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Series consists of two indexes from the Vernon County Court. The location of indexed items is unknown, and items may not be in the custody of the BC Archives.

Indexes are arranged alphabetically by plaintant (vol. 1) and by defendant (vol. 2) and provide the number assigned to a case (i.e., 1/1944 to 74/1951).

The fonds consists of project files created by Jean Jacques André Consultants Ltd., and André & Associates Interpretation & Design Ltd., a Victoria-based company. Headed by Jean Jacques André (1932-2021) and his wife, Joan André, and later his daughter, Bianca Message, the family company planned and designed exhibits for museums, historical organizations, and cultural and visitor centres across North America and around the world. The fonds cover the period 1967 to 2014.

Series consists of one cause book from the Kamloops Supreme Court for cases heard under the Bankruptcy Act between 1955-1957 (case nos. G94/55-P183/57). Cause books provide the framework for Supreme Court cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and volume and folio numbers for locating final orders.

Series consists of one cause book from the Kamloops Supreme Court for bankruptcy cases between 1921-1968. Cause books provide the framework for Supreme Court cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and volume and folio numbers for locating final orders. The volume is indexed and includes a list of BC Trustees in Bankruptcy.

Series consists of cause books from the Princeton Small Debts Court for cases between 1938-1957 and 1975-1977. Cause books provide the framework for Small Debt Court cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and volume and folio numbers for locating orders.

Series consists of cause books from the Kamloops Supreme Court for civil cases in 1882, 1887-1946, and 1951-1952. Cause books provide the framework for Supreme Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and volume and folio numbers for locating final orders. They are often the only source of information for divorces that were not finalized since no final order would have been granted and case files are destroyed.

The series consists of the executive records of the office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Human Resources. The records document key activities of the Assistant Deputy Minister’s office related to administering the ministry’s social services and income security programs. The Assistant Deputy Minister supports the Deputy Minister to deliver programs related to income assistance, disability services, supports for seniors, family and children’s services, child protection services, Pharmacare, and other social services. The records were created and received by the Assistant Deputy Minister’s office between 1966-1979 in British Columbia. During this time period, the Assistant Deputy Minister’s office fell under the Ministry of Human Resources (1976-1986), Department of Human Resources (1973-1976), Department of Rehabilitation and Social Improvement (1970-1973), and the Department of Social Welfare (1959-1970). Some of the files relate to child care, community health and human resources centres, family and children’s services, seniors’ services, health care, PharmaCare, the Vancouver Resources Board, and the regionalization of social programs and services. The latter reinforces the regional service delivery structure of the ministry, defined by geographic areas.

The records are arranged alphabetically by subject. They consist of correspondence, news clippings, memoranda, reports, meeting materials, policy documents, and research files. The records are covered by the Executive Records schedule (schedule 102906).

The series consists of John Robson’s correspondence and telegrams created and received in 1888, the year Robson was Provincial Secretary, Minister of Mines, acting Premier, and MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) for New Westminster. Robson was acting Premier during Premier Alexander Edmund Batson Davie’s long illness and upon his death in 1889, Robson became Premier. The series documents the functions and activities of a senior government official who occupied many roles. Noteworthy topics include a report of small pox among Indigenous people in Squamish and correspondence from Robson to the mayor of Vancouver, David Oppenheimer, emphasizing federal jurisdiction over Indigenous health; correspondence regarding small pox outbreaks south of the river on the mainland and Dr. Richard Bentley’s appointment as health officer; correspondence to and from Prime Minister John A. Macdonald to the Premier of BC regarding the Alaska boundary issue; construction of a railway in the Kootenays; correspondence from Robson to Mayor Oppenheimer regarding the storage of dynamite within city limits, and the response from the Mayor promising its removal to a magazine near Dead Man’s Island.

The series is arranged chronologically from Jan 1888 to Dec 1888. The records consist of correspondence files and telegrams. They were preserved by the Office of the Premier and were found in museum storage in 1980. These records were transferred to the BC Archives without a schedule.

Series consists of one Revelstoke Supreme Court minute book for civil and criminal cases between 1927-1940. Minute books document proceedings in legal cases and typically list when events occurred during an action, the names of witnesses, and exhibits.

Series consists of one Trout Lake County Court record book for 1902-1922. Entries are primarily for proceedings under the Naturalization Act and may include: names of witnesses, lists of exhibits, judgment rendered, times of activities, name of judge, name of solicitors, and date of activities.

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Series consists of one Revelstoke County Court record book for cases heard in Donald, Nelson, and Revelstoke under the Speedy Trials Act in 1892-1893. Record books may include the following information: names of witnesses, lists of exhibits, judgment rendered, times of activities, name of judge, name of solicitors, and date of activities.

Series consists of one Revelstoke County Court bench book for 1911.

The series consists of correspondence of the Superintendent of Neglected Children, the Deputy Superintendent of Neglected Children and the Superintendent of Welfare relating to Doukhobor children. The files contain correspondence, lists of children, case files for some of the children and a 1950 thesis. The bulk of the material relates to the period 1929 1935.

Series consists of one mechanics' liens register from the Revelstoke County Court for 1913-1958.

Entries are arranged alphabetically.

Contains records created between 1975 and 1979 created by Vic Stephens and the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party. Records were created by Vic Stephens between 1978 and 1979 in his capacity as a member of the legislative assembly in British Columbia, representing Oak Bay, and serving as the leader of the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party. Fonds also includes records from the Office of the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party and its records of its previous leader, Doctor George Scott Wallace.

Records were received in ten labelled boxes containing file folders with labels corresponding to their contents arranged alphabetically. Files contain records related to contemporary issues and events; local, provincial, and federal. Record types include correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, publications, editorials, reports, briefs, memoranda, and notes.

Records are arranged into series that roughly correspond to box labels. Files within series are arranged in the order in which they were found. In some cases, files were condensed or created to house similar records. Series include:
MS-3552 Gasoline marketing: oil companies and gas station operators 1978
MS-3554 Legislative files
MS-3555 Legislative Library
MS-3556 General files
MS-3557 Additional files A-S

Series consists of one Revelstoke Provincial Court record book for 1931-1952. Provincial Court record books may include the following information: date of proceedings, name of defendant, charge, plea, names of witnesses, remarks, disposition, particulars, and notations regarding payment of fines, and/or fees.

The series consists of copies of maps of various towns and cities in British Columbia, collected by the Map Division of the Provincial Archives. Between 1974 and 1981, the Map Division wrote to town clerks and other municipal officials asking for copies of town maps for reference purposes. The maps sent in range in date and quality and include published street maps, copies of survey maps and other ephemera. The files were arranged in alphabetical order by name of town, village or city and kept in the Archives Map Division filing cabinet.

Series consists of mechanics' lien actions under the Mineral and Placer Act from the Revelstoke County Court in 1937-1952. Records are indexed.

Series consists of a Kamloops Small Debts Court register of judgements for 1930-1931. Judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

Series consists of a Kamloops Supreme Court registrar's record book, mostly from Assizes, for 1879-1911 and a minute book for 1911-1949.

The fonds consists of private and official correspondence, papers, notes, speeches, clippings and a blueprint. Fonds includes subject files relating to irrigation, the public debt and the South Okanagan Land Company.

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates and financial records of Eagle Lake Henry.

The series consists of records created by Cabinet committees, Deputy Ministers' committees and sub-committees between 1969 and 2005. Records include agendas, records of decisions, and meeting minutes as well as related reports, briefing notes, backgrounders, recommendations, communication plans, information packages and correspondence associated with or referenced in meetings. Most files contain records related to a particular meeting, however, there may also be subject files, publications, document requests, correspondence files, committee trips and administrative files from the committees.

Committee files provide evidence of their discussions, decisions and policy creation. Cabinet committee deliberations focus on strategic priorities and substantive issues, the acceptance or rejection of recommendations, and the early notification and review of contentious issues. Cabinet committees provide a forum for thorough analysis of an issue or fulfill mandates enunciated by statute. The Premier establishes committees, and determines their mandate, authority and membership.

Committees, subcommittees and working groups represented in the series include (listed roughly in the order in which they first appear) :

-- Cabinet Committee on Environment and Land Use (ELUC)
-- Environment and Land Use Technical Committee (ELUTC)
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Environment and Land Use (DMCELU)
-- Cabinet Committee on Social Services (CCSS)
-- Deputy Ministers' Committee on Social Services (DMCSS)
-- Deputy Ministers' Committee on Social Policy (DMCSP)
-- Sub-Committee on Social Services Policy and Priorities
-- Cabinet Committee on Economic Development (CCED)
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Economic Development
-- Cabinet Committee on Regional Development (CCRD)
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Regional Development (DMCRD)
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Sustainable Development
-- Cabinet Committee on Coal Development
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Coal Development
-- Cabinet Committee on Employment Development
-- Sub-Committee on Employment Development
-- Deputy Ministers' Investment Committee
-- Interministry Committee on Regulation Reform
-- BC Task Force on Environment and Economy (E&E)
-- Wilderness Advisory Committee
-- Cabinet Committee on BC Transit
-- Cabinet Committee on Urban Transit
-- Cabinet Committee on Urban Affairs
-- Cabinet Committee on Expo Legacy
-- Deputy Ministers' Committee on Traffic Safety
-- Western Economic Policy Liaison Committee
-- Cabinet committee on Confederation
-- Cabinet committee on Alcan
-- Cabinet Committee on Housing
-- Cabinet Committee on Energy
-- Cabinet Committee on Rent Control
-- Various inter-governmental committees
-- Treaty Working Group (TWG)
-- First Nations Issues Working Group (FNIWG)
-- Green Economy Working Group (GEWG)
-- Cabinet Committee on Crown Corporations (CCCC)
-- Forestry Working Group
-- Planning and Priorities Committee (PPC or P and P)
-- Agenda Development Committee (ADC)
-- Planning Board (PB)
-- Sustainable environment fund
-- Crown management Group (of CCCC)
-- Officials Coordinating Committee on Cassiar (re: closure of Cassiar asbestos mine)
-- Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE) Liaison Committee
-- Cabinet Committee on Cultural Heritage
-- Cabinet Committee on Multiculturalism
-- Cabinet Committee on Native Affairs
-- Cabinet Committee on Aboriginal Land Claims and Self Government
-- Aboriginal Affairs working group
-- Cabinet Committee on Constitution
-- Cabinet Committee on Drug Abuse
-- Cabinet Committee on Vancouver International Airport
-- Land Use Planning Working Group
-- Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Land Use
-- Cabinet Committee Coordinating Group
-- Social Assistance Renewal Project
-- British Columbia Benefits Working Group
-- Deputy Ministers’ BC Benefits Management Group
-- National Unity Working Group
-- Government Operations Sub-Committee
-- Growth Strategies Committee
-- Income Security Review Working Group
-- Cabinet Committee on Collective Bargaining
-- Ad Hoc Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Clayoquot
-- Outreach Management Committee
-- Treaty Information Initiative Management Committee
-- Nisga’a Reference Group
-- Minister’s of State meetings
-- Working Group on Fisheries Issues
-- Joint Planning Board and Treasury Board Meetings
-- Ad Hoc Committee on Labour Legislation
-- Government Caucus Committee on Communities & Safety
-- Government Caucus Committee on Economy
-- Government Caucus Committee on Government Operations
-- Government Caucus Committee on Economy & Government Operations
-- Government Caucus Committee on Health
-- Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources
-- Joint Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and Economy
-- Government Caucus Committee on Social Policy
-- Government Caucus Committee on Economy and Environment
-- Government Caucus Committee on Economy and Resource Development
-- Government Caucus Committee on Education
-- Government Caucus Committee on Cross Government Initiatives
-- Cabinet Committee on Treaties
-- Economic Council Committee
-- Belsey Land Use Task Force
-- Core Review and Deregulation Task Force

Note that committees may be identified by their full name, part of the name or an acronym in the file list.

Many files relate to Environment and Land Use Committees (ELUC). A large portion of these committee files relate to appeals for the use of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The ELUC is responsible for deciding on appeals from Agricultural Land Commission decisions related to the exclusion or addition of land in the ALR. Land may be requested for exclusion from the ALR so it can be used for commercial, residential or other uses. These files may be the original application and appeal files from the Agricultural Land Commission. There are also subject files and reports on land use projects, such as the creation of parks, hydroelectric projects, mines, as well as files on subjects such as foreign ownership. These files may contain maps and other cartographic material.

The series includes Cabinet (Executive Council) meeting case files. Cabinet is chaired by the Premier and consists of all Cabinet ministers. It is the central decision-making body of government and a collective body for Cabinet ministers to decide significant government issues.

The series includes Deputy Ministers' meeting case files. This council is a strategic planning and problem-solving forum for deputy ministers, with a focus on corporate issues.

The series includes Core Review and Deregulation Task Force meeting files between 2001-2003. This task force was responsible for conducting a general review of government operations and Crown corporations, to help prepare ministry service plans.

This series also contains open cabinet meeting materials. One of the key commitments of the BC Liberal government's 2001 election platform was to hold open, televised Cabinet meetings that were broadcast live on the Internet at least once a month. The Premier of the time, Gordon Campbell, stated this was to ensure that major capital spending decisions and land-use decisions involving the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), new parks, land claims and tenure reform were decided by Cabinet in public, and not behind closed doors. From 2001 to 2004 the Liberal government held approximately 30 open cabinet meetings.

The series does not include the records of the Cabinet Committee on Legislation or the Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Legislation; these records can be found in series GR-3677.

Coloured file removal slips in the boxes indicate files which were removed for the tobacco litigation case in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Records in the series are covered by ORCS 10400-20 of schedule 881099 (Office of the Premier and Executive Council) and were scheduled for full retention. Deputy Minister's Council files are covered by ORCS 10500-20. Cabinet meeting case files are covered under ORCS 10200-20.

The series consists of six bound condolence books created following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022. The books contain written comments of citizens providing condolences and memories of Queen Elizabeth II.

Box one consists of two books that members of the public signed at Government House. Box two consists of four volumes that were created by the Vancouver Police Department and then submitted to Government House.

This series consists of civil cause books from the Kelowna Supreme Court, from 1951-1977. Only indexes are available for the years 1923-1946. The books includes cases related to adoption, divorce, estate administration, probates and other civil matters. Some files are noted as Penticton files.

Series consists of Chilliwack County Court plaint and procedure books (1898-1977) as well as a Small Debts Court cause book (1903-1907), a list of naturalizations (1913), and a list of probates (1913). Indexes are included for some volumes.

Plaint and procedure books contain primarily civil cases. The volume covering 1970-1977 contains primarily criminal cases, including appeals and cases under the Speedy Trials Act.

Series consists of three Registrar's minute books for Kamloops Supreme Court civil cases between 1913-1954.

Series consists of Nanaimo Supreme Court Registrar's assize record books for 1923-1960.

Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. Use microfilm copy.