Blog index

About the Archives

• Archives introduction leaflet
• Archives Q&A
• Archives Q&A 2
• Oak Bay Archives pre-2021 - a photo tour
  
• Oak Bay Archives photo tour - current
• Donating archival material - things to think about
• Why the Archives does not collect copies from loans or from other archives

Collection descriptions & finding aids

• List of community records
• Reference library catalogue
• Reference files index
• Oak Bay Building Permits index (to end of 1958)
• Maps, plans & drawings
• OBA PR 103 Brown papers
• OBA PR 131 Mayhew papers
• OBA PR 132/01 Burgess diary
• OBA PR 132 / 02 Kootenays photo album
• OBA PR 231 McCann papers

Research & Collections: Features and Displays

• 2024 Oak Bay Remembers: Second World War local history project
• 2024 Oak Bay Remembers: WW2 Roll of Honour document
• 2024 Oak Bay Remembers: WW1 Hampshire Road Methodist Church Roll of Honor document
• 2024 Finding the Fallen: researching Oak Bay's WW2 Memorials
• 2024 Oak Bay Archives banners - sources of original images
• 2024 Oak Bay Archives banners - photo locations mapped
• 2024 Oak Bay Councillors 1906 - present
• 2023 City Directories as research resources
• 2023 Fire Chiefs of Oak Bay
• 2022 Marrion Street in photos
• 2022 schools activity - Oak Bay Avenue village history
• 2022 Principals of Oak Bay High School
• 2022 House photos from appraisal cards
• 2022 Sport & Recreation in Oak Bay
• 2022 Bert Howell photos
• 2022 Archives reference library
• 2022 Marbled endpapers in archival ledgers
• 2022 Alice Olive Munro, nee Bunting
• 2022 #Archive30: Bert Howell photos
• 2021 Oak Bay's population over time
• 2021 Oak Bay Street Names
• 2021 Weather
• 2021 Willows Camp at the Fair Grounds during WW1
• 2021 #ArchiveFirsts
• 2021 #Archive30
• 2020 Reeves & Mayors of Oak Bay
• 2020 Hope Leeder wildflower sketchbook
• 2020 Discover Oak Bay history by bike

Reports & updates

• 2024
  • October
  • September
  • August
  • July
  • June
  • May
  • April
  • March
  • back to normal
  • flood notice
  • February
• 2023
  • 2023 year in review
  • 2023 enquiries
  • December-January
  • November
  • October
  • September
  • August
  • July
  • open to visitors in person
  • June
  • May
  • April
  • March
  • January - February
• 2022 year in review
• 2021 year in review
• closure & access in 2021-22

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Questions? Please get in touch!
Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290

- Post by Anna Sander 2024 -