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The records consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, notebooks and diaries, typescripts of speeches and articles, historical and political notes. It also contains a number of manuscripts, both transcripts and originals, by people other than McKelvie. Series include transcripts of books, articles and speeches; correspondence; notebooks and diaries; miscellaneous notes and material; scrapbooks; copies of nineteenth century manuscripts; and typescripts by persons other than McKelvie.
Boxes 19-50 contain miscellaneous, unsorted material.

The item consists of six film reels made from 1966 to 1973:

1. Answer print, aerial shots of Roberts Bank coal port; speakers' platform with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Premier W.A.C. Bennett; tour of facility by guests; shots of coal mining (Kaiser equipment).
2. Two duplicate prints, The item consists of film footage from 1973. It shows the freighter called "Snow Ball" unloading Japanese oranges in Vancouver.
3. Print, shots inside and outside Alcan's turbo-powered boat "Nechako"; its christening ceremony; departure with guests from Vancouver harbour.
4. Bennett bonds, people assembling in a large room; head table sits; Premier W.A.C. Bennett addresses the gathering; Bennett being interviewed about these bonds.
5. Bennett Mackenzie townsite, Premier W.A.C. Bennett campaigning in Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Prince George, and the "instant town" of Mackenzie, August 1966. One item shows him arriving in Prince George, boarding a train, aboard the train, and touring the Mackenzie mill and town.
6. Osaka trees, falling and hauling logs for the BC Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.

This series contains press releases and official statements from the Office of the Premier, 1946-1955. The records include a pamphlet on Emergency Flood Legislation.

The item is a copy of Dan Campbell's reminiscences, 1954-1979, of his experiences as a Social Credit party member, Member of the Legislative Assembly, and campaign worker. The untitled volume is "Dedicated to my friends in the car: W.A.C. Bennett, Uncle Bill Dale, Grace McCarthy". The dedication refers to Campbell's travels throughout the province from 1972-1975 on behalf of the Social Credit party. He states in the preface "I have based this review of history on my good friends' recollections of history as we toured the Province in the sackcloth and ashes period of 1972-1975. Most of the conversations recorded are quotes from W.A.C. or others in the cars".

Correspondence and reports related to Social Credit political organization in British Columbia and Canada; personal notebooks, speeches and campaign materials; pamphlets transferred to BC Archives Library.