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The item is an appointment of Col. Richard Clement Moody as member of Council of the colony of British Columbia. The appointment is signed by James Douglas and dated 1 March 1859.

The file consists of James Sangster's appointment to the position of master of the Hudson's Bay Company ship "Cadboro." The record is signed by Richard Blanshard, and subsequently cancelled by him upon Sangster's resignation.

The file consists of four original appointments issued in London between 1858 and 1861. The records are signed by Queen Victoria and appoint individuals to specific positions within the structure of the colonial government in British Columbia. The appointments include those of Wymond Thomas Ogilvy Hamley to the post of Collector of Customs of British Columbia (1858), William Driscoll Gosset to the post of Treasurer of British Columbia (1858), George Hunter Cary to the post of Attorney General (1859) and Henry Pering Pellew Crease to the post of Attorney General (1861).

The appointments were addressed and sent to James Douglas in his position as governor and commander in chief of the colony of British Columbia.

This files includes two appointments for William Brooke Naylor by Governor James Douglas. The first, dated 11 July 1860 appoints Naylor as the Sheriff of the colony of Vancouver Island. The second dated 19 February 1861 appoints Naylor as the Marshall of the Court of Admiralty.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Bjorn Oddvar Simonsen titled "Archaeological investigations at FcTe 4: a site in the Hecate Strait-Milbanke Sound area of British Columbia." 1970. ix, 177 leaves: figs., illus., tables, map. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1971. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 107-116. Canadian theses on microfiche, 27337.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Georg Henning Von Krogh titled "Archaeological investigations at the flood and pipeline sites, near Hope, British Columbia." 1976. x, 247 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1976. Bibliography: leaves 240-247. Canadian theses on microfiche, 30321.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Ray Allan Kenny titled "Archaeological investigations at the Willows Beach site, southeastern Vancouver Island." 1974. xxii, 460 leaves: illus., tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Calgary, 1975. Bibliography: leaves 454-460. Canadian theses on microfiche, 23760.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Christopher J. Turnbull titled "Archaeology and ethnohistory of the Arrow Lakes, Southeastern British Columbia." 1973. 305 leaves: illus., maps. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Calgary, 1973. Bibliography: leaves 172-189.

The item is a b&w photograph of an arch in Victoria erected to welcome the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise on a state visit in 1882.

The item consists of an essay written by Henrietta Jelinsk for history 303 in 1966. The essay is about the architecture of commercial and institutional buildings in Victoria between 1850 and 1908 and is illustrated with black and white photographs.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Joan Marie Vastokas titled "Architecture of the Northwest Coast Indians of America", 1966. x, 355 p: illus., maps. Theses (Ph.D.), Columbia University, 1966. Bibliography: p 194-208. Purchased from University Microfilms, 1985.

The collection consists of single items, reports, photocopies, photographs and other small collections donated and loaned to the BC Archives which document all aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the province. There are private records produced by individuals, businesses and organizations and acquired by the Archives over many years from all areas of the Province and varying widely in subject matter. They consist of account books and journals, letters and diaries of gold seekers, pioneers, missionaries, and school teachers, literary manuscripts, photographs, the papers of natural historians and students and the personal and family papers of notable settlers and residents of the province.
There are also some provincial and federal government records which either came to the Archives as single items or files or were removed from other series.

The file consists of a typescript copy of the reminiscences of Gerald Ross Hunter titled "Are we at the crossroads?" Mr. Hunter was born in England, emigrated to Wynyard, Saskatchewan, moved to British Columbia in 1937 where he and his wife operated a motel on Kingsway in Vancouver, and then lived in the Fraser Valley and in Victoria.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Patrick Thomas Houlihan titled "Art and social structure on the Northwest Coast. 1972." 177 leaves: illus. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 164-177. University Microfilms, 73-4413.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-09-06 SUMMARY: Testimonial dinner for Arthur Laing in Vancouver on September 6, 1974. Speakers include the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, Hon. W.A.C. Bennett, Hon. David Barrett, and publisher Stuart Keate.;