The photography of James Crookall
Thanks to funding provided by the Friends of the Vancouver City Archives, we have been able to describe and digitize …
Buildings on the beach side of Beach Avenue
Earlier this year, Harry Swain of Victoria donated a photograph to us and it caused great excitement. Here it is:
Our students – Dorcas Tong
My summer internship at the City of Vancouver Archives was filled with wonderful experiences along with the occasional adventure, so …
Improved online search: copyrighted digital objects
When we first told you about our new search system, we said that it was on a rapid development cycle and …
Science – how sweet it is! Chemistry at BC Sugar
Fourth in a series about the BC Sugar records The science of sugar! The refining of sugarcane or sugar beets …
Spotlight on volunteers – Kaitlin Haley
Kaitlin Haley began volunteering at the Archives in the summer of 2012. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at …
Happy Easter from the Archives!
We will be closed for the four-day Easter weekend. See you again in April! This little gem was sent to …
Cats in the Archives
It appears that people have always taken photos of their cats to share; it’s not just a Web obsession. Here …
E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), 1861 -1913
One hundred years ago, on March 7, 1913, Emily Pauline Johnson died in Vancouver. She retired here in 1909 as …
The Map and Plan Digitization Project
Thanks to funding from the British Columbia History Digitization Program, we’ve completed a project to digitize 512 maps and plans …