Series consists of two black and white photographs related to Francis Jupp's career on the CS Restorer and one photographic postcard of the CS Restorer with a handwritten message to his wife Lillian Jupp.
Francis JuppSeafaring Life
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Fonds consists of photographs of pilot boats, tugs, the Bounty (replica), log booms, the explosion at Ripple Rocks, and ephemera. Also includes a photocopy of a sketch of a chart of the British Columbia Coast.
Fonds also includes a booklet titled "VIII Instruction Cruise Training Ship Esmeralda Chilean Navy 1962" consisting of black and white photographs of ships, crew, and geography, and articles written in English related to Chile. Also includes a postcard with a photograph of the Esmeralda.
Unwin, Captain Frank E.Fonds consists of a typewritten account of the HMCS Thiepval minesweeper, titled "Ten Thousand Miles on the Thiepval", by Frederick B. Watt, copied from the Edmonton Journal 25 October 1924.
Also includes a booklet titled "Boy Blue's Verses", by Frederick Balmer Watt, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, published in Edmonton, Alberta, 1918.
Watt, Frederick B.Fonds consists of documents relating to the Cunard Steamship Company Limited and Cunard White Star Lines.
- A programme of events from the RMS Franconia dated Wednesday 17 October 1951,
- A guide to accommodation and general information for passengers from the RMS Mauretania,
- A passenger list from the RMS Aquitania dated 29 September 1948.
The fonds consists of steamship certificates and correspondence relating to the service in the Royal Navy of George B. Dyne, dating from 1887 to 1891. Also includes a black and white photograph of G.B. Dyne ca. 1935.
Dyne, George BradleyFonds consists of letters from Captain George Hutingford to his wife dating from November 1892 to March 1896, including descriptions of the West Coast of Canada ca. 1892, life in the Royal Navy, and the movements of the HMS Nymphe on the California coast, Mexico, and South America. Contains approximately 400 letters, and a family tree provided by the donor.
Also includes the naval papers belonging to Captain George Huntingford, Royal Navy including the movements of HMS Nymphe from December 1892 to March 1896 and three letters dating to November 1892.
Huntingford, Captain GeorgeFonds consists of miscellaneous papers and photos relating to the work of George Phillips at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt naval stores, his service during World War I, and arctic expeditions.
Fonds includes two Department of Naval Services inspection reports for HMC Dockyards, Halifax and Esquimalt prepared by George Phillips and 11 Department of Naval Services folders containing documents relating to the operation of the naval stores dating from 1917-1922. as well as photocopies of correspondence between George Phillips, V. Stefansson, Mrs. R.M. Anderson, Mrs. Murray, and G.J. Desbarats dating from 1913 to 1915.
Fonds also includes miscellaneous ephemeral related to the Royal Canadian Navy including two issues of "The Naval Volunteer" Magazine dating to December 1915 and January 1916, a Royal Naval Club, Esquimalt account book dating from October 1896 to 31 October 1911, a small painting of HMS Shearwater c. 1911, a pencil drawing of a fireplace with specs c. 1931, a handwritten letter in envelope dated 1912, and a Seattle press club visitor's card for Mr. G. Phillips.
Also includes a small booklet containing information about Canadian Pacific Steamships and a passenger list for the Empress of Scotland sailing from Quebec to Cherbourg and Southampton Wednesday 18 July 1928 as well as a diner menu for Tuesday 24 July 1928 and a lunch menu for Wednesday 25 July 1928. The menus are postcards on the reverse and were collected as souvenirs of a voyage taken by Miss J. Phillips.
Phillips, GeorgeFonds consists of documents relating to the careers of Captain Josiah F. Gosse from 1891 to 1898 and to Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse from the 1920s to the 1940s.
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A 1898 account journal for the schooner Otto kept by Captain Josiah F. Gosse consisting of a ledger of advances of pay and charges for items received by crew members from ship's stores such as tobacco, items of clothing, knives, and sacks of flour. A list at the front of the book shows 45 names including one marked as a deserter and the mate, Mr. Collinson. 26 of the crew have indigenous names and there also appears to have been 3 indigenous women on board. The ledger also shows the net payment to each person.
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A Canadian Pacific Navigation Company log book with "Josiah Gosse (1865-1938), chief officer, Islander Pilot House Log" written in pencil inside the front cover. The log book is believed to have been from the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's SS Charmer, possibly dating to 1891.
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Documents relating to the service of Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse (father of the donor), including correspondence, certificates of competency, certificates of discharge, and registration receipts relating primarily to CGS Estevan but also including various Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service Princess Line ships, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Fonds consists of personal and professional papers related to Captain D.W. Groos and Commander H.V.W. Groos.
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Handwritten note addressed to Commander Groos from George C. Etheridge in Monterry Oak, California. Envelope is postmarked 2 August 1951.
L483
Handwritten account of HMS Shearwater sailing to Madeira in November 1901 and a newspaper clipping from Thursday, 12 April 1979 containing a letter to the editor written by L.R. Ferris, nephew of George Charles Etheridge, passenger of HMS Shearwater in 1901.
L3804
Issue of "The Tiddley Times" the W.R.C.N.S. magazine, dating to January/February 1945.
L4015
Photocopies of papers relating to the barque Elissa, including pages from Lloyd's register of shipping, a builder's certificate for sailing vessels, written history of the ship, correspondence, accountant reports, plans and carts, and general lists and notes, dating primarily to the 1970s.
L4054
Photocopy of the history of the barque Elissa from its construction in 1877 until 1970 including lists of voyages, lists of casualties, a personal account from 1961, and correspondence from Lloyd's register of shipping dating to the 1970s.
L4055
Photocopy of Greek registry records, entirely in Greek, referencing barque Elissa, dating to 1959?
003.028.0001-0003
Book titled "British Columbia Pilot Volume I: Coasts of the United States and British Columbia from Cape Flattery, Juan de Fuca Strait to Cape Caution Together with Vancouver Island", fifth edition, 1923. Also, contracts from Canadian Merchant Service Guild dating from 1939 to 1941.
005.006.0001-0002
Book titled "The Way of a Ship: An Essay on the Literature of Navigation Science" by Lawrence C. Wroth, 1937 and 1 sheet of 1975 Canadian commemorative ships stamps.
Fonds consists of a handwritten letter addressed to Arthur, from his brother Harry Gurney dated aboard the barque British Army, describing the voyage from England to Calcutta (now Kolkata), dated 8 September 1881.
Gurney, Arthur