Colour Anscochrome 35mm slide depicts Phyliss Snider standing next to a dead fish which is hanging upside down on a hook in front of an open door. There is a sign on the left side of the image, which is cut off, but says: "Elk Hotel", Official Weigh In Station, King Salmon Club". Note: colour adjusted on jpg.
4 handwritten sections (each section is half of a page) of a report addressed to A. and S. Hoffman from A. Blackman, regarding orders for synagogue furnishings, dated August 26, 1863.
2 pages of a handwritten letter addressed to the Congregation from A. C. Perani, withdrawing his name from the roll of the Congregation, dated November 27, 1863.
4 sections (each section half of a page) of a handwritten letter addressed to the Congregation from A. Hoffman, regarding a report from the San Francisco Subscription Committee, dated March 27, 1863.
3 handwritten sections (each section half of a page) of a letter addressed to the Congregation from A. Hoffman regarding the secretary's quarterly report, dated June 29, 1863.
2 handwritten pages of a letter addressed to A. Hoffman from A. Matherson, acknowledging an invitation to St. Andrew's Society to participate in the laying to the cornerstone of the Synagogue, dated May 28, 1863.
Interview with Aaron Devor as part of the BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project, in collaboration with JQT Vancouver. Aaron shares his experience being both transgender and Jewish in BC. He also discusses his earlier experiences as a lesbian in the Jewish community, prior to transitioning. He experienced both friction and support. Aaron discusses leaving the Jewish community early in life because he felt there was no place for him as a woman. He returned later in life. He talks about same-sex marriage in the Jewish community, and shares stories about his transitioning ceremony. Aaron discusses anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic sentiments in the LGBTQ+ community. He talks about his career in academic, including his current position as chair of transgender studies at UVic.
24 typed and handwritten pages of a group of letters acknowledging invites to the rededication ceremony of the synagogue on March 17, 1948, dated March 8 - March 12, 1948.