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The fonds consists of records created by the Guichon family between 1882 and 2013 and contain files relating to the family history including correspondence, diaries, subject files, genealogies, news clippings and scrapbooks; files relating to the family ranch including correspondence, reference material and publications; over 1300 photographs which document family and ranch life; and an audio recording interview with Lawrence Guichon.

The series consists of correspondence and other records created by the Guichon family between 1908 and 1934. It includes correspondence, including a typed translation of extracts from a letter to Laurent Guichon; two handwritten letters in French (one from 1913) to Joseph Guichon from relatives in France; and a portion of a 1919 letter to Joseph Guichon from Belgium from a soldier who had lived in the Nicola Valley.

The series also includes legal agreements, partnership agreements, 1922-1932, between the children of Joseph Guichon; memorandum of association, conveyance, etc. re the Guichon Ranch, 1933-1934 and a letter from a lawyer in 1931.

In addition there are records of the Quilchena Hotel including a register from 1908-1917; a journal dated 1914-1915; invoices from 1908; and a liquor licence from 1915.

Microfilmed records are available on self serve microfilm, roll A01404(1).

The series consists of ca. 2050 photographs created and acquired by the Guichon family between around 1880 and 2012. The photographs are mostly a mixture of prints and negatives in black and white and colour. There are formal portraits, ranch activities and family events documented as well as photocopies or modern print copies of older photographs. There is no particular order to the records and most of the photographs are unidentified.

The series consists of records created by the Guichon family between 1892 and 2013. Most of the records were created by or are about Lawrence Peter Guichon and include his diaries and various notebooks, correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets and two large scrapbooks.

The series also includes records about the family created for the family reunion in 1993. These include detailed genealogies of various branches of the family as well as correspondence and information files regarding the reunion.

The item consists of an audio reel recording of an interview with Lawrence P. Guichon, a rancher in the Nicola Region. In the interview Guichon discusses his father's immigration from France, his mining and ranching experiences in Canada, and some of the other pioneers of the Nicola Region.

The item also includes a partial, unedited transcript of the interview stored in container 000343-0156.

The interview was recorded around 1960 by Thomas Garnet Willis.

The series consists of records regarding the Guichon family ranch, created between ca. 1895 and 2000. Most of the records were created by Lawrence P. Guichon and consist of correspondence, ranch records, reference material and pamphlets, news clippings, files on grasshopper control and stock brands. The series also includes a number of books and other publications relating to ranching and district history.