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The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Andrew Shadrack titled "A study in the development of the political economy of the Slocan Valley in British Columbia: a response to the Slocan Valley Community Forest Management Project." v, 167 leaves: map, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Regina, 1981. Bibliography: leaves 154-164. Canadian theses on microfiche, 55872.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by John Hall Archer titled "A study of archival institutions in Canada." 1969. ix, 688 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D.), Queen's University, 1969. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 666-685. Canadian theses on microfilm, 3423.

The item is a typescript copy of an essay by P.A. Lindgren titled "A study of the Custom House at Victoria, B.C." 24 leaves: illus., figs., maps. University of Victoria. Bibliography: 22 leaves.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Claudia Louise Lewis titled "A study of the impact of modern life on a Canadian Indian Band." 284 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia University, 1959. Bibliography: leaves 269-274. University Microfilms, 59-2858.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Kathleen Marie Hosgood titled "A study of the language development of five year old children attending the Chilcotin Indian Day School and the Redstone Indian Day School. xi, 117 p: tables, figures. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 114-117. Canadian theses on microfiche, 64369.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Margaret Ormsby titled "A study of the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." iii, 190 p: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1931. Bibliography: p 180-190.

The item consists of a paper by Arthur Leynard, an engineer from Nanaimo, titled "a summary of the finding of coal at Nanaimo, of the names and dates of the companies involved, and of the locations of the main mining operations."

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Francis Robert John Flynn titled "A temporal classification of folklore of the Okanagan Indians." 1976. ii, 117 leaves: tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1976. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 43-45. Canadian theses on microfiche, 28681.

The item consists of an illustrated description of a journey made by automobile from Calgary to Victoria via Spokane and Seattle. Contains photographs and postcards glued into the volume. While it is described as being by "the undersigned", there is no signature and the description of the trip breaks off abruptly on page 41.

The item is a manuscript entitled "A Trip up the Naas River" by L.F. C. Chaplin. It is a description of a journey undertaken by surveyors' party in 1912.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Geoffrey Barry Ursell titled "A triple mirror: the plays of Merrill Denison, Gwen Pharis Ringwood and Robertson Davies." 144 pages. Thesis (M.A.), University of Manitoba, 1966. Bibliography: pages 128-144.

Purchased from National Library, 1982.

The item is a transcript copy of a biography by Edward Drummond Taylor titled "A very gentle man: the Reverend George William Taylor, M.A., F.R.S.C., F.Z.S. 1854-1912". The Reverend G.W. Taylor was an Anglican clergyman in Victoria and in the Nanaimo area (Gabriola Island, Cedar, and Wellington). He was very interested in natural history, campaigned for the establishment of a Pacific marine biological station at Nanaimo and was its first curator. E.D. Taylor was his grandson.

SUMMARY: Three parts of a radio program entitled "A View from the Inside", by Robert Cummings of Prince George radio station CJCI. The three parts focus on the history of Prince George and Barkerville.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hernando Island : people of the island RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01-23 SUMMARY: Abner Conant discusses early settlement on Hernando Island, in the Inside Passage near Campbell River.;

The item is a copy of a thesis by Gordon Winant Hewes titled "Aboriginal use of fishery resources in Northwestern North America." ii, 272 leaves: figs., maps. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of California, 1947. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 245-267.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1920s;-;1940s RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-04-25 SUMMARY: Three women discuss abortion in Calgary and Vancouver, ca. 1920s - 1940s.;

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Joy Annamma titled "Accommodation and cultural persistence: the case of Sikhs and the Portuguese in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." xv, 373 p: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 345-359. Canadian theses on microfiche, 62965.

Account book for general supplies such as food, hay, clothing, shoes, tools, tobacco and drinks, paid for mainly by gold dust but also by cash and goods. Two customers identified, Captain Mitchell, Quesnelle Forks, and John Love, Richfield. Although the name Kamloops appears on the microfilm title page, there is no evidence to connect this manuscript with Kamloops.

The file consists of an unidentified account book (possibly Quesnelle Quartz Mining Co.) from 1879 to 1890. The book contains accounts of Quesnel area individuals and businesses.

Undated account book.

Undated and untranslated account book.

The item consists of a photocopy of an account book, kept by William Lyne, a blacksmith at Williams Lake, between 1886 and 1896.

Undated and untranslated account book.

The item is an account of monies owed by Thomas Quirk to the Forrest House roadhouse, run by George and William Boothroyd.

The item is a copy of the account of the events surrounding the sinking of the Union Steamship "Cheslakee" at Vananda on January 7, 1913, and the subsequent salvage. Written by William Neil and Florence Young.

The file consists of a typed transcript of an account of collecting trips made to the West Coast of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands in the summers of 1945 and 1946 by California biologist Edward F. Ricketts. The account is a mixture of notes on marine life and descriptions of places visited, people met methods of travel, etc. Ricketts was a friend of John Steinbeck and this account was apparently intended for Steinbeck's use. (For a biography of Ricketts see Steinbeck's "Notes from the Sea of Cortez"). The transcript, which is entitled "Transcript of summer 1945 and 1946 notes based on trips to the outer shores, W. Coast Vanc. Is., Queen Charlottes etc. New Series Note Books 3 and 4" was presented to the Royal British Columbia Museum by Joel W. Hedgpeth of Santa Rosa, California. A copy of Hedgpeth's covering letter is included with the transcript.