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Len Matthews Fonds
004.015.0001 · Fonds · 1924-1934, 1954

Fonds consists of a photo album of Len Matthews containing a set of drawings of submarine life-saving buoys, newspaper clippings referencing various vessels dating to 1954, postcards, and photos relating to other Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy vessels dating from 1924 to 1934.

Matthews, Len
David Gray Fonds
988.300.0003-0004, 998.015, 998.080, 999.082 · Fonds · 1920-1979

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.

Island Tug & Barge Limited