Skip to content
Transcribimus

documents of early Vancouver and beyond

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Transcribe now!
  • Documents of Early Vancouver
    • Vancouver City Council minutes
    • Mayors and Council
    • By-Laws
    • Wards in Early Vancouver
    • Letters from Early Vancouver
  • Sponsors
    • 1892 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by the Woodward family
    • 1891 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Shirley Barnett
    • 1890 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Arnold Silber
    • 1889 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Shirley Barnett
    • 1888 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by The Oppenheimer Group
    • 1900 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Bruno Wall
  • Videos
  • Contact

library

  • Home
  • library

Police Magistrate appointment delayed, $500 for free library – November 23, 1891

Posted by By Posted in1891
A. Williams declined appointment as Police Magistrate with restrictions. $500 was set aside for the Free Library for the purchase of books only. Market Committee empowered to find out what…
Read More
Library budget increased, building planned – December 1, 1890

Library budget increased, building planned – December 1, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Budget for library increased to $125 per month from $60. A Committee of four Aldermen and the Mayor find a site and develop a building suitable for a Reading Room,…
Read More

Library requests $125 per month – November 3, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Mr. M.H. Hirschberg, President of The Vancouver Free Reading Room and Library requested $125 per month in order to rent a suitable room - $25 per month to rent a…
Read More
  • Vancouver City Council minutes
    • 1886 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1887 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1888 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1889 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1890 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1891 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1892 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1893 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1894 Vancouver City Council minutes
    • 1895 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1896 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1897 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1900 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • Recently Transcribed
  • Mayors and Council
  • Wards in Early Vancouver
  • By-Laws
  • Letters from Early Vancouver
Naming Vancouver
naming Vancouver How did Vancouver get its name? The standard answer does not explain the intense battle and the emotions it aroused.
Vancouver’s Three Cities

Naming Vancouver
Living in Vancouver you might not know it is actually an amalgamation of three cities. Their distinctive cultures survive today.

Copyright 2021 — Transcribimus. All rights reserved. Sinatra WordPress Theme