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  • Abkhazi Archives

    User Collection
    1Collections
    35Works
    Description:
    This exhibit includes selections from the records of Peggy and Nicholas Abkhazi held in the University of Victoria Archives, including material relating to the interwar period, World War II and the design and creation of the Abkhazis' internationally renowned...
    Subject
    Local History, Families, and Military History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, and manuscripts (documents)

  • Alan Hodgson Collection

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    1Collections
    44Works
    Description:
    Alan J. Hodgson (1928-2018) was a Victoria-born architect often associated with the “West Coast Modern” style. Hodgson’s engagement with new design formulas was balanced with his belief in the value of preserving a city’s built history. Hodgson’s career in architecture...
    Subject
    Local History and Architecture
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    architectural drawings (visual works)

  • Anarchist Archive Collection

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    7Collections
    705Works
    Description:
    <b>About this collection:</b> The Anarchist Archive Collection contains select digitized material from the Anarchist Archive. The Anarchist Archive is devoted to the study of anarchism, with a special focus on the history of the movement in Canada. ...
    Subject
    Anarchism and Local History
    Location
    Canada, , Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection

  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection

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    1Collections
    24Works
    Description:
    This collection contains exhibition catalogues published by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
    Subject
    Arts and Culture and Local History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    books

  • British Columbia Historical Maps

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    6Collections
    887Works
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    historical maps and maps (documents)

  • British Columbia Legislative Assembly Sessional Clippings Books

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    1Collections
    266Works
    Description:
    These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)...
    Subject
    Politics and government and Local History
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    newspaper clippings and clippings (information artifacts)

  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

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    1Collections
    121Works
    Description:
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment incorporated earlier First World War Victoria regiments. On 15 March 1920, Victoria's 88th and 50th Regiments were reorganized into the Canadian Scottish Regiment Non-Permanent Active Militia. On 1 August 1930, The Canadian Scottish...
    Subject
    Military History and Local History
    Location
    Canada, , Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)

  • Chinese Canadian Collection

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    1Collections
    59Works
    Description:
    This collection contains documents drawn from the fonds of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association held in the University of Victoria Archives. Most items are handwritten in traditional Chinese script with English translations but there are also documents in...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    China, , China and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)

  • Community Mapping Project

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    1Collections
    14Works
    Description:
    This collection consists of digital versions of several print community maps produced through a collaborative process between various community groups and the Common Ground Community Mapping Project and later with the Community Mapping Collaboratory (CMC) at the...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    maps (documents)

  • Early British Columbia Maps

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    1Collections
    248Works
    Description:
    These maps, from the National Archives of the UK, primarily span the dates 1846-1876 and show the development of the territory from the two founding colonies until after the Province joined confederation. A few earlier maps were collected by the Colonial Office in...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    maps (documents) and historical maps