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The fonds consists of personal correspondence, letters, essays, articles and lectures.

The fonds consists of official and private correspondence, diaries, account and appointment books, photographs, reports, manuscripts of articles on police matters and radio plays. Fonds includes maps of Tweedsmuir Park and northern B.C.

This series consists of records related to Crown reserve sales of petroleum and natural gas rights. The records were created by the Department of Mines and the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources from 1954-1977. The records were created under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (RSBC 1979, c. 323) to document the sale of resource rights.

Records include news releases identifying successful bidders, the amount tendered, and parcels sold; maps showing the location of the parcels; and public notices of sale. The records are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of petroleum and natural gas lease registers created by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and its predecessors from 1954-1982. The registers record active natural gas leases around BC. Information may include the lease number, type of lease, map reference number, permit number, dates, applicant name, location, size, and status.

This series consists of correspondence files related to natural gas licences 1 to 69 created by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and its predecessors from 1950-1986. Files may include applications for licences, correspondence with the licensee and other branches of government, maps, statistical information, and data such as core samples.

The fonds consists of George Hargreaves' diary, survey notes relating to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and photocopies of correspondence and a "sketch" sent to friends in England.

Collection consists of records created by members of the Maynard family, primarily Hannah Hatherly Maynard and Richard Maynard. Hannah, Richard, and their son, Albert Hatherly Maynard, were professional photographers based in Victoria. Records include photograph albums, a portion of the photographic portfolio of Hannah and Richard Maynard, a studio register with over 5,000 customer entries for portrait orders fulfilled by Mrs. R. Maynard's Photographic Gallery, and a small number of textual business records. Within this collection, the works of other photographers and photographic studios may be found. Images depict studio portraits, family gatherings, field photographs for Department of Indian Affairs tours of inspection of Indigenous communities, construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), documentary photographs of the natural history collection of the Provincial Museum (now Royal BC Museum), and Hannah's experimental artistic works such as tableau vivants, photocollages, composites, montages, photo-sculptures, and double- and multiple-exposure studio portraits.

Records within this collection have been arranged into series that roughly correspond to Maynard Collection numbers that were assigned according to themes by either one of the Maynard family members or early BC Archives staff.

The fonds consists of Dally's correspondence and photographs.

The series consists of records of the Rural Organizations Branch (also Rural Organization and Services Branch) within the Dept. of Agriculture and its successors from 1921-1993. The Branch was responsible for rural organizations and for promoting agricultural and rural education and awareness, youth development, and fairs and exhibitions.

As part of its function of education and awareness, the branch was responsible for overseeing Womens' Institutes and Farmers' Institutes. The series consists of Women’s Institutes records which include general correspondence, documents regarding annual grants and finances and financial statements, conventions, board meetings and minutes, correspondence, annual reports, copies of the B.C. Women’s Institute newsletter as well as clippings and other historical materials.

B.C. Farmers' Institutes records in the series include correspondence, documents regarding seminars and conventions, the Institute advisory board and its meetings, grant information, and written histories such as “Early History of the Farmers’ Institutes.” For both Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes there are annual reports and lists of dissolutions of local institutes.

Numerous records in the series concern other aspects of education and awareness promoted by the Rural Organizations Branch, including: the Canadian Rural Transition Program; the Rural Community Development Committee; Farm vacations; Family Farm Forum (a consultative program); Chinese farmers agricultural tour 1988-1992; and the Century Farms project. Record types include: brochures, correspondence, records regarding meetings, seminars, reports and information requests.

Records concerning organizations include files relating to the B.C. Institute of Agrologists; the B.C. Federation of Agriculture; the Workers' Compensation Board; and the Western Indian Agricultural Corporation (W.I.A.C.).

Records relating to the provision of agricultural awareness and leadership training opportunities for youth include files on: the Young Farmers program, Young Farmers clubs, 4-H, Junior Farmers, and the Environment Youth Corps of British Columbia program (EYC). Record types include correspondence, information reports and brochures.

The series also consists of records regarding the B.C. Fairs Association and collected information on the history of local agricultural exhibitions and fairs in British Columbia.

The series consists of B.C. Farmers’ Institutes records of several different types, including: records of Farmers’ Institute districts; records concerning the reporting of local institutes to the Registrar of Companies and the Dept. of Agriculture; correspondence of the Superintendent of Farmers’ Institutes (in the Dept. of Agriculture); and records of the Farmers' Institute Advisory Board ca. 1961-1967.

The series includes files regarding local Farmers' Institutes. These records document the function of the B.C. Registrar of Companies and subsequently the B.C. Dept. of Agriculture in their responsibility for B.C. Farmers' Institutes. The records document how each local institute registered as a society, carried out its annual reporting, and was dissolved. These files may include: a declaration of desire to form a society under the Societies Act, the certificate of incorporation as a society, constitution and by-laws, a list of first directors, the annual reports which include the institute's annual financial statement, and a memo to file regarding the local institute being struck off the corporate register and dissolved. Files may also include minutes and correspondence. A Declaration of Association includes the names, occupations and address of the local people who wished to form the association.

The annual reports include: a financial statement listing receipts and expenditures, balances, and names of auditors. It also includes the membership numbers, and names and occupations of officers and directors. Annual reports also consist of remarks, sometimes lengthy, about the nature of the local institute and its activities during the past year.

Records of Farmers’ Institute districts date from ca. 1961 through 1967 and from 1968 to 1980. These files include minutes of and resolutions from meetings and annual conventions, correspondence, and financial statements.

The series also includes miscellaneous correspondence ca. 1961-1963, in-going and out-going, from the office of the Superintendent of Farmers’ Institutes of the Dept. of Agriculture.

Where file codes exist on the files, these codes were created based on the number assigned to that institute at the declaration of association.

Annual reports and other corporate records were submitted first to the B.C. Registrar of Companies and subsequently to the B.C. Dept. of Agriculture. Prior to 1956, the Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes were administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and they reported to the Registrar of Companies (the Corporate Registry). Registry files created by the Registrar of Companies documented the registration, corporate history and dissolution of all companies, societies and co-operatives that operated in British Columbia, and were dissolved between 1860 and 1993. Companies, societies and co-operatives that carried on business in British Columbia were required to register with the Registrar of Companies and regularly submit reports and other records to the registry office. For this reason, prior to 1956, Farmers’ and Women's Institute records were held by and in the provenance of the office of the Registrar of Companies. In 1956 the B.C. legislature passed a new “Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes Act” (an act initially dating from 1936). The 1956 act placed the institutes entirely under this act instead of being administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and the institutes were now the responsibility of, and reported to, the Dept. of Agriculture.

Many records of the institutes initially held by the Registrar of Companies were transferred to the Dept. of Agriculture, and the Dept. of Agriculture continued to create records after 1956. Those records transferred to B.C. Archives from the Dept. of Agriculture and its successor, the Ministry of Agriculture, make up the records of GR-0505. Some Farmers’ and Women's Institute records remained with the Registrar of Companies and were transferred directly from that office to B.C. Archives. These records are located in series GR-1526 - Corporate registry files.

Container GR0505-0007 contains some files regarding the B.C. Women's Institutes, as follows:

Aberdeen Women’s Institute
Bonnington and South Slocan Women’s Institute
Carmi Women’s Institute
Christian Valley Women’s Institute
Deer Park Women’s Institute
Lasqueti Women’s Institute
Monte Lake Women’s Institute
North Fraser Lake Women’s Institute
Nukko Lake Women’s Institute
Peace Arch Women’s Institute
Pitt Meadows Women’s Institute
Tatalrose Women’s Institute
Telkwa and District Women’s Institute
Terrace Women’s Institute
West Langley Women’s Institute
Woss Lake Women’s Institute

The series consists of records which document the function of the B.C. Registrar of Companies and subsequently the B.C. Dept. of Agriculture in their responsibility for B.C. Women's Institutes. The records document how each local institute registered as a society, carried out its annual reporting, and was dissolved.

Arranged alphabetically by the name of each local Women's Institute, a file typically includes: a declaration of desire to form a society under the Societies Act, the certificate of incorporation as a society, the annual reports which include the institute's annual financial statement, a list of first directors, constitution and by-laws, and a memo to file regarding the local institute being struck off the corporate register and dissolved. Some files include a letter from the Registrar of Companies indicating a failure by the institute to file their annual reports.

The annual reports include: names of places where meetings were held during the year, the number of attendees, remarks about the business of meetings, a list of officers and directors, a list of members, and a financial statement listing receipts and expenditures, balance, and names of auditors.

For 1962 annual reports, the reports for multiple institute locations are collected together into one file (divided into three folders) and arranged alphabetically (rather than having separate files for each location).

Where file codes exist on the files, these codes were created based on the number assigned to that institute at the declaration of association.

Prior to 1956, the Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes were administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and they reported to the Registrar of Companies (the Corporate Registry). Registry files created by the Registrar of Companies documented the registration, corporate history and dissolution of all companies, societies and co-operatives that operated in British Columbia, and were dissolved between 1860 and 1993. Companies, societies and co-operatives that carried on business in British Columbia were required to register with the Registrar of Companies and regularly submit reports and other records to the registry office. For this reason, prior to 1956, these Women's Institute records were held by and in the provenance of the office of the Registrar of Companies. In 1956 the B.C. legislature passed a new “Farmers’ and Women’s Institutes Act” (an act initially dating from 1936). The 1956 act placed the institutes entirely under this act instead of being administered under the Institutes Act and Societies Act, and the institutes were now the responsibility of, and reported to, the Dept. of Agriculture.

Many records of the institutes initially held by the Registrar of Companies were transferred to the Dept. of Agriculture, and the Dept. of Agriculture continued to create records after 1956. Those records transferred to B.C. Archives from the Dept. of Agriculture and its successor, the Ministry of Agriculture, make up the records of GR-0506. Some Women's Institute records remained with the Registrar of Companies and were transferred directly from that office to B.C. Archives. These records are located in series GR-1526 - Corporate registry files.

Series GR-0505 (container GR0505-0007) also contains Women's Institute records, for the following locations:

Aberdeen Women’s Institute
Bonnington and South Slocan Women’s Institute
Carmi Women’s Institute
Christian Valley Women’s Institute
Deer Park Women’s Institute
Lasqueti Women’s Institute
Monte Lake Women’s Institute
North Fraser Lake Women’s Institute
Nukko Lake Women’s Institute
Peace Arch Women’s Institute
Pitt Meadows Women’s Institute
Tatalrose Women’s Institute
Telkwa and District Women’s Institute
Terrace Women’s Institute
West Langley Women’s Institute
Woss Lake Women’s Institute

The series also includes a visitors book dating from 1953-1956; where it was created and its purpose are unknown.

The series consists of records created between 1909 and 1972 by the Northern Division or Northern Region of the Fish and Wildlife Branch and the "D" Division of its predecessor bodies, that relate to the registration and administration of traplines and the trapping industry. For most of the years covered in these records, this division/region consisted of all of British Columbia north of a line from Quesnel to Bella Coola, including these two places as well as Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Queen Charlotte Islands, the Stikine region, Cassiar, McDames Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John and the Peace River region, the upper Fraser River valley of the McBride-Tete Jaune Cache area, the Nechako valley, the Skeena region, and the Prince George area.

The series include early files transferred from the B.C. Police, files regarding First Nations traplines, and individual trapline files, 1922-1969; records on registered guides, including guide report forms and nominal files, 1948-1972; crime investigation reports and conviction record books of violation of fish and game laws, 1930-1967; game management records including subject files on wildlife organization, management activities, and data on various species.

This series contains a large number of maps and sketches from 1909 to 1972, especially relating to the trapline and guide files. Many of these were removed from their files in 1982 and catalogued as two separate sub-series by the Map Division of the BC Archives. An index map of guiding territories was also removed.

See index map of guiding territories catalogued as CM/G6
See sub-series CM/E117 for trapline maps, 1909-1968
See sub-series CM/C2054 (previously CM/S2) for trapline sketches, 1922-1972.

Series consists of one bench book for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice civil and criminal cases heard by Judge David Cameron at Fort Victoria from November 1853 to January 1856 and one criminal case at Nanaimo in May 1854. It also includes civil cases heard at Victoria in the Inferior Court of Civil Justice in 1856. The volume additionally served as a criminal record book for 1853, a cause book for 1856, and a Registrar's record book for 1853. It opens with a notation that Judge Cameron's commission was read and that he took his seat on 6 October 1853. The Registrar also notes that he received the court seal from Judge Cameron.

Series consists of two bench books for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice criminal cases heard by Judge Joseph Needham between 4 November 1867 and 4 December 1869.

The series consists of criminal orders created between 1978 and 1991 by the New Westminster Supreme and County courts. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court. Records relate to a variety of criminal matters, primarily motor vehicle violations and appeals. Series also includes a 17 Aug 1978 memorandum to all district registrars and regional administrators regarding amendments to the County Courts Act.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. A nominal file list is included at the beginning of each volume. Supreme and County records are interfiled. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 52400-30.

Assize calendars for criminal cases, 1923-1974.

This series consists of records related to timber marks on private land. The records were created and used by the Kaslo office of the Nelson Forest District from approximately 1940-1978. Private timber marks are used to transport logs from privately-owned land by certifying ownership of the logs. The records relate to the issuance of timber marks on private lands pursuant to the Forest Act. This includes applications, approvals, certificates, Letters of Marking Authority, inspection reports, correspondence, notices of timber mark cancellation, scaling records, and some licences to cut on private land. The records include many maps of district lots where timber was cut.

The records are arranged by district lot (DL). Note that most files only relate to a smaller portion of a district lot. The file list includes the relevant district lot and the name of the licensee for each file.

Records in this series are covered under ORCS numbers 19280-35 in the Ministry of Forests records schedule (number 881261).

The fonds consists of 18 letters written to Humphrey Toms by Emily Carr, as well as 3 photographs taken by Toms.

Series consists of complaint files of Industrial Relations Officers regarding investigation and settlement of employer-employee disputes under various labour statutes. The files consist of complaints, inspection reports, supporting documents, correspondence and final settlements. They are arranged alphabetically by company name.

This series consists of Assay certificate record books, 1902-1925 (14 vols.) arranged chronologically and includes name, date, and sample report; some volumes contain correspondence. Letterbooks of the Government Analyst relating to soil, water, criminal, alcohol, and various chemical analyses, 1919-1933 (4 vols.) Letterbooks relating to the Board of Examiners assayists' examinations, 1911-1939 (3 vols.) Examination papers, Assayer's examinations, May and November, 1900, Victoria.

This series contains Minister of Labour John Cates' correspondence relating to the establishment and early operation of the Provincial Advisory Committee on Indian Affairs from 1948 to 1951. The correspondence files also include news clippings, memos, reports and committee minutes . The Committee was established in the Dept. of Labour pursuant to Section 4 of the Indian Inquiry Act (S.B.C. 1950, Ch. 32) to inquire into the status and civil rights of the Native Indians of the province.

The series consist s of timber mark certificates. The certificates were created in accordance with the Timber Mark Act of 1890 (SBC 1890, ch. 47). The act instructed all persons engaged in the business of lumbering, or getting out timber by floating or rafting, shall select a separate and distinct mark and register the marks with the government.

Series consists of certificate numbers 1 to 16,000 created between 1890 and 1934. The certificate forms record the file number, who the certificate was issued to, information about the timber operation, the land district and forest district. The forms also record the gazette number.

This series consists of a variety of records related to the work of the Colony of British Columbia Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly and Governor James Douglas from 1859-1871. Records include correspondence, minutes, committee records, and copies of proclamations, ordinances, Acts and bills. This includes a written protest from members of the Legislative Council regarding confederation with Canada (1869) and a copy of the British order-in-council to provide for a Legislative Council for the Colony of British Columbia (22 Vict., 11 June 1863). There is also a file of records sent to Governor Musgrave regarding confederation with Canada, discussing the resulting impacts on the BC civil service.

Series consists of civil cause books and case record cards from the New Westminster Supreme Court from September 1881 to April 1977. There are no cause books for November 1947 to August 1949 or for July to December 1975 and volume 11 (1956) is missing. Cause books and case records cards provide the framework for Supreme Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine volume and folio numbers for locating final orders and/or judgements. Cause books were used by the courts until approximately the mid-1970s. They were replaced by case record cards, which were replaced by digital systems in the 1990s. They are often the only source of information for divorces that were not finalized since no final order would have been granted and case files are destroyed.

Records are arranged chronologically by the date a case was initiated. Case file numbers were then assigned sequentially and include the year a case was initiated. Original textual records prior to 1949 were destroyed after microfilming. Retrieve records using microfilm reels The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

This series contains operational records of the District Forester/Regional Manager relating to forest administration and lumber management. Includes annual reports, records relating to cooperation with other resources ministries, Public Sustained Yield Units, range management, and construction and maintenance reports relating to forest roads, boathouses, ranger stations, and other structures.

The series consists of alphabetical indexes from 1881-1977 for New Westminster Supreme Court civil cause books and case record cards found within GR-1564. Indexes provide only a case file number. They do not provide volume and folio numbers necessary to locate civil orders and judgements.

The volume marked "8. Front index" has not been found to index New Westminster Supreme Court cause books (GR-1564), orders (GR-1606 and GR-1806), assize minute books (GR-1818), or judgments (GR-1892). It is assumed that this volume indexes a cause book that has not yet been transferred to BC Archives custody.

Series consists of a report to the Minister of Finance of the Province of British Columbia on the Physical and Financial conditions of irrigation projects in the Vernon and Kelowna Districts, created by A.R. Mackenzie, Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. 2 parts.

This series consists of the administrative and operational records of the Pesticide Control Branch, part of the Ministry of Environment from 1979-1987. The records were created under the authority of the Pesticide Control Act (1979, c.322). They relate to the regulation, management and use of pesticides and herbicides across the Province.

Many of the records are correspondence files related to various subjects and individuals such as Branch executives; BC Hydro, Environmental Appeal Board, Environmental Laboratory; and from members of the public raising concerns and complaints related to the use of pesticides on the environment or public health. This also includes copies of the Minister of Environment's briefing notes and correspondence related to the Pesticide Control Branch.

There are committee and meeting files from various local, provincial and federal groups related to pesticide management and the environment, including: B.C. Pesticide Control Committee.

Other records include: files on legislation and regulations from BC and other jurisdictions; financial records; files on permits, vender licences and service licences, including suspended and cancelled licences; staff training material; files on specific pesticides and their application; and policy files.

The series also includes permit data files. These include keys and codes for understanding the file numbers of pesticide use permits in GR-4033.

The records are arranged by file code number.

The series consists of the general office files of Don Phillips, the minister of International Trade and Investment (1985-1986) and the minister of Industry and Small Business Development (1980-1986). These records documenting the functions and activities of the minister's office were created between 1972-1986 in British Columbia. The series includes files from predecessor bodies where Don Phillips was also minister: Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development (1979) and Ministry of Economic Development (1976-1979). The series consists of files relating to committees, boards and organizations that the minister was involved in, project and development files, correspondence relating to the minister's activities, files relating to economic development policy, and reports relating to energy plans and northeast coal. There may be some files related to Ministry of Forests for the period when Don Phillips was acting minister (January 17 to February 11, 1986).

The records are arranged by subject and use a numeric code. The correspondence files are alphabetically arranged. The series consists of minister's subject files, correspondence, memoranda, agendas and minutes, and speeches. The records in accession 87-0575 are covered by schedule 860731 General office files of Don Phillips, Minister of International Trade and Investment. The records in accession 87-0393 are covered by schedule 860667 General office files of Don Phillips, Minister of Industry and Small Business Development.

Series consists of alphabetical indexes for Penticton Supreme, County, and Family Court civil cause books and case record cards between 1958 and 1990. The location of the cause books and case record cards to which they refer is unknown. Indexes provide only a case file number. They do not provide volume and folio numbers necessary to locate civil orders and judgements.