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Series consists of records related to St. Ann's Academy in Kamloops, where the Sisters worked for almost 100 years.

On August 14, 1880 three Sisters of St. Ann arrived in Kamloops at the request of Bishop D’Herbomez, OMI. St. Louis Mission, the first SSA establishment at Kamloops, was located on the “Flats” to the west of the present city on Nicola Street on the traditional territory of the Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc. It later became known as St. Ann’s Academy, a boarding school for girls and a day school for both boys and girls.

In 1910, the Sisters purchased a 10-acre plot of land on the side of a hill overlooking the city and a new school was built on Nicola Street. With the larger building, a new art studio was added and commercial classes were offered. The new school was known at the time as “St. Ann’s on the hill.” In May 1945 the Academy was severely damaged by a fire which started in the attic. The school was not able to fully reopen for a year and a half but most classes continued at a variety of locations. In 1965 the Sisters sold the school to the Diocese of Kamloops but stayed on to staff the school. St. Ann's Academy remained a high school until 1970 when it reverted to an elementary school. The Sisters continued to administer the school until 1978.

In September 1965, the school accepted the students who were living at Kamloops Indian Residential School. The students were bussed over daily.

The series is comprised of two subseries: A. Convent subseries; B. Academy subseries. Records consist of chronicles, local house minutes, accounts, official visitation reports, inventories, pupil registers, pupil accounts, student lists, attendance registers, grades, exams, essays, yearbooks, newsletters, policies, and photographs. There is also considerable content related to the school's 100th anniversary in 1980.

File consists of Dr. James Douglas Galbraith's autobiography entitled "My journey from New Flos to Victoria", in which the author includes his family history as well as details of his years of medical practice at Bella Coola, Kamloops, Sardis (Coqualeetza Indian Hospital) and Prince Rupert.

Travelogue. Scenery and recreational features of the Okanagan Valley, travelling south from Kamloops to the Canada/USA border. Includes: Interior Exhibition at Armstrong; seed growing; cherry growing; sequence on water sports and Kelowna Regatta (including Lady of the Lake pageant); sequence on apple orchards and packing plant; Okanagan Falls cattle auction; Osoyoos area vegetable crops.

Footage. Various shots of commercial activity and social life in and around Kamloops, including: high-angle views of the main street and store fronts; high school classroom and office interiors; students outside school and enroute to Kamloops Athletic Association, where they take part in gymnastics; sandwich shop storefront and window display; Kamloops Motor Co. Limited (car dealership and service station); farming scenes; cattle; a dairy operation (including milking machines, milk processing and bottling); Silver Tip Bottlers soda pop bottling plant and delivery truck; more storefronts; Palm Dairies Limited; pool hall interiors (game in progress); White Way Laundry & Dry Cleaners (lots of interior shots -- washing, drying, pressing, etc.); panoramic views; bus depot and departing bus; beer parlour interiors (with card game); the Kamloops Indian Residential School (showing children at play on the school grounds); fire engines; arrival of CPR train at railway station (with large steam locomotive #2707); warehouse; log boom; camping and trail riding scenes (mostly b&w), ending at a dude ranch (?); panoramic view of Kamloops and surroundings (b&w); CPR engine #2703 and train departing (b&w); fishing on lake (b&w).

Travelogue. Highlights the Thompson and North Thompson regions, the Yellowhead and the Rockies, approaching from Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Footage includes white water rafting, Nicola Valley cattle ranching, fishing, Kamloops, North Thompson Overlander Raft Race, Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks, Shuswap Lake, Three Valley Gap, Canyon Hot Springs, Rogers Pass, mountain climbing.

SUMMARY: Excerpts from oral history interviews about the famous B.C. train robber Bill Miner. The source tapes are unidentified items in the collection of the BC Archives -- probably interviews by CBC producer; Imbert Orchard.;

SUMMARY: A cassette copy of the 1967 CBC Radio program "Nicola Country", which includes a discussion of Bill Miner's time in the Kamloops area.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Sankey describes her early life in Kamloops, where her father was a doctor. His name was Dr. Simon John Tunstall, and he later practised in Vancouver; his office on Cordova Street was near the fruit market. He was a general practitioner and worked out of St. Paul's Hospital. Her own education under Miss Gordon, a private tutor from England, who founded what is now Crofton House Girls School. Her health, her daily routine, her schooling in Paris. The family home on Robson Street was large and had a tennis court; it eventually became a hospital. Her father's practice; did no surgery, held office hours all day, on call at night; delivered many babies; worked a lot at St. Paul's. How she feels about living in a retirement lodge. [TRACK 2: blank?]

CALL NUMBER: T2354:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Early personal history; 1914 to 1929 lived in Nanaimo; went to Princeton to work in the coal mines; description of working there; 1935, went to Bridge River Valley above Lillooet; in 1937, came down to Duncan for a while, and left for Princeton again; back to Kamloops to work at Windpass Mine, a gold mine; some details of the life in each of these places; work camps and the Depression; uses of mules in the mines; went to work in Industrial Timber Mills for seven months on Vancouver Island; requirements for industrial first aid attendant at the time Mr. Mottishaw was in it at Windpass Mine; some accidents at Windpass; went to Zeballos in 1939 and worked as a first aid attendant; description of life and what he did there. TRACK 2: More description of Zeballos; the miners that were there; how the community lived; medical services available during the time he lived on Vancouver Island; "Thomas Crosby" one of the boats; Shantymen's Christian Association Hospital at Esperanza; Dr. R. D. McLean; Dr. Sharpe, Dr. Lewison; problems of delivering heath care; Reverend McLean's son drowned; communication and transportation; marriage in 1940; leaves Zeballos a few years later, around 1945; works as a first aid attendant at Kelly Douglas Distributors for one year; goes to work in foundry. CALL NUMBER: T2354:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK !: Foundry business in New Westminster working for four years; active in the Industrial First Aid Attendants' Association; December 1947 went with forest first aid; history of industrial first aid; starts 1932; late 1800s first, first aid committee formed to update workers' first aid program; composed 50% each of Workers Compensation Board and St. John's first aid; problem of getting a textbook and trying to arrange a program for mass interest; instructor exams come into being; Dr. Salsbury writes first industrial first aid book; a collective text begins on the revision; joins the WCB in 1943; becomes an official examiner; new book being written under auspices of BCB; first first aid; St. John Ambulance, 1964 to 1969; basis of change reviewed; how first aid training progresses and how they are graded; 1959 first instructors course. TRACK 2: Numbers of people changed; Sloan Commission discussed; oxygen therapy becomes adopted into industrial first aid; Tysoe report discussed; this gave WCB the authority to pass rules and laws concerning industry; problems faced by the WCB in trying for form rules and get authority; new areas being used to get industrial first aid across to the public. CALL NUMBER: T2354:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of the reasons for updating information for the masses and the hopes of using modern media for teaching. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Donaldson : memories of an immigrant getting established in Western Canada RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-04 SUMMARY: John Donaldson was born in 1884 (in Scotland?) and discusses immigration to Canada; working on the prairies (Alberta); tailoring business in Kamloops; dress shop in Vancouver; some wealthy customers; and effects of the Depression. E. Atkinson is present and contributes to interview.

The item is a video compilation of footage from eight unedited film items from the Alfred E. Booth collection.

1. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936: includes ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), river ferry, etc.
2. B.C. interior scenes, ca. 1937-1945: includes buses, beer parlour interior, Kamloops Indian Residential School, fire trucks, steam train.
3. Kelowna Regatta, ca. 1939: water sports, lifesaving class, "Ogopogo" replica, Okanagan scenery.
4. Greenwood, ca. 1939: visiting baseball team on street with locals, mining scenes, old-timers, artist at work, scenery.
5. Edgewood and Arrow Lakes area, ca. 1938: townsfolk, street scenes, etc.
6. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936 or 1939: guest ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), orchard, trail riding (or pack train?) scenes. 7. New Denver area scenes, ca. 1938-1939: ore refining [?], town scenes, fire hall, etc.
7. Pier D fire, Vancouver, 27 July 1938: the fire (various angles), crowd of onlookers, fire crews and fireboats at work.

CALL NUMBER: T3950:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver radio in the 1930s ; Radio CJFC Kamloops, 1926-1942 RECORDED: Kamloops (B.C.), 1982-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ian Clark discusses: his personal background and interest in radio in Grand Forks and Vancouver; Vancouver stations in the 1930s; shared frequencies; attraction of radio; first broadcasts heard; people at CKMO, ca. 1932; Billy Browne, Sr.; some early B.C. stations; CKFC, as operated by United Church and commercially. TRACK 2: Discussion of CKFC (cont'd). State of radio equipment. Beginnings of CFJC Kamloops. Early network broadcasting by the CNR. N.S. Dalgleish's store and business practices. Ownership of CFJC by the Kamloops Sentinel newspaper. Ralph and Ronald White, publishers. CALL NUMBER: T3950:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Radio CJFC Kamloops in the 1940s RECORDED: Kamloops (B.C.), 1982-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Clark discusses: CNR radio network; studio mishap with heater grill; affiliation with CBC radio network; story of Clark's Christmas program, carried on national network; other network incidents; CFJC during WWII; CBC affiliation; early radio personnel; stories about problems with home-built transmitter equipment. [TRACK 2: blank.]; CALL NUMBER: T3950:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Radio and television broadcasting in Kamloops, 1936-1960 RECORDED: Kamloops (B.C.), 1982-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Incident with wire recorder during royal visit of 1949. "Staged" news story for CBC radio. Station shot film for early CBC television. Establishment of CBC radio network affiliations in B.C. Popularity of radio: 'the golden age". Community service at CFJC. Discussion of beginnings of CFJC television, 1957. TRACK 2: More on CFJC-TV. Expansion of television service to area surrounding Kamloops through rebroadcasting stations. Contribution of CBC president A. Davidson Dunton. Story about efforts to retain Metropolitan Opera radio program. Effect of television upon radio industry. FM broadcasting. Importance of CBC. Cable television's effect on Canadian broadcasting. Modern radio more commercially-oriented. (End of interview)

The item consists of five reels of film footage. It includes:

1. Falling and hauling logs for the BC Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan: colour outs
2. Guiness skyscraper, Man talks about new Guinness family skyscraper for Vancouver. Includes different takes of speaker describing skyscraper, and shots of the model: negative picture with sound
3. Bennett speech and Social Credit parade, Kamloops, 1969: negative picture with sound
4. Interview with Cyril Shelford, Minister of Agriculture, about provincial government program to promote BC-grown produce. Displays new "Home Grown BC Quality" symbol, 1972: negative picture with optical sound.
5. Lumberman's IWA reply, interview with sawmill operator: negative picture with optical sound.

The item consists of five film reels made from 1960 to 1969:

1. Stan Leonard, golfer, b&w si. neg.
2. Vancouver city skyline, 1960, col. si. pos.
3. Brenda Mines, 1968, b&w sil. neg.
4. Mile 108, 108 Mile resort col. si. pos.
   5.1. Bennett in Kamloops, 1969, b&w si. neg.
   5.2. Bennett in Kamloops soundtrack, opt. sd. neg.

Amateur film. Boat trip up Shuswap Lake from Sorrento to Seymour Arm. Views of the lake, including the Sorrento Regatta. Opening of Fall Fair at Kamloops. Visit to Victoria. Hiking trip up Grouse Mountain. Visit to UBC campus.

Amateur film. May Day celebrations at Kamloops in 1928. Scenes from road trips along the Merritt road, along the highway to Shuswap Lake, and along the Monte Lake route to Vernon area.

Amateur film. Irving family scenes around Kamloops in winter. Visit to an oil derrick operation. Adult leisure scenes (not winter).

Amateur film. Winter leisure activities around Kamloops. Chopping of Christmas tree. Visit to Victoria: Crystal Pool swimming, Inner Harbour and Johnson Street bridge, Empress Hotel. Armistice Day ceremony (in Kamloops?). More winter leisure activities around Kamloops.

Amateur film. In summer 1928, two carloads of travellers drive from Kamloops to Hazelton and return, filming highlights of their trip. These include the Cariboo Road, Barkerville, Bear Lake, Summit Lake, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, Bulkley River, Telkwa River, and Skeena River. Footage from this trip is continued on film F1984:01/05.

Promotional film. A positive look at chemical spray programs, documenting the successful 1976 control program directed against Douglas Fir Tussock Moth caterpillars in the Kamloops/North Thompson area.

The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, and financial records of Archibald McKinlay and the McKinlay family, as well as the official appointment of McKinlay to the Joint Indian Reserve Commission.

The fonds consists of Hamilton Moffatt's letter book, pertaining to his activities at various forts including Fort Rupert, Fort Simpson and Fort Kamloops.

Letters from Anne (McQueen) Gordon written from Nicola and Kamloops (1887-1888), St. Thomas, Ontario (1890), Salmon Arm (1894-1895), Crow's Nest Landing, Phillipps, and Gateway (1897-1905), and Victoria (1912-1925). Two letters from Jessie McQueen, Lower Nicola, 1890-1891. Anne Gordon taught school in Nicola before her marriage. In Victoria she was involved with community and women's organizations and was head of the Homes Branch of the Soldier Settlement Board.

Business records of Cowan and Penrose Land Agents (Kamloops), including office diaries, correspondence, accounts, and legal documents re property they handled arranged alphabetically under the names of the English investors. Papers of C.P. Cunliffe re his investments in Colonel James Baker's Cranbrook estate and the Cariboo Trading Company, 1913-1931. Papers of C.G. Cowan re acquisition of the Onward Ranch and the 150 Mile Ranch from the Cariboo Trading Company.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974 SUMMARY: Ruth Chambers interviews Olivia Myra Garrood. Miss Garrood did her obstetrics specialization in Australia and her public health training in New Zealand. She came to Canada in the 1920s; had one year in the Kootenays (where she disliked the climate), then 19 years in Kamloops.;