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Archival Descriptions

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. 

A

Adams, Albert
Allen Family
Alton Family
Astrope, bob

B

Banham, John
Blais family
Behr, margaret
Blumberg, Betty
B.p.o.e. Lodge #63​
Brister, Victor a.
Beta Sigma phi
Brooks, Sheldon

C

Campbell, john
coccola, jean
Carlson, joyce
Cole, William
Carrie, Audree
Cornwall, George L.
Chapman, Roy
Corp. of the Village
​of Cranberry lake
Cranberry businessmen's
​Committee
Cranberry citizens
committee

D

davies, stanley
donkersley, harry
Dice family
dunn, john
dobozy, thomas
Dwyer, eileen
domestic devices ltd.
dykes, gordon

E

entner, Clarence
​& mary
errico family
ethel eason singers
evenishen, john
​& natalie

F

FAr field press
fidler, reuben
Fiedler, frank
fleury, norma
Frampton, rosalie
Frank, leonard
friends of olive devaud
seniors home

G

gaudet, reg
Goes, Tony
Gela Family
Golightly, Francis H.
Gentile, Joseph (Pep)
gorgenyi, bela
German, Gordon
Goumeniouk, gleb
Grundle, Bert
Gustafson, Neil
Gustafson, Oscar,
George & amelia

H

Holy Cross Cemetery Society

I


K


L


M

Malaspina Camera Club
Miller, Catherine

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.
PR & district 
​Agricultural society
PR Acadamy of music
PR Chamber
​of Commerce
pr film commission
pr & district
​cooperative society
PR Amalgamation
​Committee
PR Choral Society
PR forestry
​association
PR & district
​film council
PR Camera Club
PR Court watch
pr girl guides
pr 1958 provincial
centennial committee
PR Centennial 
​committee 1967
pr employment society
pr good citizen
​committee
PR International training
​in communications chapter

Q


R


S


T


U


V


W

westview badminton club
westview women's
​cribbage club

X


Y


Z

Picture

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