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This series consists of federal-provincial cost sharing agreement histories for services provided by the provincial Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Human Resources. Agreements were between the federal government and the relevant ministry from 1976-1985.

The records document the development and operation of a variety of health and social services, including the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP), Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (VRDP) program, and the Young Offenders Act (YOA) agreements. These programs provided social and medical supports, including mental health services and drug and alcohol treatment programs.

Records include meeting agenda, minutes, audit reports, correspondence, paylists, policies, procedures, draft agreements, legislation, treasury board submissions, cabinet submissions, financial records, and subject files relating to direct services funded agencies. The subject files in boxes 9 and 10 are arranged by the name of the agency or group that provided the funded services, then by year. Subject files are organized with separate sub-folders for related records of approval, working papers, backups, and claims and “form M”.

These records were transferred under one time schedule number 870458.

This series contains client files from the Campbell River Addictions Services (previously Campbell River Alcohol and Drug Services). Files cover adult clients with last names beginning with PA through SA. It is believed these records were retained as a sample, as all other boxes with patient’s files in this accession have been destroyed.

The files are arranged alphabetically by client’s last name. Each file contains a client information form with questionnaires regarding alcohol use, gambling and drug use along with medical screenings, follow-ups, discharge and/or transfer summaries, appointment slips, treatment plans, wait list forms, case conference consultation notes, consent forms, applications for accommodation fee and other notes as necessary.

The series consists of television commercials and public service announcements made by the Ministry of Human Resources, with the participation of the Ministry of the Attorney-General, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health in 1979 as part of the "Year of the Child and Family in B.C."

Files of the chairman, J. Peter Stein, and his office, including files relating specifically to funded agencies. The Alcohol and Drug Commission was established in 1973 by legislation. The act empowered the Commission (subject to the approval of the LieutenantGovernor in Council to 1.operate programs, or enter into agreements with any government branch, hospital, agency, university or person to operate programs, for studying, researching, diagnosing, treating, rehabilitating, counselling, following up, caring, or providing other services for alcoholics and drug users 2.provide financial or other assistance to any person or organization mentioned in 1. 3.conduct, or arrange and fund, programs for the dissemination of information about alcoholism and drug abuse. The commission reported to the legislature through the Ministry of Human Resources. In 1974 the commission absorbed the staff of the Narcotic Addiction Foundation, Alcoholism Foundation and the AlcoholDrug Education Service. In 1975 the commission was transferred from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Health. Table of Contents Boxes 1-4 Office files. J. Peter Stein, 1973-1976 Boxes 5-10 Office and research files: general Boxes 11-16 Funded agencies, 1972-1977

The series consists of central office files of the Directors of Mental Health Services and the Deputy Ministers of the Mental Health Branch created between 1936 and 1972.

This is a set of central office files of the Directors of Mental Health Services (MHS) and the Deputy Ministers of the Mental Health Branch. Before 1959 the Director of Mental Health Services (under a variety of titles), reported to the Deputy Provincial Secretary. Between 1959 and 1968 the positions of Director and Deputy Minister were held by the same person. In 1968 the positions were separated, with Dr. H.W. Bridge as the Director of Mental Health Services, located in Vancouver, and Dr. Tucker as the Deputy Minister, located in Victoria. In September 1971 the position of Director of Mental Health Services was terminated. The statutory obligations of the Director were assumed by the Deputy Minister.

Between 1872 and 1959 MHS was part of the Department of the Provincial Secretary. In 1959 MHS joined the [Public] Health Branch and the Hospital Insurance Service in the new Department of Health Services and Hospital Insurance.

The records include a few files of Dr. Arthur L. Crease, who retired as Director of Mental Hygiene and Psychiatry in 1950 after 16 years at the helm of the Mental Health Services. The bulk of the files were created during the tenures of Dr. A.M. Gee (Director, 1951 58) and Dr. A.E. Davidson (Director and Deputy Minister, 1958 67). Dr. Fred G. "Tommy" Tucker was the Deputy Minister between 1967 and 1975.

Also included are files of the Deputy Director (Dr. Tucker), the Nursing consultant to the Branch (Miss Lonergan), and the Coordinator of Adult Psychiatric Services (Dr. H.W. Bridge).

The time period which these records represent includes many major developments in terms of treatment, insulin shock therapy (1937), electric shock therapy (1942), lobotomy (1945), penicillin and many other drugs. It also includes many new developments in care delivery, new Homes for the Aged in the 1940s and the Crease Clinic of Psychological Medicine in 1949, and the development of community mental health care centres in the 1960s.

The series consists of 37 scrapbooks created by the Liquor Control Board between 1921 and 1963. The 37 volumes contain clippings about liquor related matters from various newspapers (mostly from British Columbia) and some photographs of liquor stores.