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Greg Evans fonds

  • F-316
  • Fonds
  • 1859-1917

Fonds consists of records made or received by Greg Evans in the course of activities, mainly relating to his research on the history of brewing in BC.

Activities documented include completion of his Master's thesis, his on-going post-thesis research and the unfinished book project; correspondence with brewers and other brewing historians; public speaking engagements and consulting projects; and Evans' involvement with CAMRA and the Great Canadian Beer Festival.

Records consist predominantly of Evans' correspondence, research notes and working papers; drafts and copies of his own writings, including his MA thesis; speaking notes and presentation slides; interview notes and transcriptions; reports, newspaper clippings, copies of articles, and excerpts from books and publications; and archival photographs and textual records, mostly copied from originals held at various archives, museums and libraries.

Fonds is arranged into ten series:

  • Thesis and university work, 1969-1991 (series 1)
  • Book project files, 2011-2016 (series 2)
  • Brewing history research files, [198-]-2017 (series 3)
  • Hops industry research and exhibit files, 1989-2014 (series 4)
  • Public talks and publications (series 5)
  • Correspondence and project files (series 6)
  • Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) files (series 7)
  • Great Canadian Beer Festival files (series 8)
  • Photographs, labels, and graphics (series 9)
  • Brewing reference works (series 10)

Evans, Greg

Brewery files: Cariboo, Northern BC and Yukon

Sub-series consists of research materials relating to breweries established in BC's Cariboo region, Northern BC and the Yukon in the 19th and early 20th centuries. For record types, see the Scope and content note in the parent series description (F-316-3).

Evans titled files by location or brewery name. Files are arranged alphabetically.

Brewery files: provincial consortiums and national brewers

Sub-series consists of research materials relating to consortiums of BC breweries and activities and acquisitions in BC by national Canadian breweries in the 20th century. For record types, see the Scope and content note in the parent series description (F-316-3).

The sub-series include photocopies of agreements and reports of the Amalgamated Brewers Agency of BC (file 1); indentures and memoranda of agreement relating to the BC Brewers Ltd. (file 3); a copy of the 1948 Annual Report for the Brewers and Distillers of Vancouver (file 4); and a copy of the Fall 1977 Carling O'Keefe Vancouver Employees Review (file 4).

Files are arranged alphabetically by brewery or consortium.

Hops industry research and exhibit files

Series consists of files relating to the hops industry in British Columbia. Sub-series 1 brings together Evans' general research files on hops growing. Much of this material was accumulated as Evans worked on "Brewer's Gold", a travelling exhibit on the history of hops in BC. Sub-series 2 consists of the exhibit project files. For record types, see sub-series descriptions.

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