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Archival description
Bruce Lowther Collection
PR-250 · Fonds · [ca. 1869-2006]

Collection consists of books on British Columbia-History. Includes newspapers from Victoria, Seattle, Vancouver, and London (England) which are primarily special editions from the end of WWI and WWII, and from the City of Victoria Centennial in 1962. Other material includes audio recordings of the program "Ideas" (June 1996) re: Victoria in 1890. Includes photographs found inside some of the books.

Lowther, Bruce
PR-111 · Fonds · 1873-1980, predominant 1958-1980

Fonds consists of records relating to the Climatological Station at Victoria-Tillicum and weather observation in general, and includes climatological station registers and temperature graphs, memos and other textual records, ephemera, news clippings, research notes, sketches, reports, books, manuals, and reference material. Fonds is arranged into 8 series: Climatological Data, Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings, Research Notes, Reports, Published Material, and Artifacts.

Climatological Station (Tillicum)
David Chuen-Yan Lai fonds
PR-277 · Fonds · 1974 - 2010

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.

Lai, David Chuen-Yan
Eileen Sherring fonds
PR-284 · Fonds · 1942-1974

Fonds consists of records relating to Mount View High School and includes class photographs and yearbooks. Yearbooks include 1942-1944, 1968, and commemorative edition 1932-1974.

Sherring, Eileen
Fagerberg family collection
PR-292 · Collection · 1896-1930, predominant 1907-1918

Collection consists of postcards sent to Oscar and Clara Fagerberg, and schoolbooks belonging to George and Clara Fagerberg.

Fagerberg family
Girling fonds
PR-126 · Fonds · [ca. 1895-1953]

Fonds consists of records relating to Anne Alice Girling’s photography and to the Girling family of Swan Lake. The fonds includes glass plate and film negatives; photographs; cameras, accessories, drawing, manuals, and photography instructional books (one inscribed by Anne Girling's brothers in 1905 and the other awarded to Annie from Woolwich Polytechnic in 1907). Fonds includes a camera manual for the No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak 1912 and a photographic print of Alice Mary Girling that was found in one of the books as a bookmark.

Girling, Anne Alice
PR-128 · Fonds · 1961-1963

Fonds consists of Gordon Head Junior High School class and staff photos and school yearbooks.

Gordon Head Junior High School
Jim Askey fonds
PR-137 · Fonds · ca. 1916-1960

Fonds consists of records relating to the Askey and Fieldhouse families, the Gorge and Carey areas of Saanich, and Greater Victoria history in general. Fonds includes photographs, postcards, books, a map, and an autograph book. Fonds also includes George Askey's WWII air raid precaution helmet.

Askey, Jim
Mary Youson Collection
PR-293 · Collection · [1910-2000]

Collection consists of material relating to Nellie McClung, collected by Mary Youson. Collection includes books by and about Nellie McClung; news clippings and articles; ephemera; talks and notes by Mary Youson and others; and correspondence.

Youson, Mary Elizabeth
Nellie McClung collection
PR-150 · Fonds · 1910-2001

Collection consists of books written by McClung, as well as photographs, personal correspondence to McClung, and ephemera collected by family friends. The collection is arranged into 4 series: Books, Correspondence, Ephemera, and Photographs.

McClung, Nellie