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Item A Checklist of Biographical and Critical Materials for the Period 1965 -1987 on Jack Marlowe Wise, R.C.A.(2012-08-07) Cummings, StephenItem consists of a 16 page listing of biographical and critical materials on painter Jack Wise (1928-1996) compiled by Stephen Cummings, for the period 1965 - 1987. Jack Wise was an artist, calligrapher, poet and teacher, born April 27, 1928. Wise, along with Lin Chien-Shih, Emily Carr, and Mark Tobey, is identified with the Pacific Northwest School of Abstract Calligraphic Painting, which combined American abstract expressionism with Asian calligraphic tradition and Buddhist philosophy. Wise is also linked to the West Coast Surrealists, or Hermetics, who included Gary Lee-Nova, Gregg Simpson and Ed Varney.Item Debby Yaffe audio interview(2011-12-05) Yaffe, Debby; Fisher, JoyItem consists of sound recordings of an oral history interview with Debby Yaffe. Debby (Deborah) Yaffe is a feminist, activist and retired University of Victoria Department of Women’s Studies senior instructor.Item June 10, 2013 Convocation - afternoon(2013-08-02)Item June 11, 2013 Convocation - afternoon(2013-08-02)Item June 11, 2013 Convocation - morning(2013-08-02)Item June 12, 2013 Convocation - afternoon(2013-08-02)Item June 12, 2013 Convocation - morning(2013-07-10)Item June 13, 2013 Convocation - afternoon(2013-08-02)Item June 13, 2013 Convocation - morning(2013-08-02)Item June 14, 2013 Convocation - afternoon(2013-08-02)Item June 14, 2013 Convocation - morning(2013-08-02)Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1858(1858) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY “Grinding” (meaning unknown) – Peter O’Reilly attends dinners, concerts and pantomime theatre in Dublin FEBRUARY “Grinding” continues - examinations held – Peter goes on walks about Dublin and to dinner with acquaintances. MARCH No diary entries. APRIL Francis Ellis arrives in Dublin – Peter and Francis attend court martial at Royal Barracks, go to Queen’s Theatre and Punchestown horse races – Peter rides and exercises horses, takes Rarey lessons for training and calming difficult horses. MAY Peter O’Reilly visits the Francis & Louisa Ellis family of Faccary House near Mountfield, Ireland – horse riding with Ellis daughter Charlotte – trains horses using Rarey techniques – visit to Royal Fusiliers headquarters – dinner with Captain Knox - band concerts in Omagh with the Ellises. JUNE Peter trains other horses – plays “rackets” and goes fishing – rides horses with Charlotte - visits with Mrs Ellis JULY Return to Dublin – Ellises visit Peter in Dublin with daughter Charlotte and son Tommy. AUGUST No diary entries. SEPTEMBER Return to Faccary House. OCTOBER Hunting for grouse, hares, and snipe – Peter evaluates hunting dogs. NOVEMBER Hunting with friends – horse training – rides with Charlotte. DECEMBER Trips to Omagh with Mrs Ellis and Charlotte – exercises horses – receives “Valuable present from mistress” on Christmas Day - illness of Mrs Ellis and Charlotte.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1859(1859) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Peter O’Reilly purchases ticket to New York for £18 – requests transfer of pension – visits childhood home of Ballybeg – visits with friends, trains horses, and returns to Faccary one last time to see the Ellis family. FEBRUARY “Busy Packing” – travels to Galway to catch New York bound ship – boards the Prince Albert in the “Saloon” (First Class) section - “Very ill nearly all on board sea sick” – “sea running mountains high” - “a hurricane rough all night” - icebergs and field ice seen – arrival in St Johns, then New York. MARCH Peter attends the theatre in New York City - posts letters to Mrs Louisa “Mamsey” Ellis in Ireland - arranges $125 passage to San Francisco via Panama – arrives in Aspinwall (Panama) in one week – travels by train to Pacific coast to board San Francisco-bound ship – observes rough weather, sharks, whales, porpoises – stops in Acapulco – attends two plays in San Francisco. APRIL Departs for Victoria aboard the Brother Jonathan with stops in Astoria and Portland - “Beautiful wooded senery all the way” – arrival at Esquimalt – unable to obtain meeting with Governor James Douglas for a few days - appointed “Resident Magistrate” for Langley - temporarily lodges at Langley courthouse - takes charge of post office. MAY Receives trading licences for Fort Langley - settles disputes - holds trial for Indians accused of assault, another trial involving robbery of Indians - establishes permanent lodging and starts garden - travels to Queensborough (New Westminster) for Queen’s Birthday celebrations - dinner with Royal Engineers. JUNE Meets with Gov Douglas - attends church services by Reverend Crickmer - writes to friends in Ireland including Mamsey – dines with Dr Pears and Rev Crickmer - grand jury in court. JULY “American Independence - Firing off guns all night.” – four cases heard at Fort Langley - “musketoes in millions - remained in house all day” - Fort Langley village destroyed by fire – prepares fire report for Gov Douglas. AUGUST Tensions rise over the boundary dispute between the US and Britain in San Juan Islands – prepares list of all British subjects - “Queensborough” name changes to “New Westminster” as promoted by Queen Victoria - receives appointment as “assistant Register” - travels to Victoria to meet with Gov Douglas – becomes High Sheriff of BC at increased salary of £300 per year. SEPTEMBER “Felt very lonely all day - cannot help thinking of my old & dear friends” – travels to Hope and encounters two “Yankees” who think Peter intends to arrest them – travels to interior via Hudson’s Bay trail - “fearful hard work - at every turn a dead horse or mule”. OCTOBER Holds court in Hope – issues miner’s certificates - travels to Port Douglas to hold court - convicts Indian of murdering Frenchman and sentences the man to death – travels to Fort Langley - worries about Mamsey and Charlotte, “I wonder if I shall ever be with them - It is what I wish most for in this world”. NOVEMBER Winter sets in at Hope - holds court and issues mining certificates – ice skating – Steamer Colonel Moody runs aground causing all mail deliveries to stop - “If I were back at home once more it would take a deal to induce me to leave it”. DECEMBER Suffers bad headaches - purchases a 5-acre lot in Yale - holds court – disapproves of new Methodist clergyman Robson and prefers Anglican minister Pringle - mail deliveries resume – no news from the Ellis family in Ireland.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1860(1860) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Rev Pringle opens library at Hope - Peter O'Reilly pays subscription and entrance fee its use - discussions with miners about new 1859 mining rules. FEBRUARY Issues mining licences and records claims up and down Fraser River - Hope town lots laid out by Royal Engineers. MARCH Peter sets up animal traps and frequently inspects them - attends church services and discusses funding of a church and rectory - issues court summonses and holds court - writes to Mamsey in Ireland - Gov Douglas offers £1500 to build a trail to the Similkameen - Peter becomes treasurer of committee to raise funds for Quaquealla (Coquihalla) River bridge near Hope. APRIL Contractor selected to build Coquihalla bridge - Peter inspects bridge progress - plants vegetable garden including potatoes - purchases newly created town lots in Hope. MAY Meets with Gov Douglas to discuss repairs to Boston Bar trail and an expedition to the Similkameen - Douglas tours British Columbia with stops at New Westminster, Fort Langley, Port Douglas, Hope, and Yale - Peter partakes in Governor's luncheon - "I dont think I shall ever get reconciled to remain out here." JUNE Rev Sheepshanks visits Hope and selects site for cemetery - clearance of new burial ground begins - Revs Pringle and Sheepshanks file for pre-emption claims of 160 acres each - Pringle's claim including an Indian village is rejected by Peter- freight duty rates are set for the Boston Bar trail - Peter inspects trail to determine repairs. JULY Repairs to Boston Bar trail begin - starting point of Similkameen trail construction determined - most white miners leave Fraser River for Similkameen - Peter purchases ten more lots in Hope. AUGUST More pack trains of horses and mules leave for Similkameen on rough foot trail - Edgar Dewdney signs contract for £ 1000 to build Similkameen pack trail - Royal Engineers blast rock for Boston Bar trail - Peter travels to Rock Creek, site of a new gold camp, to assess conditions - encounters resistance to paying for trading and mining licences. SEPTEMBER Returns to Hope to hold court - prepares a report on state of Similkameen trail for Gov Douglas - travels along Fraser River to collect fees and issue mining licences - invests in a silver prospect with Philip Nind - inspects mining ditches at Comish Bar. OCTOBER Attends Rev Pringle's singing class - Gov Douglas arrives with drunken assistants and boards with Peter - Peter requests pay increase and another constable - attends blanket tearing and potlatch - travels Similkameen trail again. NOVEMBER Peter feels uneasy as no letters received from Ireland - derives comfort from visiting friends, reading, or spending evenings at Fort Hope - lends money to those in need - receives income from rental properties in Hope - receives a pay increase - buys 100 lbs of beef for the winter - discussions about keeping Similkameen trail open during winter. DECEMBER Attends consecration of Trinity Church in New Westminster and attends church meetings - visits Glennie family in Hope and their newly constructed home - "I have been thinking of home & feel anything but cosey at the prospects of my getting back." - receives letter and package from Mamsey, posts his twentieth letter of the year to her.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1861(1861) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Meetings held for keeping the Similkameen trail open during winter, committee to assess trail costs - "horrid low spirits - spent a most lonely evening". FEBRUARY "Two years since I left home which appears more like ten God grant that I may be back before another. Cannot read or apply myself to anything." - robbery of blankets and bedding by four Indians - Peter O'Reilly holds inquest regarding death of Harrison White whose business partner is later arrested based on evidence - invests in Hope properties on behalf of his friend Knox in Ireland - inspections of Philip Nind's lots resulting in a survey and land clearance. MARCH Peter attends Rev Pringle's church services and records money collected - Lady Jane Franklin, widow of famed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, visits Hope and Yale - Peter escorts Lady Franklin around Hope and gives her gold specimens - a salute to Franklin is fired - first two miles of Dewdney's new road inspected- sixteen apple trees planted - gold is discovered in the Okanagan. APRIL First theatrical performance in Hope - Peter issues mining certificates issued and records claims - issues warrant for arrest of two Chinamen for stealing potatoes - Steamer Fort Yale explodes near Hope killing its captain and several others, and wounding passengers - inquest held - reward offered for body of Captain Jamieson - money raised to pay for the medical expenses of injured - freight salvaged from wreck site - Peter works in garden. MAY $1700 bid accepted for new church - Peter enjoys concert given by Royal Engineers band - receives long-awaited letter from Mamsey with upsetting news, " .. .I cannot describe my feelings of grief - Mamsey cannot mean it, [she] must not have understood me & I cannot explain ... " - Gov Douglas arrives for an eight-day visit and Peter must tend to the governor's needs and wishes. JUNE Plagued by a feeling of guilt for Mamsey's misunderstanding, Peter is depressed, lonely and miserable - negative feelings are added to by frequent visits of Rev Pringle who is fidgety and "full of grievances as ever" - holds court held and issues mining licences- inspects Dewdney's wagon road - workman killed by falling trees on the road during a storm. JULY Great Comet of 1861 - murder of Dr Fifer of Yale causes Peter to recruit 35 men and Royal Engineers to search for murderer - $500 arrest reward offered - construction of a new Anglican church in Hope begins with ceremony attended by Bishop Hills - Peter makes several fishing trips. AUGUST Two white men and two Indians found guilty of murdering Dr Fifer - Peter continues to purchase lots and acreage around Hope - pays to clear Nind's 18 acres. SEPTEMBER Gov Douglas returns to Hope and Yale for ten days - Douglas does not commit to constructing road to Kamloops and Yale, making repairs to courthouse, or increasing constable salaries - horse races at Yale. OCTOBER Peter inspects Royal Engineers work on damaged Boston Bar trail - makes a 10-day trip to the Similkameen- North American Boundary Commission led by Colonel Hawkins arrives in Hope. NOVEMBER Bishop Hills and Rev Sheepshanks consecrate new church - powerful storm causes damage in and around Hope - Peter resigns his position as Church Warden - first snow of winter - "What a wretched look out for winter - I wonder how long I shall have to live in such a place!" DECEMBER Travels by sleigh - inspects Dewdney's road and a nearby silver prospect - despite having "A regular good Xmas day," Peter repeatedly thinks of home and loved ones in Ireland.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1862(1862) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Cold weather dominates with occasional thaws - purchase of Glennie's house and piano at auction - newspapers report 1861 death of Prince Albert. FEBRUARY Three years since leaving the Ellis family in Ireland - "God grant that I may not have to remain another dreary year in banishment." - bad headaches, depression, and loneliness continue - Peter O'Reilly's usual companions are the Glennie and Charles families and Edgar Dewdney. MARCH Two tons of potatoes harvested and sold from Nind 's property - inspection of new silver mine tunnel - purchase of more land on behalf of Bishop Hills. APRIL Spends three weeks in New Westminster and returns to Hope - court sessions and gardening resume - orders received to go to Cariboo after a trip to Victoria. MAY Conducts government business in Victoria - buys horses for Cariboo trip - meets with Gov Douglas - Arthur Bushby's wedding - picture taken with Judge Matthew Begbie - introduction to "Miss Trutch" (Caroline) - returns to Hope finding little activity there. JUNE Peter leaves Hope for Cariboo passing through Yale, Boston Bar, Lytton, Lillooet, Williams Lake - arrives at Quesnelle Forks "a wretched hole" and issues mining and trading licenses, settles disputes, holds court, and goes fishing for trout. JULY Issuance of mining licences and recording claims continue - purchases a 25 ft portion of a claim for $1000 - one hundred miners show up on a Sunday morning wanting Peter to conduct business to which he declines - summer thunderstorms with heavy rain create travel challenges. AUGUST Frustration at not receiving letters from Ireland - "What wretched lonely work this is if I could but get my letters I should be contented." - travel to mining areas of Cottonwood, Antler, Lightning Creek, Williams Creek - hold court, settle disputes, registers claims - witnesses the amount of gold being found and decides to partner in a 1/3 portion of a claim operated by Billy Barker's company - witnesses another comet. SEPTEMBER Peter O'Reilly issues summonses for assault- visits mining claims and notes gold produced - winter sets in with hard freezes and snowfall. OCTOBER Conducts court business and issues licences along the Fraser River from Quesnelle Mouth to Williams Lake, including Fort Alexandria - pack horses frequently wander off during the night and cannot be found. NOVEMBER Peter O'Reilly returns to Victoria to meet with Gov Douglas. DECEMBER Peter attends church, theatre, musicals, dances, dinners, and spends time with Trutch family - saddened by not being able to be with loved ones in Ireland at Christmas.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1863(1863) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Remaining in Victoria, Peter O'Reilly meets with Gov. Douglas - attends dances, church, theatre, and visits friends - helps to organize Bachelor Ball and attends the Ball - visits frequently with the Trutch family. FEBRUARY Discussions regarding changes to the mining law with Gov. Douglas - Douglas promotes Peter to position of Gold Commissioner with increased salary - Peter becomes member of Freemasons of Victoria. MARCH Office work continues while in Victoria. - days pass without a diary entry. APRIL Peter departs Victoria to return to Cariboo traveling by way of Hope, Lytton, and Lillooet - issues mining certificates, licences, and records lots while at Williams Lake - continues writing numbered letters to "Mamsey" Ellis in Ireland and commences writing to Caroline Trutch in Victoria. MAY Travel to Quesnelle Mouth (Quesnel), Cottonwood, and Van Winkle - Williams Creek courthouse in disarray - headaches persist and work difficult - cold weather and frequent snow. JUNE A "tremendous rush" for mining certificates, trading licences, and land records keep Peter busy - invests $1000 with 7% interest - weather turns hot with several strong thunderstorms. JULY Money is raised by subscription to build a new church - Peter lends money to others - continues to write and receive letters from Caroline Trutch in Victoria and Mamsey in Ireland. AUGUST New church building opens - enters 57 new cases in county court - Mamsey is informed of the unlikelihood of Peter's return to Ireland - first snowfall of season occurs August 16th - Peter attends three lectures about the fate of the 1845 Franklin Expedition. SEPTEMBER Ten members of mining board elected - an escort travels to Victoria with $100,000 worth of gold - Peter's request for a leave of absence starting October 1st is approved. OCTOBER A month-long return trip to Victoria commences - Peter hunts for "Prairie Chickens", ducks and grouse along the way - "Origon Jack" sentenced to two years hard labour for breaking out of Richfield jail. NOVEMBER Back in Victoria and situated at the "French" Hotel, Peter frequently meets, socializes, and dines with Gov. Douglas - attends theatre and social events with the Trutches - horse "Tom" dies - temporary appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate for Vancouver Island during illness of Joseph Pemberton. DECEMBER Marriage of Peter O'Reilly and Caroline Trutch on December 15th at Christ Church in Victoria - following the ceremony they travel to Belmont near Victoria both suffering from bad colds.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1864(1864) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Peter O'Reilly attends police court in Victoria and meets with Gov Douglas - his salary increases from £500 to £600 per year - leaves for New Westminster to represent the Cariboo district as appointed member of Legislative Council for Colonial Assembly of British Columbia. FEBRUARY Returns to Victoria and settles into routine with wife Caroline "Carry" of visiting friends and his wife's family, the Trutches - attends church regularly and the theatre. MARCH Resumes attending Legislative Assembly meetings in New Westminster - Arthur Kennedy becomes governor of Vancouver Island succeeding James Douglas. APRIL Departure for the Cariboo - Carry travels with Peter as far as Yale before returning to New Westminster. MAY Nineteen days of horseback travel to reach Williams Creek - "dreadful massacar" by Indians of some members a road building crew working on the Bute Inlet trail - Peter's winter replacement and fellow gold commissioner William Cox is sent to Bute Inlet to deal with the "murderers". JUNE Court business resumes at Richfield and two inquests held - Walter Moberly, Joseph and John Trutch start laying out a new wagon road from Williams Creek to Quesnelle Mouth (Quesnel). JULY Peter writes to Tommy Ellis, son of Francis & Louisa Ellis in Ireland, about his intent to come to British Columbia - works through heavy case load - attends hospital committee and mining board meetings - inspects Trutch's work on new road. AUGUST Governor Kennedy and Victoria mayor Thomas Harris visit Williams Creek. SEPTEMBER A busy court schedule continues - an accidental mining death occurs - Peter continues writing numbered letters to his wife Carry. OCTOBER George Walkem elected to the Colonial Assembly for the Cariboo East district - Williams Creek hospital kept open during the winter - at Quesnelle Mouth Peter arranges the execution of five Indian chiefs found guilty of murder in Bute Inlet incident - returns to Victoria for the winter while William Cox takes his place. NOVEMBER Peter's pension from the Irish Revenue Police stopped - return trip to Victoria takes three weeks. DECEMBER Peter and Caroline move their household from Victoria to New Westminster- resumption of participation in Colonial Assembly of British Columbia.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1865(1865) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY No significant diary entries. FEBRUARY No diary entries. MARCH No diary entries. APRIL Peter O'Reilly and his traveling companions leave New Westminster for Wild Horse Creek in the East Kootenay - arrival at "Sooyoos" (Osoyoos) by month's end - procures horses from John Haynes. MAY The group travels east to Rock Creek, follows Kettle River before turning south to cross Columbia and Spokane Rivers (Washington), Lake Pend Oreille and Kootenay River (Idaho), before re-entering British Columbia - north to Joseph's Prairie (Cranbrook), then the mining area of Wild Horse Creek - Peter immediately starts working as Gold Commissioner one month after departing New Westminster. JUNE Purchases cabin to be used as office and searches for suitable buildings for jail and constable's quarters - miners begin leaving Wild Horse Creek for other prospects at Elk River (BC) and Coeur D'Alene (Idaho). JULY "Fearful commotion, awake half the night from the row in the town.", American miners celebrate Independence Day July 4th - a three hour fishing trip yields 57 trout for Peter - a week-long illness requires three doctor visits. AUGUST Trout fishing and duck hunting - miners leave for the Blackfoot Valley (Montana). SEPTEMBER Blackfoot Indians steal horses and drive them across Rocky Mountains - negligence by a constable results in escape of three prisoners from jail - Tommy Ellis arrives for a visit - Peter writes his twentieth letter to his wife "Carry". OCTOBER Peter and five others depart Wild Horse Creek for New Westminster. NOVEMBER Route through the mountains covered in snow - arrival in New Westminster after 18 days and 401 miles of travel. DECEMBER At home in New Westminster - Christmas Day spent with Joseph and Julia Trutch, Tommy Ellis, and others.Item Peter O'Reilly Diary - 1866(1866) O'Reilly, Peter; Vancouver Island Local History SocietyDIARY SUMMARY JANUARY Peter O'Reilly meets with government officials and friends in Victoria - opening of the legislative session with official dinner in New Westminster - tennis at Government House. FEBRUARY Birth of first child Francis Joseph O'Reilly on February 9th in New Westminster. MARCH Funds received to purchase leg irons, handcuffs, and safe for Columbia district - Peter 's district plans opposed by Nonus Birch and Matthew Ball - wife "Carry" (Caroline) attends church for first time since giving birth. APRIL Christening of Francis O'Reilly at Sapperton (New Westminster) church by Rev Percival Jenns- Peter departs for Big Bend to deal with gold rush - three weeks of travel to Big Bend on poor roads - tent camp established. MAY Peter rents 10 ft x 12 ft cabin to issue mining licences and hold court - after initial flurry of activity, issuance of licenses subsides as miners leave for other areas - seventeen men perish at Death Rapids on Columbia River - no attempt to celebrate the Queen's birthday by miners. JUNE "Head still most painful. .. could not even write my usual letter to Carry." - sudden death of Constable Gompertz - beef cattle driven to supply mining camps - a mining company brings in $1500 in one week - heavy rain causes significant flooding and damage to mine operations. JULY Departure from Big Bend to return to Wild Horse Creek - unavailability of Steamer Forty-Nine causes change in travel plans - Walter Moberly persuades Peter to take Columbia route to Fort Shepherd- Dewdney's trail followed eastward to Wild Horse Creek. AUGUST Peter oversees magistrate John Gaggin at Wild Horse Creek - decides to depart after two weeks - retraces route to Fort Shepherd, then southward to Fort Colvile to avoid fire on Dewdney's trail - arrival at Sooyoos (Osoyoos) Lake. SEPTEMBER Peter visits Tom Ellis at Penticton ranch before proceeding northward via Fort Kamloops, Thompson River, and Shuswap Lake to the Big Bend - poor reports on Big Bend mining - Peter organizes an election and works on court cases at Big Bend. OCTOBER Legislative Council election held - remaining court cases held over until June 1867 - winter sets in and Peter departs for New Westminster - heavy rain and deep snow slow the journey. NOVEMBER Arrival at New Westminster in two weeks - meetings with Governor Seymour - hunting with friends at Pitt Meadows. DECEMBER Peter and Carry depart for Victoria in a storm and are forced to lay over at Saltspring Island - ball held at Government House.