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The file consists of "History of the K.L.O. Benches, their tragedies and comedies": the reminiscences of T.L. Gillespie who moved to east Kelowna in 1910 and operated his orchard on the Lower Bench until 1922 with the exception of the war years when he served at the internment camps at Vernon and Kapuskasing. Includes capsule descriptions of most of his neighbours in East Kelowna.

The item is a video compilation of footage from eight unedited film items from the Alfred E. Booth collection.

1. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936: includes ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), river ferry, etc.
2. B.C. interior scenes, ca. 1937-1945: includes buses, beer parlour interior, Kamloops Indian Residential School, fire trucks, steam train.
3. Kelowna Regatta, ca. 1939: water sports, lifesaving class, "Ogopogo" replica, Okanagan scenery.
4. Greenwood, ca. 1939: visiting baseball team on street with locals, mining scenes, old-timers, artist at work, scenery.
5. Edgewood and Arrow Lakes area, ca. 1938: townsfolk, street scenes, etc.
6. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936 or 1939: guest ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), orchard, trail riding (or pack train?) scenes. 7. New Denver area scenes, ca. 1938-1939: ore refining [?], town scenes, fire hall, etc.
7. Pier D fire, Vancouver, 27 July 1938: the fire (various angles), crowd of onlookers, fire crews and fireboats at work.

The series consists of probate/estate files filed in the Kelowna Supreme Court between 1921 and 2007. The files are arranged chronologically and by probate file code.

The series consists of original copies of wills probated in the Kelowna Supreme Court between 1986 and 2002. The wills are organized by probate number, and are generally arranged in numerical order. Files in boxes 15 and 16 contain wills dating from approximately 1987 to 1993 that were not filed elsewhere in the accession. Researchers are encouraged to check these boxes if they cannot locate the file they are looking for in the other boxes. While the wills are generally filed by probate number, there is one file that has been arranged alphabetically. This spans several years and appears to contain wills that were missed in the original filing.

An nominal index to probate records for Kelowna can be found in GR-2226. Researchers should use this index to identify the probate number for the relevant individual, and then use this number to find the original will.

Records are retained under ORCS 51460-30 of the Court Services Operational Records Classification System (schedule 100152).

The series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, and divorce orders created between 1977 and 1996 (predominantly between 1977-1986) by the Kelowna Supreme Court registry. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal.

Decrees nisi and decrees absolute are filed together and arranged by case number, not by volume and folio or by date. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. Orders transferred to the Kelowna registry from other court registries within the province were not assigned a Kelowna case file number and are filed alphabetically by last name at the end of this series. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

Probate orders/letters of administration (no index - by order of filing).

Series consists of original civil orders and judgements created between 1923 and 1986 by the Kelowna Supreme Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorce, estates, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and some adoptions. In later years, divorce, adoption, and probate orders may also be located within their own series.

Orders and judgements are interfiled. From 1923-1961, records were arranged by entered date and assigned a sequential folio number by the court registry (nos. 1-1305). From 1962-1973, the assigned folio numbering sequence was re-set each year, starting with 1/1962. Beginning in 1974, all orders and judgements for a case are filed together by case file number. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. Box 6, folder 12 includes orders for cases initiated but not finalized before 1974. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to CKOV, a Kelowna radio station.

RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1981-02-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Marion Bews discusses the origins of radio station CKOV in Kelowna: founding of 10AY by James W. Bromley-Browne, who requested donations; incorporation and issuance of shares; etc. Her background in radio. Announcing. Early programming at CKOV. Her jobs as stenographer and as copy writer. Studios and facilities, then and now. Remote broadcasts. TRACK 2: Marion Bews discusses various employees of CKOV over the years. More on J.W. Bromley-Browne. Impressions of Kelowna and its development.

The series consists of naturalization case files from the County Court of Ashcroft from 1960-1981. The series also includes other records related to naturalization, including carbon copies of applications for citizenship, as well documents related to citizenship presentations, citizenship registration and instructions on citizenship procedures at the Ashcroft Court Registry. Some files are from Kelowna.

The series consists of several cause books for bankruptcy created in the Supreme Court of Vernon between 1921 and 1980. The cause books cover the Interior Region of BC, including Vernon, Penticton, Kelowna, and Kamloops. The cause book for the period 1921 to 1973 has been microfilmed, but the corresponding index is available in the original book format only. Page 1 of the 1921-1973 cause book has a note signed by G. Hunter, C.J.B.C., dated 12 April 1921 appointing Leonard Norris as Registrar in Bankruptcy for Vernon. The volume functions as a cause book for the Bankruptcy Court of British Columbia and the Bankruptcy Court of Canada for 1921-1923. In 1923 the entries read "In the Supreme Court of British Columbia - In Bankruptcy."

Indexes are not available for the period 1973 to 1980. The index covering the period 1921 to 1973 lists the name of the party and the corresponding page in the cause book. Typical cause book entries list the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), as well as a list of proceedings in the bankruptcy case. Entries are arranged chronologically.

Minute books and membership lists.

Presented by Ida Boyd, Secretary-Treasurer B.C. Women's Institutes, 1981.

The item is an audio recording produced for the Provincial Archives' Sound Heritage Series under contract. The speaker is H.V. "Paddy" Acland, one of the many young Englishmen who came to settle in the Okanagan Valley in the first decade of the 20th century. He and his compatriots saw in the Okanagan a reflection of their own youth, vitality and optimism. This sound program was based on an 1964 interview with Mr. Acland, recorded by Imbert Orchard of the CBC.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-09-09 SUMMARY: Adelaide Treasure was born in 1896 in McGregor, Manitoba, the youngest of 10 children. She discusses the family's move to Kelowna when she was about 2 years old. Her eldest sister Gertrude had moved to Kelowna to work for the wealthy Stirling family there, and married a foreman named Henry Birch. Her father found work as a carpenter building homes in Kelowna. At about age 6 her family moved to Calgary in expectation of a economic boom. After a year of no gains and a cold winter the family returned to Peachland. She discusses the first Christmas tree the family had when she was about 8 or 9 years old, and hanging stocking over the fireplace. Wrapping a bone for a present for their terrier and putting it on the tree. Spending Christmas with other little girls on the Miller's ranch way up in the mountains. An appearance by Santa Claus with horses wearing antlers and a sleigh with bells. Her father's injuries and move near Penticton. Being married in Vancouver at age 18 in 1915. Her brother Frank leaving for the First World War, being wounded and living a long life. Her brother Arthur dying in WWI from a sniper shot to the spine. Spanish influenza infecting the family, her husband Peter almost succumbing to it, her son Dick having it at age three and neighbours who helped them survive. Separating from her husband about 1930, and moving to a big house and renting rooms so she could take care of her three children. Christmas during the Depression; always had a tree; Dick bringing home a puppy. Never going on relief. Finding ways to ensure her children never went without.

RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1979-03-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Patricia Browne-Clayton talks about her father, H.V. "Paddy" Acland, who came from England to settle in the Okanagan Valley in 1908. She also discusses her mother's family, and recalls some aspects of her childhood on Countess Bubna's Eldorado Ranch near Kelowna. The voice of Mr. R.D. Browne-Clayton is also heard. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster comments on the passing of former BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett and his career. Brian Coxford visits the Bennett home in Kelowna. Bennett's daughter Anita Tozer and son R.J. Bennett show Bennett memorabilia and Bennett's favourite poem "It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar Albert Guest. Jack interviews Judy LaMarsh, discusses Bennett and her book "A Very Political Lady", and why she left BC talk radio. Interview with Muriel James about her book "Marriage is for Loving", and Gestalt therapy. Solar eclipse from Kelowna. Associate Producer Linda Dutka talks about the next day’s guests.

The item is an educational film re B.C.'s Heroin Treatment Act of 1978, which initiated government programs for the treatment of heroin addiction in the province. Health Minister Robert McClelland, other government officials and medical staff are shown addressing symposiums and meetings in Vancouver and Nanaimo. The evaluation procedure is discussed, and methadone is shown being administered at Kelowna's Alcohol and Drug Centre. The official opening of Brannen Lake Residential Treatment Centre near Nanaimo (12-Apr-1979) is also shown. A sequence depicts patients being interviewed at the the centre.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0141 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Address to the UBCM conference RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-09-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an address to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), Premier Bill Bennett discusses aspects of provincial/municipal relations in BC. [TRACK 2: blank?] CALL NUMBER: T1707:0142 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Discusses the problem of Canadian national unity RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-09-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Keith Spicer, 27 September 1978, Premier Bill Bennett discusses various aspects of the problem of Canadian national unity. [TRACK 2: blank?] CALL NUMBER: T1707:0143 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Addresses the Kelowna chamber of commerce RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: in an address to the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, 2 October 1978, Premier Bill Bennett discusses issues of national, provincial and local importance. [TRACK 2: blank?] CALL NUMBER: T1707:0144 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: News conference on BC Ferries RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-12 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett makes a statement to a news conference about the government's plans for the BC Ferry Corporation, 12 October 1978. NOTE: TRANSCRIPT ONLY. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0145 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Discusses aspects of constitutional reform in Canada RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-18 SUMMARY: At a news conference on 18 October 1978, Premier Bill Bennett discusses BC's position on reform of the Canadian constitution and related issues. NOTE: TRANSCRIPT ONLY.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): From the father unto the son: the political education of Bill Bennett PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1952 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-01-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett discusses growing up in Kelowna during the 1930s. Relationship with his brother and sister. Social life and education. The Bennett household. W.A.C. Bennett as a father. The role of his mother. Religion and the Bennett family. The effect of politics on the Bennett family. Relations within the family. Recollections of the Bennett home and surrounding grounds. Education. Attending private school. The decision to enter the family business on a full-time basis. TRACK 2: Premier Bill Bennett discusses the question of when he personally attained adulthood. Visiting the Penthouse cabaret in Vancouver in the early 1950s. Young adulthood as the son of the Premier. The reasons why he did not drink alcoholic beverages as a young man. Reading habits as a boy. Reaction to his father joining the Social Credit Party, 1951. Reaction to his father becoming Premier, 1952. Working for his father during election campaigns. Taking over the family hardware business with his brother. The argumentative nature of the relationships between members of the Bennett family. Politics and public service. (End of interview)

The item is a promotional film from ca. 1978. The advantages of packaging Sun-Rype fruit juices in the new one-litre "tetrabrick" container, and the marketing and promotion of the product. Includes scenes of the production line at Sun-Rype's Kelowna plant, interviews with Sun-Rype and B.C. Tree Fruits marketing staff, etc.

Law stamp register showing date, name, denomination (10 cents up to 1.00), value (gross, discount and net) for stamps received and stamps issued. Law stamps from 1930-1973 are found in GR-2211.

Suitors' fund cash book, May 1923 - March 1978 (p.1-189); Law Stamp register, October 1930 - September 1973 (p.200-248); Small Claims Court suitors' fund cash book, 1978 (p.249-250); suitors' funds transferred to and made by Treasury, Victoria, B.C., 1923-1952 (p.280-281). There is a blank "Form M" for transmitting Suitors' Fund Deposits to the Deputy Minister of Finance inside the front cover of the volume.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Keeping house for the Bennett family, 1930-1978 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Winnifred Earl discusses her personal and family background. Starting work for the Bennett family in Kelowna, 1930. First impressions of the Bennett family. Recollections of the Bennett household. The effect of W.A.C. Bennett's entry into politics, 1941. Characteristics and personalities of the Bennett children as they were growing up. Social activities. W.A.C. Bennett as a father. TRACK; 2: Politics and the Bennett family. W.A.C. Bennett as a disciplinarian. Religion and the Bennett family. Relations between the Capozzis and the Bennetts. The effect of W.A.C. Bennett becoming Premier, 1952. Annual tea parties at the Bennett home. Recollections of the night of the 1972 election. The effect of the 1972 election defeat. Reaction to Bill Bennett's election as Premier, 1975. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tony Tozer : friend and associate of the Bennett family PERIOD COVERED: 1931-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tony Tozer discusses his personal and family background. Growing up in Kelowna as a friend of the Bennett family. Impressions of W.A.C. Bennett as head of the Bennett household. Relations with the Bennett children. The role of Mrs. Bennett. Anecdotes about W.A.C. Bennett and social and business activities in Kelowna. TRACK 2: Tony Tozer discusses the relationship between the Bennetts and the Capozzis. Religion and the Bennett family. Impressions of the Bennett hardware store. Working for the hardware store as a young man. The effect of W.A.C. Bennett's involvement in politics. Participating in election campaigns. Reaction to W.A.C. Bennett joining the Social Credit Party. No lack of certainty or confidence in the political destinies of W.A.C. or Bill Bennett. Loyalty and the Bennett family. (End of interview)