Manufacturer

The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-Category

Documentary Artifact

Material Type

Artifact

Place of Manufacture

Vancouver

Period Date Notes

1914

Description

4 vol. set; B.C. history/biographies

Narrative

Other owners: Oliver Murphy, his son, James (Jim) Murphy, and Jims wife, Elinor Murphy

Material

Paper; Leather

Height

5.5

Width

21

Length

27

Unit of Measure

Centimeters

Accession Number

DE2007.1

Catalogue Number

DE2007.1.1a-d

Condition Code

Good

Current Condition

General wear especially edges and corners; leather is continuously flaking a fine powder; Vol. I: plate next to page 13 torn free, insect holes in front edge of spine, circular damage mark on centre of back cover; Vol. II: white marks on back cover; binding loose (stitching visible at page 15); 3 plates have come free; 1/2007

Notes

Frederick W. Howay, the author of vol. II, was the first teacher at Canoe Pass School, the municipality's second school, which opened in 1884. Howay, a nephew of canneryman Alexander Ewen, became a famous judge, orator and historian. He married William and Mary Ladner's daughter, Sarah Louise. he also became the first teacher at Delta's third school, the Boundary Bay School, when it opened in 1886.

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