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Photocopied memorandum by Colonial Office officials entitled "The Royal Engineers in British Columbia."

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "A Minor Incident", by Edward Stidder, is an account of the ea;rly years of James Douglas (later the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia). Peter Haworth plays Sir James Douglas and Ted Stidder plays Chief Kwah. Other actors include Sam Payne, Walter Marsh,; Peg Dixon, Graham Crowl, Joe Austin, Jack Anthony, Terence Kelly, Jack Hammond, Merv Campone, Wayne Robson, and Hagan Beggs.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sir James Douglas PERIOD COVERED: 1835-1877 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1971-11-17 SUMMARY: A speech about Sir James Douglas, presented to the Gulf Islands Branch of the BC Historical Society, 17-Nov-1971.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-11-26 SUMMARY: [No content summary available.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lizette (Mrs. Ralph Hall), a woman from the Carrier tribe, discusses her father, Louis Billy Prince, who was born in 1864 on the east side of Stuart River. His father was a chief until a bishop removed him; she describes the circumstances around that. She describes her great-grandfather, Kwah, who lived to a very old age and was a nobleman. The people who lived on the reserve. Stories about their first encounters with huns and with white people. Mrs. Hall tells the story of how Sir James Douglas' life was threatened after a when the Native man was killed by two HBC workers near Fort George; the incident ended peacefully. She discusses the first priest in the area, named Father Nobili. Her recollections of Father Morice; he returned to the area in 1924 and was surprised at seeing the advancement of the Carrier people. Father Marshall, who came before Father Morice and other priests. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hall continues with a story about Father Morice and a printing press he left behind. Her recollections of Father Coccola, who ran the place with an iron hand, and the effects of his racial beliefs on the people. She discusses the Hudson's Bay Company and its relations with Indians.; Catholic influences on education, and the focus on the spiritual needs of the Natives rather than their bodily needs. The first public school in 1913, which was not run by the Church, lasted three years. Her experiences at the Catholic residential school; the loneliness that resulted from being taken from parents; penalties imposed for speaking their native language; the unsanitary conditions and; food served. The school's aim "to eradicate culture"; how Indian culture was practiced in private. Mrs.Hall relates some stories about the legendary figure Astace. She offers meanings and pronuciations of Indian names. Finally, she discusses Indian village life in the old days, including how winters were spent, and the raids by the Chilcotin people.

CALL NUMBER: T0176:0005 - 0006 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ladner discusses the Nugent Report on Sir James Douglas to American President Buchanan in 1858; his personal; political and educational philosophy; history of the Ladner family in Cornwall; Leon Ladner's political career, circa 1926; history of the Ladner family settlement in Ladner and the family's canneries. TRACK 2: Mr. Ladner continues with his discussion about the family's cannery business; anecdotes about his uncle William Ladner; All Saints Church in 1881; his mother, and his education.;

CALL NUMBER: T0176:0005 - 0006 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ladner begins with readings from William Ladner's diary. He talks about his father's adventures after leaving Cornwall; his father and uncle arrived in Victoria and Delta in 1858; their; business ventures in the Cariboo and New Westminster; the family land purchase in 1868 in the Delta area; drainage problems in Delta; his father's cannery business; the naming of Ladner; the Victoria; Cannery Company; the mosquito problem; anecdotes about Sir James Douglas, John Oliver, Sir Richard McBride, the Guichon family, William McBride, and the first school in 1882. TRACK 2: Mr. Ladner talks about his father's adventures in California; his uncle William Ladner's appointments; early Ladner; wooden horse shoes; drinking water; roads; floods; the family farm; beekeeping; Delta Manor; sub;division of his father's farm; anecdote about Lord Byng's visit; old Ladner homes and his father's experiences.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Joseph Morrison talks about the early years of Fort Langley from 1860 to 1890. Born at Fort Yale in 1861 [sic]. His father, Kenneth Morrison, came west via Edmonton. Buildings at Fort Langley. His grandfather, Ovid Allard, was Chief Factor. The steamboat "Fort Yale" blows up in 1861. Miners bound for Cariboo. Job on CPR construction. Indians living near Fort Langley. Visits of Judge Begbie and Sir James Douglas. Farms; school at the fort; more on the "Fort Yale". Arrival of fur brigades in the spring; celebrations. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Laundy speaks about his grandfather; Reverend Edward Cridge, and grandmother Mary, and their journey to Victoria in 1855. Mr. Laundy recalls parties at his grandparents' home, "Marifield"; musical evenings; the ecclesiastical controversy between Reverend Cridge and Bishop Hills; Rev. William Duncan; Reverend Cridge and Mrs. Cridge and his parishioners; Sir James Douglas; the Church of Our Lord; church affairs; his grandfather's interest in music and modern inventions; his writings and his death in 1913. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Robertson recalls the James Bay area in the 1870s and 1880s; the causeway; the chain gang; her father, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wolfenden; his arrival with the Royal Engineers; his work as King's Printer; his rifle shooting awards; the family home in James Bay; the founding of the Fifth Regiment; her first husband, Charlie Innes; her first home in Esquimalt and her later life. She talks about her early life; living conditions; black residents; Sir James Douglas and his family; Judge Crease; Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie; the Chinese; the Royal Navy and a childhood incident. TRACK 2: Mrs. Robertson continues with her recollections of the Carr family; Emily Carr's character; and childhood incidents.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Smith talks about his father's Victoria hardtack business; May 24 celebrations in Esquimalt; visit of the Lord Dufferin; his father's bakery supplies for the Royal Navy and the Hudson's B;ay Company; his father's sealing schooner, the "Kate"; Victoria then and now; his father's early life in the Cariboo and Victoria; MacDonald's Bank; Hamilton Smith's biscuit factory in Vancouver; Mooney's Biscuit Co.; impressions of Amor De Cosmos; the Douglas family; Mayor Harris; Cariboo miners in Victoria; and his father's creation of special dog biscuits for the Klondike gold rush. [TRACK 2: ;blank.]

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5-hour programs that were broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, the programs featured plays, classical music concerts, documentaries, and talks. The series ran from October 1962 to the spring of 1967. This episode, "The Fort and the City", is about Victoria the city in the days of Victoria the Queen. The first section, "The Fort", is based on letters and written memoirs from the era of Fort Victoria. The second part, "The City", is compiled from the spoken memoirs of people who lived there during the latter part of the 19th century. The latter material is drawn from oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard for the earlier series, "Living Memory".

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pattie Alexander Haslam, nee Cox, recalls her first impressions of the Cape Beale Lighthouse; her schooling in Victoria; and a trip back to the lighthouse by Indian canoe. She describes her; life at the lighthouse; her mother and father; Indians; potlatches; costumes; Indian whaling techniques; Captain Spring; and sealing schooners. TRACK 2: She recalls local shipwrecks. She talks abo;ut her life in Victoria while she was at school; Sir James Douglas; Lady Douglas; Bishop Cridge, and the Cridge family. She recalls her life in Alberni; her work in the telegraph office; and her reports for the CPR from Cape Beale. She talks about cougars, and hunting at Cape Beale.

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a series that recreates early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. "The Old Doctor" comprises two one-hour programs based on the memoirs of Dr. John Seba;stian Helmcken, who was for many years the Hudson's Bay Company doctor at Fort Victoria. The programs trace the growth of Victoria from an HBC fort to a city, and describe what life was like during t;hat period. "The Old Doctor" is a CBC Vancouver production, written and researched by Peter Haworth (who is heard as Dr. Helmcken), and produced by Imbert Orchard. The actors include: Peter Haworth, Barbara Tremain, Pat Williams, Yvonne Adelian, Roy Brinson, Sam Payne, Robert Clothier, Roger Norman, John White, and Betty Phillips.;

Series consists of correspondence inward, reminiscences, diary of a trip through the Cariboo to Stuart Lake (1913); research notes and drafts of Howay and Scholefield's History of British Columbia.

This series contains minutes of Executive Council meetings, Colony of Vancouver Island. The series contains 2 volumes each of which cover the periods 26 March 1864 - 27 June 1865 and 18 July 1865 - 19 November 1866.

Invitation to luncheon to celebrate the birth of the son of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Series consists of a diary, 1868; correspondence, 1898-1910, with R. Gosnell, E.O.S. Scholefield and R. Mohun; oaths of office; printed vita to accompany application to be appointed Governor of British Columbia, 1869; notes and drafts on history of British Columbia, history of Alaska boundary dispute; memos on Kootenay district and immigration; miscellaneous notes and clippings.

This series contains letterbook copies of despatches from Governor Douglas to the Senior Naval Officer of Esquimalt during the period 6 July 1863 to 15 February 1864. Most of the correspondence herewith concerns measures taken against possible attacks from indigenous populations on Vancouver Island.

The file consists of an indenture drawn up between James Douglas, Montague William Tyrwhitt Drake, William A.G. Young, Charles Good and Alice Good regarding the marriage settlement of property to Alice Good nee Douglas. The original indenture is dated 1862 and has various attachments and modifications that go up to 1900.

This series contains schedules of despatches sent to and received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

The series includes personal correspondence; collected correspondence including an 1860 letter from Sir James Douglas to Pemberton; historical articles; drafts of historical articles; research notes including notes on Southam Company, biographical notes on Israel Wood Powell, and Ernest F. Jordan, sealer; unpublished typescript of "Saga of sealing" written by McKelvie and based upon E.F. Jordan's recollections; 1951 diary; scrapbooks on British Columbia politics and T.D. Pattullo.