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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.

The item consists of the reminiscenes of Ethelwyn Maud Johnstone titled "Growing up in Ontario in the late 1880s." The author was a niece of Thomas Francis Paterson and visited him in Victoria in 1896.

The item is a b&w photograph taken in 1915. It shows a basaltic formation at Rock Island on the Columbia River.

The item is a b&w photograph taken in 1915, of Driftwood Island in the Columbia River.

The item is a copy of a paper by Peter Bolger entitled "On writing comparative social history", presented at a history seminar in Perth, Western Australia. It compares the history of Victoria, BC with that of Hobart, Tasmania.

The item consists of a typescript copy and a microfilm copy of a thesis by Derek Lawrence Reimer titled "Travel literature as a source for historical geography: a case study from early British Columbia, 1841-1871." viii, 162 p., appendices. Thesis (M.A.) Queen University, 1973. Vita. Bibliography: p 155-161.

The item is a marriage licence, (No. 1), signed by Lieutenant-Governor Joseph W. Trutch, granted to Bruno Mellado and Mary Ann Thompson at Victoria, August 14, 1871. On verso is a handwritten certification of marriage dated 22 August 1871, signed by Rev. Simon McGregor, Church of Scotland. It is the first marriage licence to be issued after British Columbia became a province. Note: Erroneously entered as Bruno Milledo on Vital Events record and index.

The item is a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the campaign for prohibition in 1916.

The file consists of a copy of a biography of John Frederick Hume (Sr.), pioneer Kootenay businessman. The undated account biographical account is titled "Early events in the life of J. Fred Hume as told to his son, John Frederick Hume Jr."

History of the Ng family (20 volumes in Chinese).

The item is a photocopy of a judgement of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Attorney General of Canada et al. v. Gonzalves et: al.

The file contains correspondence with Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron, Strathcona and Mount Royal and includes a letter from 1900 about the Victoria Public Library's refusal to accept a catalogue of Greek coins and a letter and cable to Mayor of New Westminster re the Provincial Exhibition, 1908.

The file contains material related to Seaman George Stevenson including bill of sale for the sloop "Kingfisher", miscellaneous notes, fragments of correspondence and newspaper clippings.

Blank form of agreement between the Company and employee respecting terms of employment.

Payroll list for November 1903.

Gift of W.H. Pearce, Chilliwack.

The item is an account of a battle between the Bella Bella and Oweekano people; the battle is described in this account as the "Slaughter of ellahay." Told by Mrs. Poutlass and Joe Machow of Rivers Inlet, and written down by Ned Wesley.

The item is a copy of "My memoirs of the '48 flood", Cornelius Kelleher's reminiscences of the 1948 Fraser River flood.

The file is a photocopy of "Ridgedale-Matsqui, 1890-1908" and consists of recollections of Roselle M. Beharrell, the first white child born in Matsqui Prairie.

Letter signed by Pitt, arranging an appointment with "Your Lordship."

The file contains a copy of an essay titled "Early Musical Days in Victoria" by David Williams Higgins, a Victoria newspaper editor, politician and Speaker of the House.

Register of members.

The item is a photocopy of a paper by Gillian Marie Loggy of Vancouver titled "A guide to the writing of women into the history of British Columbia." It was written for the Local History Project under the Professions for Tomorrow Program, 1975. A bibliography of published and unpublished sources is included.

Ship's clearance paper issued to the ship William Lewis by the Harbourmaster, Port of Victoria, 1865.

The file consists of two certificates issued to William John Savary. The first is a Justices license to surveyors to share in contracts etc., for work or materials issued to Savory at Swansthorpe, Norfolk, 1882 and the second is a beneficiary certificate, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Sullivan Lodge, No. 6, Victoria, issued to Savory in 1895.

The item is a copy of a graduating essay by David R.B. Dendy titled "One huge orchard: Okanagan land and development companies before the Great War." University of Victoria, Department of History.

The item is a photocopy of a diary kept by Mrs. Edward Bailey in 1910 of a journey to Cranbrook from Banff and of a visit in Cranbrook.

Acts of the Apostles 18.9 - 26.6, translated into Tsimshian. "C.S. Knott, Fort Simpson, March 7, 1879" written inside front cover.

The file contains letters kept by Ernest Bolton Hermon, surveyor including one from R.E. Gosnell, Vancouver, dated Aug. 5, 1925, describing his introduction to Vancouver life on his arrival in 1888 and some of the early surveyors in the province (ca. 1888-1898). Covering letter from Hermon to A.S. Musgrave, 1934.