Fonds consists of assorted ephemera from the Canadian Pacific Steamship Line Empress of Japan, ca. 1938. Includes Vol. VIII, no. 2 of the "Pacific Empress" newspaper, printed and published daily aboard Canadian Pacific Steamships, an RMS Empress of Japan passenger list for voyage from Vancouver and Victoria to Honolulu departing 25 June 1938, and twelve Empress of Japan menus.
Mole, A.Fonds consists of a framed photograph of HMCS Digby (1942), HMCS Minas (1941), and HMCS Port Colborne (1943), and a letter of recommendation for A.S. Andrews from the Navy League of Canada to the Captain of M/V Bonnington Court.
Also includes a Canadian Pacific Steamship menu for a goodbye dinner held 5 April 1940 with approx 10 signatures inside, a continuous certificate of discharge booklet issued by the Department of marine & Fisheries Canada for Arthur Stewart Andrews recording discharges from CPR ships between 1936 and 1941, and 12 black and white photos of CPR ships which were removed from a photo album prior to being donated
Andrews, Arthur StewartFonds consists of two photocopies of images of RMS Empress of Australia and one of another, unidentified C.P.R. ship, a 1950 issue of "Rainbow Log' newsletter of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, a black and white photograph of a crowd of people with an unidentified ship in the background, and a black and white photograph of a CYD class cruiser at Ogden Point ca. 1926.
Brodersen, BarbaraFonds consists of photographs, photographs cut out of newspapers and magazines, a continuous certificate of discharge, a certificate as fourth class engineer, an identity certificate, and assorted correspondence related to the service of Floyd Norman Vangen dating from 1940 to 1949.
Also includes a framed certificate of competency as second class engineer dated 1956 and, taped to the reverse side of the frame, a certificate of competency as third class engineer dated 1952.
Also includes a souvenir photobook of travel from Prince Rupert, British Columbia to Skagway, Alaska, assorted black and white photographs, unidentified but probably also of the NorthWest coast, and several postcards.
Vangen, Floyd NormanFonds 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.
Huntingford, Captain GeorgeFonds 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.
Phillips, GeorgeFonds consists of documents relating to the careers of Captain Josiah F. Gosse from 1891 to 1898 and to Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse from the 1920s to the 1940s.
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A 1898 account journal for the schooner Otto kept by Captain Josiah F. Gosse consisting of a ledger of advances of pay and charges for items received by crew members from ship's stores such as tobacco, items of clothing, knives, and sacks of flour. A list at the front of the book shows 45 names including one marked as a deserter and the mate, Mr. Collinson. 26 of the crew have indigenous names and there also appears to have been 3 indigenous women on board. The ledger also shows the net payment to each person.
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A Canadian Pacific Navigation Company log book with "Josiah Gosse (1865-1938), chief officer, Islander Pilot House Log" written in pencil inside the front cover. The log book is believed to have been from the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's SS Charmer, possibly dating to 1891.
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Documents relating to the service of Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse (father of the donor), including correspondence, certificates of competency, certificates of discharge, and registration receipts relating primarily to CGS Estevan but also including various Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service Princess Line ships, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.
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.