Notes on Kamloops in 1884-1886, apparently extracted from a journal or newspaper by an unidentified author.

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. This episode features readings from the diaries of Reverend Francis Kilvert, an English country curate. Kilvert's diaries, written from 1870 to 1879 in Radnorshire, Langley Burrell, and Herefordshire, document rural life in Victoria England. They were first published in 1938, sixty years after Kilvert's death. The reader is Christopher Newton.;

Letters from Harry Jones, pioneer of Cariboo and MLA 1903-1909, containing his reminiscences of life in the Cariboo. Published in the Vancouver Province, 5 January - 6 April, 1935.

Diaries and scrapbook kept by Henry Masterman Mist while interned in Ruhleben Camp, Spandau during World War I. This unit also contains "Prisoners Pie", a magazine produced by the prisoners for New Year 1916, and 2 books about Ruhleben, "The Ruhleben Prison Camp" by Israel Cohen and "The History of Ruhleben" by Joseph Powell and Frances Cribble.

Diary kept by Ada (Pemberton) Beaven in 1897, recording her life in Victoria, trip to England in April and life in England and Europe during the remainder of the year. Letters to Ada from her sister Sophia describing her life and travels in England and Europe as well as family matters and finances. Letters (3) from her brother Willie, 1895 and undated, written from London and Cambridge; letter from Katherine Emily (Beaven), Viscountess Churchill to Hugo Beaven (n.d.), re. finances. Pictures transferred to Visual Records, accession 198906-2.

Journal of a journey from Fort Vancouver to York Factory,1835 (original and typed transcript), notebooks and clipping books, expense book (1869), synopsis of Columbia affairs (1843-1848), messages of the governor on the opening and prorogation of the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island (1856-1864), journal kept by Martha Douglas during a visit to Europe (1872-1873), and a Douglas family bible. The records were originally microfilmed as Reel A00818.

The fonds conists of four notebook diaries kept by Thomas Frederick Seldon between May 12, 1898 and November 10, 1899 recording his experiences while travelling to the Yukon Territory via the Teslin Route, including the Stikine River, and mining and living in northwestern BC. Also included is a photocopy of a transcript of the diaries and Seldon's letters to his parents in England. This transcript was made in 1996 by Betty and George Seldon.

The series contains a microfilm copy of the diary of the Weir family of Metchosin, 1866-1870. The reel also includes a copy of Adam Weir's Cassiar diary, 1874 and genealogical notes on the Evans family (William Evans, 1802-1883), ancestors of Leighton Evans, coastal mariner.