The collection comprises records acquired by Peter Moogk about aspects of British Columbia’s history, including the British Columbia Electric Railway Company’s interurban train lines (predominantly from 1909-1958), and photographic representations of persons (especially white settlers, from 1870-1960), places, events and activities in the province.

The collection includes six series: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Records, Portraits of Persons in British Columbia, Photos of places, streets, and architecture in British Columbia, Photos of events and activities in British Columbia, British Columbia ephemera and Records from British Columbia Penitentiary.

Records relating to the first series, British Columbia Electric Railway Company Records, include: photographs; postcards; original BCER documents, such as union agreements and timetables; BCER employee publications; transit tokens; signs and posters from within Vancouver streetcars; and a copy of a CJOR radio script.

Records relating to the second series, Portraits of Persons in British Columbia, include: photographs and handwritten notes by Moogk about Vancouver photographers operating from 1858-1920.

The focus of the third series, Photos of places, streets, and architecture in British Columbia, is photographs of structures and places of British Columbia, notably building exteriors and interiors, and street views from 1880-1959.

The fourth series, Photos of events and activities in British Columbia, includes photos of notable events and public activities (predominantly dating 1911-1941), as well as everyday life, and also includes handwritten and photocopied information on the provenance of the photos and activities depicted.

The fifth series, British Columbia ephemera, is mostly paper ephemera representing the variety of business and activity in the province from 1890 to 1990, and includes menus, theatre programs, business correspondence, and Chinese textbooks as well as some photographic materials.

The sixth series, Records from British Columbia Penitentiary, includes textual records and photographs relating to the British Columbia penitentiary.

The fonds reflects the efforts of Bob Williams’ political and business career. Records in the fonds relate to Williams’s various roles: teacher, M.L.A., community planning consultant, Minister, chair of ICBC, and Secretary of Crown Corporations. As such, the records relate both to Williams’ personal career as well as British Columbia's governmental systems of resource management, transportation, forestry, energy, housing, and recreation. Correspondence is featured throughout the fonds; other records types include reports, studies, speeches, notes, legal agreements, bills, acts, notebooks, daily journals, travel memorabilia, presentation materials, photographs, VHS tapes, audio cassettes, optical discs, news clippings, scrapbooks, and transcripts of interviews. The fonds is comprised of four series; Alderman and Member of Legislative Assembly records, Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Water Resources Records series, Crown Corporations Records series, and Business, Personal, and Academic Records series.

The Alderman and Member of Legislative Assembly Records consists of material related to Williams' roles as Alderman of the City of Vancouver and later as M.L.A. for East Vancouver. Records include letters, faxes, telegrams, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, notes and other related material.

The Ministry of Forests Lands and Water Resources Records series relates to Williams's time spent on the provincial cabinet working under the government of Dave Barret. Records consist primarily of correspondence, especially between Williams and major corporations and individuals in the forest industry. Other records include reports, studies, news clippings, bills and acts, speeches, presentation materials, and transcripts.

The Crown Corporations records series is comprised of documents stemming from Williams' activities as chair of ICBC, and his work in the Crown Corporations. Many records relate to the construction of Surrey City Centre. Record types include correspondence, reports, legal documents, and news clippings.

The Business, Personal and Academic Records series contains records related Williams’ business career, personal memories and diaries, pictures and travel memorabilia, and his experiences meeting other politicians. Record types include planning consultant studies, correspondence, interviews, and materials from his academic career including course outlines and reading lists.

The fonds consists of records created by or collected by Ian Waddell during his legal and political career. It contains six series: Community law, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission, Federal politics, Provincial politics, Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, and International works.Three series follow Waddell's career path (Community law, Provincial politics and Federal politics). The International work series spans both provincial and federal timelines and therefore is its own series. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs are series that represent two important landmarks of Waddell's career that dealt with important environmental and aboriginal issues.

Files are often subject focused, although some pertain to meetings, events, and organizations. Subject files typically contain multiple document types, including correspondence, published and draft reports, speeches and lectures, press clippings, published copies and drafts of legislation, notes, news releases, and itineraries and agendas.

These files were received following the completion of Waddell's memoir, which is noteworthy due to the potential influence on his arrangement of files, the contents of some files, as well as the intermittent inclusion of some records well outside the predominant date range of a series or file.

The Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, donated by Uno and Dianne Langmann and Uno Langmann Limited, consists of more than 20,000 rare and unique early photographs from the 1850s to the 1970s. It is considered the premiere private collection of early provincial photos, and an important illustrated history of early photographic methods. The photographs were taken by a wide range of photographers. Some well-known photographers represented in the collection include William Notman, Charles MacMunn, Frederick Dally, Charles Horetzky, Charles Gentile, Philip Timms, Yucho Chow, R. Maynard, and Leonard Frank.

This finding aid will provide access to the collection in the interim period while UBC Library digitizes the collection. For updates on the collection and its digitization, please visit http://langmann.library.ubc.ca

Kenepequoshes (Son of a Snake), Kuskita Au Musqua (Black Bear)

View of a First Nations community and Fraser Canyon. Photograph is numbered 96.

View of two First Nations men fishing. Photograph is numbered 277.

View of Haida totem poles on Haida Gwaii, which was once known as Queen Charlotte Islands.

View of Haida totem poles on Haida Gwaii, which was once known as Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph of a painting of a view of a group of First Nations people setting up camp. The painting is likely based on a photograph taken by William Notman.

Image of people standing outside of a church including a group of First Nations people.

View of a First Nations village along the coast.

A stereographic photo of a group of First Nations people. Totem poles can be seen in the background of the photograph. Possibly taken on Vancouver Island.

Image of an older First Nations woman, most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation. It is possible her name is O-Que-La-Yon.

Image of an older First Nations man and woman in a canoe. The man and the woman are most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.

The man and the boy pictured are most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.

Image of a First Nations man and woman with blankets wrapped around themselves. They are most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.

View of a First Nations man and his wife. There is a handwritten description on the back, but some of the writing is illegible. Photograph is a reproduction of a photograph originally taken in 1889 by Alfred Cyril Hirschfield (known as A.C. Hirschfield) . The stamp on the back of the photograph indicates it was most likely copied from the B.C. Provincial Archives.

Image of First Nations people making oolachan grease in the Naas River.

Image of a Haida totem pole carving.

Image of a Haida totem pole carving.

Queen Charlotte Island is now known as Haida Gwaii.

Image of a group of First Nations people sitting on the beach.

View of caribou skin lodges of the Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations.

View of Tlicho men carrying supplies from the shore of Great Slave Lake. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations.

Image of a group of Tlicho men portaging a boat. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "Goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave River."

Image of a group of Tlicho men loading a boat with bags of flour. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "Flour here is worth $10 a hundred lbs."

Image of unidentified First Nations men tracking boats in the Athabasca River. Caption on photograph reads, "87 Mile is almost one continuous mile."

Image of an unidentified First Nations man hauling supplies on foot.

Image of unidentified First Nations men hauling loads of supplies on foot near the Athabasca River.

Image of unidentified First Nations men preparing to portage a boat hauling supplies on the Athabasca River. Caption on photograph reads, "The photo shows the H.B. Co's. fur boats landing at the foot of the rapid preparatory to making the portage, 265 north of Edmonton."

Image of a moose standing next to a tipi. The caption on the photograph reads, "The moose is not much used being too difficult to train. Dogs are used now exclusively instead."

View of St. Mary's Convent and Residential School.

Image of First Nations women basket makers.

Image of two First Nations women sitting.

Image of two First Nations women sitting with man and woman standing behind them.

Image of a First Nations woman.

Image of people buying baskets made by First Nations women.

Image of a young First Nations boy (tribe unknown) riding a pony.

Image of a young First Nations man in traditional dress as part of a ceremony. The title identifies the tribe as Sioux, but it unknown what part of the Sioux First Nation/tribe is pictured.

The title identifies the tribe as Sioux, but it unknown what part of the Sioux First Nation/tribe is pictured.

Image of a young First Nations man sitting on the back of a carriage. The title identifies the tribe as Sioux, but it unknown what part of the Sioux First Nation/tribe is pictured.

Photograph of an older photograph picturing a First Nations man making a canoe. Photograph pictured dates between (approximately) 1890 and 1900.

Negative of an older photograph picturing a First Nations man making a canoe. Photograph pictured dates between (approximately) 1890 and 1900.

Photograph of an older photograph picturing a group of First Nations men fishing for salmon in False Creek. The photograph in the picture dates approximately between 1890 and 1900.