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CALL NUMBER: T1209:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on gas legislation and BC Ferries RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-26 & 28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses changes in the legislation regarding natural gas, 26 February 1977. TRACK 2: Davis discusses the size of ferry crews on the BC Ferries vessels, 28 February 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on pipelines and seat belt legislation RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-01 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses possible oil pipeline routes in BC, and potential environment effects, 1 March 1977. TRACK 2: Davis introduces automobile seat belt legislation, 15 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on natural gas exports and seat belt fines RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-23 & 24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses problems related to natural gas export contracts, 23 March 1977. TRACK 2: Davis announces reduced penalties for seat belt infractions, 24 March 1977. Also: NDP MLA Rosemary Brown applauds the announcement of the Human Resources Minster that there will be no "deductible" charge for Pharmacare, 24 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on northern ferries, Revelstoke Dam and BC Tel rates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-19 & 1977-05-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, on northern ferry transportation and the Revelstoke Dam situation, 19 April 1977. TRACK 2: Davis on BC Tel rates, 17 May 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on BC Ferries, energy report, and Cherry Point oil port RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05-17 & 1977-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, on BC Ferries, BC Steamships, and MIT energy report, 17 May 1977. TRACK 2: Davis doesn't like Cherry Point, Washington, as a potential location for an oil port, 3 June 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on nuclear power, seat belts, and Alcan pipeline RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-17 & 1977-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, says nuclear power plants are not required in BC, 17 June 1977. Also: NDP MLA Dave Stupich on municipal finance, [same date?]. TRACK 2: Davis on seat belt legislation and the Alcan Pipeline route, 4 July 1977. Also: Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm on the abolition of the Vancouver Resources Board, [same date?]. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis comments on his resignation as Minister RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-[03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Social Credit MLA (North Vancouver - Seymour), explains the reasons why he resigned as Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, pending the outcome of an RCMP investigation into his air travel expenses. Davis admits that he traded-in first class airplane tickets for regular fare tickets and pocketed the difference. But, Davis says, he did not claim some other expenses he could have claimed, and the refunds he received were kept in lieu of claiming for those other items. Davis also says that he reimbursed the government for some of the difference. The press questions Davis extensively regarding the specifics of what he did, as well as about details surrounding his resignation. April 3 [?], 1978. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1096:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Garnet E. Willis talks about his father and the people of the Chilliwack and the Similkameen region, 1894 to 1916. He describes how his family farmed near Sardis; what Chilliwack was like in his youth; steamboats on the Fraser; Harrison House; hard work on farms; school days; stories about Bill Miner; stories about John Ryder and his family; the Nelson brothers; how his father hauled freight; his father's background with the fur brigade; a discussion of the brigade route; details of his father's travels in Fort Garry, California and BC; his father's claims in the Cariboo; how his father logged on the present site of Vancouver; and John Beatty. TRACK 2: Mr. Willis continues with a story about an old man; the circumstances by which he came to the Similkameen area with his father in 1914; an anecdote about his father and the farm at Sumas; a comparison of Chilliwack and Similkameen areas; cattle and cattle drives over the Dewdney Trail; several stories about travels on the Hope Trail; a discussion of Herman Grell, known as "Shorty" Dunn; Jack Budd; and train robber Bill Miner.

CALL NUMBER: T1096:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Willis continues with more on Shorty Dunn of Bill Miner's gang; a story about Pat Kennedy of Princeton; Jim Slater; a story about Charlie Rheinhardt; Price Chandler; the beginning of Keremeos; Keremeos centre; the town of Loomis, Washington; a description of Princeton in 1913; Bill Allison; Mr. Willis' own place near Princeton; several stories about August Carlson; a story about Steve Mangat; the Olalla Mine; other mines and drilling. TRACK 2: Mr. Willis offers a story about Duncan Woods of the Hedley Mascot Mine; a discussion of his wife's uncle, a packer named John Worth; Bill Bristol and his stopping house east of Hope; a discussion of "Colonel" Robert Stevenson and his tall stories; a story about tracking lost cattle; more about Stevenson; more about Jack Budd and Bill Miner; and a story about a foot race in Montana.

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 item is a photocopy of a thesis by Jeffrey Ellison titled "The Ozette petroglyphs." 1977. xiii, 180 leaves: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.) - Washington State University, 1977. Bibliography; leaves 178-180.

Amateur film footage. This reel includes the following items:

1. 1926 seaside picnic.
2. Seaside 1927 (Jimmy Fischer, ladies throwing ball, etc.).
3. Industrial Britannia.
4. May 24, 1927. 5. Browning family on vacation, ca. 1927.
5. Wedding party -- snow in October.
6. May 24, 1928 -- races in A.M.
7. May 24, 1928 -- crowning of Copper Queen, baseball, tennis.
8. July 1, 1928 celebration at townsite.
9. Lake Chelan 1928, Lucerne 1928, eating fish Perrys 1930 Lake Chelan 1930.

Amateur film. Stanley Park zoo. Deer on one of the Gulf Islands. Boating and leisure activities around the island. Seattle skyline from the water. Disembarking from ferry. Downtown Seattle.

Item consists of one photograph of the waterfront at Tacoma, Washington.

Item consists of one photograph of Seattle, Washington.

Television stock shots. Includes footage of oil-port; oil tanker & tanks, Cherry Point; tar sands (Freebe) ; and lab testing of lubricating oils.

Out-takes?. Footage of various Boeing jetfoil ferries in harbour and at sea, including Seattle harbour. Final sequence [dated 19-Sep-1976] shows jetfoil "Flying Princess II" entering Victoria's Inner Harbour.

Television stock shots

Diary, 1899. Dr. Hicks travelled to Atlin via Skagway and the Chilcoot Trail, and remained in the Atlin area from March 28 to August 10, practicing medicine and working as a labourer. He returned by ship to Victoria, then worked in Washington State as a labourer at the military fort near Port Townsend, in Seattle, and as a tunneler in the Cascade Mountains. He returned to Victoria on December 27th. The collection includes a list of names mentioned in the diary and Dr. Hicks Notice of Restoration to the Medical Register, 1922.

Presented by Mr. T.H. Hicks (son), Richmond, 1986.

Series consists of 148 photographs primarily attributed to Richard or Hannah Maynard. Other photographers are also likely. Images depict scenes, places, or people that could not be identified and/or otherwise be attributed to other series within this collection.

Item consists of one photograph of the Northern Pacific dock at Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington.

Diary of a trip from Vancouver to Europe from Nov 10, 1910 to Feb 20, 1911, including accounts of friends from British Columbia that Mary and Ninian Bain met while on tour. Diary of a trip from Vancouver to South America from Nov 27, 1911, to Mar 16, 1912, including postcards from some of the places visited.