September in the Archives
St Patrick St entry, Victoria city directory 1912
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.
On-site volunteer hours logged: 32.5 (6 volunteers)
Volunteer projects:
- historic building permits index
- demolished-property files index
- overhaul of reference files & adding 2 recent large accessions
- physical numbering of items in a new accession of personal papers
- maps survey: listing and photographing rolled oversize maps/plans/drawings
Enquiries: 17, of which 3 in person. Running total for 2023: 119
Digital images: View on Flickr
Views on Flickr to end of September (since March 2022): 210,000
Archivist's work:
- What's in the archives? the Community Archives list of holdings has been updated from a list of 6 items to 125, here. Still a work in progress, more descriptions and more detail to come!
- provided binder "On the Street Where You Live" for St Patrick street party: extracts from city directories 1910-1998, index of building permits for the street 1909-1971, list of street names & changes, archives leaflet.
- 8 large drawers of hanging reference files reversed for easy access and filing
- detailed listing of Harold & Sally Francis photos online here
- Attended Heritage Foundation meeting
- AABC Oral history course has started
- Created a new Archives leaflet
Questions or appointment requests? 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, 1 October 2023.
To cite: Sander, Anna. (2023, September). 'September in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/admin/projects/archives/news_feed/september-in-the-archives [date accessed].
