Fonds 984.033.0001-0007, 0010.1-29 - A. Gilles Fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

A. Gilles Fonds

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

984.033.0001-0007, 0010.1-29

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1914-1944 (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

35 v. -- 1 sheet.

Archival description area

Name of creator

Yarrows Shipbuilding Limited (1914 - 1995)

Administrative history

Sir Alfred Yarrow, of Yarrow & Co. Shipbuilders in Scotland, purchased the B.C. Marine Railways Company in Esquimalt to create Yarrows Shipbuilding Ltd. Sir Alfred's son, Norman became Director in 1915 and Edward Izard, an Engineer trained at the ... »

Scope and content

Fonds consists of

  • a map of Esquimalt Harbour, dated 1915 in pencil on reverse, printed on blueprint paper
  • A 1917 diary and almanac,
  • A 1929 journal,
  • A 1940 record book,
  • A book of Yarrows Limited estimate sheets,
  • A memorandum of agreement between Yarrows Limited and The Canadian Pacific Railway,
  • A binder containing alphabetical list of jobs
  • Thirty estimate work books from Yarrows Ltd. dating from 1914 to 1944.

Notes area

Physical condition

1917 almanac is in very poor condition. Recommend for digitization and disposal.

Language of material

  • English

Restrictions on access

All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

Access points

Control area

Rules or conventions

RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

28 March 2018