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The fonds consists almost entirely of negatives taken by M.M. Stephens of various communities, businesses, and families, chiefly in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions (Rossland, Phoenix, Grand Forks, Greenwood), and Prince Rupert. The fonds also includes blank, labeled negative envelopes, a blank cardboard mount from the Panama Studio (Prince Rupert), and a 1960 receipt from Stocks Camera Shop.

The series consists of miscellaneous films (some original footage and some composite prints) and videocassettes about British Columbia. It includes films about the BC Pavilion in Osaka (1970), British Columbia House in San Francisco (ca. 1965) as well as the opening of the 1971 BC International Trade fair, a film about lumbering in British Columbia (1925) and Crown Zellerbach lumber activities (1966) and a reel from ca. 1970 about sailing activities.

The series also includes two video copies of BBC films, one about lumbering activities and one about a search and rescue operation.

The photographs and at least some of the films were formerly held by British Columbia House in San Francisco. Some of the films are composite prints; F1984:10/002 appears to be original footage.

The series consists of films created or acquired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and its predecessor agencies, between 1928 and ca. 1981.

The agencies responsible for creating the films are:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1980-1981
Ministry of Agriculture, 1976-1980
Dept. of Agriculture, 1928-1976

The fonds consists of drawings and watercolours created by Walter Harvey of Kanaka Bay ( Nanaimo ), Ganges Harbour ( Salt Spring Island ), Active Pass and Mount Baker, and Nanaimo

The fonds consists of correspondence, legal and miscellaneous documents, a newspaper clipping and a "tintype" photograph .

The series consists of ca. 4300 negatives and ca. 5000 photographic prints taken from forest lookouts between 1936 and 1993. Falling under the function of forest protection, "lookout photography" or "panoramic lookout photography" was first initiated in B.C. in 1936. It involved taking a set of eight large-format film images at 263 fire lookout sites.

The negatives were used to create 20 x 32 cm (7½ x 12¾" black and white photo prints, and a grid was photographically superimposed on each print, indicating the compass bearing from 0 to 360 degrees and vertical angle from +10 to -15 degrees from the horizontal. These prints were bound into book form, and kept on hand in the lookout and at the Ranger Station to aid in communicating the details of fire locations using visual references. They were also used to orient the fire finder in the lookout - a rotatable sighting device mounted over a map located in the centre of the building. The books list the date of the images and the location. Some books also contain notations on the photos. The series also contains 2 boxes of photographic proofs which contain information about the date and time that the image was taken and the weather conditions at that time.

In the photographing process, bearings were established with the use of a surveyor's transit and level, and an interchangeable camera. With the transit, the photographer determined the precise known bearing of a distant reference object (usually a mountain peak or another lookout, sometimes a topographic survey cairn). By lifting the transit off the mount and replacing it with the camera, they could then take their eight photographs at 45-degree horizontal intervals. Photographs from the lookout were taken in this order: shot #1, North; shot #2, 45 degrees; shot #3, East; shot #4, 135 degrees; shot #5, South; shot #6, 225 degrees; shot #7, West; shot #8, 315 degrees. A suitable camera was initially borrowed from another agency until one specially built by the National Research Council in Ottawa was obtained in the summer of 1945. One report from the late 1940s states that the eight views each included a horizontal angle of 50 degrees, so that the full panorama was completed with an overlap of 5 degrees per photograph. Photos were taken on infrared film to maximize haze penetration, and a duplicate set of negatives were taken with panchromatic.

Most lookouts were photographed at least once; some were photographed two or three times. This “rephotography” was deemed necessary when there were appreciable changes, over time, in a view from a lookout. Changes in view were caused by various factors: elimination of vegetative cover due to wildfires or logging; the erecting, rebuilding or relocation of a tower; construction of dams; or the change in view caused by tree clearing at the mountain summit. Most lookouts were sites that had established structures; however, some were undeveloped sites.

The photography was sometimes carried out by a two-man crew consisting of UBC forestry students. In time, "visibility mapping" to evaluate potential new lookout sites was combined with lookout photography at existing sites; in some years a two-man crew would do both. Access to lookout sites by helicopter was used by 1960. The same crews sometimes also took photographs on behalf of the National Parks Service for parks lookouts located in B.C. For some years there was limited or no field work undertaken in either lookout photography or visibility mapping. The last photos were taken by professional surveyors on a contract basis as a pilot project.

The majority of the lookout structures were built by the B.C. Forest Service; however, several had been built by the federal government to fulfill their obligation to protect timber from wildfire within the Railway Belt. In 1930 the Railway Belt and its lookout structures were turned over to the Province of B.C.

The number of lookouts that were staffed declined in the late 1970s and early 1980s as other means of fire detection became more efficient, notably, aircraft patrols and public reporting. In addition, the electronic lightning location system that began in 1980 indicated where lightning activity had occurred, and computer models then predicted the likely location and number of new lighting-caused and people-caused fires. The decline in fire lookouts was due to technological changes, and cost-benefit analyses probably showed that some lookouts were no longer good investments. Lookout photography was given up as lookouts declined in value.

The photographs are a resource for studying landscape change. Old harvesting, regeneration, and the impacts of wildfire and urban expansion may be observed in many of the photograph sets.

Capilano Review was a serial publication devoted to poetry. The collection consists of recordings of readings by Canadian poets and writers at Capilano College in North Vancouver, 1973-1975.

The series consists of photographs and accompanying material acquired by the Centennial '58 Committee that show centennial projects, celebrations and participants from the British Columbia 1958 centennial. The committee received photographs, both prints and negatives, from around the province, which showcased community centennial activities. The series also includes photographs and filmstrips collected by the Canadian Confederation Centennial Committee and the Centennial '71 Committee. All three committees were chaired by L.J. Wallace, the Deputy Provincial Secretary. The majority of the photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject or community place name with some interspersed miscellaneous files.

Series consists of photographs acquired by the Dept. of Lands regarding Tweedsmuir Park and the 1937 visit of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and Governor General of Canada to the area. The photographs were probably collected in order to produce the souvenir brochure “Tweedsmuir Park, British Columbia, Canada” which was published by the Dept. of Lands in 1938 to commemorate the 1937 visit. The series also includes four negatives of Osoyoos and lake from Anarchist Mountain taken in 1955.

Series consists of photographs created by the Department of Public Works for various uses. The files contain photographs from 1962-1975 of various public works buildings from around the province, mostly Vancouver courthouse complex, including views of building repairs, building models, interior and exterior shots of buildings and accompanying material.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the Tofino-Clayoquot areas of Vancouver Island's west coast.

The collection consists of radio broadcasts including speeches, music, advertisements and variety programs, including performances by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the UBC Radio Society.

The fonds consists of records of registered letters mailed and received at the Van Winkle Post Office.

The fonds consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the growth and development of Vancouver General Hospital.

The fonds consists of clothier's sales and account books of McLean and of Scotch House.

The fonds consists of correspondence and accounts information, promotional materials, photographs, and ephemera relating to Allan Klenman's career as a salesman in radio. The fonds also includes sound recordings of short radio announcements, advertisements, and opening and closings of radio programs.

The fonds consists of correspondence, membership and financial records (including sick benefit account ledger), and minute books of various committees of the Grand Lodge of B.C. and minute books of local lodges in Nelson, Vancouver and Victoria.

The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches and clippings.

The fonds consists of photographs and lecture notes for slide shows, which document the history of hydro-electric power, irrigation and agriculture, spanning all areas of the province, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s. Clark appears to have collected the photographs from diverse sources; many appear to relate to his activities with the South Okanagan Irrigation Project, and work for the Department of Lands, Water Rights Branch. For the most part, photographers are not identified. Clark may have been the photographer for some, but a large number appear to have been taken by other government employees or other professional photographers. Some photographs are attributed to the Royal Canadian Air Force and to numerous commercial photographers including: L. Stocks, George A. Meeres, C. Peel Nelson and Harry Bullen. Some photographs have annotations labeling them as “Water Rights Branch” photos or slides. In indexing his collection, Clark also indicated some of the photos have a relationship to the “Forest Branch.” The fonds also consists of an inventory of the slides, with slide show notes. These include: “Useful Notes for Lecture Work on B.C Water Powers” (October 1931), and “Illustrated Lecture on the South Okanagan Irrigation Project, featuring the Engineering” (December 1928), and “Lecture notes for slide show on Hydro-Electric development in BC” (April to June 1931), annotated with “JW Clark, Water Rights Branch.” Subjects include the South Okanagan Irrigation Project and other irrigation projects around BC, dams and hydro-electric generating plants, waterfalls and water pumps, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, bridges, canals and locks, agriculture, agricultural experiment stations, gardens and horticulture, ranches and ranch life, farm buildings, farm life, fruit orchards, tobacco and other crops. Subjects also include: forestry, logging, silviculture, pulp and paper mills and manufacturing, landscapes, parks, railroad tracks, buildings and bridges. In particular, there are photographs relating to the West Kootenay Power and Light Company and of water power projects including Bonnington Falls, Stave River, Buntzen River, Britannia Creek, Powell River, Link River, the Ruskin dam and power development, and of hydro-electric power installations in other Canadian provinces.

The collection comprises 23 episodes of "Town Meeting [of the Air] in Canada", a public affairs radio program that was broadcast on CJOR from 1943 to 1971. Arthur Helps was the host and moderator for the series. No specific date information is available for most of the episodes.

The collection comprises about 1830 published sound recordings, mainly of music composed, arranged, and performed by British Columbia and Western Canadian musicians, or which was recorded in the province or released by British Columbia companies. A wide variety of musical genres are represented, including classical and orchestral music, country and western, electronic music, folk and folk-rock, jazz, pop, rock, new wave and punk. The recordings span the years from the early 1940s to 1988. The collection reflects the emergence of Vancouver-based record companies such as Aragon, Mushroom, and Nettwerk. The West coast musical scene of the 1980s -- which coincided with the collection's creation -- is particularly well documented.

The collection consists of six audio reels collected by Bill Ward, including copies of "Conservation Calling" episodes and various radio musical and advertisement programs, a Fish and Wildlife official speech and a Fish and Wildlife Christmas party.

The fonds consists of a diary, a letter and reminiscences and photographs of Evelyn Penrose, business records of Cowan and Penrose, and investment papers of C.G. Cowan.

The fonds consists of recordings of advertisements and programs on radio station CHWK Chilliwack, as well as reminiscences by two early station employees and a 1982 broadcast remembering the 1948 Fraser River flood.

The collection consists of various radio broadcasts, including music, interviews and speeches from various radio stations in B.C. It also contains kinescopes of four CBC Vancouver television productions, including three episodes of the children's program "Barney's Gang".

The fonds consists of McCandlish's correspondence.

The fonds consists of Empress News Company's photographs of the Yukon, Hazelton, New Hazelton, Prince Rupert and Smithers.

The fonds consists of minute books, cash books and ledgers of the Forager Transportation Company.

The fonds consists of an abstract of the log of the RMS Empress of India, commanded by O.P. Marshall.