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Document, Giovanni Contarini to Donato Soranzo

Alternative Title: Venice letter and Letter, Venice to Damascus, 1402
Subject: Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Buildings, Politics and government, and Crime
Creator: Contarini, Giovanni
Contributor: Soranzo, Donato
Language: lat
Date created: August 30, 1402
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Text
Identifier: Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.7
Extent: 1 page ; 22.5 x 30 cm
Geographic Coverage: Syria--Damascus and Italy--Venice
Coordinates: 45.43713, 12.33265 and 33.5102, 36.29128
Additional Physical Characteristics: Letter written in pen and brown (possibly iron gall) ink on linen chain-and-laid, medium weight, cream-coloured paper with watermark.
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance: The letter was donated to UVic by Brian Pollick in November 2018.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: personal correspondence, manuscripts (documents), letters (correspondence), transcripts, and correspondence
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2018-072
Fonds Title: Early Documents collection
Fonds Identifier: SC577
Is Referenced By: Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-lat-7.phpArchival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/early-documents-collection-2
Date Digitized: 2021-11
Technical Note: Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 DPI Tiff (1/20; 246; tone copy4; camera height 650) by PD. Migration metadata by KD.
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The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

Alternative Title: The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and...
Subject: History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
Creator: Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Contributor: Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
Publisher: London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
Language: eng
Date created: 1633
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Text
Identifier: Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
Extent: 8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
Edition: [Fourth]
Geographic Coverage: England--London
Coordinates: 51.50853, -0.12574
Chronological Coverage: 16xx/17xx
Additional Physical Characteristics: The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page...
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Early Printed Books Collection
Provenance: Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: books
Is Referenced By: Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
Date Digitized: 2013-05-03/2013-05-14
Technical Note: 600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.

Plan of the town of Victoria (1860)

Subject: Buildings and City planning
Language: eng
Date created: 1860
Rights Statement: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: Penfold Number: 578
Extent: 1 sheet
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria
Coordinates: 48.4359, -123.35155
Chronological Coverage: 1860
Additional Physical Characteristics: 1:396
Physical Repository: National Archives (Great Britain)
Collection: Early BC Maps Collection
Provenance: National Archives of the UK
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Sponsor: Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.
Genre: lots (land) and historical maps
Archival Item Identifier: National Archives Number: MPG1-250
Date Digitized: 2010-04-22
Technical Note: Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 29, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

Lytton in 1868

Subject: Buildings, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Rivers, Cities and towns, Mountains, Log cabins, Roads, Dwellings, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, History, BC Parks, and Natural history
Language: eng
Date created: 1868
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Lytton
Coordinates: 50.23194, -121.58196
Additional Physical Characteristics: Stamped with Provincial Archives on verso. Pencil note on verso "Lytton BC, at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers - 57 miles above Yale 1868"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: photographs and black-and-white photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-01
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Yale in construction days [illustration]

Subject: Natural history, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Buildings, Cities and towns, Street life, BC Parks, Historic buildings, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, and Church buildings
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: 1885?
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: BC Archives Item PDP00411
Extent: 1 illustration ; 10.5 x 18 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Yale
Coordinates: 49.56202, -121.42974
Additional Physical Characteristics: Stamped with BC Provincial Archives on the verso.
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: prints (visual works) and black-and-white prints (prints on paper)
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-01
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Chinatown and the Chinese Church, Victoria, B.C.

Subject: Buildings, Chinese, Ethnic neighborhoods, and Church buildings
Date created: 1890s
Rights Statement: In Copyright
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: M05582
Extent: 1 black and white photograph ; 8.8 x 13.5 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
Coordinates: 48.4294, -123.3679 and 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical Repository: City of Victoria Archives
Collection: Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Is Referenced By: Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
Date Digitized: 2012-05-10
Technical Note: 600 dpi tiff. Cataloguing metadata provided by GF. Migration metadata by MT.

Chinese businesses on Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C.

Subject: Buildings, Chinese, and Teague, John
Date created: 1890s
Rights Statement: In Copyright
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: D-05246
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
Coordinates: 48.4294, -123.3679 and 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical Repository: Royal British Columbia Museum and British Columbia Archives
Collection: Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Is Referenced By: Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
Date Digitized: 2012
Technical Note: Digitized by BC Archives. 300 dpi jpg, no colour correction. Archived in Cataloguing on server. Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rear view of Chinese dwellings on Cormorant Street

Subject: Buildings and Chinese
Date created: approximately 1890
Rights Statement: In Copyright
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: M06616
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
Coordinates: 48.4294, -123.3679 and 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical Repository: City of Victoria Archives
Collection: Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Is Referenced By: Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
Date Digitized: 2012-05-10
Technical Note: 600 dpi tiff. Cataloguing metadata provided by GF. Migration metadata by MT.

Gim Fuk Yuen Company, General merchants

Subject: Buildings, Ethnic neighborhoods, and Lim, Bang
Date created: approximately 1895
Rights Statement: In Copyright
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: M08947
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown and British Columbia--Victoria
Coordinates: 48.4294, -123.3679 and 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical Repository: City of Victoria Archives
Collection: Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Is Referenced By: Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
Date Digitized: 2012-05-10
Technical Note: 600 dpi tiff. Cataloguing metadata provided by GF. Migration metadata by MT.

Early mines in Phoenix

Subject: Cities and towns, BC Parks, Ghost towns, Natural history, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Nature, Buildings, and Mines and mineral resources
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1898
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary and British Columbia--Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary--Phoenix
Coordinates: 49.09979, -118.58562
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

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