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Fonds consists of

• a map of Esquimalt Harbour, dated 1915 in pencil on reverse, printed on blueprint paper
• A 1917 diary and almanac,
• A 1929 journal,
• A 1940 record book,
• A book of Yarrows Limited estimate sheets,
• A memorandum of agreement between Yarrows Limited and The Canadian Pacific Railway,
• A binder containing alphabetical list of jobs
• Thirty estimate work books from Yarrows Ltd. dating from 1914 to 1944.

Fonds consists of ship's plans of SS Princess Royal, 1907.

Also includes photographs of a variety of vessels including HM Ships, the Empress line, Tugs, Canadian Coast Guard, HMC Ships and Steamships.

Also includes an oil painting of a muzzle heading rifle gun and crew shown schematically on shipboard with gun rigged and ready to fire, painted by Anthony Clarke.

Fonds consists of letters from Captain George Hutingford to his wife dating from November 1892 to March 1896, including descriptions of the West Coast of Canada ca. 1892, life in the Royal Navy, and the movements of the HMS Nymphe on the California coast, Mexico, and South America. Contains approximately 400 letters, and a family tree provided by the donor.

Also includes the naval papers belonging to Captain George Huntingford, Royal Navy including the movements of HMS Nymphe from December 1892 to March 1896 and three letters dating to November 1892.

Fonds consists of miscellaneous papers and photos relating to the work of George Phillips at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt naval stores, his service during World War I, and arctic expeditions.

Fonds includes two Department of Naval Services inspection reports for HMC Dockyards, Halifax and Esquimalt prepared by George Phillips and 11 Department of Naval Services folders containing documents relating to the operation of the naval stores dating from 1917-1922. as well as photocopies of correspondence between George Phillips, V. Stefansson, Mrs. R.M. Anderson, Mrs. Murray, and G.J. Desbarats dating from 1913 to 1915.

Fonds also includes miscellaneous ephemeral related to the Royal Canadian Navy including two issues of "The Naval Volunteer" Magazine dating to December 1915 and January 1916, a Royal Naval Club, Esquimalt account book dating from October 1896 to 31 October 1911, a small painting of HMS Shearwater c. 1911, a pencil drawing of a fireplace with specs c. 1931, a handwritten letter in envelope dated 1912, and a Seattle press club visitor's card for Mr. G. Phillips.

Also includes a small booklet containing information about Canadian Pacific Steamships and a passenger list for the Empress of Scotland sailing from Quebec to Cherbourg and Southampton Wednesday 18 July 1928 as well as a diner menu for Tuesday 24 July 1928 and a lunch menu for Wednesday 25 July 1928. The menus are postcards on the reverse and were collected as souvenirs of a voyage taken by Miss J. Phillips.

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

L2263
Menus for the Nanaimo Terminal Snack Bar of the Canadian Pacific British Columbia Coast Steamship Service,

L2348
A souvenir card listing the members of the rotary club who attended an informal meeting held on board RMS Caronia on Saturday 14 October 1950,

L2519
A log book for voyages taking place between March and April 1963,

L2520
Four time-books from SS Canora, dating from 1963 to 1966. A black and white photograph of an unnamed seaman was found in the third book slipped into the page of November 30, 1965,

L2521
Documents and correspondence related to Canadian National Steamships, the Department of Transport, Steamship Inspection Service, Canadian National Railway, and SS Canora dating to 1966,

L2522
Progressive Survey - Ships Equipment lists and reports from Canadian National Steamships, Burrard Dry Dock, Department of Transport Steamship Inspection Service,

L3386
Ship tag for Mr. and Mrs. R. Greene, travelling from Vancouver to Victoria on SS Oriana,

L3745
A United States inspectors certificate to engineers, dated 1873,

L4278
Three single sheet samples of stationary from Canadian Pacific shipping lines, Matson Lines' SS Lurline, and American Export's SS Independence,

989.315
Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service log book for SS Charmer, dating to 1924, and an SS Charmer log book, dating from 1958 to 1963.