Item consists of one bound volume measuring 56 x 41 cm. It contains a list of gold and silver badge winners of the Grand Aggregate, an event held each year at the annual general meeting of the BC Rifle Association, starting in 1875. Though there are additional blank lines dating up to 1975, entries stop after 1931. Each entry includes the range (Central Park, Clover Point, Goldstream, Heals, New Westminster, Nanaimo, or Richmond), the shooter's military rank, corps, and city or town. Each page of the volume includes at least two unique, hand-coloured illustrations in the header. Pages are interleafed. Given the consistency of hand-written entries, it is likely that the volume was produced near or after 1931.

The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include copies of six films about various British Columbian topics created between 1910 and 1938 as follows:

Big Timber / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
Saga of the silver horde / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
The inside story / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1938, b&w, sound.
Saving the sagas / Associated Screen News Ltd., copyright Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1927, b&w, silent.
Life of a salmon / Edison Manufacturing Company, 1910, b&w, silent with captions.
Trans-Canada air pageant and miscellaneous aeroplanes : part one / W.M. Archibald, copyright Air Canada, 1930, b&w & col., silent.

The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include copies of 3 films about various British Columbian topics created between 1930 and 1941 as follows:

The Great Barrier : part two / Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation, copyright Rank Film Distributors, 1937, b&w, sound.
Trans-Canada air pageant and miscellaneous aeroplanes : part two / W.M. Archibald, copyright Air Canada, 1930, b&w & col., silent.
Nine cents per capita / British Columbia. Provincial Board of Health, copyright Government of British Columbia, 1941, b&w, sound.

The series consists of six volumes of municipal by-laws registered with the Vancouver County Court; including by-laws from the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, Point Grey, Vancouver, South Vancouver Municipality, Richmond, the District of West Vancouver and the District of Powell River (1955 only).

The item is a spliced ECO picture of a training film from ca. 1976. It employs live-action footage and animated maps to familiarize Hydro bus drivers with a particular bus route, Vancouver through Richmond to Delta and return.

The item is a reel of industrial film. It shows the planning and construction of the Deas Island Tunnel, and its official opening in July 1959 by Queen Elizabeth.

The file consists of three reels of unedited film footage, either Kodachrome originals or a workprint. The footage documents the need for, and construction of, the Oak Street Bridge between Vancouver and Richmond. Includes sequences showing traffic problems at and around the old Lulu Island bridges (Fraser Street Bridge and Marpole Bridge); traffic to Vancouver International Airport (plus "air traffic"); Richmond Lumber Yard and rush hour traffic; horse racing at Lansdowne Park; the Peace Arch; Fraser River bridges and tugboats; opening ceremonies for the new bridge (with Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi); views from a tugboat towing a log boom on the Fraser River; construction, painting and finishing on the Oak Street Bridge.

The item consists of a reel of unedited film footage and associated workprint of water traffic on the south arm of the Fraser River near the site of the Deas Island Tunnel. Two sequences show the operation of the Ladner ferry, a car ferry service crossing the Fraser between Ladner and Woodwards Landing in Richmond. Shows cars, trucks, and buses boarding the ferry; crew at work on the deck and the bridge; views from ferry during the crossing; docking and unloading; etc. Also includes footage of the CNR rail car ferry S.S. "Canora"; a large floating dredge; and the sternwheeler "Essington". The latter usually operated out of Prince Rupert as a snag puller, but at this time she was replacing the "Samson V" on the Fraser; her deckhands are shown servicing a navigational buoy.
These sequences were found among the original footage and out-takes from the film Deas Island Tunnel (1957-1959).

The item is an industrial film print. It shows the construction of the Annacis road system and the Alex Fraser Bridge, officially opened in 1986.

The item is a release print of a documentary film made 1957-1959. It shows the planning and construction of the Deas Island Tunnel, and its official opening in July 1959 by Queen Elizabeth. It was presented in co-operation with Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation Ltd. and Christiani & Neilsen Canada Ltd.

The item is a release print of an industrial film from 1972. It depicts the variety of jobs performed by BC workers, and the role of the WCB in promoting safety and protecting and assisting injured workers. Includes much footage of job sites and people at work (especially miners, loggers and construction workers). Other footage includes a dramatization of an injured man being rushed to hospital by floatplane and ambulance; the International First Aid Championships, with simulated accident victims and competing industrial first aid teams; opening of the new WCB administration complex in Vancouver; scenes in the offices of the WCB; injured workers taking part in physiotherapy and other activities at the WCB's rehabilitation centre in Vancouver; sod-turning for the Leslie R. Petersen Rehabilitation Centre in Richmond. Film begins with long morning sequence of workers going to work, and includes historical background on the role of these "breadwinners" in BC's development.

The item is a release print of an industrial film, made ca. 1973. It is a detailed record of the construction of Knight Street Bridge, spanning the Fraser River at Mitchell Island between Vancouver and Richmond.

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: T2395:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mr. Ichikawa relates experience of coming to Canada and early jobs PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences on the trip from Japan. Working in a sawmill in Richmond, B.C. Commentary on several jobs which he held in Vancouver: milk factory, railroad, grocery store. CALL NUMBER: T2395:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese-Canadian labour unions and personal job experience PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a logging camp. Discusses working at a sawmill on Vancouver Island. Gossip about Japanese Labour Unions and Japanese 'semi' mafia. Visiting Japan. CALL NUMBER: T2395:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Japanese-Canadian visit to Japan : some impressions PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Visiting Japan. [Most of this tape is blank.] CALL NUMBER: T2395:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): World War II and changes in the Japanese community PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a Nitric Acid Factory in Ontario. World War II and evacuation. Timber mill. Influence of World War II and changes in Japanese community. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3719:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jessie Lam Ross : Chinese at work in B.C. : The Hong Wo Store and the Richmond Gardens Farm PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family arrived in B.C. in the 1890s. Her father, Ling Lam, arrived and worked first in Victoria then settled in Steveston. Hong Wo Store started in Steveston, 1895. Ling Lam died 1939. By 1939 he owned a mixed farm, general store and operated a fish contracting business to hire labour for the canneries. Jessie and her brother John bought-out other family members in the business after 1939. The company had contracts with vegetable/fruit canneries such as Empress Factories, Grower's Canneries (Royal City Brand), and to some wholesalers in Vancouver Chinatown. The farm hired full-time Chinese workers who lived on the farm and Japanese women and their families as day labourers. Description of Chinese farm workers' living and working conditions on the farm. Details of father and mother's family background prior to immigration to Canada. Description of second store after the first store burnt in 1904. Store built on stilts over water, and warehouse on wharf over deep waters for boats/fishermen to shop and pick-up supplies. Location of farm. Description of father as a "gentleman farmer" wearing three-piece serge blue suit. TRACK 2: Discusses veg/cannery contract with Empress Factories. Description of their farm's Chinese foreman and his sons who worked on the farm all their lives. Ling Lam did not permit swearing or gambling on the farm, or by any family members. Details of Ling Lam's children's education. Description of farm workers' meals. Ling Lam's invention of cucumber grader and his introduction of the Utah green celery to the area. Ling Lam was head of the Chinese Growers' Association, the group against B.C. Coast Marketing Board. Making boxes for farm produce.

CALL NUMBER: T3719:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jessie Lam Ross : Chinese at work in B.C. : The Hong Wo Store and the Richmond Gardens Farm PERIOD COVERED: 1900s-1960s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Farm produce on consignment to wholesalers up until the 1960s. Ling Lam supplied all Occidental and Oriental labourers to the Phoenix Cannery (ABC) until the 1930s; then just Oriental labourers. Ling Lam was active with the clan organization the Lum Association. Jessie Lam comments on the difficulties of her contemporaries in finding professional jobs after receiving post-secondary education. Describes some neighbouring farms. The credit/accounting system with farm workers on wages. Jessie Lam's summer vacation work experience on the farm. Shipping/transportation of pickles by railway to Eastern Canada. Chinese women day labourers working on the farm in the 1950s. The end of the fish contracts with B.C. Packers (Phoenix) in 1968. Sugar rationing during WW II. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T3719:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jessie Lam Ross : Chinese at work in B.C. : The Hong Wo Store and the Richmond Gardens Farm PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mother had Caucasian cleaning ladies to help with the household. Jessie Lam went to chaperoned parties/social functions during her teens. Talks of the soup kitchens in Vancouver Chinatown during the 1930s Depression. Marriage of brother John and sister Mary. Talks of the family motorcar holiday trip to Oregon in 1928. Recalls mother's prized baking, and father's vegetable competition at the PNE. An anecdote of father's temperament. Refers to the community of Eburne on Sea Island. Attending church on Sundays at the Methodist Chinese Church in Vancouver Chinatown. Describes her typical Sunday activities with her family. Going to Chinese language school after regular school day. Jessie Ross was "Miss China" during WW II as part of the Allied countries effort to raise money for the troops. Helped sell government bonds during the war. Involved with the Chinese community's effort to raise funds for the "Rice Bowl" campaign. Chinese professionals in B.C. could only attract Chinese clientele in the 1920s-50s. TRACK 2: Chinese vegetable and fish peddlers in Jessie Lam's neighbourhood (as a child) and Jewish junkmen. Milk delivered by horse and carriage until WW II. Speaks of various prominent Chinese families in Vancouver during her youth. Refers to Chung Chuck, Delta farmer who fought with her father against the B.C. Coast Marketing Board (to the Privy Council). Problems farmers, especially the Chinese, had with the Board. The closure of the farm and store in 1971 and liquidation of the property and business in 1973. Lists of goods sold at the store. Anecdote of Jessie Ross and brother John rowing out to Steveston Island.

CALL NUMBER: T3719:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jessie Lam Ross : Chinese at work in B.C. : The Hong Wo Store and the Richmond Gardens Farm RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [No content summary available for this tape.] TRACK 2: blank.

The item is a reel of industrial film regarding Crown Zellerbach's operations in British Columbia. Sequences include: logging in the Nitinat area; transportation of logs by truck, railway, raft and boom; self-dumping log barge; production of lumber and plywood at Fraser Mills sawmill; newsprint production at Elk Falls; the pulp tanker "Duncan Bay"; Ocean Falls operation; Richmond Division plant (cardboard boxes etc.); marketing staff visits Okanagan Valley apple orchards.

The series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, divorce orders, and a judgement created between 1974 and 1998 by the Richmond 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.

The records are separated into decrees nisi, decrees absolute, and orders and then arranged by volume and folio numbers, as assigned by the Court Registry. The series also includes a single judgement from 1975. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.