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Sierra Club of British Columbia fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR117
  • Fonds
  • 1969 - 2011

Fonds consists of the following series: Administration, newsletters and reports; Issues files, including Forestry; Research files of Jim Bonfonti, Rosemary Fox, Vicki Husband and Paul Senez; Site specific files, including Carmanah, Clayoquot Sound, Kemano, Khutzemateen, Meares Island, Robson Bight, South Moresby, Stein Valley, Tatshenshini, and Victoria watershed; and Wilderness Advisory Committee files.

Sierra Club of British Columbia

Royal Canadian Air Force collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC459
  • Collection
  • 1942-1944

The collection consists of an album of photographs re R.C.A.F. Radio Direction Finding Stations (RDF), Pacific Coast taken between 1942 and 1944.

Roger Smeeth fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC580
  • Fonds
  • 1966 - 2002

The fonds consists of architectural drawings for residential and commercial buildings in Victoria and on Vancouver Island.

Smeeth, Roger Watson, 1931-

Port Hardy Ferrochromium Review Panel fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR105
  • Fonds
  • 1990

Fonds consists of the following series documenting the proceedings: Proceedings, Volumes 1-22; Reference documents, 1-30; Reference files, Summary of argument of concerned residents of the North Island, and Exhibit documents.

Port Hardy Ferrochromium Review Panel

Peter Newroth fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR147
  • Fonds
  • 1966-2002

Fonds consists of two series:Marine Plants, and Water Quality (Aquatic Plant Management Program). The series document Newroths output as a professional aquatic biologist who was often supported by a large team of co-workers. The Marine Plant series includes unpublished manuscripts and publications on the biology of the red algal Genus Phyllophora and other members of the Family Phyllophoraceae, and related PhD research data, reference files, photographs, field and laboratory notes. This material makes reference to extensive dried plant and light microscope slide collections (mainly of North Atlantic, and Pacific Northwest marine plants) deposited in the Biology Department, University of Victoria.

The Water Quality series documents the evolution and development of the provincial governments Aquatic Plant Management Program (APMP), an innovative and comprehensive preventive and management program. Included are Newroths publications (1978-1994), information on introduced or exotic nuisance aquatic plants and animals in British Columbia fresh water systems, and approximately 100 technical reports on BC water bodies published by the province. The reports on APMP control and monitoring projects are grouped by the following geographic areas: Okanagan Lakes, Kalamalka and Wood Lakes, Cultus Lake, Christina Lake, Brannen Lake, Mara Lake (Little Shuswap), Shuswap Lake, Southern Vancouver Island and Lower Fraser Valley.

Newroth, Peter Russell

ORCA fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR306
  • Fonds
  • 1986-1996

Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, issues files, newspaper clippings, publications and articles related to protest groups, and environment, aquaculture, fisheries, forestry and mining issues.

ORCA

Oluna Ceska and Adolf Ceska fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC677
  • Fonds
  • 1997-2021

The fonds is comprised of botanical illustrations and field journals by Oluna Ceska, with additional information contributed by Adolf Ceska. This includes, eight field journals of mycofloristic (mushroom) surveys with detailed illustrations by Oluna Ceska. Each specimen has been labelled by name, as well as by the location, date, and substrate where it was found. Additional observations include physical characteristics, smell, size, and spore size. The research focuses primarily on the southern Vancouver island region. Many of the studied specimens are from Observatory Hill, Victoria. Additional research locations include the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, the BC mainland, the Yukon, Washington, and Oregon.

The fonds also consists of 9 survey reports of macrofungi on Observatory Hill that were researched and compiled by Oluna, with photos of specimens taken by Adolf. The reports describe species of fungi that were found, their location, as well as environmental factors that impact fungi growth.

In addition to the notebooks and reports relating to mushrooms, the fonds includes illustrations of flora on Southern Vancouver Island.

Oluna Ceska

Michael Waldichuk fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR418
  • Fonds
  • [192-?] - 1992

Fonds consist primarily of the correspondence and manuscripts of Dr. Michael Waldichuk specific to environmental issues on the Canadian Pacific coast. The fonds consist of four series: Personal, Cine-film, Pacific Coast Entire, and Pacific Coast Regions. The Personal series contains correspondence, records containing information about Dr. Waldichuk’s academic and professional career, and a bibliography of publications written by Dr. Waldichuk. The Cine-film series consists of 275 metres of film documenting survey procedures, particularly at Crofton Pulp Mill. The Pacific Coast Entire series consists of documents relating to the Pacific Coast as a whole. Pacific Coast Region consists of documents organized into 15 sub-series identified by environmentally distinct regions. The fonds also contains publications received by Dr. Waldichuk in the course of his activities.

Waldichuk, Michael, 1923-1991

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