Reference Guide:
Neighbourhoods
In recent years the Archives has used "local areas" as terms in a
variety of indexes. For local area names and boundaries see the Vancouver
Local Areas map on the microfilm cabinet. In older indexes (pamphlets, J.S.
Matthews' collections, etc.) try former or colloquial neighbourhood terms as well.
CONTENTS
Books
Photographs
Public Documents
City and Private Records
Notes on Street and Place Names
Newsclippings and Pamphlets
Maps
Books
ca. 1860-present
Location: Reading Room (Reference Shelf) & Storage
We suggest the following publications, which are used for historical
overviews of Vancouver neighbourhoods. More books can be located in the
Library subject catalogue - look up local area names.
Community Profiles
(issued by Planning Department)
Sections on each local area include historical narratives and demographic data.
Vancouver Book
(FC 3847.3 V35 1976)
Contains neighbourhood maps and histories.
Vancouver: A Visual History
(G 1174 V3 S1 M32 1992)
Gives cartographic snapshots of Vancouver every decade from 1850s
Vancouver: The Way It Was
(FC 3847.4 K59 1984)
Heritage Walks Around Vancouver
(FC 3847.7 K68 1992)
Contains neighbourhood histories
Collingwood Pioneers: Memories of a
Vancouver District
(FC 3847.52 N53 1990)
Gastown: The 107 Years
(FC 3847.52 B355 1974)
Mount Pleasant Early Days: Memories
of Reuben Hamilton Pioneer 1890
(FC 3847.49 R48 M68 1957)
Strathcona: Vancouver's First
Neighbourhood
(FC 3847.52 A84 1994)
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Photographs
ca. 1860-1990
Location: Reading Room (photo binders)
Private and City records used to locate images of neighbourhood
aerial views, streets, buildings, parks, and undeveloped land.
We have two separate sets of photographs, each with its own index.
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Public Documents
1886-present
Location: Reading Room (microfiche) & Storage
City publications (reports, newsletters, etc.) used for information
about historic neighbourhoods, neighbourhood planning processes,
neighbourhood institutions, etc.
In the Subject Catalogue printout, see local area headings, and the
additional terms Gastown-Chinatown" and "False Creek".
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City and Private Records
ca. 1860-present
Location: Storage
These primary sources often require extensive research, but contain
a great deal of additional information about Vancouver generally,
and about large and small segments of the city.
City Records
For an overview of the City series see the contents lists in
the blue inventory binders. Series which contain local area subject files include:
Operational Files (series 62, Clerk's), 1975-1984.
See the section "Location Files" for files which document Council
business and departmental activities in relation to neighbourhoods.
General Correspondence (series 178, Social Planning), 1964-1985.
Documented are neighbourhood improvement programs, local area planning
activities, and other involvement with neighbourhoods.
Maps, Plans and Drawings (series 445, Planning), 1925-1989.
Contains microfiche on Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage,
Kerrisdale, Killarney, Kitsilano, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge,
Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park, Shaughneessy, South Cambie, Sunset,
Victoria-Fraserview, and West End.
Private Records
See local area names in the Additional Manuscripts subject card index.
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Notes on Street and Place Names
ca. 1930-1960
Location: Reading Room (green binders)
J.S. Matthews' notes on names contain a wide variety of information organized
alphabetically. Try:
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News Clippings and Pamphlets
ca. 1880-present
Location: Reading Room (microfiche)
Some local areas and neighbourhoods are represented in the JSM News Clippings
and in the Pamphlet Collection.
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Maps
ca. 1860-present
Location: Reading Room (microfiche)
Used to obtain cartographic data on large and small segments of the City.
See local area headings in the place index to the Map Collection.
Fire insurance plans provide site specific data at a scale of ca. 1:150.
To identify dates available see the heading "Insurance, Fire" in the subject
card index to the Map Collection.
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