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Fonds consists of a single telegram sent from Reuben Hamilton from HMCS Niobe in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mrs. M.W. Hamilton in East Vancouver dated 9 December 1917 (three days after the Halifax explosion). Telegram reads: "Escaped uninjured".

Fonds consists of a book of clippings of the "Great War Naval Anniversaries, WWI" column, presented to the Senior Naval Officer, Esquimalt, Royal Canadian Navy, in 1929 on behalf of the B.C. Historical Association.

Fonds consists of a letter addressed to Mr. R. Godden from C.B. Bailey explaining an attached document referring to submarines CC1 and CC2 and their acquisition by the Premier of British Columbia in 1914, by the son of the chief engineer of the Electric Boat Company of Seattle, builders of the submarines.

Fonds consists of a photo album containing photographs of Victoria, ca. early 1900s.

Also includes a certificate of discharge for W.D. Mackins dated 1915, postcards featuring photos of CGS Newington and crew dated 1914, and a copy of agreement issued by the board of trade, 1918.

Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Harold C. Saunders relating to his naval career including a certificate of indenture and correspondence dating to the 1880s and pilotage certificates, pilotage exemption certificates, and permits dating from 1914 to 1917.

Also includes documents and correspondence relating to his his World War I service including newspaper clippings, and documents specifically relating to his time as a prisoner of war in the Karlsruhe POW camp in Germany in 1918.

Also includes correspondence between the Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited, dating to 1922.

Fonds also includes black and white travel photographs of the South Pacific including Sidney, Australia, Malta, Singapore, ect., and three photo albums of travel photographs and photographs of various vessels. One photo is dated 1894, others are dated from 1903 to 1913.

Fonds consists of photographic prints and personal papers regarding Esquimalt Naval base, ca. 1918.

Material related to the early maritime families of Victoria, the Litsters and Jupps. Fonds includes records and photographs concerning the CS Restorer, SS Camosun, and B.C. shipwrecks.

Fonds consists of an unsigned invitation to visit the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's new vessel RMS Empress of Russia at Victoria on 7 June 1913, a boarding pass allowing G.W.A. Crocker and assistant to visit Canadian Pacific Railways's RMS Empress of Asia disembarking troops in Victoria on 24 January 1919, and twelve Canadian Pacific Railway wharf passes signed by L.D. Chethan.

Fonds consists of a December 1915 issue of "Sea Breezes" magazine and a Royal Naval College of Canada 1919 calendar.

Fonds consists of three certificates of discharge for Calvin Foote dated 1876, 1881, and 1882, a manuscript listing of ships in which Foote served from 1886 to 1903 and the years he served as a pilot, 1907 to 1929, and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of the obituary of Captain John Calvin Foote, early B.C. captain and pilot, dated 7 July 1949.