August in the Archives
Oak Bay Archives PR 132/02 Diary of Mrs Walter Burgess (nee Mary Johnston Hastie), p.16 Wed Oct 30 1907 - Maggie and John's wedding day.
Open hours: The Archives were open to the public for enquiries, and in person by appointment, 9.30-4 Tuesdays and Fridays, with Tuesdays 10-1 as drop-in hours. (Total hours available to the public: 58.5)
On-site volunteer hours logged: 24
Volunteer projects:
- historic building permits index - ongoing
- demolished-property files index - ongoing
- overhaul of reference files & 2 recent large accessions added - started
Enquiries: 6, of which 2 in person
Digital images: 283 new images created, 366 posted online. View on Flickr
Views on Flickr to end of August (since March 2022): 210,000
Flickr views, August 2023
Community transcription project:
- All 353 pages of Mrs Burgess' 1907-08 diary have been photographed
- all digital images watermarked and uploaded to Flickr.
- 40 000 word transcription of the whole document is complete and online (pp.1-37 were first transcribed by OBA volunteers 2016-2019). More about the transcription project here.
Collections online: PR 132/2 Burgess diary (353 images), PR 104 Francis photos (150 images) View here
OBA PR 104 104/1/49. “Winter 1979 at [2346] Windsor Road”. Francis collection
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Phone: 250-598-3290
- Post by Anna Sander, 1 September 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, August). 'August in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/august-in-the-archives [date accessed].
