The collection is comprised of an envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunter (Frances Hunter) from Esme Davis, and is decorated with a painting by Davis. Davis, who was born in France, attended St. Martin's School of Art in London and the Royal Academy, before relocating to Victoria (British Columbia) in 1949.
The fonds consists of materials created, received, and collected by Mary Elizabeth Duff during her involvement in advocating for women and lesbian rights in BC. The records consist of documents, reports, and pamphlets that relate to various women’s organizations and women’s rights activism. The fonds also includes a significant amount of ephemera and promotional materials for various women centered events and activities.
The fonds consists of photographic negatives, slides, and prints spanning John Barnard's career as professional photographer in Victoria, B.C. Subjects include new buildings by leading regional architects, the B.C. Legislature, tourist attractions, BC Ferries, and other commissions and portrait work.
The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, receipts, photographs (b&w; col), and photocopies relating to 3000 Dean Avenue, Victoria, and to original owner-builder John Gough.
The fonds consists of materials relating to Lina de Guevara’s position as Artistic Director of Puente Theatre from 1988-2011. The fonds includes one series, Puente Theatre and four subseries, Administrative Records, Clippings, Events & Workshops, and Plays & Productions.
The fonds consists of administrative and education program records. Materials include all annual reports; board minutes; service descriptions; some funding requests; several summaries of the history of the organization at points in time; research pertaining to effectiveness of the programs; studies and papers written by social work students and staff; submissions to government; educational and program materials for all program areas in the area of treatment programs for men, support groups for women, community education, materials used in prison settings; some other program and educational materials from other programs and research that helped to shape the agency programs. Descriptions of large community development projects initiated by the Society - eg: the Mayor's Advisory Group on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and Elder Abuse that led to the regional Violence Against Women in Relationships Coordinating Committee.
The fonds consists of documents relating to Celu Amberstone's writing career. Records consist of poetry, playscripts, children's prose, notes for readings, publishing contracts, review clippings, correspondence, and acceptance and rejection letters from publishers and editors. The fonds also includes a proof copy of The Dreamer's Legacy by Celu Amberstone, and House of Commons Special Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped publication, "Native Population: Follow-up Report" (1981), which features a profile of Amberstone/Barbara Smith. The fonds is also comprised of digital text files of Amberstone's writings and e-book versions of her publications.