The West Vancouver Archives' School District 45 collection includes many thousands of records comprising formal student, class and staff portraits, school activities and school construction photographs, documents, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, school yearbooks and ephemera.
The majority of the material was collected by the West Vancouver Historical Society and later transferred to the West Vancouver Archives. Current and former students and teachers have also donated material.
The West Vancouver Archives was very pleased to be the recipient of a grant funded by the successful sale of the West Vancouver Historical Society's book, Cottages to Community. The grant enabled us to re-house portions of the School District 45 collection in archival quality envelopes and boxes, describe a selection of the material in the archives' online database, and digitize key textual material and photographs.
The digital collection is now available at archives.westvancouver.ca and contains more than 460 scanned photos and the West Vancouver High School Book of Honour, which commemorates the students and teachers of the school who served in the Second World War.
Carol Howie is the archives assistant at the West Vancouver Archives. For more information, phone 604-925-7298 or visit westvancouver.ca/archives.
