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The collection consists of interviews pertaining to the history of tugboating on the B.C. coast. Portions of these interviews with 22 individuals of the tugboat industry appear in Ken Drushka's book "Against wind and weather" (PABC NW387.232/D797)

Series consists of photographs acquired by the Dept. of Lands regarding Tweedsmuir Park and the 1937 visit of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and Governor General of Canada to the area. The photographs were probably collected in order to produce the souvenir brochure “Tweedsmuir Park, British Columbia, Canada” which was published by the Dept. of Lands in 1938 to commemorate the 1937 visit. The series also includes four negatives of Osoyoos and lake from Anarchist Mountain taken in 1955.

The fonds consists of indentures and agreements of Twin Oak Farm of Saanich, B.C.

The fonds consists of an account book showing payments made to people and minutes for meetings of the Two Brothers Mining Company, 1873-1974.

The fonds consists of bankruptcy records of the Tye Chung Lung Company.

"Peace River School Directory, May-June 1934." A bound, typescript volume compiled by School Inspector William Plenderleith. It was compiled to assist J.L. Watson, Department of Education Registrar, in making appointments to schools in the Peace River Educational Administrative Area. The volume includes photographs and descriptions of sixty-four schools, with notes and general comments on settlers and the countryside in the various school districts. Plenderleith also provided information on boarding facilities for teachers and suggestions as to the most suitable type of teachers for individual schools. Several of the photographs feature pupils and interior views of the mainly rural, one-room schools.

The series consists of a census of unemployment relief for the province of British Columbia, with breakdowns for various communities, from Dec 1935 to Aug 1936 showing classification of direct relief recipients per month.

The series consists of Unemployment Relief Committee files kept by the Provincial Secretary from 1931 to 1933. The files contain records regarding the provision of direct relief for unemployed men and include: organization charts, financial information, circulars, copies of registration forms, correspondence between Provincial departments as well as intergovernmental correspondence between the Provincial and Federal or Municipal governments. There are also memoranda prepared for the Provincial Secretary and reports and requests for information from the Provincial Police, Government Agents, District Engineers and other groups.

The series consists of files created by the Unemployment Relief Branch between 1934 and 1941 and mostly relate to relief farm work on Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island. The file include: National Employment Commission manual of procedure for registering relief recipients (1936); circulars sent out to officials, municipalities and government agents, applications for farm workers, applications for placement on a farm and relief case cards listing names of farm workers, their assigned farm and details of allowance (1936-1939). It also includes correspondence files relating to the Salt Spring Island Community Farm (1940-1941).

The fonds consists of output books, inventory/stores books and an employment record book.

This series comprises a union index to employers, containing employers' names, listed by the unions representing them. The information is arranged alphabetically by union name.

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

The fonds consists of log books for the Cardena, Cassiar, Camosun and Cynthia, ships owned by the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia. Includes pilot house logs of the Cardena.

The collection consists of oral history interviews about the United Church in B.C., including accounts of missionaries in numerous locations and Indian missions.

The fonds consists of minutes of the British Columbia Conference of the United Church of Canada from 1925 to 1954.

The fonds consists of membership list and family trees of the Victoria Branch of the United Empire Loyalists.

This series consists of records relating to the United Nations Water Conference, held 14-15 March 1977 at Mar del Plata, Argentina. The conference was attended by G.S. Simmons, Associate Deputy Minister of the Environment. British Columbia participated in the presentation of papers relating to flood damage control, river basin planning, marine resources and coastal water management. Records consist of correspondence, reports, briefing notes for Canadian delegation, and miscellaneous papers.

The fonds consists of minutes of the United Services Masonic Association.

The series consists of records relating to the United World College scholarship and document the awarding of the United World Colleges Scholarship to British Columbia high school students, as well as policy decisions for awarding scholarships. The scholarship is awarded annually to grade 11 (age 16-17) students in British Columbia to attend a United World College for two years, resulting in an international baccalaureate (equivalent to the final year of secondary school and the first year of university). The majority of successful applicants within this series attended the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) located in Metchosin (Victoria), British Columbia.

The scholarships are funded through the Student Services Branch and staff from this branch sit on the selection committee. Scholarship recipients are selected by an independent committee comprised of representatives of the ministry, public post-secondary institutions, and united world college graduates and former staff.

The records include correspondence regarding policy decisions, award recipients, and general administration. The records also contain applications and reference letters from students across BC, and consideration of these applications.

Information regarding these records has been sourced primarily from Student Services ORCS Schedule No. 117457, United World College Scholarships 40020-05.

Also included in this series is a file of records relating to the development of the One World Scholarship Program. This consists of a proposal made to the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society (IKBBCSS) by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education in 2006. The scholarship was intended for post-secondary students and is not related to the United World College Scholarship.

Multiple ministries have been responsible for creating these records and are listed above with relevant dates.

Records are arranged chronologically.

The series consists of records documenting the activities of the Universities Council of British Columbia while promoting the systematic development of university education and creating public accountability for university expenditures. Series include council minutes, agenda material, sub-committee minutes, notices of motions, correspondence inward, registers of correspondence inward, correspondence outward, register of correspondence outward, and miscellaneous reports.

The fonds consists of minutes, album, correspondence, programmes and scrabooks of the University Extension Association of Victoria.

The fonds consists of correspondence, notes, working papers and minutes of the University Government Committee of the University of British Columbia together with briefs and reports presented to and by the Committee.

The fonds consists of a register of members of convocation for the University of British Columbia.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to military units active at the University of British Columbia in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

Series consists of one record book from the University Station Police Court for 1928-1951. Entries provide name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice, and remarks.

Unsigned copies of contracts, specifications, and other agreements concerning the offices of the Government of British Columbia at Nos. 1 and 3, Regent Street, London, England (BC House). Part of file number 1363.

The fonds consists of Jupp's photographs of the Gordon Head area of Victoria, B.C., including those depicting people, scenery and events.

This series contains tuilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972) pertaining to the regulation of private and municipal gas, water, and electric utilities pursuant to the Public Utilities Act. Includes petroleum regulation subject files of the B.C. Energy Commission, Westcoast Transmission Company's rate hearings and pipeline applications (1977-1979), Kitimat pipeline application (1976), records relating to natural gas pipeline applications (1959-1968) and to water power development projects on the Columbia and Peace Rivers (1953-1963), and records of the Puntledge River inquiry (1962).

The collection consists of oral history interviews by Adolph with Jack and Margaret Aye pertaining to life in the East Kootenays prior to the flooding of the Kootenay River Valley; and interviews pertaining to Woodlands, a mental health facility.