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  • 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

  • Transvestia

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    114Works
    Description:
    In 1960, Virginia Prince founded Transvestia magazine. Published six times a year in Los Angeles by Chevalier Publications, 1980-1986, it was edited by Prince until 1980, and then sold to Carol Beecroft, who acted as editor until 1986. Transvestia was the first...
    Subject:
    Transgender
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    periodicals

  • 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:
    China, , China
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    architectural drawings (visual works)

  • Victoria Digital Holocaust Archive

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    3Collections
    0Works
    Description:
    Subject:
    Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection

  • Transgender Scrapbooks

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    0Collections
    13Works
    Description:
    This digital collection is composed of 13 large scrapbooks from the University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archive (TGA) Collection. The Ulster TGA Collection forms a significant part of...
    Subject:
    Transgender
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    scrapbooks and photographs

  • 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)

  • Louis Maria Niels Peder Moe Collection

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    2Works
    Description:
    Louis Maria Niels Peder Moe (April 20,1857 – October 23, 1945) was a versatile and prolific illustrator, graphic designer, painter, draftsman, cartoonist, sculptor, and author. He was born in Tromøy, Ardenal, Norway. His parents were Halvor Georg Theodor Moe (1826-1877)...
    Subject:
    Artists, Literature, and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    books

  • 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 company’s...
    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)

  • Katharine Maltwood Collection

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    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

  • Audrey Alexandra Brown Collection

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    115Works
    Description:
    According to a family friend, Audrey Alexandra Brown "showed early signs of some kind of ability" from a very young age. She was born in Nanaimo, B.C. in 1904, never went to high school, but wrote her first poem when she was six years old. Her work was brought to the...
    Subject:
    Authors and Literature
    Location:
    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and poetry

  • Chinese Canadian Collection

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    0Collections
    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)

  • Mary Butts Letters

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    50Works
    Description:
    The Mary Butts Letters collection is composed primarily of correspondence between the modernist writer Mary Butts (1890-1937) and Douglas Goldring. The letters are drawn from the UVic Libraries Special Collections - specifically the Douglas Goldring fonds:...
    Subject:
    Authors
    Location:
    Western Europe,
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence

  • Early British Columbia Maps

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    248Works
    Description:
    These maps, from the National Archives of the UK, primarily span the dates 1846-1876 and show the development of the territory from the two founding colonies until after the Province joined confederation. A few earlier maps were collected by the Colonial Office in...
    Subject:
    Local History
    Location:
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    maps (documents) and historical maps

  • Victoria Police Department Charge and Mugshot Books

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    10Works
    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 and Politics and government
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photographs and photograph albums

  • Victoria Holocaust and World War II Memory Digital Collections

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    141Works
    Description:
    A digital collection of material relating to the Victoria Holocaust and World War II Memory Archive at the University of Victoria Libraries
    Subject:
    Military History and Local History
    Resource Type:
    Collection

  • 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

  • Karl Spreitz Collection

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    214Works
    Description:
    Karl Spreitz was a documentary and experimental filmmaker, graphic artist, and photojournalist. He died in Victoria on May 13, 2016 after a lifetime of contributions to contemporary art and documentary film in Western Canada. Born in Gratz, Austria, in 1927, he taught...
    Subject:
    Artists and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    video recordings (physical artifacts) and photographs

  • 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)

  • Provincial Normal School Oral Histories

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    24Works
    Description:
    These sound recordings are part of the Provincial Normal School Oral History Interview collection, held at the University of Victoria Archives. The Provincial Normal School (PNS) was established in Victoria, B.C., in January 1915, to provide preliminary and advanced...
    Subject:
    Local History, Oral histories, and Interviews
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    sound recordings