Description:

Personal collection of Rabbi Victor Hillel Reinstein, Rabbi of the Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue in Victoria, B.C. from 1982-1998. Reinstein was a leading figure in Holocaust memorialization in Victoria and led the creation of both the Kristallnacht memorial ceremonies,...

Subject:

Local History

Location:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

correspondence and manuscripts (documents)

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 rhododendron...

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)

Description:

Robin Skelton was born at Easington, East Yorkshire, England. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Leeds University and taught English Literature at Manchester University from 1953 to 1962. In 1963 he and his family emigrated to Canada, settling in Victoria. He was appointed...

Subject:

Arts & Culture, Authors, and Literature

Location:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and United Kingdom, , United Kingdom

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

correspondence

Description:

In 2008, Pacific Opera Victoria commissioned an opera from the play, Mary's Wedding. The play tells a story of love and remembrance set in the Prairies, the trenches of France, and the Battle of Moreuil Wood in March 1918. Three...

Subject:

Military History, Performing Arts, Local History, and Arts and Culture

Location:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

correspondence and photographs