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CALL NUMBER: T1707:0010 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Speech to Kamloops chamber of commerce RECORDED: Kamloops (B.C.), 1976-10-13 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett addresses the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, 13 October 1976.; CALL NUMBER: T1707:0011 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): W.R. Bennett: interviewed by Gerald Utting of the Toronto Star RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-01 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Gerald Utting of the Toronto Star, 1 February 1977.; CALL NUMBER: T1707:0012 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): W.R. Bennett: interviewed by Roy Jacques of CKWX RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-03 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Roy Jacques of radio station CKWX, 3 February 1977.; CALL NUMBER: T1707:0013 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Interviewed by John Mackin of CKDA RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-03 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by John Mackin of radio station CKDA, 3 February 1977.; CALL NUMBER: T1707:0014 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Interview by CP Reporters Mac Morrison and Terry O'Neil RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-17 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Canadian Press reporters Mac Morrison and Terry O'Neil, 17 February 1977.;

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Provincial Gaol at Kamloops, 1898, including a typewritten report of Commissioner Albert Beck, correspondence, and handwritten notes of evidence.

Series consists of one Registrar's minute book for Kamloops Supreme Court civil cases between 1913-1954.

Correspondence, agreements, invoices, financial records, etc. from the administration of the estate of Thomas Spelman (Kamloops probate 997/1884).

Probate cause book (indexed), 1891-1941; copies of wills, 1903-1912 and copies of civil suit orders, 1896. There are a few entries from the Supreme Court.

Cause book (indexed). (Missing entries: Feb - Oct 1952 and Apr - Jul 1956).

SUMMARY: Stories about the early days of Kamloops, the importance of the CPR and the stockyards, and the hunt for Bill Miner, the legendary train robber. The voices heard are: Colonel D.C. Vicars; F.W. Pinchbeck; Wentworth Wood; Bill Brennan; Alex Bulman; Fred Irwin; and Doug Palmer.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: Mr. Tommy Lick discusses the status of the Indian reservation; selling or trading salmon and furs in Kamloops; salmon in the river; French settlers in the Cariboo; the barn at Spences Bridge; Indian names and languages; status of the reservation Indians; chiefs and priests; broken promises to Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Brennan discusses his early years; coming to Kamloops because of lung troubles; Kamloops described; cattle drives to the railroad; joined survey for CNR along the North Thompson; driving logs down river. TRACK 2: Brennan describes cattle drives from Nicola country; cows; horses; Sam Pau, who was an Indian cowboy; an incident with cattle on a bridge; pre-war Englishmen in BC; Fruitlands Company buying up ranches; Roper of Cherry Creek; Bill Miner trial and escape; Bill Miner's life as a prospector and church supporter; and Bill Fortune's comments.

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Brennan continues with anecdotes about Bill Fortune and his wife; Bill Miner stories; Haney brothers train robbery; remittance men in Kamloops; Rideau school at Musian Flats; Father Morice and Father Le Jeune, who gave Indian names to CPR stations. TRACK 2: Talented priests; Indian quest in Red River rebellion; passion play; Indians then and now; Father Le Jeune's Chinook newspaper;, "Kamloops Wawa"; the Indian schools then and now; more on Bill Fortune and ranches.

CALL NUMBER: T0405:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Desmond O. Vicars offers details about his father, John Richard Vicars, who came from Dublin to Ontario and became a surveyor; 1878, went to Peace River country; 1890, went to Vancouver; 1896, went to Kamloops area; became warden of the Kamloops jail; married his wife in 1892; discusses old timers and old miners; J.A. Marrow; anecdotes about Indians who died of smallpox; Rose Shubert; transportation along the Fraser River; pack trains; the Fortune's ranch; overlanders; John Tate; mining around Kamloops; some characters in the area who liked to mine; the CPR and its effect on the area. TRACK 2: Colonel Vicars continues with a story about Andrew Onderdonk; an old timer named Antoine Allen; Colonel Vicars discusses Kamloops as it was when he was born; a private school that started in 1893; several stories about Bill Miner and about Miner's partner, Shorty Dunn.

CALL NUMBER: T0405:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Vicars continues to discuss characters associated with Bill Miner, including Jack Budd; more on his father and the Rocky Mountain Rangers; and militia units. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Bankruptcy minute books of meetings of creditors held in Vernon, Kelowna, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Merritt and Penticton, 1923-1956.

Registrar's record books for civil cases. (2 vols.)

Declarations of partnership.

Criminal case files from Kamloops and Clinton, 1883-1902; 1906-1949. Includes Assize, County Court, Speedy Trials, informations, depositions, indictments from many places (Ashcroft, Lytton, 150 Mile House, Vernon, Fairview, Quesnel, Sicamous, Salmon Arm, Lillooet, etc.)

Unedited footage. Folkfest Children's Parade with BCGEU participation. F1982:8/029 includes a shot of the Kamloops Rube Band.

Minute books (8 volumes).

Amateur film. In summer 1928, two carloads of travellers drive from Kamloops to Hazelton and return, filming highlights of their trip. These include the Cariboo Road, Barkerville, Bear Lake, Summit Lake, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, Bulkley River, Telkwa River, and Skeena River. Footage from this trip is continued on film F1984:01/05.

Amateur film. Boat trip up Shuswap Lake from Sorrento to Seymour Arm. Views of the lake, including the Sorrento Regatta. Opening of Fall Fair at Kamloops. Visit to Victoria. Hiking trip up Grouse Mountain. Visit to UBC campus.

Series consists of 545 photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), thought to be taken by Richard or Hannah Maynard. In 1880-1881, Richard Maynard was hired to document the construction of the C.P.R. but photos within this series may have been taken at later dates or by other photographers. Images depict trains ("rolling stock"); views of locations along the construction route, including rivers, bridges, and mountains; tracks and construction in progress; wrecks following accidents; snowsheds; and portraits of workers.