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The fonds consists of private and official correspondence, inward and outward, speeches, accounts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, reports, memoranda and miscellaneous items. Among the papers is correspondence inward and outward of John Oliver and John Duncan MacLean relating to Liberal party affairs. The Pattullo papers divide into two series. Series I [vol. 1-61] contain papers related to private and public activities of Pattullo from 1892-1956, but contains only five volumes [54-58] of papers related to the years 1933-1941 when Pattullo was Premier of British Columbia. Pattullo's filing system, based on subject categories, has been maintained. Papers within each file are arranged in chronological order. A few files contain papers for more: than one year. For instance, a file relating to one insurance policy might cover the years 1929-1933. All such files have been placed in the volume for the earliest year. Series II [vol. 62-84] contains papers related to Pattullo's tenure as Premier. Material within files is in chronological order. Most of letter analysis is given unless the entire file relates to one subject. In Series II it is not possible, as it is with Series I, conveniently to begin and progress through the papers year by year because the whole body of papers 1933-1941 is filed exclusively on a subject basis, hence more: than one year's correspondence may be in any one file. The filing system is that devised by the Premier's Office. Files are: classified as C" - "Confidential [vols. 62-65], "D" - departmental [vols. 66-67], "F" - federal [vols. 68-71] and "G" - general [vols. 72-73]. Volumes 74-76 contain alphabetical files. Volumes 77-84 contain newspaper clippings related to the years 1933-1941. Fonds also includes correspondence and telegrams with W.L. Mackenzie King and plans for celebrating King's sixtieth birthday; and a recording of Pattullo's radio address of 1935-06-17 on CRCV Vancouver.

The fonds consists of letters written to George Pattullo by his three sons, including B.C. Premier T.D. Pattullo, and by men who were prominent in public affairs or politics in Ontario. The fonds also contains papers relating to the Pattullo family.

SUMMARY: SIDE 1: Premier Pattullo appeals to British Columbians to subscribe to war loans. [SIDE 2: blank.];

SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: Speech asking voters to support Liberal candidates in federal general election. Outline of B.C. government policies and achievements. Broadcast from Vancovuer Hotel over a network of B.C;. radio stations through the facilities of CKWX.;

SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: Comments on federal Liberal victory, upcoming by-elections in B.C., newspaper criticism, up-coming federal-provincial conference.;

SUMMARY: In a radio speech broadcast 17-Jun-1935, Premier T.D. Pattullo talks about British Columbia in Canada, and the necessity of amending the British North America Act of 1867.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dominion-provincial relations, 1935 SUMMARY: In a radio speech broadcast on June 17, 1935, Premier T.D. Pattullo talks about British Columbia in Canada, and the necessity of amending the British North America Act of 1867.;

Setting up Victoria Loan "torch". Pattullo standing next to CBC microphone. Totem pole and house front in left background.

Painted house front in background.

Premier presenting something (rolled up paper tied with ribbon) to air force officer.

Guy (Lowenberg) Constable was born at Bury, Lancashire, England in 1882. After taking an engineering degree at Arnold Technical School in Chester, England, he served a period of indenture with Sandycroft Engineering Company of London, England. In 1904, he came to Canada to open and supervise the Alice Mine on Goat Mountain at Alice Siding. During the 1914 to 1918 war, Guy Lowenberg changed his name to Constable. From his arrival in Canada until his death in 1973, Guy Constable involved himself in many facets of the life of the Creston Valley and Kootenay district. Prime among his interests was the reclamation of Kootenay flats, and the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed. He also took a keen interest in the development of the fruit growing and grain farming in the Creston Valley, and had a longtime involvement in the Associated Boards of Trade of Southeastern British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest Trade Association. Guy Constable was an organizing partner of Creston Power, Light and Telephone Company (1907), a founding partner of the Creston Review (1910), a notary public (1911), justice of the peace (1912), an organizer of the Creston Valley Stockbreeder Association (1919), a frequent contributor to the deliberations of the International Joint Commission (first in 1927), manager of Kootenay Valley Power and Development Company (1928-1931), chairman of the board of trustees of the Creston Dyking District (1937), a charter trustee of the consolidated Creston Valley School District (1938), a member of the Committee on Western Grain Standards of the Board of Grain Commissioners (1940), chairman of the industrial subcommittee on the provincial Bureau of Reconstruction after World War II, stipendiary magistrate and juvenile court judge (1949) and a director of the Western Canada Reclamation Association (1947-1950).

The records consists of correspondence inward and outward, memoranda, reports, clippings and printed matter. Among the papers are copies of provincial and federal documents relating to the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed.

Amateur film. REEL 1: Rehearsal for presentation of colours, and troops drilling. The Fifth Regiment Guard of Honour rehearsing at the Parliament Buildings. King and Queen leave the Parliament Building on May 30 to drive through the city, returning later down Government Street. The Royal Canadian Navy at Beacon Hill Park; presentation of the colour by the King. King inspects war veterans. Queen with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Premier Pattullo. REEL 2: Naval party returns to the RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, to deposit the colours. Officers, sailors and guests disperse for refreshments. Ogden Point Docks, May 31. Destroyer escort. The King and Queen arrive, inspect Canadian Scottish Guard of Honour, war veterans, and war nurses. King and Queen board the C.N.S.S. "Prince Robert" and are seen waving from the deck. An hour later, Premuier Pattullo inspects the BC Provincial Police and special constables outside the Parliament Buildings.

Transcript of a public meeting regarding the Timber Royalty Act of 1914, held at the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., 3 September 1924, between John Oliver, Premier, T.D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands, A.M. Manson, Minister of Labour and representatives of the lumber industry.

Report to the Honourable T.D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands, on the question of joint control of water supply to the cities and municipalities on Burrard Inlet, B.A. Cleveland, Comptroller of Water Rights, October 1922.

Footage. Heeling in bundled seedlings. Beacon Hill Park, Victoria: people feeling waterfowl at Goodacre Lake. A lookout station, and view from the top. Annual celebration at Peace Arch Park; shots of Premier Pattullo and Fred McGregor. Falls and rapids. Planting crew in Campbell River area: tent camp, bundled seedlings, planting shots. Tom Wells with seedlings at Green Timbers. Interior B.C. scenery.

Footage. Various Canadian military units in field uniform marching in the area of the Parliament Buildings. Includes footage of civilian dignitaries: Lieutenant-Governor Eric Hamber, Premier Thomas D. Pattullo and the Hon. John Hart.

SUMMARY: A half-hour radio documentary on the life and career of former B.C. Premier W.A.C. Bennett. Aired on CFAX Victoria in February 1979, following Bennett's death.

CALL NUMBER: T2705:0001 - 0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1980?] SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for these first five tapes.]; CALL NUMBER: T2705:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of W.A.C. Bennett, 1941-1979 PERIOD COVERED: 1941-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Waldo Skillings recalls his first impressions of W.A.C. Bennett. Comments on B.C. politics during the Coalition era. Speculation about W.A.C. Bennett. Bennett being offered a Coalition cabinet post. Pattullo and W.A.C. Bennett. Bennett's public image versus his true character. Bennett was a shy and emotional man. Bennett's weaknesses. The role of Bob Bonner in the first Social Credit government. Bonner's resignation as Attorney-General, 1968 and its effect on the government. The question of succession to the leadership of the Social Credit party after W.A.C. Bennett. Bennett wanted his son to succeed him as leader. TRACK 2: Patronage and the first Social Credit government. Public relations men and the W.A.C. Bennett government. Comments on Cam Kenmuir and Dan Ekman. Anecdote about Ekman, Kenmuir and Clancey drinking in W.A.C. Bennett's presence. Discussion of the 1972 election. Reasons for the defeat of the Social Credit government. Recollection of events during the election campaign. Comments on Phil Gaglardi. Comments about Skillings' personal fate in the 1972 election. Reaction to the defeat of the government. The effect of the defeat on W.A.C. Bennett. Comments on B.C. politics since 1972. Personal assessment of Bill Bennett as Premier. W.A.C. Bennett's last days. Anecdote about Skillings travelling to Japan as Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce and taking his bank manager with him at the bank's expense.