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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 file consists of photocopies of an anthology of stories by Harold H. Forsell of Kamloops titled "Law enforcement of Pioneer Days in South Central British Columbia. All but one of the stories were published in "The Shoulder Strap".

The file contains three typescript copies of "Reminiscences of Bishop Cridge" by Edgar Fawcett. Each copy has slightly different photographic illustrations. Includes list of members of Reformed Episcopal Church at its founding and extracts from Bishop Cridge's diary.

The collection consists of single items, reports, photocopies, photographs and other small collections donated and loaned to the BC Archives which document all aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the province. There are private records produced by individuals, businesses and organizations and acquired by the Archives over many years from all areas of the Province and varying widely in subject matter. They consist of account books and journals, letters and diaries of gold seekers, pioneers, missionaries, and school teachers, literary manuscripts, photographs, the papers of natural historians and students and the personal and family papers of notable settlers and residents of the province.
There are also some provincial and federal government records which either came to the Archives as single items or files or were removed from other series.

The diary documents the journey of miner John Waddell (1818-1870) to Vancouver Island in 1862 in search of gold during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Also included are notes on his journey to San Francisco in early 1862 aboard the California steamer Northern Light. The diary also describes his dealings with George A. Walkem, third Premier of British Columbia.

The transcript, completed by the donor in May 2017, includes and introduction and notes relevant to the diary's content.

The series consists of miscellaneous family trees, originally created between 1951 and 1970, some with updated notes.
MS-3508.1: Dunsmuir, Robert family tree. - 1951-1952. - 1 page and 1 mylar copy.
MS-3508.2: Dallas, A.G. family tree. - 1953. - 1 page
MS-3508.3: Robson, A. family tree / compiled by I. Andak. - 1970. - 1 page.
MS-3508.4: Thomson, Wm. family tree. - 1953, 2009. - 1 page + accompanying material.
MS-3508.5: Work, John family tree. - 1952. - 1 page.
MS-3508.6: Dougas, James family tree / compiled by Margaret Jane MacIntosh. - 1952, 2016. - 1 page + accompanying material.
MS-3508.7: Anderson, A.C. family tree. - [ca. 1950]. - 1 page.
MS-3508.8: Hart, John family tree. -1958. - 1 page.

The series consists of two oral history recordings and their associated transcripts. Both interviews were conducted by Jim Spring. The first interview (T4415:0001) is of Don Grant and Al Schutz; the second interview (T4415:0002) is with Al Schutz.

The file consists of two typed transcripts that correspond to the oral history audio recordings. The transcripts were created by the BC Forest Service Centenary Society.

Documentary. ". . . A documented journey into how the western Canadian film business was built from the early 1950s to the present day. It examines the people and events that helped shape the production landscape and unveils an intimate look into the realm of filmmaking and theeconomics that surround it." (package description)

The file consists of publications, correspondence, clippings, photographs and biographical information of Amy Leigh collected and created by Amy Leigh between 1943 and 2001. The file includes a copy of a report written in 1943 by Leigh about Japanese welfare under the British Columbia Security Commission.

SUMMARY: Meeting and debates at the annual conventions of the B.C. Fruit Growers' Association, including addresses of the Ministers of Agriculture to the conventions. No other content documentation on file.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: George Van Der Straeten tells the "story of the deloader at Englewood". [No further documentation on file.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: [No content summary documentation available for this interview.];

SUMMARY: Earl Weston provides a running commentary on the amateur film "[Bralorne Mines, ca. 1955]", shot by C.B. Cunningham. The film shows the mine and concentrator at Bralorne, and depicts the techniques of; refining gold, pouring gold bricks, and assaying them. Weston's commentary explains the processing of the gold, as well as technical terms, and names the people seen in the film.;

The records consist of photocopies of card index files created by John Green from 1970 to 1999 regarding Sasquatch sightings in Canada and the United States. The files cover information about sightings going back to 1900. Green collected the information from a variety of sources, including old newspapers and publications and from interviews and letters. Each card listed the name of the informant, the place and date of the sighting, as well as a brief description of the event. Many of the cards are marked with an "S" for sighting or a "T" for tracks. Green also marked a date on each card that seems to be the date of the creation of the card. The original cards were presumably arranged by location and date and the photocopies are in date groupings with some overlap. The series also includes a photocopy of a chronological listings of sightings compiled by Paul Johnson and Joan Jeffers in "The Pennsylvania Bigfoot".

SUMMARY: A personal account of coastal logging operations in the 1930s. Topics discussed include: logging camps; steam donkeys; gyppo logging; floating camps; hand logging; etc.;