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University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Library Special Collections and Archives Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection
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HBC Fur Brigade Trail

File contains correspondence, draft of “The Hudson Bay Company Okanagan Fur Brigade Trail” social studies unit by Doug Cox, “The Okanagan Brigade Trail” by Roberta Holt and Alfred Jahnke and copied clippings and maps.

Historical mining research collection

Subseries consists of collected materials with pertinence to the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Kootenay, Boundary, and Similkameen regions of British Columbia.
Includes collected photographs, clippings, government publications, maps (mineral claims) and textual records.

Historical photograph collection

Subseries consists of photographs collected by Doug Cox in service to his historical research and writing. Materials derive from a wide variety of origin and subject contexts, which are resolved at the file and item level.

[Historical ranching prints]

File consists of 2 folders. Contains photocopies from Kamloops museum, approximately 35 photocopied contact sheets and collected Douglas Lake Ranch write-ups. Contains labels indicating Liz & Bronc Twan, Fred Wakinson Mike Isnardy, the Hance brothers, Stan and Diane Murphy, John Bibby.

Inkameep/Osoyoos Indian Band collection

The Okanagan Syilx People have lived in the lands (Osoyoos, Oliver) stewarded by the Osoyoos Indian Band since time immemorial, well before the onset of European settlement in the region. Today the Band is a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Consists primarily of photographs and associated interpretive notes, captions, and other materials.

Interviews

File contains handwritten notes, biographical and historical sketches and “History of the Cattle Industry in British Columbia” by Alastair McLean.

Jack Walters - photos

File contains biographical sketch, photocopies photographs with photo IDs, oral history transcripts, “Punching the Dough” by Jack Walters and “B.C. Pioneer” by Violet Stanyer.

Jackson Ranch

File contains correspondence, tear sheets, handwritten notes, historical sketch and copy of "The McCorie & Pridgeon Cattle Ranch" by Tell Molliet.

Joe Harris - Boundary Survey

File contains oral history transcript. Topics include Cathedrals, Ashnola, Quinesco Lake, Boundary, Similkameen, Oregon Country, Nine Mile Creek, Osoyoos lake, Anarchist Mountain, Colville. Herb Clark as a contributor.

Joe Harris collection

Biographical sketch
Joseph Gleason Harris (b. 1910-07-06, d.1994-12-26) arrived in Penticton in 1917. At age 16 he was invited by Frank Richter, Jr., to the Richter Ranch in Keremeos, from which point he visited the Cathedral Mountains for the first time. Later, in 1939, Joe Harris and Herb Clark of Keremeos launched a pack horse business which would take tourists to visit the Cathedrals. In 1944 he entered the ranching industry and in 1946 took over what was previously Ralph Overton’s ranch. This site was later home to Apex Mountain Guest Ranch. 1946 also saw the launch of a heavy equipment business.
Joe Harris and Margaret “Peggy” Burgess married April 4, 1945 and they made their home in Penticton. Together they raised seven children.
Joe Harris also was heavily involved in civic service. Harris served as the chairman of the Central Welfare Committee for fifteen years throughout the 1930s and 1940s. From 1950-1957, Harris also served as an Alderman on the Penticton City Council. Harris was a member of the Penticton Hospital Board for sixteen years and initiated a local volunteer search and rescue group. Harris participated in many local rescues himself.
Harris was also instrumental in local heritage initiatives and worked as the curator of the R.N. Atkinson (Penticton) Museum from 1973-1984. His deep knowledge of the history of the area poised him to deliver educational lectures to various organizations and to serve as president of the Penticton branch of the Okanagan Historical Society for five years.
Harris was an avid photographer, and won many awards. His photographic record documents local places and events throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Harris was a close associate and valuable historical source for Doug Cox during his writing career.

Scope and content
Subseries consists of original photographs taken by Joe Harris as well as some pieces collected by Joe Harris and then subsequently transferred to the custody of Doug Cox. Predominant photographic coverage relates to the Cathedral Mountains, south of Keremeos, BC, during the 1930s. Includes a sequence of interviews with Joe Harris, and some associated transcripts.

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