RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Aileen Lonsdale was born in the Washington Territory and moved around all her childhood; moved to Wolf Creek in 1909. She describes what was happening in Wolf Creek when she moved there, including her father's stopping house; she describes her family, Renshaw, including her brothers and her father, Robert Haldane Renshaw; she describes the area; steel mining; locations of railway stations; Mile 52; Valemount; Mile 49; railway construction camps; a description of Tete Jaune; bootlegging and smuggling during prohibition; some anecdotes about what life was like; moving to McBride in 1914; a description of McBride and life there when she arrived. TRACK 2: Mrs. Lonsdale continues with a description and anecdotes about the Indians at Tete Jaune; she describes Tete Jaune Cache and the surrounding area; Tete Jaune Mary.

CALL NUMBER: T0623:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alfred Bryant recalls some of his childhood experiences settling near Soda Creek and homesteading in Tatla Lake with his family, 1919 to 1928. Mr. Bryant discusses his father's background; coming to settle in BC in 1919; life and incidents at Soda Creek and Meldrum Creek; how his family worked at a hotel in Riske Creek; teamsters; the Bechers, who ran the hotel and details of a journey to a homestead at Tatla Lake in 1922. TRACK 2: Mr. Bryant continues the story of the journey to Tatla Lake; his first days at Tatla Lake and the cabin there; sleeping arrangements, his first .22 calibre rifle; life at Tatla Lake; and social occasions.

CALL NUMBER: T0623:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Bryant recalls some of his experiences in the Anahim Lake area of the Chilcotin, 1930 to 1966. Mr. Bryant tells stories about his sister Jane Lehman's experiences as a nurse in the wilderness of the Chilcotin; making moonshine; moving to the Anahim Lake region in 1931; life at Anahim Lake; people of the area; and comments about Native people. TRACK 2: Mr. Bryant comments on the Bella Coola area; the story of Lord Tweedsmuir's visit in 1937, and its effect on the local economy; trappers' cabins in the wilderness; comments about the conditions among the local Indians; and stories about "Capoose" who was a well known Indian of the area.

CALL NUMBER: T0623:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Bryant discusses the so-called "grease trail", which runs from Bella Coola into the Fraser Plateau; the travels of the Stikine Indians; the route followed by Alexander Mackenzie in 1790; more on the grease trail and other trails in the area; Benny Franklin, who was a well known character of the area; and experiences travelling on some of the trails. Finally, Mr. Bryant recites a poem by his father about a local incident involving Bob Graham and some Indians. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1896-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Angelo Branca discusses background and childhood: father in gold rush, 1896; father's import business; learning of his background through oral history, 1911, as father returns to Italy briefly; deliveries as child for grocery store; mucky sidewalks at Hastings and Main; games as a child; teachers at school; discipline in the home and at school; sense of humour of teachers; change of his ;vocation to law on father's advice; singing at Italian dinners; sister as a singer. TRACK 2: Discusses: physical work and chores; Italian picnics; lack of existing documentation of Italians in Vancouver; immigrants coming being those who needed new opportunity; Mr. Branca's father's reason for immigrating; story-telling amongst his father's friends; San Carlo opera company coming to Vancouver; the Avenue Theatre; Charles E. Royal players at Empress Theatre; early movie theatres; seeing opera recently in Verona; Italy; Italian banquets in Vancouver; his sister as a talented singer.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Powell St. grounds; Burnaby farm; family; schooling; early success in law profession; assimilation of Italians into Canada; Fathers at Sacred Heart school; description of church interiors at Easter and Christmas; father's import business; speech making; Italian language. TRACK 2: Discusses: philosophical sayings and proverbs in Italian, and the poetry of learning them; discipline in the home; notes changes in parental guidance since WW II; brief history of union of the provinces of Italy; Strathcona residents from Veneto and Udine area; small community problems; community ;pride and jealousy; retention of ethnic customs.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: manual labour by first minority groups; discrimination problems; Janet Smith case of 1924; False Creek prior to WW I; maps of area viewed; location of family's home in area; street; cars, hotels and theatres; first Woodward store; Crosetti, Branca and Tosi stores on Main Street; stores at corner of Union and Princess Street; area of Water St., 70 years ago; Europe Hotel; Angelo Calori. TRACK 2: Discusses: sewage outlet at foot of Raymur St.; reclamation of False Creek park; builder of Union Street homes in 1900s; Hogan's Alley; distribution of brothels in area; police control and toleration of them; lack of crime in area; rum running; bootlegging.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Branca discusses: lawyers in '20s and '30s who influenced him; his first car, a Russell-Knight (?); early driving conditions in Vancouver; learning to box from George Paris; boxing in general; his father's business partner, John Crosetti; Branca's father as a colourful character. (End of interview)

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-06 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Strike; goes into mine; mules and horses; South Wellington seams; rats; Protection; working conditions; first aid; inspections; jitneys; transportation; washing clothes; class; shopping; bootleggers; Fraser Street; Chinatown.

The file contains various papers relating to temperance including: letter from the Canadian Temperance Federation to the administration of an unidentified university; petition of West Vancouver residents to the Liquor Control Board; copy of letter from Mary Reeve to the Hon. H.H. Stevens concerning a mouse in her husband's stout; postcard to the Hon. G.S. Wismer concerning liquor control.

The series consists of beer license files relating to hotel beer parlors in British Columbia, created between 1941 and 1954. Files contain correspondence, blue-prints, annual and follow-up inspectors' reports, police reports and other documents.

While the original photographs were removed from the files and accessioned by the visual records unit as 198910-001; photocopies have been retained in the files.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Charles Harris RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Charles Harris explains how he left Halifax in 1887 to come to Victoria to get involved in the sealing trade, he describes the trip, arriving in Victoria in 1888, going to sea in 1890, becoming mate of the "Mary Taylor" in 1891, his experience in the Bering Sea, details on his career and adventures in the 1890s, a detailed account of the process of going about sealing including anecdotes, when sealing with guns was outlawed in 1911 by virtue of a treaty, more on sealing, differences in hunting techniques between Indians and white people, an anecdote about taking Haida Indians sealing, potential dangers, and anecdotes about boat. TRACK 2: Captain Harris continues by describing his impressions of early Victoria, the liquor traffic in Victoria before and during prohibition, the navy at Victoria prior to WWI, the submarines brought to Victoria in 1915, and more on changes over time in Victoria.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Mr. Charles Whitten describes the road from Resplendent to Tete Jeune Cache; the Foley, Welch and Stewart boats; a description of Tete Jeune; prohibition and bootlegging; railway work at Tete Jeune Cache; settling in McBride in 1914; the effects of World War I on the region.

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Allegations of John A. Gauthier, 1923-1927. Unit consists of correspondence, transcripts of the proceedings, exhibits, interim and final reports.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on the Kelowna Police, 1929. Commission records consist of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, documents filed but not marked as exhibits, one Canadian Bar Review journal, and the report.

This series consists of the records of the Commission Regarding Campaign Funds, 1927. Commission records consist of correspondence, proceedings, exhibits and the report in which the commissioners stated that they found no evidence to support the charges.

The file consists of Attorney-General correspondence file 12/09. It contains a file of signatures on a petition to Messrs. Hon. Bowser, J.F. Ford, A.H. MeGowan, G.A. McGuire, J.F. Garden and Hon. R.G. Tatlow, Members of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for the Electoral District of Vancouver City, 14-26 January 1909. The petition concerns the idea of including with the balloting at municipal elections "a local option system to determine whether or not the traffic in intoxicating liquors shall be permitted or prohibited." The petition was received by the Attorney General's office 28 January 1909.

Day books, journals and account books, 1882-1910 of William Harrison, general and liquor merchant; letter book, 1894-1901; customs documents, invoices, etc., 1903-1911.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dean Holt talks about the Bryant family and other people of the Tatla Lake area, 1922 to 1935. Mr. Holt describes his family background; how he came to the Chilcotin at the age of sixteen; family details; his first impression of the area; the Bryant family at Tatla Lake; details of a journey with the Bryant family to a homestead at Tatla; Bob Graham and his family; more on the Bryant's journey; people in the area and the quality of life there; Dan Puckett; Piper and Old Ballou. TRACK 2: More on Old Ballou; homemade whisky; stages; Lester Dorsey; and comments on the Bryants.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Saltspring Island pioneers PERIOD COVERED: 1850-1925 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Desmond Crofton discusses his family history. His grandfather, a preacher, came to Saltspring Island ca.1884. Other Saltspring settlers, especially Henry W. Bullock, "the Squire of Saltspring". The Mouats of Ganges. Transportation to and from the island. First settlement about 1858-1859. Black settlers on the island. Origin of Harbour House Guest House at Ganges. "Moonshining" on Saltspring Island. Political rivalries. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T2623:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1960 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: childhood in Manitoba; racial background; move to Strathcona in 1944. Description of the area: ghetto for blacks. Describes: Fountain Chapel; racism in jobs; housing; fights in neighbourhood caused by white kids slumming. TRACK 2: More on fights in neigbourhood and 'black-baiting'. Bootleg joints. Shake-ups. Prostitution. Network of Madames across Canada. Blacks move out in 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 & 05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: bootlegging; violence in the neighbourhood; drug use; work with U.F.A.W.U. 1963 strike; workers in fishing industry -- women, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians. TRACK 2: Dorothy Nealy discusses: lack of discrimination in neighbourhood; changes in neighbourhood; why she has stayed in the neighbourhood; arrival of Natives; Natives as cannery workers; Native attitude to Mackenzie pipeline; neighbourhood reaction to redevelopment plans; SPOTA. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: community meetings; SPOTA; Vancouver Resources Board; first redevelopment survey 1945; multi-racial qualities of the neighbourhood; poultry business; work in Visco Poultry Packing House; blacks and Italians in the neighbourhood; New Delhi club and other entertainment; drinking habits in '40s and '50s. TRACK 2: Mrs. Nealy discusses: liquor laws; drug usage in the neighbourhood. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: black migration from prairies in '30s; work at Chicken Inn and Cliff House; gypsies in Strathcona. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T4195:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in Sandon, 1917-1920 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ed Vipond recalls his first impressions of Sandon, B.C. Personal background. Working for CPR in Sandon. Prominent citzens, including Johnny Harris, Clarence Cunningham. Sandon fire of 1900. A;.W. McCune; Mark McCune. TRACK 2: Johnny Harris -- poker game. Social life in Sandon. Bootleggers -- Scotty Donaldson. Madames. The Noble Five and other mines.

CALL NUMBER: T4195:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fanny Pickett. Booteleggers -- "moonshine" on the train. The red light district. "One Big Union" strike. Working conditions in the mines. Automobiles in Sandon. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The interview begins with Mrs. Georgeson; she was born in East Sooke, and her father was John Aitken, who farmed on Galiano Island and later ran a store at Miners Bay, Mayne Island. Mrs. Georgeson recalls some early neighbours on Mayne Island; the Maude family; Canon Paddon; social life; life at the East Point lighthouse, Saturna Island; fires; bootleggers and drug smuggling; events at t;he lighthouse; a cougar story. Mr. Georgeson continues the interview: his father, James Georgeson, came out from the Shetland Islands in 1889, to the East Point lighthouse. He recalls early years on the island; growing up and schooling on Mayne Island; bootleggers; building small boats; his life spent at Saturna and Albert Head lighthouses; recollections about Tumbo Island. TRACK 2: Mrs. George;son discusses her children and the lighthouse life; schooling; their childhood activities; the war years. Mr. Georgeson discusses his early life, fishing and being a boat poler on the Fraser River; a; cougar story; a "sea serpent" story; sea life; whales; the East Point light and their neighbours; the Ross brothers, who worked a stone quarry on Saturna Island.

CALL NUMBER: T2103:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-05-26 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was born in England in 1888 and moved to Vancouver after training as an engineer. Started working on towboats in 1911, took one trip on the Dollar Line, did road work on Kingsway in Burnaby, worked for Cates Towing. Describes Dollar Line, Union Steamship Company, waterfront in Vancouver, and Tommy Roberts, proprietor of the Grand Hotel in Vancouver. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-29 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was an engineer with the Union Steamship Company from 1913-1959. Describes homesteading on Calvert Island, at Kitimaat, and the Queen Charlottes, a visit with Chief Harry Edenshaw, mines at Anyox, Surf Inlet. Remembers mates stealing boom chains, pursers stealing food and selling meal tickets twice. Was aboard "Coquitlam I" when it burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Describes changes in the company after World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: Fred Smith joined the Union Steamship Company in 1913. He worked on the "Venture" and the "Coquitlam". Describes Chinese men making cans in the spring at salmon canneries, Chinese workers, Grand Trunk Railway into Prince Rupert, Japanese firemen in the engine room, navigation by the whistle, southern runs of the Union Steamship Company, grounding of the "Coquitlam II" and time the "Coquitlam I" burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Also Tommy Roberts and the Grand Hotel and rum-running.

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: Mr. MacAndrew discusses early life and family background: arrives in Canada, 1926; experiences on the coastal steamer "Maquinna". Joined B.C. Provincial Police, 1928: training period; highway patrol, 1929-50; postings in Victoria, Chilliwack and Princeton.

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: Mr. MacAndrew discusses: role in miners' strikes; escort duty in 1930s; opium, liquor and prostitution problems; policing the Doukhobors; postings to Princeton [strike], Castlegar, Richmond, Abbottsford.

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0003 - 0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these two tapes.]

CALL NUMBER: T2800:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses background: father emigrated from Russia via Germany, mother from Budapest in 1909 &1911; met and married in Vancouver. Immigrant observations on Montreal St: Strathcona a melting pot; details of neighbours' music, religious practices, help in times of illness. Learning English. Discrimination. Depression: helping the young unemployed off the freights; father's difficulties in getting work; cases of poverty. TRACK 2: Jewish organizations helping immigrants in '20s and later. Religious life: holiday rituals, Schara Tzedeck synagogue, Friday night hom ritual. McLean Park and United Church summer programs. School incident involving anti-Semitism. Seen as 'foreign' when trying to get work. Strathcona School: teachers, school nurse, eye tests. World War II for the Chinese and Japanese. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes local gangs giving local girls protection. Brothel next door in late '40s and how she got it closed. Meeting prostitutes while working in bottle shop at age 13. Other brothels on Union Street. Views on prostitution. Bootlegging: frequency of; social functions of; European custom; first visit to local bootlegger; bootlegging to finance children's' higher education. Russian loggers boarding at friend's house. Russian and Ukrainian music. Russian and Ukrainian halls. TRACK 2: Discusses: school May Day at Powell Street grounds; riot on Hastings Street; 1939 Declaration of War; radio newscasts and newspaper extras; radio programs of the '40s; Italian boys in Canadian Army; Anglicization vs. retaining heritage; stereotypes of Jews. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses neighbourhood characters: Mrs. Cibular, Mr. Marino, retarded men, teacher Miss Sutherland. Bootlegging to finance education. Degeneration of neighbourhood ca. 1949; neighbours moving out. Immigrants of '50s. Inter-racial relations and jobs according to nationality. Importance of education. TRACK 2: Discusses: burial practices; Rabbi Pastinsky; and importance of radio in daily life. (End of interview)

Records of business conducted; accounts of merchandise sold, 1866-1868 (liquor, sardines, cigars, matches), accounts of the Full Rigged Co. including payroll, amount of gold mined and bills paid, 1867-1927.

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Rum-Running" by Tom Cone, takes a look at the lucrative business of rum running during American prohibition.;

The series consists of an incomplete card index created by the Liquor Control Board between 1919 and 1972 to register incoming letters.. The cards index the letters inward to the Liquor Control Board (and its predecessor body Prohibition Commissioner) and are arranged alphabetically by sender. Within each alphabetical file, there are sub-files containing numbered index cards in descending order. Each card contains the following elements: date, L.I. no. (letters inward number), from, district, subject, req. or order no. and file number.

The index consists of the following files:
Prohibition Commissioner
A to F sub-files: general, specific names (including Accounting Dept)
Liquor Control Board sub-files: claims agent, LCB general, inspectors, secretary
Stores sub-files: general, Vancouver store, Victoria store
Supervisor of stock
Supervisor of stores
Vancouver wholesalers sub-files: correspondence, liquor requisitions, supplies
Victoria wholesalers sub-files: correspondence, liquor requisitions, supplies.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Interviewees introduce themselves: both Mrs. Bianco and Mrs. Negrin born in Vancouver (1911 and 1917 respectively). Mrs. Trono born in Italy in 1895. (Mrs. Trono does not speak much on the tape). Mrs. Bianco's father, Piccolo, emigrated with pregnant wife in 1910-11: first two houses lived in on Prior St; dispute with neighbour McDonald over empty lot used as garden; boccia in back alley; poker-playing for days at a time; story of woman who put glass in sandwiches. Mrs. Negrin's father, Martini, a born traveller, emigrated to North America after trips to other countries: first home in stable on Union Street; later moved to Grove (Atlantic); six girls in family, mother took in boarders; father used empty lot to raise cows and chickens; dairying in 1925; court case over stolen chickens; minimal social welfare available; kids' chores. Mrs. Bianco's jobs helping mother with milk and cheese sales -- dairies stepped in (1935-36) to stop them from keeping cows. Mrs. Negrin was herdswoman on Flats. Mrs. Bianco recalls men loitering on Flats, chasing lost cows. Saturday night bootlegging and dancing with men. TRACK 2: Mrs. Negrin recalls Barnum and Bailey Circus on Flats, ca. 1926, when Italians made a lot of money selling their wine to circus crews, and Italian kids got into circus free. Mrs. Bianco recalls fight in their house in late '20s. Father started bootlegging as longshoremen take up wine drinking; friends wanted some, invited to house, wanted more, ended up buying drinks. Story of getting arrested for bootlegging when sister was 19, she was 25: she took rap for sister; wore new dress to trial; judge's quick retort. Trains coming in would sell booze off flats. 1918 flu epidemic: many neighbours died. Mrs. Negrin recalls bodies 4-5 feet high in Hogan's Alley. Mrs. Negrin recalls helping mother as midwife. Gathering stray cows before going to dance; herding route; pound man; barn on Atlantic Street. Depression: men coming up from flats for food and water.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James "Jim" W. Keefe talks about his experiences in the Soda Creek area of the Cariboo, 1912 to 1930. Mr. Keefe discusses how he arrived from Colorado in 1912 along the Cariboo Road. He describes transporting a bull on a riverboat and the ferry at Soda Creek. He bought Buckskin Ranch after WWI. He describes hunting deer, more on the Soda Creek ferries and riverboats, his partnership on Buckskin Ranch with Joe Demarre, a description of Soda Creek, placer mining, a prospector named Talbot, the Bryant family at Soda Creek, his family background, the American Midwest, Buffalo Bill Cody and Indians.

TRACK 2: Mr. Keefe describes his childhood in the U.S., stories about hunting wild horses, Christmas, an old prospector, bootlegging in Soda Creek, more on the Soda Creek ferry, and finally the story of a bull and a wild boar on the ferry.

The series consists of illegal activities case files created by the Liquor Control and Licensing branch, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. The records document the investigation of illegal activities in the distribution and sale of alcohol in the Province. Records relate to conducting enforcement investigations and inquiries into illegal activities taking place in a licensed premises or by manufacturers or their agents, pertaining to the illegal manufacture, sale, purchase or smuggling of illicit liquor in the province. Enforcement actions (e.g., liquor seizures) may be carried out by the Branch or other law enforcement agencies on behalf of the Branch in accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act (RSBC 1996, c. 267) and Regulations (BC Reg. 244/2002), the Judicial Review Procedure Act (RSBC 1996, c.242), and subsequent legislation governing the operational responsibilities and functions of the creating agency.
Illicit liquor includes liquor that has been smuggled from other provinces, the United States or other international locations; liquor that has not been purchased, sold or kept in compliance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations as well as the terms and conditions of the licence; adulterated or watered down liquor; sale of personal use or illegally manufactured liquor including sale of U-brew, U-vin products, home distilled or home fermented liquor; and use of medicinal, confectionary, culinary, or other concoctions containing alcohol but not intended for consumption (e.g., Chinese cooking wines, mouthwashes and aftershave lotions).

A few of the records document the research and evaluation of current issues that affect the sale or production of liquor products such as rural agency stores, unlicensed motor vessels, fishing lodges and aboriginal affairs. Records may also contain information pertaining to alcohol-related incidents of special significance or importance to liquor control and licensing (e.g., death as a result of alcohol consumption) which may have influence over policy. Additionally, a few files relate to licensed manufacturers of beer, wine and spirits pursuant to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act (RSBC 1996, c.267, ss. 12, 15, 55, 56, 57 and 58). Manufacturers must be licensed to produce distilled spirits, wine, beer or cider. The records were created between 1981 and 2010 in British Columbia.

The records are arranged by the name of the establishment under investigation for illegal activities. They include correspondence, memoranda, reports, news clippings and legal documents, copies of coroner’s inquiries and coroner’s reports, policy reviews, research materials, licences, applications, renewal forms, and reports. The records are classified as illegal activities case files (71800-20) under the Liquor Control and Licensing ORCS (schedule 111801), published in 2006. Some records are classified as issues and topics of interest (70100-20) and policy and procedures files (73400-00).

The series consists of selected Liquor Control Board (LCB) correspondence files, club licence files, and beer licence files created between 1925 and 1954.

The correspondence files are arranged by LCB file number and include records relating to the establishment of liquor stores, imports, prices, protests and prosecutions. The files also include Chairman W.F. Kennedy's correspondence between 1932 and 1951, correspondence with other government departments and miscellaneous correspondence.

The Club licence files contain the club constitution, lists of members, description of premises, etc. Beer parlor licence files may contain blueprints, inspection reports, descriptions of premises, and photographs. Both sub-series contain physical descriptions and floor plans and are arranged by LCB file number.

The series consists of Liquor Control Board inspector files relating to inspections of hotels and other licenced facilities throughout the province. The files were created and maintained by the Liquor Control Board in the Victoria office between 1931 and 1955 and are arranged by file number.

Each file refers to a specific hotel or licenced facility and contains memos, correspondence, inspector reports and follow up reports, names of staff and a list of licence holders. There may also be police reports and other reports concerning licence infractions. Some files have sketches and plans for renovation or expansion and the occasional file may have a photograph.

There are three runs of files: classification prefix 121 for hotels and bars; classification prefix 122 for clubs and classification prefix 123 for Legions. Files 121/1 to 121/114 are missing from the series. In addition there are occasional gaps in the file run, with some files missing completely and others cross referenced to a dead file drawer. The location of the records in the dead file drawer is unknown.

This series consists of the records of the Liquor Inquiry Commission, 1969-1970. Records include proceedings, transcripts, submissions, correspondence, reference and research materials and the commission report. The series is divided into the following subseries: evidence presented at hearings; secretary's correspondence; briefs; commission correspondence; miscellany; and reports.