944 and 1957, which are related to the publishing of Emily Carr's manuscripts. There are additional folders containing correspondence from William and Irene Clarke, Ira Dilworth, Oxford University Press, Lawren Harris, and other lawyers, solicitors, publishers, amongst others. The collection also includes Emily Carr's probate as well as agreement between Emily Carr, Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd, and Oxford University Press. Also included are drafts of manuscripts, including 'Pause', 'The Heart of a Peacock', and 'Wild Flowers', and other manuscripts from both Emily Carr and Doris Shadbolt. The collection also includes publicity material, such as book reviews of 'The Book of Small', Carr's posthumous art exhibitions, two photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, as well as copies of speeches given by Emily Carr, Professor Garnett Sedgewick and others. Finally, there are photocopies of some correspondence from Emily Carr to Carol Pearson and Alice Carr from 1942 to 1945.

Some of the contents contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive.

Eileen King interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Eileen E. King : an Anglican Parson's wife in early Vancouver RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-19 SUMMARY: Eileen E. King was born in 1883 and discusses her family life in Toronto; fishing in the Don River; ice boating; courtship and marriage to Harold G. King; first ministries; childhood deaths and cows in the year of Haley's comet; Silver Islet mine at Fort William; move to Vancouver, 1914; German spies suspected; "Komagata Maru"; suspected German plot; cultural events in early Vancouver; some old car stories; duties of a parson's wife; some parson's stories; and the effects of the Depression on the parson's family. Eileen King's daughter, Mary Coleman, also contributes to the interview.

Film production and personal photographs

The series consists of the photographs of A.D. "Cowboy" Kean. Most of the photographs relate to the production of Kean's feature film "Policing the Plains" (1924-27). Many of the photos were taken while scenes were being filmed. Most of the photographs have no location information. However, it is known that filming locations in British Columbia included Vancouver, Green Lake, and the Cariboo region. Alberta locations included the former Buffalo National Park, Banff, Fort Macleod, and the Blood Tribe First Nation. Photographers are not identified. The photographs include the following subjects: J.R. Nesbit (Kean's assistant), stunt horses, buffalo herds and other wildlife, several photos related to the 1925 Hollywood film "Winds of Chance" (shot in North Vancouver by director Frank Lloyd), Percy Creighton (a language interpreter), J.G. Boyd and Margaret Lougheed (actors), and various Western Pictures Company actors.The series also includes two photographs relating to whales and whaling; these relate to the documentary Kean made in 1916 about the whaling industry off Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands. Accession 198706-001 comprises 234 b&w prints. There are item-level descriptions in M2A for all 234 images. Accession 198902-002 comprises 2 b&w prints, both of which are described at the item level in M2A. Accession 198906-011 comprises 27 b&w prints, and well as 3 copies made from originals that were returned to the donors. 12 of these 30 images have item-level descriptions. The 18 images that are not described at the item level include photos of A.D. Kean and his daughter, Louise Kean; a Sun dance gathering near Standoff, Alta.; the stars of the Hollywood feature "Winds of Chance"; whaling on the B.C. coast, ca. 1916-1923; zebras arriving in Toronto, 1930; and Kean's Toronto friend R.G. “Goldie” Vanderburgh.

Fox hunting in Canada

  • V1988:63/001.01
  • Item
  • 1988 (originally made in 1949)
  • Part of A.D. Kean fonds

The item is a video copy of a recreational film. In the final film completed by pioneer BC filmmaker A.D. "Cowboy" Kean, the Toronto-North York Hunt club is seen on a fox hunt in Ontario's Humber Valley.

Growing Canadian apples

The item is an instructional film in two reels:
"Part One deals with the initial stages of growing and training an apple tree, and shows the steps taken from cross-pollination to seed selection and on to budding, pruning and top working. Part Two begins with bridge grafting and then shows entomologists in the laboratory studying insects that attack fruit trees. The various life stages of the codling moth are examined and explained. A horse-drawn spray unit moves through an orchard in British Columbia. The need for three and four applications of spray are explained and the stages at which it must be done. Scene of a spray and dust manufacturing plant. Blossom time in Quebec. Cultivating around the bottom of the trees to prevent the moisture being sapped by weeds. A grass mulch around the base of trees. Wire protectors around the trunk to discourage mice from eating the bark. Scenes of irrigation works in British Columbia, showing sluices, flumes, etc., costing about $14.00 per acre-foot. Thinning fruit in July, remaining apples left about six inches apart. Ripe apple in sunlight. Much of this film was shot on an experimental farm, probably in Ottawa." (Colin Browne)

Hugh Alexander McLeod interview

CALL NUMBER: T1814:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of Dr. Hugh A. McLeod : moderator of the United Church of Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Hugh Alexander McLeod discusses his family background and childhood recollection of life in Owen Sound, Ontario. Work as a seaman and helmsman on the Great Lakes during University. Recollections of Billy Bishop. Royal Engineers in World War I and decision to become a minister. Theological training. Being licensed to preach. First church experience in Luseland, Saskatchewan. Marriage to Doreen Taggart and children. TRACK 2: Stories about life as a minister in Medicine Hat, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Changes in patterns of worship. Work at Robertson Church, Edmonton, 1931-;1938. Why he came to and left Victoria. Knox Church, Winnipeg.; CALL NUMBER: T1814:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of Dr. Hugh A. McLeod : moderator of the United Church of Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Hugh Alexander McLeod shares his recollections of Professor O.D. Skelton. Election as Moderator of the United Church. Duties as Moderator. Visits across the country. Visit to India for the meeting of the World Council of Churches. Visit to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. TRACK 2: More comments on the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Other visits to Ireland, Norway, and the United States. Honourary degrees. McLeod reads from the conclusion of his book.

John Irvine fonds

  • PR-2194
  • Fonds
  • 1894-1910

The fonds consists of three photo albums created by John Irvine between 1894 and 1910. Many of the photographs are of railway survey campsites and features in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and California but some of the earlier photographs are city views of buildings in Ottawa, including the Parliament buildings after the fire in February 1897. The albums are uniform in size and appearance: black, pebbled covers with the "Photographs" embossed in gold on the top left front. The pages, which are stiff gray cardboard, are bound with red cord. The albums measure 18 by 30 cm. The mounted prints vary in size and tone from 7 x 12 cm to 19 x 15 cm, and from b&w to sepia. Nearly all of the photographs have a double white line border drawn around them and almost all are captioned in white ink. Several of the photographs are identified with "Yours truly Jno Irvine" and may be portraits of Irvine himself.

Irvine, John, 1868-1911

No barriers : [out-takes]

Out-takes. The geographical barriers that once hindered progress in Canada, and the surmounting of those barriers by air travel. Filmed all across Canada (including Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto and Uranium City), with staged sequences on the Confederation conference, pioneer farming and the building of the CPR through the Rockies. According to Parry, the BC scenes are relatively "anonymous." The outs include aerial views of mountains; aircraft on tarmac and airport terminal scenes (Malton Airport, Toronto); Britannia Mines concentrator; construction & earthmoving at Bridge River and/or Kemano; herring fishing; hydro-electric installations; logging; Ottawa; Quebec City; TCA aircraft; Uranium City, Saskatchewan (airfield, town, Eldorado Mining operations); Vancouver harbour; Yellowknife.

Project Files

The series consists of project files created by André & Associates Interpretation & Design, a Victoria-based design company between 1967 and 2014. Headed by Jean Jacques André (1932-2021), and his wife, Joan André, and later his daughter, Bianca Message, the family business planned and designed exhibits for museums, historical organizations, and cultural and visitor centres in Canada, the United States, and abroad. Examples include Craigdarroch Castle, the BATA Museum, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Oregon Historical Centre, the National Atomic Testing Museum, as well as the Royal BC Museum (the records for the latter organization are still with the donor)

The series consists of files for numerous projects, and include correspondence, design planning, elevations, concept drawings, photographs, request for proposals, and background reference material, amongst others. Most of the files are for completed projects, but there are also files for projects that did not come to fruition. The series comprises four accessions that were donated to the BC Archives between 2018 and 2023.

Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks, 1925-1950 (5 volumes) containing postcards, photographs, hotel and motel brochures, menus, tickets, time tables, place mats and other memorabilia collected by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Graham on vacations in Ontario, the United States (mainly New York, Washington, D.C., and Washington State), British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces. The scrapbooks also contain theatre programmes, Anglican Church leaflets and Council of Women and Women's Canadian Church meeting notices, etc.

Sister And I From Victoria To London Memoirs Of Ods And Ends

One illustrated journal or "funny book" titled "Sister and I From Victoria to London Memoirs of Ods and Ends" by Emily Carr covering her trip from Victoria B.C. to London, England en-route to art studies in France. The images depict humorous events as the sisters travel by rail across Canada to Quebec City where they board The Empress of Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool, and then on to London. Places in Canada include Victoria, Vancouver, Sicamous, Glacier House, Edmonton, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec City.

The Canadian Defence Service voting regulations, [1948] : book of key maps

Item consists of one bound atlas measuring 46 x 40.5 cm. It contains 69 electoral district maps arranged from east to west for the cities of Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria-Nanaimo, and St. John's. Maps vary in scale and include the districts' population as of the 1941 census. Each map includes an electoral district definition as defined in the Representation Act of 1947. Depending on their scale, maps depict railway lines, bodies of water, ferry routes, street names, and/or house numbers. Electoral district, and some municipal, boundaries are in red.

Canada. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

The Canadian War Service voting regulations, 1944 : book of key maps [annotated]

Item consists of one bound atlas measuring 45 x 38 cm. It contains 63 electoral district maps arranged from east to west for the cities of Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Victoria. Maps vary in scale and include the districts' population as of the 1931 census. Each map includes an electoral district definition as defined in the Representation Act of 1933. Depending on their scale, maps depict railway lines, bodies of water, ferry routes, street names, and/or house numbers. The table of contents and many of the maps are annotated in graphite, red, or blue pencil. Maps 52 and 53 for Edmonton east and west (respectively) are missing.

Canada. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

The journal : [The making of a television commercial]

Documentary. At a production house in downtown Toronto, Valerie Pringle introduces an inside look at the making of a television commerical for Pepsi Canada. The commercial is directed by fillmmaker Philllip Borsos of The Partners' Film Company Limited.

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