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  • Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

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    423Works
    Description:
    This digital exhibit originates with a web site, Victoria’s Chinatown: A Gateway to the Past and Present of Chinese Canadians, a partnership project between the Asian Canadian Working Group at the University of Victoria and...
    Subject:
    Local History and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photographs

  • Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection

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    17Works
    Description:
    This collection was drawn from the local history holdings of the Greater Victoria Public Libraries (GVPL). Among the works included are a transcript of a talk given by Emily Carr about modern art, the Reminiscences of Bishop Cridge, a volume on Vancouver Island farming,...
    Subject:
    Politics and government, Local History, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    books

  • Pacific Opera Victoria Poster Collection

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    32Works
    Description:
    Pacific Opera Victoria (POV), founded in 1979 and incorporated in 1980, has earned a reputation as one of Canada's leading opera companies, thanks to its dynamic repertoire choices, its original productions, and its commitment to creating meaningful opportunities for...
    Subject:
    Local History, Performing Arts, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    posters

  • Victoria On Stage Posters

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    87Works
    Description:
    The Victoria On Stage Musical Theatre Society (VOS) is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization established in 1945 with the purpose of bringing top-quality live musical theatre to Victoria, B.C. VOS has produced Broadway Musicals,...
    Subject:
    Performing Arts, Local History, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    posters

  • World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One

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    85Works
    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

  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection

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    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

  • Oluna Ceska and Adolf Ceska Collection

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    109Works
    Description:
    The Oluna Ceska and Adolf Ceska Collection is comprised of botanical illustrations and scientific illustrations by Oldriska (Oluna) Ceska (1938-2022). The drawings, which Ceska created in both black and white and colour, largely highlight flora from southern Vancouver...
    Subject:
    Arts and Culture and Local History
    Location:
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    drawings (visual works)