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Fonds consists of an folder of Navy League of Canada meeting minutes and correspondence dating from 1918 to 1922, a folder of meeting minutes, reports, notices, and correspondence including the minutes from the first meeting to form the league dating from 1918 to 1922 and from 1967 to 1970, and a folder of meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports also dating from 1918 to 1922.

Fonds consists of a folder containing correspondence between the Stutzpunktleiter (base action leader) of the Nazi Party and the Landesleiter (country director) of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) in San Jose, Costa Rica regarding arrangements of the association known as Kraft durch Freude (Strength Through Joy) in the German Merchantman Weser dating from 1939 to 1940, entirely in German.

And, a folder containing general correspondence of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). Consists primarily of correspondence related to the M/V Weser between the NSDAP and the Stutzpunkleiter (base action leader) of the Nazi Party dating from 1937 to 1939. Documents are all in German except one crew list which is in Spanish.

Series of letters from Scottie and Susan McNab to Maude "Ladybird" Aitkens. The letters date from 1931 to 1941 and detail the life of light keepers on the West Coast at the period of WWII.

Fonds consists of the service records, personal documents, correspondence, and memorabilia related to Margaret Frances L. McDonald's service in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during WWII. Also includes six issues of "The Tiddley Times", the W.R.C.N.S. Magazine, dating from 1944 to 1945.

Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia related to the personal and professional lives of Commander G.R. MacFarlane and John Macfarlane including documents collected during their time in naval training and during their careers as well as documents and ephemera collected during their travels.

George R. MacFarlane's collection consists of documents including notes, certificates of service, biographical information, medical records, records of examinations, reports, Canadian Forces Base, Esquimalt constitutions and by-laws, maps, charts, and correspondence dating from 1946 to the 1970s. Also includes identity cards and a war service badge dated 1998.

Also includes a booklet titled "Notes on Court Martial Procedure" published by the office of the deputy judge advocate with an 1956 HMCS Stettler stamp and three copies of a form titled "Particulars Respecting Candidate for Acting Sub-Lieutenant", revised November, 1933. Form has not been filled out.

John MacFarlane's collection consists of documents, exercise books, photographs, and memorabilia primarily related to John MacFarlane's time as a naval cadet in the 1960s including correspondence, naval messages, cards and invitations, receipts, leave request and authorization forms, notebooks, and general training documents. Also includes travel memorabilia from B.C. Ferries dating to the 1990s including tickets, baggage tags, and dinner menus, and ephemera related to the Holland American Line.

Also includes assorted naval memorabilia dating to the 1950s and 1960s including a Barry's Salmon label, a 1957 price list, a fishing licence, a list of steam launch operators, a programme for the annual inspection of RCSCC Rainbow, an instruction manual for basic slide rules, several hand drawn charts, a mariners compass, assorted tickets, a book of comics titled "Eod Antics" by Pholcox, a booklet celebrating 60 years of RCSCC Rainbow, commissioning booklets for HMCS Chaleur, Fundy, Thunder, Chignecto, naval cap tallies booklet volume 1, and a picture book of ships.

Also includes handwritten auditor general's reports from 1896 to 1897, 1914, 1930, and 1938; HMCS Stettler Dependents Day Cruise programme from 2 August 1957, a letter from the Department of National Defense from 15 July 1968, and Royal Sealink Express safety procedures.

Also includes a book titled "Navigators and Shipwrecks: Australia's Heritage in Stamps", published 1985 consisting of a complete stamp set slipped into sleeve in front of book. As well as an envelope addressed to Mrs. Kathleen MacFarlane, from the Navy Department dated 1961, a blank pad of Island Tug & Barge Limited time-slips, a blank pad of Department of Defence sight forms, a draft handbook on oceanography Northeast Pacific Ocean by Dr. L.F. Giovando, a 1989 calendar with John M. MacFarlane stamped onto front, and assorted business cards, photographs, labels from tinned salmon, postcards featuring images of various vessels, and some envelopes.

Also includes a document titled "Some Naval Customs and Social Practices" by Lieutenant-Commander F.E. Grubb, R.N.C., correspondence related to the British cemetery on San Juan Island, a booklet titled "Royal Tour of Canada 1959", a Maritime Museum newsletter from May 1992, and a newspaper clipping regarding Maritime Museum.

Fonds consists of documents relating to M/V Valene and Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Company

1. Collection of 'noon cards' and other report cards, documentation cards, and paperwork required for oceangoing vessels relating to voyages of M/V Vanlene prior to wrecking in Barclay Sound in 1972,

2. U.S. Customs logs dating to 1967, M/V Valene plans and charts, and Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Company Limited Line blank exception sheets,

3. Charts and tables, crew list in English and Chinese?, and stowage plans, dating to the 1970 and 1971,

4. Documents relating to M/V Valene and Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Company, including blank forms and correspondence in English and Japanese,

5. Documents relating to M/V Valene and Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Company, including statement of facts concerning the loading of potash, declaration of crew's baggages, receipts, certificates, and charts and tables, dating to 1970 and 1971, in English and Japanese,

6. Assorted documents, primarily handwritten notes and receipts, in English and Japanese, related to Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Company, Soo-Chow & Company Limited Ship Chandlers, and Mikado Enterprises Limited. Also, a log book dating to 1972 in Japanese, and a a food allowance log book for M/V Valene,

7. Documents such as correspondence, reports, and charts and tables In English and Japanese dating to 1972, relating to Tokai Ship Enterprise Company Limited and The Showa Marine Industry Company Limited,

8. Store capacity charts, calculation sheets, crew lists in English and Chinese?, and survey reports regarding M/V Valene. Also a folder with Japanese characters on it.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the careers of David Logan (donor's great grandfather) and Daniel Holliday (donor's grandfather) who both worked for the Canadian Government Telegraph and Telephone Service, and to the history of the the West coast of Vancouver Island and the development of the West Coast Trail.

Includes David Logan's 1907 telegraph line log book, Daniel Holliday's 1938-1944 telegraph line log book, and an album containing letters and newspaper clippings collected by the family over the years.

Fonds consists of a handwritten letter from Mr. Porteous to Mr. L.J. Watson dated 13 October 1929 describing the enclosed documents, a copy of a naval message regarding the voyage of HMCS Shearwater, the typed newspaper report of the account of Petty Officer William Porteous's experiences following the Halifax disaster, and a typed copy of a newspaper report titled "Victoria to Halifax on Two New Submarines: Underwater Craft Bought by Government for Protection Against German Cruisers on Pacific Had Voyage the Facts of Which have Never Been Published Until Now".

Fonds consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and documents related to the service of J.W. Radford during World War II and the sinking of the HMCS Regina.

Fonds consists of

990.024.0017
Toronto Yacht Club membership cards for Mr. James S. Davis, 1924 to 1939

990.024.0046
Handwritten letter on Johnson Line, Sweden stationary, throwing a jug overboard of M/V Rio de Janero 24 May 1964 by J.S. Davis, found by B.J. Davis in Point Reyes, California, 9 December 1972

990.024.0047
Personal papers and photographs of James S. Davis dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. Includes photographs and drawings, newspaper clippings, certificates, typed manuscripts and 1980 calendar.

990.024.0048

990.024.0069
Membership card for Balboa Yacht Club and Canadian Forces Exchange System authorized patron identification card issued 14 June 1984 at CFB, Esquimalt. Belonged to Jim S. Davis.