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Orphan Royal Navy Collection
L176, O228, L490, L547, L775, L835, L862, l887, L890, L1214, L1280, L1331, L1335, P2833, L3589, L3655, L4233, L4361, 993.035.0001, 993.089.0001, 997.054.0001 · Fonds · 1805-1900; 1914-1952

Fonds consists of assorted documents and ephemera related to the Royal Navy.

L176:
Booklet titled "The International Code of Signals for the Use of all Nations 1913”, prepared by the Board of Trade and published for the committee by Lloyd's.

O228:
Hydrographic publication titled "Rising and Setting Diagrams for High Northern Latitudes", prepared by HM Nautical Almanac Office, published by the hydrographic department of the admiralty, 1952.

L490:
List of HM ships of 12000 tonnes and over dating to 1914.

L547:
Book titled "Procedure for Supervision of Ships and Vessels Building and Completing at Contractors' Yards", 1937.

L775:
Various papers dating primarily to World War II including a thank you note signed by Winston Churchill in 1940, a Christmas card from the offices of the war cabinet and of the minister of defense signed Clement Attlee 1940, and three anti-American Japanese war cartoons.

L835:
Booklet titled "Errata to the home dockyard regulations and books of instructions, the instructions for naval yards abroad, the instructions for the steam reserve, the victualling yard instructions, and the hospital instructions" dated October 1888.

L862:
Scrapbook consisting of RN and French cap tallies, personal notes and receipts, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia related to HMS fleet activities and local Victoria news as well as a personal note addressed to Laird Pooley written on HMS Imperieuse notepaper and signed by James Ley. Dates to c. 1889-1897.

L887:
Booklet titled "Observed Fire Procedure Using Grid-Spot Converter (Proposed)".

L890:
Glossy print of a victory announcement that reads "Britannia Triumphant. The most decisive and glorious naval victory that ever was obtained since the creation of the world!! The victorious British fleet was commanded by the most renowned, most gallant, and ever-to-be-lamented hero Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson; and the vanquished fleets of France and Spain by the Admirals of Villeneuve and Gravina, This memorable action was fought of Cape Trafalgar, near the entrance of the straights of Gibraltar on the 21st of October 1805."

L1214:
The British Empire at War blotting book with a photograph of field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig on the cover, issued by Carnmell Laird & Co., ca. 1917.

L1280:
Programme of smoking concert given by HMS Kent.

L1331:
Pamphlet on the safe handling of small arms, published by the admiralty of gunnery and anti-aircraft warfare division, 1945.

L1335:
Programme for HMS Excellent Athletic Sports, 25 June 1937.

P2833:
Glossy print of a page from “The Times”, London, Friday 10 January 1806 featuring an article regarding the funeral of Lord Nelson.

L3589:
Weekly Illustrated Special Queen Mary Number 6d magazine. "The Dramatic and Graphic Story of the World's Greatest Ship".

L3655:
Photocopies of appointment certificates dated 1870, a ships log for the HMS Jealous, dated 20 July 1871, and a letter dated 4 July 1870.

L4233:
Magazine clippings of photograph of HMS Engadine.

L4361:
Bookle titled "HMS Hood" by Lieutenant Stanley Geary, R.N.V.R., signed by the author 16 October 1942 and stamped 23 November 1942. Consists of an abbreviated history with photographs of HMS Hood.

993.035.0001:
HMS Curlew Christmas card.

993.089.0001:
Specification for building cutters, galley, gigs, and whaler book, published 1904. Includes text, coloured drawings, tables, and blueprints.

997.054.0001:
Photo album, containing images of crew and boat, the HMS Royal Arhur.

Royal Navy
L149-L150, L288, L417, L787, L1254, L1304, L4061, P5019, 018.R.0031 · Fonds · 1889, 1936, 1946-1959

Fonds consists of assorted material relating to the British Royal family.

L 149
Programme for the voyage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard HMCS Assiniboine, July 1959, front has signatures of Elizabeth and Philip.

L150
Programme for the presentation of the Queen's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy by Her Majesty the Queen in Halifax, 1 August 1959.

L288
Pages 1to 4 of the “Daily Telegraph”, 28 January 1936 containing the "Programme of the King's Funeral, order of ceremonial to be observed at the funeral of his Late Majesty King George the Fifth on Tuesday, January 28, 1936".

L417
Guest book from Admirals House, Esquimalt covering the period of 7 August 1946 to 8 January 1958. Pages containing the signatures of HM Queen Elizabeth (as princess) and HRH Prince Phillip were extracted and framed.

L787
Programme for her Majesty's coronation naval review in Portsmouth, June 1953.

L1254
Celebration souvenir magazine discussing the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, published in 1953.

L1304
Programme for the visit to British Columbia of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret in 1958, issued by the provincial committee of arrangements for the use of Her Royal Highness and officials concerned.

L4061
Programme for the celebration of the Queen's Birthday to be held Friday, 24 May 1889 in Victoria, B.C.

P5019
List of names and ranks including addresses and telephone numbers dated 1952. Handwritten in multiple colours of ink. On the reverse is signed "Elizabeth / October 26th 1951 / Philip".

018.R.0031
Telelgram dated 8 August 1959 sent from HMCS Kootenay and Gatineau, and M/V Ulster expressing thanks for being given the opportunity to escort Her Majesty during a visit.

Ohnick Fonds
000.029.0001-0018 · Fonds · 1921, 1930-1938

Fonds consists of assorted passenger lists, guest lists, postcards, correspondence, and invitations relating primarily to voyages to and from Manila, dating from 1921 and 1930 to 1938. There are also two United States Philippine Islands passports issued in 1931 and 1934 to Ina Elizabeth Olnick (born in Chicago 25 November 1899), accompanied by children: Benjamin S., Jr., Van M., and Barbara Lucille. The letters numbered 0010 and 0011 survived the bombing of Manila in World War II and were brought by the donor's father to Seattle in 1945 after his internment by the Japanese at Santo Tomas University, Manila, Philippine Islands, from 1942 to 1945. Also, a framed souvenir coloured drawing of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Empress of Japan.

Ohnick, Barbara
Norman Clark Fonds
005.033.0003-0004 · Fonds · 1929-1930

Fonds consists of a passenger lists for Union Steamship Company of New Zealand's Royal Mail Line Canadian-Australasian voyage via Vancouver for RMS Aorangi sailing from Vancouver 21 August 1929 and RMS Niagra sailing from Sydney and Auckland September 1930. Each pamphlet includes a map.

Union Steamship Company of New Zealand
Michael Bolton Fonds
CA MMBC 013.005.0002-0039 · Fonds · 1956 - 1957

Fonds consist of black and white photographs relating to the Northwest Passage voyage of the HMCS Labrador

Department of National Defence
Michael Bolton Fonds
CA MMBC 013.005.0002-0039 · Fonds · 1956 - 1957

Fonds consist of black and white photographs relating to the Northwest Passage voyage of the HMCS Labrador

Department of National Defence
M.C. Reid Fonds
988.014.0002-0003 · Fonds · 1934, 1936

Fonds consists of an informational pamphlet including a timetable for Canadian Pacific British Columbia Coast Steamships Princess Lines from Vancouver to Alaska dated 15 July 1934, and a Canadian Pacific Steamship dinner menu for RMS Duchess of York dated 25 June 1936.

May Whitcombe Fonds
999.069.0001-0016 · Fonds

Fonds consists of assorted memorabilia from Canadian Pacific Railway's passenger Steamship Empress of Britain including dinner menus, tickets, luggage tag, itinerary, and passenger list.

Whitcombe, May
L4607, L4611-L4614 · Fonds · 1943-1945

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.

McDonald, Margaret Frances L.
MacFarlane Family Fonds
L512, 989.213.0002, 991.020, 992.035.0013, 993.001.0031, 993.001.0118-0155, 993.003.0003, 000.006, 000.064.0012 · Fonds · 1933-1998

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.

MacFarlane, George R.