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Fonds consists of

986.004
Notice for a meeting of the committee of the Royal Humane Society to present the bronze mental of the society to R.E. Smith, to be held 19 December 1933.

986.043
A brief synopsis of the genesis and development of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service by Sir Frederick Maze, a January 1981 issue of “Ewo Log”, newsletter of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Limited, and a January 1983 issue of “Maritime Asia” on the subject of Indian shipping from 1977 to 1983.

986.044
Booklet containing a fold out poster of the British and Colonial flags and flags of other nations, and a newspaper clipping from “The Province” dated 23 May 1964, describing the landing of allied forces in Normandy.

986.045
A newspaper clipping and two photocopies of an article titled "From an Angle on the Square: Our Vanished Industry -- Pelagic Sealing" by D.A. McGregor.

986.046
A newspaper clipping from the Times Colonist dated 10 March 1984 consisting of an article about the Hudson's Bay Company paddle steamer Beaver, written by Geoffrey Castle.

986.049
Correspondence dating to 1957, and several ship plans.

986.050
Pricelist and description of services for Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Limited dated 1 January 1925.

986.051
Two blank apology cards.

986.059
Correspondence and note regarding the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Limited, regarding painting dated 1939.

986.095
Canadian Society of Marine Artists 1985 Exhibition catalogue booklet.

Fonds consists of a 1941 Officer Light Qualities (O.L.Q.) Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, training department, training booklet (a copy of this booklet was given to every naval officer cadet at some point during training), a 1957 Royal Canadian Navy Sea Cadet communication training manual, an October 1957 HMCS Discovery newsletter, and a 1964 HMCS Cornwallis, University naval training division, annual inspection booklet.

Fonds consists of a booklet outlining the regulations for preventing collisions at sea which will be in force on and after 1 September 1884 issued in pursuance of The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act 1862 and a notice outlining the regulations for native and foreign captains trading to the port of Riga published by the military governor of Riga 1884.

Also includes a notice by the board of trade to masters of ships for guidance in the event of cholera on board describing symptoms of the disease and curative measures to be employed by ships at sea without medical aid, and a booklet outlining the rules for the execution of pilot signals in the Russian Ports, dated 9 March 1861.

Fonds consists of the journal of D.L. Raymond when he was midshipman serving on the HMS Malaya from 1922-1924.

Also includes an certificate of indenture issued to E. L. Raymond in 1883, and a certificate of competency for E.L. Raymond as extra master issued by the Board of Trade in 1898.

Also includes a guest book register from HMCS Ontario dating from 1853-1954 and a photo album containing photos of HMCS Ontario, life on board, crew, and places visited (London, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand) dating from 1953-1955.

Also includes a printed photograph album of New South Wales given to Commodore Raymond from the Premier in 1954, and a photograph of a luncheon on 10 March 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Fonds consists of 2 private journals compiled by to G.H. Inskip. The first was created between 16 October 1846 and 6 May 1848 during a survey of the Australian Coast in H.M.S. Rattlesnake. The second, created between 4 January 1856 and 26 January 1859, records a voyage out to the Indian Ocean in the steamer Pera followed by surveys carried out on the coast of Siam (now Thailand) and includes descriptions of Bangkok and a number of Siamese court officials.

Fonds consists of a Ro-Ro Conversion outline proposal prepared by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. for British Columbia Ferry Corporation in 1990 and a photo album related to CCGS Camsell.

Fonds consists of a letter dated 5 June 1924 written on Norther Navigation Company stationary.

Fonds consits of

1. Issues of "To-Day's Radio News"dating from 17 February to 3 March 1939,

2. Envelopes from Manila Branch Army & Navy YMCA, Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, The De La Rama Steamship Company, and the Imperial Hotel Tokyo. Also, two Canadian Pacific cards.,

3. Menus from MS Asama Maru, 1939,

4. Issues of "Pacific Empress" newspaper printed daily on board RMS Empress of Canada, dating from December 1938, January 1939, and March 1939,

5. Pages from "The Wireless Jiji Press" newspaper issued daily on board NYK Liners, dating from February and March 1939. The papers are in both English and Japanese.

6. Brochures,schedules, maps, and plans for Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, dating to 1937,

7. Canadian Pacific baggage labels,

8. M/V Asama Maru foldout passenger information pamphlet, tourist information booklet, programmes, and news of the world dated 5 February 1939,

9-10. Menus from RMS Empress of Asia dating from 1938 to 1939.

Fonds consists of three German books, possibly for the Hitler youth, one is a Christmas book, one appears to be a story book, and one is a magazine dated 1944.

The books were given to the donor by one of the boarding officers of a surrendered U-boat in 1945 when the U-boats were being dismantled and were brought to Northern Ireland. Donor was a WREN officer stationed in Ireland.

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.