Series consists of lists documenting shingle mills in the province.

Series contains special projects conducted by the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia. Material contains photographs of the re-shingling of the Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent’s home on Sussex drive in Ottawa and includes correspondence on the progress of the project and background information. Also included are correspondence, letters, reports relating to the use and the promotion of the Colt shingles by W.H. Colt Limited, correspondence with the Handsplit Mill Museum, information concerning the Los Angeles fires and their relationship to shingles, correspondence and inquiries into the re-roofing of St. Peter’s Church in England with B.C. shingles.

Series contains reports relating to the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia. Material consists of a history of shingle control in British Columbia, shingle guidelines and specifications, history of tariff duties on shingles and shakes. Report on cedar trade promotion, shingle wages by occupations.

Series contains records relating to the Sloan Commission. Material consists of memoranda and correspondence, summary of evidence presented at the enquiry, a brief submitted to the Commission by the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia, and transcripts of the inquiry on forest resources.

Series consists of correspondence between the PMABC and various federal and provincial ministries, correspondence concerning licenses, insurance policies, and field administration staff.

Series consists of field reports regarding plywood flooring, promotional meetings, report on market surveys, reports on specific projects, housing standards, contractors, engineering, and agriculture.

Sub-series consists of timber licenses and scaled logs records for Fraser River Saw Mills, Limited, as well as a log record book and a tug record book for the Fraser River Lumber Company, Limited.

Series consists of financial statements, convention documents leaflets and correspondence from the Vancouver during the 1970s. This series also contains records of the 1973 “Canadian Administration” convention held at Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver IWW musician’s local.

Series consists of records related to the Vancouver GMB’s regular meetings and administrative affairs from 1982-1985 and 1988-1989. The records include minutes, financial statements and correspondence with members and the IWW’s central co-ordinating body.

This series contains the records of a number of Vancouver members who were active in IWW bodies other than the Vancouver GMB. These bodies
include the General Executive Board (the chief co-ordinating body of the IWW) and organizing committees for various regional and national conventions. There is also a file of records debates over Canadian autonomy within the international IWW. Included in this series are minutes, agendas, draft resolutions and other convention-related documents.

Contains correspondence, drafts, original copies and other materials related to the production of the Vancouver GMB’s monthly newsletter, Solidarity Bulletin. The 1980s version of the Solidarity Bulletin was published from December of 1983 until May of 1989. This series contains almost the complete run of Solidarity Bulletin with only a couple of issues missing from 1988.

This series contains pamphlets, magazines, songbooks and postcards from all 3 periods of IWW activity. Included in this series are foreign language IWW pamphlets, posters and songbooks from the 1920s.

Series consists of over 200 photographs documenting the Vancouver IWW’s activities during the 1980s.

This series consists of minutes, correspondence, leaflets, posters and other material that documents the Vancouver GMB’s involvement in various social
justice, labour and cultural campaigns during the 1980s. Social justice and labour campaign files include the Unemployed Action Center, the “Job Hotline,” and a Greenpeace workers organizing drive in 1989. Culturally, the series contains files of documents related to the annual May Day dinner and dance organized by the Vancouver GMB.

Series contains records which document the operational activities of Greenpeace Canada, records include annual reports, by-laws, and minutes of meetings.

Series contains subject files which includes newspaper clippings, reports, annotated articles, and correspondences related to a variety of subjects of interest to Greenpeace including but not limited to mining, nuclear energy, whale capture, and seal hunting.

Series includes records which document the creation, filming, and dissemination of Greenpeace Canada’s film Yellow Road. Records include correspondences, contracts, transcripts, interviews and clippings.

Series includes copies of trial proceedings, minutes of evidence, and a statement made by Mulhall in Greenpeace Foundation of Canada, Jim Taylor, Douglas Mulhall, Dwight Stonecripher, Judy Drake and Michael Chechik Vs. Raymond Lynn Collingwood, Thomas David Britton, Shawn Douglas Boot aka Sandy Boot, and Mel Mellissen, before judge K.J. Scherling.

This series contains records relating to the development and initial functioning of the Boag Foundation. Contents include the acquisition and management of properties, projects and correspondence.

This series contains records relating primarily to the management of properties owned or rented by the Boag Foundation. It also contains records relating to a small number of projects that took place in the late 60s and early 70s, as well as income taxes of that time.

This series contains records relating to the projects undertaken and supported by the Boag Foundation. Projects include assistance in publication for authors, workshops and school programs and some initial records relating to the Social Calendar.

This series contains records relating to the requests for funding from various projects and individuals. Material pertains primarily to the financial aspects of this process, but also concerns applications and legal matters.

This series contains records relating to the selection and administration of funding for projects supported by the Boag Foundation. Material primarily includes application documents, inquires and correspondence.

This series contains records relating to applications for support that were refused by the Boag Foundation.

This series contains records relating to the accounting and finances of the Boag Foundation. Material primarily concerns financial statements, correspondence on financial matters, bills and invoices and income tax returns.

This series contains records relating to the of the Socialist Calendar, a significant project of the Boag Foundation. The Socialist Calendar was a annual calendar created by the Boag Foundation featuring highlighted events in the history of socialism and artwork about the socialist movement.

This series contains records relating to the writing and distribution of articles regarding socialism. The Boag Foundation provided authors with aid in the publishing and circulation of such materials.

Records consist of a compiled history of Southern Vancouver Island, for which Burch is referenced as providing “personal interviews,” and articles relating to the same subject. Series is divided into two files: Manuscript and Articles.

Series reflects Burch’s genealogy and childhood as well as his career and interests as a forester in British Columbia. The records are in textual form as well as photographic form, and include records created by Burch in his capacities at British Columbia Forest Products. The series is divided into six sub-series: Genealogical research and childhood days, Education and boyhood, Navy service, University and summer employment, Career with British Columbia Forest Products, and Forestry issues. The records in this series were given their own organizational scheme by Burch, possibly for the purposes of compiling his autobiography. The divisions have been retained while the titles for the sub-series have been supplied.

Records are forestry related speeches and papers, either written by Burch or some annotated by Burch. Correspondence relates mostly to his autobiography or personal business.

Series consists of photographic materials from the production of The Working Forest of British Columbia. The series is arranged into 3 files based on their media type: photographs, contact sheets, and negatives, and 1 sub-series of slides. The slides sub-series is divided into five files: master slides, The Working Forest slides, Southern Interior slides, Northern Interior slides, South Vancouver Island slides, North Vancouver Island slides, West Vancouver Island Slides, and Fire slides.

Series consists of materials relating to British Columbia Forest Products, mainly from the time during which Burch was Chief Forester or Vice President of Timberlands and Forestry. The records include annual reports, forestry directories, documents relating to Tree Farm License 27 and ownership maps. Series is divided into six files: Tree Farm License 27, Ownership maps, Royal Commission on Forest Resources synopsis, Annual reports, Directories, Newsletters and reports.

Series consists of visual art objects (collages, sculptures etc.), preparatory notes and sketches, photographs of visual art objects, and publicity related to Coupland’s art installations. Documents, photographs and objects related to the visual art projects spanning Coupland's career from 1983 to 2012.

Some of the projects covered in this series include:

Collages (1997 – 2009)
The Canada Pcictures (2000)
Canada House (2003)
Paper Nests (2004)
Canoe Landing Park (2009)
War of 1812 Monument (2008)
Digital Orca (2010)
Douglas Coupland's In Dialogue with Emily Carr (2010)
Group of Seven paintings series (2010)
Canadian Firefighters Memorial (2012)

The majority of records in this series consist of textual, photographic and graphic material related to the earliest iterations of Coupland’s website. In 1996, Coupland launched Coupland.com. This website incorporated prose pieces, various digital renderings of artwork he had created in the past and digital images and collages created specifically for the website. Material crated for the website also influenced Coupland’s later literary and visual art projects.

Series consists of records related to film, television and stage productions that Coupland has been involved with. Records include drafts of screenplays, scripts, publicity, props, call sheets administrative documents, set sketches, video cassettes, and other records related to the creation and publication of Coupland’s dramatic projects.

This series contains records related to the following projects:

• Generation X (conceptual art video about the book, ca. 1992)
• Hiroshima 95 peace commercials (texts from Life After God used for commercials)
• MTV 30 second art films (ca. 1995),
• Close Personal Friend (documentary written by and featuring Coupland, ca. 1995),
• Mom’s Cookies (screenplay co-written by Coupland and Ian Verchere),
• Mon Amour Mon Parapluie (in which Coupland appeared as an actor, 2001)
• Analogs (screenplay written by Coupland and Ian Verchere, ca. 2000)
• September 10 (play written and performed by Coupland, September 2004)
• Everything’s Gone Green (film written and co-produced by Coupland)(ca. 2005)
• Souvenir of Canada (NFB documentary adaptation of Coupland's book, featuring Coupland, 2005)
• JPod (television series co-written and co-produced by Coupland, ca. 2006)
• A Man, A Plan, A Canal (screenplay written by Coupland in 2006)

This series consists primarily of mail, artwork and objects received by Coupland from fans. Also included in this series are various sketches and drawings created by fans and collected by Coupland during book tour events. After approximately the year 2000, most of Coupland’s fan mail began to arrive digitally, and is therefore not included with the first accrual of his fonds.

Also included in this series are records relating to the academic study of Douglas Coupland's work by others, including correspondence with students and copies of dissertations and theses.

This series includes drafts, correspondence, and clippings related to Coupland’s work as a journalist. Most records in this series were created while Coupland worked for the following periodicals:

• Vancouver Voice (ca. 1984)
• Vancouver Sun (ca. 1987)
• Vancouver (1987-1989)
• Western Living (ca. 1988)
• Vista (ca. 1989-1990)
• Wired (ca. 1994)
• Wallpaper (ca. 1998-1999)
• Blackbook (ca. 2000)
• Joe (ca. 2000)
• NY Times (ca. 1994-2008)

Series consists of records related to Coupland’s personal and administrative affairs. This diverse series includes:

• Personal notes and memos written by Coupland for family, friends and staff
• Correspondence received by Coupland from family, friends and business associates.
• Administrative correspondence received by Coupland from agents, publishers and other associates.
• Receipts, bulls and other financial records
• Personal and administrative faxes (sent and received primarily in 1993 and 1994).
• Personal photographs taken by Coupland and his family
• Miscellaneous ephemera collected by Coupland

This series also contains records relating to Coupland’s administrative affairs.
Administrative records include contracts, receipts, correspondence received from book publishers, scheduling correspondence and insurance papers. Some files in this series are financial records of Coupland’s company, Planet X created between 1992 and 1994.

Among those who Coupland received correspondence, artwork or photographs from are the following well-known artists and writers:

• Toni Onley
• Gordon Smith
• Brian Jungen
• Michael Stipe
• Spike Jonze
• Sofia Copola
• Tom Wolfe
• William S. Burroughs
• Angela Grossman
• William Gibson
• David Slade

Series consists of records relating to Coupland’s public appearances. The records include speaking notes, videocassettes, publicity and other ephemera related to these events. Series includes records relating to the following speaking events and interviews:

• Vancouver Art Gallery Docents (1987)
• Radio interviews with CBC and other stations (ca. 1990)
• American Association of Feature Editors (1999)
• Speech at UBC’s Green College (2000)
• Today show appearance (ca. 1993)
• Duthie Lecture at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival (2002)
• ECIAD honorary doctorate acceptance speech (ca. 2001)
• IdeaCity lecture (ca. 2002)
• Speech to the graduating class of Lower Canada College (2004)
• Emission television show interview (ca. 2004)
• Canadian Art Gallery gala dinner, hosted by Coupland (ca. 2001)
• UBC, Arts Last Lecture Speech (2008)
• Trudeau Foundation speech (2008)

Series includes books annotated by Coupland that were used as “reading copies” during his book tours. Annotated reading copies include:

• Girlfriend in a Coma
• All Families are Psychotic
• Hey Nostradamus
• JPod

Series also includes speaking notes, travel documents and schedules for Coupland's Massey lecture series in which he read his novel Player One in five lectures in five Canadian cities in 2010. Dates of the lectures were as follows:

• Vancouver on October 12
• Regina on October 14
• Charlottetown on October 19
• Ottawa on October 25
• Toronto on October 29

Series consists of records relating primarily to Coupland’s 21 published literary works (14 fiction and 7 non-fiction). Records in this series include:

• Annotated handwritten and typed drafts of major works
• Correspondence with publishers
• Cover mock-ups
• Pre-draft conceptual writings
• Research notes and
• Photographs and graphic material related to Coupland’s pictorial non-fiction books
• Publicity material relating to books including stickers, tshirts and posters

Series includes records related to the following projects:

Fiction

• Player One (2010)
• Generation A (2009)
• Extinction Event stylebook (Extinction Event is a 2009 television series in which Coupland has been involved).
• The Gum Thief (2007)
• JPod (2006)
• Eleanor Rigby (2004)
• Hey Nostradamus! (2003)
• All Families are Psychotic (2001)
• God Hates Japan (2001)
• 2080 Stylebook (a unique hand-book about the future created by Coupland that later influenced his other pictorial works such as Souvenir of Canada, ca. 2000)
• Miss Wyoming (1999)
• Girlfriend in a Coma (1997)
• Microserfs (1995)
• Life After God (1993)
• Canada Goose (self-published novella, 1993)
• Shampoo Planet (1992)
• Generation X (1991)
• 1991 (unpublished novel written ca. 1982)

Non-Fiction

• Extraordinary Canadians: Marshall McLuhan (2009)
• Terry-The Life of Canadian Terry Fox (2005)
• Souvenir of Canada 2 (2004)
• School Spirit (2002)
• Souvenir of Canada (2002)
• City of Glass (2000)
• Polaroids from the Dead (1996)

Series contains magazines, newspapers, clippings and photocopies of articles about Coupland or his various projects. Clippings were either set aside by Coupland himself, or received from professional press clippings companies. Series includes clippings in various foreign languages including French, Italian Dutch and German.

Series consists of notes, notebooks/journals, press clippings, photographs, books and sketches that are not directly linked to a specific project. From about 1990 to 1994 Coupland kept made daily entries in notebooks. These notebooks contain Coupland’s thoughts, observations and concepts for future subject. This series also contains material related to an unwritten research project that Coupland began in 1992.

Series relates to Coupland’s venture into clothing design in collaboration with Roots Canada Ltd. Under the tagline “Canada Goes Electric,” Coupland designed a limited-edition clothing line as well as various leather goods which were released in stores and online in 2010. This project marked the first time that Roots partnered with an outside designer in this way.

Series includes textual records relating to the design and research of the clothing items. Also included in the series are finished production garments and leather goods, as well as items not approved for production; strikeoffs; fabric and leather samples; and finishing material such as patches, zippers, labels, and fasteners.

Series consists of reports, clippings and published materials, correspondence, employment records, handwritten notes, brochures, and other materials related to Herring's employment with, and termination from, Canadian Forest Products Ltd (Canfor). Also included are immigration documents related to Herring's immigration to Canada.

Series consists of materials related to Herring's consulting work in Alaska and with Alaskan companies, and to his ongoing interest in the state's forestry industry. Included in this series are materials related to the Alaska Pulp Corporation (APC) v. United States case, and updates on various APC projects and interests in which he was involved while he was employed with them. Many background and reference materials are also included, as well as annual reports from companies like Klukwan, Goldbelt, and Sealaska. Materials include reports, clippings and published materials, handwritten notes, correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, business cards, maps, conference proceedings, and more.

Series consists of materials related to Herring's consulting career, both as an employee of Stuart & Ewing Associates Ltd. (SEAFOR), and as an independent consultant. Materials include correspondence, memos, brochures, clippings and published materials, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, reports, photographs, blueprints, and more.

Series consists of a variety of materials related to forestry. The majority consists of reference materials (clippings and published materials); there are also reports, correspondence, memos, business cards, measurement tools, newsletters, maps, diagrams, data printouts, brochures, manuals, and more.

This was the only series explicitly arranged and labelled by the records creator. It is not immediately apparent why these materials were filed together, while others were not. Materials related to some of Herring's consulting projects, as well as various other professional endeavours, are included; as a result, there is considerable overlap with the subject matter of other series.

Series title, file titles, and order of files, as they were given by the records creator, have been respected.

Series consists of materials related to lectures and courses given by Herring, and to various conferences, events, and projects in which he participated. Records related to his work history and resume are also present. Materials include correspondence, employment and immigration records, certificates, applications, handwritten notes, clippings, conference agendas, speeches, reports, class lists, and brochures.

Series consists of materials related to Herring's work as an employee at Alaska Lumber and Pulp Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Alaska Pulp Company, Ltd. Materials include reports, memos, clippings, newsletters, contracts, invoices, photographs, maps, correspondence, handwritten notes, and more.

Series consists of material related to Herring's participation in the Burns Club of Vancouver.