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September in the Archives

1 September 2023

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].