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The fonds consists of journal and correspondence of Abel Edwards.

The fonds consists of two photograph albums created by Charles Horetzky around 1875.

The series consists of a photograph album created by the Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee around 1945. The album contains 150 black and white prints showing the Provincial Civilian Protection Committee and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) activities in the province between 1942 and 1945. Most of the photographs were taken by Steffens-Colmer Ltd. of Vancouver including a few by Don Coltman and the Royal Canadian Navy. Each photograph has been glued onto a numbered page and has a typed caption. There is one loose print at the end with no caption.

The photographs depict the following activities: headquarters and staff of the committee; A.R.P. firefighting practical training; first aid and hospital incident practice; A.R.P. students and teams; power boat squadrons, ambulances, mobile canteens and other equipment and public information activities including parades and instruction in the use of respirators for civilians.

The series consists of a photograph album presented to Premier John Hart by the Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee around 1945. The album contains 44 black and white photographs showing the Provincial Civilian Protection Committee and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) activities in the province between 1941 and ca. 1945. Most of the photographs were taken by Steffens-Colmer Ltd. of Vancouver, a few were taken by Dominion Photo or Don Coltman. The photographs have been glued into the album and have captions.

The photographs depict the following activities: black out conditions; headquarters, shelters and A.R.P. staff; A.R.P. equipment; first aid and hospital incident practice; A.R.P. students and teams; ambulances, mobile canteens and other public information activities including the use of respirators for civilians.

The collection consists of records relating primarily to the West Coast Development Company, which aimed to develop land, located near Clo-oose on the west coast of Vancouver Island, into a resort destination. The company often used the tagline—Canada’s Greatest Pleasure Resort—interchangeably with its proper name. The records include those relating to the company act and shareholder reports, share certificates held by J. Alfred Tougas, land purchase records and lists of individuals who have purchased lots, correspondence, maps of the development, promotional material, and city guides for Vancouver, Victoria, and Edmonton. Tougas’ name appears on many of these records.

The collection also consists of notes and research files compiled by the donor, some of which relate to the West Coast Development Company records. Included in this file are two photographs, possibly of J.A. Tougas. There are records relating to a previous donation to the RBCM (1989) as well (see Associated Materials note below). There is also a file containing four photographs which are not directly related to the West Coast Development Company, but two of which depict scenes near Clo-oose and Nitinat River.

The series consists of an index to the water system engineering drawings in GR-3546. The index is arranged by name of applicant and numerically by plan number. The applicant index covers the years 1920 to 1989. The numerical index covers the years 1967 to 1989.

The series also includes three additional files. Letters of acknowledgement consists of correspondence with applicants between the years 1966-1983. The water systems and microfilm files detail updates to the index and the microfilming of the original plans.

The following government offices were responsible for creating these plans:

Provincial Board of Health 1920-1946
Dept. of Health and Welfare 1946-1959
Dept. of Health Services and Hospital Insurance 1959-1973
Dept. of Health 1973-1976
Ministry of Health 1976-1979
Ministry of Environment 1979-1989

The fonds consists of the records of the British Columbia Council of the Girl Guides of Canada, including records of the Provincial Commissioner, the executive committee, subcommittees, and memorabilia of brownies, guides and other guiding groups. The fonds also includes sound recordings of interviews and reminiscences, and films of Girl Guide camps and outings.

The series consists of 77 black and white photographs created by the Advisory Council, Provincial Civilian Protection Committee between 1942 and 1945. The photographs show the Provincial Civilian Protection Committee and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) activities in the province between 1942 and 1945. Most of the photographs were taken by Steffens-Colmer Ltd. of Vancouver and have typed captions and photographer numbers on the back.

The photographs depict the following activities: headquarters and staff of the committee; A.R.P. firefighting practical training; first aid and hospital incident practice; A.R.P. students and teams; power boat squadrons, ambulances, mobile canteens and other equipment and public information activities including parades and instruction in the use of respirators for civilians.

The fonds consists of baptism (1869-1948), confirmation (1876-1947) and marriage (1873-1948) registers of Our Lady of Good Hope Church at Fort St. John.

The fonds consists of records created by the British Columbia Social Credit Party between 1956 and 1993.

The records include Social Credit newspapers and brochures, manuals and history files, correspondence, budget and election material. The records also include member files arranged by the name of Social Credit candidates which contain biographical information and photographs.

In addition there are records relating to leadership conventions and provincial elections which include photographs, audio and video records, posters and metal election buttons, especially relating to the Social Credit leaders Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm and Rita Johnston.

There are photographs in many forms including prints, negatives, slides and contact sheets of Social Credit events, training sessions and campaigns.

Statistical report for the year 1937. Prepared by the Vital Statistics Division.

The series consists of completed statements that document the deaths of people in the armed forces in World War II who died while on active duty, and who, in civilian life, were residents of British Columbia. While the mandate of the Division of Vital Statistics was to register vital events that occurred in the province of British Columbia, during the Second World War the armed forces completed forms supplied by the province to register the deaths of armed forces personnel overseas, or outside of the province. The Division of Vital Statistics received and maintained these records but did not merge them with registrations for deaths within the province, and did not originally include them in the index to death registrations. The records were microfilmed in 1951; the original paper forms no longer exist. The forms contain personal particulars of deceased persons and the date and cause of deaths. The forms also contain medical certificates of death; these were not always completed by a physician. Although kept separately from the provincial death registrations and not included in the indexes at the time, these records are now included in the general deaths index, both online and on microfiche (GR-3034, Bf44). The information on the computer and microfiche indexes is provided only for the purpose of locating registrations and should not be taken as authoritative. The final authority for all registration information is the registration document itself.

The series consists of records created by the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division, and its predecessor bodies, between 1912 and 1979.
The files contains park history, supervision and recreation files, correspondence, reports and memoranda pertaining to the establishment and management of provincial parks and recreation areas, including marine and historic parks. The records deal with land acquisition and use, roads, mineral claims, museum administration, forest management, grazing, wildlife, etc. and are classified by type and geographic area.

While the records are mostly arranged numerically by parks file code system, that order was not fully retained when the Parks Branch microfilmed the records and not all districts or area categories have been identified by name.

The series consists of cancelled park use permits created by the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division, and its predecessor body the Parks Branch, from 1960 to 1981. The files are arranged in park use permit (P.U.P.) number order and contain permits, correspondence, copies of sketch maps and photographs, inspection reports and other material.

The permit files document requests from individuals, companies and other agencies to make specific use of certain sites within the Lower Mainland Provincial Parks. The types of uses include ski cabins, lifts, jumps and schools, plant, seed and insect collecting, use of roads and campsites for logging, mineral claims, film location use and management of park lodges and public utility installations.

The series consists of photographs taken by the Parks Branch of the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation and its predecessor agency, the Parks and Recreation Division of the Dept. of Lands and Forests. The photographs were taken between 1950 and 1962 and include both prints and negatives. The photographs are arranged numerically by file (called serial) number and include some unnumbered and unidentified photographs. The images are of all aspects of the parks including aerial shots, landscapes, camp-sites, picnic sites, flora and fauna, signs and buildings and parks staff at work. Index cards with information about site, date, photographer and other information exist for most of the files. Most, but not all, of the prints have corresponding negatives but there are an extra 900 negatives without prints. Many of the negatives are in roll form. The series also includes a printed index arranged by file number and by subject. Boxes 1, 2 and 3 (880437-0044, 0045 and 0046) contain the index cards, prints, oversized prints and printed index. Boxes 4 to 7 (880437-0047, 0048, 0049 and 0050) contain the negatives.

The series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, lists and inventories and sale agreements relating to private hospitals across the province. The records were created between 1941 and 1982 by the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service and its successor body, the Hospital programs branch of the Ministry of Health. The records provide evidence of the licensing function of the branch, and provide information about the administrative structure of private hospitals in the province. Under the Hospital Act (RSBC 1960, c. 178, s. 10) no private hospital could be licensed without first receiving approval from the Chief Inspector. The series also provides evidence of the closure of private hospitals and the transferal of patients to other facilities. The series also includes a number of inspection reports for private facilities, although these are by no means complete and GR-2565 and GR-2567 provide additional inspection reports.

The series is arranged alphabetically by property name.

The fonds consists of three photograph albums created by Donald Lawrence McMullan between 1928 and 1946. The photographs document his work on forest survey teams for both the provincial and federal governments, as well as surveys conducted by logging and railroad companies.

The first two albums contain photographs from several survey jobs, arranged chronologically. They are divided into sections with an introductory page and a cartographic drawing showing where the particular survey took place. The photographs are usually dated with captions and are as follows:
Album 1 (1928-1933)
Amiskwi and Beaverfoot survey, 1928, Forest Service, Dept. of the Interior, Canada
P.G.E. resources survey, 1929, Forest Resources Branch, British Columbia
Preliminary survey of a proposed logging railroad, 1930, Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. logging company
Elk Forest survey, 1930, British Columbia Forest Service
North Kamloops Survey, 1931, British Columbia Survey Branch
Railway belt survey, 1932, British Columbia Forest Service
Railroad logging operation, 1933, Industrial Timber Mills Ltd.
Album 2 (1934-1939):
Surveys for logging railroads, 1934-1935, UBO Industrial Timber Mills Ltd.
Kettle Forest Survey, 1935, British Columbia Forest Service
E&N Survey, 1936-1937
Harrison Survey, 1939

The third album, created between 1940 and 1946, contains photographs from McMullan's later career and show general forestry activities on Vancouver Island, mainland British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska. Captions and dates are inconsistently applied.

The fonds also includes a copy of McMullan's thesis entitled "The Work of the Surveys Division: British Columbia Forest Service" written in 1932 during McMullan's studies at the University of British Columbia. This thesis is illustrated with five b&w prints and an annotated map. Also included in the fonds is a notice of permanent appointment to the British Columbia civil service dated March 25, 1937 with attached salary schedule and a letter to McMullan dated January 20, 1938 regarding a new classification grading system for Foresters.

The records were created in an attempt to retain summary information regarding notable cases of both civil and criminal matters across BC. The copies appear to have been made by the head of Information Services at the BC Courthouse Library Society for the BC Archives. As the Library did not have access to the case files themselves, many of the records are copies of reasons for judgment or entries in the Dominion Law Reports or Western Weekly Reports. Many original case files relating to post-1950 matters have been destroyed. The series contains records relating to cases heard between 1950 and 2003, and the copies appear to have been created around 2003.

The records are arranged by case year. Some years span several files.

The series consists of correspondence, memoranda, news releases, notes, financial statements, leases, land deeds and certificates for hospital land across British Columbia. The records were created between 1942 and 1986, with the majority of the files dating to the 1960s and 1970s. The series was created by the Hospital Programs branch of the Ministry of Health and documents the Division’s property management functions. The series consists of case files relating to the acquisition and disposal of hospital property, as well as responses to surveys sent by the Ministry of Health, and correspondence with various Land Registry Offices across the province. The surveys sent by the Ministry of Health requested that hospitals send details of their property in order to verify the existing property information held on record by the Ministry. Many of the records appear to have been generated in response to section 41 of the Hospital Act (RSBC 1960 c. 178), which states that, if a hospital is leased or transferred to another body, this action requires the written approval of the Minister.

Records in this series are covered by a variety of BC government ARCS numbers. Files are generally arranged alphabetically by the name of the hospital, although correspondence, survey, and disposition files are sometimes interfiled out of alphabetical order.

The series consists of surveys, studies, reports, news releases, correspondence, budget submissions and cabinet submissions relating to a variety of dental care initiatives between the 1950s and 1980s. The records were created by the Ministry of Health's now-defunct Dental Health office and provide evidence of the functions of that office. They later passed into the custody of the Community Health division. The series consists of records relating to discussions about a proposed universal dental care system in British Columbia that would have provided varying levels of dental insurance for children, adults, and institutionalized individuals across the province. This scheme was presented to the public in 1980 under the Honourable Rafe Mair.

The series also consists of a variety of reports and surveys, including a dental health survey of Canadian provinces, a survey of British Columbia, and several reports relating to dental care of American Indigenous populations. It is unclear whether these records were created by a predecessor to the Ministry of Health, or if they were retrieved during the 1970s during a planning and research phase for the provincial dental care plan.

The series is covered by ORCS 62500-35 (project, program, initiative and strategy case files) of the Community Health Programs operational records classification system.

The series consists of briefing notes, correspondence, notes, settlement agreements, and collections of news articles pertaining to asbestos litigation carried out in British Columbia between 1987 and 1996. The records were maintained by the Deputy Attorney General and provide evidence of activities surrounding litigation in the province. The records also show that lawyers looked to prior litigation that had taken place in the United States, and this is reflected in the records. Many of the legal cases involved suing manufacturers of asbestos products for recovery of the costs related to asbestos abatement in buildings and vessels. The series also consists of correspondence from different ministries is response to a letter requesting responsive records for court cases.

The series is covered by Executive Records schedule 102906.

The series consists of both inbound and outbound executive correspondence created by Tourism BC. The records were largely created by Rick Lemon (Vice President, Visitor Experiences) and Rod Harris (President and CEO, Tourism BC). The series also includes one folder of other executive correspondence written by a number of other Tourism BC employees. The correspondence was created between 1999 and 2005, and is arranged first by writer and then chronologically by date. Correspondence packages consist of outbound Tourism BC correspondence, as well as either a Ministry routing slip with a brief description of the original letter, or a copy of the original incoming correspondence itself. Other relevant inter-ministerial correspondence may also be included in some cases.

The majority of correspondence deals with complaints from visitors to the province, but also includes some requests for promotional or informational material, or complaints or questions from tourism operators themselves. In most cases, inbound correspondence was referred to either the Vice President of Visitor Experiences, or the President of Tourism BC himself, although lesser matters were also routed to other employees.

The series is covered by ARCS 280-30 (Executive correspondence referral replies).

The series consists of correspondence, reports, surveys, research material, and meeting minutes and agendas documenting ongoing issues and special research projects into issues affecting seniors. The records were created by the Office for Seniors, a division of the Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors between 1986 and 1995. The series also consists of newsletters from various seniors’ centres and associations, and correspondence with the federal departments of Health and Welfare and Veterans’ Affairs. The series contains the records of the Frail Elderly Task Force and a federal project on elder abuse. Much of the correspondence within the series is between members of the general public and the Office for Seniors. Major topics of correspondence include requests for assistance or information. The files address issues that affect all seniors in general, such as housing or health, as well as issues that affect particular population segments, such as Native elders.

Records are arranged alphabetically by subject. Records are covered by Seniors' Issues and Project Files ORCS 44000-20.

The series consists of correspondence, issue papers, briefing notes, and reports from other provinces, and was created between 1980 and 2002. The records document the development of midwifery services in British Columbia. The series also consists of photocopied news files relating to midwifery issues, and correspondence from private citizens voicing their opinions on midwifery. The series also consists of midwifery newsletters. The series includes records that discuss the practice of midwifery in Aboriginal cultures, as well as the BC Reproductive Care Program and various midwifery committees.

The series is covered by ORCS by 25800-30. The series is arranged by issue.

The series consists of the records of the Minister of Agriculture, Cyril Shelford, created between 1966 and 1973. The records are general correspondence files, physically arranged in file code order from 1 to 1289 with gaps. There is no key or classification system to the file codes.

The files contain correspondence, memo's, speeches, clippings, invoices, pamphlets and other general records and cover all subjects that the Minister of Agriculture was responsible for including general administrative and financial matters; various committee and Board matters; specific topics relating to the mandate of the Dept. of Agriculture and interdepartmental correspondence.

The series consists of records relating to management and use of government properties including the legislative precinct and grounds and the provincial carillon program.

The series corresponds to the Protocol office ORCSs, which indicates that legislative precinct functions case files provide information about the public use of the Parliament Buildings and grounds during the time that the Office of Protocol was responsible for granting permission for that use. Carillon programs case files provide evidence of the role of the Provincial Carillonneur and information about the Netherlands Centennial Carillon music programs during the time that the Office of Protocol included the Provincial Carillonneur.

Records include forms and documents regarding permissions for functions held at the legislative precinct, regulations regarding the use of the legislative grounds, "use of grounds" policy, requests to use the legislative buildings, and monthly event logs.

The series consists of records concerning the participation of the British Columbia government in the 1992 exposition in Seville, Spain.

Most of the files consist of interactions between the Provincial Secretary -- who coordinated BC’s representation in Seville -- and numerous other ministries, including the Ministry of Economic Development, Small Business and Trade, and the Ministry of Development, Trade and Tourism.

In particular, records consist of those of the Expo ’92 Business Development Program. That program included various business development projects, including: (1) B.C. trade initiatives, targeting the sectors of aerospace, subsea, food, environmental services, and trade media; (2) business immigration initiatives, targeting the sectors of food and tourism development; (3) investment promotion initiatives, targeting sectors of electronics, aerospace and pharmaceuticals; (4) tourism promotion brochures distributed at Expo in Spanish, German, French and English; and, (5) promotion of the arts and exhibition industry.

Records include correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, entertainment proposals in written form and video tapes; budget papers; publicity materials; news clippings; press kits; minister’s speeches and itineraries; routine administrative and financial records; files on contracts and contractors' invoices and fees; photographs; reports, and letters of agreement.

Created between 1988 and 1993, the records were created under the circumstances of the change in government after the election of October 17, 1991, and numerous changes in government ministries and their names. These include, for example, the creation of the Ministry of Economic Development, Small Business and Trade on Nov. 5, 1991.

Many of the records were classified under Schedule 881036 (Office of Protocol ORCs), class 51200-20; that primary included records relating to “special events,” which included British Columbia's pavilions at international expositions.

The fonds consists of correspondence, ledgers, cash books, a clipping book and other records created by the Society.

The series consists of records created by the British Columbia Taxation Branch, and its predecessor body the Superintendent of Taxes, between 1924 and 1965. The series contains books which record the outcome of Court of Revision appeals held on the Gulf Islands regarding the assessment of property for taxation purposes. The series also includes a transcript of proceedings from 1959 regarding an appeal by the Saanich Municipality against the assessment roll.
The records consists of the following files:
File 1: Court of Revision held at Ganges, Salt Spring Island, B.C., 1924-1957
File 2: Court of Revision held at Mayne Island, B.C., 1927-1948
File 3: Court of Revision held at Galiano Island, B.C., 1929-1948
File 4: Court of Revision held at Port Washington, B.C., 1929-1948
File 5: Provincial Assessor's appeal book for Gulf Islands assessment district, 1958-1965
File 6: Court of Revision : school district 61, 1959.

The series consists of the correspondence of Colin S. Campbell, Superintendent of Provincial Police in Victoria from March 1911 to August 1912. The files are arranged chronologically and contain letters inward to Campbell from Inspector Thomas Smith on the mainland, and include carbon copies of Campbell's replies. There are also a few letters written by Campbell when he was an inspector in 1911, to Superintendent F.S. Hussey.

The correspondence deals with complaints against police constables, equipment, condition of lock-ups and jails throughout the province, inspection of hotels and other administrative matters.