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The fonds consists of correspondence, programmes and photographs.

This series contains central correspondence files, ca. 1909-1979 (a few files date from as early as 1899 and a few continue until 1986). The files contain correspondence inward to Provincial Archivists and archives staff from researchers, historical societies, dealers, etc., and their replies, and cover the range of subjects dealt with by the archives, including acquisitions, replying to reference questions and requests for copies, and publishing the British Columbia Historical Quarterly.

The files in Boxes 1-172 are arranged alphabetically by correspondent or by subject. Box 173 contains correspondence registers, Boxes 174-177 J.S. Matthews correspondence, Boxes 178-18, Centennial '71 Committee records, Box 181, Barkerville Restoration Advisory Committee records and Box 182, correspondence files transferred from the Legislative Library in 2007, arranged by correspondent or subject.

This series consists of subject files maintained by the Lieutenant Governor's office. The files contain correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, and reports pertaining to service clubs and community groups patronized by the Lieutenant Governors. Also included are files dealing with official receptions and tours, protocol, and visiting dignitaries. Unlike GR-0443, this series contains few documents on political or constitutional matters.

The records were accumulated during the tenure of the Hon. Frank Mackenzie Ross (1955-1960), Major General the Hon. George R. Pearkes, V.C. (1960-1968), the Hon. John R. Nicholson (1968-1973), and the Hon. Walter S. Owen (1973-1978).

This series contains the records of The Education of Soldiers' Dependent Children Commission. This Commission was established in March 1930 by the Education of Soldiers' Dependents Act, SBC 1930, c. 15. It was intended to provide financial assistance to veterans' children who wished to attend high school and operated until 1972.

GR-1730 consists of applications for assistance received between 1936 and 1939.

The records are organized under two categories:

1. applicants who were eligible for assistance, and
2. applicants who were found to be ineligible for assistance.

Applications in each category are arranged according to the meeting at which they were considered and are filed alphabetically. The application forms include the following information:

1. applicant's name, address, date and place of birth
2. name and place of birth of applicants' parents
3. regimental number, unit, place and date of enlistment of applicant's father or mother
4. extent of father's or mother's disability; amount of any pension allowance received by applicant's parent(s)
5. total monthly income of applicant's family, and number of people dependent upon that income
6. applicant's education standing, intended high school and course of study.

The applications also include supporting documents on applicants' character, financial need, and health. During the years covered by this collection the commission was chaired by Dr. S.J. Willis (Deputy Minister and Superintendent of Education). Lieut.Col. W.S. Buell of Vancouver represented the Army & Navy Veterans, and Mr. J.A. Perry of Vancouver represented the Amputations Association. The secretary of the commission was Miss G.M.J. Davies of the Department of Education.

The fonds consists of diaries, photographs, field books, scrapbooks and files containing notes and correspondence. Fonds includes survey maps of land in Russia, Turkey, France, and British Columbia.

This series contains Cranbrook court registry correspondence with the Dept. of the Attorney-General. It includes some Magistrate's and Police court records.

The fonds consists of the personal records of B.W. Pearse and Sarah Jane Pearse, including photographs and textual records.

The fonds consists of miscellaneous papers consisting of copies of indentures relating to land on the Queen Charlotte Islands, letters inward regarding cases, reports and memoranda on the activities and prospects of various mining companies, a map, a plan, and seven albums of photographs depicting gatherings of friends, views of locations within Victoria and across BC, as well as brief travels within Italy and France.

This series consists of resource management plans and procedures from the 100 Mile House Forest District, 1970-2005. The 100 Mile House Forest District is part of the Cariboo Forest Region. Note that their exact boundaries may have changed over the years.

The majority of files relate to the development of Integrated Resource Use Plans which are designed to resolve resource use conflicts in specific areas at the local level. Each file includes records relating to data concerning a specific area - usually a watershed or other distinct resource management unit. Types of plans include Resource Folios, Coordinated Access Management Plans (CAMP), Coordinated Resource Management Plans (CRMP) and Integrated Watershed Management Plans (IWMP). Files may include correspondence, reports, maps, photos, meeting minutes, community and indigenous consultation, and a variety of other records which may document the creation of plans, the annual review of plans by stakeholders, and the execution of the plan.

Procedure files relate to timber harvesting, silviculture treatments, stumpage rates, trespass, timber sale licences and harvesting weight scales. There is also a file related to road damage and an access study for English Lake.

The ministries responsible for the Forest and Range Districts, and the years that they were responsible, are:

British Columbia. Dept. of Forests (1975-1976)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

Records are classified under numbers 11200-08, 11050-20, 12600-25, 12600-30, 12600-35, 12600-40 and 12600-60 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS). Procedure files are classified with the secondary -02.

This series consists of special use permit files relating to forest lands. The Forest Branch, and its successor agencies, approved these permits to give municipalities, companies and individuals the authority to use Crown forest land for a variety of land uses. Some of the permitted uses include logging, recreation, agriculture, fisheries and housing.

The records date from 1889-2011 and were created and maintained by the Victoria Forest Office. The records deal with all regions of the province. The records are arranged by special use permit number which consists of the prefix S, or SUP, and a sequential number. Note that this order may not be exact, particularly for later records.

The files contain copies of the permit, applications for a permit, correspondence, sketches and maps of the area covered by the permit, receipts for the lease payments, reports, and clearance forms. Some documents in the file have been stamped with 6-7 digit correspondence register numbers and references to the “O” lands file number.

The ministry maintained a register and index that provides additional information for each file. This index listed the following information: file number, district, forest, applicant/holder, function, location, atlas reference, date received, date cleared and comments. Although the original registers have not been transferred to the archives, the ministry provided the archives with scans of the registers.

There were multiple government offices responsible for managing these records between 1931 and 1992.

The following ministries and offices were responsible for the creation of these records:
1931-1945 Forest Branch (1931-1945)
1945-1979 Forest Service (1945-1979)
1979-1986 Ministry of Forests (1979-1986)
1986-1988 Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
1988-2005 Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)
2005-2010 Ministry of Forests and Range (2005-2010)
2010-2011 Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands (2010-2011)

The records have been classified as 19570-25 of the Forests ORCS (schedule 881261).

The fonds consists of 19 log books kept by Gwyn Gray Hill between 1935 and 1984. The log books provide detailed descriptions of people, places and activities seen by Hill while living on his boats and travelling on the Pacific Northwest Coast. Hill recorded detailed observations on the weather, harbour activities and businesses, shipping and marine life.

The fonds also includes annotated copies of the British Columbia Pilot, volumes 1 and 2 from 1961 and 1965; an annotated copy of the 1962 United States Pilot and an annotate copy of Capt. Lillie's coast guide from 1976.

The fonds consists of photographic material, correspondence, fact sheets, advertising material, reports, minutes, maps, architectural drawings, and film reels created and acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Ltd, its predecessor Okanagan Air Services Ltd., and its successor, Canadian Helicopters. The fonds consists of executive council records and material relating to the administration of the company, as well as records pertaining to both domestic and international operations. The records, which were created between 1945 and 1997, chart the company’s development and activities, including relationships with aircraft manufacturering companies, innovations in aerial fire-fighting equipment, and early involvement with the heli-skiing and heli-logging industries.

A portion of the records originated with other companies and were transferred to Okanagan Helicopters as a result of mergers and acquisitions. These companies include : Ambank Aircraft Limitée; Aerial Engineering Limited; Associated Helicopters Company Limited; Canadian Helicopters Limited; Creighton Helicopters Ltd.; Dominion Pegasus Helicopters Ltd.; Haida Helicopters Ltd. ; Heli-Aero Logging; Lac St Jean Aviation Limitée; Lecky Paper Ltd.; Sept-Iles Helicopter Services; and Smith, Davidson & Wright.

The fonds is arranged into 17 series created by the archivist : Accidents and crashes; associated companies’ records; awards and certificates; director and shareholder records; equipment; hangar and base records; leases and agreements; manuscripts and research material; news clippings and history files; newsletters; operation records – BC; operation records – extra-provincial; personnel records; proof sheets and photograph collections; promotional material; reports; and Sikorsky Aircraft records. The archivist has maintained the creator's file titles.

Of the films, those which did not directly relate to the operations and activities of Okanagan Helicopters Ltd have been removed from the fonds. A list of these items is available.

Index to marriage registrations compiled on an early computerized system by the Registrar's office in Victoria from indexes created in regional offices. It was printed out sometime in the early 1960s and the pages were bound into volumes which have been microfilmed for public reference purposes.

This index consists of two separate alphabetical listings of all persons married and registered within the Province of British Columbia, from the beginning of 1872 to the end of 1929. The first listing is by the surnames of grooms, and the second listing is by surnames of brides. However, unlike the fiche index (GR-3033), there is no single alphabetical sequence (they are grouped by date) and a conversion list at the beginning of each reel must be used to locate the microfilm reel number for the actual registration.

Each entry contains, from left to right: the last four digits of the record (or registration) number; the name of the groom or bride; the name of the spouse (bride or groom); the place of the marriage; the date of the marriage (format is month/day/year, e.g., 05/21/1885); the volume number in which the registration is found; and the full record (or registration) number.

On each reel the index is preceded by a volume list that shows the BCA and GSU microfilm reel numbers on which each volume of marriage registrations is filmed. This list shows, from left to right: the accession number; the box number; the volume number; the volume description (this consists of the record title "marriage registrations", the range of registration numbers in the volume [also called "record number" in the index] the communities or regions covered in the volume, and the alphabetic range covered in the volume); the date range covered in the volume (this is referred to as the "start date" and "end date" (which are recorded in this format: year/month/day, e.g., 1885/05/21); the number given to the microfilm reel by the British Columbia Archives (BCA); followed by the number given to the microfilm reel by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU).

To find an individual registration using this index, first look up a person's name in the bride or groom index. These are alphabetical within date groupings (see finding aid for reel list). When the right name and marriage has been found, make note of the volume number, the date of the marriage, and the record number. Then return to the volume list at the beginning of the microfilm reel. Look first for the volume number, then make sure that the record number (called registration number on the volume list) and marriage date fall within the ranges shown in the entry for that volume. If they match, make note of the microfilm reel number to the right of the date range. The BCA number consists of six digits beginning with the letter "B". The GSU number consists of seven digits Instructions for locating the actual registration can be found in the Finding Aid for GR-2962.

This series consists of 8 volumes of birth, marriage, death and naturalization records from the Department of the Provincial Secretary from 1872-1913 for various parts of the province. The volumes are:
Vol. 1 - Record of naturalization, Lillooet, B.C. (1913)
Vol. 2 - marriage register, Yale, B.C. (1911)
Vol. 3 - index to register of births, Hope, B.C. (n.d.)
Vol. 4 - index to register of marriages (1872-1886)
Vol. 5 - index to register of deaths (1872-1877)
Vol. 6 - marriage register, Cariboo district (1874-1905)
Vol. 7 - birth register (1913)
Vol. 8 - death register (1913)

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in BC in September 1872. The marriage registration records consist of completed statements regarding marriages submitted to District Registrars, and registered by the Director of Vital Statistics. The series includes: regular marriage registrations; delayed registrations of marriage, maintained as a separate series from 1933 to 1977; registrations of Indigenous marriages collected by Indian Agents and maintained as a separate series from 1917 to 1956; and registrations of Doukhobour marriages, maintained as a separate series from 1959 to 1982.

Records are released annually, seventy-five (75) years after the date of marriage. Microfilm reels for marriages are no longer being released, although marriage registration records for 1934 and later have been released as digital files and are accessed through the Genealogy Search database (http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy). Many of the pre-1934 registrations have been digitized as well and are also on the database.

The records contain: names of bride and groom; ages; marital status at time of marriage (bachelor, spinster, widow or widower, and later, divorced); profession; residence; place of birth; names of parents; profession of father; religious denomination of bride and groom; whether the marriage took place by banns or with a marriage licence; place and date of marriage; church or rite by which the couple was married; names and residences of witnesses; and name of person performing the wedding. Registration forms used by Indian Agents included tribal affiliation.

Although extensive, the records are far from complete. In addition to the legislated exclusion of “Chinese” and “Indians” between 1872 and 1888 and of any Indigenous person in BC defined as an “Indian” under the Indian Act between 1899 and 1916, from civil registration (births, marriages and deaths), there are many marriages (as well as births and deaths), especially in the early decades, that were not registered, or the records were not sent to Victoria.

Index to British Columbia marriage registrations available on microfilm (GR-2962) generated from the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency computer database. It consists of two complete alphabetical listings (one by surname of brides, and the other by surname of grooms) of marriages registered within the Province of British Columbia. Each entry contains: name of the bride or groom; registration number (format is year-province code-finding number, e.g., 1921-09-006017); the event date (format is year/month/day, e.g., 1921/05/29); name of spouse; event place (e.g. Victoria); microfilm reel number assigned by the BC Archives (the B number) and number given to the microfilm reel by the Genealogical Society of Utah (referred to as the "GSU microfilm number" ).

To find an individual registration, first look up a person's name in the alphabetical listing. Note the bride will be listed by her pre-marriage surname. When you have found the right name and event, make note of the registration number, the event date, and the BCA or GSU microfilm reel number. Instructions for locating the actual registration can be found in the Finding Aid for GR-2962.

The series documents the monitoring of health authority compliance with performance agreements and expectations. The records were created between 1993 and 2008 by the Health Authorities division of the Ministry of Health. Some of the records were in the custody of the Health Services division and subsequently the Health Service Policy division, the successor bodies to the Health Authorities division, prior to their transferal to the Archives, However, due to the dates of record creation, it appears that all the records were originally created by the Health Authorities division.

The series consists of reports, performance reviews, agreements, presentations, correspondence, briefing notes, and meeting records. The series also consists of several CD-ROMs. The archivist determined that these were not original records created by the Health Authorities division and has chosen not to print the records, unless otherwise noted in the file. The CDs are included in the files.

Files regard heath authorities; hospitals across the province; specific medical procedures, treatments, diseases or conditions; health associations and charities; healthcare planning; and other healthcare initiatives.

The records are arranged according to the original BC Government ORCS classification scheme and their physical location in their boxes. Records may be grouped roughly by date, alphabetically by file code or by Health Authority. Health Authorities may be abbreviated in the file list as follows:

Provincial Health Authority (PHA)
Fraser Health Authority (FHA)
Interior Health Authority (IHA)
Northern Health Authority (NHA)
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA)
Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)

Except in cases where records were clearly misclassified, the records within this series have been included based on their ORCS number. Records in all accessions were heavily interfiled which has led to significant cross-over between the series, and in many cases, there is clear evidence of misclassification of records. Researchers are advised to consult finding aids for the following related series in order to better and more fully understand the records : GR-3513, 3514, 3515, and GR-3516.

Records in series GR-3512 are covered by ORCS 25340-30 of the Health Authority Performance Management schedule (schedule 122352).

This series consists of executive correspondence, reference material and briefing notes of the Pharmacare Division, 1998-2008. Records regard all aspects of the operation and maintenance of the Pharmacare program.

Briefing books include information about the history and operations of the Pharmacare division, put together for MLAs and other Executives, such as budgets, advice to Minister, and information on coverage, cost and use for specific drugs in the Ministry of Health estimates debate.

Briefing notes are usually arranged by year and include an index at the front listing all topics addressed. Briefing notes may be filed with associated approval forms, drafts, final copies, correspondence, and reference material. Briefing notes relate to hardship appeals, changes to coverage, drug availability, drug costs, reviews of new drugs and program priorities.

Other reference material includes fact sheets on various aspects of the Pharmacare program and drug review fact sheets, for use of MLAs and other executives, and Bibliographies of alphabetical copies of reports or studies related to pharmaceuticals.

The series also includes correspondence referral replies from the Executive Director, Pharmacare and Assistant Deputy Minister, Pharmaceutical Services. Most letters may be from other government bodies, private companies, charities, advocacy groups, Doctors, MLAs or private citizens. Most letters relate to cost and availability of specific treatments.

Records scheduled under ARCS numbers 280-20 and 280-30.

The series consists of records created by the Food Industry Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, and its predecessor bodies, from 1990 to 2002.
Records include committee files created by the Branch between 1990 and 1996 as well as other administrative files relating to meetings and executive correspondence. These records were classified under the Administrative Records Classifications System (ARCS).
Records also include those that relate to the food industry market development program known as Buy BC, including policy records and partnership program final reports, from 2000 to 2002 classified under the Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

This series consists of committee files, executive records and publications related to home and community care programs conducted by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services in conjunction with the Provinces Health Authorities from 1988-2012. The Majority of these records were created by the Home and Community Care Branch which was succeeded by the Home, Community and Integrated Care Branch.

These records may have been created or received by several other predecessor bodies with similar functions, but all records were eventually transferred to the custody of and used by the Home and Community Care Branch. The Branch was part of the Health Authorities Division of the Ministry of Health from 2006-2013 and its predecessor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2006. Due to numerous reorganizations within the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services, there is evidence that earlier records changed custody several times and may have been created or received by multiple groups over time.

The Home and Community Care Branch was responsible for the development and implementation of legislation, policy, guidelines and licencing to protect the health and safety of people receiving care in licensed residential care facilities. Files also regard end of life care or palliative care, assisted living, home care, dementia, building codes for care facilities, adult guardianship, and community care. Care may be provided for children, adults with disabilities, and the elderly. Records relate to all of these functions.

Records include committee files containing minutes, reference material, policy documents and correspondence; executive briefing notes; executive correspondence referral replies; executive issues records; completed publications; and approved agreement files.

These records are scheduled under Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) numbers146-45, 200-20, 280-20, 280-30, 280-40, and 312-05.

Letter inward to Premier John Foster McCreight from Robert Beaven, 22 December 1871, regarding proposed water legislation and City of Victoria's water supply. Contains 1 page.

Name changes by deed poll. Documents arranged alphabetically and indexed by present name from previous name.

This series consists of Forest Branch timber investigations and inspections files, 1913-1915. Records include correspondence and reports from Nelson, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Vernon Forest Districts. Includes file on early logging railroads, Vancouver Forest District.

This series consists of Vancouver Forest District operational records, 1912-1979. The series has been arranged into 11 sub-series: timber sale sketches; special use permit sketches; park use permit letter and sketches for Mount Seymour; scaling and royalty records including timber leases, timer licenses, fee ledgers, records of accounts, crown grants, and other material; statistical graphs; logging inspection legers for various ranger districts; pole and piling return from Anton Pole and Lumber Co.; payroll accounts of Fraser River Repair Station; a variety of disbursement ledgers; scaling and royalty deposit accounts; and general accounts under section 113 of the Forest Act.

Timber sale sketches contain X and A files, in three colour spirit duplication. These show tenure boundaries, physical features, some contour lines and cultural features such as roads and railways and are in file number order. Special use permit and park use permit sketches are similar to the timber sale sketches.

The fonds consists of material related to Christmas tree harvesting including a permit, agreements, and instructions. It also include letters to Cook from Charles Haddon.

This series consists of background materials used by members of cabinet in the creation and approval of orders-in-council (OICs) and Ministerial Orders, from 1989-2003.

The majority of these records are information sheets or resumes which identify the relevant Ministry, contact person, summary of background information, authority (such as any related legislation), concerns from Legislative Counsel, impacts of the OIC, and tracking information. The OIC number is usually stamped in the top right corner. Numbers with the prefix “M” are Ministerial Orders, not OICs.

Information sheets may be stapled to other associated supporting records such as correspondence, reference materials, financial impact statements, copies of the OIC, and coloured slips showing it has been reviewed by Legislative Counsel. Green slips note the OIC can proceed, yellow indicates certain conditions that need to be met, and red indicates the OIC may be invalid or open to challenge. Most packages do not include copies of the actual OIC.

There are also a few files relating to a 1983 OIC “reduction exercise”. This involved reviewing legislation to determine if statutory powers requiring routine OICs to have full consideration and approval of cabinet could be transferred to the Minister concerned. This change was considered so Cabinet could spend more time on “non-routine” issues.

Early OICs are grouped by the name of the Ministry responsible, and roughly chronologically within each grouping. Sheets may not clearly be labelled with the year and files may contain OICs for multiple years.

Later OICs are arranged chronologically by year and OIC number. There may not be records for every OIC number or there may be a placeholder noting where records for an OIC are not included. Each year filed chronologically may begin with files for minutes of Cabinet and other miscellaneous files related to OICS of that year.

Records in the series are covered by ORCS 10200-30 of schedule 881099 (Office of the Premier and Executive Council).

This series consists of a variety of administrative files, subject files, briefing books and transition books created and used by staff of the Premier’s Office, Cabinet Operations and Cabinet Secretariat from 1970-1998. Files relate to office procedures, committees, legislation and various issues or topics being considered by the Premier’s Office.

This series includes a wide range of record types which were intermingled with Cabinet Committee files in GR-3676 and GR-3677. Some of the records likely overlap with or relate to these other series. Many subject files appear to have been used by Cabinet for informational purposes and may be related to Cabinet meetings or other Cabinet committee files in GR-3676.

Types of records are grouped together as they were found in their original boxes. These groupings are identified in the file list where possible. However, many groupings have no clear order within a single grouping or clear relationship to other groupings of records in this series. Original file lists provided by the Premiers Office listed most files as "miscellaneous." Common types of records include:

Subject files relate to a particular Ministry, committee, project or issue requiring consideration or approval by Cabinet. Records include Treasury Board and Cabinet submissions; memos sent by the Premier's Office to ministries regarding approvals; reports; correspondence; copies of articles; Orders-in-Council (OICs), mostly relating to appointments; reference materials from other jurisdictions to compare other government's structure and procedures; training materials and manuals for new staff and incoming Cabinet Committee members; and letters to the Director of Intergovernmental affairs to express concerns or to report on other Cabinet Committee activities. Ministry subject files relate to legislation and issues of a specific Ministry; they are generally arranged roughly by date and alphabetically by Ministry name. Other subject files generally have no clear order.

Administrative files from the Cabinet Secretariat regard policies, procedures, human resources material, and guidelines. Many procedure files outline the process for passing legislation and the role of various government functions and bodies. This also includes press releases, newspaper clippings, speeches and communication plans of Ann Newby, Director of Communications Branch for the Premiers Office. Administrative files are intermixed with subject files.

Records regarding the Premier’s official visits are primarily itineraries outlining the Premier’s, Cabinet’s or their delegation’s daily schedule during visits, as well as briefing books. The briefing books contain guests lists, biographies of people present, background notes, speaking notes, briefing notes, meeting agendas and talking points. Related briefing books, including constituency brief books, in this series pertain to regions in British Columbia and are intended to convey important information about issues that are specific and important to the people in those regions. They include local area profiles, economic and industrial overviews, contacts, statistics and summarized issues submitted by each Ministry and the Provincial Government’s position on these issues. The records are organized by visit and are typically titled using the location and date of the visit.

Records regarding the Office of the Ombudsman/Ombudsperson are subject files held by the Cabinet Secretariat. Records include Ombudsman special reports submitted to the Lieutenant Governor or Legislative Assembly regarding investigations into complaints made against the government; correspondence between the Ombudsman and members of Cabinet or the Cabinet Secretariat; and background materials related to reports. Many of the Files are related to issues with Workers Compensation Board claims. There are also files on other controversial topics such as the closure of Tranquille and logging on Shoal Island.

The series also contains transition books and briefing binders for the transfer of power after an election. These books provide information on existing government Ministries, including priorities, critical issues, overview of the Ministry, members of the executive council, parliamentary secretaries, acting minsters, and responsibilities for Crown Corporation, Boards, Commissions and agencies. Records for the newly elected Premier Glen Clark in 1996 include floppy disks.

There are records on the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) conference and Cabinet retreat planning records, 1985-1994.

There is also a group of records specifically related to Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s government restructuring plans from 1985-1991. This includes cabinet shuffles, and the regionalization of government which resulted in the appointment of Ministers of State for different regions of the province. Records include OICs appointments, procedures, legal opinions, correspondence, speeches, press releases, a 1991 speech from the throne, major policies issues and briefing notes showing the government’s priorities for ministries and constitutional issues resulting from the Meech Lake Accord.

Records in the series are covered by ORCS 10200-20 and 10400-20 of schedule 881099 (Office of the Premier and Executive Council) and were scheduled for full retention.

The series consists of records created by the Cabinet Operations branch of the Office of the Premier from 1980-2001. Most records were created by various Cabinet Committees responsible for reviewing legislation, as well as some regulations and Orders-in-Council (OICs). These committees include:

Cabinet Committee on Legislation (CCL)
Cabinet Committee on Legislation and Regulations (CCLR)
Cabinet Committee on Regulations and Orders in Council
Cabinet Committee on Legislation, Regulations and Orders in Council
Cabinet/Caucus Committee on Legislation (CCCL)

Records include committee meeting minutes, correspondence, recommendations, legal advice, legislative proposals and requests for legislation. A large portion of the records are the minutes and meeting files produced by the Cabinet Committee on Legislation.

Cabinet Operations controls the process by which legislation is proposed and reviewed prior to the legislation being prepared as a Bill. These records may relate to the preparation of instructions and templates for the submission of legislative proposals, requests for legislation, or the tracking of submissions throughout the legislative approval process. This process begins when a ministry submits their legislative proposals for consideration. If a legislative proposal is approved, the ministry will be asked to develop a formal Request for Legislation (RFL). The Legislative Review Committee (LRC) will review the RFLs and make recommendations to Cabinet on policies and programs requiring change. Legislative Counsel, working with the ministry, is then responsible for drafting individual bills, acts, and regulations.

These records provide evidence of the development and coordination of this legislative review process, and include records pertaining to both new and amended legislation. The records relate to entire bills or Acts, as well as records of amendments to particular sections of an Act. These may be referred to as major or minor changes in the file list.

Where possible, the records are arranged by year or legislative session, then alphabetically by Ministry name and then alphabetically by Act name within each Ministry grouping. This arrangement may not always be followed consistently throughout the records, especially for older ones.

In some cases, records were arranged in two distinct groupings within a file folder, with records clipped to both the left and right sides. Metal clips were removed for preservation purposes, but records from the left side are face-down on top of records on the right hand side, which are arranged face-up.

The records are covered by ORCS 10610-20 (schedule 881099) and were selected for full retention.

The series consists of films created or acquired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and its predecessor agencies, between 1928 and ca. 1981.

The agencies responsible for creating the films are:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1980-1981
Ministry of Agriculture, 1976-1980
Dept. of Agriculture, 1928-1976

The collection comprises 21 films shot or produced between 1931 and 1949, mainly by the Photographic Branch of the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau. It includes prints of ten early BCGTB productions -- one silent and nine with sound -- as well as some reels of silent miscellaneous footage shot by the BCGTB. The completed BCGTB productions include travelogues about Vancouver Island, Qualicum, the Fraser Valley, the Okanagan Valley, the West and East Kootenays, the Bulkley/Skeena Region, and the route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, as well as films about BC's mining and tourism industries. Other reels show activities of the Canadian Scottish Regiment, based in Victoria; the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco (1939); military parades in Victoria during World War Two; and outdoor activities such as hunting, skiing and trail riding.