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The sub-series consists of oral history interviews recorded in the Boundary region of B.C., 1964-1965, mainly dealing with the history of that region.

The series consists of personal and professional records donated by alumnae to the RJHSONAA. The records document the histories and activities of the alumnae and close associates with the School of Nursing. The series covers a broad range of records, including class lists, social events, graduation certificates, class reunion materials, scrapbooks, and various other records relating to nursing and nursing education.

The sub-series consists of documentary radio programs produced and hosted by Bill Herbert. In addition to a number of stand-alone documentaries on B.C. topics, the sub-series also includes all nine episodes "The Road To The Yukon", a CBC Special Events series that ran in the Pacific Region from February 10 to April 14, 1962. It featured Herbert's interviews with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon.

The sub-series consists of sketches, maps and plans created between 1922 and 1972 by the Fish and Wildlife Branch.
The records relate to the registration and administration of traplines and the trapping industry. The maps and sketches are of individual traplines and trapline boundaries (1922-1969); guiding territory maps (1948-1972); smaller-scale maps of forest coverage, game distribution and special project areas; and a few plans of Fish and Game Branch buildings.

The sub-series consists of 11 half-hour programs from the 1961 radio series "Matters of Record", which featured program highlights from the preceding 25 years of CBC radio broadcasting. The series as broadcast comprised 13 episodes.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the plantsite of the Quintette Coal Limited mine. The sub-series contains five files numbered from A-7 to A-11.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the Babcock and McConkey pits, part of the Quintette Coal Limited mine. The sub-series contains seven files numbered from A-1 to A-6.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the construction of the Municipality of Tumbler Ridge. The sub-series contains 10 files numbered from E-1 to E-10.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the Tumbler Ridge branchline of BC Rail The sub-series contains 16 files numbered from D-1 to D-14.

• Series includes correspondence inward from Joseph James Hargrave, Lockhart Mactavish, Letitia Hargrave, William Smith, and William Gregory Smith. Also includes papers relative to the estate of James Hargrave, to the investments of James Hargrave through Private Cash, Lachine, to the marriage of James Hargrave and Margaret Alcock , the retirement of James Hargrave and correspondence with Sir George Simpson.
• Series divided into the followng subjects: I. Accounts II. Correspondence inward from Joseph Hames Hargrove III. Correspondence inward from Lockhart MacTavish IV. Correspondence inward from Letitia Hargrage V. Correspondence inward from William Smith VI. Correspondence inward from William Gregory Smith. Includes references to the Oregon Territory dispute. VII. Journal. Cover-title: "Notes taken during a voyage from York Factory to the Sault on Ste. Marie. Summer 1851". (Now MS-1144.1) VIII. Papers, private and personal. 1 packet endorsed by Hargrave: "Family Papers. For Mrs. Hargrave." IX. Papers relative to the estate of James Hargrave. X. Papers relative to the investements of James Hargrave through Private Cash, Lachine. 1854-1864. XI. Papers relative to the marriage of James Hargrave and Margaret Alcock. XII. Papers relative to the retirement of Hames Hargrave. Correspondence with Sir George Simpson, 1856-1858. Endorsed: Correspondence relative to my retirement from the Sevice of the HH Bay Fur Trade. J. Hargrave. XII. Unclassified items.

Contents:

A Akamina-Kishinena Area
B Columbia-Windermere Lakes Land Use Study
C Cowichan Estuary Task Force Study
D Fraser River Estuary Study
E Howe Sound Area Study
F Lower Arrow Land Use Plan
G Nanaimo Estuary Fish Habitat and Log Management Study
H Raft-North Thompson P.S.Y.U. Logging - Cariboo Conflict
I Southeast Coal Block Resource Planning Study
J South Moresby Wilderness Proposal
K Tsitika Watershed Integrated Resource Management Plan
L University Endowment Lands
M Valhalla Park Proposal
N Williston Basin Resource Management Study

Contents:

A Agriculture - Forestry Land Allocation
B Agricultural Leasing Policy
C All-Terrain Vehicle Management Policy
D Approval Procedures for Land Development
E B.C. Hydro Statutory Obligations
F Coastal Zone Policy
G Guidelines for Intensive Developments
H Guidelines for Mitigation and Compensation
I Guidelines for Pollution Control
J Integration of Planning Procedures of ELUC Ministries
K Lower Mainland Official Regional Plan Review
L Natural Hazards Policy Review
M Operability Manual
N Resource Road Policy Review

Contents:
File 4 A Coal Project Assessments
File 5 B Hydro Generation Projects
File 6 C Hydro Transmission Lines
File 7 D Oil Transportation
File 8 E Linear Development Guidelines: pipelines
File 8 F Uranium Steering Committee

The sub-series consists of photographs of the Chetwynd Tumbler Ridge highway. The photographs show the construction of the highway and various bridges by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways The sub-series contains 6 files numbered from G-1 to G-2.

GR-0444 volumes 45-74 consist mainly of petitions, official dispatches, executive council reports, and miscellaneous letters received by the Clerk of the Executive Council. Although many of the petitions, dispatches, and letters were addressed directly to the Lieutenant-Governor, they were in fact reviewed and considered by members of the Executive Council.

Incoming correspondence was dealt with in several ways. Official dispatches from London or Ottawa were acknowledged, via the Clerk of the Council, by the Lieutenant-Governor. Petitions from citizens, applications for mineral leases and the like, were considered by the Council but were answered by the Provincial Secretary. The Provincial Secretary also answered, or redirected, many of the miscellaneous letters. For example, a letter concerning the constabulary would be directed to the Department of the Attorney-General, while a query about the operation of a school would be referred by the Provincial Secretary to the Board of Education. In most instances, letters and petitions which had been referred elsewhere for action were returned to the Clerk of the Executive Council and so are to be found in the GR-0444 series.

Researchers unable to locate particular correspondence, however, should consult the Provincial Secretary records, especially GR-0524, GR-0526, GR-0614, and GR-0644, since letters addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor or to the Executive Council were on occasion retained by the Provincial Secretary's office. Researchers might also consult the appropriate volumes of GR-0443 (British Columbia. Lieutenant-Governor).

Normally, each item of incoming correspondence received by the clerk of the council was given a departmental control number. That number, along with a brief descriptive note, was entered into one of several registers, depending on the nature of the correspondence. The items were then filed numerically. But as correspondence was transferred to and from various departments and ministries, the original order or arrangement of the papers was frequently broken; moreover, in some years, different clerks used individual methods of filing. Accordingly, while a semblance of the original order has been maintained within the volumes that comprise this series of records, the papers are now arranged chronologically, by year.

The registers provide a list and a brief description of reports presented by members of the Executive Council. The reports (or memoranda as they were sometimes called) recommended that certain actions be taken by the Cabinet with regard to specific issues that were of concern to individual ministries or departments of the government. If a report was accepted by the Executive Council - as was usually the case - a Minute of Council, embodying the report, would be drafted by the Clerk of the Council. The Minute was then referred to the Lieutenant-Governor, for his consideration. Once his approval had been received the Executive Council could take action on the report, by announcing an appointment to the public service, issuing a proclamation, or, generally, by passing an Order-in-Council. Orders-in-Council (i.e. regulations made by the Cabinet under the authority of the Lieutenant Governor) were then transcribed by the clerk into a large volume known as the state book. The Clerk of the Council, who was responsible for keeping the state book, for recording cabinet minutes, and for receiving much of the Executive Council correspondence, was expected to follow a number of rules and procedures when conducting cabinet business.

The paper copy of the finding aid contains a copy of the regulations which were in effect from the 1870s to the early 1900s. In order to locate a particular report, researchers should first consult the registers. As well as providing a brief description of the report, the registers provide: the number of the report (such numbers were known properly as "page numbers" and were entered in the left-hand column of the Registers); the name of the ministry of department responsible for the report; and the date when the report was submitted and the date when the report was approved by the Lieutenant-Governor.

Having determined the date and number of a report, the researcher should turn to the appropriate volume of GR-0444, since copies of the reports were often filed with correspondence inward. The researcher might also consult Executive Council Minute Books (GR-0444 vols. 20-26) for mention of the report. The researcher should then consult the state books, wherein will be found full particulars of the report, along with a letter-book copy of the Order-in-Council implementing the report's recommendations. Lastly, the researcher might consult the British Columbia Gazette, which will provide confirmation of Orders-in-Council, as well as a record of proclamations, appointments, and miscellaneous notices arising from other Executive Council reports.

The inter-relationships between the registers, the correspondence inward files, the Executive Council minutes, state books, and the B.C. Gazette, may be seen through the following example:

A. The register of Executive Council Reports for 1872-78 (GR-0444 vol. 271) mentions a report pertaining to the "Comox Stock Breeding District." The register indicates that this report was submitted by the Provincial Secretary on 15 Apr 1873 and approved by the Lieutenant-Governor on 18 Apr 1873. The report is designated number 425 in the register.

B. A report concerning the Comox Stock Breeding District is noted as having been "'passed and approved" in the minutes of the Executive Council on 18 Apr 1873 (GR-0444 Vol. 20, p. 161).

C. A copy of the report, approved by the Lieutenant-Governor, is interfiled with correspondence inward papers (GR-0444 Vol. 45, file 1873 (I))

D. A fuller, more detailed copy of the report is entered in the Executive Council state book (GR 444 Vol. 32, p.279). The state book copy of this report notes that a petition to the Lieutenant- Governor had been received by the Provincial Secretary from residents of Comox, asking that their district be made a Stock Breeding District pursuant to the Stock Breeding Act, 1872. That petition is recorded (under the heading, "Petitions") in the Provincial Secretary's index to letters inward, 1871-76 (GR-0524, Box 1), wherein it is listed as document number 396/73. The original petition can thus be found in the letters inward files of the Provincial Secretary (GR-0526). Since the files are arranged numerically and chronologically, the Comox petition (number 396) will be found among letters inward for 1873). The entry is numbered 425, which corresponds with the "page number" entered in the left-hand column of the register above.

E. In the British Columbia Gazette (19 Apr 1873, p.2) a Proclamation is published stating that Comox has been declared a district for the purposes of the Breeding Stock Act of 1872.

Essentially, the registers provide a convenient, chronological listing of Executive Council reports. The registers may also be used to determine the origins of various proclamations, notices, and orders-in-council which were announced to the public through the weekly issues of the B.C. Gazette. In addition, the registers may be used as a guide to the meetings of the Executive Council itself. Although minutes of these meetings were recorded by the Clerk of the Council, not all of the minute books survived. Moreover, the minute books which are extant are not indexed. By perusing the registers of reports, however, one can determine, albeit in a general sort of way, the business that was transacted by the Council at any given meeting.

Briefs submitted at Victoria; Briefs submitted at Vancouver; Briefs submitted at Prince George; Briefs submitted at Nelson; Brief submitted at Kamloops; Other written briefs (not spoken at any Public Hearing).

Subject files

The sub-series consists of photographs of the Ridley Island coal port. The sub-series contains seven files numbered from C-1 to C-7.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the minesite and rail loadout of the Bullmoose Operating Corp. The sub-series contains six files numbered from B-1 to B-9 (B-8 is missing).

Correspondence files include official despatches from Secretary of State, Ottawa, with official communications from BC government ministries and departments. Files include replies to correspondents.