Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
West Vancouver Archives collection
General material designation
- Multiple media
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the creator of the collection.
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Physical description
ca. 685 photographs and other material
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Archival description area
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Biographical history
In keeping with the Canadian archival tradition of "total archives," the Corporation of the District of West Vancouver's Archives holdings comprise corporate and community records. With the incorporation of the municipality in 1912, the creation and collection of corporate records began. From 1980, the West Vancouver Museum & Historical Society collected community archival material from residents, transferring these records to the District in 1994 with the opening of the West Vancouver Museum and Archives in the Gertrude Lawson House. The Archives continues to accept, preserve and make available both corporate and community records.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The collection consists of materials pertaining to West Vancouver or collected by West Vancouver organizations and residents. The collection arrangement is based on the form of the materials:
Series 1: Photographs
Series 2: Newspapers
Series 3: Maps
Series 4: Documents and ephemera
Series 5: Reference publications
Series 6: Oral histories
Series 7: Information files
Series 8: Art
Series 9: Sound and moving image recordings
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
On February 25, 2004, a decision was made by the archivist to combine a number of West Vancouver Museum and Archives collections into one collection with multiple series. Most of the materials included in the combined collection were gathered by the West Vancouver Historical Society, under the guidance of Rupert Harrison, or by community archivists after the establishment of the West Vancouver Museum and Archives facility.
Language of material
- English
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Physical description
Includes: 3 m newspapers, microfilm and microfiche, 92 maps, technical drawings, and architectural drawings, 40 pamphlets, 100 documents and ephemera, 58 oral histories, ca. 430 newpaper clipping files, 3 works of art.
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created March 29, 2010