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The series consists of the files of the Minister of Health, Mr. R.H. McClelland, from 1976 to 1979. The files include correspondence, memoranda, reports and speeches relating to his role as Minister of Health and as a member of cabinet. The records document his contact with the National Department of Health and Welfare, with the medical profession and with various groups, such as the Society for Pollution and Environmental Control (SPEC) and the Research Educational Attack on Community Health (REACH).

The series consists of records of the Commission on Vocational, Technical and Trades Training in British Columbia, created between 1976 and 1977. It includes exhibits, briefs and minutes of meetings. It also includes 49 audio tapes of proceedings at public hearings.

This series consists of federal-provincial cost sharing agreement histories for services provided by the provincial Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Human Resources. Agreements were between the federal government and the relevant ministry from 1976-1985.

The records document the development and operation of a variety of health and social services, including the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP), Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (VRDP) program, and the Young Offenders Act (YOA) agreements. These programs provided social and medical supports, including mental health services and drug and alcohol treatment programs.

Records include meeting agenda, minutes, audit reports, correspondence, paylists, policies, procedures, draft agreements, legislation, treasury board submissions, cabinet submissions, financial records, and subject files relating to direct services funded agencies. The subject files in boxes 9 and 10 are arranged by the name of the agency or group that provided the funded services, then by year. Subject files are organized with separate sub-folders for related records of approval, working papers, backups, and claims and “form M”.

These records were transferred under one time schedule number 870458.

Series consists of subject files of the deputy minister of the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. The records were created by Tex Enemark when he was deputy minister between 1976 and 1978.The records relate to laws administered by the ministry, liquor policy, ministry units including the Liquor Distribution Branch, speeches and meetings.

The files were not transferred in any specific order and an archivist arranged the files by subject. One file has the original file classification written on the file folder. Other files appear to contain documents with different file classifications that may have been removed from multiple files by the creator and placed in subject files.

The series consists of the executive records of William Vander Zalm (Minister of Human Resources, 1975-1978). The records document key activities of the minister’s office related to social assistance and public and social support for British Columbians. The records were created between 1976-1978, predominantly 1977-1978, by the minister's office in British Columbia. Some of the subjects covered include children in care and adoptions, health and human resources, daycare, income assistance, seniors' programs and services, disability and poverty rights groups, the Provincial Rehabilitation Program (P.R.E.P), and the BC Conference on the Family.

The records are arranged using an internal file classification scheme and by subject. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Minister of Human Resources and other government executive members, the public, and various associations and committees. The series also includes memoranda and reports; meeting materials; treasury board submissions; and other internal records documenting ministerial activities. The records in G81-077 are covered by the Executive Records schedule (schedule 102906). Accession G87-0041 was transferred to the BC Archives without a schedule.

The series comprises 20 documentary sound programs produced to accompany publications in the Sound Heritage Series, a historical quarterly published by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia (PABC) from 1976 to 1983. The archives's Aural History Programme (after 1980, the Sound and Moving Image Division) was responsible for the publication. Both the journal and the sound programs were based on excerpts from oral history interviews in the collection of the Provincial Archives. The actual editing and production of the sound programs was contracted to freelancers, often the same individual that recorded the interviews and edited the corresponding journal. The sound programs usually focused on or amplified an aspect or aspects of the the subject of the journal.

The series includes working tapes, spliced originals, volume-corrected program masters, and cassette duplicating masters.

Briefs, correspondence and newspaper clippings, Commission on University Programs in Non-Metropolitan Areas

The series consists of the executive records of Peter Albert Dueck (Minister of Health 1986-1989). The records document a broad range of administrative and operational activities of the Minister of Health’s office in 1989. Some of the subjects covered include the province of BC’s responses to abortion and AIDS; the Medical Services Commission issuance of the new CareCard; services for seniors; public/community and family health; regulation of health professions; health care administration; board and committee appointments; health related accolades and complaints; and monitoring of, and requests for infrastructure development funding from regional health care facilities in BC.

This record series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Most of the subject files are either health-related topics or the names of health organizations and regional health care facilities in the province. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Minister of Health and other government executive members, the public, health colleges, boards and commissions, health professionals, and regional health care facilities. The series also includes memoranda and reports; policy papers; briefing notes, speaking notes, and meeting materials; treasury board submissions; and other internal records on branch activities. The records are covered by the Executive Records schedule (schedule 102906.)

This series contains 28 volumes of proceedings at public hearings under the Water Act Into an application by British Columbia Hydro (BC Hydro) for a water licence to divert, use and store water out of the Columbia River at a point about 3 miles upstream from Revelstoke, B.C., near the lower end of the Little Dalles Canyon.

This series consists of records relating to the United Nations Water Conference, held 14-15 March 1977 at Mar del Plata, Argentina. The conference was attended by G.S. Simmons, Associate Deputy Minister of the Environment. British Columbia participated in the presentation of papers relating to flood damage control, river basin planning, marine resources and coastal water management. Records consist of correspondence, reports, briefing notes for Canadian delegation, and miscellaneous papers.

The series consists of records created by the Commission on Vocational, Technical and Trades Training in British Columbia, created between 1976 and 1977. The records include correspondence, reports, transcripts of hearings and working papers.

This series consists of the Environment And Land Use Committee Secretariat background notes. Records include program and project briefing notes on resource developments, highway, pipeline and transmission line projects, environmental impact studies, parks and recreation management, forestry operations, university endowment lands, salmonid enhancement, and agricultural land reserve matters, 1976-1978.

The series has been divided into the following subseries:
I. Integrated Resource Planning Studies
II. Policy, Procedures and System Development Studies
III. Project Impact Studies, by ELUC Secretariat
IV. Project Impact Assessment Reviews.
V. Miscellaneous Projects
VI. Agricultural Land Reserve Processing

This series consists of public submissions, briefs, minutes of meetings, questionnaires, drafts, evaluating forms, and other records of the Committee on Continuing and Community Education, 1976. Chairman, Dr. Ron Faris.

This series consists of land management files from the Resource Analysis Branch (RAB) of the Ministry of Environment, 1976-1979. The RAB was responsible for environmental data collection and analysis and worked with other branches and ministries to provide data for their projects.

Many records relate to the identification, consultation, review and approval of official settlement plans for various regional districts, including correspondence, plans, and RAB procedures.

The majority of other files relate to project and program request forms received by RAB. Many are not approved, other are completed dead files. There are also files with all project requests for a given year. Records include maps, correspondence, reports and studies.

These records were transferred under one time schedule 871136.

The series consists of reports, correspondence, memoranda and records relating to criminal cases and prosecutions. The files were created by the Criminal Justice Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General between 1976 and 1995. Records in this series provide evidence of the decision-making process of the Criminal Justice Branch with regards to policies surrounding prosecutions. Records in this series also relate to Stephen Owen’s “Discretion to Prosecute” inquiry and a review of the Crown Counsel office in Williams Lake in the early 1990s. The Inquiry arose out of a decision by the BC Prosecution Service to not prosecute a provincial Cabinet Minister for alleged criminal wrongdoing.

Records in this series are covered by ORCS 59000-00 of the Criminal Justice Operational Records Classification System (schedule 122360).

The series consists of conference packages, briefing notes, negotiations, and agreements relating to intergovernmental conferences attended by the Premier and other members of the Premier's office between 1976 and 2006. The series includes records that relate to both provincial- and federal-level conferences, and includes packages from various Premiers’ summits, councils, and the Annual Western Premiers’ conferences. The records also consist of pre-conference papers, briefs, reports, and post-conference materials.

The records are covered by ORCS 12100 to 12160 of schedule 881099 (Office of the Premier and Executive Council).

This series consists of resource management records created from 1976-2000 by the Squamish Forest District, a division of the Vancouver Forest Region. These records relate to the use and management of natural resources in the area, as well as recreation resources in Provincial forests. This includes trails and historical sites with value for tourism or other recreational uses. The records document the location, management, promotion and use of such sites.

The series includes the following types of records: range management plans, recreation management plans, silviculture program evaluations, district program evaluations, and recreation resource inventories.

The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

The records were classified as 12380-25,12380-30, and 16350-20 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

The series consists of the Deputy Minister of Tourism’s general subject files created between 1976-1989 in British Columbia. The records were created and received by the Deputy Minister’s office responsible for the tourism function that underwent the following name changes: Ministry of Tourism and Provincial Secretary (1988-1989), Ministry of Tourism, Recreation, and Culture (1986-1988), Ministry of Tourism (1980-1986), Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development (1979-1980), Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development (1978-1979), and the Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry (1976-1978). These subject files document the development, implementation and evaluation of the programs and services of the Ministry and inter-ministry relationships and the decision-making process within the Ministry. Some of the project files relate to Expo 86; committee and board and commission records document the involvement of the Deputy Minister. Some of the Deputy Ministers during this time period were Michael Horsey, Grayden Howard, and Mel H. Smith.

The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. They consist of correspondence, committee records, board and commission files, project files, speeches, press releases, brochures, reports, memoranda, and policy statements. The records are scheduled as Executive Records (schedule 1092906); some of the accessions are scheduled under the following one-time schedules: General office files - Deputy Minister of Tourism (schedule 880410), General office files (schedule 880344), and Deputy minister's files (schedule 860085).

Report of the "present delivery system of sport, recreation and fitness" in B.C., 1976 by Harry W. Jerome.

This series contains transcripts of appeals brought before cabinet, 26 July 1976 - 2 July 1981. Appeals herein initiated under authority of British Columbia: Dentistry Act, Pollution Control Act, Private Investigators' Licensing Act, Motor Carrier Act, and Water Act.

Cabinet appeals 1976-1981

Tape recordings of appeals herein transferred to PABC Sound and Moving Image Division (Acc. # 3912:1-81).

Education salaries, bargaining and arbitration. Files relating to arbitration, conciliation and salary negotiation for British Columbia school teachers.

This series contains general correspondence files of the Minister's office, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry. The first series (B06231-B06239) relates to the Provincial Secretary component and the second series (B06240-B06246) relates to the Travel Industry component of the ministry. Many of the files deal with tourism promotion and other travel industry-related topics.

This series consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, and minutes of meetings of the Minister of Human Resources. Files are coded using the following classification scheme:

200 to 402.7 General Administration
403 to 606 Residential Treatment Centres
700 to 700.17 Income Assistance
701 to 701.4 G.A.I.N.
702 to 702.5 Handicapped
703 P.R.E.P.
800 to 800.3 Health Care
801 Pharmacare
802 to 802.11 Adult Division - Special Care
803 to 803.4 Senior Citizens
804 to 804.17 Mental Health Programmes
R-3 to R-3.5 Region Three
R-4 to R-4.4 Region Four
R-5 to R-5.4 Region Five
R6 to R-6.4 Region Six
R-7 to R-7.6 Region Seven
R-8 to R-8.4 Region Eight
R-9 to R-9.4 Region 9
R-10 to R-10.4 Region Ten
R-11 to R-11.6 Region Eleven
R-12 to R-12.4 Region Twelve
R-13 to R-13.6 Region Thirteen
R-14 to R-14.4 Region Fourteen
R-15 to R-15.16 Region Fifteen
P-1 to P-24 Provincial Files
F1 to F8 Federal Government Departments
O.P.100 to O.P.110.1 Out Of Province
Boxes 34 to 36 contain Alphabetical Files
Box 37 contains press releases

The series consists of ARDSA reports created between 1976 and 1994 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and its predecessor bodies. ARDSA (Agriculture and Rural Development Subsidiary Agreement) was a joint Canada and British Columbia agreement, originally signed in 1977, which committed up to $60 million to projects which would identify or pursue opportunities for development in the agriculture and food sector. The original agreement was for five years with a one year extension. In 1985, ARDSA became Agri-food Regional Development Subsidiary Agreement and a new five year agreement was signed to provide $40 million to assist in the growth and development of the agri-food sector.

The records contain final ARDSA reports submitted to the Ministry, roughly arranged by date or by ARDSA project code. In some cases, the files include preliminary reports and project proposals. The records have been classified as 21700-60 under the Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).
The following ministries were responsible for the creation of these records:
Department of Agriculture (1963-1976)
Ministry of Agriculture (1976-1980)
Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1980-1986)
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1986-1991)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1991-).

This series consists of timber tenures from the Kootenay Lake Forest District from 1976-1992. Some early records may have been created by the Nelson, Creston and Kaslo Forest Ranger.

Forest tenures in this series include non-replaceable timber sale licence cutting permits. Records regard the application, issuance, maintenance, administration, monitoring and cancellation of these tenures pursuant to the Forest Act.

Record types include legal documents such as permits and licences, correspondence, appraisals, stumpage rates and maps.

Records in this series are covered under ORCS numbers 19620-25 and 19620-45 in the Ministry of Forests records schedule (number 881261).

The ministries responsible for the creation of these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:

British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

This series consists of a variety of records related to timber tenures created from 1976-1999 by the Squamish Forest District, a division of the Vancouver Forest Region.

The series includes the following types of timber tenures: replaceable forest licences, licences to cut, special use permits, timber licences, replaceable timber sale licences and non replaceable timber sale licences. The majority of files relate to cutting permits. Licensees were required to apply for a forest licence or similar tenure and cutting permits in order to harvest timber. Records regard the issuance, evaluation, administration, monitoring, planning, replacement, cancellation, deletion and extension of these timber tenures.

The records include legal documents, operations information, development plans, correspondence, forms, reports, maps, licences, charts, annual reports, development plans, permits, permit amendment or renewal documentation, applications, logging plans, reports, silviculture prescriptions, major licensee silviculture audits, stumpage adjustment, salvage information, and financial records.

There is also one order in council (OIC) export of timber products exemption approval file. This relates to the application for and granting of permission to export timber and timber products from the Province of British Columbia pursuant to S. 145 of the Forest Act, including inspection records.

The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

The records were classified as 19500-45, 19500-55, 19540-25, 19570-25, 19580-55, 19600-30, 19600-45, 19600-55, 19600-60, 19620-25 and 20740-04 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

This series contains Qualifying Pupil Lists and Summary Sheets for schools funded under Independent Schools Support Act (1977). Box 1: Pupil lists, arranged alphabetically by school. Includes names and ages of pupils, plus names and addresses of parents or guardians. Box 2: Summary sheets, also arranged alphabetically by school. The series includes reports on schools' curricula, time devoted to specific subjects, staff names and qualifications, school inspectors' notes and remarks.

The series consists of records created by the Ministry of Forests (1976-1986), the Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988) and the Ministry of Forests (1988-). Records date from 1977-1994.

The series includes nine different types of computer output microfiche (COM) reports that are arranged by year. Within each year, each type is filed separately, and subdivided by forest district (1977-1978) or forest region (1979-present), if applicable. Districts/regions include: Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Kamloops, Prince George, Nelson and Cariboo.

The records include the following: piece scale invoices, weight scale invoices, weight scale ratio report, appraisal code sheets, mark rate report, mark royalty reports, road ledger, scaler ledger and species ledger. These records are generated by scale and royalty billing activities. It is a requirement of the Forest Act ( SBC 1978, c. 23) that all timber be scaled.

There are two primary methods of scaling used in the Province: piece scale and weight scale. Piece scale involves the measurement of each log harvested. This method is normally used in coastal areas where the logs are larger and not uniform in size. Weight scale is a sampling method where selected loads of logs over a period of time are piece scaled and this data is then used to estimate the volume of all other weighed loads. This method is used primarily in the interior of the Province and was introduced in 1963. It is generally used for large volumes of smaller logs that are uniform in size. Other scaling methods may be used for small volumes of special products, for example, Christmas trees or fence posts.

Until 1985, scalers were employees of the Ministry of Forests, with some limited exceptions. After privatization, the Ministry retained responsibility for examination, appointment, and licensing of scalers. The Ministry is now responsible for authorizing scale sites and conditions, designating which scale timber should go to, establishing scale computation and data controls and ensuring compliance with regulations. The requirements for scaling are outlined in part 6 of the Forest Act and the Scaling Regulations. Additional information is contained in the Scaling Manual and Ministry of Forests scaling policies. The Scaling Manual provides specific instructions on how scale will be measured and calculated and which records must be submitted.

Piece and weight scale invoices are generated from the data collected from the two different types of scaling. They document the amount of royalties owing by each account holder. The two types are kept separately and arranged by forest district/region and consecutive account number. Piece scale invoices are identified with a code beginning with P followed by a letter for the region. Weight scale invoices are identified with a code beginning with W followed by a letter for the region. The letters used for the regions are: V or W (effective May 1982) for Vancouver; R for Prince Rupert; K for Kamloops; G for Prince George; N for Nelson and C for Cariboo. Invoice numbers which are missing were used for manual billing, a practice which ended in the early 1980's.

Ratio reports are the ratios in effect for the month and that are used for processing Weight Scale billing. Ratios are determined by the sample loads that are scaled.

Appraisal code sheets contain information about timber marks. This information is used to determine stumpage rates for billing purposes. These records date from 1979-1982. They have been replaced by the General Appraisal System.

Mark reports include information about rates, appraisals, and other administrative information about each timber mark. These are monthly reports.

Mark royalty reports include rate information for each class of royalty by species/product/grade. Combined with scale data this will determine which rates are used for each royalty type.

Road ledgers were set up to amortise, over time, specific forestry and road costs as part of the timber the late 1970 's and 1980's. These invoices reflect a credit to stumpage associated with the amortisation amount related to either a piece or weight scale invoice.

There are separate ledgers for piece scale invoices and weight scale invoices; each ledger is subdivided by forest district/region. The code used to identify a piece scale road ledger is K followed by a letter representing the district/region. The codes used to identify a weight scale road ledger is L followed by a letter for the district/region. The records date from 1979 to 1985.

There are two types of species ledgers, monthly and yearly. These reports list the log volumes billed by species on each invoice. The monthly report is organized by district/region and timber mark. The yearly report is organized by region and timber mark. The yearly report also includes year to date reports.

A timber mark indicates the property on which the logs were cut. The scalers' ledger is a list of the volume and value scaled by each scaler and is arranged by scaler licence number.

These records are found in secondaries 20340-20, 20390-20, 20390-50 and 21330-20 in the Ministry of Forests ORCS, schedule number 881261.

Transcripts of hearings (with appended submissions) held by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs. Also includes reports of Special Committees on Medical Aid to Vietnam, the Ombudsman, and Crown Corporations.

This series consists of project files compiled by the Heritage Conservation Branch's Restoration Services Division. These files concern the restoration of heritage buildings throughout the province. Included in the files are photographs, maps, architectural drawings, consultants' reports, and interdepartmental correspondence.