Vancouver Historical Journal
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The City Archives, Vancouver, assumes the task of the preservation and custody of the historical records and relics of the City of Vancouver, and surrounding communities of North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, and, in a lesser degree, Squamish, Gibsons, and Port Moody. It is accommodated in the City Hall, and has never made a charge for its services in any respect. It is supported by an annual civic grant. Its staff, at present, is four persons.
Its treasure consists of a mass of historical papers and pictures - one hundred thousand or more pertaining to Greater Vancouver and vicinity, and recording the achievements of our people, past and present. At some time in some way it has rendered service to almost every public department, educational institution, historian, journalist, business firm, newspaper, and to countless students, individually or in groups.
No printed medium has hitherto existed by which the story of the Citizens of Vancouver and environs could be conveyed from locked cabinets and cupboards to readers in their homes and offices.
The "VANCOUVER HISTORICAL JOURNAL" is an attempt to provide a medium. The cost of this endeavor has been defrayed from private funds; future issues can be expected provided its readers subscribe the expense.
Its treasure consists of a mass of historical papers and pictures - one hundred thousand or more pertaining to Greater Vancouver and vicinity, and recording the achievements of our people, past and present. At some time in some way it has rendered service to almost every public department, educational institution, historian, journalist, business firm, newspaper, and to countless students, individually or in groups.
No printed medium has hitherto existed by which the story of the Citizens of Vancouver and environs could be conveyed from locked cabinets and cupboards to readers in their homes and offices.
The "VANCOUVER HISTORICAL JOURNAL" is an attempt to provide a medium. The cost of this endeavor has been defrayed from private funds; future issues can be expected provided its readers subscribe the expense.
Major J.S. Matthews (Contributor)
LIB.00261
Vancouver, BC : Archives Society of Vancouver
1958
Print and published material
History
English
Media Room and Library
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