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Reports of the Assistant Timber Inspector at Nelson

  • GR-1213
  • Series
  • 1912

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.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands

Disposal of Crown Lands to Sons of Freedom

  • GR-0073
  • Series
  • 1959-1975

The series consists of files created by Judge William Evans dealing with disposal of crown lands to members of the Sons of Freedom sect of Doukhobors. The records cover the period 1959 to 1975 and contain correspondence, maps, registers, and accounting material. The maps were transferred to the Archives Map Division (see photocopy of map accession slips attached to print finding aid).

British Columbia. Lands Branch

Royal Commission Into All Matters Pertaining to the Doukhobor Sect in British Columbia (1912)

  • GR-0793
  • Series
  • 1912

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Matters Relating to the Sect of Doukhobors in the Province of British Columbia, 1912. Commissioner William Blakemore was appointed in August 1912 to enquire into the organization, habits, customs and practices of the Doukhobor communities in British Columbia.

The records include Letters Patent appointing the commissioner (GR-0793.1, File 1, Reel B17011), three volumes of transcripts of evidence presented at proceedings (GR-0793.2, File 2, Reel B06072), the commissioner's report (GR-0793.2b, File 2b, Reel B17011), exhibits (GR-0793.3, File 3, Reel B17011) and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (GR-0793.4, File 4, Reel B17011). The series also includes a photograph album entitled Doukhobor Commission photographs : Photographic views to illustrate the report of the Doukhobour [sic] Commissioner (see GR-0793.5). The album is frequently referred to throughout the report.

Royal Commission on Matters Relating to the Sect of Doukhobors in the Province of British Columbia (1912)

Magistrate's case material relating to truancy of Doukhobour children

  • GR-2501
  • Series
  • 1922

The series contains Grand Forks Magistrate's case material relating to truancy of Doukhobour children. Under the Community Regulation Act (1914), parents were responsible for the school attendance of their children between the ages of 7 and 14.

British Columbia. Provincial Court (Grand Forks)

Land Settlement Board records

  • GR-0929
  • Series
  • 1914-1967

This series consists of records created by the Land Settlement Board between 1914 and 1967. The records contain correspondence, subject and loan files, 1926-1960 regarding land settlement, agricultural credit, soldier settlement, dyking and drainage, and livestock; minutes of meetings, 1930-1946, 1958-1967; reports, 1917-1926; orders-in-council, 1916-1947; land statistics, appraisals and valuations, 1918-1957; applications and loan registers 1916-1958; purchase, payroll, accounts and property registers, 1919-1962; and Doukhobor land account books, 1942-1945. It includes correspondence with early agricultural cooperatives and records of predecessor agency, BC Agricultural Credit Commission. The series also consists of 53 maps.

British Columbia. Land Settlement Board

Records relating to appraisals of Doukhobor lands

  • GR-0769
  • Series
  • 1952-1962

Records relating to appraisals of Doukhobor lands. Records include: "Doukhobor Lands, a report on a study of the condition and value of the Doukhobor Lauds", by N.T. Drewry, with accompanying atlas of soil and land classification maps and land use mosaics, and working files; "Doukhobor lands: a report on a valuation of the Doukhobor lands for the Land Settlement Board", by Neil T. Drewry, 1957; appraisal of 1962 subdivisions of former Doukhobor lands at Ootischenia and Pass Creek, Kootenay District, by N.T. Drewry, H.W.R. Ramsden and J.S.D. Smith.

British Columbia. Lands Branch

Crime reports

  • GR-3598
  • Series
  • 1932-1944

The series consists of a letterbook containing crime reports produced or collected by Sergeant John William Hooker during the course of his duties as a British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP) officer while posted to Coquitlam, Grand Forks, Nelson, Smithers, Prince George, Clinton, Ashcroft, Spence’s Bridge, Merritt, and Kamloops between 1932 and 1944. The records cover a variety of crimes and social issues—particularly in small, rural communities. In addition to generic social issues, the records from Grand Forks (file 3) relate primarily to Doukhobors, and include reports on the settlement of Gilpin.

The majority of the reports were produced by Hooker. Some supplemental records (copies), such as an inquest, inward correspondence in relation to particular cases, and a reason for judgement are interfiled with the crime reports.

The records are arranged chronologically and by detachment location. The records do not capture all crime reports filed in a particular district, but were likely selected by Hooker. Some of these files have been labeled in pencil “Personal file.” The records consist primarily of crime reports on standard BCPP letterhead. Each report contains the district, detachment, and the date, as well as an overview of the case and persons involved.

Some of these records may also be available in GR-1388: Correspondence and other material created by the British Columbia Provincial Police Force of the Yale district. John William Hooker's personnel card, which provides details of the service of constables, including marital status, date of first appointment, station, and various postings, can be found in GR-0091, vol. 30-31.

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force

Policy administration manual and other material

  • GR-0620
  • Series
  • ca. 1930-1940

This series consists of a manual containing memoranda, correspondence and forms pertaining to the administration of policy by officials in the Provincial Secretary's Department, 1940-1950.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Doukhobor history photograph collection

  • PR-0137
  • Fonds
  • 1960 (orginally created ca. 1895-1960)

The collection consists of copies of photographs pertaining to Doukhobor history collected by Koozma John Tarasoff as part of a 1958 B.C. centennial project.

Photographs document the history of Doukhobors, from beginnings in Russia in the 19th century, emigration to North America, and current history to the mid 20th century. Images depict all aspects of culture, individuals and communities.

Sources of the copies include, but are not limited to: The "Tregouboff" collection, a collection belonging to Ivan Mikhailovitch Tregouboff, of Moscow, who was a close friend of Lev N. Tolstoy and the Doukhobors; Vogue Studio, Nelson, BC, courtesy of Helmuth Mayrhofer (photographer); Bill Verigin of Vancouver; Anna Brinton, a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and writer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (referred to as the "Popoff album"); Larry A. Ewashen; Jennie Petroff and Lydia Linitsky (the Petroff sisters) of Saskatchewan; the editors of Iskra, a Russian language Doukhobor publication in Grand Forks, BC and Mir, an English language Doukhobor publication also in Grand Forks, BC..

Photographs document the history of Doukhobors, from beginnings in Russia in the 19th century, emigration to North America, and current history to the mid 20th century. Images depict all aspects of culture, individuals and communities.

Tarasoff, Koozma John, collector

Royal Commission on Doukhobor Affairs (1947)

  • GR-0921
  • Series
  • 1946-1947

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Doukhobor Affairs, 1946-1947. Records include correspondence, transcripts, exhibits (indexed), and an interim report. No final report was issued.

Royal Commission on Doukhobor Affairs (1947)

Records with regard to neglected children

  • GR-2817
  • Series
  • 1929-1950

The series consists of correspondence of the Superintendent of Neglected Children, the Deputy Superintendent of Neglected Children and the Superintendent of Welfare relating to Doukhobor children. The files contain correspondence, lists of children, case files for some of the children and a 1950 thesis. The bulk of the material relates to the period 1929 1935.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary