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Item consists of one bound atlas measuring 43 x 57 cm. It contains one index map and 35 location maps of the lands of the former "Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood" in the Kootenay and Similkameen Land Districts. There are land utilization maps based on 1951 provincial government "vertical air photos" and coloured soil classification maps for the following communities: Champion Creek, Oteshenie, Brilliant, Raspberry, Glade, Shoreacres, Pass Creek, Krestova, Koch Siding, Lebahdo, Winlaw, Claybrick, Perry Siding, Grand Forks (north and south), Gilpin, and Caesar. The atlas accompanies "Doukhobor lands. A report on a study of the condition and value of the Doukhobor lands, 1952" by N.T. Drewry, Assistant Director, Land Utilization Research and Survey.

Out-takes. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Industrial film. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Footage. A selection of miscellaneous footage from various films produced by Parry for the Mining Association and some of its member companies. Includes footage of Boyles Brothers (manufacture of diamond drills); BC Research labs; Cominco labs and smelter; geological surveys; "Kimberley smelter" (?); Nickel Plate mine at Hedley (abandoned buildings); oil refineries and tank farms; Phoenix mine; Pine Point; Similkameen Mining Company operations; Sullivan Mine; Trail; various unidentified mills and mine operations; Western Canada Rolling Mines (steel mill); Western Mines (construction of mill and other facilities).

Footage. This film depicts "gunniting" or surfacing of tunnel walls to prevent loose material from falling on the railway tracks. The location is believed to be on the Kettle Valley Railway line near Tulameen, B.C.

News item. Plane crash coverage. Aerial shots showing the rugged mountainous area around the Hope-Princeton highway and the Similkameen River. Other footage shows interior and staff at the CFB Comox, Search and Rescue Division. Spokesman explains that an electronic search was undertaken first, but no signal was received, so a visual search was implemented. The crash survivor walked out to highway through deep snow.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Anita Andersen : the Trocadero strike RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1979-[09-03 & 12] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Andersen was born in Princeton, where she and her family experienced the collapse of the Princeton mines (the Granby Mines) and the disastrous economic consequences. She was subsequently orphaned and moved to Vancouver where, as a very young girl, she worked for several families as a domestic; this was one of the few alternatives for working class women who needed a place to live, food and work, and who were basically unskilled. Her sister also worked as a domestic, and they both began to radicalize, due to the influences of the longshoremen's strikes -- and for Mrs. Andersen, her interests in Yugoslavian cultural activities. She came a busgirl and organised for the HREU at the Trocadero Cafe. The Cafe was struck, and a contract was eventually achieved, but the central organisers were fired and blacklisted, including Mrs. Andersen. She continued to work for the union until she moved to the Yukon in the 1940s. TRACK 2: Returning to BC, she worked for the Jubilee Summer Camp; as a cultural organiser the Yugoslavian community; and with consumer organisations.

RECORDED: Keremeos (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Cawston's father came to Ontario from northern England in 1831, and came to Osoyoos in 1874. Alfred was born in 1892. After his father tried a few business ventures that did not pan out, Alfred was sent back to Ontario for schooling. Alfred married in 1919 and ran a small fruit farm; in later years, he became a ranger for the BC Forest Service.

RECORDED: Princeton (B.C.), 1981-10 SUMMARY: Mr. Baker came from England and engaged in many occupations, finally becoming a forest ranger at Princeton.;

RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1982-06-12 SUMMARY: Oscar came to Canada in 1907. He worked in the mining field at Golden, Kimberley, Sandon, Silverton and Hedley. Later he went into construction.;

CALL NUMBER: T4122:0001 - 0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese internment camp at Tashme, B.C. : second interview RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-02-08 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack, who graduated from UBC in 1940, was sent to Tashme, B.C., by the United Church to provide schooling for the children of the Japanese internees. She taught there from 1944 to 1946. She describes the camp living conditions, school courses, her pupils, and other people in the community.

CALL NUMBER: T4122:0003 - 0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese internment camp at Tashme, B.C. : first interview RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-02-06 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack, who graduated from UBC in 1940, was to Tashme, B.C., by the United Church to provide schooling for the children of the Japanese internees. She taught there from 1944 to 1946. She describes the camp living conditions, school courses, her pupils, and other people in the community. [NOTE: The subjects covered in tapes 3 and 4 are similar but not identical to those on tapes 1 and 2, because the first tapes done (on 6-Feb-1984) were thought to have been lost.]; 4122:4 side 2 contains a Peter Gzowski interview with Joy Kogawa about Japanese Canadians and her book "Obasan". This was probably copied by Chambers off the radio and cannot be reproduced by the BC Archives.

CALL NUMBER: T4122:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tashme's final months RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-02-21 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack discusses the final months at Tashme relocation camp.

Cariboo-McKinney mine.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Adjusting the branches of fruit trees; apple picking; orchard scenes; pruning young trees to control growth. Irrigation. Old fruit trees supporting fruit-laden branches. Apple bins. Stacking hay bales. Clearing land for orchard on Similkameen River. Growing and stacking hay. Bees. Apple crop. Loading apple-filled bins. Keremeos Grower Co-Operative packing house. ("Modern, 1968.") Asphalting road for dust prevention. Soil erosion.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Summer scenes showing Pinewood Lodge, Allison Pass, mountain scenery, an alpine meadow, and the Similkameen.

The item is a film print of a travelogue made in 1951. It depicts the Hope-Princeton Highway and the Penticton Peach Festival and Rodeo. Footage includes: Manning Park and highway scenes en route to Penticton; Peach Festival parade (including girls' pipe band); crowning of Queen Val Vedette; festival midway; harness racing. Rodeo events include pattern riding, bronco riding, calf roping, bulldogging steers and bull riding. Also lake shore and orchard scenes. BC highway construction is promoted in the commentary.

The item consists of a reel of edited negative footage probably created in the 1960s. It depicts Coalmont (unincorporated) and a mine site with men examining ore and taking photographs. It also contains a reel of outs.

The item is a reel of film showing pictograph research with Canadian Conservation Institute.

Item consists of one typed address prepared by Goodfellow for the Board of Trade in Greenwood, B.C., on April 23, 1947. The address focuses on the history of the Similkameen and is divided into the following subject sections: First Nations [Indians]; fur; gold; copper; coal; community; and communication. Goodfellow was invited by Mr. Dodd (presumably a member of the Greenwood Board of Trade).

The series consists of records created by the Boundary Gold Commissioner between 1890 and 1922. It includes correspondence inward, records of claims, certificates of work, conveyances of claims, water record and records of free miners certificates. Records may also relate to the Kettle River and Osoyoos Mining Recorders.

The series consists of letter book copies of outward correspondence and cash book entries written by William George Cox, Gold Commissioner, Rock Creek, June 1861 - Nov. 1862 (and Jan. 26 and March 4, 1863).

The series consists of mining leases filed at Victoria and arranged by mining district. The records were created by the Chief Gold Commissioner between 1876 and 1930.

This series consists of a day book of Constable H.J. McDougall of Fairview covering 6 December 1913 - 18 December 1914.

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.

This series consists of a plaint and procedure book for Yale County Court cases heard at Rock Creek, Osoyoos, Midway, Fairview and Keremeos (including mining jurisdictions), Jun 1890 - Oct. 1896; registrar's records book, July 1892 - June 1903; and miscellaneous loose correspondence and orders, ca. 1896-1909.