Tales from the Vault

Wednesday May 16, 2012

Tales from the Vault:

Black pioneer Mifflin Gibbs

Local History Librarian Stephen Ruttan tells the story of the remarkable acheivements of businessman, city councillor, and black pioneer Mifflin Gibbs.
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Monday May 7, 2012

Tales from the Vault:

"Worst Canadian" Trutch shaped B.C. aboriginal relations

Joseph Trutch was a key figure in B.C.'s early years, but he's been nominated as the Worst Canadian. Stephen Ruttan, the Greater Victoria Public Library's local history librarian explores the controversial life of  the province's first  Lieutenant-Governor.
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Monday October 31, 2011

Tales from the Vault:

The lepers of D'Arcy Island

(British Columbia Archives)

Stephen Ruttan, the local history librarian with the GVPL, tells the story of the D'Arcy Island leper colony in his latest instalment of  his online series, "Tales from the Vault." 

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• May 2012
  • Wed., 16 – Black pioneer Mifflin Gibbs
     
  • Mon., 7 – "Worst Canadian" Trutch shaped B.C. aboriginal relations
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – The lepers of D'Arcy Island
     
• June 2011
  • Tue., 21 – The Sea Wolf
     
• February 2011
  • Tue., 1 – The man who ruined Captain George Vancouver
     
• June 2010
  • Tue., 22 – Franz Boas and the Yuquot Whalers' Shrine