The Edges of Time: Cornerstones and Time Capsules of Early Victoria

References

Buildings

I.O.O.F.
  1. Daily British Colonist. 11 March 1864, 3.
  2. “History of Odd Fellowship,” The Sovereign Grand Lodge: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, February 9, 2006. http://www.ioof.org/ioof_history.htm(27 March 2006).
  3. Daily British Colonist, 11 March 1864, 3.
  4. Daily British Colonist, 25 June 1864, 3.
  5. Daily British Colonist, 8 July 1865, 3.
  6. Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle, Victoria, 15 November 1870, 3.
  7. Daily British Colonist, 27 April 1879, 2.
  8. Daily British Colonist, 29 April 1879, 2.
  9. Daily British Colonist, 19 December 1878, 3.
  10. Daily British Colonist, 29 April 1879, 2.
  11. Daily British Colonist, 7 January 1879, 3.
  12. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Victoria Lodge No. 1 “Constitution and by-laws of Victoria Lodge No. 1, I.O.O.F.,” (1878) p. 6 from Our Roots: Canada’s Local Histories Online http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=2794.(27 March 2006).
  13. For further reading on the racial dynamics and tensions between the immigrant Chinese population and white settlers in British Columbia, consult “A White Man’s Province” by Patricia E. Roy. The full reference for this book is found on the Resources page of this website.
  14. Victoria Daily Colonist, 1 January 1893, 11.
  15. Victoria Daily Colonist, 9 December 1892, 5.

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian

  1. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church website: http://standrews.pacificcoast.net/
  2. "Well and Truly Laid: Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the New St. Andrew's Church," The Daily Colonist, 8 March, 1889.

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St. Ann's Convent School

  1. “The Corner Stone: Description of the Ceremony to be Performed this Afternoon by the Right Rev. Bishop Lootens,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Sunday October 5, 1890): 5.
  2. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
  3. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
  4. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
  5. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.

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Synagogue of the Congregation Em-manuel

  1. Daily British Colonist, 3 June 1863, 3.
  2. British Columbia Archives (hereafter BCA), MS-0059 Box 1, File 7a, A Message From Your Own Home Town: Sixty-six Years of History of the Victoria Community, 1928.
  3. Daily British Colonist, 3 June 1863, 3.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.

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Y.M.C.A.

  1. "Premier to Lay Corner Stone" - The Daily Colonist, 13 August 1910
  2. "New Era in YMCA History" - The Daily Colonist, 16 August 1910
  3. YM/YWCA Victoria

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Masonic Temple

  1. British Columbia Archives (hereafter BCA), NWp 366.1 v645h, Historical Sketch of the Formation and Progress of Victoria-Columbia Lodge, A.F. & A.M., No. 1, 8 June 1917.
  2. Ibid.
  3. BCA, Df-21, NW 366.1 s559, Proceedings of the Second Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of British Columbia, 1873.
  4. Daily British Colonist, 23 April 1878, 3.
  5. Ibid.

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    Protestant Orphan's Home

    1. Nwp 971.63 B862F (Archives Document) "M.W. Grand Lodge of British Columbia - Laying Corner Stone of the British Columbia Protestant Orphans' Home"
    2. The Cridge Centre
    3. Church of Our Lord
    4. "The Home: Orphan's Home to Family Center, 1873-1998" written by Dr. Vernon Storey, Henry Kennedy and Terry Worobitz

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    St. Andrew's Cathedral

    1. “The Corner Stone: Description of the Ceremony to be Performed this Afternoon by the Right Rev. Bishop Lootens,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Sunday October 5, 1890): 5.
    2. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
    3. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
    4. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
    5. “The New R.C. Cathedral: Impressive Cermonies Attending the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew’s,” Victoria Daily Colonist (Tuesday October 7, 1890): 2.
    6. “The Right Rev. J.N. Lemmens: The Fifth Bishop of Vancouver Island,” The B.C. Orphan Friend 6.1 (April 1907): 1.
    7. Edith E. Down, A Century of Service: The Sisters of Saint Ann, Victoria BC: The Sisters of Saint Ann (1966): 91.

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    Traditions

    Cornerstones

    All the information here came from Wikipedia and the Holy Bible, no direct quotes, except the Bible passages.

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    Ceremonies

    1. Clifford E. Clark, Jr., “The Ambiguities of Middle-Class Respectability,” Reviews in American History, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep., 1985): 399.
    2. Nathalia Wright, “The Monument That Jonathon Built,” American Quarterly 5.2 (1953): 167.
    3. Clifford E. Clark, Jr., “The Ambiguities of Middle-Class Respectability,” Reviews in American History, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep., 1985): 399.
    4. Vancouver Island History Site

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    Time Capsules

    1. Jarvis, William E. Time Capsules: A Cultural History. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2002.
    2. Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    3. Time Capsules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_capsule
    4. Voyager: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record

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    Time

    1. The Victorian Web: http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/victorian/index.html
    2. Time Perception in Nineteenth-century England:
      http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/victorian/history/dora/dora13.html
    3. Measuring Time:
      http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/victorian/history/dora/dora19.html
    4. Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    5. Arthur Schopenhauer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer
    6. Friedrich Nietzsche: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
    7. Railway History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_railway_history
    8. Time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time

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    Research Reflections

    1. For more information on the microhistorical approach, please refer to the ‘About’ page of this website.
    2. Daily British Colonist, 23 April 1878, 3.
    3. Daily British Colonist, 17 August 1910, 1.
    4. Daily British Colonist, 23 April 1878, 3.
    Daily British Colonist, 17 August 1910, 1.

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