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The file consists of a small handwritten diary that was written by Lea Gillard, a United Church minister who worked about a coastal missionary boat, the Sky Pilot, in the 1930s and 1940s. The diary starts in 1935 and ends in 1939. The diary captures life aboard the boat that operated up and down the eastern coast of Vancouver Island. Gillard records day-to-day activities on the boat, such as ministering to the communities along the coast, dealing with repairs and maintenance of the boat, the weather, social events and family life.

Alongside the diary is a typed transcript that was done by the donor in 2022. This not only is a typed version of the diary, but also includes additional notes about Reverend Gillard as well as some photos.

File consists of the script for a slide show on streambank management on Vancouver Island and a course on streambank management prepared for British Columbia Forest Service research station on Mesachie Lake.

The file is from the Victoria County Court and is case file number 439/50 regarding H.R. MacMillan Export Co. Ltd., 1950. Civil case files may contain the notice of claim or notice of petition, writs and affidavits, orders and a final judgment.

The file consists of a civil case file from the British Columbia Supreme Court (Victoria). It is numbered A 374/55. The action was James Audain vs Robin James Dunsmuir re: damages for slander of plaintiff's book "From Coalmine to Castle". The file includes a transcript.

The file contains a petition from Father Charles Marchal, O.M.I., New Westminster to the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. It concerns an Indigenous man named Peter.

The file contains a photocopy of a petition from residents of Village of Granville and vicinity requesting incorporation under the name "The City of Vancouver".

The file contains a Memorandum of Co-operation between the Province of British Columbia and the State of Washington "pertaining to the resolution of mutual problems of oil pollution."

The file consists of a photocopy of reasons for judgement in the case (43319/75) of Donald Moses et al (other members of the Lower Nicola Indian Band) versus Canada and British Columbia, May 5, 1977.

The oversized file consists of statistical returns and draft of statistical tables as appended to 1877 annual report of the Minister of Mines.

The file consists of a 12 page memorandum created by Special Officer G.H. Ward for the Dept. of the Provincial Secretary in 1941. The memo concerns the B.C. general election held on October 9, 10, 11, 1941 and the B.C. Active Service Vote in the United Kingdom with explanatory notes re active service voting regulations.

The file consists of a memorandum on the history of the coat of arms of the province of British Columbia prepared by the staff of the Provincial Archives in 1966

The file consists of a signed agreement from 1928 between the Province represented by the Minister of Public Works and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR). The agreement sets out compensation to be paid by the CPR for each level crossing on the Old Cariboo Road between Haig and Spences Bridge that would be eliminated by the construction of the new provincial highway.

The agreement is accompanied by a photocopied letter from 1963 from the Office of the Attorney-General to the Chief Engineer of the Dept. of Highways instructing them to keep the agreement in their active files.

The consists of a photocopy of a report to the Hon. T. M. Waterland, Minister of Forests, from Donald T. Grant, R.P.F., Regional Manager, Vancouver Forest District, regarding charges by forest companies of inaccuracies in log scaling at the Shoal Island Dry Land Sort facility, near Crofton. The report contains a chronological history of the inquiry, a full discussion of the conflict, supporting statistician reports, final submissions, and conclusions and recommendations.

Parties involved included Dougan Logging; G.W. Cox and Sons Logging; John Reid and Associates; Kyoquot Logging; Traer and Mahood Contractors; White and Davidson Logging.

The file contains a photocopy of a typescript of an article by Home Economics Branch director, Jessie L. McLenaghen, giving brief survey of the development of Home Economics in B.C. schools from 1895 to 1941. The article was intended for publication in "The School".

The file consists of an interim, unrevised report on "The Administration of Mothers' Pensions in British Columbia, 1920-21 to 1930-31. It includes a summary of findings and recommendations with statistical tables appended.

The file contains a report of a Grand Jury from May 1906. The report is submitted by Henry Pim to Chief Justice Hunter and reports on an inspection of various facilities including City Jail and Police Court, offices, the Chinese hospital, the new General Hospital, the Alexandra Orphanage, the new Industrial School at Greer's Beach and the bridges over False Creek.

This file consists of a annual report of Government Agencies for the period April 11, 1976 - March 31, 1977.

The file consists of a brief submitted to the Honourable Eileen Dailly, Minister of Education, Dept. of Education, Victoria, B.C., by School District no. 24 (Kamloops) in 1973. The brief is in regard to the Mission Flats Entomological Research Station.

The file contains mounted copies of an illuminated address sent to H.M. King Edward VII expressing the legislature's deepest sorrow at the death of Queen Victoria, February 25, 1901.

The file consists of a script of play called "The Curse of Chirra-Poonge" by Llewelyn Bullock-Webster, Director of the Dept. of Education's School and Community Drama Branch. The accompanying note from the Provincial Drama Advisor said it was performed at Government House in the early 1930's.

File consists of a black and white photographic print, presumably of Nellie Isabel Gosnell as a young woman and a two page typewritten history of the Chapman, Burnham, and Gosnell families. It provides family trees and recounts the movements of these families as they settled and became established in Cobble Hill and Victoria in the late 19th and early twentieth century. The history was written by Nellie Gosnell's daughter, Margaret (Gosnell) Taylor.

File consists of textual records including licenses to sell liquor, free miners certificates, receipts for goods purchased, telegraph messages, Royal Engineers discharge papers, a will, correspondence, a list of persons entitled to vote in electoral district of Cariboo, and other records created between 1863 and 1885. They are generally related to the Cariboo region, especially Richfield, Barkerville, Quesnel, William Creek, and Yale.

Quebec-Labrador cod fishery. One hundred years of life and work. The story of the Whiteley family in an isolated community. [Page appended listing references to British Columbia.]

Presented by the author, 1976.

The file consists of photocopies of articles and newspaper clippings relating to the history of Rossland, by bank manager Gordon T. German and others.

The file contains a copy of "The Harrison-Lillooet gold rush trail: a Canadian studies programme project, McPherson Park Junior Secondary School" [booklet composed of maps, paintings, photographs and extracts from books] by Charles Hou.

"History of 8th Canadian Field Regiment (self-propelled) Royal Canadian Artillery, from 1 September 1939 to 31 May 1945" [essay, author not given].

"Memories of the Bulkley Valley during the Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway." The author's father, W.A. Williscroft, was Public Works superintendent at Bella Coola.

This files includes death sentences for two Indigenous individuals accused of murder. The first document is dated 2 November 1860 for Hotch-k. The second is dated 2 December 1862 for Ja'ack, with a duplicate copy stating the execution was carried out on 6 January 1863. Both documents authorize High Sheriff Peter O'Reilly to carry out the executions and are approved by James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia.

This files includes copied extracts from several despatches. The despatches are correspondence inward and outward between Governor Douglas and Governor Seymour and various British government officials. They range in date from 1858-1867. Subjects include a mail service between British Columbia and San Francisco, government salaries, and debt exemption.

This files includes two appointments for William Brooke Naylor by Governor James Douglas. The first, dated 11 July 1860 appoints Naylor as the Sheriff of the colony of Vancouver Island. The second dated 19 February 1861 appoints Naylor as the Marshall of the Court of Admiralty.