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This series consists of records related to the Sisters of St. Ann's involvement in missions and education in the Diocese of Kamloops separate from the administration of St. Ann's Academy Kamloops, and staffing Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The Sisters of St. Ann were teachers and pastoral care workers within the Diocese of Kamloops from 1880-1990 on the traditional territory of the T'it'q'et, St'at'imc, Quilchena, Xa'xtsa , Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc, Dakelh, (Carrier, Sekani) , Lil'wat, T'it'q'et, Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) , Scw'exmx, Nlaka'pamux (Thompson), Spaxomin, and Syilx First Nations. The SSA operated one school in Kamloops, St. Ann’s Academy Kamloops (1880-1965) (MS-3564) and staffed St. Joseph’s Mission School at Williams Lake (1876-1888) and Kamloops Indian Residential School (1890-1973) (MS-3563).

In 1965, the Sisters sold St. Ann’s Academy Kamloops to the Diocese of Kamloops but stayed on to staff the school. St. Ann’s Academy remained a high school until 1970 and subsequently became and elementary school. The Sisters continued to administer the school on behalf of the Diocese until 1978. They also staffed missions in Clinton, Lillooet, Merritt, Vernon and Williams Lake.

This series is comprised of seven subseries: A. Diocesan and parish work; B. Kamloops Wawa; C. Clinton Mission; D. Lillooet Mission; E. St. Joseph’s Mission; F. St. James School and Convent; G. St. James Parish and Church.

The item is a promotional video. Kamloops hosts the first-ever British Columbia Festival of the Arts.

Series consists of 545 photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), thought to be taken by Richard or Hannah Maynard. In 1880-1881, Richard Maynard was hired to document the construction of the C.P.R. but photos within this series may have been taken at later dates or by other photographers. Images depict trains ("rolling stock"); views of locations along the construction route, including rivers, bridges, and mountains; tracks and construction in progress; wrecks following accidents; snowsheds; and portraits of workers.

Series consists of 382 photographs produced primarily by Hannah or Richard Maynard. Other photographers may also be identified on some negatives. Images depict locations around Victoria, including downtown, Beacon Hill, Esquimalt, and the Gorge, as well as other places within British Columbia that could not be otherwise attributed to the Maynard's field photography. Scenes include Victoria street scenes, churches, the Inner Harbour, regattas, farming, and forests.

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.

Probate case files

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.

The series consists of original wills filed in the Supreme Court of Kamloops between 1986 and 2004. The wills are filed by a sequential number that also corresponds to a probate case file number found in GR-3001. The wills appear to be originals that were removed from the probate case files and filed separately. Not every individual with a probate file had a will.

A nominal index to probates can be found in GR-3001. Once a case file number has been found, this can be used to locate the correct file in the wills series.

The collection consists of video copies of 36 film items from the Allan D. Taylor collection held by Library and Archives Canada. These selected items (mainly newsreel footage and out-takes) depict British Columbia events, leisure activities, scenery and cityscapes in Victoria and Vancouver, on Vancouver Island, or in the Interior (for example, Kamloops and Lillooet), during the period 1907-1931. Several items filmed during World War One show events related to the war, including the departures of various military units for the conflict. The collection includes at least one item fillmed by Vancouver filmmaker A.D. "Cowboy" Kean, and a few others that are attributed to him.

The series consists of original divorce orders, judgements and reasons for judgements created between 1981 and 2001 by the Kamloops Supreme Court registry. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal. Reasons for judgment are available for some, but not all, divorces.

Between 1981-1985, the records are arranged by file number and there may be several records with the same file number grouped together, each with different entered dates. The years listed in the attached finding aid appear to be based on the date that a divorce was first initiated, but this is not verifiable or consistent across the records. Starting in late 1985, the records are arranged by volume and file number, and dates used in the finding aid are the court registry’s entered date. Reasons for judgement from 1991-2001 have been arranged separately, by file number, within box 27. A nominal finding aid for only those reasons for judgement is available at the end of the attached file list. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

The series consists of civil orders and reasons for judgement created between 1881 and 2000. Early records are from the Yale district, although the majority of records in the series relate specifically to Kamloops. The records are largely arranged chronologically by filing date, which can sometimes be several months after the order was issued in court. Between 1954 and 1973, orders were arranged by volume and folio numbers. Records were compiled into volumes based on filing date. Each folio is comprised of one order. The Archives does not currently have records for the period 1974 to 1982. Between 1983 and the late 1980s, some civil orders were filed by a sequential number. From the late 1980s onwards, the court filing system returned to using volumes and folios; however the volume number began again at 1. Many of the volumes contain indexes.

Civil orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and reasons for judgement provide the court's rationale. The records relate to a variety of civil matters, including adoption and divorce.

The series consists of records created or retained by the office of the Prefect of Studies for the Sisters of St. Ann, a role that was established in 1890 to facilitate the organization and placement of teachers and to supervise all educational aspects of the schools. The role was also responsible for the Sisters' post secondary education and professional development, both religious and academic.

The Prefect of Studies maintained the records of her office alongside inactive school records routinely sent for permanent retention from each of the schools with the exception of Indian Residential Schools, which would usually be considered federal government records.

Included in this series are records of students, which appear in multiple formats and can include exam results and permanent school record cards. Schools represented in these records include: St. Ann's Academy Victoria, St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, St. Ann’s Academy Duncan, St. Ann’s Academy Nanaimo, St. Ann’s Academy Kamloops, Kuper Island Residential School, Holy Angels School Victoria, St. Ann’s Academy New Westminster, St. Mary’s Residential School in Mission, St. Augustine’s School Vancouver, Little Flower Academy, Immaculate Conception School Vancouver, St. Joseph’s School Penticton, Kamloops Indian Residential School, St. James School Vernon, Sacred Heart School Dawson, Lower Post Residential School, St. Ann’s Academy Juneau, Copper Valley School, Smith Memorial School, St Patrick’s School New Westminster, Holy Ghost School in Queensboro, and St. Catherine’s Day School in Duncan. Not all records of students were retained by the SSA.

The series is comprised of five subseries: A. Administrative records; B. Sisters' education and qualifications; C. Student records; D. Prefect reports; E. Photographs.

This series includes records related to forest tenures in the Kamloops Forest Region from 1987-1998. The series currently includes records from the Kamloops Forest District, Penticton Forest District and Vernon Forest District within the larger Kamloops Forest Region.

Types of forest tenure records in this series include non-replaceable timber sale licences (TSLs), including licences issued under the Small Business Forest Enterprise (SBFEP) program and BC Timber Sales Program.

Records regard the issuance, evaluation, administration, monitoring, planning, replacement, cancellation and extension of forest tenures under the Forest Act.

Records include correspondence; licences; logging plans; log hauling and harvesting contracts; preharvest silviculture prescriptions, reviews and amendments; harvest inspection reports and appraisals; stumpage calculations; records related to right of ways and Forest Service Road permits; reports; maps; and photos.

The series also includes legal documents for cutting permits for replaceable forest licences and tree farm licence (TFL) 35. These files may include some of the records described above, but primarily contain records related to silviculture prescriptions and surveys.

The records have been classified as 19500-45 and 19620-25 in the Forestry Operational Classification System (ORCS).

The ministries responsible for these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

Series consists of Kamloops County Court orders (including judgements) and default judgements. Records date from 1916-1923, 1955-1967, 1970-1973, and 1983-1990. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court, judgements are the final orders issued in a case, and default judgements are ordered when one party has failed to file and serve a response to a claim within the time allowed.

Records are arranged by case file number or by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. All BC County Courts ceased to exist after their merger with the BC Supreme Court in 1990. Any records dated after 1 July 1990 are for County Court proceedings that were initiated prior to that date. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51100-30.

Probate cause books, 1884-1979 and case record cards, 1979-1983, and copies of wills, 1878-1911. A few entries are from the County Court. Cause book entries for probate numbers 2253 (1942) to 8188 (1982) are indexed. See GR-1577 for an index to probate numbers 1 to 1500 and GR-2990 for probate numbers 2300-8100. For probate files 1 to 2715 (1881-1946) see GR-1562 and for probate files 2716 to 8944 (1946-1984) see GR-3001. For probate files to 1992 see accession 83-1116.

The series consists of various timber tenures from the Kamloops Forest District of the Department of Forests and its successors. Records date from 1962-1986.

Forest tenures in this series include cutting permits, timber licences, timber sale licences, timber sale harvesting licences, licences to cut, timber berths, tree farm licences and free use permits. The licences provided the licensee with the right to harvest timber from a specific area. These files document the management of timber licences and include records relating to the issuance, administration, planning, cancellation or deletion, extension and monitoring of the tenures. Files may have A numbers, T numbers, X numbers, or other numbers specific to a type of tenure.

The files may contain a copy of the licence, forms, reports, maps of the area that will be logged, ministry approvals, operating plans, annual reports, as well as a wide variety of correspondence with the licensee.

The records were transferred to the archives under several numbers in the Ministry of Forests ORCS schedule (881261). However, most of the records in this series predate the creation of ORCS, and may have file codes from the old Ministry of Forests File Directory, such as 850-16.

Indexes to Mechanic's Liens and to Woodmen's Liens, 1894-1913; 1928-1984.

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983 (German verion). It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses steelhead, Pacific salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983 (French verison). It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses steelhead, Pacific salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983. It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses Steelhead, Pacific Salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, and Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

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)

Minute books (7 vols).

Series consists of minute books.

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.

Certificate issued under the Societies Act, 1970 (alteration of objects); minute books, 1950-1981.

Copied from original borrowed from S.R. Ferguson, Kamloops, 1982.

Minute books (8 volumes).

The series consists of several cause books for bankruptcy created in the Supreme Court of Vernon between 1921 and 1980. The cause books cover the Interior Region of BC, including Vernon, Penticton, Kelowna, and Kamloops. The cause book for the period 1921 to 1973 has been microfilmed, but the corresponding index is available in the original book format only. Page 1 of the 1921-1973 cause book has a note signed by G. Hunter, C.J.B.C., dated 12 April 1921 appointing Leonard Norris as Registrar in Bankruptcy for Vernon. The volume functions as a cause book for the Bankruptcy Court of British Columbia and the Bankruptcy Court of Canada for 1921-1923. In 1923 the entries read "In the Supreme Court of British Columbia - In Bankruptcy."

Indexes are not available for the period 1973 to 1980. The index covering the period 1921 to 1973 lists the name of the party and the corresponding page in the cause book. Typical cause book entries list the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), as well as a list of proceedings in the bankruptcy case. Entries are arranged chronologically.

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.