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This series contains an appeal book and judgements of the British Columbia Supreme Court in the case of James S. Emerson, timber dealer v. Robert T. Skinner, Provincial Timber Inspector, regarding the seizure of three booms of cedar under the Timber Manufacturing Act, 1906.

This series contains the Chief Forester's correspondence inward and outward.

This series contains reports by the Assistant Timber Inspector at Nelson on timber cut and royalties payable by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Doukhobor Society.

This series contains a carbon-copy of "The Problem of Slash Disposal in the Western White Pine Stands of North Idaho, 1921", a report to the U.S. Forest Service, District One, Missoula, Montana, by Forest Examiners J.A. Larsen and W.C. Lowdermilk.

This series contains the agenda of discussion topics at the Vancouver Forest District Ranger Meeting held February 21-25, 1949.

This series contains memoranda and papers presented at the 1946 District Foresters' Meeting.

This series contains the "Report to the Royal Commission on Forests and Forestry: The Background to Stand Treatment Policies in the Northern Interior." The report is illustrated with pasted-in photographs.

This series contains ranger patrol diaries. The series includes the diaries of D. Wallace, whose ranger district was probably the Nicola valley and adjacent parts of the Railway Belt.

This series contains project files from the Mitchell River Bridge, Invermere Ranger District, Project 196. Types of records includes photographs and brief construction history.

This series consists of a "Forest Management Licences Management Record" ledger containing records of licences and cutting permits issued including: permit or licence number, name of licencee, dates of advertisement, approval and expiry, location, timber marks, transfers and renewals. Also, the series contains an example of the form in which applications for cutting permits were to be made to the department.

The series consists of two copies of a three volume submission to the Royal Commission on Forestry by the Bureau of Economics and Statistics. It includes a statement showing the amount of timber held under all types of tenure, by individuals and firms in B.C. during 1938 and 1944.

Correspondence, briefs, position papers, press releases, and clippings relating to public reaction to the 1978 Forest Act. The Coalition for Responsible Forest Legislation was a group of labour and environmental organizations against passage of the proposed Act.

Original timber leases, renewals, cancelled and surrendered wood pulp leases.

CALL NUMBER: T3944:0016 - 0022 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-29 SUMMARY: Interview with Ernie Dalskog, who discusses logging in British Columbia, 1931-1948.;

CALL NUMBER: T3944:0023 track 1 item 01 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-29 SUMMARY: Conclusion of Ernie Dalskog interview. (ca. 10 minutes);

Industrial film. The range of products that come from the tree, and the significant use that humanity has made of wood as a resource in construction, architecture, art and daily life. The historical and present importance of lumber, plywood, containers, and paper products are discussed. Includes footage of Fort Langley and of the "Haida village" reconstruction at UBC.

The file consists of a transcript of a talk by Eustace Smith, relating his experiences of over sixty years in the British Columbia forest industry.

Correspondence, notes and other papers on forest pathology, timber cruising, and the supervision of licenced scalers. Personal correspondence relating to the Forest Service and poetry and song sheets from annual forest ranger meetings.

The series consists of 43 films created or collected by the Forest Service between ca. 1922 and 1965.

CALL NUMBER: T1871:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reginald V. Stuart : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1914-1927 (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1927 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arrived in Vancouver in 1910 from Golden. Worked for Robert Filberg at Golden, 1919. Description of Vancouver in 1910. Clearing land in Vancouver. Stuart's early work history. Went to work at Powell River in 1911. Stuart enumerates the major logging companies on the South Coast and on Vancouver Island. Logging methods and technology in 1911. Wages and working conditions. Woods jobs. Stuart's work as accountant and scaler. TRACK 2: Forestry officials prior to the formation of the B.C. Forest Branch. Logging methods. The establishment of the B.C. Forest Branch under H.R. MacMillan in 1912. Stuart joined Forest Branch in 1914. Attempted political interference with the operation of the Forest Branch. Resistance to the ideas of forest management. Stuart's territory as a ranger. CALL NUMBER: T1871:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reginald V. Stuart : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1914-1927 (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdotes about Stuart's days as a ranger along the lower coast. Story of the resale of Hastings sawmill timber lease. Economic factors in the development of the forest industry. The low price of timber. Stuart worked for the Forest Branch, 1914-27. Reminiscences of the Chief Foresters: H.R. MacMillan, Martin Grainger, P.Z. Caverhill. TRACK 2: More on the career of M.A. Grainger. Comments on P.Z. Caverhill, Chief Forester in 1920s and 1930s. Stuart becomes manager of the Loggers Association, 1927. Public relations problems of the Forest Branch, 1920s. The first use of aircraft by the Forest Branch, 1917. Early air crashes near Vancouver. The first use of radios by the Forest Branch, 1920. Favourable comments on T.D. Pattullo. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charles R. Mills : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1915-1917 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1917 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Worked on forestry data collection in the Dominion Railway Belt in B.C., 1913-14. Graduated in forestry from University of Toronto and joined B.C. Forest Branch, 1915. The Forest Branch office in Tete Jaune Cache, 1915. The story of starvation flats. More on the Forest Branch facilities in Tete Jaune. Mills was District Forester in Kamloops, 1917. Forest rangers in the Kamloops forest district. The work of the district forester. Forest fire protection. Fire fighting pumps. Left B.C. Forest Branch in 1917. The history of Tete Jaune. TRACK 2: Forest surveys in the Dominion Railway Belt;, 1910-14. Some personnel of the Dominion Forest Service, 1910-14. Members of Mills graduating class, 1915. Dean B.E. Fernow and the staff of the University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry. Mills current (1960) manager of the Ontario Forest Industries Association. Conditions in logging camps, 1912. (End of interview)

RECORDED: Princeton (B.C.), 1981-10 SUMMARY: Mr. Baker came from England and engaged in many occupations, finally becoming a forest ranger at Princeton.;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Canton was born and schooled in Ontario. During the Depression, he rode the rails, and then got a job in the forest industry. He arrived in Vancouver in 1938 and worked for a short time, but returned to Ontario and worked in mining until the war, when he spent four years in the service. After the war, he gained employment with the BC Forest Service.

RECORDED: Canal Flats (B.C.), 1982-06-09 SUMMARY: Joe was born and educated in the States. He came to Canada and worked as a cowboy until he took a job with the federal Parks department, working as a hunting and fishing guide until 1927. During the 1930s, he took whatever work was available. Later he became a forest ranger, quit that, and went ranching on the Kootenay River.