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  • László Hudec Collection

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    154Works
    Description:
    About this collection László Ede Hugyecz (1893-1958), known professionally as L. E. Hudec, studied architecture at the Királyi Magyar József Technical University in Budapest. Captured during World War I, Hugyecz was held in a Siberian camp. In 1918, he escaped...
    Subject:
    Architecture
    Location:
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    architectural drawings (visual works)

  • John Betjeman Collection

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    112Works
    Description:
    The John Betjeman Collection is comprised of selections from the John Betjeman Archives held at the University of Victoria Libraries. John Betjeman (1906–1984) was a British poet, writer, and...
    Subject:
    Arts and Culture, Authors, and Literature
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence

  • Herbert Geddes

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    100Works
    Description:
    Herbert Geddes was a manager for G.R. Gregg and Company, importers and exporters, in Vancouver and Winnipeg. He was sent to Japan and was based in Yokohama between 1908 and 1918. Geddes was manager for Gregg and Company in Vancouver until the mid 1950s. He willed the...
    Subject:
    Voyages and travels
    Location:
    Japan, , Japan
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photographs

  • 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)

  • Alan Antliff

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    5Works
    Description:
    This collection contains digitized material from the Anarchist Archives. Items in this collection are from the personal collection of Alan Antliff.
    Subject:
    Anarchism and Environmental Studies
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia
    Genre:
    serials (publications) and posters

  • Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection

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    56Works
    Description:
    This collection includes a selection of early Victoria and Vancouver Island maps, books, pamphlets and ephemera, together with archival material drawn from the Sylvester fonds. Frank Sylvester was an early Jewish settler to Victoria, involved in the Fire Department and...
    Subject:
    Families and Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    pamphlets, books, and maps (documents)

  • 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    71Works
    Description:
    This collection showcases a selection of nineteenth-century handwritten documents (manuscripts) from Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries dating from roughly 1800 to 1900. Documents such as artwork, autograph albums, letters,...
    Subject:
    Literature, Arts and Culture, and Authors
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), scrapbooks, and correspondence

  • Victoria Police Department Charge and Mugshot Books

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    13Works
    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

  • Samuel Maclure Architectural Drawings

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    2158Works
    Description:
    About this collection Samuel Maclure was born in New Westminster on April 11, 1860, the son of John and Martha Maclure, who had arrived in British Columbia the previous year as part of the Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers. After elementary and high...
    Subject:
    Architecture and Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    architectural drawings (visual works)

  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

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    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 again...
    Subject:
    Military History and Local History
    Location:
    Canada, , Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)