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Nanaimo Supreme Court Registrar's assize record book

  • GR-2301
  • Series
  • 1888-1912

Series consists of one Nanaimo Supreme Court Registrar's assize record book for 1888 to 1912.

Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. Use microfilm copy.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nanaimo)

Ladysmith County Court Registrar's civil record book

  • GR-2128
  • Series
  • 1902-1924

Series consists of one Ladysmith County Court Registrar's civil record book for June 1902 to Feb 1924. Records are partially indexed.

The original volume was destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

British Columbia. County Court (Ladysmith)

Ladysmith County Court plaint and procedure books

  • GR-2127
  • Series
  • 1902-1924

Series consists of plaint and procedure books from the Ladysmith County Court for cases between 1902 and 1924. Plaint and procedure books provide the framework for County Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders.

The original volumes for records 1/1902 to 4/1924 were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Ladysmith)

Nanaimo Supreme Court Registrar's record book

  • GR-2125
  • Series
  • 1897-1914

The series is a registrar's record book from the Nanaimo Supreme Court, kept between March 1897 and October 1914.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nanaimo)

Comox County Court plaint and procedure book

  • GR-2124
  • Series
  • 1890-1896

Series consists of one plaint and procedure book from the Comox County Court for cases between 1890 and 1896. Plaint and procedure books provide the framework for County Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders.

The original volumes for records 1/1890 to 1/1896 were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Comox)

Vancouver Supreme Court bankruptcy index book

  • GR-2113
  • Series
  • 1920-1961

The series consists of one index book from 1920-1961 for Vancouver Supreme Court bankruptcy case files found within GR-2420 (1920-1948).

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Pouce Coupe Supreme Court probate/estate files

  • GR-2026
  • Series
  • 1931, 1933-1950

Series consists of Pouce Coupe Supreme Court probate/estate files for 1931 and 1933-1950.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Pouce Coupe)

Chilliwack County Court civil and Supreme Court chambers bench book

  • GR-2086
  • Series
  • 1889-1891

Series consists of one bench book for Chilliwack County Court civil and Supreme Court chambers cases heard before Judge William Norman (W.N.) Bole between 1889 and 1891. The volume includes records relating to cases heard at his residence in New Westminster. It also frequently includes his reasons for judgement.

British Columbia. County Court (Chilliwack)

Chilliwack County Court and Small Debt Court bench books

  • GR-2085
  • Series
  • 1898-1905

Series consists of two bench books for Chilliwack County Court cases heard before Judge William Norman (W.N.) Bole between August 1898 and Apr 1905. Volume 1 also include entries from the Chilliwack Small Debts Court between 1898 and 1902.

British Columbia. County Court (Chilliwack)

Cassier Gold Commissioner records

  • GR-0218
  • Series
  • 1873-1931

The series consists of records created by the Cassiar Gold Commissioner between 1873 and 1931. It includes correspondence outward, mining and water records and photocopies of gold commissioner's court records originally created 1876-1888.

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Cassiar)

Joseph Harris fonds

  • PR-0859
  • Fonds
  • 1919-1951

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

Harris, Joseph, 1871-1951

Thomas William Parsons fonds

  • PR-0403
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1962

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.

Parsons, Thomas William Stanner

Crown reserve sale records for petroleum and natural gas rights

  • GR-4240
  • Series
  • 1954-1977

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.

British Columbia. Dept. of Mines

Petroleum and natural gas lease registers

  • GR-4160
  • Series
  • 1954-1982

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.

British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (1978-1996)

Natural gas licence correspondence files

  • GR-4159
  • Series
  • 1950-1986

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.

British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (1978-1996)

George Hargreaves fonds

  • PR-0857
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1878

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.

Hargreaves, George, d. 1910

Maynard family collection

  • PR-1259
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1862]-1937

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.

Maynard (family)

Frederick Dally fonds

  • PR-1380
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1883

The fonds consists of Dally's correspondence and photographs.

Dally, Frederick

Rural Organizations Branch records

  • GR-3755
  • Series
  • 1921-1993; predominant 1961-1992

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.

British Columbia. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1991-1998)

British Columbia Farmers' Institutes records

  • GR-0505
  • Series
  • 1912 - 1992

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

British Columbia. Dept. of Agriculture

British Columbia Women’s Institutes records

  • GR-0506
  • Series
  • 1913-1990

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.

British Columbia. Dept. of Agriculture

Northern British Columbia Fish and Wildlife records

  • GR-1085
  • Series
  • 1909-1972

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.

British Columbia. Fish and Wildlife Branch

Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice bench book

  • GR-2032
  • Series
  • 1853-1856

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.

Vancouver Island. Supreme Court of Civil Justice

Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice bench books

  • GR-2030
  • Series
  • 1867-1869

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.

Vancouver Island. Supreme Court of Civil Justice

New Westminster Supreme and County Court criminal orders

  • GR-4226
  • Series
  • 1978-1991

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.

British Columbia. County Court (New Westminster)

Timber marks on private land

  • GR-4239
  • Series
  • [1940-1978]

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).

British Columbia. Nelson Forest District (1913-1978)

Humphrey Toms fonds

  • PR-0163
  • Fonds
  • 1933-1944

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

Toms, Humphrey Nicolas Wolferstan

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