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The Correspondence of Racey and Harrison Collection features previously undocumented correspondence between James Maurice (J.M.) Harrison and Kenneth Racey, as well as a selection of specimens that they exchanged with each other. J.M. Harrison (1892…

This collection presents a series of documents relating to the creation of a large scale map charting the distribution of the indigenous languages across North America. The date and final use of this map are currently unknown. The assigned "…

The Terry and Sherrie Thorne Collection contains photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, and reports illustrating the rich history of the Squamish area, from 1890 to 1950. It is a selected portion of the materials in the Terry and Sherrie Thorne…

The three issues presented here have been digitized from a bound collection of Tumbler Ridge Chronicle-Mountaineer newspapers published in 1983. This collection has been created using the only known copies of the newspaper, which are kept at the…

ABOUT THE COLLECTION The Susan Tolway Family Fonds was donated to the Jewish Historical Society of BC by Susan Towley in February 2018 and digitizing began in January 2019. The JMABC Archives welcomes donations of material pertaining to the history…

A comedy about four Canadian men with differing personalities who take a weekend getaway camping trip.

Tells the story of Marie-Louise, a postmistress with the supernatural ability to read through sealed envelopes. Through her revelations of secrets hidden within messages, we begin to learn about the Northern Ontario community.

Tells the story of Maurice Ruddick, a singer and one of 174 miners trapped beneath Cumberland No. 2 mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, 1958.

A group of people are brought together after the funeral of a gay dancer, Robbie, who drowned in a boating accident with his lover. The assortment of characters come to terms with their personal identities and lives.

The Philip Francis Postcard Collection offers a glimpse into British Columbia’s past through postcards that highlight its people, events, industries, landmarks, and transportation. Many of these postcards come from the "golden age" of…

Murder-mystery set in The Blackfly Lodge, featuring a brother and sister drifting apart, and a family history of addiction.

Originally published in Spain in 1499, tells the story of a bachelor who uses a procuress Celestina to begin an affair with an unmarried girl living with her parents.

Play centred around an aging couple who spend their summers on Golden Pond lake. This year, they are visited by their daughter, her husband and their granddaughter.

Musical set in the Jazz age of 1930 Berlin as the Nazis are ascending to power. Play centres around the Kit Kat Klub nightlife and a relationship between an American writer and an English cabaret performer.

The Simon Fraser University (SFU) Women's Centre Digital Collection contains selected documents produced during the early to mid-1970s that have been preserved in the Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department (SFU…

An Indigenous family gathering at Thanksgiving reveals family truths, prompting questions about collective histories and moving forward into the future.

1930 comedy about a divorced couple who unsuspectingly end up staying in adjacent rooms at a hotel with their new spouses.

Reflection | Representation | Remembrance: A Retrospective of the Works of Co.ERASGA (1999-2010) is a collection of image and textual materials commemorating the first ten years of Co.ERASGA contemporary dance company. As Co.ERASGA enters its…

The Tumbler Ridge Observer 1997 Collection contains selected issues of the Tumbler Ridge Observer Newspaper published between January and December 1997. These newspapers are incredibly important to the Tumbler Ridge Community as they are some of the…

Stage adaptation of The Diary of a Young Girl, a book of writings kept by Anne Frank while in hiding from the Nazis for two years with her family in the Netherlands.