Early Vancouver, Volume 4

Major Matthews collected the contents of Volume 4 in 1935-1939 and compiled the volume in 1944. There is one version of Volume 4 in the Archives. Learn more about the 2011 edition, copyright, reproductions and citations.

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Introduction [PDF] (3 MB)
[Letters from L.A. Hamilton.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, at City Archives, 21 September 1938. [PDF]
Conversation with W.M. Horie, of Baynes and Horie, Contractors, Vancouver, as he rode in the Street Car this morning from Kitsilano Beach to his office at the Hotel Grosvenor, 24 April 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, at City Archives, 23 December 1936. [PDF]
Further Memo of Conversation with Mr. James Thomas England, First Secretary-Manager, Vancouver Gas Co. Ltd., 13 March 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, at City Archives, 23 November 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Called at the City Archives, 11 July 1938, After an interval of Seven Months Since His Last Visit. [PDF]
[Letter from J.H. Bowman.] [PDF]
Excerpt from Letter, 1 July 1935, from Geo. H. Keefer, Cowichan Bay, who cleared the Right of Way For the C.P.R. from Port Moody to Vancouver, and cleared the forest of a part of the “West End” with “Chinese” Mcdougall. [PDF]
Excerpt from Letter Received from Geo. H. Keefer (Not Geo. A. Keefer), 4 June 1935, Cowichan Station. [PDF]
3 February 1936 – Wesleyan Methodist Church, Granville, B.C. Indian Church, Granville. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, at City Archives office, City Hall, 8 October 1935. [PDF]
Excerpt, Letter, 21 May 1937, Mrs. (Major) Lacey R. Johnson, Montréal, to Major J.S. Matthews, City Archivist. [PDF]
Letter from Hydrographic Department. [PDF]
Excerpt, “Report on the Reorganization of Civic Administration of the City of Vancouver,” By W.J. Barrett-Lennard, December 1936, Page 40. [PDF]
Excerpt, the Vancouver Sun, 1 September 1934. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Jennie Beck (Mrs. N.D. Tilley Beck), 1568 West 12th Avenue, over the ‘phone, 20 April 1937. [PDF]
First Canadian Pacific Railway Engine to Reach Vancouver, 23 February 1887. [PDF]
Excerpt, Letter, 8 September 1939, D.A. Matheson, Mayo, Yukon. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Called at the City Archives, 2 June 1939. [PDF]
Excerpt, Letter, 30 December 1936, Theo. Bryant, Ladysmith, to J.S. Matthews. [PDF]
From Province, 20 October 1938. [PDF]
Further Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, 4 August 1938. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Ex-Alderman W.H. Gallagher, Real Estate Proprietor, Pender and Richards Street, 20 February 1936. [PDF]
Further Memo of Conversation with Mr. T.J. Jackman, 20 February 1936. [PDF]
George Cary. Poodle Dog Ornamental Bar. [PDF]
Letter from J.S. Matthews to Mrs. George W. Brown [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, Son of Haytulk, Grandson of Chief Haatsa-Lah-Nogh, After whom Kitsilano Is Named, at City Archives, 17 December 1936. [PDF]
Hastings Mill Store. [PDF]
Further Conversation with F.M. Chaldecott, 15 August 1935. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, in My Garden, Evening, 21 July 1937. [PDF]
His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bessborough. [PDF]
The Hudson’s Bay Ship Beaver’s Bell. [PDF]
Indian Toboggan, Before the “Whitemans” Came. [PDF]
19 July 1935 - Indian Church at Granville, 1875-6. First Methodist Church in Vancouver. First Church in Vancouver. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, Pioneer of 1873, now of 586 East 59th Avenue, at her home during afternoon tea with her, and her daughter Miss Muriel, 29 July 1938. [PDF]
Harding Memorial, Stanley Park. [PDF]
Letter, John C. Anderson. [PDF]
Excerpt, Undated Scrap of Paper from Dr. Robert Mathison, Kelowna, April 1936. [PDF]
Granville, Burrard Inlet. John Scales, 1869. Coal Boring, 1864 or 1865. Indian Church. [PDF]
Excerpt, Mainland Guardian, New Westminster, 15 April 1874, Vol. 10, No. 12. [PDF]
[Letter from T. Fred Clulow.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, 14 September 1936. [PDF]
[Letter from T. Fred Clulow.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, 14 September 1936. [PDF]
[Letter to Editor of Sunday Province from George H. Keefer.] [PDF]
[Letter from W.H. Gallagher.] [PDF]
The “Mad Council” of 1935. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with (Former) Alderman Walter hepburn, Moving Picture Censor, on a Street Car, 19 July 1937. [PDF]
Copy of Letter, F.M. Chaldecott to J.S. Matthews, City Archivist. [PDF]
19 March 1936 – “the Merry Priest,” Father Patrick Fay of Holy Rosary Church. Rev. Father Patrick Fay. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with John Neave, 1743 East Eighth Avenue, 6 June 1938. [PDF]
Further Conversation with Capt. T. Jackman, 2 May 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Judge J.A. Forin, at Banquet, “Old Garrison Artillery Association,” Hotel Georgia, 15 February 1936. [PDF]
Deadman’s Island—Origin of Name. [PDF]
Hastings Institute and Moodyville Mechanics Institute. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Miss Francis anne (“Fanny”) Boultbee, Jervis Street (Doug. 1707l), 16 December 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1066 Burnaby Street (New Address 1218 Burnaby Street), Over the Phone, 17 October 1939. [PDF]
Copy, Letter, 10 January 1937, Mrs. Dames, Daughter Joseph Gonsalves (one of the Three “Portuguese Joes” of “Gastown”), Pender Harbour, to City Archivist, J.S. Matthews. [PDF]
Early Street Cars. First Car Fare. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with W.J. Barrett-Lennard, in City Archives, 16 November 1936, whither he had come to have a cup of tea and a bun with the City Archivist. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 22 April 1937. [PDF]
Exploration, Capilano River, 1890. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp (she came to Burrard Inlet, 1873), 31 July 1936. [PDF]
Daylight Saving. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, in My Garden, 2083 Whyte Avenue, Evening of 7 and 8 July 1937. [PDF]
2 October 1936 – “Old Chief” Capilano. Paytsmauk. Mrs. Mary Capilano. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, 13 May 1936. [PDF]
Corrections By Mr. Evans (As Per His Manuscript 15 March 1937) Made at a Second Visit to 2083 Whyte Avenue. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, in My Garden, 14 August 1937. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Came to the City Archives, and Shared My Lunch with Me, 22 August 1938. [PDF]
Excerpt, Agent-General to City Archivist, 10 November 1936, Golden Jubilee, Vol. 5, Correspondence. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, at the City Archives, 24 August 1939 [PDF]
“Archivists Worth Their Weight in Gold.” [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with A.W. Fraser, 3614 Tanner Street, off Joyce Road, 4 May 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. B.F. Dickens, 3582 West 14th Avenue, who Very Kindly Called at the City Archives For a Chat, 24 June 1937. [PDF]
According to Minutes of Board of Health Searched for me by Mr. Fish, of the Statistics Department, Vancouver General Hospital, 1936. [PDF]
An Epitome of Vancouver in March 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Called at the City Archives, 11 July 1938, After an interval of Seven Months Since His Last Visit. [PDF]
British Columbia Oil Refinery, Port Moody. [PDF]
Cannon Shot. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Theodore Bryant, whilst on a visit to Vancouver, 22 July 1935. [PDF]
Capilano Joe, or Chief Joe Capilano. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, Grandview, at the City Archives, City Hall, 22 May 1936. [PDF]
First Brick Building in Vancouver. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with A.P. Horne of 4025 Granville Street and of the firm of Horne, Taylor and Company, Ltd., Real Estate and Financial Agents, with reference to the Seymour Creek Milk Ranch. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano in City Archives, 5 August 1936. [PDF]
Capilano Water Pipes, First Narrows, Versus Canadian Pacific Railway, R.M.S. Abyssinia. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Capt. T.J. Jackman, Ritz Apartments, 1040 Georgia Street West, Vancouver, 22 April 1936. [PDF]
30 November 1933 – George Henry Keefer. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Capt. T.J. Jackman, Ritz Apartments, Georgia Street, 29 August 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Cecil F. Cotton, 2377 Southwest Marine Drive, Son of Hon. F.L. Carter-Cotton, of News-Advertiser, 10 March 1933. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Charles Edward Hope, Esq., Deep Creek Farm, Fort Langley, B.C., who Very Kindly Called at the City Archives This Morning, 3 August 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Charles Gauvreau, 160 Hastings Street East, at City Archives, Vancouver, 17 May 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Ex-Reeve Edward Gold of the Former Municipality of South Vancouver, Son of Louis Gold of the “Gold House,” Water Street, Granville, Burrard inlet, 28 April 1936. (Jewish Faith.) [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with E.G. Baynes, Owner, Hotel Grosvenor, Park Commissioner, Etc., Etc., Etc., Vancouver, 12 September 1936. [PDF]
Cannon Shot. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Ernest Kelly, Son of John Kelly, who Came to British Columbia, First in the British Navy in 1857, Now of 2926 East 16th, Vancouver, 5 April 1938. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Esther M. Crosfield, 4540 Marine Drive, Vancouver, 15 August 1935. [PDF]
Cedar Cottage. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with F.M. Chaldecott, Solicitor, one of the Organisers of the Municipality of South Vancouver, 15 August 1935. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Frank Harris, 16 May 1937. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. Frank Humphrey, 2984 Turner Street, Vancouver, 17 February 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Gerald Ashthorpe, 8020 Shaughnessy Street, Now an Employee of the Imperial Oil Limited (Painter), Vancouver, 17 January 1939. [PDF]
[Letters from L.A. Hamilton.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. James Hermon, Son and Partner of the Late E.B. Hermon, the Well-Known Pioneer Civil Engineer and Surveyor, of the Firm of Garden, Hermon, and Burwell (Etc.), About 15 May 1937. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Goon Ling Dang, Canton Alley, Pender Street West, Vancouver, who Has Traded For Many Years As “Jung Kee,” a Trade Name, 6 August 1936. [PDF]
Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, at City Archives, City Hall, during a visit with Miss Muriel, her only daughter, which included tea and cake, 15 December 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Captain Thomas Salter Guns, Master Mariner and Pilot, Now Resident Foot of Lozzell’s Avenue, Burnaby, Member, Vancouver Pioneer’s Association, 14 March 1939. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Walter E. Graveley, at His office in the 500 Block Burrard Street, 13 December 1935. [PDF]
Visit, Lord and Lady Dufferin to Burrard inlet, 1876. [PDF]
The Outbreak of War, Vancouver, 4 August 1914. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with William H. Evans of 2083 Whyte Avenue, Vancouver, as he, now Aged 75, drove me home from a dinner at the Hotel Vancouver given by the Home Oil Distributors Ltd., to show to a distinguished company a moving picture film depicting early British Columbia. [PDF]
Organisation of Municipality of South Vancouver. [PDF]
Memorandum of Further Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp of 1622 Charles Street, Vancouver, 3 April 1935. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss M.I. Keith, 1400 Beach Avenue, Daughter of J.C. Keith, Esq., First Manager, Bank of British Columbia, Vancouver, who called at the City Archives, 31 August 1939. [PDF]
From B.C. Year Book, 1911-1914, R.E. Gosnell. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with the Misses Mary S. and Ethel Louise Homer, of 114 Park Row, New Westminster, 7 July 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, 856 East 59th Avenue, over the phone, 3 September 1938, who kindly telephoned in response to a note asking for information about the bugle horns used by the Westminster-Burrard inlet Stages. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation (over the phone) with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, daughter of Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, whose Address Is Now 586 East 59th Avenue, 4 November 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation (over the phone) with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, 586 East 59th Avenue, 8 July 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, 5 November 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, Grandview, Vancouver. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris (of the Stanley Park Pipe Line Road Cottage on First Narrows), 16 June 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Chase of “Gastown,” at City Archives, 29 September 1938. [PDF]
City Hall in the Tent, 1886 [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Chase of “Gastown,” at City Archives, 29 September 1938 [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. A. Brown, 1637 Davie Street, Seymour 1781l, 7 May 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. A.M. McGovern, 1727 Macdonald Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, Member, town Planning Commission, Etc., Etc. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Balfour, Widow of the Later Alderman Robert Balfour, one of the Aldermen of the First City Council, 1886, of Vancouver, 17 March 1936 [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. C.R. Draney (daughter [of] angus C. Fraser of Jericho and Gastown), 2570 hemlock Street, 22 April 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Insley, 9 May 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. J. Charters, 2725 Stephens Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, Bay. 3382y at Archives office, City Hall, 20 February 1936. Simon Fraser Relic. [PDF]
Oriental Hotel. Hotel Busses. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. J.D. Cameron, Formerly Mrs. Charles Burns, 1732 Kitchener Street, once known as 1732 Bismarck Street, Grandview, who kindly called at the City Archives This Afternoon, 31 October 1938. [PDF]
Excerpt, Mainland Guardian, New Westminster, 15 April 1874, Vol. 10, No. 12. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. J.F. Christie, 7881 Heather Street, Only Living Child of Simon Fraser, of Granville, Burrard inlet, Brother of Angus C. Fraser of Granville and Jericho, English Bay, 12 August 1936. [PDF]
Belcarra and “Bole’s Ranch.” [PDF]
Memo of Conversation (Over the ‘Phone) with Mrs. Simon Blaney, 1970 Mcnichol Avenue, Kitsilano Beach, where she has resided for many years, 2 August 1938. [PDF]
Vancouver’s First School, 1887. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Newton J. Ker, for a quarter of a century Land Agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Now Retired, and of Ker and Ker, Brokers, Etc., 9 March 1938. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Ruth Mount Clements, Suite 404, 1298 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, 1 May 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with R.V. Winch (of Winch and Bower). [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. T.A. Dutton of the Purchasing Department, City Hall, 19 March 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Theo. Bryant, 30 June 1936, who has come to Vancouver from Ladysmith to participate in the Golden Jubilee Festivities. [PDF]
Memo on Conversation with Theodore Bryant, Ladysmith, B.C. (Son of Rev. Cornelius Bryant of Granville, Burrard inlet) accompanied by his son. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with T.W. Herring of New Westminster, 16 February 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with V.W. Haywood, 4697 North Marine Drive (Point Grey 204), 24 April 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with W.A. Grafton, 542 West 63rd Avenue, Formerly of Grafton Cove, Northwest “Corner” of Bowen Island, and Grafton Lake, Bowen Island, 8 June 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Walter V. Bainbridge, 25 September 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with W.F. Findlay, 12 April 1932. [PDF]
Excerpt, Province, 7 October 1938. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with (Former Lieutenant) W.H. Jordan of 725 Jervis Street, Vancouver, 6 November 1936. [PDF]
William Hailstone of Burrard inlet. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. William Edwards, of 2576 Oxford Street, who, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Frances Blair, called at the City Archives for a chat, 2 February 1939. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. William H. Evans of 2030 Whyte Avenue, Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, 25 February 1937. [PDF]
Fowls and their Eggs. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with William Timothy Cummings, 23 February 1939. [PDF]
Young Men’s Christian Association. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with William H. Evans of 2083 Whyte Avenue, Vancouver, As he, Now Aged 75, Drove Me Home from a Dinner at the Hotel Vancouver Given By the Home Oil Distributors Ltd., to show to a distinguished company a moving picture film depicting early British Columbia. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Alaster Havelock Cameron, who declined to state where in Vancouver he lived, 17 May 1935. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 586 East 59th Avenue, Vancouver, who visited the City Archives this afternoon, 7 July 1938, in company with her daughter, Miss Muriel. [PDF]
Phantom, Or Ghost, Newspapers. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, Vancouver, 21 March 1935. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, Friday, 23 October 1936. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, who, together with her Daughter, Miss Muriel, Called This Afternoon at the City Archives, Tuesday, 25 April 1939. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation, 18 June 1936, with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, 1622 Charles Street, who Came to Burrard inlet in April 1873. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation at City Archives, 26 August 1938, with August Jack Khaht-Sah-La-No, Born at Snauq (Under Burrard Street Bridge), False Creek. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, 6 November 1936. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, 12 August 1935. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Called at the City Archives This Afternoon, 20 April 1939. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, at City Archives, 23 January 1939. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano, who Called at City Archives, 31 October 1938. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Capt. Thomas James Jackman and Mrs. Jackman, at the City Archives, City Hall, 11 Or 12 February 1936. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with the Celebrated Harry Hooper, 18 August 1937. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mr. Edgar Bloomfield, 2111 Granville Street, Vancouver, 10 December 1935. [PDF]
Stanley Park Driveway, 1888. “whoi-whoi,” I.E. Lumberman’s Arch. Indian Middens and Villages. [PDF]
The Band Fund. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. John Ems, 3345 West 27th Avenue, Point Grey, who very kindly called to pay me a visit at the City Archives, 27 February 1937. [PDF]
[Letter from F.W. Alexander.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. W.H. Gallagher, Former Alderman. [PDF]
Excerpt, Mainland Guardian, 12 June 1875 (Saturday). [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with James Brown Kay, 1150 Comox Street, at the City Archives office, 19 February 1936. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mr. J.B. Griffin, Ex-Manager R.G Dun & Co., Vancouver, Now Resident 6689 Vine Street. [PDF]
[Letter from A.B. Curtis.] [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with J.N. Dawzy, 2361 Trinity Street, Vancouver, B.C., 27 February 1935. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Mary Buss of Egmont, Jervis Inlet, B.C., in the City Archives office, City Hall, 29 and 30 June 1936. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Creelman, at their Suite No. 46, 2625 hemlock Street, Fairview, Vancouver, 25 May 1937. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Albert Burman, 18 January 1939. [PDF]
Van Horne Returns to Eastern Canada Over C.P.R. Lines Under Construction, August 1884. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Mrs. Walter Frederick Evans, 849 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, 23 June 1938. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Thos. W. Boyd of 1203 West Broadway, 9 February 1938. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Vicker Wallace Haywood, one of the first four policemen on the Vancouver City Police Force, 23 May 1935. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with W.A. Grafton of 542 West 63rd, formerly of Grafton Bay, Grafton Lake, Bowen Island, and Etc., 20 May 1937. [PDF]
John Hosie, Provincial Archivist. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, in my garden, where we sat together yhis beautiful cool summer evening, drinking tea and eating cake, 14 July 1937. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, at City Archives, 14 September 1936. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, 15 April 1936. [PDF]
Lacrosse. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Khahtsahlano at City Archives, 13 October 1938. [PDF]
John Mole. Hugh Magee. F.M. Chaldecott. [PDF]
17 June 1935 – Building the Canadian Pacific Railway from Port Moody to Vancouver, B.C. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, granddaughter of Mrs. John Peabody Patterson, 1622 Charles Street, 28 July 1936. [PDF]
Establishment of Exact Location of Indian Church at Granville, Burrard inlet, 1875-6 – 13 June 1886. [PDF]
[Letter from H.L. Edmonds.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. James Keil, 1237 East 19th Avenue, who, together with His Son, Mr. Rolland Keil, Same Address, Called at the City Archives, 25 March 1939. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dorman, of Snug Cove, Bowen Island, who Called at the City Archives, 11 February 1937. [PDF]
King Edward Vii Oak, Stanley Park. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Cameron, 1903 Bayswater Street, Kitsilano, who Very Kindly invited Me to Call This Afternoon, 6 December 1937. [PDF]
[Letter from F.W. Alexander.] [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with W.A. Grafton of Grafton Bay, Bowen Island, Now 542 West 63rd, who called at City Archives carrying a heavy logging jack-screw, 27 July 1939. [PDF]
Old Cronie. Cho-Ha-Num. Hy-Nuch-Tun. [PDF]
Excerpt, Letter, F.W. Alexander, 725 henry Building, Seattle, Washington, to J.S. Matthews, 12 September 1939. [PDF]
Memorandum of Conversation with Harry T. Devine, early photographer and Pioneer of “Before the Fire,” Director, Vancouver General Hospital, Etc., 11 March 1936. [PDF]
A Pioneer School Girl’s Essay on Vancouver in 1886. [PDF]
Hastings Mill and the First Store Building. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with August Jack Haatsalano, in My Garden, 23 August 1937. [PDF]
Destruction of the H.M.S. Egeria, off Old Moodyville, Burrard inlet. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
The City Archives, in 1935, at a Glance. [PDF]
Earliest Recorded Navigating Aid to First Narrows. a Rooster. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Ronald Kenvyn, Editor, Vancouver Province, and ardent Yachtsman and Marine Authority, 27 July 1935. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mrs. Ruby M. Bower, 1915 Haro Street, 26 August 1936. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
The Daily News-Advertiser, New Series – Vol. 1, No. 46, Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday May 24, 1887. Whole Number 281. [PDF]
The First Coat of Arms, City of Vancouver. [PDF]
28 June 1937 – (Copy of Writing on Piece of Cardboard By Mr. Dickens.) [PDF]
Vancouver Gas Co. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Miss Muriel Crakanthorp, 1066 Burnaby Street, who called at the City Archives with her cousin, David Pierce, 3901 Agua Vista Street, Oakland, California, son of Rebecca Park Pierce, Née Patterson, on a visit to the City [PDF]
Said to be the “Voters List” Burrard Inlet for the Election of June 1882. [PDF]
Watercolour of Burrard inlet Presented By Mrs. J.H. Senkler. [PDF]
27 December 1940 – Big Trees. North Vancouver. Lonsdale Avenue. [PDF]
First Child Born in Vancouver. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation over the ‘phone with E.G. Baynes, Esq., Park Commissioner, Vancouver, 29 April 1937. [PDF]
Genealogy of Capilano Family. [PDF]
West Vancouver Built a Ship. [PDF]
[Letter from Geo. H. Keefer.] [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Mr. C.V. Coldwell of Union Steamships Ltd., Son of Alderman Chas. Coldwell, Alderman, First City Council. [PDF]
Memo of Conversation with Ex-Alderman Edward Cook, 5937 Sperling Street. [PDF]

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