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Correspondence and subject files

The series consists of correspondence and subject files generated by Gerald Smedley Andrews in the course of his personal, wartime, professional and volunteer activities in Victoria and other parts of British Columbia, and to a lesser extent, in other parts of Canada and overseas. The records date between about 1903 and 2013. The series consists of correspondence (letters, cards, telegrams and postcards and the wartime correspondence between G.S. and J.E. Andrews); research notes; lists; pamphlets and brochures; journal articles; newspaper articles and clippings; newsletters; minutes; financial reports; receipts; legal documents; tax assessments; membership cards; membership directories; nominal rolls; photographs and negatives; lists of slides; texts of speeches; questionnaires; memoranda; ; correspondence registers; annual reports; invitations; resumes; graphs; diagrams; calculations; manuals; invoices; programmes; a small watercolour painting, essays; draft manuscripts; expense claims; grant applications; job applications; by-laws, certificates and orders-of-service. The series includes some records bearing government stamps and file numbers from Andrews' files as Surveyor General and Director of Surveys and Mapping and other government positions. These include personal correspondence interspersed throughout the records, as well as one discrete file (container 953721-0002, folder 21) of selected correspondence, memoranda and confidential records. The records reflect Andrews' broad range of interests and activities. They are a rich source of historical, geographical and biographical information, particularly about British Columbia and British Columbians, about surveying and surveyors, and about aerial survey photography, mapping and photogrammetry. The records also reflect Andrews' involvement with the town of Atlin, British Columbia and its pioneer resident Thomas Frederick Harper Reed (for whom Andrews acted as executor and whose estate and cabin Andrews inherited). Andrews organized the records into files or envelopes by correspondent or subject, then filed alphabetically.

Provincial administrative records

Series consists of documents made and received by the administrations of various Oblate provinces, primarily those that operated in British Columbia. Most records in this series were created by the administrations of St. Paul’s Vice-Province (1968-1973) and St. Paul’s Province (1973-2003). Some records were created by St. Peter’s Province (beginning in 1926), the Vice-Province of Whitehorse (ca. 1980s, when the Vice-Province of Whitehorse was united with St. Paul’s Province), and the OMI Lacombe Canada province (beginning in 2003). Other records in the series were created before the establishment of Oblate administrative bodies in Canada.

The series is divided into twelve sub-series:
● Office of the Provincial
● Treasurer's Office
● General administration
● Financial records
● Councils, committees, and conferences
● Indianescom
● Study/Community Days and Oblate Retreats
● Formation
● Community partnerships and projects
● Communications and circulars
● Vatican
● Parishes, missions, schools, and properties

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

General administration

Sub-series primarily consists of general administration records created by St. Paul's Province and various other Oblate provinces such as St. Peter's Province and OMI Lacombe Province. Many files contain information regarding the history of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in British Columbia.

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Client photographic job files

The series consists of job files containing negatives, slides, and photographic prints (in the form of proofs, prints or contact sheets) and digital images (in a variety of formats). These files represent the product of jobs carried out for clients of Destrubé Photography Ltd.

The client job files selected for preservation by the BC Archives document a number of Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island industries, including advertising, construction, forest products, hospitality, real estate, shipbuilding, and tourism, as well as education and the arts. Urban and regional development is also highlighted. There is a limited selection of portraiture jobs, mainly depicting public figures (including four Lieutenant-Governors) and people in the arts.

These files contain only the photographic material that remained with the studio when jobs were completed; consequently, the contents consist primarily of negatives (1972-2002) and computer disks (2002-2013). They also contain a small amount of textual material in the form of work orders, correspondence, and photocopies of contact sheets.

Gerald Smedley Andrews fonds

  • PR-1059
  • Fonds
  • [187?] - 2006; 2013

The fonds consists of records generated by Gerald Smedley Andrews in Victoria and other parts of British Columbia and Canada, and overseas, in pursuit of his personal, wartime, professional and volunteer activities from about 1903 to 2005.

These activities include those of teacher; lecturer; researcher; author; historian; geographer; traveler; artist; photographer; genealogist; linguist; surveyor; engineer; forester; expert in aerial survey photography, mapping and photogrammetry and member of numerous amateur and professional associations and organizations.

The fonds consists predominantly of personal records but also includes records from Andrews' positions with the British Columbia government, including Chief Engineer of the Air Surveys Division, and Surveyor General and Director of the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The records cover a wide range of subjects but particularly relate to surveying (including aerial survey photography, mapping and photogrammetry) and surveyors, and the history and geography of British Columbia. The fonds include correspondence, research notes, lists, publications, newspaper articles and clippings, over 14,000 photographs, financial records, legal documents, tax assessments, membership cards, membership directories, nominal rolls, newsletters, minutes, financial reports, by-laws, annual reports, texts of speeches, questionnaires, memoranda, a patent application, invitations, resumes, graphs, diagrams, calculations, manuals, technical information, programmes, essays, manuscript drafts, grant applications, job applications, orders of service, texts of speeches, essays, drawings and other artwork.

The fonds also includes three videotaped cable television interviews with Andrews (1982-1985). a home video interview with Andrews and over 300 maps and plans.

Andrews, Gerald Smedley

Home and Community Care Branch records

  • GR-3971
  • Series
  • 1988-2012

This series consists of committee files, executive records and publications related to home and community care programs conducted by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services in conjunction with the Provinces Health Authorities from 1988-2012. The Majority of these records were created by the Home and Community Care Branch which was succeeded by the Home, Community and Integrated Care Branch.

These records may have been created or received by several other predecessor bodies with similar functions, but all records were eventually transferred to the custody of and used by the Home and Community Care Branch. The Branch was part of the Health Authorities Division of the Ministry of Health from 2006-2013 and its predecessor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2006. Due to numerous reorganizations within the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services, there is evidence that earlier records changed custody several times and may have been created or received by multiple groups over time.

The Home and Community Care Branch was responsible for the development and implementation of legislation, policy, guidelines and licencing to protect the health and safety of people receiving care in licensed residential care facilities. Files also regard end of life care or palliative care, assisted living, home care, dementia, building codes for care facilities, adult guardianship, and community care. Care may be provided for children, adults with disabilities, and the elderly. Records relate to all of these functions.

Records include committee files containing minutes, reference material, policy documents and correspondence; executive briefing notes; executive correspondence referral replies; executive issues records; completed publications; and approved agreement files.

These records are scheduled under Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) numbers146-45, 200-20, 280-20, 280-30, 280-40, and 312-05.

British Columbia. Health Authorities division

Dr. John Bindernagel Research Collection into the Sasquatch

  • PR-2410
  • Collection
  • 1968-2012

The collection consists of material created and collected by Dr. John Bindernagel as part of his research into the Sasquatch. A large part of the material is not original, but was collected by or given to him throughout the course of his career.

The collection consists of original and copies of photos, eyewitness drawings, historical articles relating to Sasquatch sightings, plaster casts of tracks, television and radio interviews featuring Bindernagel, as well as interviews made by Bindernagel.

Bindernagel, John Albert

Conferences

The series consists of records of the BCHF’s annual conventions; these include correspondence, planning materials, schedules and itineraries, conference programs and booklets, information sheets on conference workshops and speakers, flyers and advertising materials, local maps, tourist information, brochures and other materials on local accommodation and heritage sites. The series also consists of files on guidelines for the planning and hosting of BCHF conferences, and the expenses involved.

Each year, the BCHF held its annual general meeting in conjunction with its annual conference. Some files contain records of these AGMs; however, most AGM records (which include agendas, minutes, committee reports and annual financial statements) are located in the minutes series (MS-2946).

Other BCHF records at BC Archives were arranged and described separately at an earlier date; therefore, records for annual conventions and meetings for earlier decades are also located in other series in the fonds, including MS-2736 and MS-2779.

The series includes photographs, consisting of images of speakers and delegates in convention meetings and on field trips to historic sites in the towns and cities where the conferences were held.

Photographs

The series consists of approximately 2850 photographs that document a variety of business activities of the Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau. The photographs are primarily black and white prints, however there are also some colour prints, as well as colour and black and white negatives, transparencies, and glass transparencies. Some textual records are interfiled with the photographs.

The records were stored in binders and arranged by subject. The photographs have been removed from the binders but are arranged by the same subjects (see the file list attached below).

Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau

Library program and service case files

  • GR-3465
  • Series
  • 1978-2012

The series consists of correspondence, population estimates, briefing notes, press releases, presentation notes, budget estimates and student files created between 1950 and 2012 by the Library Services branch and its predecessors the Public Library Commission and the Library Development Commission. The series is divided into two subseries. The first subseries consists of Community Librarian training program (CLTP) records and the second subseries consists of records relating to grants and public library programming.

The first subseries (accession 96-6091) consists of student files for the Community Librarian training program. The CLTP was a distance education program that was open to public library staff, volunteers and board members. The program was discontinued in 2014. Student files typically include certificates of completion, grades, correspondence and related documentation. The subseries is arranged chronologically by year of enrollment and then alphabetically by student surname. In many cases, files were re-opened at a later date.

The second subseries (accessions 90-2812, 91-2611, 91-3650, 92-9822, 93-6954, and 96-1146) consists of files documenting the relationship between public libraries and the Library Services branch. Many files document discontinued programs, including Current Contents, Your Choice, Books-by-Mail, and Internet Access for Public Libraries. Records also relate to grant funding, the provincial audiobook program, the Writers in Libraries program, small library automation, union catalog development, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation mobile computing program, and the delivery of books to rural areas and remote school libraries. Records include statistics and formulas for grant calculation, as well as correspondence, press releases, program policies, and funding applications. The subseries also includes copies of the Ministry newsletter “BC Public Libraries in the News,” which featured articles on events, initiatives, and programming in public libraries across the province before publication ceased in 2001. The subseries consists of a number of files related to the National Film Board’s film “Journey from Zero,” which focused on the work of librarian Howard Overend as he traveled along the Alaska Highway to the Yukon border delivering books to remote school libraries. The film premiered in Dawson Creek in May 1962.

British Columbia. Library Services Branch

Approved performance standards and background reports

  • GR-3516
  • Series
  • 1969-2012

The series consists of correspondence, reports, briefing notes, and meeting minutes and agendas created between 1969 and 2012 by the Health Authorities division and its successors, the Health Services division and the Health Services Policy and Quality Assurance division. The series documents the level of performance expected of health authorities in the delivery of patient care and health services, and provides rationale behind the standards. The series includes records on acute care policies, spinal cord injury strategies, the redesign and redevelopment of Riverview Hospital, as well as overviews and strategic plans. The series is arranged by topic.

The records are covered by ORCS schedule 122352 (Health Authority Performance Management), secondary 25360-02. Records from this series were heavily interfiled with those of related health care series upon transferal to the Archives. The series has been developed according to the original BC Government ORCS classification scheme and except in cases where records were clearly misclassified, the series have been based on the ORCS number. Researchers are advised to consult the finding aids for the following related series in order to better and more fully understand the records : GR-3512, GR-3513, GR-3514, and GR-3515.

British Columbia. Health Authorities division

Order of British Columbia records

  • GR-3629
  • Series
  • 1989 - 2012

The series consists of records related to the Order of British Columbia (OBC); these include files regarding recipients of the award and files concerning the Order of British Columbia Advisory Council.

The records document the administration of the Order of British Columbia program, established under the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act (RSBC 1996, c. 380).

Records relating to recipients of the OBC include recipient biographies, information and correspondence to recipients, support letters, and letters to and from nominators and supporters.

Records also include the following types, and relate to the following subjects: advisory council meetings, records regarding investiture and dinners, scripts and speeches and news clippings.

The series corresponds to the Protocol and Events ORCS (schedule 881036), 1994. The records are classified as : Order of British Columbia - general (50840-01), Order of British Columbia advisory council (50840-02), presentation ceremonies (50840-03), and Order of British Columbia case files (50840-20),

British Columbia. Office of Protocol

Conservation Officer Service policy records

  • GR-4004
  • Series
  • 1980-2012

This series consists of policy records developed by the Conservation Officer Service to support its core operational functions and activities: compliance and enforcement of federal and provincial natural resource law and human wildlife conflict management. The records were created by the Conservation Officer Service, part of the Enforcement program of the Ministry of Environment and its predecessors under the Environmental Management Act (SBC 2003, c. 53) between 1980-2012. They consist of final/approved policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines relating to environmental protection, fish and wildlife management, and public safety in the province of BC.
The records are arranged by category, then by policy name/section. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, final policy documents, reports, copies of occurrence reports, investigations, and copies of legislation. These records are classified as final policy documents (31000-00) under the Conservation Officer Service ORCS (schedule 201311), 2017. They are also assigned an internal filing code.

British Columbia. Ministry of Environment (2005-2017)

Conservation Officer Service wildlife attack final reports

  • GR-4005
  • Series
  • 1991-2012

The series consists of final reports summarizing wildlife attacks on humans created by the Conservation Officer Service, part of the Enforcement program of the Ministry of Environment and its predecessors under the Environmental Management Act (SBC 2003, c. 53) between 1991--2012. The final reports cover the response and related activities of the Conservation Officer Service (COS) to human-wildlife conflicts that pose a threat to public safety (e.g., wildlife attacks, repeated dangerous wildlife encounters at or near public locations, situations where dangerous wildlife has become habituated or food conditioned and now represents a risk to public safety, and livestock-large predator conflicts) in BC. COS also responds to certain cases of injured or dead wildlife (e.g., large carnivores or ungulates). The records document the investigation and outcome of wildlife attacks that threaten human safety and may result in human fatality or serious injury. They illustrate the evolution of wildlife attack investigative technique, causes of wildlife attacks, and methods used to dispatch wildlife. They may be used to inform wildlife conflict reduction strategies, policies and procedures, and educational materials developed by COS.

The records are arranged by geographic area and type of animal attack. They consist of memoranda and reports containing copies of photos, news clippings, memoranda, correspondence, case summaries, and exhibit materials. The records are classified by an internal filing code and ORCS classification 31040-14 (wildlife attack final reports) under the Conservation Officer Service ORCS (schedule 201311).

British Columbia. Ministry of Environment (2005-2017)

Mathew Sherwood Hedley fonds

  • PR-2325
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1938] -1984; 2012

The fonds consists of over 2000 b&w and colour photographs created by Mathew Hedley between 1938 and 1984. The photographs are predominantly images of family and friends, landscapes and trees but there are also photographs of mining activities within British Columbia.

There are four negative albums: A, B, C and D (1013 negatives) and two albums of contact prints made from the negatives and glued onto lined paper and identified as being from negatives albums A, B, C or D (945 prints). The missing prints tend to be duplicate images or poor quality negatives. These photographs were taken between 1938 and ca. 1963 and document both the public and private activities of Mathew Hedley. Included with the prints is some index information supplied by Ian Hedley in 2012.

There are also three files of colour slides taken between 1961 and 1984. The files are entitled "Victoria & Vancouver" (59 slides), "B.C. Interior" (28 slides) and "Best pics" (95 slides). The images depict family, landscapes and trees. Most of the slides are numbered and many have place and date information. There are two lists created around 1984 by Mathew Hedley which provide some details about the slides, the lists are arranged by subject and roughly by slide number.

The records also includes four compact discs created by Ian Hedley in 2012. The discs contain selected images from the albums and slides. Not all the material represented in these discs has been donated to the BC Archives, so these are provided for reference purposes only.

Hedley, Mathew Sherwood

John Mar fonds

  • PR-2310
  • Fonds
  • 1882-2012

The fonds consists of records created by John Mar that document both his professional and private life. Mar's professional work is documented in his research notes and other public records of his work on the Canadian Alouette Satellite program. Of particular value is a laboratory notebook Mar kept, with photographs documenting his research on the Allouette Satellite Program. There are also two 16 mm films and one video cassette concerning the creation and launch of Canadian satellites and three video cassettes relating to his time working on the Norman Wells pipeline.

Mar's private life is represented by a significant genealogy of the Mar family reaching back centuries. There is also a small volume of personal correspondence with immediate family members and other records.

Mar, John

Personal records

The series consists of records from John Mar's private life, including family documents and research material in Chinese, family records, academic records and certificates, correspondence, various papers and photographs.

The series also includes a file about the death and estate of John Mar.

Weather Series : 2012 November/December - Record Snowfall

The digital photograph is created by David Ellingsen in 2020 as part of the Weather Patterns series [that includes PDP10342, PDP10344, PDP10345, PDP10346 and PDP10347]. The overall image is a composite of many smaller photographs of ocean views taken on Quadra island over the course of the year.

The image represents climate change and the environmental conditions that brought about the COVID-19 pandemic.

British Columbia Historical Federation minutes

The series consists of the minutes of council meetings from the end of 1967 to 2012, with a gap in 1969. Also integrated in the files of council minutes are some AGM minutes and their attachments such as annual reports made to the AGM by the treasurer or by the federation’s member societies. The series also includes a complete run of minutes of AGMs from 1970 to 1979, which were created and filed separately from the council minutes.

It is important to note that earlier accessions (see series MS-2736 and MS-2779) include meeting minutes from the period of the 1920s to the 1960s.

The records were acquired by BC Archives in different accruals; in 2016 they include four accessions, covering different time periods. Accession 87-045 roughly includes the council minutes for the 1970s (for 1968 and for 1970 to 1980). Accession 95-1193 roughly includes the 1980s and 1990s, (from 1980 to 1997). Accession 2015.40 also includes minutes from the 1980s and 1990s as well as the period from 2000 to 2012.

The files include a large quantity of undifferentiated correspondence. While it is clear many reports form part of the minutes, it appears probable many records in the files were not attached to the minutes of meetings.

The creators of the files also maintained many rough draft versions of minutes, and it is often impossible to distinguish drafts from approved minutes.

One file dating from 1923 consists of a report of the Marine History Standing Committee.

The series also includes copies of the organization's constitution and by-laws.

Pharmacare research and evaluation files

  • GR-3593
  • Series
  • 1969-2012

The series consists of Pharmacare research and evaluation files created by the Pharmacare Division of the Ministry of Health from 1969-2012. This includes correspondence, reports, medical journal articles, statistical printouts, formularies, working papers, memoranda, surveys, project charters and briefing notes. The series documents the development, management review and analysis of policies and programs to evaluate Pharmacare program objectives and efficiency. The series contains records documenting similar programs in other provinces and jurisdictions, and it appears as if these were used as comparative material for planning programs and developing policies. The series consists of correspondence with, and reports from, researchers at the University of British Columbia, who worked with statistics and records provided by Pharmacare. Among the surveys and correspondence contained within the series, there are patient satisfaction surveys and further background material on the Home Oxygen program. The series also consists of pharmacy review questionnaires and other such surveys.

The series consists of statistical reports that were generated from the records of specific dispensing institutions and pharmacies. Many of the statistical reports contain several Pharmacare codes for which there is no apparent key. The series also contains drug cost calculations.

The series consists of copies of reports and articles from pharmaceutical and medical publications. These appear to have been used in order to determine whether or not a particular pharmaceutical would be suitable for coverage by Pharmacare, and whether there were more effective drugs available on the market. Frequently, researchers compiled studies and further reports to support the argument for a drug’s inclusion within the Pharmacare program. This may include evaluations on budgetary impacts for adding new drugs to the Pharmacare program or expanding uses for existing drugs, referred to as budget impact analysis.

The series includes a set of records on the DMAN project. However, supporting accession records include a note that, as of May 2001, the Ministry of Health were not aware of the meaning of the acronym.

The records in this series are covered by classifications 70450 and 70300 of the Pharmacare Services ORCS (schedule 123389).

British Columbia. Pharmacare division

Bindernagel material

The collection consists of material created and collected by Dr. John Bindernagel as part of his research into the Sasquatch. A large part of the material is not original, but was collected by or given to him throughout the course of his career. The collection consists predominantly of four separate components. Some of the plaster casts that are unidentified in the photos are the same casts that have been donated. Although it is possible to speculate that the photographs were taken by Bindernagel, this is not confirmed.

The textual material contains eyewitness drawings and historical accounts of the Sasquatch as well as published material by John Green.

There are a many number of photographs, almost all of which have no identifying information provided on them. Many of the photos are of footprints and plaster casts which were taken by Bindernagel in British Columbia; but others have unknown provenance. There are some oversize laminated prints which are duplicates of those of footprints taken by Bindernagel on Vancouver Island. Additionally, there are some laminated prints of stills from the Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967.

The audiovisual material includes radio and television shows where Bindernagel was interviewed. There are also recordings made by Bindernagel that consist of unidentified noises on tape, some presentations he gave, as well as an interview with a couple recounting a possible Sasquatch encounter in British Columbia. Other audiovisual material includes other radio interviews, a copy of the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, and material created by other organizations. This material has not yet been digitized and therefore access is restricted until then.

Finally, there are 21 plaster casts of footprints. Tracks 1-6 were created by Bindernagel on Vancouver Island in 1988 and 1993; tracks 7-11 were not created by Bindernagel, but include information such as date, location and name of creator; tracks 12-21 are plaster casts that have no known provenance; however, some of these may be copies of those held by Idaho State University.

British Columbia Historical Federation fonds

  • PR-1112
  • Fonds
  • 1900, 1922-2012

The fonds consists of records of the British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF), including records dating from the founding of the organization in 1922 under its original name, the British Columbia Historical Association (BCHA).

Prior to 2016, records were received by BC Archives in numerous accruals; these were arranged and described by archivists at different times. As a result, these records were not integrated into one cohesive fonds. Instead, these groups are now series whose contents overlap. In particular, MS-2736 and MS-2779 should be used in conjunction with each other.

Records arranged prior to 2016 include the following series:
MS-2736 - British Columbia Historical Association records
MS-2779 - British Columbia Historical Association records
MS-2844 - British Columbia Historical Association files relating to the newsletter
MS-0937 - Letter from William C. Ward describing his association with the Bank of British Columbia
MS-0994 - British Columbia Historical Association
MS-2946 - British Columbia Historical Federation minutes

In addition to correspondence, minutes and photographs, the record types include, but are not limited to: addresses, annual meeting reports, attendance registers, branch reports, by-laws and constitutions, committee reports, convention materials, essay contest records, financial reports, membership lists , reports of BCHA branches, membership receipt books, monographs, lists of officers (executive), scrapbooks, subject files, and records pertaining to projects including pioneer reunions and Blanshard Day. The fonds also consists of records pertaining to publications of the association, including its journal and newsletter.

These series consist of some mixing of records of the parent body with those of local branches (sometimes called “sections”). Most notably these series include some records of the Victoria section. Records of the Victoria section are also held at BC Archives in a separate fonds, PR-2251.

While there existed a separate series for minutes (MS-2946) there are also minutes in series MS-2736 and MS-2779. Furthermore, In 2016, minutes in accessions at BC Archives that had been previously unprocessed, including a 2015 accrual, were added to series MS-2946.

In 2016, when a backlog of unprocessed records was arranged and described, the following new series were added to the fonds:
MS-3283 - Correspondence
MS-3284 - Conferences
MS-3285 - Subject files
MS-3286 - Financial records
MS-3288 - Membership records

As stated, other BCHF records at BC Archives were arranged and described separately at an earlier date; therefore, it is also true that records relating to annual conventions and meetings, membership, finances, and subject files, may be found in various series in the fonds.

British Columbia Historical Federation

Correspondence

The series consists of correspondence incoming and outgoing created by numerous officials of the BCHF, including especially the secretary and president; other executives who created the records include the treasurer and archivist of the organization. The series includes correspondence between executives of the parent body and those writing on behalf of the local, member societies.

Some artificial arrangement by the archivist was necessary (put in chronological order) since some records and files of correspondence were unlabeled or otherwise in poor original order.

Subject files

The series consists of a wide range of records filed by subject matter. These include but are not limited to the following subjects: BCHF’s own archives and records management policy; its constitution, bylaws and regulations; correspondence with BC Archives; the organization’s manual and administrative procedures, organization functions and history; change of name; members’ biographies; membership directories and mailing lists; long range planning; pre-conference workshops; publicity; committees (education, membership, publishing); the organization newsletter (B.C. Historical News) and journal (British Columbia History); digitization issues; writing competition and awards; release of historic census records; BCHF logo; fundraising and gaming event license; the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) training; website; annual reports; registrar of companies; historic sites.

The creation of the series was based on an artificial arrangement by the archivist, made necessary since the files were not part of a recognizable original classification system, were poorly labeled or otherwise in poor original order.

Guichon family photographs

The series consists of ca. 2050 photographs created and acquired by the Guichon family between around 1880 and 2012. The photographs are mostly a mixture of prints and negatives in black and white and colour. There are formal portraits, ranch activities and family events documented as well as photocopies or modern print copies of older photographs. There is no particular order to the records and most of the photographs are unidentified.

Parks attendance statistical reports

  • GR-3831
  • Series
  • 1958-2012

This series contains statistical reports from BC Parks detailing parks attendance and use. The series contains four main types of forms: campground attendance sheets, marine park attendance sheets, automatic traffic counter sheet and day visit count sheets. These reports count the number of visitors renting campgrounds, docking their boats, or driving through the parks gate. The reports are also used to count revenues. Typically, reports include a section for explanations where Parks staff can add notes commenting on high/low attendance numbers due to factors such as weather and holidays.
One report discusses call center and website statistics, notably documenting how many interactions convert to sales.
Occasionally, there are reports submitted from companies operating businesses on BC Parks land (e.g. water rafting adventures) which includes attendance data.

Also within the series are files describing how the reporting system works. These records explain the use of different sheets, proper procedures for recording data (both by hand or using electronic systems), lists of parks per area and layouts of park services areas including locations of gates and counters. The records also contain instructions for using the Public Safety and Park Security Online System, though no actual security reports are included within the records.

The records are organized in different ways depending on the year. Most early records seem to divide reports into years, with reports covering all parks. Around 1970, the system changed to region-based reporting with files organized by region. Within these files, the records are further classified by park name. Finally, individual attendance sheet records are arranged by month and year. Some files include a summary of stats from all districts.

British Columbia. Ministry of Environment (2005-2017)

Freeman Tovell fonds

  • PR-0164
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1983-2011]

The fonds consists of copies of documents concerning Spanish exploration, settlement and missionary work collected by Freeman Tovell for research purposes. This material was microfilmed around 1987. The fonds also includes research material compiled by Freeman Tovell during the research and writing of his book "Far Reach of Empire", a book about the Spanish exploration of British Columbia's coast. The records contain multiple drafts of the book as well as research material, including photographs and maps, articles and subject files ca. 1987 to 2011. In addition the fonds includes 30 cm of Freeman Tovell's correspondence files.

Tovell, Freeman, collector

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