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The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, general files, and photographs of the British Columbia Drama Association. It also includes minutes of the governing committee of the Canadian Drama Award.

The fonds consists of correspondence, shareholder ledgers and share certificates (including those of the Vancouver Power Company Ltd.) of the British Columbia Electric Power and Gas Company.

The fonds consists of records of the Victoria Office of the British Columbia Electric Railway created between 1861 and 1967 and includes financial records, correspondence, photographs, maps and films.

Fonds includes financial records of the Victoria Gas Company (1861-1904), the Victoria Illuminating Company (1887-1890), and the National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company (1889-1944) as well as business records of the Vancouver Island Power Company (1910-1944). It also includes an engineer's report on relay protection of the high tension transmission systems of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company prepared by Westinghouse (1923), various maps and plans and twelve historical films created for the 1958 Centennial.

The fonds consists of leases, correspondence, inventories, agreements, financial statements, duplicate way bills, a minute book, correspondence and account books of the British Columbia Express Company.

The fonds consists of the British Columbia Federation of Agriculture's constitution and by-laws, minutes and resolutions, correspondence, briefs, submissions and a scrapbook regarding the Land Freeze and Bill 42. [Also available on microfilm.]

The fonds consists of minutes of the committee.

Fonds consists of administrative and operating records of British Columbia Forest Products Limited in British Columbia between 1946 and 1986, pertaining particularly to plywood production, 1952-1986. Incorporated are records of predecessor companies including Industrial Timber Mills of Cowichan Lake and Douglas Plywood of Vancouver. The fonds illustrates the operating data and composition of working documentation for single plant operations that formed part of a multi-plant company. The fonds is comprised of the records of two of the corporate divisions involved in plywood production: Victoria Plywood and Sawmill and Delta Plywood. Topical files, financial statements, working files, equipment documentation, ledgers and registers, technical drawings and cartographic material predominate. Content pertains to all aspects of division and plant operations including, but not limited to, products, finances, suppliers, clients, markets, partners, facilities, equipment, supplies and human resources. Records from the Victoria Plywood and Sawmill division pertain to operations at Victoria, BC. They were created between 1942 and 1988 and are in three series: 1. Manager's Office files, ca.1950 to 1988, ca. 3.5 metres; 2. Accountant's Office files, 1942 to 1987, ca. 4 metres, and; 3. Cowichan District plans and drawings, ca.1950 to ca.1975, ca. 120 items. The Cowichan Division operated an affiliated veneer plant and sawmill at Youbou on Cowichan Lake, BC. Records from the Delta Plywood division consist of operating files for the plant at New Westminster, BC and pertain to administration and finance. Series are: 1. Administration,1970-1985, ca. 1.5 metres; 2. Accountant's Office, 1972-1985, ca. 3 metres and 3. Douglas plywood project financial files. Alphabetical-chronological filing arrangements have been retained and reconstructed. The fonds also contains a scrapbook of construction photographs.

The fonds consists of the British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association's minutes of executive meetings, convention packages, minutes, drafts, agreements, announcements, speeches and tape recordings.

The fonds consists of minutes and proceedings of annual conventions, briefs to cabinet, subject files and minutes of local branches of the British Columbia Government Employees Union. Fonds includes records of the British Columbia Government Employees Association and the Civil Service Association. Fonds also includes BCGEU film footage depicting government employees at work in various occupations, and events such as meetings, office openings, and seminars.

The fonds consists of minute books, a brief history, constitution, and correspondence of the British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Victoria Branch and its predecessor, the British Columbia Retired Civil Servants Association, Victoria Branch.

The fonds consists of records of the British Columbia Historical Association, Victoria Section. The records date from before 1983, the year the provincial parent body changed its name to the British Columbia Historical Federation.

The fonds consists of two groups of records. MS-3287, General office files, dates from 1961 to 1982, and includes minutes of regular meetings and of executive council; correspondence; membership-related records; mailing lists; publicity records; and notes on historical information about pioneer families of the Victoria area.

The second group of records in the fonds consists of 72 sound recordings of lectures and talks on historical subjects which were presented at the monthly meetings of the Victoria organization between 1969 and 1977.

The sound recordings were originally held by BC Archives under a fonds numbered AAAA8103. These recordings then were given the number and title PR-2251 - British Columbia Historical Association, Victoria Section collection. In 2016, PR-2251 was renamed British Columbia Historical Association, Victoria Section fonds, and the sound recordings were made a series (MS-3289) within the fonds.

The fonds consists of records of the British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF), including records dating from the founding of the organization in 1922 under its original name, the British Columbia Historical Association (BCHA).

Prior to 2016, records were received by BC Archives in numerous accruals; these were arranged and described by archivists at different times. As a result, these records were not integrated into one cohesive fonds. Instead, these groups are now series whose contents overlap. In particular, MS-2736 and MS-2779 should be used in conjunction with each other.

Records arranged prior to 2016 include the following series:
MS-2736 - British Columbia Historical Association records
MS-2779 - British Columbia Historical Association records
MS-2844 - British Columbia Historical Association files relating to the newsletter
MS-0937 - Letter from William C. Ward describing his association with the Bank of British Columbia
MS-0994 - British Columbia Historical Association
MS-2946 - British Columbia Historical Federation minutes

In addition to correspondence, minutes and photographs, the record types include, but are not limited to: addresses, annual meeting reports, attendance registers, branch reports, by-laws and constitutions, committee reports, convention materials, essay contest records, financial reports, membership lists , reports of BCHA branches, membership receipt books, monographs, lists of officers (executive), scrapbooks, subject files, and records pertaining to projects including pioneer reunions and Blanshard Day. The fonds also consists of records pertaining to publications of the association, including its journal and newsletter.

These series consist of some mixing of records of the parent body with those of local branches (sometimes called “sections”). Most notably these series include some records of the Victoria section. Records of the Victoria section are also held at BC Archives in a separate fonds, PR-2251.

While there existed a separate series for minutes (MS-2946) there are also minutes in series MS-2736 and MS-2779. Furthermore, In 2016, minutes in accessions at BC Archives that had been previously unprocessed, including a 2015 accrual, were added to series MS-2946.

In 2016, when a backlog of unprocessed records was arranged and described, the following new series were added to the fonds:
MS-3283 - Correspondence
MS-3284 - Conferences
MS-3285 - Subject files
MS-3286 - Financial records
MS-3288 - Membership records

As stated, other BCHF records at BC Archives were arranged and described separately at an earlier date; therefore, it is also true that records relating to annual conventions and meetings, membership, finances, and subject files, may be found in various series in the fonds.

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, and yearbooks of the parent body and minutes, accounts and correspondence of local chapters of the B.C. Home and School Federation.

The fonds consists of a day book showing the employment of men by the British Columbia Hydraulic Mining Company.

The fonds consists of general office files, personnel files, correspondence, unpublished research papers and reports.

The fonds consists of articles of association (1896-1913), Board of Directors and annual general meeting minutes (1887-1948), minutes of meetings of the four percent debenture stockholders (1896-1956), Victoria office mortgage registration book (1903-1919), revocation and grant of powers of attorney (1892-1935), reports, notices, licences, correspondence, and other records of the Victoria and Vancouver offices. Records of the Victoria office include correspondence (1858-1960) with Thomas Dixon Galpin, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, the Great West Life Assurance Company, the Montreal Rolling Mills Company, and the Company's Nanaimo and Vancouver agencies and its London office, as well as correspondence and papers relating to Mayhew and Harlow, the Phoenix Assurance Company, Nicholles and Renouf Ltd., Frederick George Walker, the Douglas estate, and the estates of James Crawford, Jean-Baptiste Timmerman and Rev. Arthur Whiteside. Fonds also includes photographs of BCLIA properties, employees and offices. Fonds includes records of predecessor companies, Thomas Allsop and Company and Allsop and Mason. The fonds is arranged into 124 series.

A metal key for the BC Land and Investment Agency building was transferred to the BC Archives from the City of Victoria Archives in 2021. It is stored in container 935638-0679.

The fonds consists of minutes, membership rolls, constitution, correspondence, committee files, subject files, reports, and photographs of the British Columbia Library Association.

The fonds consists of an account book entitled "Record of Cost" from 1905. The fonds also includes 30 technical drawings of steamer design plans.

The fonds consists of financial records.

The fonds consists of letter books, annual reports, financial statements, an allotment book and a journal of the British Columbia Milling and Mining Company.

The fonds consists of the subscription list of the British Columbia Mining Record.

The fonds consists of a ledger, roll call of regular and special meetings and a register of stocks traded by the British Columbia Mining Stock Board.

The fonds consists of records created and maintained by the British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA). The BCMA has a mandate to support museums and galleries across British Columbia. The records document the governance, professional development, advocacy, and support and liaison functions of the BCMA.

The fonds is arranged by the following series:

• MS-3314: Governance and administration
• MS-3315: Conferences and seminars
• MS-3316: Membership
• MS-3317: Awards and bursaries
• MS-3318: Programs and partnerships

The fonds consists of films of British Columbia Packers Limited pertaining to herring and salmon fishing, canneries, fish processing, and the whaling industry.

The fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of a scrapbook of news clippings, probably borrowed from the BC Parent Teacher Federation and filmed around 1970.

The fonds consists of minutes, financial statements, membership applications, account books, receipts and correspondence of the British Columbia Pioneer Society.

The fonds consists of executive committee minutes, a membership book, correspondence, account books, receipts and financial statements of the British Columbia Poultry Association.

The fonds consists of a minute book, including minutes of the Smithers Miners' Association and the Smithers Miners' and Prospectors' Association.

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, account book, applications for admission and related correspondence, and constitution of the British Columbia Protestant Orphans' Home.

The fonds consists of a daybook of an officer at the Port Essington Office of the British Columbia Provincial Police and photographs of the BCPP.