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Item is a book about Innes and his work.

Item is a patent agreement relating to a device for “detecting the direction of motion on a horizontal plane,” filed in New York City.

The fonds consists of records relating primarily to Innes’ drawing, painting, and writing. Records include original cartoons, publications containing Innes’ work, a chapbook, exhibit programs and reviews, and images of Innes’ paintings, as well as photographs of Innes, biographical material, and a patent agreement.

The fonds has been arranged into six series: Records relating to Innes’ paintings ([190-?]-1943); Illustrations and cartoons ([between 1880 and 1941]); Publications (1900-[ca. 1934]); Photographs of Innes ([192-?-193-?]); Patent (1 Feb. 1919); and Records relating to Innes created after his death ([1941]-1945).

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a newspaper clipping of an illustration showing individuals in a boat near shore, looking out toward a larger ship.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to Innes as well as the happenings of the Vancouver Sketch Club and other arts news in Vancouver.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to Innes’ paintings.

File consists of newspaper clippings of two short stories written and illustrated by Innes, titled “Wall-eyed Googan” and “Translation of Pig-Eye.”

File consists of newspaper clippings of obituaries and articles relating to Innes’ death.

Item is a booklet about the history of Vancouver, published by The Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company to commemorate its fiftieth anniversary. The cover illustration is by Innes.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

Item is a sheet with 3 small pencil sketches. One shows oxen and the other two are rough layout sketches showing trees and mountains with oxen or horses in the foreground.

Series consists of a patent agreement filed by Innes and John Linkison King in New York City, for a device to be used in the navigation of ships and airplanes.

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of Bighorn sheep on a mountain.

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of a First Nations canoe being paddled by two people.

Item is a pen and watercolour sketch of two moose next to a river, with a campsite across the water.

Item is an unfinished pen sketch showing a totem pole near water, with a holly leaf in one corner.

Item is a large Vancouver Daily Province layout sheet with a pencil sketch on one side and blueline tracing of it on the other. The drawing shows three cowboys on horseback with a wagon train in the background.

Item is a sketch for a painting, showing an early settlement in Vancouver with First Nations canoes in the water. The sketch is gridded for scaling and appears to be for a mural.

Item is a photograph of Innes’ painting “The Builders,” inscribed on the back “To dear Hoppie from Daddy, being a print of the First City Council of Vancouver - with the Civic officials - meeting in June 1886. With love of Ida May Innes my dear wife. John Innes.”

Item is a photograph of Innes sitting on the lawn in front of an unidentified building.

Item is a photograph of Innes walking on a sidewalk next to another man. Inscribed on the back by Innes’ wife Ida is “Look how they starved John Innes - bowed his head and broke his heart.”

Series consists of four photographs of Innes; two are copies of the same portrait and two are candid images.

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting.

File consists of 2 copies of a portrait of Innes. One is marked “Copyright 1923 P. Bentley.”

Item is a postcard featuring an image of a John Innes painting, addressed to Mr. Donald Allen.

Series consists of publications by Innes as well as publications containing his work. Records include a chapbook of poetry written and illustrated by Innes, an issue of The Canadian Magazine containing an article by Innes, newspaper clippings, and layout materials for a short story.