Item is a poetry chapbook written and illustrated by Innes.

Item is a newspaper clipping from The Vancouver Sun featuring a photograph of John Innes and a description of his painting “Harding in Canada.”

The fonds consists of one bound copy of six plays in manuscript. The volume is entitled Mr. Seckers Manuscript, Secker being the prominent British publisher, Martin Secker. According to Seckers handwritten note at the front of the volume, these plays formed part of a volume he published in 1923.

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

This sous-fonds includes letters authored and received by J. A. Forin between 1926 and 1933, handwritten note, clippings, broadside as well as three publication belonging to Forin that contain his handwritten annotations. All records are in English.

Edward McWhinney was an international authority on constitutional and aviation law, a prolific author, member of multiple academic and professional organizations, a Member of the Canadian Parliament and a lecturer at universities around the world. In his later years he actively supported numerous institutions, including the charitable foundation he established with his wife, Emily McWhinney. He routinely travelled, and this collection reflects the diverse range of his careers and interests.

Consisting primarily of records created in the course of his extensive professional and political careers, this collection contains correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, handwritten notes and cards, photographs, published materials, books, photocopies, and ephemera. The fonds has been split into 4 series: Politics and law (1943-2015); Publications and reviews (1956-2015); Associations, conferences and academia (1940-2015); Personal (1914-2015).

File consists of 2 advertisements for Shelly’s Bread which include instalments of a serialized story, accompanied by the illustrations “Mackenzie’s party descending the Bella Coola River in spoon canoes” and “Indians attacking the Hudson’s Bay fort at Camousun,” by Innes.

Item is a program for a North West Moose Association convention held in Vancouver. The program is illustrated throughout by Innes.

File consists of an illustrated pamphlet describing a collection of 8 Innes paintings on loan to the University of British Columbia, as well as an affidavit by Innes regarding the status of these paintings.

Item is a pamphlet describing a series of murals painted by John Innes for David Spencer department store.

Fonds consists of correspondence, written works and published materials by Wah and other writers, photographs, and other records accumulated by Wah during his lifetime, arising from both personal and professional activities. Records include poems, essays and reviews; journals and notebooks; book manuscripts; teaching materials; travel records; administrative records; and promotional material for conferences, workshops and other events.

The records in this fonds have been arranged into the following eight series: Correspondence (1960-2013); Writings and related records (1961-2012); Research records, works of others, and works about Wah ([196-]-2012); Academic work and instruction records (1927, [196-]-2005); Events and travel records (1965- 2013); Professional service and activities records ([ca. 1961]-2013); Residency records (1981-2007); and Personal records ([196-?]-[199-?]).

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 book containing reproductions and descriptions of a collection of 8 Innes paintings on loan to the University of British Columbia.

Item is a program for an exhibit of Innes’ paintings in Vancouver, sponsored by Hudson’s Bay Company. The program is inscribed “C.H. French Esq. With the Compliments of John Innes.”

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

Item is a program for an exhibit of Innes’ paintings in Vancouver, sponsored by Hudson’s Bay Company.

Fonds consists of correspondence, research, notes, written works, newspaper clippings and other records accumulated by Shackleton over her lifetime. These include records relating to her career as a writer, editor and journalist, her political activities, her education, research, travels abroad and those records relating to her professional and personal relationships within organizations and with acquaintances, friends and family members. Records have been arranged into the following seven series: Writing records ([194-]-2001); Research and reference files ([196-]-1985); Education and employment records (1931-[ca. 1992]); Political records (1944-1979); Professional organization records (1983-2001); Personal subject files ([19--]-2001); and Travel souvenirs, notes, and ephemera ([196-?]-1995).

Series documents the imprisonment of Sons of Freedom convicts at Piers Island Penitentiary between 1932 and 1934, from its initial stage in search for an island to set up the prison to determining the conditions for release of the prisoners. The records, the majority of which consist of correspondence between senior officials, shed light on the construction and management of the prison, as well as the problems that the federal prison system encountered regarding both personnel and prisoners.
Series consists of textual records including correspondence, telegrams, and memoranda, most of which were written to or by H. W. Cooper. The remainder of the records were created by other authorities, prisoners, and relatives of prisoners. Series also contains a warrant written by J. Cartmel and a chronology written in shorthand by H. W. Cooper. Also included in the series is an empty manila envelope. The records in this series have been arranged into the following three files: 1932; 1933; and 1934.