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Reminiscences of a motor trip

The file contains a copy of reminiscences by Annie Elizabeth Greenfield, of a motor trip made in the summer of 1927 from Vancouver to Hazelton via the Fraser Canyon and Cariboo Highway, and of the return journey made via Kamloops, the Okanagan, and Washington state.

Born 1902 - like Johnny Walker, still going strong / Arthur G. Builder

The item is a 38 page autobiography by Arthur G. Builder titled "Born 1902 - like Johnny Walker, still going strong". Mr. Builder emigrated from England to Canada in 1923, worked at various jobs in the Kootenays, Vancouver and Port Coquitlam and the Okanagan, and in Nova Scotia. He served in the Canadian army in England during World War II and spent much of his time in England until 1973 when he returned first to the Okanagan and then to Victoria.

Biographical information about Mary Barnes' family

The file consists of photocopied information including a biography, 1980, of Eleanor Armour Jamieson Postill, early Okanagan Valley settler and mother of Mary Barnes; and reminiscences about Elizabeth Jamieson, grandmother of Mary Barnes, entitled "The lady of New Westminster's first Presbyterian manse".

Public policy and the preservation of agricultural land in the southern Okanagan valley, British Columbia / Michael John Fumalle

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Michael John Fumalle titled "Public policy and the preservation of agricultural land in the southern Okanagan valley, British Columbia." 1975. xvi, 284 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1975. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 226-245. Canadian theses on microfiche, 29005.

Minerva Club. Armstrong.

"Minerva Club, 1918-1919": list of officers; dates and subjects of meetings; name of hostesses for meetings.

Received from Margaret Salmond, Victoria, niece of the original owner, Mrs. Edith Freeman.

Minerva Club. Armstrong

Accommodation and cultural persistence: the case of Sikhs and the Portuguese in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia / Joy Annamma

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Joy Annamma titled "Accommodation and cultural persistence: the case of Sikhs and the Portuguese in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." xv, 373 p: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 345-359. Canadian theses on microfiche, 62965.

Essays and accounts

The series consists of microfilmed transcripts of short essays on various subjects, including the transport and mining industries in B.C., the history of B.C., descriptions of Victoria and other B.C. cities by Cariboo grocer Leonard A. Coton. Also includes accounts of car trips taken by L.A. Coton to the Okanagan, the Cariboo and on Vancouver Island in the 1950s.

Commission On Protests Of The Okanagan And Upper Nicola Indian Bands, 1954.

This series consists of records of the Canadian government's Commission on Protests of the Okanagan and Upper Nicola Indian Bands, 1954. The commission investigated protests against the inclusion or omission of certain people from membership in the bands. Records include a report of Commissioner C.W. Morrow.

Presented by Judge C.W. Morrow, Vernon, 1978.

Canada. Commission on Protests of the Okanagan and Upper Nicola Indian Bands, 1954

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