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Series consists of correspondence, reports, newsletters and clippings regarding the marketing, pricing, and retailing of gasoline in British Columbia from 1975 to 1977.

The item is a video copy of a promotional film. It is an Imperial Oil tribute to British Columbia on its centennial. Beginning with a visit to Major J.S. Matthews at the Vancouver City Archives, the film surveys the growth of BC industry, with special attention to the role of the petroleum industry in past development and present prosperity. Includes: Vancouver streets, airport and aerial views; heavy construction work in mountains; logging; mining; Trail smelter; fishing and canning; fruit growing in the Okanagan; cattle ranching; oil drilling (Peace River region); ships in port; sports activities; UBC.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia.

T4303:0213: Part 1: "The Old West is Alive and Well and Living in D. Land" [00:24:25], by Regina Puckett. A twenty-five minute feature about the influence of the American cowboy, his stories and his songs, in Eastern BC.

T4304:0236: Part 2. "Suffering Me Slowly" [00:27:20], by Howard Broomfield and Gillian Ridington. A feature on the Blueberry River Band and their fight with the local oil company.

CALL NUMBER: T1209:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on gas legislation and BC Ferries RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-26 & 28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses changes in the legislation regarding natural gas, 26 February 1977. TRACK 2: Davis discusses the size of ferry crews on the BC Ferries vessels, 28 February 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on pipelines and seat belt legislation RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-01 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses possible oil pipeline routes in BC, and potential environment effects, 1 March 1977. TRACK 2: Davis introduces automobile seat belt legislation, 15 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): News conferences on natural gas exports and seat belt fines RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-23 & 24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, discusses problems related to natural gas export contracts, 23 March 1977. TRACK 2: Davis announces reduced penalties for seat belt infractions, 24 March 1977. Also: NDP MLA Rosemary Brown applauds the announcement of the Human Resources Minster that there will be no "deductible" charge for Pharmacare, 24 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on northern ferries, Revelstoke Dam and BC Tel rates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-19 & 1977-05-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, on northern ferry transportation and the Revelstoke Dam situation, 19 April 1977. TRACK 2: Davis on BC Tel rates, 17 May 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on BC Ferries, energy report, and Cherry Point oil port RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05-17 & 1977-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, on BC Ferries, BC Steamships, and MIT energy report, 17 May 1977. TRACK 2: Davis doesn't like Cherry Point, Washington, as a potential location for an oil port, 3 June 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis on nuclear power, seat belts, and Alcan pipeline RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-17 & 1977-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, says nuclear power plants are not required in BC, 17 June 1977. Also: NDP MLA Dave Stupich on municipal finance, [same date?]. TRACK 2: Davis on seat belt legislation and the Alcan Pipeline route, 4 July 1977. Also: Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm on the abolition of the Vancouver Resources Board, [same date?]. CALL NUMBER: T1209:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis comments on his resignation as Minister RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-[03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jack Davis, Social Credit MLA (North Vancouver - Seymour), explains the reasons why he resigned as Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications, pending the outcome of an RCMP investigation into his air travel expenses. Davis admits that he traded-in first class airplane tickets for regular fare tickets and pocketed the difference. But, Davis says, he did not claim some other expenses he could have claimed, and the refunds he received were kept in lieu of claiming for those other items. Davis also says that he reimbursed the government for some of the difference. The press questions Davis extensively regarding the specifics of what he did, as well as about details surrounding his resignation. April 3 [?], 1978. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1019:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Comments on alleged political blacklist RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-02 SUMMARY: Comments by Environment Minister James Nielsen on an alleged "political blacklist" in his ministry, 2 February 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1019:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jim Nielsen on pipeline dangers and Greenbelt Act changes RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-01 & 25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Environment Minister Jim Nielsen expresses concern about the environmental problems of oil pipelines in British Columbia, 1 March 1977. TRACK 2: Nielsen discusses proposed changes to the Greenbelt Act, 25 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1019:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jim Nielsen on Houston sawmill and milfoil weed in Okanagan Lake RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Environment Minister Jim Nielsen comments on the decision by the Land Commission to allow the construction of a sawmill at Houston, 1977. TRACK 2: Nielsen comments on the report of the committee investigating the Eurasian milfoil weed problem in Okanagan Lake, 4 April 1977. CALL NUMBER: T1019:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jim Nielsen on Skagit Valley, Okanagan Lake weeds, and oil spills RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05-30 & 1977-06-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Environment Minister Jim Nielsen says that the resolution of the Skagit Valley controversy may be years away, 30 May 1977. TRACK 2: Nielsen outlines plans for 2,4-D control of Eurasian milfoil weeds in the Okanagan Lakes. Also, Nielsen says he doesn't like the idea of Cherry Point (Washington) as a major oil shipping terminal, 6 June 1977.

The item consists of a public relations film on the development of the Okanagan Helicopters Group. The release print contains BC footage includes Carl Agar flying an early helicopter; use of helicopters for aerial survey of Kildala Pass transmission line route (Kitimat project) and flying supplies to stations along the route; delivering supplies to geological surveys and drilling sites in the Rockies; topographical survey work; survey and monitoring of the Trans Mountain pipeline; re-seeding forests from the air; headquarters and hangers at Vancouver airport.

Out-takes. An Imperial Oil tribute to British Columbia on its centennial. Beginning with a visit to Major J.S. Matthews at the Vancouver City Archives, the film surveys the growth of BC industry, with special attention to the role of the petroleum industry in past development and present prosperity. Includes: Vancouver streets, airport and aerial views; heavy construction work in mountains; logging; mining; Trail smelter; fishing and canning; fruit growing in the Okanagan; cattle ranching; oil drilling (Peace River region); ships in port; sports activities; UBC.

Out-takes. Career opportunities in the oil industry of western Canada. Shows steps involved in surveying, sounding, scientific testing, site determination, oil well drilling and refining. The film was mainly shot in Alberta, but there are some BC scenes.

SUMMARY: Dedication ceremony for the new Shell Oil plant at Shellburn [in northern Burnaby, B.C.].;

Television stock shots

Television stock shots. Includes footage of oil-port; oil tanker & tanks, Cherry Point; tar sands (Freebe) ; and lab testing of lubricating oils.

Newsreel. Six stories from around the world, including one from Canada. The sixth story, entitled "Vancouver to Get Oil Pipeline," shows the beginning of construction of the Alberta-to-Vancouver pipeline at a site in the North Thompson Valley.

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.

This series consists of the general office files of the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Petroleum Resource Division from 1974-1987. At this time, the position was part of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The majority of the records relate to the administrative functions of the executive's office. This includes organizational charts, draft legislation, audits, agreements, speeches, correspondence, reports, committee records, minutes, and briefing notes.

Records were selected for permanent retention under the executive records schedule number 102906.

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.

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.

This series consists of land use committee files created by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources from 1981-1986. These copies of the committee files were created and used by the representative from the Ministry’s Petroleum Resources Division. The series includes records of three committees: the Ministry wide Land Use Committee as well as two subordinate committees, the Land Use Coordinating Committee and the Omineca-Peace Regional Resource Management Committee (RRMC).

The records cover a wide variety of issues. The primary objective of the committees was to establish a ministry position for presentation to the Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC) of Cabinet. This included the creation of a ministry wide land use policy and procedures.

Other issues referenced in the series include: the review and approval of land use projects, including energy or mining projects within the ministry and providing feedback on projects from other ministries such as forest uses or the creation of new parks; creation of protocol agreements with other ministries to address conflicting land use requirements; reviewing the provincial land use strategy; investigating legal issues such as surface and sub-surface rights; reviewing recreation corridors and changes to parks; and establishing mine guidelines.

Records include meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, research, cabinet submissions, policy documents, and maps. Many of the records are copies sent to all committee members for reference.

The records are arranged by committee, then chronologically by meeting date. The records were transferred under one time schedule number 880193.

The series documents the Oil and Gas Commission’s role in resolving oil and gas development issues and disputes between affected parties such as Indigenous groups, landowners or other energy companies. The purpose of dispute resolution is to explore and understand each other’s interests and develop acceptable solutions together. If the commission is unable to resolve the dispute, it must encourage the use of consensual alternative dispute resolution. Under the Oil and Gas Commission Act (SBC 1998, c. 39, s. 8), the commission may authorize one or more individuals to facilitate settlement, and make recommendations that must be considered by the commission before deciding the disputed matter. Under section 9 of the aforementioned Act, the advisory committee to the Oil and Gas Commission may request that the commission reconsider any original decision made on oil and gas development. The commission may grant or refuse this request for reconsideration. The records of the advisory committee provide evidence of the deliberations and advice of citizens to the Oil and Gas Commission. The series includes background documentation, decisions, recommendations, and related correspondence from the advisory committee concerning requests for reconsideration. The records of the Oil and Gas Commission were created between 2002 to 2010 in BC.

The records are arranged chronologically by year or meeting date. They include minutes, reports, briefing notes, recommendations, and decisions. The records are classified as either requests for reconsideration (20400-40) or Oil and Gas Commission advisory committee files (20400-25) under the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS (schedule 163507), 2005. The 2019 amendment to the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS removed these classifications because the commission stopped using the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework in 2010 when the Oil and Gas Activities Act (SBC 2008, c. 36) came into effect, and dispute facilitation was no longer regulated.

The series consists of administrative files based on their subject matter, which includes BCPC’s corporate organization and structure and issues relating to privatization of the corporation’s functions ca. 1987-1990. The series also consists of Financial Information Act return reports for BCPC and for the British Columbia Gas Corporation.

Record types include correspondence, memoranda, presentations, newsletters, staff circulars, and annual financial statements.

The series was created by the Government Records Service when applying the record classification system which scheduled the records for full or selective retention.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0073 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Confederation and economic conditions -- Financial Times interview RECORDED: London (England), 1977-08-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett talks with Financial Times reporter John Griffiths in London. Bennett discusses confederation and says that Canada, as presently constituted, will survive. Calls for greater power for the provinces; says the major issue in Canada is the economy; unemployment and inflation; calls for common federal/provincial national economic policy; talks about problems facing BC and western Canada; need for secondary industry; tariff policy; transportation policy; discusses the Social Credit policy to balance the books; says creation of new jobs and capital investment is up; says BC's economy is strongest in Canada; says best potential for economic growth in the province lies in the forest industry and the mining industry, especially thermal and metallurgical coal; Northeast; coal; Alcan pipeline. TRACK 2: Bennett says oil and gas exploration are up; discusses implication of the Alcan pipeline. 26 August 1977.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0074 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: News conference RECORDED: Brussels (Belgium), 1977-09-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At a Brussels news conference, Premier Bill Bennett discusses current and future BC development in the areas of energy and industry, 16 September 1977. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0033 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Natural gas tax agreement between federal and provincial governments` RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-01-20 SUMMARY: Natural gas tax agreement between federal and provincial governments, 20 January 1975; press conference in Victoria.;

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Speech to Seattle world trade club RECORDED: Seattle (Wash.), 1975-02-26 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett speech to the Seattle World Trade Club, Seattle, Washington, 26 February 1975.;

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0035 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Announcement of intention to build petroleum refinery RECORDED: Ottawa (Ont.), 1975-04-09 SUMMARY: In Ottawa, Premier David Barrett and James Rhodes, chairman of the BC Petroleum Corporation, announce the intention to build a petroleum refinery in BC, 9 April 1975.;

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0036 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Address to Anglican synod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-04-25 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett addresses the Anglican Synod, 25 April 1975.;

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Kenneth Kiernan.

T2665:0001 track 1: Born in 1916 in the Peace River country of Alberta. Details about Kiernan's family and homesteading. Father killed in WW I; mother remarries and they continue to farm. Left Peace River country in 1927. After several stops, settled on a farm at Sumas Prairie. More details about Kiernan's family. Tough economic conditions in the Peace River district. Kiernan's education and work history to 1935. Ends formal education after grade 8. Reading habits as a young man.
Track 2: Took correspondence courses from the Canadian Legion. Leisure activities as a youth: Trail Rangers and basketball. Delivered newspapers in Chilliwack area. "Rode the rods" to the Prairies in 1935. Economic struggles of Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1935-37. Returned to B.C. on the rods in October 1937. Anecdotes about riding the rods.

T2665:0002 track 1: Continuation of anecdote about riding the rods, 1935-37. Marginal economic circumstances of the Kiernan family during the Depression. Worked in Fraser Valley mills. Contracted pneumonia. Worked for Eddy's Nurseries, 1937-40. Joined the New Westminster Regiment, 1940. Interested in Social Credit in Alberta, 1935-37, but not a member. Read works of Marx but rejected them in the 1930s. Critique of Marx and of Canadian economic system in the 1930s.
Track 2: Kiernan in motorized corps in Canada, 1940-46. Eventually became a Warrant Officer II. Not able to go overseas because of previous pneumonia. Comments on military discipline. Kiernan into business as a garage operator near Chilliwack, 1946. Flooded out in 1948.

T2665:0003 track 1: Kiernan describes his experiences in being flooded out during the 1948 flood of Fraser River. Description of his return to the flooded home and service station. Becomes president of local PTA in 1950. Joined Social Credit in 1951. Comments on the Coalition government. Comments on Coalition/Liberal Premier Boss Johnson and Conservative leader Herbert Anscomb.
Track 2: Kiernan becomes very active as a Social Credit organizer, 1951-52. Kiernan takes 1952 Social Credit nomination. Organizational details about Social Credit in Chilliwack. Early meetings emphasized monetary reform. The "Christian image" of Social Credit. The importance of individualism in Social Credit. General discussion of political philosophy. Liberals and Conservatives unaware of the upsurge of Social Credit in Chilliwack. Circumstances under which Kiernan took 1952 nomination. Defeated sitting Conservative Leslie Eyres. Key roles of Alberta Socreds in 1952 election.

T2665:0004 tracj 1: The importance of W.A.C. Bennett in the 1952 election. Kiernan says Alberta influence was minimal ca. 1952. 1952 Social Credit convention. Ernest Hansell as 1952 campaign leader. Bennett disillusioned with Conservatives. Kiernan sometimes "scared" by the vision of W.A.C. Bennett in things such as the two-river policy. Kiernan gives a sample of his 1952 election style.
Track 2: Kiernan's experiences as a public speaker. The hard work of political campaigning. Description of Social Credit cabinet meetings. Kiernan's recollections of election night in 1952. Kiernan went to visit Bennett in Kelowna shortly after 1952 election. The decision is made to have W.A.C. Bennett as political leader, July 1952.

T2665:0005 track 1: Kiernan is selected to be Agriculture Minister in the first Social Credit government. Anecdotes about becoming government. Comments on the Bennett style of leadership. The formation of the first cabinet. Kiernan speculates on the reasons for his selection as Minister of Agriculture. Comments on communist scare tactics used against the C.C.F. Socialist economic planning inappropriate for B.C. Problems with the dairy industry were the first big problems faced by Kiernan in the Agriculture portfolio.
Track 2: The transition to power: early cabinet meetings, help from senior civil servants. Cabinet procedures. The selection of Robert Bonner and Einar Gunderson. Rev. H.D. Francis and Orr Newton resign in order to provide seats. Kiernan downplays the notion that the senior civil service opposed the new government. The firing of Percy Richards. Hospital insurance reforms after the 1952 election. Alternatives to hospital insurance proposed.

T2665:0006 track 1: Facing the problem of hospital insurance after the 1952 election. Building the cabinet team, 1952-53. Discussion of the 1953 session of the Legislature. Socreds maneuvering for defeat? Bennett sure of dissolution? The legislative defeat of Social Credit and the unusual passage of bills prior to dissolution. The "atmosphere" in the House at the time of the 1953 defeat. The resignation of Harold Winch as C.C.F. leader. The 1953 election.
Track 2: Discussion of the 1953 election continued. The defeat of Tilly Rolston and Einar Gunderson. Their importance as cabinet ministers. Gunderson as a member of the Treasury Board. The election of John Perdue as president of the Social Credit League. Issues within the Department of Agriculture: brucellosis control, irrigation, hay shortages. Comments on W.H. Robertson and William McGillivray as Kiernan's deputy ministers.

T2665:0007 Track 1: Kiernan gives background to the Sommers affair. Comments on Gordon Gibson Sr. The "money talks" speech, February 1955. Gibson's charges not substantiated by the Lord Commission. Gibson's charges treated with great skepticism. Kiernan did not see the RCMP report to the Attorney-General's Department. The government has private investigator investigate the charges against Sommers. Sommers a known gambler to Kiernan.
Track 2: More on Sommers' gambling. No pressure from ministers on Bennett to fire Sommers. Sommers called on to account for the allegations by cabinet and caucus. Sommers consistent in his denials. Circumstances surrounding the resignation of Bonner. Kiernan becomes Minister of Mines.

T2665:0008 track 1: Death of Tilly Rolston, 1953. Discussion of Sommers case, continued. Opposition to Forest Management Licences. Sommers' resignation and Kiernan takes over the Mines portfolio, 1956. Robert Bonner and delays in the case. Comments on Mel Bryan who crossed the floor on the Sommers case. More on the delays. Sommers case harms Social Credit government. Kiernan expresses doubts about the guilt and illegal intentions of Sommers. Case did not affect timing of 1956 election. Not aware of Sommers' cabinet contact.
Track 2: No suggestion of impropriety by Sommers in the Mines portfolio. Gifts to cabinet ministers. Sommers investigated by private detective. Kiernan's general observations on the Sommers case. "Politics is war". Kiernan Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, 1956-64. The challenge of taking over a new portfolio. Comments on Deputy Ministers of Mines: John Walker, P.J. Mulcahy. The framing of new petroleum legislation. Comments on the B.C. petroleum and gas industry.

T2665:0009 track 1: The development of oil and natural gas leasing systems. Development of the Peace River region. The building of Westcoast Transmission pipeline. Description of Frank McMahon. Comments on foreign ownership of petroleum and natural gas resources. Description of the auction of oil and natural gas leases.
Track 2: The auction system continued. Frank McMahon in the 1960 election. Anecdotes about some B.C. mining executives: Ozzie McDonald, Spud Huestis, Mel O'Brien. The opening of Bethlehem Copper Corporation mine in the Highland Valley. Changes in mining taxation and land tenure systems, c. 1957. Problems of establishing an iron and steel industry in B.C. Vehement industry opposition to changes in mining legislation.

T2665:0010 track 1: Major problems faced as mines minister: taxation legislation, departmental expansion, mine safety. Dispute with federal government over offshore mineral rights. "Political" decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on this issue. The reclamation of mining sites. Kiernan expresses his opposition to the idea of company towns. Taxation on profits vs. royalties in the mining industry. Kiernan concerned about "penny mines" on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Track 2: The formation of the Department of Recreation and Conservation, 1957. Kiernan becomes Minister of Recreation and Conservation, 1963. Anomalies in the classification of provincial parks. Mineral claims and timber leases in provincial parks. The case of Western Mines in Strathcona Park. The role of pressure groups in the Buttle Lake controversy. Preparation for his new portfolio of Recreation and Conservation. General comments on park development in B.C.

T2665:0011 Track 1: Skepticism about the idea of wilderness preservation. The illogic of some park boundaries. The changing of the boundary of Manning Park to facilitate mining. Kiernan's ideas on the multiple use concept. Kiernan's impressions of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, SPEC, Sierra Club. The role of the Sierra Club in the boundary determinations for Pacific Rim National Park.
Track 2: More on the Sierra Club of B.C. W.A.C. Bennett's attitudes on park matters. Public access on forestry roads. The formation of the Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC) in 1969. Comments on the operation of ELUC and the Secretariat. ELUC originally a problem-solver rather than policy-maker. Comments on a few specific issues dealt with by ELUC. Kiernan not convinced of the concept of a single Minister of the Environment. Williston as chairman of ELUC. Land use questions more practical than moral or ethical. "Nature the adversary". The evolution of environmental attitudes in B.C. The minister as an arbitrator of attitudes.

T2665:0012 track 1: Kiernan's efforts to curb the excesses of the "throw-away" society. The Anti-Litter Act. The recycling of derelict automobiles. Deputy Ministers of Recreation and Conservation: Dave Turner, H.G. McWilliams, Lloyd Brooks. Comments on the proposed flooding of the Skagit River Valley. Opposition by the fishing lobby. Benefits of flood control on the Fraser River.
Track 2: Flood control on the Fraser River continued. More comments on the fishing lobby. The benefits of fish versus the benefits of hydro power and flood control. Short term as Minister of Commercial Transport, 1963-64. Minister of Travel Industry, 1967-1972. The formation of the department, 1967. Ron Worley as Deputy Minister of the Travel Industry department. British Columbia tourist promotions. Comments on "The Wonderful World of W.A.C. Bennett". Kiernan's comments on our political society. Comments on the role of socialism in B.C. B.C. still in the frontier stage. General comments on the NDP caucus prior to 1972. Analysis of the B.C. economy. The need for new hydro electric power developments in B.C.

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, from 1961. It shows the construction of Western Pacific's crude oil pipeline from the Peace River region to Kamloops. Includes shots of Barkerville; seismic blasting; drilling for oil; laying of pipeline (with crossings of the Fraser and Quesnel Rivers); BC oil refineries (including Ioco); Prince George; Vancouver (harbour, Lion's Gate Bridge, skyline); Cariboo range land and family recreation.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film from 1951. "In this film we quickly see B.C.'s industrial might unfold -- paper, cellulose, mining, oil pipeline, and finally highways and happier living." (BC Electric film catalogue, 1959)

The item is a promotional film from 1964. It shows the history of the PGE, and a look at the area through which it passes. Shows inaugural run from North Vancouver to Fort St. John, Oct. 1958, (with Premier W.A.C. Bennett aboard) and driving of the Golden Spike at Fort St. John, Oct. 5 1958. Also includes footage of the Williams Lake Stampede, Peace River grain fields, oil/gas drilling and refining; also the operations of the PGE (North Vancouver rail yards, winter operations).

This series contains correspondence relating to petroleum leases. The records consists of enquiries relating to oil lands in British Columbia (1940-1943), a general file on oil lands (1940-1956), and correspondence files on petroleum leases in Block 4593, Kootenay District, held by Borden Oil Company.

This series contains correspondence and briefs submitted to the Executive Council. It includes applications and appeals pertaining to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Seaboard Distributors Ltd., Blunden Harbour Land Company Ltd., and sundry miscellaneous organizations.

This series consists of mining licences for the purposes of prospecting for coal and petroleum pursuant to the Coal and Petroleum Act, 1911 and amendments. These licences were for the Queen Charlotte District (file 1) and Cassiar District (file 2). Prior 1911, the Act was known as the Coal Mines Act.

This series consists of records of the Coal and Petroleum Commission, 1934-1938. Records include exhibits, transcripts of proceedings, secretary's notebook of proceedings, working papers and report. Some exhibits filed separately.