| 18*09
KELOWNA CENTENNIAL MUSEUM AND NATIONAL EXHIBIT CENTRE, RECORDS
EST. 1936
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1950- |
| Extent |
4.8 m. |
| Summary |
Minutes, correspondence,
financial statements and records, newsletters, progress reports, programmes,
day books, visitor books, policy statements, and secretarial notes pertaining
to the Okanagan Museum and Archives Association, the Kelowna Museum
Association, and the Kelowna Centennial Museum and National Exhibit Centre
administered by Director, Ursula Surtees. |
18*10
KELOWNA CENTENNIAL MUSEUM AND NATIONAL EXHIBIT CENTRE,
COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1877- |
| Extent |
24.3 m. (approx.) |
18*10*01
ABERDEEN FAMILY PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1877-1897 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1877, 1891, 1897 |
| Extent |
3 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photograph |
| Summary |
A photocopy of the toast list
from the Aberdeen wedding; a photograph of horseback riding in Ottawa, and a
Christmas card. |
18*10*02
AGRICULTURE CANADA, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1918-1961 |
| Extent |
5.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Scrapbook with reports and
statistics relating to the Okanagan District Branch and Okanagan Horticulture
Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture Canada. Includes data
pertaining to plant diseases, fruit and vegetable production, growing and
marketing in the Okanagan Valley and the Kootenays. |
18*10*03
SUSAN L. ALLISON, PAPERS B. 1845 - D. 1937
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1903 |
| Extent |
4 p. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Two typescript signed poems.
Includes one about a legendary lake monster. |
18*10*04
CITY OF ARMSTRONG, RECORDS EST. 1913
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1906-1956 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1950-1956 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| Summary |
Correspondence, newspaper
clippings, estimates and receipts of the City of Armstrong. |
18*10*05
N. L. BARLEE, PAPERS B. 1932-
Abstract:
| Extent |
8 p. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Letter to N. L. Barlee from Ken
Buchan Jepson, who reminisces about his experiences as an English immigrant in
the Central Okanagan from 1912 to 1914. Included are details on the scouting
movement and his jobs, one of which was laying out a golf course. |
18*10*06
BEALE FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1843-1892 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1843 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| Summary |
Articles and papers concerning
Beale's Patent Rotary Engine and Tubular Boiler, as well as ephemera relating
to funerals and deaths in the Beale family. |
18*10*07
DR. BENJAMIN F. BOYCE, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1909-1916 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms; paintings |
| Summary |
Illustrated guest book with
watercolours of Okanagan scenes and signatures of guests to the Dr. Boyce
family's summer camp. |
18*10*08
CEDRIC M. BOYER, FAMILY PAPERS B. 1882 - D. 1986
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1871-1933 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1871-1908 |
| Extent |
16.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photographs |
| Summary |
Deeds, receipts, business and
household account books, personal and business correspondence, poetry,
photographs, and a phrenological study belonging to James L. Doyle and his
family; photographs and papers of George Boyer, a farmer in Benvoulin and
Kelowna. Includes letters written by Doyle to his family in Ontario, when he
worked as a salesman in various parts of Canada. |
18*10*09
FREDRICK BRENT, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1883-1891 |
| Extent |
4 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms & text; photograph |
| Summary |
Photograph of a medal won by
Brent for wheat growing in the Okanagan Mission area and photocopies of water
record receipts for the Twin Lakes area. |
18*10*10
BRITISH COLUMBIA FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, RECORDS EST. 1889
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1979-1982 |
| Extent |
11.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Budgets, reports, minutes from
BCFGA annual general meetings. |
18*10*10*01
B.C. TREE FRUITS LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1931-1966 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1931-1947, 1956-1966 |
| Extent |
60 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & test |
| Summary |
Constitutions, minutes,
regulations, surveys, agreements, trade commissioner reports, circulars,
contracts, correspondence and statistical tables pertaining to B.C. Tree Fruits
Limited 1939-1947, 1956-1966, and its predecessor organizations 1931-1939: the
Apple Cartel 1932; the Okanagan Shippers' Council; the British Columbia
Shippers' Council; the Okanagan Stabilization Board; the Okanagan Federated
Shippers' Association; the British Columbia Interior Vegetable Marketing Board;
the British Columbia Tree Fruits Board. Includes trade commissioner reports on
the 1936/37 crop. |
18*10*11
GILBERT DOUGLAS CAMERON, PAPERS B. 1882 - D. 1984
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1926-1966 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1926, 1966 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Memorandum and a share from the
Okanagan Onion Growers Association 1926; personal and business correspondence
of G. D. Cameron. Includes a letter from Jospeh Ivens, a fruit grower in
Okanagan Mission, reminiscing about his early life in England, about meeting
Marconi at sea off the coast of Italy, and about having his portrait painted
much later by Gwen Lamont. |
18*10*11*01
GILBERT DOUGLAS CAMERON, PAPERS B. 1882 - D. 1984, GUISACHAN
DISTRICT, RECORDS EST. 1959-1965
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1958-1962 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| Summary |
Newspaper clippings, planned
boundaries, orders-in-council, correspondence, annual financial statements,
poll notices, voters lists and returning officer's report pertaining to the
Guisachan District whose formation halted the expansion of the City of
Kelowna's boundaries from 1958 to 1965. |
18*10*12
CANADIAN CONCERT ASSOCIATION KELOWNA BRANCH, RECORDS EST. 1934
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1934-1935 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Book of accounts and minutes of
the Kelowna Branch of the Canadian Concert Association. |
18*10*13
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1916-1953 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1916-1918, 1952-1953 |
| Extent |
2 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Time books of CPR vessels on
Okanagan Lake. Include data pertaining to CPR operations in Sicamous and
Castlegar. |
18*10*14*01
CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY KELOWNA BRANCH, BLOOD DONOR
COMMITTEE, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1950-1972 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Minute book of the Blood Donor
Committee of the Kelowna Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. |
18*10*15
CASORSO FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1919-1920 |
| Extent |
8 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Photocopies of business
correspondence and receipts from the Casorso Brothers Wholesale and Retail Meat
and Fish Merchants business, plus some dance tickets. |
18*10*16
CHINESE COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1923-1965 |
| Extent |
1.68 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| General
Note |
The majority of the letters have
been translated into English. |
| Summary |
Addresses, tax returns, business
correspondence, personal letters, bonds, accounting statements, licences, sales
literature, receipts, poll and road taxes, as well as miscellaneous books owned
by the Chinese community in Kelowna. Includes information pertaining to fruit
and vegetable marketing, and to Chinese societies. |
| Language(s) |
Chinese and English |
18*10*17
ALAN HENRY CRICHTON, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1877-1925 |
| Extent |
11 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photograph |
| Summary |
Business correspondence,
agreement of sale, photograph, water records of the Mill and Mission Creek
areas. |
18*10*18
J. P. CLEMENT, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND NEWSDEALER, RECORDS
EST. 1900-1907
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1900 |
| Extent |
8 items |
| Type of
Unit |
text; prints |
| Summary |
Includes handbills, stationery
and newspaper advertisements pertaining to the J. P. Clement business. |
18*10*19
CROWN FRUIT COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913-1950 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1928-1948 |
| Extent |
10.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Minutes, annual reports,
resolutions, stock certificates, correspondence, financial statements,
auditors' reports, inventories, notices, financial records and time books of
the Crown Fruit Company Limited which marketed, packed, shipped and exported
fruit 1928-1942, and of the Laurel Co-operative Union which purchased the
former company in 1942. |
18*10*20
DEMARA FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1880-1910? |
| Extent |
2 albums |
| Type of
Unit |
photogrpahs |
| Summary |
Two albums of family portraits,
some tintypes. Includes photographs by professional photographers, A. L. Hess
of Calgary, Baldwin and Blondal of Winnipeg, H. Steele, J. F. Mitchell, and the
Simpson Brothers of Toronto. |
18*10*21
DICKSON FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1910-1915? |
| Extent |
13 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Correspondence, cancelled
cheques, and bills pertaining to the financial affairs of Dr. Charles W.
Dickson and George H. Dickson. |
18*10*22
HARRIET DUFFET, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1900 |
| Extent |
1 album |
| Type of
Unit |
photographs |
| Summary |
Family portrait album of
photographs taken by commercial photographers in Bristol, England and
Melbourne, Australia. |
18*10*23
ROY EDEN, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1912-1970 |
| Extent |
9 items |
| Type of
Unit |
published material |
| Summary |
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings
pertaining to the Cariboo region where Roy Eden was a forest ranger. |
18*10*24
CHARLIE FOWLER, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1955 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Correspondence relating to the
celebration of Kelowna's fiftieth anniversary as a city. |
18*10*25
FRUIT LABELS COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1915-1962 |
| Extent |
900 items |
| Type of
Unit |
prints |
| General
Note |
Approximately 800 of the labels
are duplicates. |
| Summary |
Labels for boxes that held fresh
fruits or vegetables, plus some canning labels for processed fruits and
vegetables from the Okanagan Valley. |
18*10*26
LEON GILLARD, PAPERS B. 1874 - D. 1965
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1941 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Transcript of a speech given by
Leon Gillard pertaining to cattle, hop growing, homesteading and to Indians and
their employment in the Okanagan and Okanagan Mission areas before 1900. |
18*10*27
GLENMORE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, RECORDS EST. 1921
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1969 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
An account book. |
18*10*28
JANET GRAHAM, COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1911-1914 |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Restrictions |
Permission of Museum Director is
needed available to accredited and approved researchers only. |
| Summary |
Photocopied selections from diary
of Colonel Walter Hill Moodie, and photocopied manuscript on the development of
irrigation in the area written by T. E. Gillespie, a water bailiff Includes
information pertaining to the Canyon Creek Irrigation Company Limited and the
installation of flumes in South East Kelowna. |
18*10*29
H. M. GRANGER, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Extent |
6 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Two manuscripts, compiled by
William R. Carruthers with annotations by H. M. Granger, which were used as a
basis for the book, Kelowna General Hospital: History 1906-1981. |
18*10*30
F. W. GROVES, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1893-1948 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1893 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Diary of immigrant, F. W. Groves,
describing his trip from Ireland, across Canada to Vancouver, and then on to
Revelstoke where he obtained a surveying job with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
|
18*10*31
DR. J. C. HENDERSON, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1944-45 |
| Extent |
4 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Certificates and receipts from
patients of Dr. J. C. Henderson. |
18*10*32
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1912 |
| Extent |
3.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Receipt book from a Hudson's Bay
Company store located at Quesnel. |
18*10*33
R. P. HUGHES, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1929-1947 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Bankbook. |
18*10*34
HUNTER FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1887-1910? |
| Extent |
4 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
text; photographs |
| Summary |
Album of family portraits,
British passport of Charles Panton. Includes photographs by professional
photographers from the United States and Canada, including Davidson Brothers of
Brandon, Manitoba. |
18*10*35
JENKINS CARTAGE LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1914? |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Index to accounts. |
18*10*36
CITY OF KELOWNA, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1905-1978 |
| Extent |
5.55 m. + 2 sound recordings
|
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; sound recordings
|
| Restrictions |
Apply to Museum Director. |
| Summary |
By-laws and minutes of the City
of Kelowna, minutes of the Court of Revision and of the Board of Commissioners
of Police, tax sale records, tax rolls, redemption certificates,
correspondence, financial statements and records, a scrapbook, inventories,
payrolls, account books, voters' lists, cemetery licences and records. Includes
selected city minutes 1906-1916 pertaining to the Chinese in Kelowna, documents
pertaining to the City Solicitor of Kelowna, a creamery, civic property,
noxious pests, the Kelowna Regatta, pollution control, work on streets, traffic
control, the Okanagan Historical Society, the Okanagan Museum and Archives
Association, public relations, swimming pools, the Aquatic Committee, airports,
land purchase and development, abstract titles and plans, police, recreation
facilities and programs, water supply and distribution, welfare and ambulance
services. |
18*10*36*01
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF GLENMORE, RECORDS EST. 1922-1973
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1922-1958 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1927-1936 |
| Extent |
30 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
By-laws, financial statements,
account books, cancelled cheques, receipts, gazette with notice of
incorporation. |
18*10*36*02
CITY OF KELOWNA, MAGISTRATE'S COURT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1951-1969 |
| Extent |
2.1 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| General
Note |
These records are presently
sealed. |
| Restrictions |
Apply to Museum Director. |
| Summary |
Files of the Kelowna Small Claims
Court, Kelowna Small Debts Court, and the Juvenile Court. |
18*10*37
KELOWNA AQUATIC ASSOCIATION, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1909-1969 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1950-1961 |
| Extent |
12 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; prints |
| Summary |
Correspondence, minutes, account
books, prints and budgets pertaining to the Kelowna Aquatic Association. |
18*10*38
KELOWNA BOARD OF TRADE, RECORDS EST. 1903
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1903-1919 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1903-1913 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Minute book of the Kelowna Board
of Trade which later became the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. |
18*10*39
KELOWNA CLUB, RECORDS EST. 1904
Abstract:
| Extent |
2 p. |
| Type of
Unit |
text |
| Summary |
Song sheets of the Kelowna Club.
|
18*10*40
KELOWNA DAILY COURIER, RECORDS EST. 1904
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1906-1922 |
| Extent |
1.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Carbon copies of manuscripts on
the Kelowna Regatta written for the Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist
which later became the Kelowna Daily Courier. |
18*10*41
KELOWNA FIRE BRIGADE WAR CANOE CLUB, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1911-1916 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Photocopied minutes of the
Kelowna Fire Brigade War Canoe Club. |
18*10*42
KELOWNA GROWERS' EXCHANGE, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1912? |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Ledger book pertaining to
telephone installations. |
18*10*43
KELOWNA LAND AND ORCHARD COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1912 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Fire insurance policy of the
Kelowna Land and Orchard Company. |
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Page 18*10*44
KELOWNA LODGE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913-1915 |
| Extent |
2 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Minutes of the Kelowna Lodge
Theosophical Society. |
18*10*45
KELOWNA SHIPPERS' UNION COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS EST. 1896
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1896-1898 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Minutes of the Kelowna Shippers'
Union Company Limited pertaining to its marketing of produce from the Central
Okanagan. |
18*10*46
KELOWNA TOBACCO COMPANY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1922 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
One duty ledger for Inland
Revenue kept by the Kelowna Tobacco Company. |
18*10*47
L. L. KERRY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1944 |
| Extent |
4 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Scrapbooks of letters to L. L.
Kerry from people in the Central Okanagan who served overseas in the armed
forces during World War II. |
18*10*48
JAMES B. KNOWLES, PAPERS B. 1880 - D. 1955
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1952 |
| Extent |
2 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Letters to James B. Knowles.
Includes correspondence from Judge William Compton Brown, Washington State
historian. |
18*10*49
DR. WILLIAM JOHN KNOX, PAPERS B. 1878 - D. 1967
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1907-1963 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1910-1912, 1920-1929 |
| Extent |
32 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Business records of Drs. Knox and
Campbell 1913-1921, of Drs. Boyce and Knox 1904-1908, and of Drs. Knox and
Henderson, as well as personal ephemera belonging to Dr. Knox. Includes a
medical diary kept by Dr. Knox and lung reports from the 1940s. |
18*10*50
LAKE VIEW HOTEL, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1911-1912 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Hotel register. |
18*10*51
LEATHLEY FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913-1956 |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; microforms;
photographs; prints; published material |
| Summary |
Minutes, reports, maps,
handbills, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings pertaining
to the Orchard City Record newspaper 1908-1920, and the Kelowna Printing
Company 1920-1970. Includes microfiche of the Orchard City Record 1908-1920, as
well as brochures and programs printed by the Kelowna Printing Company.
|
18*10*52
DAVID LECKIE, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
191? |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
.A letter from David Leckie, head
of the Light and Power Committee of Kelowna City Council, concerning the power
supply for Kelowna. |
18*10*53
ELI LEQUIME, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1887 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Book of accounts receivable and
orders for liquor, food and merchandise. |
18*10*54
ARTHUR K. LOYD, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1896-1948 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1896-98, 1948 |
| Extent |
3 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Summary |
Two identical manuscripts of a
travelogue with photographs entitled "B.C.'s Inland Empire: Kamloops,
Revelstoke, Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton, Osoyoos;" one Kelowna Shippers' Union
Company Limited minute book 1896-98. |
18*10*55
MAP COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1883?- |
| Extent |
400+ items |
18*10*55*01
IRRIGATION MAP COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1905-1960 |
| Extent |
176+ items |
| Type of
Unit |
maps & plans |
| Summary |
Maps, plans, elevations and
blueprints pertaining to local improvement districts and the private companies
that preceded them. Includes documents from the Belgo-Canadian Fruit Lands
Company, the Lands and Agriculture Company of Canada, Maddock Brothers Pipe
Line, the Okanagan Valley Land Company, the Guisachan Water Users Community,
the Kelowna Irrigation Company and the Irrigation Districts of Black Mountain,
Winfield and Okanagan Centre, South East Kelowna, Westbank and Okanagan
Mission. |
18*10*55*02
OKANAGAN VALLEY MAP COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1883?- |
| Extent |
ca. 233 items |
| Type of
Unit |
maps; plans; architectural
drawings |
| Summary |
Maps, plans, elevations and
blueprints primarily pertaining to the Central Okanagan. Includes maps and
plans of irrigation, domestic water supply and sewer systems, zoning, airport
development, forestry, highways, buildings, land use, railway lands, land
development companies, the City of Kelowna and areas it encompassed in its
expansions of 1960, 1965, and 1970. |
18*10*56
MARANDA FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1890?-1910? |
| Extent |
1 album |
| Type of
Unit |
photographs |
| Summary |
Album of family photographs taken
by professional and amateur American and Canadian photographers. Includes:
Moores Studio and Carbon Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Carleton; Beauregard of
St. Hyacinthe; L. G. Moisan, New England Photo Studio; Kozorek of New Bedford,
Massachusetts; Prime Dugas Studio, Taftville, Connecticut. |
18*10*57
DR. ROBERT MATHISON, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1901-1944 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1934-1944 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms.; published materials |
| Summary |
Correspondence, memoirs,
newspaper clippings of Dr. Robert Mathison, a dentist from Greenwood and later
Kelowna, who had run a job printing office in pre-1900 Vancouver. Includes a
letter from Major J. S. Matthews, City Archivist of Vancouver, and a 1901 copy
of the West Fork News, Beaverdell. |
18*10*58
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1895-ca. 1950 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1900-1950 |
| Extent |
1.6 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photographs &
slides; prints; published material. |
| General
Note |
This material has yet to be
organized and described. |
| Summary |
Blotter book of a plumber in
Vancouver ca. 1900, business records, private papers, pamphlets, newspapers,
magic lantern slides, wood engravings, letter press cuts, glass negatives,
cards, and piano cuebook for silent movies. |
18*10*59
ELGA R. MUIR, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1934-1937 |
| Extent |
3 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Correspondence pertaining to the
Government of British Columbia using the Muir property in Nahun as a relief
camp during the Depression. |
18*10*60
KARL KENNETH MUNRO, PAPERS B. 1896 - D. 1954
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1914-1919 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| Summary |
Correspondence, battalion lists,
souvenir programmes, newspaper clippings pertaining to Munro's experiences
during World War I with the 25th Canadian Battalion. |
18*10*61
LEONARD NORRIS, PAPERS B. 1865 - D. 1945
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1927-1928 |
| Extent |
24 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Letters and an obituary on John
Conroy, 1841-1926, by Dorothy Gellatly. Includes letters pertaining to the G.
D. Cameron family, and to the Okanagan Historical and Natural History Society.
|
18*10*62
OKANAGAN CENTRE IRRIGATION AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1935-1943 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
One account book. |
18*10*62*01
OKANAGAN VALLEY LAND COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
text |
| Summary |
One agreement of sale form. |
18*10*63
OKANAGAN LAKE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1936 |
| Extent |
4 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
A letter and three reports of the
Okanagan Lake Oil and Gas Company. |
18*10*64
OKANAGAN LOAN AND INVESTMENT TRUST COMPANY, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913-1920 |
| Extent |
2 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Minute book and register of
Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates. Minute book includes correspondence,
resolutions and financial reports. |
18*10*65
OKANAGAN MISSION SPORTS (TENNIS) CLUB, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1908-1945 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1908-1939 |
| Extent |
8 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Minutes of general and committee
meetings, correspondence, bond receipts, certificates for bonds, assessment
notices, audits, and accounts. |
18*10*66
PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913- |
| Extent |
160+ items |
| Type of
Unit |
paintings, drawings and prints
|
| Summary |
Paintings, drawings, prints, and
posters, not all necessarily pertaining to the Okanagan or Southern Interior.
Includes: some promotional posters for Kelowna Centennial Museum and National
Exhibit Centre displays; artwork done for the Kelowna Land and Orchard Company
Limited, South Kelowna Land Company, and the Belgo Canadian Fruit Lands
Company; paintings by Gwen Lamont. |
18*10*67
R. F. (DICK) PARKINSON, PAPERS B. 1901 - D. 1977
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1892-1977 |
| Extent |
27.5 cm. + ca. 500 photographs
|
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photographs;
published material |
| Summary |
Correspondence, memoirs,
newspaper clippings, photographs, memoranda, and oral history transcripts
pertaining to Dick Parkinson's life as a citizen and mayor of Kelowna. Includes
information relating to airport enlargement, city expansion, industrial
development, and the Kelowna Regatta. Personal subjects referred to include
family breakdown, sports, remittance men, local clubs, and World Wars I and II.
Also included are his father's papers from 1894-1915 consisting of surveying
plans and deeds relating to Fairview, Hedley and Kelowna, as well as a
manuscript of poetry. |
18*10*68
PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1890?- |
| Extent |
ca. 12 000 items |
| Type of
Unit |
photographs |
| Summary |
Photographs primarily concerning
the Central Okanagan and pertaining to transportation, early buildings, fruit
growing, Indians, Chinese, logging and sawmills, the Kelowna Centennial Museum,
the Kelowna Regatta, schools, scouts and guides, boating, sports,
sternwheelers, the fruit industry, tobacco growing, Kelowna City Park, cattle
ranching, fashion and social life. Includes photographs by commercial
photographers, Ribelin, Paul Ponich and G. H. E. Hudson of Kelowna, and W. J.
Carpenter of Vancouver. |
18*10*69
ALFRED POSTILL, PAPERS B. 1852 - D. 1897
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1893? |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Annotated copy of a speech by
Alfred Postill promoting cooperative marketing. |
18*10*70
MARY PRATTEN, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1925-1964 |
| Extent |
1 scrapbook + ca. 420
photographs. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; painting;
photographs |
| Summary |
Scrapbook with photographs,
newspaper clippings, programmes of dance recitals, and correspondence
pertaining to Mary Pratten and her school of dance. Scrapbook has watercolor of
Burrard Inlet painted by Mary Pratten on its cover. |
18*10*71
MR. AND MRS. RON PROSSER, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1942 |
| Extent |
15 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Receipts from Kelowna businesses.
|
18*10*72
OKANAGAN BASIN WATER BOARD, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Extent |
3 volumes |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; maps & plans;
photographs |
| Summary |
Research reports and
recommendations pertaining to water quality management and use in the areas
encompassed by Mission Creek and its tributaries, by Mill (Kelowna) Creek and
its tributary, and by Vernon, Brant and Bellevue (Sawmill) Creeks. Reports
describe vegetation, land forms, fisheries, wild life and human activity. Vol.
1 includes minutes, by-laws, correspondence, reports and photographs of the
Okanagan Mission Waterworks District 1961-1963. |
18*10*73
ROSE FAMILY, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1888-1906 |
| Extent |
5.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; drawing |
| Summary |
Personal and farming diary,
receipts, university graduation cards, and sketch belonging to George and Hugh
Rose, co-owners of Rose Brothers: Fruit and Hop Growers. Diary includes details
on their work, social life and sports. There is some business correspondence
from the Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist (newspaper) of which George
Rose became publisher in 1905. |
18*10*74
RUTLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, RECORDS EST. 1958
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1958-1973 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
published material |
| Summary |
A scrapbook of newspaper
clippings. |
18*10*75
SCHOOL RECORDS, COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1896-1961 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1911-1928, 1961 |
| Extent |
10 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; sound recording
|
| Summary |
Certificates of title, register
books, account books, and an annual report. Includes documents from North
Kelowna Public School, Glenmore Public School, Dr. Knox Secondary School,
Kelowna Public Schools, South Okanagan School and the East Kelowna School
District, as well as a Black Mountain School District certificate of title for
land bought from the Central Okanagan Land and Orchard Company Limited. |
18*10*76
JOHN E. SEATON, PAPERS B. 1890 - D. 1964
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1919-1964? |
| Bulk
Dates |
1930-1954 |
| Extent |
90 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Tax returns, litigation records,
announcements, fruit and timber sale contracts, financial statements and
records, registers and assessment records pertaining to the Main River Sawmill
and the Main River Lumber Company of Westbridge, the Seaton Fruit Company, and
the Winfield Lumber and Supply Company Limited. |
18*10*76*01
WINFIELD AND OKANAGAN CENTRE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, RECORDS EST.
1930
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1925-1956 |
| Extent |
13 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Minutes, correspondence,
financial statements, trustees reports, account books, receipts and time books
of the Winfield and Okanagan Centre Irrigation District. |
18*10*77
J. W. N. SHEPHERD, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Deed of land for property in
Kelowna purchased from the Kelowna Land and Orchard Company Limited by J.W.N.
Shepherd. |
18*10*78
C. S. SMITH, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1913-1914 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; maps |
| Summary |
Water licences and maps
pertaining to irrigation rights in the Kelowna area. |
18*10*79
SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY LODGE "ORCHARD CITY" NO. 316,
RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1910-1956? |
| Extent |
1 album |
| Type of
Unit |
photogrpahs |
| Summary |
Photographs of members. |
18*10*80
SOUND RECORDING, VIDEORECORDING, AND MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1962- |
| Extent |
46 sound recordings + 2 motion
pictures + 9 videorecordings |
| Type of
Unit |
motion pictures; sound
recordings; videorecordings |
| Summary |
Sound recordings of Kelowna City
Council meetings, Anglican church services, Okanagan College interviews on the
Kelowna Regatta, interviews with early residents of the Central Okanagan,
interviews with Shuswap Indian elders about basket making, tanning deer hides
and telling Indian legends; videorecordings about sternwheelers on Okanagan
Lake, the Kelowna Centennial Museum's exhibits, excavations in Kelowna's
Chinatown, a Shuswap Indian elder making moccasins and a mat teepee, and
talking about the cemetery and church at the Neskainlith Indian Reservation;
motion pictures on Kelowna's Chinatown. |
| Finding
Aids |
Partial file list. |
18*10*81
SOUTH KELOWNA ORCHARD COMPANY LIMITED, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1911-1917 |
| Extent |
5 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Share register book, letter of
audit, list of directors, annotated accounts, and a balance and loss sheet.
|
18*10*82
L. R. STEPHENS, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1961-1966 |
| Extent |
9 items |
| Type of
Unit |
published material |
| Summary |
Scrapbooks of "Fruit and
Vegetable Notes" and newspaper clippings pertaining to the marketing of fruit
and vegetables. |
18*10*83
R. H. STUBBS, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1905-1913 |
| Extent |
5.5 cm. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Photocopies of personal and
farming diaries, and account books kept by farmer, R. H. Stubbs of Okanagan
Mission. Diaries give details of work, weather and social activities. |
18*10*84
PRIMROSE UPTON, PAPERS B. 1915 - D. 1975
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1942-1975 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1962-1975 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; published
material |
| Summary |
Correspondence, manuscripts, and
newspaper clippings pertaining to Mrs. Primrose Upton's connections with the
the Okanagan Historical Society, the B.C. Motorist, and the Okanagan Museum and
Archives Association. Includes manuscripts about Alfred Postill and about the
Ogopogo. |
18*10*85
T. HEDLEY VICKERS, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1887-1888 |
| Extent |
2 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Diary and account book kept by a
farmer in Salmon Arm. |
18*10*86
GEORGE FREDERICK WALL, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1916-1941 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Correspondence, legal agreements
and sales literature pertaining to farming in the Salmon Arm area and gold
mining in the Dease Lake area. |
18*10*87
J. B. WEEKS, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
ca. 1940? |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Annotated manuscript of the
"History of Steamboats on Okanagan Lake" based on the notes of H. Colebeck.
|
18*10*88
GEORGE WHELAN, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1874-1926 |
| Extent |
1 file |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Correspondence, water records,
receipts. |
18*10*89
M. P. WILLIAMS, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1935-1936 |
| Extent |
5 items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Letters pertaining to Indian
artifacts found on the property of M. P. Williams in the Vernon area. |
18*15
LAKE COUNTRY MUSEUM, COLLECTION, EST. 1984
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1872- |
| Extent |
1.4 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; maps & plans;
paintings, drawings, prints; photographs; sound recordings |
| Summary |
Photographs, maps and plans,
brochures, financial ledgers, fruit labels, biographical manuscripts by
Northcotte Caesar and the Koyama family 1889- , water rights records, Westbury
Hotel register 1910-1940, records from the Okanagan Centre Lawn Tennis Club
1912-1954, photocopied plan of the Maddock Brothers Limited Estate 1907; a
sound recording from Northcotte Caesar. Includes: photographs and brochures
from the Okanagan Centre Women's Institute; records and photographs of Okanagan
Centre School, some by George A. Meeres and G. F. W. Moore; a 1912 map of the
Kelowna Land and Orchard Company Limited, a plan of the Wood Lake Fruitlands
Company Limited, financial ledgers of the Okanagan Centre Irrigation and Power
Company Limited 1930-1934; fruit labels from the Winoka Co-operative Exchange.
|
18*25
WESTBANK MUSEUM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY, COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the
Secretary-Treasurer when facility is not open. |
18*25*01
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, UNITY LODGE (NO. 106)
BENEVOLENT FUND, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1936-1941 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Cash book. |
| Other
Sources |
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
British Columbia Registry |
| Address |
4774 Rupert Street, Vancouver,
B.C. V5R 2J2 |
18*25*02
WESTBANK COMMUNITY CLUB, RECORDS EST. 1929
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1929-1953 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
One book of typed minutes. |
18*25*03
WESTBANK IRRIGATION DISTRICT EST. 1922
18*25*03*01
WESTBANK CO-OPERATIVE WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION, RECORDS EST.
1927-1968
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1930-1957 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Minute book of the Domestic Water
Users' (Westbank) Ltd. 1940-1948, and its successor, the Westbank Co-operative
Water Users' Association 1948-1957, both of which provided water to downtown
Westbank. |
18*25*03*02
POWERS CREEK WATER USERS' COMMUNITY INC., RECORDS EST. 1922
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1929-1949 |
| Extent |
1 item |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Account book of the privately
owned Power's Creek Water Users' Community Inc. which supplied irrigation water
to Westbank in an area west of Powers Creek. |
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