Series consists of records related to Narver’s three-decade career, including in his capacity as Anadromous Fisheries Coordinator, Acting Chief of Fisheries Management, and Director of the Fisheries Branch (alternately Director of the Recreational Fisheries Branch). Contents are primarily reports (research and administrative), correspondence, and transcripts of presentations and speeches. Reports include research findings, mostly concerning Steelhead Salmon, and planning and policy documents prepared by Narver and others for the Provincial and Federal governments. Minutes of Fisheries Branch meetings are also included. Correspondence is primarily with other researchers, though some from his time working for the Ministry of Environment are with members of the public concerning various Ministry initiatives. Some press coverage of the Carnation Creek research and rehabilitation project, which Narver headed, is included. Presentations and speeches by Narver generally concern Narver’s area of specialization, salmonid conservation and stream ecology, with a selection concerning recreational fishing. Speeches not by Narver cover a variety of subjects related to his professional area of expertise in some capacity. The series also contains materials related to Narver’s posting at the New Brunswick Federal Biological Station, where he was stationed in the early 1970s for professional development purposes, largely to increase his knowledge of Atlantic Salmon. New Brunswick records include photographs, research reports, and a personal notebook. Photographs are predominantly charts and graphs of research data, with a minority of personal photographs of unknown individuals, mostly at rivers or lakes outdoors.

Series consists of records related to Narver’s undergraduate or graduate studies, quasi-professional correspondence, and records related to his post-retirement life. Contents include: handwritten notes from undergraduate or graduate level university courses taken by Narver; correspondence with various individuals and organizations, all related to fishing, fisheries, and fish in some capacity, though not written by Narver in his official roles; transcripts and notes from speeches and presentations given by Narver, including the Living Blueprint Salmon Habitat Action Plan, or given by others and collected by Narver; and a typescript of Narver’s 2010 book, What Did You Do In Alaska, Grandpa? Seven Summers in Alaska: Salmon, Bears and Untouched Wilderness, with handwritten annotations. Photographs are mostly of posters and displays produced by the BC Fisheries and Wildlife Branch about salmonid and stream ecology.

Series consists of records related to Narver’s postdoctoral research, predominantly from his time working at the Federal Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC, and Chignik, Alaska, while a student at the University of Washington. Contents include professional correspondence, primarily to other researchers, and PhD thesis work, including a bound manuscript of his final thesis.