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Robert George Joy was born in Margate, Kent, England, in 1873. He came to Canada in 1892 staying first in Nepawa, Manitoba for a year and then moving on to Revelstoke where he booked steamboat passage to Robson. He found employment as a cook for a construction camp on the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway. He later ran a bakery in Rossland and Nelson, and next operated a grocery store in Nelson. In his later years he worked as a meter reader for the City of Nelson electric service. Joy's interest in the history of the Kootenays led him to write a regular column for the Nelson Daily News entitled "From an Old Timer's Notebook." He was also the historian for the Nelson and District Old Timers' Association and the unofficial historian of Nelson. R.G. Joy died in 1958.

The collection consists of correspondence, accounts, clippings and papers of individuals and associations connected with the development of the Kootenays collected by R.G. Joy. Printed materials have been deposited with the British Columbia Archives Library and the Legislative Library.

Series consists of minutes of the Kaslo Miners' Union, the Kaslo Fire Brigade, the Kaslo Board of Trade, the Kaslo School Board, and papers relating to the London Hill Development and Mining Co., the Shutty Bench Land Development Enterprise, an account book for a dry goods store, a history of mining in the area, Master's and Pilot House Log books for the S.S. Moyie, and daily guest registers from the Adams House and Kaslo Hotel.

The series consists of a manual of conveyance for the Wild Horse Creek district, created by the Kootenay Gold Commissioner between 1865 and 1972.

Scrapbook of clippings, typescripts, and photographs of historical articles written by George James in the 1950s. Subjects include, Kimberley district, street names, schools, camps, mines and miners, local personalities and autobiographical material.