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Fonds consists of documents relating to the professional life of William White including records of his service as ship’s steward’s boy starting in 1854 aboard HMS Lyra serving in East Africa and records of his service on HMS Scout from 1870 to 1875 while stationed in Esquimalt.

Also includes records pf his service on HMS Cumberland, Medusa, Agincourt, Revenge, Wizard, and Hibernia including letters of recommendations from captains, a shipping list from the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1872, a British Columbia license to sell and retail trader, a personal letter from a captain to White’s mother, and two certificates of De Lessepps’ Panama Canal dating to 1893.

Also includes several photographs of White, including one with his wife and 10 children in 1902.

Fonds consists of

L4536
A training manual booklet "Officers' Divisional Course" Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth with the signature of Lieutenant Hugh Brooks inside,

L4548
A booklet describing the HMCS Micmac,

L4549
A programme for the transfer of HMCS Winnipeg to Belgium and the commissioning of the Belgian naval ship AF Dufour, 7 August 1959,

L4553
A commissioning booklet of HMCS Terra Nova at Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., 6 June 1959,

L4560
A programme for the consecration of The Queen's Colours of the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, held in Esquimalt 4 May 1960, a programme for the laying up of the King George VI Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, held at St. Paul's Church in Esquimalt, 24 May 1960, and a programme for the transfer of the King George V Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy from the wardroom, HMCS Naden to the church of St. Andrew, held 28 February 1960,

L4561
Two certificates of appointment of Robert Hollins to position of commissioned writer(?) in his majesty's fleet, dated 1944.

Fonds consists of assorted log books dating from 1848 to 1976.

L238:
Signals Log for HMCS Armentieres dating from 22 October 1928 to 28 May 1929.

L552:
Deck log book from HMCS Armentieres dating from 16 April 1931 to July 1931.

L553:
Log book for HMCS Naden dating from 1929 to 1930.

L750:
Log book containing handwritten meeting minutes of the committee on establishment of permanent and consumable stores dating from March to May 1912.

L857:
Log book containing Data on Warships and other vessels supported by HMC Dockyard 1898-1917. This ledger appears to have been compiled by a dockyard official and contains several sets of records including all warships and other vessels supported by the Dockyard from 1898 to 1917, colliers that arrived Esquimalt from 1914 to 1917 with quantities of coal discharged and sources (whether Welsh or local or Australian), names of Admiralty colliers and transports that called at Esquimalt in 1915, a brief descriptions of coaling stations on the BC coast, lists of personnel employed in Esquimalt Dockyard from 1911 to 1917, wages paid from 1914 to 1915, and record of times to coal ships on various dates in 1917 which records how long coaling took and the average rate per hour.

L859:
Shipwright's journal from HMCS Ontario. The original journal pages have been cut out and replaced with plans and diagrams.

L874:
Official Log book of the Canadian Sealing Schooner Dora Sieward dated 18 January 1898. Also includes general regulations.

L1410:
Visitor's book.

L1411:
Blank log book for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, ca. 1920s.

L2811a-d:
Signal log books for HMS Triumph dating from January 1882 to August 1884 and a signal log book for HMS Swiftsure dating from August to November 1884.

L3316a-b:
Journals consisting of notes, messages, and reflections dating from 31 July to 5 October 1916 and 6 October to 24 November 1916.

L3540:
Log book of HMCS Patrician dating from 1 January 1928 to 28 February 1921.

L4505:
Telegram registers dating from 6 August 1914 to 22 November 1915

984.031.0001-0003:
HMCS Patrician night rounds books dating to 1927.

985.076.0001-0006:
Specification booklets for various vessels including SS Canada Maru, SS Sima, SS Chouk, SS Saga, SS Sind, and SS Sarak dating from 1916 to 1918 and 1941.

986.042.0006:
(In ARC 59, need info)

986.098.0001-0002:
Undated gunners' Ledgers for explosive and non-explosive torpedo stores.

993.003.0052-0053:
Captain's Night Order Books dating from 1955 to 1957.

993.003.0054-056:
(in ARC 52, need info)

001.004.0005:
Log book of HMS Trafalgar dating from 1848 to 1868.

2023.021.0001:
Pilot House log of the Princess Marguerite from 1976.

Fonds consists of assorted material relating to the British Royal family.

L 149
Programme for the voyage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard HMCS Assiniboine, July 1959, front has signatures of Elizabeth and Philip.

L150
Programme for the presentation of the Queen's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy by Her Majesty the Queen in Halifax, 1 August 1959.

L288
Pages 1to 4 of the “Daily Telegraph”, 28 January 1936 containing the "Programme of the King's Funeral, order of ceremonial to be observed at the funeral of his Late Majesty King George the Fifth on Tuesday, January 28, 1936".

L417
Guest book from Admirals House, Esquimalt covering the period of 7 August 1946 to 8 January 1958. Pages containing the signatures of HM Queen Elizabeth (as princess) and HRH Prince Phillip were extracted and framed.

L787
Programme for her Majesty's coronation naval review in Portsmouth, June 1953.

L1254
Celebration souvenir magazine discussing the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, published in 1953.

L1304
Programme for the visit to British Columbia of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret in 1958, issued by the provincial committee of arrangements for the use of Her Royal Highness and officials concerned.

L4061
Programme for the celebration of the Queen's Birthday to be held Friday, 24 May 1889 in Victoria, B.C.

P5019
List of names and ranks including addresses and telephone numbers dated 1952. Handwritten in multiple colours of ink. On the reverse is signed "Elizabeth / October 26th 1951 / Philip".

018.R.0031
Telelgram dated 8 August 1959 sent from HMCS Kootenay and Gatineau, and M/V Ulster expressing thanks for being given the opportunity to escort Her Majesty during a visit.

Fonds consists of photocopies of documents relating generally to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy and one informational booklet for the centennial of HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, photocopies of documents related to the service of William Charles Sawyer as a private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, including civilian occupation references, dating primarily to the 1890s, and photocopies of correspondence relating to the maintenance of the graves of Royal Marines on San Juan Island, including a sketch of the grave site.

Also includes a blank, sample certificate of apprenticeship for the Royal Canadian Navy, a certificate awarded to successful apprentices on completion of apprentice training in an HMC Dockyard, and a Centennial Naval Assemblies booklet produced by the Royal Canadian Navy for the 1967 Centennial Naval Review including photos and texts of naval assemblies.

Fonds consists of service records and documents associated with the service of Joseph William Tharratt, Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy.

Fonds consists of two pages from "The Navy and Army Illustrated" dating to 1887 and 1900 and a letter, and copy of the same letter, from Joseph Crisp explaining his donation of these items to 'the Hospital Archives', dated 9 September 1956.

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.

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” .

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a manuscript document, dated 14 December 1864 provided by Mr H. Janssen, from the Public Record Office which references proceedings No. 21 regarding the alleged murder of the crew of the Kingfisher by the Ahousett people, and a transcript and associated photocopies of handwritten documents from the public records office that appear to have been part of a report of proceedings No. 19 written by the commander of HMS Sutlej in 1864 to the Admiralty.