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The series contains the records of the Inspector of Steamboats, British Columbia Division. The records consist of a register of steam vessels inspected in British Columbia (1879), notes of engineers' examinations and boiler inspections, reports of accidents to steamers in British Columbia (1884-1914) and the desk book, with a letter register, of the Steamboat Inspector's office, Victoria, B.C., 1883-1888.

The series consists of records created and collected by William Henry Clarke, his wife Irene, and their son William (Bill), who managed Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., a publishing house in Toronto that was established in 1930. The records were created and collected in both a business and personal capacity between 1930 and 1979.

The collection consists of 120 original Emily Carr letters sent to both William and Irene Clarke between 1941 and 1945. Alongside nearly all these letters are typed transcripts of the letter, as well as the 'flimsies' of the Clarke letters sent to Carr. Also included in the collection are two folders of correspondence between William Clarke and Ira Dilworth between 1944 and 1957, which are related to the publishing of Emily Carr's manuscripts. There are additional folders containing correspondence from William and Irene Clarke, Ira Dilworth, Oxford University Press, Lawren Harris, and other lawyers, solicitors, publishers, amongst others. The collection also includes Emily Carr's probate as well as agreement between Emily Carr, Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd, and Oxford University Press. Also included are drafts of manuscripts, including 'Pause', 'The Heart of a Peacock', and 'Wild Flowers', and other manuscripts from both Emily Carr and Doris Shadbolt. The collection also includes publicity material, such as book reviews of 'The Book of Small', Carr's posthumous art exhibitions, two photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, as well as copies of speeches given by Emily Carr, Professor Garnett Sedgewick and others. Finally, there are photocopies of some correspondence from Emily Carr to Carol Pearson and Alice Carr from 1942 to 1945.

Some of the contents contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive.

The collection consists of single items, reports, photocopies, photographs and other small collections donated and loaned to the BC Archives which document all aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the province. There are private records produced by individuals, businesses and organizations and acquired by the Archives over many years from all areas of the Province and varying widely in subject matter. They consist of account books and journals, letters and diaries of gold seekers, pioneers, missionaries, and school teachers, literary manuscripts, photographs, the papers of natural historians and students and the personal and family papers of notable settlers and residents of the province.
There are also some provincial and federal government records which either came to the Archives as single items or files or were removed from other series.

This series contains records relating to Placer Mining Leases Includes applications, licences and lease forms, and correspondence. Many tracings and sketches are contained in the lease and correspondence files. Maps and plans transferred to Map Division.

Telegraph Creek Gold Commissioner's records

Source: GR Finding Aids

Transferred from Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Mineral Titles Branch, 1982.

Finding aid: file list.

File consists of approximately 1 cm of textual records comprised of speeches, interviews, notes, memoranda, and a copy of reasons for judgement, created between 1952 and 1970, in relation to W.K. Kiernan's various Ministerial positions in the government of British Columbia. A list is provided below:

Radio 9 CJVI interview transcript regarding the Minister's tour of Japan - 1961.
Address to the Social Credit Party - 1952.
Vancouver Court of Appeal Reasons for Judgement, X245/63 - June 12, 1963
Address to the B.C. Wildlife Federation 12th Annual Convention - 1968
Address to the Third Session of the Twenty-third Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia - 1969
Notes for "Course into Future" - 1969
Address to the B.C. Wildlife Federation 13th Annual Convention - 1969
Address to the British Columbia Hotels Association - 1970

Series consists of records related to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Victoria, during the time that the Sisters of St. Ann administered and staffed the institution.

Mount St. Mary Hospital was founded in 1941 as a home for “the aged and infirm and chronic cases” as an adjunct to the nearby St. Joseph’s Hospital. The land on which the hospital was built was purchased in 1939 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria, and that same year the Provincial Government announced a grant of $50,000 to the Sisters for the construction of the facility. The first building was completed in 1941.

In 1965, Mount St. Mary Hospital was asked to initiate an extended care program. A Board of Management was formed in 1967 and the constitution and bylaws were approved in 1968. The board consisted of nine members, six appointed by the Sisters of St. Ann, one appointed by medical staff and one by the City of Victoria. In 2003, the old Mount St. Mary Hospital on Burdette Street was demolished and the new Mount St. Mary on the corner of Fairfield Road and Quadra Street opened. From September 1990, Mount St. Mary Hospital has been owned and operated by the Marie Esther Society.

The records in this series are arranged into five subseries: A. Administration; B. Board of Management and Committees; C. Finance; D. Patient records; E. Photographs, artworks, and moving images.

Series consists of five inquisitions held in 1864 before Peter O'Reilly, Coroner of Cariboo East (for Jonus Grunland alias Charles Robinson, William Crawford, Josepheus Reed and William F. Davidson), and in 1866 before W.G. Cox, Justice of the Peace in Cariboo East (for Hugh McLeod). Inquisitions (inquests) are investigations in which a coroners’ jury rules on the cause of death. Inquisition files often contain witness statements, transcripts, autopsy reports, and findings.

The series consists of copies of inquisitions and inquests selected from GR-1372, Colonial Correspondence (1852-1872). It includes inquisitions (inquests) conducted during the colonial period, including the following:
-Vancouver Island (Colony), 1859 - 18 Nov 1866 numbered VI 1859/1 to VI 1866/4
-British Columbia (Colony), 1859 - 18 Nov 1866 numbered BC 1859/1 to BC 1866
-British Columbia (United Colony), 19 Nov 1866 - 20 Jul 1871 numbered BC 1866/2 to BC 1871/3

The files usually contain an inquisition form, which indicates the name of the deceased, the coroner's name, where the inquest was held, the date, names of the members of the coroner's jury and the cause of death.

These inquests were filed in the Colonial Correspondence under the name of the coroner or person conducting them. The indexing was incomplete and only those inquests held by persons whose last name begins with letters from A-M have been listed. It is not known whether this section of listings is complete.

To locate unindexed colonial inquests, researchers should look under the heading "deaths" in the index to miscellaneous correspondence inwards to the British Columbia Colonial Secretary, 1858-1863 (C/AB/30.lKl/l). Letters to which the index refers will be found in the Colonial Correspondence under the name of the author of the letter. Researchers should also look in indexes under the names of the Gold Commissioners, since they acted as coroners. Indexes of correspondence inward to the Colonial Secretary should be checked generally for references to deaths.

This series contains inquisitions(inquests) conducted by coroners in British Columbia [1862], 1872-1937. Inquisitions are investigations in which a coroners’ jury rules on the cause of death. Inquisition files often contain witness statements, transcripts, autopsy reports, and findings.

Series consists of records created by the Sisters of St. Ann who staffed the Skagway Sanatorium between 1945 and 1947.

During the Second World War, barracks were built in Skagway to house American military forces sent to Alaska to defend the coast. Towards the end of the war, and in response to the prevalence of tuberculosis, the Governor of Alaska sought to repurpose the buildings as a TB sanatorium. The Sisters of St. Ann agreed to provide nursing Sisters to staff the hospital beginning February 1945. The buildings were not hospitable, and in 1947 staff and patients were moved to Sitka, Alaska. The Sisters ended their involvement with the sanitarium in July 1947.

Records in this series include chronicles, local council minutes, financial records, a history of the institution, and photographs.

This fonds consists of records created by The Sisters of St. Ann over the approximately 160 years that they have operated in the West.

St. Joseph’s Province, as an organizational structure, was formed in 1891 and incorporated by the Province of British Columbia in 1892. Prior to that, the governing body of the Sisters of St. Ann in the west was primarily the Vicariate, and the Vicariate’s records and functions were absorbed by the Provincial Administration within St. Joseph’s Province. The Province encompassed all the western provinces and the two territories of Canada as well as Alaska and Washington State. The Administration was composed of the Provincial Superior or Leader, her secretary and Councilors, the Provincial Bursar or Treasurer, the Provincial Archivist, and at one time, the Prefect of Studies, Prefect of Music, Mistress of Novices, and Directress of Juniorate. In 2004 co-leadership roles were established, with two Sisters as co-leaders in 2004 and a triumvirate created in 2017. In 2019, St. Joseph’s Province was suspended and a new Local Community was founded.

As it was an intermediate form of government, the Provincial Administration raised issues with the General Administration on behalf of the local houses, but was free to act on its own within the constraints of the Constitution and Rules of the Sisters of Saint Anne, particularly with regard to dispensations, permissions, finances, and establishment or closing of ministries. The Provincial Administration of St. Joseph's Province has always been maintained in Victoria, B.C., as a separate juridical entity and until 1974, was housed at St. Ann's Academy in Victoria. After the closure of the school and the sale of the buildings, the administration was moved to Begbie House at 1550 Begbie Street, Victoria, B.C.

Recording activities, transactions, and persons has always been a policy with the Sisters of St. Ann and these are found in ledgers, registers, and forms throughout the fonds, particularly in the context of schools. There are files of correspondence relating to certain subjects or activities, reports and copies of reports made to counterparts in the General Administration and vice versa, minutes of meetings, chronicles (house journals), journals of official visitations, school records, records of Sisters' studies, and a great deal of miscellaneous reference, "orphaned", or ephemeral material.

This series contains correspondence files, inward and outward, covering all topics for which the Attorney General was responsible, including legislation and opinions to other departments. During this period, Attorney General responsibilities included industrial schools, motor vehicles, Liquor Control Board, Game Commissioner, Inspector of Municipalities, Registrar of Companies, Inspector of Factories, Inspector of Electrical Energy and Inspector of Tramways.

List of others who drowned: Tong Yeh Sane ; Herbert Locke Hartnele [Hartnell] ; Isobel Fenwick ; Arbuthnot Dallas Munro ; John Bathenas ; Chan Long Tom ; Mesach Phillips ; John Brayson ; Suey Hos Foon ; Y. Fong ; Stanley A. Clarke ; E. Hooson ; Andrew Oleson

Japanese railway workers who died in accident: K. Yosaka ; S. [IaRai] ; K. Horomoto ; K. Marita ; T. Nikuma ; K. Yakeya ; K Murirami ; D. Miyagaki ; N. Yamashita ; T. Yakido ; K. Ralsuda ; N. Takaoka ; W. Kanahara ; G. Osono ; T. Hirano ; T. Niguma ; T. Nalanake ; T. [Migaura] ; M. Kingaimon ; F. Murahami ; T. Maida ; and one unknown man

List of other deaths in accident:R. Miyake ; A. Isuboi ; M. Yamagi ; N. Therani ; K. Sasaki ; T. Onodera ; Charles Wheatley ; Rennie Jones ; James Moffat ; George Nichols ; Alex Johnson ; Thomas MacMurray ; John Makewuzuk ; Dugald. J. MacDonald ; Charles Anderson ; Ralph Hughes ; Mike Magen ; H. Hermuchi ; S. Sasaki ; O. Wasa ; K ; Kanagawa ; Y. Machizuki ; H. Sekada ; N. Ikeda ; J. Hirano ; F. Mizukawa ; K. Mayeda ; T. Takeda ; G. Tanabe ; K. Otake ; M. Stayashida ; T. Uyano ; S. Isugimura ; K. Ishiyama ; K. Omura ; K. Kabayashi ; T. Takeda ; Harry Meekus ; Fred Wagner ; H. Klam ; Fritz Wellander ; Harry Martin ; John Mahon ; John J. Fraser ; William H. Phillips ; Richard J. Buckley ; Albert [Petruff] ; Thomas Griffiths ; K. Mamura ; K. Sato ; M. Abe ; James F. Yullach ; K. Matsumoto ; Victor Carlsen ; John Mclennan ; Samuel Oliver.

Includes a transcript of the trial of Frank Ciddio (alias Frank Agalio Pain-Blanc) and Salvatore Rovelli who were accused of murdering Louise King.

The series consists of records concerning bylaw advice and approvals (by the Province) for municipalities, villages, improvement districts and dissolved improvement districts. They include minister's orders, statutory approvals, and minister's authorizations of municipal and regional district bylaws and other requests.

These records show how the legal authority of the provincial government over local governments has been exercised over time. The records provide a history of the information, growth, structure, and activities of local government in British Columbia throughout most of the twentieth century, as well as documenting provincial government influence over these matters.

The series includes correspondence of the Inspector of Municipalities and of the Director of Municipal Administration division, regarding matters such as letters patent; election procedures; municipal status; capital loan bylaws; budget and tax rate bylaws; reserve fund bylaws; rates, charges and frontage tax bylaws; borrowing bylaws, and traffic bylaws.

The records include certificates of approval, with attachments such as the related bylaw or correspondence outlining the reasons for the requests for ministerial approval. They also include the minister’s approval register, which provides a summary of and index to ministerial approvals of municipal and regional district bylaws and other requests. The register contains the approval number, date of approval, name of municipality or regional district, and purpose of the bylaw. Records include lot plans, subdivision plans and other cartographic materials, and a small number of photographs.

The series also consists of records relating to the registration of village bylaws. From 1920 to August 17, 1998, villages were required to register their bylaws with the inspector of municipalities. This requirement began with the Village Municipalities Act (SBC 1920, c.65) and continued under the Municipal Act (s. 259(2). With the coming into force of Bill 31 in 1998, villages were no longer required to register their bylaws. They are now only required to submit for approval the same type of bylaws as other municipalities (e.g. loan authorization and security issuing bylaws).

Document types include various approved registered bylaws from municipalities, signed by the Minister and Inspector of Municipalities. Included are village bylaws, bylaws for villages that changed their status, and newly incorporated municipalities that were registered from 1920 to 1998, with attachments such as fee schedules or agreements.

Shannon files are boxed and contain at the front of the file a “resume” (index) of ministerial approvals arranged by approval number and date. They include the relevant municipality or regional district, purpose of the approval, and relevant act and section of act. These records are arranged alphabetically by name of municipality then numerically by bylaw number.

The series also consists of records of dissolved improvement districts, also created by various ministries and departments with the municipal affairs function. Within those departments and ministries, a division and office was responsible for local government services, and specifically responsible for overseeing the affairs of improvement districts throughout the province, including those handling waterworks, fire protection, and irrigation and drainage.

Records regarding the improvement districts include but are not limited to: first organization and letters patent, by-laws and their amendment, financial statements and annual returns, and dissolution of the improvement district. Improvement district records are located in accessions 88-0618, 91-0125 and 91-0296.

While some of the records were scheduled according to the Operational Records Classification System for Local Government Services (schedule 126379), many were classified by earlier systems.

List of names of ten other deaths: William Smith ; Julius Forst ; John [Funstin] ; James Anderson ; Archie Hickley ; Chabrie ; George Mackay ; George Garrett ; George Settgast and two other persons unknown.