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The records in this unit were selected from the National Anthropological Archives, MS No. 4516 by the British Columbia Indian Languages Project.

Records include field notes, drafts of manuscripts and correspondence of Philip Drucker relating to Indians in British Columbia and Alaska. The files are arranged according to the numbers assigned at the National Anthropological Archives.

The item is an audio recording of interviews re rum running.
The interviews were recorded by Ron Burton who spoke with individuals involved in rum-running (smuggling of liquor) into the United States from British Columbia during the Prohibition years in the U.S. (1919-1933).

Manuscripts relating to Indian languages of British Columbia selected by the BC Indian Languages Project. Photocopy ca. 1850-1920 3.2 m The manuscripts in this unit were copied at the Smithsonian Institution by the British Columbia Indian Languages Project. A list of manuscripts is in the printed Catalogue to Manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives, G.K. Hall, 1975. The Catalogue gives the number of the manuscript assigned by the National Anthropological Archives. The list in the attached finding aid will show the manuscripts copied by the BC Indian Languages Project. Researchers are advised that not all manuscripts relating to British Columbia that are shown in the Catalogue are in this unit.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Ed Lohbrunner.
Ed Lohbrunner recalls his childhood in Victoria; discusses his attitudes on the protection of plants; describes the origins and founders of the Thetis Park Nature Sanctuary Association, and the botany of the park area; and comments on the efforts required to prevent the total loss of many plants formerly abundant in the Victoria area.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Harold R. Matthews, in which he discusses the Thetis Park Nature Sanctuary Association.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with former sealers Max Lohbrunner and James Goudie. In it, they recall their experiences in British Columbia's sealing industry.

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 wills probated in British Columbia from 1946 to 1981. During this period, court registries around the province would keep a copy of a will in the registry probate file but send the original probated will to the Victoria Supreme Court registry. These original wills were maintained as a Central will registry. In the mid-1980s, the Victoria court registry stopped acquiring the original wills and the individual registries kept them as part of the probate file.

The wills were numbered by the Victoria court registry as they were received; this series contains the wills numbered from 46,022 to 236,339. Wills numbered 46,022 to 234,819 were microfilmed in the 1980s and wills 234,820 to 236,339 are still in their original hard copy format.

The records include transcripts of evidence taken at hearings (1913-1916) and copies of minutes of decision for Cowichan, New Westminster, Okanagan, Kamloops and Lytton agencies taken by the Indian Reserve Commission (1876-1880).

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Charles Walker.

Series consists of Canada Immigration Branch border entry lists for 1908-1918. Border entry records document the entry of persons into Canada at a number of ports. In addition to British Columbia entry ports, other Canadian and United States entry ports may be found on the reels.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with John E. Bosher.
Track 1: John E. Bosher recalls emigration from England. Impressions of Sidney in the 1920s. Sawmill, rubber company, cannery. Victoria and Saanich Railway. Farming. Landscaping work. Agricultural research station.
Track 2: Life in Sidney. Education. Employment.

This series contains records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway. The CANOL (Canadian Oil) pipeline project, conceived in response to fears of a Japanese invasion of Alaska, 1942, consisted of the construction of a road and pipeline from the Norman Wells (NWT) oil field to a refinery at Whitehorse which served as a junction for pipelines to Alaska and Alberta to supply refined petroleum products necessary for the defense of Alaska and the Canadian North. This body of records, part of the National Archives and Records Service's Record Group 338 - Records of the United States Army Commands, consists of general orders. international agreements, organization manuals, reports, briefs, correspondence and administrative records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway.

The series consists of records created by the British Columbia Hospital's Association and includes minutes, 1918-1956; correspondence 1939-1962; clippings, 1937-1965; cash book, 1918-1941; and files relating to bylaws, membership lists, etc. The series also includes records of the Western Canada Institute for Hospital Administrators and Trustees, 1948 and 1956 and photographs created by the British Columbia Hospital's Association between ca. 1923 and 1963 with images of presidents and other executives, conferences and annual meetings.

This series contains the Central Registry of the Immigration Branch of the Dept. of the Interior. These records (classified in the Public Archives of Canada as RG 76 Series 1) include deputy ministers' files, personnel dockets, and the operational records of federal government immigration agencies in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and Continental Europe.

Several files deal with Asian immigration and Doukhobor settlements in British Columbia. Also included are Registers of Chinese immigration at Port of New Westminster, 1887-1908 (RG 76 Series II) and headquarters registers of Chinese immigrants and residents, 1885-1903 (RG 76 series VI).

This series contains extracts from volumes in C.O. 537 series, known as supplementary correspondence. This class of records was made up of records and miscellaneous documents which were not considered suitable for inclusion in other Colonial office series. The records consist mainly of despatches to and from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada and senior British military officers. Records pertain to all parts of Canada, but include substantial British Columbia-related material.

San Juan Island dispute, B.C.'s entry into Confederation, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, trans-Pacific steamship services, coastal defence, and the Bering Sea sealing negotiations are but some of the issues documented in this series.

The majority of the records were originally classified as "Secret" or "Confidential." The terms "secret" and "confidential" had different meanings at different times. In 1871, when British Columbia joined Confederation, "secret" despatches from London could be shown by the Governor-General to his executive council, and the contents could be relayed to the Lieutenant Governor and his cabinet in B.C. "Confidential" despatches could only be disclosed with the express permission of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1888 the meanings of the terms was exactly reversed.

Papers relating to the building of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.; lists of drawings, spreadsheet of contractor bids, accounts, letters, inventories, extras and alterations, landscaping, payments, etc. Also included are letters concerning the second design competition and one sheet, dated 1896, of costs for the Nanaimo Courthouse.

Selected papers from the following projects: design and building of the Vancouver Court House, alterations to the Victoria Court House, design and building of Government House, Victoria, B.C., and the design and building of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Series consists of 1864-1873 letterbooks and a letterpress copy book from the Post Master for Victoria, Henry Wootton, and Post Master for New Westminster, Arthur Bushby, as well as a 1861-1868 cash book from the New Westminster General Post Office. Series also includes a 1865-1867 letterpress copybook from the Victoria General Post Office (available on microfilm reel B07893(4)).

The fonds consists of records created and received by the Post Office Department. Fonds also includes records received from predecessor agencies including the Post Office Department of the Colony of British Columbia and the Post Office Department of the Colony of Vancouver Island. Fonds includes correspondence outward from the Victoria Post Office (1864-1873), a cash book of the New Westminster Post Office (1861-1868), a register of mail from the Pender Island Post Office (1902-1908) and a register of mail from the Clo-oose Post Office (1938-1951).

Annual reports for the William Head (B.C.) Quarantine Station from 1902 to 1932. As well as statistical operational data on the station, the reports often contain information of occurrences of communicable diseases on connecting shipping routes. Some correspondence is included concerning the isolation and treatment of leprosy in the province.

Alphabetical indexes to policy and subject files relating to immigration, citizenship, and other functions of the department. Includes dates and file numbers. The files form parts of RG 26, Citizenship and Immigration and RG 76, Immigration Branch, Library and Archives Canada (LAC).

This series consists of transcripts of correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company relating to the conveyance, settlement, and reconveyance of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Volumes:
Volume 1: 1822-1851
Volume 2: 1852-1856.
Volume 3: 1856-1858
Volume 4: 1858-1860
Volume 5: 1860-1863
Volume 6: 1863-1880

Series consists of a 1893-1899 assessment roll for Dewdney district municipality.