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

Fonds consists of certificates of service, conduct sheet, memos regarding naval pension, certificate of identity, and a letter relating to the service of Robert Stanton James.

Fonds consists of a copy of a photograph of Robert Reid, seaman, date unknown, a copy of photograph of group of seamen taken in Hong Kong with Robert Reid in the middle, and a photocopy of a letter written by Robert Reid in Malta and sent home dated 13 February 1884.

Fonds consists of four Christmas cards:

1. Featuring a black and white reproduction of a photograph of HMCS Runnymede, unsigned, undated.
2. Featuring a black and white reproduction of a photograph of HMCS Hespeler, signed "From a pal Frenchy Marcel Boucher", undated.
3. Featuring an HMCS Edmunston stamp, signed "from Allan", dated Christmas 1943.
4. Featuring a "Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Givenchy" stamp, unsigned, undated.

Fonds consists of copies of correspondence and certificates related to the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Government House, Victoria, B.C., and Richard Prowse, donor's father, dating from the 1850s to 1870s.

Fonds consists of training books related to the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, diesel mechanics, HMCS Quadra, and the Naval Reserve. Dating to the 1980s.

1. HMCS Quadra Engineering Course Notebook, 1984
2. Naval Reserve Course Notebook for Diesel Mechanic 7315, 1983
3. HMCS Quadra Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Sea Requirements course notebook volumes 1 and 2
4. Naval Reserve Course Training Standards for Diesel Mechanic R315 level E2 parts I and II
5. Comox District Free Press newspaper from 17 August 1983 with special front page “A salute to the cadets of HMCS Quadra”
6. Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Sea Requirements (short cruise) YAG 300 Class notebook
7. Naval Reserve Diesel Mechanic Watch keeping record book
8. Canadian Patrol Frigate Project book
9. Assorted notes and correspondence

Fonds consists of a series of letters between Lieutenant Governor Major-General G.R. Pearkes, Assistant Vice President of the Connecticut National Bank David W.P. Jewitt, and the Provincial Librarian and Archivist of British Columbia, dating to 1961. These letters were given to R.H. Roy who sent them, with a letter of explanation, to Director of the Maritime Museum of B.C. Colonel W. Symons, 9 December 1968.

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

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 letter dated 5 June 1924 written on Norther Navigation Company stationary.