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August in the Archives

11 August 2023

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.
There are always variant readings to discuss, notes to include, and errors to correct. All are welcome to participate!

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

Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!

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Email: archives@oakbay.ca

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].