Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
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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 the negotiation of Labour Contracts.
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Collection Details
- Items 56
- Last Updated 2023-06-02
Works (56)
51. Victoria street, unidentified
- Title Tesim:
- Victoria street, unidentified
- Description:
- A street corner in Victoria, BC lined with a low decorative cement wall and with houses and trees in foreground and the roof of Christ Church Cathedral on Burdett Avenue in distant background.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1134794, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/849073, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/840962
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1908~
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 photograph ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on board 19 X 13 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 2002-029, 3.1, 1997.117.6 OP
- Fonds Title:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester family fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR281
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/uploads/r/university-of-victoria-archives/f/8/8/f886b5cc55cf3d9f7ad3c0b1b178a2824a6b0f46d38b0c930564e2a41b432532/Sylvester_Frank_AR281_FIND.pdf
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-21
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by CDW. Metadata by KD.
52. View of Victoria from Parliament Buildings
- Title Tesim:
- View of Victoria from Parliament Buildings
- Description:
- View of houses, gardens, other buildings, streets, and trees from the roof of the Legislative Building, looking out over James Bay.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/899978, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/840962, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861748
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1908~
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 photograph ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on board 19 X 13 cm
- Alternative Title:
- View of Victoria, BC taken from the Legislative building
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.41963, -123.3703
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 2002-029, 3.1, 1997.117.5 OP
- Fonds Title:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester family fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR281
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/uploads/r/university-of-victoria-archives/f/8/8/f886b5cc55cf3d9f7ad3c0b1b178a2824a6b0f46d38b0c930564e2a41b432532/Sylvester_Frank_AR281_FIND.pdf
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-21
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by CDW. Metadata by KD.
53. Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia
- Title Tesim:
- Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia
- Description:
- A pamphlet of captioned images of scenes around Victoria, B.C. including the Provincial Parliament Buildings, Olympic Mountain Range, Government Street with carriages and a tram, Victoria Harbour, the "Gorge", Cadboro Bay, the Inner Harbour, Esquimalt Naval Station with His Majesty's Fleet, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, Mount Baker, Foul Bay, Government House, Beacon Hill park with swans and geese in a pond, the Empress Hotel and Custom House.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/957723, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861748
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Clarke, C.E., http://id.worldcat.org/fast/736615, and Fleming Bros.
- Publisher:
- W. J. CLUBB, Winnipeg and Victoria
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1910?
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage and http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: FC3846.67 V55 (Special Collections)
- Extent:
- 19 leaves ; 16 x 21 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700 and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1243136
- Coordinates:
- 47.87203, -123.66797 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028051, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264821, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300220572
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-23
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi tif, Plustek OptiBook 3600 scanner, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW, transcript by CDW. Metadata by KD.
54. Some reminiscences of old Victoria
- Title Tesim:
- Some reminiscences of old Victoria
- Description:
- Describes Victoria, British Columbia as it was in the last half of the 19th century. Signed by Dingley Dell who wrote the included biography of Fawcett. Includes information about the author growing up in Victoria, Victoria's first Directory, history of the streets, churches, and fire department among many other topics. The plates include images of different streets, buildings, people, and scenes.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411631, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861748, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/862081, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1169308
- Creator:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/16
- Contributor:
- Publisher:
- W. Briggs, Toronto
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1912
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: FC3846.4 F38 c.2
- Extent:
- 294 pages ; 13 x 19 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- 21 plates.
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026479 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028051
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-14/2008-01-15
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi tif, Plustek OptiBook 3600 scanner, scanned by KSW. Metadata by KD.
55. Victoria, B.C., Canada: Canada's greatest port, and one of the coming premier ports on the Pacific Ocean for world traffic
- Title Tesim:
- Victoria, B.C., Canada: Canada's greatest port, and one of the coming premier ports on the Pacific Ocean for world traffic
- Description:
- A leaflet advertising how great and splendid the port in Victoria is. On the front it has a photo of the outer harbour under construction and another of the location of a new dry-dock in Esquimalt Harbour. It also has a drawing of the plan for a breakwater and new piers in the outer harbour at Ogden Point on Dallas Road. The population of Victoria at the beginning of 1913 is given at 66, 000 people along with a claim that Victoria has the best all-year weather. The back of the pamphlet has photos of the Inner Harbour from 1903 and 1912 along with statistics showing the growth and progress of the area over 10 years taken from official records of the city and Dominion Government. These statistics include: Tonnage of Vessels; Import Duties; Building Permits; Bank Clearings; Tramway Traffic; Post Office Receipts; Property Assessments; Annual Temperature; Bright Sunshine.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861781, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/951219, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861748, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/797800
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Publisher:
- Colonist Presses; printed by Vancouver Island Development League
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1913
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage and http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: FC3846.55 V55 (Special Collections)
- Extent:
- 1 sheet, illustrations ; 16 x 35 cm folded to 16 x 18 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300211825
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-22
- Transcript:
- VICTORIA, B. C., CANADACANADA'S GREATEST PORT, AND ONE OF THE COMING PREMIER PORTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN FOR WORLD TRAFFICESTIMATED POPULATION OF GREATER VICTORIA, BEGINNING OF 1913, 66,000OUTER HARBOUR VICTORIA B.C. PLAN OF BREAKWATER AND NEW PIERS.UNDER CONSTRUCTION.VICTORIA'S SPLENDID OUTER HARBOURVICTORIA HAS THE BEST ALL-YEAR CLIMATEAt Work on Dominion Government Additions toOuter Harbour, Victoria, B. C.Esquimalt Harbour. One of the Finest in the World.The Home of the New Dominion GovernmentDry-Dock.
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned and edited by CDW, OCR transcript by CDW. Metadata by KD.
56. Diamond Jubilee, commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria British Columbia, 1858 - June - 1933.
- Title Tesim:
- Diamond Jubilee, commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria British Columbia, 1858 - June - 1933.
- Description:
- A concert programme to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria containing the performances and performers.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/809757, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1128924, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872991
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1933
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License Tesim:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 4 pages ; 19 x 33 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300395494, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264821, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027240
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 2001-006, 1.24
- Fonds Title:
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester family fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR281
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/uploads/r/university-of-victoria-archives/f/8/8/f886b5cc55cf3d9f7ad3c0b1b178a2824a6b0f46d38b0c930564e2a41b432532/Sylvester_Frank_AR281_FIND.pdf
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-28
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi tif , Plustek Optibook 3600, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by KD.