Major Matthews also refers to a building named in his honour in Vanier Park, Vancouver, British Columbia.

He was an officer with the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles Sixth Regiment, a Freemason, and was named Kitsilano "Citizen of the Year" in 1959.

[1] For decades he collected and catalogued artifacts, solicited donations, interviewed early inhabitants of the young city, and wrote historical narratives.

The archives building, located at 1150 Chestnut Street, is a semi-underground modern structure in Vanier Park, designed by Bill Leithead.

The publication was planned in seven volumes but only two reached print before city council intervened to prevent further un-mandated expenditure on book-publishing.