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Diary, January 27, 1922 - December 31, 1937, of C.D. Muirhead. Muirhead worked in the vicinity of Strathnaver, helping on the family homestead, trapping, cutting ties, etc., and at Summit Lake before joining the B.C. Provincial Police, as a Special Constable in August 1923 and as a regular constable in October 1924. He served as a Game Constable at Finlay Forks and Fort St. James, and from 1929, following the separation of the Game Department from the Provincial Police, as Game Warden, first at Telkwa and then Smithers. The transcripts were made by C.D. Muirhead's brother, William Muirhead.

Copied from photocopies borrowed from Mrs. A.A. Mallery, Prince George, 1986 (niece of C.D. Muirhead).

"The terrifically Terrible Ursus Horibilis (carnivore) or grizzly bear": an account of an investigation Muirhead, as a Provincial Police constable, carried out into the killing of a trapper, Tom Meaney, by a grizzly bear north east of Prince George in the 1920s. Muirhead describes the country, forms of travel, Meaney's companions, and the trappers' daily routine. An addendum lists and describes birds in the area. The account contains photographs.

Presented by Mrs. A.A. Mallery (niece), Duncan, 1987.

Reminiscences entitled "Three weeks or there about in the life of a Northern policeman". Mr. Muirhead was appointed police constable at Finlay Forks in the fall of 1924. This is an account of a winter journey made from Finlay Forks to Fort McLeod then on to Prince George and back to Finlay Forks, ca. December-January, 1924/1925. It includes descriptions of people met, methods of crossing rivers, and police cases.

Presented by Mr. Muirhead's great niece, Charlene Rees, Victoria, 1989.