2 handwritten pages of a letter addressed to the Congregation from J. P. Davies respecting a reader for the consecration of the synagogue, dated August 19, 1863.
The fonds consists of administrative and operational records generated by Congregation Emanu-El including: textual records; photographs; moving images; sound recordings; ledgers; and scrapbooks.
The fonds is arranged into 22 series: Preschool and Hebrew School; Correspondence; Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia/Allan Klenman; Membership; Committees; Photographs and audio-visual; Publications; Restoration; Ben Levinson historical/archival files; Renovation (Matanah G’Dolah Project); Congregation Rabbi’s; Bar/Bat Mitzvah and conversion certificates; Jewish cemetery; Vancouver Island Jewish Community Directory (VIJCD); Financials; Holocaust Symposium; Board; Administration and operational records; Ephemera; Marriages and divorces; Scrapbooks; and Sylvester family.
File contains the Sylvester Feed Co. 1906 Spring Catalogue of seeds, poultry supplies, fertilizers, flour and feed, stock food and general hints to feeders; 87-89 Yates Street, Victoria, British Columbia.
2 handwritten pages of a bill addressed to the Congregation Emanu-El from the Evening Express Office (of Job Printing), regarding the purchasing of advertising space, dated October 15, 1863.
2 handwritten pages of a note addressed to the Building Committee of the Synagogue [from Henry P. Anthony?], regarding a sum of $182, dated October 2, 1863. Written on verso: "J. Malawanzyk Esq. - Pleas pay this amount - K. Gambitz".
1 typed letter addressed to D. Hart from J. H. French, regarding Mr. French withdrawing his monthly subscription, dated September 13, 1893. There is a note on the document that states that the letter was found in the 1893 Account Book (which can be found in Series 018, File 90).
1 handwritten letter addressed to the Congregation from Cerline Braverman, regarding an extract of a will, dated May 16, 1905, and 1 typed extract from Isidor Braverman's will, dated August 19, 1902. There is a note on each of the documents which states that both documents were found in the 1900-1922 Minute Book (which can be found in Series 018, File 86).