November in the Archives

June sorts newspaper cuttings for the local history reference files

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.

Enquiries: 17, of which 5 in person. Running total for 2023: 149.We've now passed the yearly totals for 2020, 2021 and 2022.

On-site volunteer hours logged: 22

Volunteer projects:

municipal demolished-property files indexing
reference files overhaul & adding 2 recent large accessions of news cuttings on Oak Bay topics
physical numbering of items in a new large accession of personal papers
maps survey: listing and photographing rolled oversize maps/plans/drawings, hitherto undescribed
tagging (subject indexing) Taylor family photos online - remote project
oral history transcripts - checking/revising

Views on Flickr in November: 8000 (total 233K)

Archivist's work:

index of local history reference files, new online here
completed AABC CPD course on managing oral history programs and collections
restarted monthly volunteers' bulletins
file list of Logan Mayhew House plans etc new online here
file list of PR 231 Dr Larry McCann's research papers about John Olmsted's design of the Uplands and many other planned suburbs, new online here
live and updatable list of community records in OB Archives, now on Connect here
volunteer management

Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!

Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/oakbayarchives/
Blog posts: https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives
Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290

- Post by Anna Sander, 1 December 2023.

To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, December). 'November in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/november-in-the-archives [date accessed].