Archives enquiries in 2023

During 2023, I've been asked for information about the history of:

• municipal bylaws
• the municipal coat of arms
• farms, fences Fire Chiefs
• gardens (public and private)
• heritage walking trails
• individual former residents of Oak Bay
• oral history interviews/transcripts
• parks, plant nurseries, Police Department
• Ryland Huntley Record lounge, formerly on Oak Bay Ave
• schools and nurseries/daycares
• Sealand of the Pacific, seawalls, sewers
• streetcars
• streets/neighbourhoods and individual houses/properties (many - these are the majority of requests)
• the Oak Bay Tea Party
• Oak Bay Tennis Club
• trees
• Oak Bay United Church
• the University of Victoria (as it relates to the municipality of Oak Bay, which includes part of the Gordon Head campus)
• the Uplands and Uplands Park
• Willows Exhibition grounds / Fairgrounds / Driving Park / Aerodrome
• Willows Park Grocery
• Windsor Park and the Windsor Pavilion / former BC Electric Park / velodrome

and I've also had enquiries about:

• becoming a volunteer with the archives
• making research appointments
• what's in the archives
• prospective donations of archival material, reference files and printed books
• advice on looking after family photos and papers
• obtaining copies of historic photos
• topics that aren't to do with Oak Bay - for instance, Camosun College/ Victoria College/ Normal School (Saanich) or anything on Oak Bay Avenue east of Foul Bay Road (City of Victoria)