Collection consists of 351 oral history interviews with Saanich officials, employees and residents from 1976-2019. Interviews include: 121 text format (transcripts and summaries) and 230 data files consisting of sound recordings and some video recordings, and photographs. Jo-Anne Morrison, the first archivist at Saanich, began conducting oral history interviews with former elected officials, long-serving Saanich employees, and members of pioneer families in the 1970s. Between June 1976 and April 1977, twenty-nine interviews were recorded. Production of interviews continued through the 1980s, with all interviews being recorded onto audio cassette until 1989 when video cassettes were briefly used. More than 100 interviews were captured between 1976 and 1997. The early analogue cassettes were cleaned, restored, and digitized in 2008. The oral history project was re-initiated in 2006, Saanich’s centennial year, with new interviews being recorded in digital audio and digital video. Digital audio has been used exclusively since 2010. The project is ongoing.
Sin títuloFonds consists of correspondence, reports, minutes and other material documenting the operation and activities of the Administration Department of Saanich from 1956 to 1983. Includes records relating to such topics as budgets and finance, special events, land disposition, capital projects and engineering, by-laws, school boards and libraries, recreation and recycling.
Sin títuloCollection consists of 1393 photographs, negatives and slides of heritage structures in Saanich. Includes 3.5 m of textual material consisting of files of historical, biographical and architectural information collected on each property.
Sin títuloFonds consists of photographs of Saanich mayors, councils, and special events.
Sin títuloFonds consists of 2 photographs in greeting card format of the Christopher family home at 1950 Waterloo Road. The photographs were taken by professional photographer Harry U. Knights who lived across the street at 1955 Waterloo Road.
Sin títuloFonds consists of personal items relating to Canadian WWI veteran Richard Grenville Rice and includes photographs, certificates, pay book, books, letter, service medals, cigarette case, and a complete Canadian WWI uniform.
Sin títuloFonds consists of records relating to municipal land transactions and development, Saanich rental properties, and lands-related complaints.
Sin títuloFonds consists of records relating to the activities of the Playfair Park Mothers Group at Playfair Park from 1948 to 1974 and includes administrative records, financial records, correspondence, and scrapbooks. Fonds is arranged into 5 series: Administrative Records, Financial Records, Correspondence, Scrapbooks, and Photographs. Fonds includes a scrapbook relating to Reynolds Park (1951-1956).
Sin títuloFonds consists of records relating to the Puckle and Stewart families in Shetland, Edinburgh and Saanich.
Sin títuloFonds consists of 426 files of business papers, insurance documents, records of land transactions and legal disputes, estate papers, personal papers and ephemera. Fonds includes company seals and one photograph.
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