World War, 1939-1945

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Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League. Public Service Branch, No. 127, Victoria records

Minutes of executive, general, regular monthly and annual meetings 25 May 1933 to 29 Nov 1946. The volumes also contain synopses of the meetings of the Victoria and District Council of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League.

Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League. Public Service Branch No. 127 (Victoria, B.C.)

[Cenotaph]

Amateur film. Unedited film of Remembrance Day parade, observers and ceremony at Victory Square in Vancouver, including laying of wreaths. Other shots include children on field gun exhibit and woman in Red Cross uniform. Some of this footage may have been used in FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE.

Clipping books

  • GR-2590
  • Series
  • 1941-1951

Two volumes of news clipping books, the first from 1941-1943 arranged chronologically; the second, from 1947-1951 arranged alphabetically, mainly by settlement or location, but occasionally by subject. The clippings cover most aspects of mining, including petroleum and coal, such as exploration, operation, demand, labour relations, taxation, war effort and production.

British Columbia. Mineralogical Branch

Consolidated Whaling Company records

The Consolidated Whaling Corporation, Ltd. was incorporated by Letters Patent dated April 26, 1918. The authorized capital stock was $2,500,000 divided into 25,000 shares of $100 each. By an agreement dated May 21, 1918, the company agreed to purchase from William Schupp all the property and assets of the Victoria Whaling Company as well as shares owned by Schupp in the American Pacific Whaling Company and the North Pacific Sea Products Company. Schupp was to receive $2,500,000 which he would use to buy stock in the Consolidated Whaling Corporation and to reimburse directors for stock they had already purchased. The company was registered in British Columbia as an extra-provincial company on May 15, 1922 (B.C. Gazette May 18, 1922, p. 1558). Annual reports of the company, listing directors, are on file in the Companies Office from 1922 to 1943; in addition, the Companies Office holds supplementary Letters Patent dated 1923 and 1927 decreasing the capital stock of the company. The annual report for 1943 lists the directors as William Schupp, Bellevue, Washington, President, Corwin S. Shank, Seattle, and H.B. Jones, Seattle, Lawyer. According to a newspaper article by T.W. Patterson, Foreign competition, too much hunting threat to whalers, Victoria Colonist, July 4, 1965, pp. 6-7, the whaling fleet was tied up for the last time in 1942. The company's vessels and office equipment were auctioned off on March 31 and April 1, 1947 (Victoria whaling industry ends..., Victoria Colonist, April 1 1947); the company was dissolved on February 12, 1953 (Companies Office records). According to the Colonist article of April 1, 1947, the company was in bankruptcy at the time of the auction. The Victoria Whaling Company was preceded by three earlier companies: the Pacific Whaling Company, the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company, and Canadian Northern Pacific Fisheries, Ltd., and records of these earlier companies appear in the papers. However, while gazette notices were found for the Pacific Whaling Company (license to an extra-provincial company, B.C. Gazette September 21, 1905, p. 2088) and the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company (notice of incorporation, B.C. Gazette January 6, 1910, p. 157) no gazette notices were found for the Victoria Whaling Company or the Canadian Northern Pacific Fisheries, Ltd. No company records were located for the Pacific Whaling Company or the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company. According to an article in the Colonist, Provincial happenings, February 24, 1910, p. 15, the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company planned to absorb the Pacific Whaling Company. Records include reports, correspondence, certificates and log books.

Correspondence

Series consists of two letters from Mrs. Currie, one conveying news of her family; the second expressing condolences on the death of Felicite Caroline Wolfenden, dated 1942 and 1946.

Correspondence School administrative records

  • GR-0470
  • Series
  • 1919-1969

GR-0470 contains records pertaining to the operations of the Elementary Correspondence School Branch from 1919 to 1969. The records document virtually all aspects of the branch's work. In addition to copies of the directors' correspondence and reports, GR-0470 includes copies of semi-annual correspondence school magazines (containing profiles of pupils and instructors), brochures, applications and sample lesson plans. Also includes records of courses offered in government Relief Camps during the Depression, along with records of courses provided to Japanese pupils interned during the second World War, and pupils enrolled under Sections 13(g) and 20 of the Public Schools Act.

GR-0470 also includes individual student files for the years 1919-1930. This series consists of a complete sequence of files [Nos. 19-296] from 1919 to 1921, and a representative sample of files [Nos. 299-2655], selected because of their historic value and because they contained illuminating letters from parents and pupils. Note that Files 1-3 (1919) will be found in GR-0396. Files 4-18 have not survived.

Before these records were transferred to the archives in 1979, application forms and report cards were removed from the students' files and were microfilmed. Regrettably, the application forms - which contain key biographical data and valuable genealogical information and the report cards were not returned to the original files; in fact, original copies of the application forms and report cards, along with related correspondence, were destroyed after the records had been filmed. Microform copies of the application forms and report cards have, however, been preserved by the Correspondence and Distance Learning Branch, Ministry of Education.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education. Elementary Correspondence School

"Discrimination Patterns with Change in Population Size of Urban Centres: A Case Study of Indians in Southwestern British Columbia." "Tashme, British Columbia: An Existing Non-Entity." / Ian Douglas Anderson

"Discrimination Patterns with Change in Population Size of Urban Centres: A Case Study of Indians in Southwestern British Columbia." "Tashme, British Columbia: An Existing Non-Entity.". M.A. Theses. Simon Fraser University, 1971.

Harold T. Allen interview : [Williams, 1975]

CALL NUMBER: T1811:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The United Church and social issues : tape 1 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-03-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background in Montreal. Move to Naramata, B.C., in 1909. His father and grandfather. Education. The first church at Naramata. Decision to become a minister. More about Naramata community. Effects of World War I. Life as a student minister. Ordination, 1926. TRACK 2: Young people's organizations in Vancouver in the 1920s; student Christian movement. Marriage. Work in Coalmont field. McBride and Giscome fields. Characteristics of the church in B.C. Community activities. Effects of the Depression.

CALL NUMBER: T1811:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The United Church and social issues : tape 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-03-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ministers' financial problems in the Depression. The church's attitude to war, and to World War II. Serving the soldiers near Sardis. Outstanding figures in the church; Hugh Dobson and social concerns. TRACK 2: Dobson and social concerns (continued). J.S. Woodsworth, M.J. Coldwell, and Stanley Knowles and their backgrounds. The Sanford brothers. Re-location of Japanese (during WWII). The church in the 1970s.

CALL NUMBER: T1811:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The United Church and social issues : tape 3 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-03-14 SUMMARY: The need for a new sense of brotherhood.

Hector Cote interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. : raising a family in the 1930s and 1940s PERIOD COVERED: 1924-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hector Cote (timber cruiser, scaler, plumber, contractor, millworker) was born in Terrace on May 21, 1924. Medical services and mishaps. School days, description of Kitsumkalum School. Fire drill. Racial and cultural background. Bilingual. Haying for George Little. Career opportunities. TRACK 2: The Depression. Father snaring rabbits. Hobos on the C.N.R. to Prince Rupert. Effects of the Depression on the native people. Working in Prince Rupert in the construction business. Joining the Army, training in Nova Scotia. Overseas occupation. Falling cedar poles which were sent to New York. Hauling poles with a lead truck and a second truck. Loading poles on trucks and then onto railcars. Selective logging.

Indian Affairs Central Registry system files

This series consists of central registry system files from the Department of Indian Affairs, 1879-1956. Records include miscellaneous files relating to Indian affairs in British Columbia. Includes files regarding Indian schools, game laws, trapping, fur conservation, fisheries and fishing regulations, the contributions of Indigenous people during World War I, lists of Indigenous people enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II, war funds, and Indigenous veterans' pensions.

Canada. Department of Indian Affairs

James Kingsley papers

Autobiographical notes of James Edward Kingsley Sr. covering the period 1893-1987; and his diary of service as commander of No. 32 Company, Pacific Coast Militia Rangers during World War II, 9 March 1942 - 11 February 1946. Also included in this unit are the minutes of the Parksville and District Community Society 1923-1938. A History of Mount Arrowsmith Branch of 49 Royal Canadian Legion by James Kingsley Sr. and Walter Avery has been transferred to the B.C. Archives Library. Microfilm (neg.) 1893-1987 35 mm [A01500(5)] Photocopies 1893-1987 5 cm James Edward Kingsley Senior, was born on 23 October 1893 in Victoria, one of the three children of Jack Edward Kingsley (born New South Wales) and Mary Kingsley (nee Mills, born Ontario 1871). His father was a streetcar motorman in Victoria, but in 1897 the gold rush drew him to the Yukon. The remainder of the family moved to Parksville in 1901 to live with Mrs. Kingsley's father William Mills. Here Jim continued his schooling and in 1903 the family went to the Yukon. His parents bought the Bonanza Clothing Store at Grand Forks, where Jim worked in the store and did a variety of other jobs including hauling water by dog-sled and selling newspapers. He also started grade 4 and went to school part time. In 1907 his mother died and he returned to Victoria for schooling, but quit after six months. In 1908 he went to stay with his grandfather in Parksville where he did farm work and other assorted jobs before becoming an apprentice carpenter building houses and bridges for the government. In early 1916 he joined the 103rd Battalion. At age 22 he was promoted to the rank of corporal and was ordered to England. Within a year he became the youngest ever quartermaster sergeant in Canadian army records. However, as he had come to fight, at his own request he reverted to the rank of private and was sent to France. He fought at Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele (where he was promoted to corporal) and at the Cambrai Battle near Vimy Ridge, where he was wounded and invalided home. After spending time in various hospitals he was finally checked into a convalescent home in Qualicum Beach. Here he met Alice Golding, whom he married on 20 January 1921. Following his recovery Jim took a shoe repair course in Vancouver and then began a shoe repair business in Parksville in 1921, later adding clothing, fishing and sporting goods. His son, James, was born in 1923 and his daughter Mary in 1926. On 9 March 1942 Kingsley was summoned to Victoria to discuss the formation of a Civil Defence Corps, to be known as the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers. At a meeting in Parksville on 3 April, Kingsley was chosen as commander. On 11 April he received confirmation of his appointment as Captain commanding the 32nd Company of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers. Kingsley held this post for the remainder of the war, finally receiving his discharge on 11 February 1946. Kingsley had sold his business in 1943. After the war he traveled for a time, then went into the real estate business, working for Butcher, McLennan and Lenhart of Nanaimo. In 1956 he bought out Parksville Realty but, due to the boom in real estate, the strain proved too much, so he sold out the business in 1959. He then worked with Dudley Wickett for a short time, then retired permanently and continued his travels, eventually visiting Africa, Europe, South America, Australia and the United States. Kingsley has has held many positions in the community, including a number of terms as a Parksville alderman. Kingsley and his wife were charter members of the local legion and he has held all the offices in the local legion including honorary president. He has also served for five years in the Great War Veteran's Association. MS-2516 comprises Mr. Kingsley's autobiographical notes; his diary of his time in No. 32 Company, Pacific Coast Militia Rangers; and the minutes of the Parksville and District Community Society 1923-1938. The material written by Mr. Kingsley is not to be quoted for publication without the permission of the donor's family. The records which constitute MS-2516 were loaned to the PABC for copying by J.E. Kingsley Senior. A History of Mount Arrowsmith Branch 49 Royal Canadian Legion by James Kingsley Senior and Walter Avery has been transferred to the BC Archives Library. Source: MS Finding Aids Loaned for copying by J.E. Kingsley Sr., Parksville, 1988. Finding aid: reel/volume list.

Kingsley, James, b. 1893

Maitland family papers

The Royal Lethington "Pat" Maitland family papers are composed of Maitland's personal correspondence, speeches and addresses, Logs of the House (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia), scrapbooks, etc. Also includes correspondence, notes, etc. of Maitland's wife, Ruth Hildred Mills, as well as correspondence of their children Robert Reid, Elizabeth Ruth, William John and Norah Kathleen.

May Day parade, Vancouver and The 2nd World War! : Bowdery footage

The item consists of two film reels; a workprint and an internegative, containing special event footage. "Parade marching along Hasting Street. American band (?). Highland band. Shriners. Pageant in Stanley Park (colour): ladies in crinolines. This may have been a PNE parade, but is not identified. MAY DAY PARADE: This is quite exciting, and contains groups of men and women marching under several different banners. The banners read, in order: "Stop Hitler -- Save Peace"; "[?] Support Democracy"; "Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion"; "White Lunch - Eden - Waldorf - On Unfair List"; "Communist Party of Canada -- B.C. District - Jobs - Recovery - Democracy and Peace"; "Relief Project Workers Union Workers Demanding Jobs"; "Spain Vets - Welcome Home"; "We Are Against Militarisation -- The Youth"; "Demand Hands Off Yugoslavia -- Yugoslavian Progressive Movement"; "Down With Imperialist War"; and "Bread Not Bullets". The film also shows a newsboy selling the "People's Advocate" newspaper, and a group from the baker's union, as well as several bands." Also includes "This is a film Mr. Bowdery shot and edited into a form of home newsreel called The Second World War--The Hand of Tyranny. It is captioned with headlines from the "People's Advocate" newspaper. The footage contains scenes of the exterior of the Vancouver Post Office at Hastings and Granville. Employees being checked at the entrance. Interior of building, protestors in sit-down strike. [Close-up of] trio of protestors, other good [close-ups]. Protestors singing "The Red Flag", [with] banjo and accordion accompaniment. Unemployed march."(Colin Browne)

Newscast excerpt

SUMMARY: Excerpt from newscast about developments in the Pacific and European theatres of war.;

Operational records

Series consists of operational records including: Act relating to war charities, 1939; constitution of Victoria Hostess House Oct. 30, 1940 (3 copies) and visitor's register, Dec 1940 - Aug 1945 [vol 1]; comprehensive report of club's activities, Nov 1941 - Nov 1945 and account books, April 1941 - November 1945 [vol 2-3].

Premiers' papers

  • GR-1222
  • Series
  • 1917-1952

This series contains official reports and correspondence accumulated during the administrations of Premiers Tolmie, Pattullo, Hart, and Johnson. It includes Departmental, General, and Federal files, plus separate series of documents on Pacific Great Eastern Railway (1917-1945). It also includes applications for employment, petitions, press releases, speeches, and vouchers.

The records which comprise this unit were stored for many years in a maintenance shop adjacent to the Parliament Buildings. Storage conditions were less than ideal and in 1982 arrangements were made with the Premier's Office' to transfer the records to the Provincial Archives. It was a signal event, for the records provide documentation on virtually all facets of provincial life over a thirty-five year period. Additionally, the documents which make up GR-1222 provide a valuable record of the administrations of Premiers Tolmie (1928-1933), Pattullo (1933-1941), Hart (1941-1947) and Johnson (1947-1952). The records fall into three main categories or series, namely Departmental files, Federal files, and General files.

British Columbia. Premier

Provincial Library correspondence

  • GR-0300
  • Series
  • 1942-1945

The series consists of correspondence created by the Provincial Library between 1942 and 1945 and contains requests for information necessary to military intelligence.

British Columbia. Legislative Library

Records relating to CANOL project and Alaska Highway

This series contains records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway. The CANOL (Canadian Oil) pipeline project, conceived in response to fears of a Japanese invasion of Alaska, 1942, consisted of the construction of a road and pipeline from the Norman Wells (NWT) oil field to a refinery at Whitehorse which served as a junction for pipelines to Alaska and Alberta to supply refined petroleum products necessary for the defense of Alaska and the Canadian North. This body of records, part of the National Archives and Records Service's Record Group 338 - Records of the United States Army Commands, consists of general orders. international agreements, organization manuals, reports, briefs, correspondence and administrative records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway.

United States. Army Service Forces. Northwest Command

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