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V. Wiper Fonds
986.026.0001-0002 · Fonds · 1908

Fonds consists of a picture of a British S/V Dorset, mounted with a handwritten note on the reverse describing her voyage, and letter addressed to Blanche from her uncle Charles, typed on onion skin paper, dated 4 February 1908.

Verna Smith Fonds
L84 · Fonds · 1805

Fonds consists of a facsimile of Lord Nelson's last letter written to Lady Hamilton, 1805 collected by flag officer pacific coast.

Nelson, Lord Horatio
Waard & Ostenfeld Fonds
991.074 · Fonds · 1939, 1948-1974

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".

Waard, Captain
L1946 · Fonds · 1811-1823, 1935

Fonds consists of a letter written by the admiralty, London, S.W.L., 5 June 1935 to Mrs. Nelson-Smith and a brief biography/service record of Commander William Nelson Griffiths during his naval service from 1811 to 1823.

Nelson Griffiths, William
William White Fonds
000.049.0001 - 0055 · Fonds · 1870-1902

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.

White, William
Williams Fonds
979.049.0001-0003 · Fonds · 1918-1931

Fonds consists of photocopies of records relating to the career of John Allan Williams during service in sternwheelers and steam tugs on B.C. Lakes for C.P.R. during the period of 1918 to 1931.

  1. Transcript from the manuscript pages of a narrative written by John Allan Williams, describing his family history and his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Lake and River Service beginning in 1918

  2. Photocopied pages of a notebook maintained by John Allan Williams during his period of employment in various steamboats from 1923 to 1931 with particular senior officers of vessels and vessel statistics

  3. Photocopies of letters of reference from the period 1918 to 1931.

Williams, John Allan
W.S.T. McCully Fonds
L17, L19, L22 · Fonds · 1810-1915

Fonds consists of

  1. a log book containing letters and orders received by J. Walker, naval storekeeper, and Mr. Kyte of Quebec dating to 1815.
  2. Chapter 109 of the Naval Discipline Act of 1866, printed in accordance with Naval Discipline (no. 2) Act, 1915.
  3. A naval stores record book, shipbuilder's account, kept by Thos. Strickland, 1810.
McCully, W.T.S.