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Major Matthews' Early Vancouver

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Re-enactment of City hall after the Great Fire. Detail from Item # EarlyVan_v1_0059.	The Archivist at Work. Benjamin Leeson, photographer. Item # Port P567
Written between 1931 and 1956, the seven-volume Early Vancouver represents years of arduous labour by Vancouver’s first City Archivist, Major James Skitt Matthews. For years, this popular resource documenting Vancouver’s early history was available only in hard copy in the Archives’ Reading Room. We are pleased to now make it available online, as a new, fully searchable 2011 edition.
About the Early Vancouver Project	Volume 1
About Major Matthews	Volume 2
About the 2011 Edition/Copyright/Citation Info	Volume 3
Gems From Early Vancouver	Volume 4
Gallery	Volume 5
Download All Volumes	Volume 6
	Volume 7

Sponsors This project was made possible with support from the Vancouver Historical Society and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. Top of Page