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  • Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection

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    1Collections
    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)

  • 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

  • HIV In My Day

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    108Works
    Description:
    HIV In My Day is a collection of oral history interviews with long-term HIV survivors and their caregivers conducted between 2017 and 2020 in British Columbia by a team of community-based researchers and peers. These interviews focus on participants’ experiences of the...
    Subject
    Interviews, Public Health, and Local History
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    sound recordings, video recordings (physical artifacts), and oral histories (literary genre)

  • Hudson's Bay Company Maps

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    101Works
    Description:
    The Hudson's Bay Company had the exclusive right to trade with First Nations in what is now British Columbia throughout most of the Nineteenth Century. These 100 maps provide a graphic view of the development of the Province from 1842 until the 1860’s when the...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    historical maps and maps (documents)

  • Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

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    497Works
    Description:
    Ian McTaggart Cowan (1910–2010) is often referred to as the “father of Canadian ecology.” From his formative years roaming the mountains around Vancouver collecting museum specimens of mammals and birds to his last years as a major contributor to the voluminous and...
    Subject
    Voyages and travels, Environmental Studies, and Local History
    Location
    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries, video recordings (physical artifacts), and photographs

  • Katharine Maltwood Collection

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    1Collections
    54Works
    Description:
    Katharine Emma Maltwood (nee Sapsworth) was an artist and author who held a life-long fascination with ancient history, folklore, mythology, spirituality, and the occult. Born in London in April 1878, Maltwood was influenced by the arts and crafts movement and studied...
    Subject
    Artists, Local History, Authors, and Arts and Culture
    Location
    United Kingdom, , United Kingdom
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photographs

  • Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Early British Columbia Maps

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    2Collections
    532Works
    Description:
    This digital collection includes scans of a selection of maps, sketches, tracings and notes created between 1846 and 1895 and held by the Surveyor General of BC. All relate to land use, landforms, and surface cover across the province of BC and record geographic features,...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    historical maps and maps (documents)

  • Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Indian Reserve Maps

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    1Collections
    361Works
    Description:
    This digital collection includes 362 scans of cartographic records held by the Surveyor General of BC that relate to Indian reserve land in British Columbia. The plans and maps include originals, copies and tracings created before or during the time of the Joint Indian...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    maps (documents) and historical maps

  • Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams Face to Face Media Collection

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    1Collections
    15Works
    Description:
    <b>Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams</b> Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams is Lil̓wat7ul, from Mount Currie, British Columbia. She is an Indigenous educator and language specialist. Being a survivor of federal day schools and residential schools, Wánosts’a7 has experienced...
    Subject
    Local History and Indigenous peoples
    Location
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    video recordings (physical artifacts) and sound recordings

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

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    1Collections
    12Works
    Description:
    <b>The films:</b> 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...
    Subject
    Families and Local History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    video recordings (physical artifacts)