Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
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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, and a report on the Victoria water supply from 1872.
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Collection Details
- Items 17
- Last Updated 2023-02-01
Works (17)
1. Victoria water supply : report, October 28, 1872
- Title:
- Victoria water supply : report, October 28, 1872
- Description:
- Addressed to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands & Works, British Columbia; Dated, October 28th, 1872. Contains recommendations on the source, construction, and costs of a water supply for Victoria, B.C. Signed by "Simeon Duck, Victoria, December 17, 1872".
- Subject:
- Water-supply--Management and Water-supply
- Creator:
- Bulkley, Thos. A.
- Publisher:
- Printed at the "Victoria Daily Standard" Office
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1872-10-28
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 628.1 BUL
- Extent:
- 22 p. : maps (folded) ; 28 cm.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- reports, books, and official reports
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
2. Almanack and list for 1874
- Title:
- Almanack and list for 1874
- Description:
- "Turner, Beeton & Tunstall, have again the pleasure, with the advent of the new year, 1874, of handing their Almanack to their Friends." Annual almanac for the year 1874 from Turner, Beeton, and Tunstall. Includes postage rates to all parts of the Dominion; lists of clothing, accessories, Masonic goods, wholesale goods and furnishings available for purchase; lists of dates and what remarkable events happened on them; monthly phases of the moon; advertisements; meteorological reports; and images of Wharf Street and London House on Government Street in Victoria, British Columbia.
- Subject:
- Retail trade, Almanacs, Distributors (Commerce), Wholesale trade, Almanacs, Canadian, Advertising, Meteorology, and History
- Creator:
- Turner, Beeton & Tunstall (Firm)
- Publisher:
- London : J.P. Tunstall, [1874?] (London : Riddle & Couchman)
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1874
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 658.86 TUR 1874
- Extent:
- 31 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Alternative Title:
- London House, Turner, Beeton and Tunstall, Wharf St. And Government St. Victoria, B.C. Almanack and List for 1874. Importers of All Descriptions of Dry Goods. J.P. Turnstall & Co., S, Bow Church Yard, London, E.C. and Turner, Beeton & Tunstall's Almanack, Price List, 1874, Wholesale Wharf Street, Retail London House Government St. Victoria B.C.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia and British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155 and 53.99983, -125.0032
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Printed in colour.
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- almanacs and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
3. List of names added to the voters' lists of the several electoral districts in the Province of British Columbia from the 1st September, 1882, to the 1st September, 1884
- Title:
- List of names added to the voters' lists of the several electoral districts in the Province of British Columbia from the 1st September, 1882, to the 1st September, 1884
- Description:
- Lists of names, residences, and occupations of voters in the following electoral districts: Victoria City, Esquimalt, Victoria, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Comox, New Westminster City, New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, Yale, Yale-Lillooet-Cariboo, Cassiar, and Kootenay.
- Subject:
- Occupations, Elections, Voting registers, Election districts, and History
- Creator:
- British Columbia.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Richard Wolfenden, Government Printer at the Government Printing office, James Bay, 1884
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1884
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 324.6409711 LIS 1882-1884
- Extent:
- p. 19-30 ; 28 cm.
- Alternative Title:
- British Columbia voters' list, 1882-1884 and B.C. voters' list, 1882-1884
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia and British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Coordinates:
- 53.99983, -125.0032 and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1209312
- Chronological Coverage:
- 1882-09-01/1884-09-01
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books and voters' lists
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
4. Creative art
- Title:
- Creative art
- Description:
- A talk given by Emily Carr about modern/creative art: "I want to tell you some of the things that I puzzled about when I first saw it and wondered what it was all about." Includes her opinions on modern art, artists, and western vs. eastern Canadian art among other topics.
- Subject:
- Art, Artists, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Arts, Canadian, Art, Modern, and Philosophy
- Creator:
- Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 19XX
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 700.1 CAR
- Extent:
- 12 leaves ; 36 cm.
- Geographic Coverage:
- Canada
- Coordinates:
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- A photocopy of a typescript.
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books and speeches (documents)
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
5. Reminiscences of Bishop Cridge
- Title:
- Reminiscences of Bishop Cridge
- Description:
- Hand-typed memorial. "It is fitting that I, who have known the subject of this reminiscence man and boy for over fifty years, should recite for those interested (and who is not ?) what I know of the dear old man, who has just passed away." Includes an excerpt from Bishop Cridge's diary, on his appointment to the chaplaincy of Victoria and the Hudson's Bay Company. Inscribed "Elizabeth Hazel Fawcett, from Father, Dingley Dell, March 10/23"
- Subject:
- Bishops, Biography, and Cridge, Edward, 1817-1913
- Creator:
- Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1923
- Contributor:
- Cridge, Edward, 1817-1913
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 19XX
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 920 CRI
- Extent:
- 46 leaves
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and Canada
- Coordinates:
- 60.10867, -113.64258 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books and biographies (literary genre)
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
6. British case, Alaska boundary atlas, Appendix, Vol. II
- Title:
- British case, Alaska boundary atlas, Appendix, Vol. II
- Description:
- Issued as appendix to: Great Britain. Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the territory of Alaska. London, 1903. Accompanies report: Appendix to the case of His Majesty's government before the Alaska Boundary Tribunal ... Bibliographic data from Phillips 1192, 1261. Library lacks report. and The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and Canada (then a British Dominion with its foreign affairs controlled from London). This atlas was part of the evidence presented by Great Britain in the dispute arbitration case in 1903. The dispute had been going on between the Russian and British Empires since 1821, and was inherited by the United States as a consequence of the Alaska Purchase in 1867.
- Subject:
- Boundaries, Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and Boundary disputes
- Creator:
- Great Britain
- Contributor:
- Alaska Boundary Tribunal
- Publisher:
- McCorquodale & co. Ltd.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1903
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 917 GRE
- Extent:
- 49 leaves of plates : 37 maps (some color, some folded) ; 77 cm.
- Alternative Title:
- Appendix to the case of His Majesty's government before the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and Alaska boundary atlas
- Geographic Coverage:
- Canada, British Columbia, and Alaska
- Coordinates:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204310, 60.10867, -113.64258, and 64.00028, -150.00028
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Maps 33 and 34 missing., Scales differ., and Maps in English and Russian, dated between 1798 and 1895.
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- maps (documents) and atlases
- Date Digitized:
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note:
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
7. Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia
- Title:
- Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia
- Description:
- Consists of black and white photographs of Victoria and environs, including the harbour, the Esquimalt naval station, and Cadboro Bay.
- Subject:
- Cities and towns, City and town life, Landscapes, and Pictorial works
- Publisher:
- T. N. Hibben & Co.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1908?
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 917.11 PIC
- Extent:
- 24 leaves (some folded) ; 20 x 28 cm.
- Alternative Title:
- Picturesque Victoria, B.C.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- depictions (visual works) and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note:
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
8. British Columbia coast names, 1592-1906 : to which are added a few names in adjacent United States territory : their origin and history with map and illustrations
- Title:
- British Columbia coast names, 1592-1906 : to which are added a few names in adjacent United States territory : their origin and history with map and illustrations
- Description:
- 'The writer was led of begin investigating the origin of names on the coast of British Columbia, through travelling for years, in command of the Canadian Government ship Quadra, between the strait of Juan de Fuca and Dixon entrance. On these cruises he was often asked the names of geographical features, and the origin of those names. Notes made from time to time led to further investigation, the present volume being the result.' Published by order of Honourable L.P. Brodeur, minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada, for the Geographic Board of Canada. Includes bibliographical references and errata. Addenda and corrigenda, and folded map of British Columbia, at end of book.
- Subject:
- Gazetteers, Geography, History, Historical geography, British Columbia--Pacific Coast, Names, Geographical, and Local history
- Creator:
- Walbran, John T., 1848-1913
- Publisher:
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 917.11 WAL
- Extent:
- xvi, 546 p., [22] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia
- Coordinates:
- 53.99983, -125.0032
- Chronological Coverage:
- 1592/1906
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- gazetteers (dictionaries) and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note:
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
9. Farming in Vancouver Island : a land and climate unequalled for mixed farming, dairying, fruit growing, poultry raising and outdoor life
- Title:
- Farming in Vancouver Island : a land and climate unequalled for mixed farming, dairying, fruit growing, poultry raising and outdoor life
- Description:
- Promotes Vancouver Island as an ideal climate for farming and husbandry of all kinds. Sponsored by the Canadian Pacific Railway in order to assure a food supply for the railway. Includes maps of the plots of land available, of Vancouver Island and Victoria along with pictures of the landscape around Victoria.
- Subject:
- Agriculture--Economic aspects, Agriculture, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and Economic history--Economic conditions
- Creator:
- Vancouver Island Fruit Lands, Ltd.
- Contributor:
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Publisher:
- J.J. Keliher [printer]
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1910
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 630.9711 V223F
- Extent:
- [ca. 75 p.] : ill., map [folded].
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Coordinates:
- 49.65064, -125.44939 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note:
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
10. British Columbia, pictorial and biographical, Volume 1
- Title:
- British Columbia, pictorial and biographical, Volume 1
- Description:
- A collective biography featuring one full-page black and white portrait and 2-5 pages of biographical information on prominent men in British Columbia's history. Chiefly businessmen, politicians, clergy, etc. The first entry in vol. 1 is that of Sir Richard McBride (1870-1917), the 16th premier of British Columbia (1903-1915).
- Subject:
- Biography, Biographies, and Local history
- Publisher:
- S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1914
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Images are available on this site for private use. For all other uses or access to the original please contact the Greater Victoria Public Library.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- GVPL Call Number: 920 B862 v. 1
- Extent:
- 2 v. : portraits ; 31 cm.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia
- Coordinates:
- 53.99983, -125.0032
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Includes index.
- Physical Repository:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection:
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance:
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- collective biographies, biographies (literary genre), and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note:
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.