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  • Mathew Ko Colour Films : Victoria's Chinatown and Region

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    12Works
    Description:
    The films: The amateur films of Mathew Ko date from the late 1930s to early 1950s and are examples of the popular home movie genre. As historical documents, Ko’s films are exceptional: in their record of family and community life in Victoria and the region...
    Subject:
    Families and Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    video recordings (physical artifacts)

  • Alan Hodgson Collection

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    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)

  • Chinese Canadian Collection

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    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)

  • 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)

  • Victoria Feminist Newsletters

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    339Works
    Description:
    This digital collection documents organizing and awareness activities of Victoria-area feminist groups, and consists of 339 issues from 17 feminist newsletters dating from 1970 to 2002. These newsletters form a part of the Victoria Women’s Movement Archives...
    Subject:
    Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection

  • Victoria Police Department Charge and Mugshot Books

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    16Works
    Description:
    This digital collection consists of a number of Victoria Police Department log or “charge books,” and "mugshot books" compiled between the 1870s and the early 1900s. The handwritten charge books are a record of the arrests made in Victoria, British Columbia, and...
    Subject:
    Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photographs and photograph albums