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XOE_SC0015
Hitz, Charles
William
Charles William Hitz collection on Princess Louisa
Inlet and Young Life's Malibu Club
1846-2006
1920-2006
3 linear ft.
The collection contains research material related to
Young Life’s Malibu Club in Princess Louisa Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
Documents include essays, correspondence, publicity materials, biographical and
autobiographical materials, plans and drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings,
official government/licensing documents, journals, personal memorabilia, and small
artifacts pertaining in some way to the Malibu Club and its history.
Collection materials are in English.
The collection contains research material related to Young Life’s Malibu Club in
Princess Louisa Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. Documents include essays,
correspondence, publicity materials, biographical and autobiographical materials,
plans and drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, official government/licensing
documents, journals, personal memorabilia, and small artifacts pertaining in some
way to the Malibu Club and its history.
The collection is open to the public.
Material in the collection may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Charles William Hitz collection on Princess Louisa Inlet and Young Life's Malibu
Club, Special Collections, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington
University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.
Collection donated by Charles William Hitz in 2008.
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Hitz, Charles William. Through The Rapids: The History of
Princess Louisa Inlet.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
Malibu Club in Canada --
History.
Princess Louisa Inlet (B.C.) --
Description and travel.
Princess Louisa Inlet (B.C.) --
History.
Children
and Youth
Clubs and
Societies
British
Columbia
Hitz, Charles William -- Through the
rapids : the history of Princess Louisa Inlet.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the
collection.
Series I
Through The Rapids research
material
1846-2006
1920-2006
1/1
List of research materials by
chapter
undated
1/2
Chapter 1 – history of Princess Louisa
Inlet
approximately 1910s-1980s
1/3
First Nations: Sechelt
approximately 1910s-1980s
1/4-1/5
Chapter 2 – early-European exploration of
the Pacific Northwest during the late-18th and early-19th centuries as
it related to Princess Louisa and Jervis Inlets (specifically Capt.
Vancouver voyage and survey)
approximately 1750s-2000s
1/6
HMS Plumper –
survey of Princess Louisa and Jervis Inlets, details about HMS
Plumper, Captain Richards, Boundary Commission, and Pig War
approximately 1846-2002
1/7
Chapter 3 – yachts and societies, stories,
documents, clippings, and surveys of the B.C. government re: Princess
Louisa Inlet and Malibu, Princess Louisa International
Society
approximately 1920s-2000s
1/8
Chapter 4 – Thomas F. Hamilton’s Malibu
Club – photographs, newspaper clippings, and other documents re:
purchasing, building, operations, and selling
approximately 1940s
1/9
The Yacht Malibu
approximately 1920s-2000s
2/1-2/2
Malibu Yachts and Seaero – notated newspaper clippings, correspondence, bills
of sale, memorandum of associations, data collection, and
photographs
approximately 1940s-2000s
2/3
Copies of “Companies Act”/Memorandum of
Association for Hamiltair Limited (from reel-to-reel)
1940
2/4
Chapter 5 – notes, letters, newspaper
clippings, sketches, and correspondence re: Young Life/Malibu Club
history; Young Life of Canada: The Early
Days by Ollie Dustin de La Mothe
approximately 1970s-2000
2/5
Young Life’s Malibu
Princess – newspaper articles, photos, schematics, and other
documents
approximately 1960s-1990s
2/6
Chapter 6 – newspaper articles, personal
notes, and official documents re: logging in Princess Louisa
Inlet
approximately 1970s-1990s
2/7
People of the Inlet – official documents,
newspaper articles, and correspondence re: multiple
individuals
approximately 1960s-2000s
2/8
Princess Louisa Inlet research –
correspondence to multiple organizations
approximately 1990s-2000s
2/9
Through The
Rapids book covers
undated
2/10
Window on
Western (includes piece about publication of Through the Rapids)
2004
Series II
Young Life's Malibu Club - General
1846-2006
1920-2006
3/1
Malibu Club – notes, letters, and
artifacts (including a dinner menu)
approximately 1970s-2000s
3/2
Prichard, Robert Garrett and Alda – memoir
and program for memorial service
1990
2006
3/3
Malibu Club publicity – Recreation Canada and Seattle Times “Travel” section
1985
2004
3/4
Young Life Committee Training Conference –
employee training manual
2002
3/5
Princess Louisa Society and Malibu Lodge –
letterhead, brochures, membership information, poetry and short
stories
approximately 1980s-2000s
3/6
Young Life’s Malibu Club: Feasibility
Study Report
2003 April
3/7
Plans and sketches of Malibu Club lodge
and grounds
undated
3/8
“Voyage Malibu: Malibu 50th” – travel
documents and brochures
2003
3/9
“Frank’s Journals” – calendar of
activities, various entries
1980-1995
3/10
“Malibu” file from Robert Hagstrom –
newspaper articles, artifacts, and photographs
approximately 1950s
3/11
Various newsletters
approximately 2000-2005
Box 4
Oversized photographs
undated
Box 4
Malibu: A
Celebration of Faith - book published by Young
Life
2003
Box 4
"Malibu Club" (VHS)
2001
Box 4
"Malibu Parts 1 and 2" (VHS - 2
tapes)
1999
Box 4
"Malibu Men's Camp" (VHS)
2003
Box 4
"Exploration Northwest: Sailing to
Princess Louisa Inlet 1976" (VHS)
approximately 2001
Box 4
"Cruise Chronicle: Rediscover Your
Memories, and Relive Holland America" (VHS)
2001
Box 4
"Malibu 50th Pics" by Neal Schroeder
(DVD)
2003
Box 4
"Malibu Dining Hall Demolition" by Gill
Fuller (DVD)
2005
Box 4
"The Young Life Songbook"
1969
Box 4
"Songs"
1972
Box 4
Young Life Clipboard
1978 June
Box 4
Nautical flag
undated