The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Norman Hart Lerman titled "An analysis of folktales of Lower Fraser Indians." ii, 187 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Washington, 1952. Bibliography: leaves 183-187.

This series contains a daily diary from the Mission Provincial Police Force covering the period May 6, 1913 to Jan. 3, 1924.

This series consists of records created or used by the Provincial Police office in the Vancouver-Westminster Police District, also referred to as the Vancouver District of Division E. Records date from 1899-1951. They include investigations; offence books; crime reports; office log, ledger and daily office diaries; descriptions of wanted persons; bulletins; records of prisoners handled by patrol wagon; Constable registration book providing reasons for their visit to Vancouver; reports received at the Provincial Police office with notes of instructions; Orders filed chronologically by order number from the Police commissioner in Victoria; and CIB special circulars : judicial decisions and department rulings, mostly "war circulars" related to World War II impacts on Canadians.

Some records, particularly orders and circulars, may be copies provided to the Vancouver office for reference or to provide direction on changes to laws and procedures.

Promotional film. Extant footage primarily shows handicapped children swimming, playing, doing arts and crafts activities, etc., at Easter Seal camp and various schools (Jericho, Oakridge, etc.). Also shots of Easter Seal buses of the BC Society for Crippled Children; use of Easter Seals; Easter Seal House; the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association Children's Treatment Centre.

The file consists of a typescript copy of the reminiscences of Gerald Ross Hunter titled "Are we at the crossroads?" Mr. Hunter was born in England, emigrated to Wynyard, Saskatchewan, moved to British Columbia in 1937 where he and his wife operated a motel on Kingsway in Vancouver, and then lived in the Fraser Valley and in Victoria.

The file consists of a copy of a plan of Lac la Hache cemetery and list of persons buried there, compiled by Mrs. Percy Ogden, Lac la Hache, five letters to Joanne Hughes from Molly Forbes, Lac la Hache re cemetery, and a 2 p. autobiography by Mrs. Forbes titled "Fraser Valley cemeteries and how they reflect the social history of the area." It also contains field notes on the Fraser Valley cemeteries [history essay, Douglas College, 1972, Joanne Hughes].

Footage. Mainly shows commercial and tourist activities in the middle and upper Fraser Valley. Shots include: a small freighter on the Fraser River; Brackman-Ker Milling Company (New Westminster); aerial view of an urban area; Johnston Bros. & Byrnell Freight Lines (Chilliwack); "Valley Celery" packing plant; Harrison Lake tourists and resorts; lake barges; a residential street; dairy cattle; berry picking and packing (Hatzic, B.C.); a railway platform; and the Bungalow Garage and Cafe in Matsqui.

Footage. A film showing tourism and commerce in three areas: the Cariboo region around 100 Mile House, Vancouver, and the upper Fraser Valley. Cariboo region subjects include fishing, motoring, horseback riding, boating, hiking, pioneer buildings, a covered wagon, and ranching. In Vancouver the focus is shipping. Upper Fraser Valley subjects include Chilliwack businesses and residences, agriculture, outdoor recreation, Hope area campgrounds, Fort Hope Lodge, hiking, boating, and horseback riding. Visitors cross the Fraser River in a canoe to see a waterfall.

News item. Girl Guide camp scenes -- swimming, tenting, campfire, Indian crafts, sing-along, etc.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and diverse material connected with Mr. Hartley's activities as M.L.A. (Yale-Lillooet) and Minister of Public Works.

William L. Hartley was born in 1916. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly and held the position of Minister of Public Works.

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports and diverse material connected with Mr. Hartley's activities as MLA (Yale-Lillooet) and Minister of Public Works.

Stock shots. "Subjects covered: Inmates working in sawmill. General scene of camp. Clearing brush. Planting seedlings. Cutaways include logging truck fully loaded along mountain road. Seedling close-ups. Mountain flowers."

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1920s. "The film examines pea production, from rolling, cultivating, disking and fertilizing the field to crop dusting with a biplane, seeding and harvesting. Much of the field work is done with horses, some with a tractor. Peas are dumped onto a conveyor belt at a barn, mechanically shucked, poured into wooden boxes and sorted by girls in white caps. Cows in a field and being milked in a barn, probably at Frasea Farms. Men (Agriculture inspectors?) drink milk from bottles beside a car. A sign on the roof of the car reads Frasea Farms." (Colin Browne)

Promotional film. The construction and operation of the Salvation Army's Miracle Valley Detox Centre near Mission. Its quiet environs are contrasted with the temptations of the street life in Vancouver.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Mushroom growing in the Fraser Valley. Mushroom house, harvesting by hand and packing for the fresh market; quick freezing process, canning, transporting fresh mushrooms to market via Air Canada; cooking at home.

The item is a reel of 16 mm film footage. In it a large group of agriculturalists visit the Frasea Dairy Farm to inspect the cattle, grounds, barns, etc., and to have lunch.

The series consists of Chilliwack divorce case files from 1939 to 1949.

Stock shots. Shows preparation of beds and transplanting of seedlings at Chilliwack Nursery; soil preparation and germinating seedlings at Koksilah Nursery.

The file is a photocopy of "Ridgedale-Matsqui, 1890-1908" and consists of recollections of Roselle M. Beharrell, the first white child born in Matsqui Prairie.

This series contains two operational files from the Vancouver Forest District. The first file, coded MTS X4, is a Timber Management file from 1912-1917. The contents refer to Timber Sale X4 to Young and Scott of Point Grey, B.C. covering lands within the municipality of Point Grey, bounded, in part, by Sixteenth Avenue and the Musqueam Indian Reserve. The second file, which is uncoded, concerns the transfer of records to Victoria from the Supervisor of Scaler's office.

This series consists of circular letters from District Forester to field staff pertaining to forest protection, forest management, etc. Includes some circular letters from Chief Forester to District Foresters.

The file contains a photocopy of "Biographies of George and Eliza Chadsey, Chilliwack Pioneers" written by Mildred Evans Hall in 1978. The file contains a history of Chadsey family and their descendants and is illustrated.

This series contains a Police Court record book dated April 12, 1929 - April 15, 1950.

This series contains a Police Court record book covering the period April 11, 1929 - Dec. 31, 1934.

Chilliwack Township Provincial Court record books

This series contains cause books from Chilliwack Small Debts Court covering the periods 1914-1925 and 1929-1951. The series also consists of one index volume to records from 1914 to 1937. The index is arranged alphabetically by both plaintiff and defendant.

This series contains registers of auction land sales held at Vancouver. Volume 1 contains information from an auction sale that took place November 20-23, 1901. Volume 2 contains information from an auction sale that took place September 29, 1908. The registers include information such as lot number, name of purchaser and sale prices.

This series contains correspondence, statistical returns, and reports of the Public Library Commission (PLC) and its successors, the Library Development Commission and the Library Services Branch. The series includes files of PLC pioneers Helen Gordon Stewart, H.N. Lidster, and C.K. Morison, plus records of PLC members at Provincial Library and Archives. The records also contain documents relating to regional libraries in Fraser Valley, Okanagan district, and Vancouver Island, along with correspondence pertaining to provincial library schools and associations.

This series consists of a daily record book of Constable M. Ross, Huntingdon and Mission City, 7 April 1922 to 8 January 1923.

This series consists of receipt books and miscellaneous land sale records. Records consist largely of receipts for the sale of town lots, suburban and country lands, and unsurveyed rural lands, issued by Assistant Commissioners of Lands and Works for Cariboo District, Lillooet District, Yale District, and New Westminster District. The series also includes land sale records pertaining to Lytton, Seymour, Douglas, Port Moody, Fort Langley, and Similkameen district, and a trading licences receipt book issued by Frank Trevor, Collector at Quesnel.