Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1886-[193-] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
34 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John and Florence Vantreight emigrated from Dublin to Saanich in 1884 and settled in the northeast corner of Gordon Head. When John died in 1896, the eldest son Geoffrey took on the responsibility for the family and farm. Geoffrey Vantreight and his brothers Sydney and Edgar grew strawberries. In 1914 Geoffrey Vantreight married Maud Bartholomew. Geoffrey Vantreight obtained daffodil bulbs from W.T. Edwards in ca. 1915, the beginning of the crop for which the Vantreight family would become known.
Repository
Archival history
Donated in 1984 by Geoffrey Vantreight.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of photographs relating to the Vantreight family and farm in Gordon Head.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Associated material: Oral history interview with Geoffrey Vantreight, Jr., 1977 (reference number: A017); Oral history interview with Jean Vantreight, 2009 (accession number: 2009-040)
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 1984-012
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Vantreight, Geoffrey (Subject)