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Two letters inward with enclosures from Vancouver School Board regarding land acquisition and school construction. Includes two maps.

The series consists of records created by the Dept. of Public Works engineer between 1900 and 1912. Records include correspondence, memoranda, plans, and specifications concerning the Vancouver Court House.

Register of Tug-boat Men's Liens under the Tug-boat Men's Lien Act (BC Statutes, 1926-1927 Ch. 73) for Vancouver. The register shows the lien number, the date of filing, "By whom claimed" and "Against whom claimed". A photocopy of the Act has been put inside the front cover of the volume.

Dockets: Mar 1892 - Nov 1893; Dec 1893 - Feb 1898; Mar 1898 - Jan 1902.

Book debt indexes: 1916-1946; 1947-1954; 1954-1957; 1958-1960. These volumes are alphabetical indexes to the Register of book accounts assigned. They are alphabetical by name of the assignor and include the following information: case number; name of assignor; name of assignee; date instrument registered with the Vancouver court; and the register reference number (volume and page). The register of book accounts assigned are found in GR-1894.

The series consists of divorce orders and judgements from the Vancouver Supreme Court from 1969 to 1989. They are divided into 3 sub-series: decrees nisi, 1980-1989; decrees absolute, 1969-1977 and 1980-1989; and other divorce orders 1980-1989. For decrees nisi 1969-1975 see GR-3155, for other divorce orders before 1977 see GR-2011 and GR-2012. Decrees and orders issued 1977-1979 for cases opened prior to 1977 no longer exist with the exception of copies of decrees absolute which can be found in GR-3255. Decrees and orders issued 1977-1979 for actions started 1977-1979 can be found in the case files (83-0458-3658 to 3665).

The series consists of indexes from 1950-1963 and 1988-1992 for Vancouver Supreme Court bankruptcies. Indexes for 1988-1992 were created by the Vancouver Supreme Court registry as computer-generated printouts that were microfiched and later scanned. Microfiche copies do not include later amendments that are reflected in the scanned versions. Archives staff also have access to an internal index for 1956-1990.

Indexes are arranged alphabetically by name within years and provide case numbers and filing dates. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

The series consists of cause books from the Vancouver Supreme Court for bankruptcy cases between 1950-1987. Cause books provide the skeletal framework for Supreme Court civil action proceedings. Records vary over time and include the name of the party as well as the bankruptcy date. They may also include the name of the trustee, dates of filling for various documents or proceedings, and dollar amounts.

The records are arranged by file number, which includes the last two digits of the year, and were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

This series consists of indexes from 1893 to 1994 for Vancouver Supreme Court civil cause books and case record cards found within GR-1608 (1893-1975, 1986-1994). Indexes were created by the Vancouver Supreme Court registry.

Over time, index entries vary and may be searchable by type of case, by only the name of the plaintiff, or by either the name of the plaintiff or the defendant. Records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

The series consists of indexes for divorces at the Vancouver Supreme Court between 1893 and 1994. Entries may provide a case number, which can be used to locate an associated record within a cause book or case record card. Entries may also provide a volume and folio number, which can be used to obtain a copy of the final divorce order.

Over time, index entries vary and may be searchable by only the name of the plaintiff or by either the name of the plaintiff or the defendant. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

The series consists of Vancouver Supreme Court Chambers Orders from 1947 to 1976. The orders are indexed and are contained in volumes 78 to 429.

The series contains the records of James Everett Brown, Housing Commissioner, regarding Federal- Provincial housing projects pursuant to the B.C. Housing Act, 1950. It includes memoranda of agreement, correspondence, financial statements, annual reports, technical reports, and development plans regarding the Vancouver Housing Authority, Prince Rupert Housing Authority and land assembly projects in Prince George, Saanich, and Trail.

Cause book for proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act, 1920-1933. Vol. 1 includes cases also found in GR-1943.

Register of book accounts assigned for courts sitting at Vancouver Court Registry. Vol. 1: 1916-1924; vol. 2: 1924-1936; vol. 3: 1936-1948; vol. 4: 1948-1960. These volumes record agreements between debtors and creditors. They include the following information: case number, name of assignors, assignor's address, assignor's occupation, name of assignee, nature of instrument used, date of instrument, date instrument registered with the Vancouver court, and the amount of purchase or mortgage moneys. GR-3146 is an index to these volumes.

Record book of exhibits from cases held in courts sitting at Vancouver Court Registry, 1941-1957.

Trust account books for courts sitting at the Vancouver Court Registry 1938-1947. Vol. 1: July 1938 - Oct 1943; vol. 2: Nov 1943 - July 1947.

The series consists of cause books and case record cards for divorces in the Vancouver Supreme Court between 1946 and 1994. Cause books and case records cards can be used to determine a volume and folio number, which can then be used to obtain a copy of the final divorce order. Cause books and case record cards are also often the only source of information for divorce cases that were dropped and never completed, as no final order would have been granted, and case files would have been destroyed.

Cause books were used by the courts until approximately the mid-1970s. They were replaced by case record cards, which were used until the courts turned to digital systems in the 1990s. Cause books are arranged chronologically, and case record cards are arranged by case number. Cause book and case record card entries typically include the date of filing, the date and place of marriage, the names of the parties and their solicitors, and an account of the case proceedings. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

Minute books of cases heard before Judge S.D. Schultz, Jan 1914 - Jun 1917; and Judge H.D. Ruggles, Oct 1917 - Oct 1919.

Minute books of cases heard before Judge David Grant, Jun - Oct 1928; and Judge J.N. Ellis, Oct 1928 - Dec 1931.

Record books of cases heard before Judge McInnes

Minute book of cases heard before Judge H.D. Ruggles, Nov 1919 - Nov 1931. Also includes lists of interpreters, official stenographers, and typists.

Minute book of cases heard before Judge W.W.B. McInnes, Feb - Sep 1917; and Judge H.S.Q. Cayley, Oct 1917 - Jan 1932.

Minute books of cases heard before Mr. Justice W.H.P. Clement, 1912-1922.

Minute books of cases heard before Mr. Justice D.A. McDonald, 1922-1931.

Minute books of cases heard before Judge David Grant, Oct 1912 - June 1928. Also includes cases heard by Judge F.W. Howay, Jan - Oct 1912.

This series contains miscellaneous correspondence and reports. These records were originally a part of the Provincial Secretary's central registry but, for reasons unknown, became separated from the department's main files. A wide variety of subjects are addressed in these records.

Many of the records in this unit concern investigations carried out under the authority of the Departmental Inquiries Act and the Public Inquiries Act. Many relate to conditions in public institutions and activities of government employees. Many inquiries relate to hospitals and schools in the province, including Vernon Mental Hospital, Tranquille Sanatorium, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Provincial Mental Hospital at Essondale. Other inquiries and Commissions include bribery of the Liquor Control Board, the Beban Mine disaster, Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations, Inquiry into the death of John Meredith Sweeney and the state and management of the Quartermaster Stores of the Provincial Police Force.

The records also relate to child welfare programs, including the general management of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys and to the Girls' Industrial School, ca. 1930-1945. Additional documents in this collection relate to subjects such as squatters' claims at the Granville Townsite [Vancouver (1887)], to the Fraser River Flood Relief programme (1894), applications for seed, the Victoria Consolidated Hydraulic Mining Co., government perquisites, legislation, estates, and to proposed sites for the University of British Columbia (1910). "Anti-Oriental" petitions and voting returns of the 1924 beer-by-the-glass plebiscite also included.

The fonds consists of company business records which relate to the full range of its activities in logging, lumber and shingle production, and marketing of its products. Most of the records concern the plant at Honeymoon Bay, the logging camp at Gordon River, and the facilities and residences built for employees at those locations.

The fonds includes records of predecessor companies (records created prior to the founding of Western Forest Industries Ltd. in 1946). It also consists of records of the companies that had majority ownership of Western Forest Industries Ltd., including Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd. and Rayonier Canada (B.C.) Limited, (and the owner of the latter, after 1968, ITT Rayonier Incorporated).

The fonds consists of general office files, in four different series, dating primarily from ca. 1949 to 1981. These records were created by the following departments and offices: the manager, accounting, sales and production co-ordinator, boom department, powerhouse, forestry/engineering, electrical, logging division, mill superintendent, and personnel.

The fonds also consists of technical and architectural drawings, blueprints, maps and plans; these are in two different series: CM/ES4 and MS-1333.K. Most of the maps and plans relate to land, timber holdings, and logging and forestry issues. The technical drawings and blueprints relate to mills and mill equipment, and to buildings and facilities for the worker communities at Honeymoon Bay and Gordon River. Some of the maps, plans and drawings were created by predecessor companies prior to 1946.

The fonds also consists of ca. 900 photographs (colour and black & white), including prints, slides, and negatives. (Many of the latter are undeveloped). The images include the Honeymoon Bay plant, townsite and environs, workers, equipment and logging locations.

The fonds consists of the following series:
CM/ES4 - Western Forest Industries Ltd. plans and maps series [multimedia]
MS-1333 - Western Forest Industries Ltd. records
MS-2182 - Office files
MS-2187 - Sales and production coordinator office files
MS-3137 - Administrative office files

The following items are not attached to a series:
AAAA1582 Cowichan Valley logging and milling, which consists of unedited film footage of logging and sawmilling operations, ca. 1963;
G-03160 Western Forest Industries mill at Honeymoon Bay (1 photograph); and,
G-03161 Lake Cowichan, Climax locomotive No. 10 (1 photograph).

This series contains a three page letter to the Surveyor General, William S. Gore, regarding a logging road in the Vancouver area. Letter/file number 1322/90. Includes sketch map.

The fonds consists of minutes of the executive committee, subcommittees, general meetings, and annual general meetings of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association.

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, account books, reports and a lease.