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Fonds consists of a log book of HMS Sparrowhawk and other ships, including a report of a court of inquiry on Lieutenant Robert H.C. Lawson.

Fonds consists of pages from "The Ocean Chronicle" newspaper/newsletter dating to 9 October 1883 and 26 February 1884, published by E.P. Nichols, at sea, on board the ship Frank Pendleton. Pages were collected by donor's grandfather, Mr. H.E. Willby, while on route to North America from Portugal.

Fonds consists of black and white photographs and associated negatives collected by Joan Goddard from a family photo album of the Heater family. The photographs date from 1890 to 1911 and chronicle the sealing trade on the west coast, and contain images of the sealing industry as seen through the eyes of George Heater.

Also includes two fixed assets ledgers, I and II, dating from 1918 to 1962.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings dating from 1910 to 1912.

Fonds consists of the front page of the Saturday, 25 March 1911 issue of the Victoria Daily Times with the headline "Sechelt Sinks With All on Board".

Also includes a summons from the Supreme Court of British Columbia for Henry Edward Higgins dated 11 April 1946.

Fonds consists of a Christmas greeting card, unsigned, with a black and white reproduction of a photo of HMCS Restigouche and an envelope, unsigned, with a black and white photo of HMCS Restigouche, the HMCS Restigouche crest, and the words "Cruise in the West Indies HMCS Restigouche".

Fonds consists of photographs and documents related to the service of Lieutenant Commander Herbert William Mayne including documents from the Department of National Defense treasury office regarding pension payments dated 1956, a document from the Government of Canada dated 1955, and several photographs of Mayne in uniform.

Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia collected by several members of the Pullen family relating to their various naval careers.

L107
A newspaper clipping dated 1956 containing an article detailing the history of the Victoria Cross from the Crimean War to the present and a newspaper clipping from the back of a calendar describing SS Beaver off Fort Victoria in 1846.

L179
A book titled "The Pullen Records" consisting of photocopies of various records. The records consist generally of a number of historical records of HM Ships in the Arctic compiled by H.F. Pullen in 1954. Specifically included is the log book of T.C. Pullen, Royal Navy, from HMS Cambria and HMS North Star, extracts of T.C. Pullen's journals kept while master of HMS North Star in the 1850s, an extract from the admiralty board of inquiry where T.C. Pullen was a witness, a monthly meteorological report from September 1852 to April 1854, extracts of naval messages and correspondence, a map of the routes taken by W.J.S. Pullen from 1849 to 1851 in the Arctic, an account of the search for the Franklin expedition, and general notes of the life of Vice-Admiral W.J.S. Pullen.
(The catalogue card states that it is book 18 of 25).

L614
Programme for the 90th anniversary service of thanksgiving and dedication at St. Paul's Church, Esquimalt, 12 December 1956.

L716-L717
Commemorative book and programme for the launching day of the world's first atomic powered vessel, the submarine USS Nautilus, 21 January 1954.

L999
Log book kept by Commander William J.S. Pullen from the HMS Falcon in 1855 and HMS Cyclops dating from 1857 to 1860. Also, a newspaper clipping of the obituary of Vice-Admiral William J.S. Pullen, describing his accomplishments with the South Australia Company, in the Bay of Fundy, on an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and commanding HMS North Star in Sir E. Belcher's Arctic expedition, among others. Includes a section titled "Remarks HM Steam Sloop Salem" describing angorages in the Baltic in 1855, a section titled “Journal of Proceedings HMS Steam Frigate Cyclops on Voyage to the Red Sea for the purpose of Sounding for the bed of electric cable” which consists of a narattive ending with ships about to be docked at Bombay in April 1860, and a section titled “A Few Remarks on the Chart of Bomany Harbour with no name as to its maker” .

Fonds consists of Christmas greeting cards from Wagner, Stein & Greene Co., Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., and Morris Greene Industries.

Fonds consists of a log book of the proceedings of HMS Talbot, captained by H.J. Godrington (sp?), kept by Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram, college midshipman, from 31 May 1838 to 9 July 1840. The log book includes detailed voyage logs, diary entries, and drawings.