The fonds consists of records generated by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, its subordinate branches, divisions and agencies and predecessors, relating to the administration of Indian affairs in British Columbia. The fonds includes records created in the offices of the Indian Reserve Commissioner, the Indian Commissioner, and the Chief-Inspector of Indian Agencies for the Department of Indian Affairs and the Indian Affairs Branch. It also includes records of the Victoria office of the Indian Superintendent of British Columbia. Copies of records from the National Archives of Canada include microfilm copies of parts of RG 10 (central registry files and records of the Indian Reserve Commission) and photocopies of finding aids. Types of records from the office of the Indian Superintendent of British Columbia include records books, cash books, cheque books, letters of credit, statement of accounts, schedules, and requisition receipt books.
Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
The fonds consists of correspondence and narrative of Archibald McDonald, Chief Trader and later (1842) Chief Factor of Fort Colvile, created between 1834 and 1842.
The fonds consists of journals, certificates, notes and correspondence. Fonds includes Anderson's journal of an expedition to explore the interior of B.C.
The fonds consists of personal correspondence, prayer book, appointments, testimonials, certificates, accounts, sermon notes, diaries, notebooks and photographs of Edward Cridge.
The fonds consists of the records of Fort St. James, and is primarily comprised of account books, inventories, journals, and correspondence. Fort St. James was the headquarters of the New Caledonia District and the collecting centre for the region's furs; as a result several of the records pertain to associated posts, such as Stuarts Lake, Babine Portage, and Bears Lake.
Magistrate's record book showing name of accused, act contravened, plea and sentence. Pages 382-400 contain Magistrate's records from the Small Debts Court.
The fonds consists of various papers related to the activities of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company including a prospectus, correspondence and agreements.
The fonds consists of correspondence and photographs of Robert Ker, Robert Henry Brackman Ker and David Russell Ker, as well as home movies shot by R.H.B. Ker between 1929 and 1957.
The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, and financial records of Archibald McKinlay and the McKinlay family, as well as the official appointment of McKinlay to the Joint Indian Reserve Commission.
The fonds consists of eight items: folder 1, a marriage license (1855 ), folder 2, transcript from a marriage register (1857), folder 3, a Masonic lodge certificate (1865), folder 4, a certificate of competency as a ship's master (1853), folder 5, an indenture certificate (1840), folder 6, a certificate of character and discharge (1853), folder 7, an empty linen document envelope with "H.B. Ella" on one side and a partial original of Martha Ella's diary. The 1855 marriage license was signed by Governor James Douglas, while the 1857 license was signed by Bishop Edward Cridge.
The collection consists of six letters by James Douglas to James Yale or Donald Manson, three agreements between the Hudson 's Bay Company and four employees, and a bill of lading for the Hudson's Bay Company ship Cadboro.
The fonds consists of accounts and correspondence outward from Fort Nisqually from 1841 to 1866. The records are a mixture of original copies and transcript copies and include a letter book and a memorandum by W.H. McNeill, correspondence outward of Dr. W.F. Tolmie and correspondence outward of Edward Huggins.
The fonds consists of Lowe's account book of sales to the Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company; journals kept by Lowe at Fort Vancouver; journals of trips from Fort Vancouver to York Factory and Walla Walla; journal of trip from London to Fort Tako via the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); correspondence and Masonic certificates.
The fonds consists of letter books (1841-1844; 1851-1855) correspondence inward (1851) and journals (1842-1843; 1859-1962) created by various employees at Fort Simpson. It also contains some extraneous material added in to the individual volumes.
Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Simpson (Columbia Department)
The fonds consists of Sargison's diaries, notebooks, and letterbook. Fonds includes minute book of the Building Committee of the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion Church of Montreal, of which Sargison was a member, and minutes of the Blue Ribbon Club of Victoria, B.C.
The fonds consists of journals of Fort Kamloops, created between 1841 and 1870, and kept by John Tod, William Manson, Hamilton Moffat and Paul Fraser, as well as a letter book of Hamilton Moffatt's outgoing correspondence during the time he was Chief Trader at Fort Kamloops.
The fonds consists of a family bible, an address concerning the removal of a streetlamp, letterbook correspondence, diaries, notes for lectures on physics and electricity, and records relating to the commissioning of a Justice of the Peace. [Diary also available on microfilm.]
The fonds consists of correspondence, mortgages, marriage licences and accounts of the Wren family, primarily of Charles and Isabella Wren. Includes correspondence of Isabella Wren as the record keeper of Lady Moffat Hive No. 17 of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World; newsletter of Washington State School District No. 2 and extract of Pierce County Court probate court of George Daugherty; and correspondence of Horatio Calder from Henry Budd.
The fonds consists of Finlayson's autobiography, certificates of appointment to Chief Trader and Chief Factor, several pieces of outward correspondence, and receipts and notes. The fonds also includes material compiled after Finlayson's death, including a copy of his probate, newspaper clippings, and notes related to his 1878 work "The History of Vancouver Island and the Northwest Coast."
The fonds consists of the inward and outward correspondence of Paul Fraser, as well as his appointment to Chief Trader of the Hudson's Bay Company. Correspondence dates from 1852 to 1854. The fonds also consists of a two page type-script produced in 1936 relating to the grave of Paul Fraser. The type-script includes a transcribed extract from a letter from Chief Factor James Douglas to WIlliam G. Smith, Secretary of the Hudson's Bay Company in London regarding Fraser's death.
The fonds consists of correspondence, account books, a land office blotter, letterbooks, and fur tariffs of Fort Victoria and the Victoria Land Office of the Hudson's Bay Company. Fonds include a register of land purchased from Indians near Fort Victoria and a record of agreements with Indians at Fort Rupert, Nanaimo, Barkley Sound and Port Alberni.
The fonds consists of personal diaries, farm diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, letter registers, account books and sermons of Reverend Robert James Roberts. Includes one account book of Percy Elliot Roberts, his son; log of the sloop H.L. Tibbals; and, a register of baptisms and marriages performed by Roberts. The fonds also includes a photocopy of a visitor register book kept by Rev. Robert James Robert at his home on Kuper Island