Brewing history research files
- F-316-3
- Series
- [198-]-2017
Part of Greg Evans fonds
Series consists of Evans' research materials relating to BC brewing history. A large number of the files date back to Evans' work on his thesis (1985-1991), but he continuously added new material to old files and created new files in the course of his ongoing research.
Records includes Evans' notes and working papers, correspondence, speaking notes for public talks; interview notes and biographical sketches of brewers and brewery profiles; copies of advertisements, beer labels, photographs, maps, fire insurance plans, drawings, and floor plans; copies and transcriptions of newspaper and periodical articles, excerpts from publications (books, websites); and copies of archival documents, the originals of which are held by other repositories.
Two types of dates have been given to most files in the series: "dates of creation" and "dates of document". "Creation" dates are based on date of accumulation by Evans. Many of the working papers and notes by Evans are undated, while documents that are dated are often reproductions of older, historical records that he had copied by the repositories he visited. This makes it difficult to determine the precise dates on which files were opened or closed. Files dated [198-]-[199-] are thought to belong to the thesis period; files dated [198-]-[201-] originated in the thesis research but continued to be added to; other ranges are given where more precise dates of accumulation seem possible based on file contents (e.g. Evans' own correspondence). The "dates of document" given at the sub-series and file levels refers to the dates of the original documents that Evans copied.
The series is arranged into ten sub-series:
- BC brewing industry: thematic subject files (sub-series 1)
- Brewers' files (sub-series 2)
- Brewery files: Victoria (sub-series 3)
- Brewery files: Nanaimo and North Vancouver Island (sub-series 4)
- Brewery files: Vancouver and Lower Mainland (sub-series 5)
- Brewery files: Thompson-Okanagan (sub-series 6)
- Brewery files: Kootenays (sub-series 7)
- Brewery files: Cariboo, Northern BC and Yukon (sub-series 8)
- Brewery files: provincial consortiums and national brewers (sub-series 9)
- Brewery files: craft breweries (sub-series 10)