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This series contains a plaint and procedure book, January 1914 January 1952 (No. 1/1914- No. 10/1951). This volume also includes Supreme Court civil cases, January 1922-July 1952 (No. 1/1922 - No. 14/1952)- and County Court criminal cases. Indexes are included. The series also consists of container 929018-0028 with a 1953-1956 plaint and procedure book (index included), and indexes for the period 1957 to 1984. Plaint and procedure books for 1957 to 1984 do not appear to have been transferred to the Archives.

RECORDED: Ghost River (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Freighting supplies in Kananaskis Valley, winter 1931. George Pocaterra. Ray Patterson. Banff Park outfits used both east slopes and BC areas of the Rockies. Soapy Smith. Frank Philipps; hunted Elk Valley in the 1940s. First packing/wrangling was dude trips for Claude Brewster and Soapy Smith in 1936. Banff wardens noted. Travel and fire permits required. Foreman at Kananaskis Ranch after 1950. Worked for Bud Brewster's outfit out of Banff. 25 years of wintering horses in Ghost area. Size of Brewster's outfits. Johnny Boychuk. Jim Bagley. Trails in the 1930s were better than today. Some names; Rex Logan, Alvin Gwyn, Ollie Rasmussen, Jim Tegart, Albert Cooper, horse trip from Alberta to the Cariboo, 1935. Ollie Armstrong. TRACK 2: Various aspects of horse trips. Indians helped on short trips; not too dependable.

Report on the Oscar Henry Solibakke papers project submitted to the library of the University of British Columbia Special Collections Division and the British Columbia Heritage Trust Student Employment Programme. Prepared by Logan W. Hovis. Contains an inventory of the O.H. Solibakke papers held at Special Collections.

Presented by UBC . Special Collections Division, 1983.

RECORDED: Lac la Hache (B.C.), 1983-11-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Childhood spent around Dog Creek, Alkali Lake, and 150 Mile House. Made money "chasing" coyotes with horses. Ranched and trapped in the Lac La Hache area. Noted for "man-hunting" skills. Details of tracking for lost and dead men. Guided for Ted Ogden and Percy Hamilton. His two guiding areas were Lac La Hache and Crooked Lake. Advertising. Cougar dogs. Moose populations. "Reading bear" story. TRACK 2: Good cooking an important aspect. Operational aspects. Used Indian guides. Wolves and [bounty?]. Other outfitters: Buster Hamilton, Herbie McNeil. Ceased guiding in 1969 or 1970.

Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, reports, financial records, press releases, constitution and by-laws, and briefs of the British Columbia Cattlemen's Association and the Quesnel Cattlemen's Association.

Presented by Margo Deering, Secretary, 1987.

Stock shots. Collecting spruce cones from tree tops with a helicopter. Shows process of preparing helicopter and equipment; collecting cones; landing at dump and unloading; safety measures; aerial views of harvesting area.

RECORDED: Windermere (B.C.), 1982-06-10 SUMMARY: Dixon Anderson grew up living with his grandparents in Canim Lake. He tells stories about life on the homestead, and tells many tall tales. He worked in a sawmill, cut Christmas trees, hunted, and worked as a fishing guide;