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Title / Accession No. |
Description |
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Oates Family Collection
2007-046 |
Recently, staff discovered a box of mystery photograph albums in our holdings. Research has revealed that they relate to the Oates family, Saanich pioneers about whom little is known. The images have been scanned and are available to view on our website. |
Donation |
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Bruce Hutchison fonds
2011-040 |
Material relating to Bruce Hutchison including certificates & awards (among them, honourary degrees and the Order of Canada), ephemera, newsclippings, photographs and artifacts. Artifacts include a Royal typewriter used by Bruce Hutchison, and his wood pipe and pipe stand. |
Donation |
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Schools Collection
2011-039 |
Programme for the official opening of the E.B. Paul Building, Victoria College, 1961 |
Donation |
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Aerial Photographs Collection
2011-037 |
Oversized aerial photograph showing Municipal Hall on Vernon Avenue and surrounding area, ca. 1965 |
Donation |
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Frank J. Sehl Collection
2007-166 |
Saanich Archives staff recently discovered a box of glass plate negatives in our holdings relating to the Sehl family, who were well known in the Victoria German and music communities. The images include family portraits, the family home on Wark Street, swimming, boating at Brentwood Bay, Naval officers, Goldstream, and vehicles. All of the images have been scanned and are available to view on our website. |
Donation |
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Engineering Reports Collection
2011-034 |
Engineering reports relating to road construction: "Major Road Construction 1966 to 1981" (1965) and "McKenzie Avenue Loop" (1957). Includes related plans. |
Transfer |
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Maps & Plans Collection
2011-029 |
Plan showing the Saanich Municipal buildings on Vernon Avenue (Municipal Hall, Police & Fire Building, and Saanich [Health &] Welfare Building) and parking areas, ca. 1965. |
Donation |
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Todd Family fonds
2011-026 |
Scrapbooks of news clippings compiled by Anna Matilda Todd (nee Henderson). |
Donation |
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Irvine Family fonds
2011-024
2011-035 |
Additional records dating from the mid-1800s onward relating to John and Jessie Irvine and their children of Rose Bank Farm, Cedar Hill, including personal papers, tax records, receipts, greeting cards and other ephemera, publications, school records, photographs, and artifacts. Photographs will be scanned and made available online in the coming months. |
Donation |
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Photograph Collection
2011-021 |
Photographs of the Shelbourne area, 1940s and 50s. Images include Lansdowne Road and Bowker Creek, and daffodil fields on Shelbourne. Includes postcard showing view from Mount Tolmie, ca. 1920. |
Donation |
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Oral History Project |
Saanich Archives has recently conducted and recorded Oral History interviews with the following retired Saanich employees and elected officials: Richard Gray, Bob Gillespie. For more information on the Saanich Archives Oral History Project, contact Caroline Duncan at 250-475-1775 ext. 3478. |
Donation |
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Hope Family fonds
2010-070
2011-035 |
Additional records relating to the Hope Family including personal and business papers, certificates, ephemera, news clippings, a diary, a scrapbook, plans, and photographs. Photographs will be scanned and made available online in the coming months. |
Donation |
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Photograph Collection
Various Accessions |
Since the start of our digitization project in 2007, more than 4,000 photographs have been scanned and added to our online searchable database. An additional 300 images were recently made accessible on our website, with more being added regularly. Search Photos |
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Comber Family Collection
2010-069 |
Photographs of berry picking on the Holloway farm on East Saanich Road, ca. 1938-1942. |
Donation |
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Elk Lake Ratepayers' Associations fonds
2010-066 |
Records relating to the activities of the Elk Lake Ratepayers' Association. Includes society constitution, bylaws, membership lists and forms, minutes (hand-written), meeting notices, financial statements and balance sheets, correspondence, briefs and reports, ephemera and news clippings. |
Donation |
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J.R. Carmichael Collection
2010-062 |
Accession consists of a scrapbook of news clippings and ephemera compiled by J.R. Carmichael, Municipal Clerk from 1908-1913. News clipping subjects include Edinburgh and Scotland in general, the British Royal family, poetry, politics, and Greater Victoria and Saanich news. Scrapbook also includes handwritten notes by J.R. Carmichael, as well as sketched house plans. |
Donation |
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Hope Family fonds
2010-060 |
Records relating to the Hope Family including personal and business papers, correspondence, certificates, ephemera, a diary, a scrapbook, plans, and photographs. Photographs will be available online in January 2011. |
Donation |
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2010-054 |
Unbleached linen tablecloth embroidered with the signatures of women connected to the Oak Bay, Gordon Head, and Mount Tolmie areas. The tablecloth likely dates from the 1930s and may have been made as a gift for a wedding or christening. Donated by Anne Simmons. |
Donation |
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Cameron Family fonds
2010-050 |
Approx. 1000 photographs of Saanich, Victoria, West Vancouver Island, and other locations. Subjects include First Nations; whaling; sports & recreational activities; Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 journey up the Mackenzie River; parades; military; and the snow fall of 1916. |
Donation |
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British Columbia Women's Institute fonds
2010-048 |
Newsletters and bulletins of the British Columbia Women's Institute, ca. 1946-2010. Newsletters and bulletins include messages from the Provincial board; announcements of new local institutes; events and activities; meetings; reports; fundraising; and other business. |
Donation |
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McMorran Family Collection
2010-043 |
Records relating to the McMorran family of Cordova Bay including lot plans; lot price list for Cordova Bay area, and other ephemera; and photographs of the Cordova Bay Regatta, ca. 1950. |
Donation |
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Aitkens Family fonds
2010-041 |
Records relating to the Aitkens family of Gordon Head including receipts, correspondence, ephemera, a scrapbook, news clippings, photographs and reference material. |
Donation |
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Henry Holmes fonds
2010-037 |
Household and financial records relating to Henry Holmes and his residence at 1010 Burnside Road West. Includes building permits, survey notes, receipts, invoices, tax notices and correspondence. |
Donation |
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Horticulture Centre of the Pacific fonds
2010-032 |
Textual records and other material relating to the establishment and development of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific. Includes concept descriptions; constitution, by-laws, and minutes of the society; legal agreements; correspondence; personnel documents; newsletters and brochures; plans and photographs. |
Transfer |
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Beaver Lake Water Works
2010-030 |
Maynard photographs of the Beaver Lake water works and filter beds -- including construction images -- ca. 1886-1898. |
Donation |
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Oral History Project |
Saanich Archives has recently conducted and recorded Oral History interviews with the following long time residents: Jack Rowe, Gordon Head; and Mary Winterburn, Saanich Core. For more information on the Saanich Archives Oral History Project, contact Caroline Duncan at 250-475-1775 ext. 3478. |
Donation |
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Reference Book Collection |
A number of reference books have been recently donated to Saanich Archives, including: Wrigley's British Columbia Directory (1929, 1931, & 1942); A place and its people: the first ten years of Cordova Bay 55 Plus Association, 1999-2009, by Val Murray, 2009; Brentwood Bay and me, 1930-1940 and A brief history of Brentwood Bay, by Lorna Thomson Pugh, 1997; and Wish you were here: life on Vancouver Island in historical postcards, by Peter Grant, 2002. |
Donation |
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Hull Collection |
World War II ration book belonging to Albert Edward Hull; and a World War II infant identification card and tag for Helen Diane Hull, 1939. |
Donation |
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Oral History Project |
Saanich Archives has recently conducted and recorded Oral History interviews with the following long time residents: Jean Vantreight, Gordon Head; Bob Clarke, Strawberry Vale; and Peter Scott, Garden City. For more information on the Saanich Archives Oral History Project, contact Caroline Duncan at 250-475-1775 ext. 3478. |
Donation |
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Reference Book Collection |
Gone but not forgotten: a history of St. Luke's churchyard, by Pam Gaudio & Bev Ellison, 2009. A history of St. Luke's Church and Churchyard including biographies on Victoria pioneers buried in the heritage churchyard, the final resting place of numerous Cedar Hill, Lake Hill, and Gordon Head families. |
Purchase |
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Maps & Plans Collection |
Map of Saanich, 1948; Blueprints of bath house at Cadboro Bay for the Victoria Gyro Club, 1956; Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Maps of Saanich and Victoria, 1914-5; Wall map of Greater Victoria, 1925; Original sketch drawings & plans from 1936 of 2511 Sinclair Road (3808 Sinclair Pl.); House plan (blueprint) of 945 Arundel Drive, ca. 1941. |
Donation |
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Reference Book Collection |
John Dean's cabin diary: Illahie, Mount Newton, 1895 & 1906-1937, by Jarrett Thomas Teague, 2009. This is the Illahie saga, the whole story as written by John Dean, from the property purchase to its transfer. This book captures every diary entry concerning Mr. Dean's time with Mount Newton. |
Purchase |
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Reference Book Collection |
The Lansdowne Era: Victoria College, 1946-1963, edited by Edward B. Harvey, 2008. Published for the University of Victoria, this book discusses the evolution of the educational institution from college to university during a time of "major economic, demographic, and social changes". Individual chapters have been contributed by Victoria College alumni. |
Purchase |
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Oral History Project |
Saanich Archives has recently conducted and recorded Oral History interviews with the following participants: Jim Askey, long time resident; Virginia Griffin, descendant of the Todd and Henderson families; Hugh Curtis, former Mayor and Freeman of Saanich; and Doreen Poole, niece of Annie Girling. For more information on the Saanich Archives Oral History Project, contact Caroline Duncan at 250-475-1775 ext. 3478. |
Donation |
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Gordon Head Jr. High School Collection
2009-024 |
Class and staff photographs from Gordon Head Junior High School, 1961-1963. Included are two school yearbooks from the same time period. Donated by Frances Askey. |
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Askey fonds |
Photographs relating to the Askey and Fieldhouse families, and to the Carey area. New photographs have been added to the fonds and are available for viewing online. Included in the recent donations are photographs of Lansdowne Airfield, and class photographs from McKenzie Avenue School (1945-6, 1948). |
Donation |
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Pridmore Family fonds |
Research material on Pridmore geneology including copies of death and marriage certificates, ephemera from World War II including a War Service certificate from the Municipality of Saanich to Peter Pridmore, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the Pridmore, Bugslag, and Atkins families [ca. 1870 to 1945]. Photographs are available for viewing online. |
Donation |
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Cedar Hill School class photographs |
Class photographs from Cedar Hill School, 1933-1942. Included in the donation are student report cards from Cedar Hill School (1932-1940) and Mount Douglas High School (1940-1943). |
Donation |
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Anne Alice Girling Photographic fonds
2008-025 |
916 glass plate and film negatives of Saanich and Victoria taken from 1912 to the 1940s by photographer Annie Girling. Included in the donation is Annie's 1901 Instantograph field camera for quarter-plate glass negatives, together with her plate holders and printing frames. |
Donation |
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Irvine Family fonds |
Records dating from 1877 to 1912 related to John and Jessie Irvine and their children of Rose Bank Farm, Cedar Hill, including correspondence, account books, tax assessments, certificates, photographs, and maps.
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Donation |
