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Harold Smiley fonds
Fonds · 1964-1977

Fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, briefs, reports, articles, and newspaper clippings written and collected by Smiley during his activities as a member of STRRADA and the Salmon Arm Municipal Ratepayers Association while researching the water diversion scheme.

Smiley, Harold
Grindrod Water System fonds
Fonds · 1976-1997

Fonds consists of correspondence, maps, budgets and one petition. It also includes a list of property owners, 1992.

Grindrod Water System
Fonds · 1943-1970

The fonds consists of minutes of the Joint Water Board/Committee (1943-1962 and 1970), correspondence, a list of licences granted (1909-1942), engineer's reports, forms of drilled wells, a statement, accounts of water transportation through village lines, timber sales, and a chairman's notes on the history of the board.

Salmon Arm Joint Water Board
Fonds · 1964-1969

The fonds consists of minutes of executive committee meetings (1964-1969) and nominating committee reports (1966, 1968) of the Alberni Constituency Association of the New Democratic Party.

New Democratic Party Alberni Constituency Association
Gerrard Burke Nagle fonds
Fonds · 1894-1908

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to activities as a surveyor and timber cruiser in the Revelstoke area.

Nagle, Gerrard Burke
Fonds · 1920-1997

The fonds is comprised of photographs documenting the activities and concerns of the west coast fishing industry: fishing boats, fishing and fish processing, fish plants and canneries, special events related to the promotion of fish products, Adams River sockeye runs, traditional First Nations fisheries, sports fishing, research on salmon, salmon habitat destruction, and hatchery and fishways construction and operations. The pictures were taken all along the British Columbia coast from the San Juan fishing grounds on southwestern Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert. Included are photographs taken at salmon producing lakes and rivers in the interior of British Columbia. Some of the photographs originated at food shows in Europe and the Tokyo wholesale fish market. The fonds includes 12 films with fishing related topics plus a small amount of textual material related to the photographs.

Fisheries Council of British Columbia
Fonds · 1902-1945

The collection consists of maps of Hedley and other areas of the Similkameen Valley including subdivision maps, survey maps, forest cover maps, fire insurance maps, and mineral claims maps. Collection includes various plans of the Nickel Plate Mine (Kelowna Exploration Company) and architectural plans of mine houses (1936).

Fonds · 1949-1957

Fonds consists of Letters of Patent and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, income and expense records, a time book, Bank of Montreal pass book, and receipts.

South Grindrod Drainage District
Fonds · 1928-1990

Fonds is arranged into four series and consists of aerial photographs and negatives, paper maps, and overlay. Majority of photographs are black and white. Color photographs date between 1989 and 1990. A separate collection is arranged for use by silverculturists dating between 1984 and 1990. Photographs are color. Aerial photographs were taken by the Department of National Defense and later by the British Columbia government. Fonds includes air photograph map indices. These map indices show flight line location and numbering of aerial photos taken between 1952 and 1994. Fonds also includes forestry district overlays; enlarged aerial negatives and photos; map mosaics; recreation maps of areas from Chase to Revelstoke to Oyama, BC; grazing area permits and licenses on crown land; and Federated Co-Operative Operational Cut Block Plans.

Salmon Arm Forest District
Guy Constable fonds
Fonds · 1908-1969

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, and diaries pertaining to Constable's activities in promoting the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed. Fonds includes photographs of the Creston Valley (predominantly from 1945) and maps of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed area. Fonds includes records relating to the Creston Power, Light and Telephone Company, the Kootenay Valley Power and Development Company, various farmers' associations, and the Creston Board of Trade/Chamber of Commerce. It also includes copies of provincial and federal documents relating to development in the Columbia-Kootenay watershed.

Constable, Guy
Fonds · 1958-1975

The fonds consists of tax and water records (1958-1963), assessment notices (1971-1973), tax notices (1971-1975), voters lists (1984-1991), mineral claims maps for Hedley and area, list of firefighters (1958), and assessment roll (1984).

Hedley Improvement District
Fonds · 1879-1994

The collection consists of cartographic and architectural material relating to the Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley areas including geological and topographic maps, forestry, logging and timber claim maps, timber licence plans, road maps, recreation maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and fire insurance plans for mills on Cowichan Lake. Maps and plans are of Lake Cowichan, Honeymoon Bay, Gordon river, Meade Creek, Riverside, and the Port Renfrew area. Collection includes forestry maps and plans for mills of Western Forest Industries at Honeymoon Bay.

Fonds · 1905-1967

The collection consists of fire insurance maps of Kimberley, Chapman Camp, Marysville, and the Sullivan Mine and townsite; townsite plan of Marysville; geological survey maps; and, other maps of Kimberley and district. Collection includes maps of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada's Sullivan Mine operation.

Fonds · 1885-1960

The collection consists of topographic maps, mineral and land claims maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and architectural drawings pertaining to Revelstoke and locations in the Columbia basin and of structures constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the Revelstoke District.

Norma Morton fonds
CA CMX 06.01 · Fonds · 1908-1947

The fonds contain maps, blueprints and posters. Maps include B.C Department of Lands, mining, sedimentary and volcanic maps, parks, forestry, climatic forest types, pre-emption maps, topographical maps, railway and Provincial Cadastral Surveys.;Blueprints include Courtenay water supply and pipe routes, city of Courtenay and District. Posters include salt water and food chains, common mosses, BC shellfish and Pacific Salmon. Fonds also includes The Theed Pearse Collection. Pearse was a naturalist, ornithologist and author. The Theed Pearse Collection consists of 209 photographs and 417 slides depicting scenery and natural history of Comox Valley as well as travel photos of California and Europe. Collection includes some Pearse family photographs.

Morton, Norma
CA UNBC 2000.1 · Fonds · 3 Apr.1952 - 15 Mar. 1993

Fonds consists of textual, photographic, cartographic, electronic and promotional films/video recordings related to the mining operations of Cassiar Asbestos Mining Corporation (CAMC) and creation of Cassiar townsite. CAMC records primarily consist of records related to mining operations including construction, engineering, daily mining operations, administration of CAMC, tallies of extractions, labour and union activities, corporate events and visits by dignitaries. Townsite records are primarily visual representations of townsite construction, including the creation of health, education and community services including Cassiar's private hospital, school, library, as well as townsite images. Photographs include documentation of natural and man-made landscapes within the Cassiar region of Northern BC. Other holdings include a near complete run of Cassiar's community newspaper.

Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd.
Bullion Mines collection
CA UNBC 2000.15 · Collection · 1894 - 1925

The fonds consists of six company ledgers: 1894 - 1896, 1896, 1898 - 1901, 1900, 1904 - 1905, 1923 - 1926. Also includes 15 pages of correspondence and notes. The ledgers note expenses for various operations in the mine and in the company owned premises in town. The letters and notes concern the purchase of explosives for the mine and discusses the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company.

Bullion Mines
Correspondence
CA UNBC 2000.15-2000.15.2 · Series · 1895 - 1896
Part of Bullion Mines collection

Series consists of one file of letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

Correspondence
CA UNBC 2000.15-2000.15.2-2000.15.2.1 · File · 1895-1896
Part of Bullion Mines collection

File contains letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

Photographic material
CA UNBC 2000.1-2001.1.1 · Series · 1952-1992
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

The Photographic Materials series consists of 6100 photographs, 900 slides and negatives documenting a wide variety of subject areas pertaining to both the operations of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., and the company township of Cassiar, B.C. Types of subject areas found within this series include, but are not limited to: mine, plant, labour, and townsite operations at the company towns of Cassiar and Clinton Creek (including community activities associated therein and townsite development); construction of plant and mine buildings ; mines and equipment not owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, but which are believed to have been used for operational research purposes ; aerial photographs ; company exploration of further mineral deposits outside of Cassiar ; official tours ; community images, promotional material ; executive portraits. The Photographic Materials series has been further subdivided into the following 4 subseries: Exploration & Development, Construction, General (Mining) Operations & (Townsite) Community Operations, and Corporate Affairs.

George C. Williams fonds
CA KMA 75.44;77.34 · Fonds · 1915-1935

The fonds consists of journals, correspondence, and reference material relating to Williams' activities as a B.C. Forester.

Williams, George C., d. 1956
Summerland Town Band fonds
CA SUM 981.125 · Fonds · 1956-1967

The fonds consists of constitution and bylaws, minutes, attendance books, members lists, correspondence, and certificates.

Summerland Town Band
CA MMB 987.7.1-89;987.8.1-24 · Fonds · 1872-1909

The collection consists of 91 volumes of log books of North Pacific sealing vessels detailing crews, seals taken and hunting area; 9 volumes of Entrance and Clearance logs for Burrard Inlet, Nanaimo and Victoria (1872-1889), and other assorted records relating to maritime activities.

A. McQueen fonds
CA KLA 988.13 · Fonds · 1911-1921

The fonds consists of a letterbook created by McQueen in his positions as Deputy Assessor, Collector, and Mining Recorder.

McQueen, A.
Alan Drengson fonds
CA UVICARCH AR044 · Fonds · 1993-1995

The fonds consists of 3 drafts of manuscripts, and 11 prints. The manuscripts include: "The Adventures of Felix," 1993; an unedited version of "Practice of Technology," 1995; and "Wise dwelling: transitions from modern to ecological paradigms: narrative connections to harmony, diversity and depth," 1999. The prints were designed by Jenus Friesen for Drengson's publication Doc Forest and Blue Mountain Ecostery, published in 1993.

Drengson, Alan