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James Munroe Miller fonds

  • PR-303
  • Fonds
  • 1876-1957

Fonds consists chiefly of envelopes, mostly undated, addressed to neighbours of James Munroe Miller (possibly other school trustees). Includes correspondence from C.C. McKenzie, Superintendant of Education, dated 1876 and 1878. Also includes an undated letter from S.D. Pope regarding a position as principal of the high school, and a speech about James Munroe Miller given by his daughter, Laura L. Healy, in 1957.

James Munroe Miller

Public Works Street Files Fonds

  • CR-128
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1982; predominant 1950 to 1969

Fonds consists of Saanich Public Works documents and includes plans, petitions, correspondence and copies of legal documents relating to such topics as subdivisions, road and sidewalk construction, sewers and drainage. Fonds includes a number of photographs relating to Public Works issues.

Saanich Public Works Department

South Vancouver Island District Women’s Institute fonds

  • PR-237
  • Fonds
  • [1909-2014]

Fonds consists of records of the South Vancouver Island District Women’s Institute and includes minutes, correspondence, booklets and reports, handbooks, visitor books, notebooks, histories, certificates, awards, newsclippings, photographs, and artifacts. Fonds includes 2 quilt block books, 1960s, for the Victoria and Brentwood Bay Women's Institutes.

South Vancouver Island District Women’s Institute

R.R.F. Sewell fonds

  • PR-279
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1954

Fonds consists of a scrapbook (1923-1947 predominant) compiled by R.R.F. Sewell. Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, magazine pages, Saanich facts, notices, ephemera, plans and photographs. Topics include poetry, cartoons, and satire; WWII; Saanich Municipality; elections; Union of BC Municipalities; Saanich War Memorial Health Centre and public health nursing; septic tanks, water works and water supply; Cadboro Bay; Mount Douglas; Craigflower School, McKenzie School, and McKenzie family; and taxation. Fonds includes published material including Union of BC Municipalities minutes and resolutions; Clovelly subdivision on Shoal Harbour real estate guide; reference material relating to municipal administration; provincial and federal board reports; and statistics. Fonds also includes R.R.F. Sewell's papers (1911-1941), with topics including Mattias Rowland property; administrative, financial and legislative documents; personnel lists; reference material; road paving records; correspondence with provincial and federal governments; and news clippings.

Sewell, Richard Redwell Fenn

George Hearn fonds

  • PR-124
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1989

Fonds consists of correspondence, aerial photographs, and research notes relating to the Victoria and Sidney Railway created by George Hearn in producing the book The Cordwood Limited. The fonds is arranged into 3 series: Correspondence, Research Material, and Photographs.

Hearn, George

Saanich Mayor’s Office files

  • CR-115
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1927; 1947-1984

Fonds consists of files created by the Saanich Mayor’s Office from 1915 to 1984. Fonds includes correspondence, committee minutes, reports, proposals and studies generated or acquired during the course of daily operations. Also included are invitations to community functions, directives to staff, and replies to residents’ letters. Records are primarily from the administrations of Stanley Murphy (1962-1964), Hugh Austin Curtis (1965-1973), Edward Fook Lui Lum (1974-1977) and Municipal Administrator William Tremayne (1973-1985). Also included are various Police Commission records from 1915 to 1984.

Saanich Mayor's Office

Underwood family fonds

  • PR-286
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1970 predominant

Fonds consists primarily of photographs relating to the Underwood family, 1920-1970. In addition to images documenting family activities and homes, fonds includes photographs taken both locally and overseas relating to the WWII service of brothers Leslie, Ernest, and Ghazi Underwood; letters written by Ernest Underwood from a POW camp; ephemera dating from the end of the war and relating to returning soldiers; and WWII news clippings. Fonds includes school year books, 1955-1985, from Royal Oak High School, Royal Oak Middle School, Claremont High School, and Mount Newton Junior High. Fonds includes scrapbook of items collected by Emily Underwood during WW2 while her husband Leslie, Sr. was overseas, newspapers and periodical issues.

Underwood family

Saanich Fire Department Collection

  • CR-112
  • Fonds
  • 1919-[200-]

Collection consists of photographs of fires, fire stations and other buildings, Fire Department employees and vehicles, and special events. Includes correspondence, agreements and scrapbooks.

Saanich Fire Department

CCF Club of Saanich Local No.1 fonds

  • PR-108
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1988

Fonds consists of records originating from the CCF Hall on Douglas Street and relating to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (local, provincial, and federal groups) and to its successive form, the New Democratic Party (NDP). The fonds includes club constitution and by-laws, minutes, legal documents, financial records, correspondence, maps of polling areas, local charter certificates, event posters, news clippings and a scrapbook, organizational publications, photographs and sound & video recordings. The fonds is arranged into 12 series: Constitution & By-laws, Minutes, Legal Documents, Financial Records, Correspondence, Polling Areas, Certificates, Ephemera, News Clippings, Publications, Photographs, and Sound & Video Recordings.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Secession of Ward 6 (Central Saanich) fonds

  • CR-127
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1952

Fonds consists of records relating to the secession of Ward 6 in the District of Saanich from 1927 to 1951, as well as the proposed secession of Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay and Shelbourne in 1950-51. Fonds includes correspondence, inventories of municipal property, assessments, advertisements, Saanich Relief Act of 1927, and the Act to Validate the Incorporation of the District of Saanich in 1951.

District of Saanich

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