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Notes (authorship undetermined) on various political issues concerning British Columbia and its relations with the federal government, and with various provincial inquiries.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Brian Ray Douglas Smith titled "Sir Richard McBride: a study in the Conservative Party of British Columbia." i, 362 p. Thesis (M.A.), Queen's University, 1959. Bibliography: p 357-362.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Peter Roberts Hunt titled "The Political career of Sir Richard McBride." ii, 217 p: illus., tables. Theses (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1953. Bibliography: p 214-217.

Item is a photograph album of 88 black and white prints of Minister of Lands, Price Ellison's expedition in Strathcona Park in 1910, as part of the McBride government survey of the region. Scenes depict locations of the traverse, such as Buttle Lake, Crown Mountain, Nine Peaks, Upper Campbell Lake, Great Central Lake, and several glaciers.

This item was presumably presented to Hon. Richard McBride as it bears a gilt inscription of his name on the cover. There are other copies in existence, as BC Archives holds a copy presented to Price Ellison which bears an inscription of his name, and an edition presented to Premier William John Bowser is attested in the Arctic, Yukon, and Western Canadiana Catalogue 43, March 10, 2000.