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The series consists of correspondence inward and outwards, 1925-1943 with gaps; monthly and annual reports and lists of donations received by the Archives Department of the Provincial Library, 1919-1929, 1934. It also includes Provincial Library reports from 1944 to 1949.

The series consists of carbon copies of the outward correspondence of the Provincial Librarian and Archivist created between April 1, 1915 and May 29, 1936. The correspondence has been bound in 30 volumes and does not include any enclosures or copies of inward correspondence. The letters are filed chronologically, each letter being numbered. An alphabetical index, giving the name of the correspondent and the letter number, is at either the front or the back of the volume, with the exception of volumes 14, 15 and 17. In addition, the numbers of previous and subsequent letters with the same correspondent are hand written on some of the letters themselves.

The carbon copies are not signed but the Provincial Librarian and Archivists are as follows:
1915-1919: E.O.S. Scholefield
1920-1926: John Forsyth
1926-1934: John Hosie
1934-1936: W.K. Lamb

Most of the correspondence is routine and deals with book orders and payments but there are also letters regarding the move to the new library in 1915, the acquisition of archival records, procuring transcript copies of archival records, comments about the war, information and advice about historical research and many other topics.

Correspondence between E.O.S. Scholefield and the B.C. Historical Association regarding publication of "Sixty Years of Progress", 1910-1914; correspondence with F.M. Rattenbury regarding the Library extension to the Legislative Buildings, 1911; correspondence on various topics, 1910-1918; and correspondence between John Hosie and R.E. Gosnell, 1926. Includes a memo for W.J. Bowser, Attorney General, on the "Triumphant Policy of the Provincial Government," 1903-1912. Records relate to the Legislative Library and Provincial Archives.

This series consists of a memorandum to John Hosie, Provincial Archivist, enclosing a report of the Auditor of Revenue to the Comptroller General concerning an investigation of the Archives, dated 1931.

The series consists of correspondence outward (private letterbook) of E.O.S. Scholefield (1900-1906), correspondence outward (letterbook) of the Provincial Librarian (1911), and correspondence outward (personal letterbook) of the Public Library Commissioner (1910-1913).