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The fonds contains service records, personal documents, and correspondence of Captain Donald Boucher MacPherson during his time with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and while working in marine towing and salvage.

982.001

1. Canadian Army (active) tradesmen’s qualifications for D.B. McPherson, dated 4 February 1946.
2. Letter of recommendation for D.B. MacPherson from the Department of National Defense, signed by C.G. Matthews, Major, Officer Commanding, Water Transport Coy, R.C.A.S.C., dated 12 February 1946.
3. Canadian Army (active) Discharge Certificate for D.B. MacPherson, dated 4 February 1946.
4. Permanent and sleeping out pass for unit: R.C.A.S.C. Water Transport, P.C, issued to D.B. MacPherson, dated 24 August 1943.
5. Alien Registration receipt card and certificate of nationality of seamen, for D.B. MacPherson, dated 2 July 1940.
6. Certificate of competency as master of a Steam Tug Boat in the coasting trade issued to D.B. MacPherson dated 12 April 1923. Also has handwritten note in top corner dated 19 May 1947.
7. Certificate from the minister of national defense appointing D.B. MacPherson to the rank of Sergeant Major (skipper) Warrant Officer Class 1 beginning 1 September 1944, dated 4 July 1946, signed by A. Ross, Deputy Minister of National Defense. Also has two badges stapled to each corner.
8. Certificate of competency as master of a passenger tug boat in the coasting trade issued by the minister of Marine and Fisheries for the Dominion of Canada for Donald McPherson (born 15 April 1857, died 15 April 1930). (Perhaps D.B. MacPherson’s father?), dated 15 January 1906.

984.039

1. Correspondence addressed to D.B. Macpherson from:
   a. The Department of Public Works dating from 1951 to 1952
   b. The Alaska Steamship Company dating to 1958
   c. The Department of Highways and Greyhound Lines of Canada Limited dating to 1962
2. And, a letter from D.B. Macpherson, recipient unknown, describing 3 attached photographs.

986.002

1. Testimonial of sea service of D.B. MacPherson, signed December 1919.
2. 5 certificates of service for seamen of Canadian Coasting or Inland Vessels for D.B. MacPherson for work on B.C. Coast Towing, dating from 1915 to 1923.
3. 10 letters of reference written by Victoria Tug Co., Limited, Headquarters Pacific Command, Department of National Defence, and Island Tug & Barge regarding the service of D.B. MacPherson, dating from 1919 to 1923.
4. 4 letters between D.B. MacPherson and the Department of Public Works, Victoria regarding employment, dating to 1947, and 1 receipt for a payment made by D.B. MacPherson 29 April 1947.
5. 6 letters from the Department of Public Works, Victoria dating from 1951 and 1952.
6. Letter from the Department of Highways dated 23 April 1962.

Fonds consists of approximately 150 photographs relating to Royal Canadian Navy vessels and personnel.

Also includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and programmes regarding the Royal Canadian Navy dating to 1949 and 1950, logbooks and documents related to HMCS Skeena and HMCS Swansea dating, a post card of the Second Canadian Escort Squadron c. 1858, a dinner invitation addressed to Miss Anne Dawson and Mrs. J.P.J. Dawson, and a book titled "Twenty Maxims for Commanding Officers" by P.M. Bliss.

Also includes assorted telegrams regarding the visit of HRH Princess Margaret and the 1958 centenary naval review, HMCS Skeena, and Christmas greetings dating from 1952 to 1958. As well as approximately 23 Royal Navy invitations addressed to Captain John P. Dawson dating to the 1950s, dinner menus, place cards, seating plans, and souvenir programmes for Royal Canadian Navy special events dating from 1957 and 1958 and for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review.

Also includes the commissioning booklet of HMCS Warrior, dated 24 January 1946 and HMCS Skeena. As well as "Seafly" Magazine dated August 1946, an issue of Burrard News dated April 1957, and a programme for the visit of HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Micmac dated 1963. Also includes a dress code circular chart, assorted Christmas card, programmes and trial report for HMCS Skeena, assorted stationary, newspaper clipping regarding the 1959 Royal Visit, membership cards and invitations dating to 1958, and general correspondence and newspaper clippings dating to late 1950s. As well as a press release regarding the visit of Canadian First Escort Squadron, 1964 and a dinner menu from the Hotel Whittebrug, La Hague, 1963.

Fonds consists of a 1988 Sealink British Ferries timetables and fares pamphlet for the Isle of Wight service.

Also includes a Victoria Power Squadron binder containing documents relating to Camosun College and the Victoria Power Squadron boating course, 1974-1976.

Fonds consists of stickers and badges for Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Burrard Yarrows Corporation, and Yarrows Limited.

Also includes Burrard Dry Dock Company Limited Collective Agreements from 1976 until 1984 and ship repair agreements between the Treasury Board and the Federal Government Dockyards Trades and Labour Council from 1987 and 1992.

Fonds consists primarily of records relating to Island Tug & Barge dating from 1920s to 1970s.

Envelope 1:

• Lloyd’s Register of shipping certificates for SS Conchita and for SS Stockless dating to 1920s, and a certificate of ship lanters? In Dutch, dated 1924 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Specification documents for Island Fir class self-loading log Barges

Envelope 2:

• Newspaper clippings regarding building the Gorge Walkway and Island Tug & Barge, dating to the 1960s
• A receipt dating 1979
• Island Tug & Barge Christmas Dance invitation cards
• Blank Yarrows Limited job cards
• Blank Island Tug & Barge time slips.

Envelope 3:

• Blank Island Tug & Barge time slips
• Photocopy of 35 mm print of transverse cut away drawing of RMS Olympic
• Blank envelopes with Island Tug & Barge return stamp
• Pad of blank repair report sheets

Envelope 4:

• Mid ship plan blueprint for Tamare class ships. (Extremely poor condition)
• Photocopies of certificates and correspondences related to SS Conchita, and SS Casandra dating from 1920s to 1950s.
• Pad of blank Island Tug & Barge supply check lists

Also includes a manoeuver document with handwritten note on reverse from Vancouver Island Power Boat Squadrons dated 1942, a clipping from the Daily Colonist, Victoria dated 25 July 1945, a 1942 and 1943 issue of P.B.S. News, a booklet titled "Vancouver Island Power Boat Squadrons 1944 Annual", and various signal messages. As well as, Island Tug & Barge Limited correspondence dating to 1961, an inspection certificate for SS Sudbury, and coasting trade (customs) regulations.

Fonds consists of a large black and white photograph of the crew of HMCS Uganda at Esquimalt on 27 June 1947.

Fonds consists of a collection of financial records, invoices for parts and repairs, site plans, administrative records, and photographic negatives relating to Victoria Machinery Depot covering the years 1898 to 1970.

Fonds consist Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, and theatre programs published between 1936 to 1945.

Fonds consists of a copy of a manuscript titled "The Secret Visit of RMS Queen Elizabeth to Esquimalt in 1942 - The Last in a Series of Notable Events in the Area" written by Daniel T. Gallacher, Curator of History, British Columbia Provincial Museum.

Fonds consists of a typed presentation to the parliamentary special committee on defence describing the programme for the construction and conversion of ships for the maritime forces with associated images including photographs of ships and charts.