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The fonds consists of the Moose Factory book of entry for letters received from the Hudson's Bay Company.

Series consists of photographs taken or acquired by the Water Rights Branch ca. 1945-1962. The photographs in this series are of Moose River which flows SE into the head of the Fraser River just above Moose Lake, in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia. The photographs show the upper falls, the banks below the forks, the middle Resplendent flats and damsite.

The fonds consists of correspondence and reports concerning the Central British Columbia Development Project.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Morrison family and Tom Morrison depicting family and friends, early Prince Rupert scenes, and views of telegraph stations, ships, and Department of Transport Staff.

Case files created under the Mortgagors' and Purchasers' Relief Act of 1934. GR-2547 is the cause book relating to these case files.

Cause books for proceedings under the Mortgagor's and Purchaser's Relief Act, 1934 (indexed). (3 vols.).

The series consists of records relating to the administration of cabinet appeals, mainly decisions of the Motor Carrier Commission under the Motor Carrier Act (RSBC 1979, c. 286), now repealed. This statute required appeals to be administered by the Ministry of Attorney General. These records were created and received by the Order in Council Administration office, under the Ministry of the Attorney General - Legal Services Branch, between 1989-1992 in British Columbia. These appeal case files provide evidence that the application for judicial reviews is not prevented or prohibited by the passing of time, Judicial Review Procedure Act (RSBC 1996, c. 241). According to the records schedule, approximately 50 appeals were heard each year. The series includes successful appeals as well as those that are closed, withdrawn, or abandoned. Outcomes of the appeal process are annotated on the corresponding file folder.

This series is arranged numerically. The records consist of correspondence, precis, briefs, mailing fees, and filing fee receipts. These records are classified as appeal case files (secondary 93050-20) under the Orders in Council Administration ORCS (schedule 107559).

This series consists of motor-car history sheets, 1928-1974. These record the vehicle number, make, date and place of purchase, cost, assignment, mileage and date and details of final disposition for motor vehicles owned by the British Columbia Forest Service.

The fonds consists of minute books and a cashbook of the Mount Ida Women's Institute.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the history of mountain climbing in B.C.

The fonds consists of correspondence to and from various members of the Moyle family, including Theresa Moyle. Fonds includes a war diary, passport and financial papers of John Moyle and notes and correspondence relating to Moyle family genealogy. Fonds includes photographs depicting Pemberton family events.

The fonds consists of Mrs. J.D. Jones' photographs depicting family and friends and scenery, many taken at Savona, B.C.

The fonds consists of minute books and a membership book of the Mount Maguire (East Sooke) Women's Institute.

The fonds consists of leases, certificates, licences, remembrance cards, an autograph album, 2 maps and photographs created and received by John Muir and other family members.

The fonds consists of photographs of the firm, Muirhead Brothers Photographers, created sometime between 1900 and 1903. The photographs have been glued into two albums, each with the title "Views of Atlin, B.C." In addition, there are some loose photographs that may have been tucked into one of the albums. The content of the photographs include views of Atlin, B.C. and other areas, showing townsite and local mining operations.

The fonds consists of manuscripts of articles, stories and poems of W.A.D. (Don) Munday, the diaries, notes and correspondence of Phyllis Munday, and photographs, maps (Coast Range and Rocky Mountains) and films.

The series consists of correspondence in and out of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, D.R.J. Campbell, between 1964 and 1967. The records are grouped by year and arranged alphabetically within each year.

The series consists of correspondence inward and outward, created by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Wesley Black, between 1953 and 1964.

This series includes recordings of public hearings related to an application for land use contract, Gabriola Wildwood Estates Ltd. in 1972.

This series consists of one volume of copies of municipal by-laws submitted to the Lieutenant Governor from 1873-1880. The bylaws cover the following municipalities: Cache Creek polling division of the electoral district of Yale, Chilliwack, North Cowichan, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Langley, Surrey and Victoria.

The series consists of written complaints and other correspondence on issues raised by the public, together with replies from public officials and records generated by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs Investigations Branch and Inspector of Municipalities. Examples of complaints include those concerning violations of zoning regulations or Board of Variance rulings, treatment of people at a municipal facility, property assessments and taxation, awarding of contracts, or allegations of conflict of interest and misuse of public funds. There are also many expressions of opinion in letters regarding public affairs including, for example, disputes over land use.

Each file includes a "master complaint form" at the front of the file which gives details in different parts of the form, including: the file number, the complainant in the case, the name of the investigator, the dates the complaint was received and date investigation was completed, the municipal area and location involved, the nature of the complaint, and the resolution of the case if any.

Each file title includes first the municipal area concerned and secondly a brief description of the nature of the complaint or issue involved. Complainant names are not in the file titles. The complainant’s name, address and telephone numbers is found on the master complaint form.

Other record types include correspondence, copies of zoning bylaws and community planning documents, committee and board meeting minutes, and news clippings.

Letters from the public were typically sent or copied to a chairperson of a municipality, the Premier or a cabinet minister (for example Minister of Municipal Affairs or Minister of Environment). In many cases the Inspector of Municipalities was involved with looking into the concern or complaint. The municipal bodies concerned include regional districts, cities and villages.

The records are evidence of the wide array of types of concerns raised by citizens, and they document the functions and activities of the ministry investigations branch.

The photographs in the series tend to have been used to support complaints made; they tend to be extraneous to the textual records which contain the main evidential and historic value.

The series consists of records documenting situations where municipalities establish or join corporations for the purpose of carrying out commercial activities such as community forests or purchasing shares in a company to build infrastructure, such as arenas. Local governments may enter into these arrangements because they want a separation of authority to shield local taxpayers from potential legal or financial risks. The records relate to commercial, industrial or business undertakings, including local government resolutions approving the incorporation of or purchase of shares in a company, the agreement between the local government and the company, and articles of incorporation. The Local Government Act (RSBC 1996, c. 323) provides that a local government may engage in commercial, industrial or business undertaking and incorporate a company or buy shares in a company already involved in the undertaking with the requirement that the local government receive approval from the Inspector of Municipalities. The records were created between 1974 and 1996 by the ministry responsible for municipal affairs.

The records are arranged by local government classification and then by the name of the municipality or regional district. They include correspondence, copies of local government resolutions, and copies of articles of incorporation. The records are classified as municipal corporation case files (54030-60) under the 2006 version of the Local Government Services ORCS.

The series consists of year-end, audited financial statements and balance sheets, submitted by municipalities to the Department of Municipal Affairs, Inspector of Municipalities, dating from 1925 to 1956.

Year-end financial statements include statements of receipts and payments, and revenue and expenditure, for each municipality. Also included are year-end balance sheets for public utilities such as waterworks, which include the statement of the utility’s assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditures. The series also consists of records of revenues, expenditures and indebtedness for bodies such as hospital boards and school districts.

The records provide significant financial information about local governments not readily available elsewhere and offer evidence of an important function of the Department of Municipal Affairs -- that of oversight and review of the finances and activities of municipalities in the province. The Local Government Act required municipalities and regional districts to submit to the inspector of municipalities audited financial statements.

The series is arranged alphabetically by municipality.

The records were previously, for unknown reasons, in the custody of UBC Library, Special Collections, and transferred from there to BC Archives.

The series consists of records documenting municipal library development across the province. The records date predominantly to between 1989 and 1999 and include constitutions, bylaws and agreements, financial statements, budgets, agendas, and minutes. In some cases, files also include annual reports. The series is arranged alphabetically within each accession by the name of the municipal library. The records of accession 92-9822 are heavily interfiled with files from GR-3470. Accession 92-9822 also includes correspondence relating to the provision of library services to the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. The series is covered by ORCS 21900-20

The fonds consists of correspondence, an autograph and a testimonial.

Fonds consists of masters' journals of the the ship M.V. Uchuck III. The journals document daily operations of the vessel plying the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Gold River to Zeballos. The fonds also includes newspaper clippings, poems, tariffs, and time-tables pertaining to vessel.

The fonds consists of 29 handwritten letters from Emily Carr to Myfanwy Pavelic, with some to her parents, nearly all written in pencil, 1942 to 1944. There is also one letter from J. Delisle Parker to the editor of Victoria Daily Times about an exhibit in Vancouver of Pavelic's paintings.

The fonds consists of a minute book of the Nakusp Board of Trade.

The fonds consists of correspondence and minutes of the Nakusp Liberal Association.

The fonds consists of a certificate of incorporation and a minute book of the Nakusp Women's Institute.