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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 documents of Captain William Tooker, Royal Navy, including a brief biography of Captain Tooker and four appointment certificates of commission of William Tooker in her majesty's fleet, first as sub-lieutenant, then staff commander, and finally captain.

Fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, and ephemera from the personal papers of Captain Waard and Captain Ostenfeld dating from 1948 to 1974.

Also includes a photo album containing pictures of naval vessels and scenery in Gibraltar and Morocco taken in 1939, the crew of HMS Glasgow, and pictures of various naval vessels and ice bergs with the caption "Ice Floes in the Atlantic - Royal Tour 1939".

Fonds consists of a booklet titled "The Haunting of Commodore House: The Sad Fate of a British Naval Officer", by Morgan K.R.A. Scott-Ostler.

Fonds consists of a manuscript titled "The Ancestors and Naval Service of Captain Charles Patrick Nixon, DSC CD", by Robert W. White, 2007.

And, a manuscript titled "The Naval Service of Commander Edward A.E. Nixon, RCN", by Robert W. White, 2008.

Fonds consists of a handwritten note certifying the baptism of Sarah Maria Perkins, mother of Percy Shah Houl (donor) on board HMS Shah on 23 September 1877. She died giving birth to Percy, who was then adopted by his uncle (Houl) and took his last name.

Fonds consists of four issues of "Navy and Army Illustrated" magazine dating to 24 July, 21 August, 4 September, and 18 September 1896.

Fonds consists of the service records, newspaper/magazine clippings, and personal documents relating to the Royal Marine service and life in Canada of John Edwards Gilders, Royal Marines, from 19 August 1898 to 17 August 1905. Gilders also served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces during World War I.

Fonds consists of a copy of three of Lord Horatio Nelson's signatures, before and after the loss of his right arm collected by H.L. Cadieux. Signatures are on the back of a wood frame and are dated 1786, 1797, and 1802.

And, a booklet titled "Funnel Markings B.C. Coastal Shipping Companies" containing hand illustrated listings of the markings of various British Columbia vessels.

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” .