The Powell River Historical Museum & Archives has a significant collection of records and newspapers specific to local families, businesses, community organizations and groups. These archival fonds are available to view by appointment.
There may be some confusion regarding the terms fonds and collection. These terms refer to two different types of record accumulations acquired by the PRHMA.
A fonds is a body of records that was made and received by a person, family, or organization, public or private, in the conduct of their everyday affairs. These records were accumulated over time and kept for their enduring value as a future reference resource and/or as evidence of the functions and responsibilities of their creator. The key characteristics of a fonds are provenance (records are created by one individual or organization) and original order (the way the records were originally ordered by their creators can be significant in interpreting their meaning).
In contrast, a collection is a body of records assembled by a person, organization or repository from a variety of sources (i.e. multi-provenancial) usually on the basis of some subject or theme and arranged in such a way as to make the records easily accessible for their purely informational value.
Many of the archival fonds and collections held by the PRHMA have been described in the descriptions listed below. The descriptions are listed in alphabetical order. Additional descriptions will be added as they are completed.
There may be some confusion regarding the terms fonds and collection. These terms refer to two different types of record accumulations acquired by the PRHMA.
A fonds is a body of records that was made and received by a person, family, or organization, public or private, in the conduct of their everyday affairs. These records were accumulated over time and kept for their enduring value as a future reference resource and/or as evidence of the functions and responsibilities of their creator. The key characteristics of a fonds are provenance (records are created by one individual or organization) and original order (the way the records were originally ordered by their creators can be significant in interpreting their meaning).
In contrast, a collection is a body of records assembled by a person, organization or repository from a variety of sources (i.e. multi-provenancial) usually on the basis of some subject or theme and arranged in such a way as to make the records easily accessible for their purely informational value.
Many of the archival fonds and collections held by the PRHMA have been described in the descriptions listed below. The descriptions are listed in alphabetical order. Additional descriptions will be added as they are completed.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
Please note, due to the common use of 'Powell River' in organization, team, business and society names, Powell River has been abbreviated to 'PR' for all archival descriptions.
