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English Bay bath houses may never be built – June 13, 1892

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English Bay bath houses may never be built – June 13, 1892

English Bay Bath Houses question was deferred, as the available budget was not sufficient. Federal Minister of Marine offers to pay 91 cents per day for care of sick mariners in the city hospital. BC Department of Lands and Works

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Transcribimus is Latin for “we transcribe”

We support a network of volunteers who work to make historical documents available free of charge for online access by researchers and the general public.

Transcribimus was started in June 2012 by former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan. He wanted to learn more about David Oppenheimer, Vancouver’s second Mayor, who had been instrumental in establishing the trajectory of the modern city. Sullivan spent time in the Vancouver Archives with the Vancouver City Council Minutes but found the microfiche copy was barely readable and the originals were physically deteriorating.

He made a commitment to honour the remarkable legacy of David Oppenheimer by having the Minutes from 1886 to 1891 transcribed and put online in a searchable form for free access by researchers and the general public.

The first Minutes were transcribed by contractors but over time Transcribimus moved to a volunteer model. As the volunteers grow close to completing the first five years of Vancouver City Council Minutes they are looking at taking on more challenges.

Please contact us at info[at]transcribimus.ca for more information

What We Do

Transcribimus volunteers work with photos of the original handwritten minutes of Vancouver from their beginnings in 1886. Some transcribe the entire set of minutes so it can be read by computers and by the growing number of people who can’t read cursive handwriting.

Other volunteers read through the transcripts and add their own thoughts and comments. Some help us summarize the contents, some research pictures to go with them. There are endless ways to contribute to our shared understanding of Vancouver history. Please get in touch with us at info [at] transcribimus.ca to find out more.

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  • Sam Sullivan also shares his journey of knowledge, Kumtuks videos about city governance, early British Columbia, and the Chinook Wawa trading language.
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