Public Works activities in Sidney
August 29, 2014 12:54 pm
I was reading the Dept. of Public Works annual report for 1929 (an enjoyable Friday afternoon occupation) and saw that G.T. Mitchell, General […]
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I first became interested in Archives when I was a history student at UVIC, using the BC Archives reference room for my own research. I started working here in 1991 as an auxiliary employee and eventually moved into a position as archivist.
I spent many years working in the reference room before switching to the acquisition of private records and the appraisal of government records. Since 2010 I have spent most of my time working on backlog processing, descriptive standards and archival systems.
I spent many years working in the reference room before switching to the acquisition of private records and the appraisal of government records. Since 2010 I have spent most of my time working on backlog processing, descriptive standards and archival systems.
Education
BA, history, University of VictoriaAreas of Interest
Archival systems including databasesArchival descriptive standards
Processing backlog government and private records in all media
Contact Katy Hughes
Email: khughes@royalbcmuseum.bc.caLatest Articles
Flood damage
August 15, 2014 11:15 am
After several months of hot sunny weather, we finally had some rain in Victoria this week. I started thinking about floods and the […]
Read More »The Golden-Yoho Road
August 8, 2014 8:51 am
Here are some more images from GR-3295, folder 2. The portion of the Trans-Canada Highway that runs from Golden to Yoho National Park […]
Read More »Construction of the Hagwilget suspension bridge
August 1, 2014 11:24 am
Within the series GR-3295, folder 1, there is an album from 1930-1932 which documents the building of the Hagwilget suspension bridge by the […]
Read More »Exploring through photographs….
August 1, 2014 10:43 am
In 2010 I started working on the cold storage project; identifying and describing photographic records that require frozen storage to preserve them. This […]
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