Fonds consists of assorted photographs and newspaper clippings related to Edmund Cox, the Cox family, and various HMC ships.
Cox, Edmund
Fonds consists of a collection of engine room registers from HMCS Patrician dating from 1920 to 1927. Each book consists of daily entries signed by the engineer officer, covering approximately three months. The books appear to of Royal Navy or Imperial origin most recently re-issued in December 1916 intended for “Torpedo Boats, Torpedo Boat Destroyers, and Special Ships” and the printed instructions in front are identified as issued by the Department of the Naval Service 1916. Each book also includes pages at the front for recording the names of the engineering complement and pages at the back for recording boiler examinations, repairs, etc.
See attached finding aid.
HMCS Patrician (ship)Fonds consists of two photocopies of a letter concerning the transfer of the Bamfield to Fanning Island section to the Pacific Cable Board. The transfer is addressed to G. McLachlan, superintendent, Bamfield and is signed by A. Dearlove for Garth Forde & Taylor, dated 17 November 1902.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic EngineersFonds consists of documents relating to the careers of David Logan (donor's great grandfather) and Daniel Holliday (donor's grandfather) who both worked for the Canadian Government Telegraph and Telephone Service, and to the history of the the West coast of Vancouver Island and the development of the West Coast Trail.
Includes David Logan's 1907 telegraph line log book, Daniel Holliday's 1938-1944 telegraph line log book, and an album containing letters and newspaper clippings collected by the family over the years.
Logan, David