Fonds 2023.002 - Teresa Haggart Fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Teresa Haggart Fonds

General material designation

  • Graphic material
  • Textual record

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

2023.002

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1971 (Creation)
  • 1959 (Creation)
  • 1919 (Creation)
  • 1901 (Creation)
  • 1896 (Creation)
  • unknown predominantly (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

4 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 20.5 cm or smaller on card 21.5 x 27 cm or smaller
10 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 67.5 cm or smaller
1 cm of textual records (3 leaves ; 24.5 x 37 cm or smaller)

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Name of creator

Haggart, Teresa (1951-2023)

Biographical history

Teresa Anne Haggart (1951-2023) (Teri) was a single mother, a dedicated elementary school teacher and librarian. She spent her whole life in Victoria, and she went to the University of Victoria for a degree in education. She spent most of her 30-year career at Cardova bay Elementary. In her retirement she volunteered at the Government House gardens and archives. She passed away in 2023.

Custodial history

Gifted to the Museum by Teresa Haggart
Potentially passed down in the family, as one of the photos does have the Haggart name on the back.

Scope and content

It covers a wide range of West Coast maritime history. Starting with the photo of the disaster of Point Ellice Bridge in 1896 that belonged to a Mrs A Haggart. It also contains a postcard of HMS Hood, photos of different ships in Victoria, photos of DGS Samson and crew, postcard of the Inner Harbour, Dawson Steamer journeying to White Horse, and a panorama view of the workers of the Foundation Co BC Ltd and some of their ships. The newspaper clippings cover the last trip of SS Princess Joan to Vancouver.
The fonds consists of:
1 series that contains 2 newspaper clippings
1 certificate
12 photographs

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Arrangement

The material was arranged according to the original filing system of the creator.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Location of originals

MMBC off-site storage. Misc Tall Box #3 and 41.1.2 oversized box.

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD), 2008 edition.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language of description

Script of description

Sources

Accession area