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Julia A. Darby fonds

  • PR0007
  • Fonds
  • [198-?]

Fonds consists of photographs of Dyke Point house as well as her own home on View Royal Avenue.

Darby, Julia A.

Velda Holland fonds

  • PR0020
  • Fonds
  • [18-]-[ca.1948], 1987

Fonds predominantly consists of photographs of the Holland family in Victoria. The fonds also includes photos of the Holland’s in the Yukon, as well as a collection of unidentified professional portraits (1800s – early 1900s) created by photographers in Victoria and Scotland. The fonds includes high school and post-secondary certificates awarded to Velda, as well as her baptismal and confirmation certificates from St. Barnabas church in Victoria. The fonds includes a hydrographic map of Esquimalt Harbour (1947), souvenir programs from Victoria anniversary celebrations, newspaper clippings, a menu from a dinner on the S.S. Prince George, souvenir picture books of Alaska, the Yukon (ca. 1900), and Canada (1924), an audiocassette (unknown recording), a book about building hand railings (1881) that belonged to Fred Holland, as well as a business textbook. The fonds also consists of correspondence sent to Velda and the Holland family, including greeting cards, postcards that feature images of BC and Alberta, and a letter from John Dean about his world travels. Additionally the fonds includes a report outlining options for View Royal incorporating as a town (1987).

Holland, Velda

Winona McKeage fonds

  • PR0017
  • Fonds
  • 1894, 1921-1926

Fonds consists of photographs of a St. Columba Sunday School class and Strawberry Vale school classes, which were attended by Winona. The fonds includes 2 handwritten letters to Mrs. Manley regarding the marriage of her daughter Winnie to Fred Bennet (Winona's parents).

McKeage, Winona

Strawberry Vale and District Community Club fonds

  • PR0013
  • 1895-1995

Fonds consists of 3 large scrapbooks assembled by Richard Moyer containing the history of the Strawberry Vale community and the Strawberry Vale Community Association in the form of photos, newspaper articles, anecdotal histories, correspondence, and other documentary records.

Strawberry Vale and District Community Club

Maureen Duffus fonds

  • PR0003
  • Fonds
  • 1893, 1913-2011

The fonds consists primarily of material compiled and created by Maureen during her decades long writing career. This includes maps, photographs, interviews, booklets, pamphlets, letters and other written notes about the View Royal landscape, organizations, and people.

Duffus, Maureen

Sharon Bishop fonds

  • PR0011
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1900-2014], predominant 1980s

Fonds consists of photographs of View Royal scenery and people, including but not limited to: Esquimalt Harbour, Cole Island, street views during significant snowfalls, View Royal Scouts, and View Royal softball teams. The fonds includes local newsletters, and invitations and programmes for local events. The fonds also consists of photographs, invitations, objects, clippings, written reminiscences, and memorial service programmes pertaining to the View Royal Fire Department, that were collected or created when Pete Bishop was a volunteer firefighter. The fonds also includes a videocassette of interviews with members of the VRFD in 1998.

Bishop, Sharon

Louise Baur fonds

  • PR0001
  • Fonds
  • 1895-2012

Fonds consists of photographs of View Royal scenes and buildings, including but not limited to: Cole Island, Craigflower Creek, Esquimalt Harbour, the Lime Kiln, as well as photos and clippings of the Gorge Bridge archaeological site. The fonds also includes photos of HMCS Ontario at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, and of the Chandler and Bennett families, including the Chandler farm in the Comox Valley. The fonds also consists of materials from Roy Chandler’s service in WWI, predominantly his time as a POW, including a CD and book of his recollections, a postcard, and portraits of Roy and other POWs from Germany. The fonds also includes an HBC ledger (1895-1905) owned by J. Chandler, which doubled as a scrapbook and homework journal by family members, and 5 school annuals from Esquimalt High (1944, 1945), View Royal Elementary (1969), View Royal Elementary (1978), and Shoreline Middle School (1969).

Baur, Louise

Rosemary Griffiths fonds

  • PR0009
  • Fonds
  • 1901-2018

Fonds primarily consists of photographs of the Stewart family in View Royal. It also includes photographs and a VHS tape of the Griffiths family, a photograph of Craigflower School from ca. 1903, and produce ledgers from Seaview Farm (1901-1910).

Griffiths, Rosemary

Brian Barker fonds

  • PR0012
  • Fonds
  • 1916-[ca.1950]

The fonds consists of photos of the Barker family, including of a wedding and of the children when they attended Craigflower School. Fonds also includes hand written family narratives, newspaper clippings about the family, two certificates awarded to Richard Barker, a VHS tape "Butchart Memoirs 1918-1930" narrated by William Todd, a painting of James Barker's Barn, and several artifacts, including Canadian commemorative coins and a bottle recovered from Pike Lake.

Barker, Brian

Ken Kissinger fonds

  • PR0010
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1920-1950

Fonds consists of one photo of a cabin that used to be in Portage Park.

Kissinger, Ken

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