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Collection consists of photographs and documents relating to Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department facilities, programmes and events.

Collection consists of black and white photographs, many of which are of the Gorge area and other parts of Greater Victoria

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.

Fonds consists of papers and reports relating to Dr. Lai's community work, especially his work relating to Chinese heritage and Chinatown. Fonds includes materials from his time as Chair and member of the Saanich Heritage Advisory and Archival Committee, and to the Saanich Heritage Awareness Program in particular. Topics include Chinese-Canadian history, Chinatown, and D'Arcy Island. Includes correspondence, news clippings, articles, photographs, film negatives, colour slides, and posters. Fonds includes material in Chinese and English.

Collection consists of land conveyance documents from 1861 to 1933 for land which was owned by George Phillips, and which is currently the site of Craigflower Elementary School in Saanich (2700 block of Admirals Road). Phillips owned the land from 1900 to 1941. Previous owners of the property include the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, Thomas Russell and Robert Ker.

Collection consists of records relating to Muggins the dog and his work with the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War and includes medals awarded to Muggins, photographs, and textual materials related to the content and publication of a book about Muggins by Grant Hayter-Menzies.

Collection consists largely of correspondence between 1945 and 1968 from Dr. Harry R. Lillie (d. 1990). Lillie was a Scottish surgeon, anti-whaling and anti-sealing activist, and author of books on conservation. Collection also includes photographs, postcards, greeting cards and news clippings.

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.

Fonds consists of correspondence, brochures and other ephemera, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographic material relating to the Wooded Wonderland attraction that was located at Beaver Lake Park. Includes documents and other material relating to the establishment of the attraction, copyright & trademark, and marketing & promotion.

Fonds consists of photographs, legal documents and reference material relating to family and friends of Robert Charles "Bud" Squair, his childhood, and family homes in the Tillicum area (2836 Austin, 2830 Austin, 530 Davida).