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Series consists of one Ladysmith County Court Registrar's civil record book for June 1902 to Feb 1924. Records are partially indexed.

The original volume was destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

Series consists of plaint and procedure books from the Ladysmith County Court for cases between 1902 and 1924. Plaint and procedure books provide the framework for County Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders.

The original volumes for records 1/1902 to 4/1924 were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

The item is an audio recording of unidentified Ladysmith "old timers" discussing the Vancouver Island coal mines, labour strife, and socialism.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-11-22 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Finns; Konstantine Maki; Finnish immigration; Wellington; Nanaimo, 1890s; Ch;ase River; family size; diphtheria epidemic 1912; Milton Street; Finnish language; father's death; farming; Maki Road; air shaft; Alexandra; South Wellington; bridal wear; 1912-14 strike; funeral; mot;her; widow; home; Stark's Crossing; Finnish cigar factory. TRACK 2: Milton Street; home; Chase River; obtaining firewood; Christmas; church; Ladysmith; Extension; Finns; father; family bible; weddin;g certificate; naming of children.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-12-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: James Sharp; Rebecca Sharp Sanders; John Sanders; Sarah Barlow Sharp; Wellin;gton; boarding house; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Chelsea Cornish; Port Alberni coal mine; immigration; Vera Aidenhead Maffeo; Five Acres; Extension; Jingle Pot Road; mine accident; Wellington Hotel; Welli;ngton school; Ladysmith; Extension-to-Ladysmith railroad; Saunders anglicized. TRACK 2: Extension/Ladysmith railroad; Wellington; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Grand Templar's Lodge; John Waddington Hilbert; Black woman; fashion; Emily and John Johns; Sunday school; Simon Leiser; Wellington Hotel.;

RECORDED: Wellington (B.C.), 1984-05-11 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Dunsmuir's Old Slope mine; ventilation shaft; Douglas pit mine; hoists; disa;ppearing house; No. 5 mine; "Robbing Pillars"; Wellington railroad; Old Incline; Wellington; Ladysmith; Extension; currency; Wellington merchants; E & N machine shop; Noah's ark; Gilfillan mine; couga;r; Departure Bay; Rock City; 1912-14 strike; Chinese; 1890-91 strike; United Mine Workers; blacklisting. TRACK 2: Blacklisting; dispute in No. 1 mine; Departure Bay; Incline; coal wharves; Wellington; railroad; sailing ships; No. 1 shaft; No. 5 mine; Blacks.;

Contracts, indentures, bonds, notes and mining licences relating to the Dunsmuir family mining and railroad activities.

Television stock shots

Documentary. The burning of logging waste in coastal BC. Slash burning is advocated as a means of reducing forest fire hazards and ensuring forest regeneration. The necessity of reforestation after slash burning is discussed.

Item consists of a documentary video on the burning of logging waste in coastal BC. Slash burning is advocated as a means of reducing forest fire hazards and ensuring forest regeneration. The necessity of reforestation after slash burning is discussed.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lila M. Frost recalls her early years in British Columbia. Her family came to Victoria from New Brunswick in 1897. Her father, John Coburn, was a railway worker, businessman, first mayor of Ladysmith and mayor of Nanaimo. She attended the Normal School in Vancouver and trained for teaching. Her first job at the age of 17 was teaching in Silverton. She relates her experiences in Silverton, the social life, the town, the hotel, the miners, remittance men and the teaching conditions. She then taught in Duncan and Ladysmith, where she met her husband, a doctor. She recalls the Wellington miner's strike of 1912.

TRACK 2: Lila Frost continues her discussion about the strikers, strike breakers, and incidents. She discusses her husband's medical duties, his education and associates. She relates a story about a niece of the Dunsmuirs, who married Dr. Wassen and later moved to Victoria. She also discusses the influenza epidemic that occurred after WWI.

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews dealing with the history of the area between Qualicum and Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, including Alberni, Bowser, Nanaimo, and Parksville. Some interviews also deal with First Nations culture and society, and with the story of cult leader Brother XII.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-06 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Blasting; mining the coal; Chinese; "laggin'"; Beban's mine; flood; forest fire; powder house; Lamphouse Mine; noise; burning rock pile; Extension; burning buildings; Chinatown; Mines Regulations Act; train; shipping at Ladysmith; mine whistle; mules; deaths; mining pillars; bucket brigade; racism; closing mine; strike; black damp; low seam.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-03 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Father from Italy; Chinese; hotels; bar; Ladysmith; stable; snow; fire department; school; strike; lodges; Italians; doctor; Granby; blow-outs; Cumberland.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-02-28 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Mine whistle; quit school; Ladysmith; Dunsmuir; 1909 explosion; strike; Alexander; blacklisted; Joseph Mair; scabs; miners' prayer; mules; wages; travel to Victoria; grievances; union organising; the Depression; WeeToo; bosses; fire bosses; inspections; Chinese; houses; lamps Saturday; night; explosion; arrives; Draeger team.

Footage. Stock shots and camera original rolls of the activities of Island Tug and Barge Ltd. in the 1960s. Items of note: salvage of the "Mandoil", 1968; salvage of the ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert," 1967; salvage of the "Glafkos", [1961]; launch and first dump of the log barge "Island Yarder", 1965.