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October in the Archives

20 October 2023

from OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album online

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, in the 2nd half of the month only, due to staff illness.

Enquiries: 13, of which 4 in person. Running total for 2023: 132

On-site volunteer hours logged: 19

Volunteer projects:

  • historic building permits index
  • demolished-property files index
  • overhaul of reference files & 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

Digital images: OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album online View on Flickr

Views on Flickr to end of October (since March 2022): 225,000

Archivist's work:

  • detailed listing of OBA PR 132/01 Kootenays photo album completed, online
  • accession correspondence and processing new accessions
  • continuing AABC module on managing oral history programs and collections
  • preparing collections survey templates
  • volunteer management



Questions or appointment requests? Please get in touch!

Website: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives
Photo Search: https://www.oakbay.ca/archives/photographs
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Email: archives@oakbay.ca
Phone: 250-598-3290

- Post by Anna Sander, 1 November 2023.

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