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              John S. Blank Fonds
              988.184.0001-0004 · Fonds · 1953, 1958, 1981

              Fonds consists of a 1981 Canadian Pacific souvenir magazine and envelope. Also includes menus and place mats some from Coast Steamship Princess Lines, some commemorating the 1953 Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, and some commemorating B.C.'s centenary.

              Blank, John S.
              J.D. Prentice Fonds
              L1714, L1716, L1718 · Fonds · 1919-1920, 1933, 1963

              Fonds consists of a log book titled "The Log of the Second Commission of HMS Cardiff" 27 February 1919 to 14 December 1920, a 1933 programme of races for the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, and a commissioning booklet of HMCS Saskatchewan, dated 16 February 1963.

              Prentice, Captain J.D.
              J.C. Hibbard Fonds
              L979 · Fonds · 1955

              Fonds consists of an invitation from the Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited to the launching of HMCS Terra Nova, destroyer escort vessel, 21 June 1955, sponsored by Mrs. J.C Hibbard.

              Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited
              James Muirhead Fonds
              008.009.0001-0031 · Fonds · 1956-1957

              Fonds consists of the commissioning booklet of HMCS Saguenay dated 15 December 1956 and HMCS Margaree dated 5 October 1957 at Halifax Shipyards Limited, photographs of HMCS Saguenay, a detail drawing of A/C duct-work in laundry of hull 21 drawn by Halifax Shipyard Limited drawing office, and a Royal Canadian Navy 15th anniversary Atlantic Command booklet.

              James D. Laurie Fonds
              L1, P985.007.0007, 985.020. · Fonds · 1913-1958

              Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Lieutenant Commander James D. Laurie. Includes his cadet second class graduation diploma, naval appointments, and orders, certificates, letters of references, and correspondence, dating from 1913 to 1949 as well as documents and correspondence related to insurance policy, pension payments, and adjustments, dating from 1933 to 1958. Also includes a handwritten letter and envelope recovered by divers from the wreck of SS Empress of Ireland, a Christmas card with a picture of an unidentified military band, and a photo album that should contain approximately 100 negatives of pictures taken during a cruise of HMS Berwick from February 1913 to February 1914 but, as of May 2016, all the negatives are missing.

              Also includes a journal and note book for the use of junior officers, kept by Midshipman Laurie on HMS Niobe beginning 27 August 1914. The journal includes some coloured detail drawings of ship parts and the dust jacket is actually a map folded over the cover.

              Laurie, Lieutenant Commander James D.
              L44, L343, P986.035.0001-0010, 986.041.0003, 986.042.0003-0004 · Fonds · 1935-1936; 1950-1962

              Fonds consists of:

              L44
              Island Tug & Barge Limited brochure titled "Salvage Ships at Work", c. 1954. Consisting of photos of company vessels and salvaged vessels.

              L343
              Pamphlet regarding the launching ceremony of Island Tug & Barge's Island Exporter, the world's largest deep-sea deck cargo barge, built by Yarrows, dated 9 June 1962.

              P986.035.0001-0010
              Pencil drawings of vessels, two of which are Island Tug & Barge Christmas cards on the reverse.

              986.041.0003
              Island Tug & Barge Limited cost breakdown sheets dating from 1950 to 1961.

              986.042.0003-0004
              Two letters from Lloyd's register of shipping, a letter from National Paper Products Company, and a blueprint drawing regarding the Island Tug & Barge barge Pacific Gatherer (being renamed to Island Gatherer), dating to 1935-1936.

              Island Tug & Barge Limited
              H.S. Rayner Fonds
              L109 · Fonds · 1958

              Fonds consists of a souvenir programme for the British Columbia centenary naval review by HRH Princess Margaret, held on 15 July 1958.

              Rayner, Rear-Admiral H.S.
              H.F. Webber Fonds
              L2886 · Fonds

              Fonds consists of Christmas greeting cards from Wagner, Stein & Greene Co., Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., and Morris Greene Industries.

              Webber, Lieutenant Colonel H. Fairfax
              H.F. Pullen Fonds
              L107, L179, L614, L716, L717, L999 · Fonds · 1846-1956

              Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia collected by several members of the Pullen family relating to their various naval careers.

              L107
              A newspaper clipping dated 1956 containing an article detailing the history of the Victoria Cross from the Crimean War to the present and a newspaper clipping from the back of a calendar describing SS Beaver off Fort Victoria in 1846.

              L179
              A book titled "The Pullen Records" consisting of photocopies of various records. The records consist generally of a number of historical records of HM Ships in the Arctic compiled by H.F. Pullen in 1954. Specifically included is the log book of T.C. Pullen, Royal Navy, from HMS Cambria and HMS North Star, extracts of T.C. Pullen's journals kept while master of HMS North Star in the 1850s, an extract from the admiralty board of inquiry where T.C. Pullen was a witness, a monthly meteorological report from September 1852 to April 1854, extracts of naval messages and correspondence, a map of the routes taken by W.J.S. Pullen from 1849 to 1851 in the Arctic, an account of the search for the Franklin expedition, and general notes of the life of Vice-Admiral W.J.S. Pullen.
              (The catalogue card states that it is book 18 of 25).

              L614
              Programme for the 90th anniversary service of thanksgiving and dedication at St. Paul's Church, Esquimalt, 12 December 1956.

              L716-L717
              Commemorative book and programme for the launching day of the world's first atomic powered vessel, the submarine USS Nautilus, 21 January 1954.

              L999
              Log book kept by Commander William J.S. Pullen from the HMS Falcon in 1855 and HMS Cyclops dating from 1857 to 1860. Also, a newspaper clipping of the obituary of Vice-Admiral William J.S. Pullen, describing his accomplishments with the South Australia Company, in the Bay of Fundy, on an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and commanding HMS North Star in Sir E. Belcher's Arctic expedition, among others. Includes a section titled "Remarks HM Steam Sloop Salem" describing angorages in the Baltic in 1855, a section titled “Journal of Proceedings HMS Steam Frigate Cyclops on Voyage to the Red Sea for the purpose of Sounding for the bed of electric cable” which consists of a narattive ending with ships about to be docked at Bombay in April 1860, and a section titled “A Few Remarks on the Chart of Bomany Harbour with no name as to its maker” .

              Pullen Family
              Herbert Ford Fonds
              L1522 · Fonds

              Fonds consists of a Christmas greeting card, unsigned, with a black and white reproduction of a photo of HMCS Restigouche and an envelope, unsigned, with a black and white photo of HMCS Restigouche, the HMCS Restigouche crest, and the words "Cruise in the West Indies HMCS Restigouche".