Series consists of photostat and accompanying transcript copies of original documents, dating froml6O8 to 1912, related to the history of French Canada, particularly New France and Quebec.

Series consists of type- and hand-written transcript copies of original documents, dating from1598 to 1816, related to early Canadian and North American history.

Series consists of early printed material, including an engraving, an advertisement, a theater hand-bill, a military report, and a circular letter, related to social, military, and religious activities in early French Canada.

Series consists of manuscripts and published works of an anthropological nature by Hill-Tout, including works pertaining to the native people of British Columbia and a partial manuscript of Man and his ancestors in the light of organic evolution.

Series consists of a biographical sketch of Hill-Tout, articles and manuscript writings by Hill-Tout and others, and a document appointing Hill-Tout a Justice of the Peace in 1903.

The series consists of material related to Blanche Howard’s writing career between 1968-2013. Materials include Howard’s fiction and non-fiction writings in various editorial and publication stages; correspondence regarding and related to her writing projects; contracts, agreements, and royalty or revenue statements; biographical, publicity, and promotional materials; research materials; notes and various collected ephemera. Writings include primarily typed and computer-generated manuscripts of novels and short stories; scripts of plays; and texts of non-fiction writings, including political articles written during Bruce Howard’s tenure as a Member of Parliament, letters-to-the-editor of newspapers in Ontario and British Columbia, and various essays and speeches. Many of these writings include hand-written annotations. Also included are project proposals, publications proofs, clippings or photocopies of published works, as well as outlines and notes regarding characters, plot, structure, and more. Correspondence in the series consists of email and traditional correspondence regarding writing projects between Howard and numerous publishers, editors, and theatre companies; literary agents; awards committees; and colleagues, friends, and family, among others. This correspondence includes letters accompanying manuscript submissions; acceptance and rejection letters; correspondence regarding permissions and publication; and endorsements and comments, among other correspondence. Biographical, publicity, and promotional materials include biographies and curricula vitae; printouts of online reviews; newspaper and magazine clippings; texts of remarks delivered during promotional talks or reading events; reader’s guides; and press releases, and other materials. Various collected ephemera includes clippings and other materials used for background research, flyers, play programs, certificates of appreciation, book catalogues, course brochures, literary competition guidelines, and photographs.

In addition to the records directly related to Howard’s writing career, the series also contains records related to more tangential or personal activities, such as her participation in a book club or her adjudication of the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards.

Series contains Mulhall’s administrative records and includes incoming and outgoing correspondence some of which is duplicated throughout the rest of the files. The series also contains newspaper clipping, speeches, annotated copies of journal issues, and conference brochures.

Series contains minutes of meetings, memos, information packages, financial reports, and correspondences related to the Stichting Green Peace Executive Committee, the Toxic Coordination Committee, the European Toxics Committee, European trustees/representatives meetings, and other committees and councils on which Mulhall served. The series also contains copies of Annual General Meeting Minuets and reports.

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

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 consists of records relating to the Go for Broke festivals, which were held in 1995 and 1996. Go for Broke featured Asian cultural performances including performing arts, music, and literary art. These events were responsible for the creation of the Asian Canadian Performing Arts Resource (ACPAR) and a precursor to Vancouver Asian Heritage Month. Records include headshots and actor resumes of the performers involved with Go for Broke, program planning records, production schedules, programs and posters, articles about Go for Broke, photographs, and scripts.

Series consists of records related to the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) including project proposals, committee meeting agendas and minutes, programs and posters from events, budgets, grant applications, photographs, correspondence, and event planning records.

Series consists of textual records related to the Chinese Cultural Centre (CCC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Materials include a guide to Chinatown-Strathcona, publicity materials related to events sponsored by the CCC, a media briefing, a photograph of Howe Lee (a former director of the CCC), and a speech by Dr. Wallace Chung.

Series documents Al Sens own illustrative work in animation and cartoons. It contains original illustrations, animation celluloids, paintings, and prints produced by Sens over the course of his career including: “Problems on an Imaginary Farm,” “Political Animals,” “Hard Day at the Office,” and “Dreamtime.” Material is arranged by project title where appropriate.

Series documents Al Sens textual involvement in the animation community. Material includes periodicals, programmes, bulletins, brochures, correspondence, and catalogues. Series is arranged by publication or event title and date.

Series consists of working documents and final drafts of articles published by Bunce, notes from presentations that he gave, as well as publications collected by Bunce.

Additional publications and presentations that could be identified as having been prepared by Bunce on behalf of Reid Collins are located in the Reid, Collins and Associates series. Publications that Bunce wrote on the work at the Blue Mountain Woodlot are located in the Blue Mountain Woodlot series.

Series consists of documents related to the management of the Blue Mountain Woodlot, of which Bunce was part owner. This woodlot was located near Maple Ridge, BC. Throughout the documents, it is also referred to as Woodlot 38. Material includes forest development plans, fire plans, a forest strategy report, recreation management strategy, correspondence and other administrative documents. Also included are articles written by Bunce that address Blue Mountain Woodlot work.

A number of documents containing personal and financial information related to the other owners of this Woodlot were removed because of their confidential nature.

Series contains material on the various tree farm licenses owned and operated by Western Forest Products and their predecessors. Material covers the lifecycle of involvement the forestry company had with the tree farm license from application to final reports. The majority of the records pertain to the activities of MacMillan Bloedel from the 1970s to the 1990s. The series is divided into three subseries: Projects, Working and Management Plans, and Maps.

Series relates to silvicultural practices and information used by Western Forest Products and its predecessors. It contains records generated and collected by Western Forest Products as it pertains to silviculture, which is the practices involved in controlling the establishment, composition, constitution, cultivation, and growth of forests. Series also contains research on silvicultural practices, and most of the material is predominately from the 1950s. Series is divided into three subseries: Growth & Yield Reports, Environmental Reports, and Literature.

Series contains administrative materials generated by Western Forest Products and its subsidiaries, including MacMIllan Bloedel, Rayonier Canada Ltd., Weyerhaeuser, and Canfor Corporation. The series is divided into three subseries: Meeting Agendas and Minutes, Publications, and Microfiche.

The majority of the material is microfiche that includes information dating back to the 1950s up to the 1990s. The records represent the activities of the predecessor companies of Western Forest Products.

Series contains photographs of Irving Guttman coaching, directing, and socializing with operatic singers and other stakeholders in the opera scene. Prominently featured in the series are photographs of the opera Norma, which Mr. Guttman directed at least four times; Tosca, which Mr. Guttman directed at least three times; and the operas Aida and Traviatta, which Mr. Guttman directed at least twice each. The series also contains photographs from Irving Guttman directed productions of Madam Butterfly, Daughter of the Regiment, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Boheme, Faust, Manon, Tales of Hoffman, Hansel & Gretal, Lucrezia Borgia, Othello, and The Merry Widow.

This series of historical photographs focuses on the structures and places of British Columbia, notably building exteriors and interiors, and street views. Locations include Victoria, Vancouver and the Lower Mainland area, Sunshine Coast, Nanaimo, Chilliwack, Sicamous, Vernon and Prince George. Images feature exteriors of business buildings and structures (such as sawmills) in the 1920s, interiors of retail shops and work spaces circa 1910 to 1940, interiors of domestic settings, and many maritime scenes. Highlights identified by the collector include the crowds listening to the Duke of Connaught at the Vancouver Court House in 1912, aerial views of Vancouver from the 1930s to 1950s, and "lost buildings".

Series includes diaries, date books, address books, postscript to the diaries, and a volume entitled "Books I Have Read".

Series consists of biographical material concerning Shepherd. Includes newspaper clippings regarding his career and featuring photographs of him, a circular printed for his re-election campaign in 1945, and a photograph of Shepherd with three unidentified people circa 1940.

Series consists of general incoming and outgoing correspondence of Shepherd relating to his political views and career, particularly during his terms as the MLA for Delta.

Series consists of minutes for several political organizations in which Shepherd was involved. Includes some minutes of regular and executive meetings of the Provincial Council of the CCF, 1939 to 1947; minutes of the South Westminster CCF Club, 1951-1956 ; and a register of delegates to the Delta District Council, 1935-1950.

Series consists of files of correspondence, notes, and printed material pertaining to various subjects, such as agriculture, fisheries, and education, assembled by Shepherd.

Series consists of printed material, including pamphlets and flyers, pertaining to the ideals and activities of the Co-operative Commonwealth Association and its members.

Series consists of 14 diaries kept by John Smith regarding his emigration from England to Canada, his purchase of a homestead in the Port Coquitlam area, and the daily activities and weather conditions related to farming, community life, and family life. Diary 2 also contains notes and sketches which Smith made at the Ambulance lectures he attended. A transcription of these diaries is also available on CD-ROM. The series also contains a bound copy of the published account of Smith’s trip to the Yukon in 1898, published by Walter N. Sage in the British Columbia Historical Quarterly in 1952.

Series contains correspondence between the Vancouver Fishermen's Settlement Service and Unemployment Insurance Canada. Also includes correspondence between the VFSS and the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, especially regarding the Tuna Trust Fund. Financial records of the Tuna Trust Fund are also present. Series also contains general correspondence.

Series contains photograph albums of various railways, elevators, and bridges associated with Swan's career as an engineer. Series also holds two other photographs outside of albums containing Swan and his associates and military Battalion.

Series contains several handbooks regarding Swan's field of engineering, including one handbook with Swan as one of the authors. Also contains journals, pamphlets, and news clippings related to Swan.

Series consists of a history of the Trutch family written by Mrs. Charlotte E.C. Morgan-Kelly.

Series consists of records of or pertaining to Sir Joseph William Trutch, including correspondence, legal documents, reports by Trutch, and biographical material. Series is arranged into the following sub-series: incoming correspondence, outgoing correspondence, reports, legal documents, and memorabilia concerning the death of Sir Joseph William Trutch.

File consists of evidence of the Parliamentary Fisheries Committee investigation of the British Columbia Fisheries, August to September 1922.
Title based on contents of series.

Series consists primarily of photocopied materials, as well as correspondence, handwritten notes, published materials, and other documents related to Stacey's research and curatorial work for various displays and exhibits, primarily for the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Stacey's own collection of industrial and outdoor clothing is also documented, as it overlapped with his research interests and curation on behalf of museums. Unless otherwise noted, file names and order within files have been respected.

Series consists of recordings of interviews, which relate primarily to fisheries and canneries but also to the logging industry. Stacey identifies himself as the interviewer in some of the tapes, but his involvement is not as apparent in all of them.

Series consists of the portions of Stacey's incoming correspondence that were not kept in his research files; it relates to his personal life as well as his various roles as researcher, consultant, collector, curator, and writer. Wherever files existed, they have been respected in name and in order; otherwise, names have been imposed by the archivist based on document type or sender.

Series consists of items from the Canadian Fishing Company, including administrative materials, technical drawings, photographs, and ephemera. The Canadian Fishing Company was established in 1905 in Vancouver to supply halibut to the New England Fish Company and other distributing companies. Canfisco began to can salmon in 1918 and this operation soon became its primary activity. In 1945 the Company became a major producer in the herring and pilchard industry through its acquisition of the Nootka-Banfield Company and its associated operations. As of 2014, the company is still a packer of canned salmon, and a national distributor of Gold Seal canned salmon and tuna, and other seafood products.

The series contains records pertaining to Vancouver Status of Women’s (VSW’s) administrative and executive activities. These activities fall into several categories: financial administration, which included grant applications to governments and other organizations, budgeting, tax payments, bill payments, and resource distribution amongst staff; committee administration; volunteer administration; employment offers and employee management; correspondence with other organizations, particularly women centers in Vancouver; and strategic planning for the organization as a whole. Records in the series range in date from the early 1970s to 2016.

The physical order in which records were received has been maintained; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types represented in the series include the following: grant applications, correspondence with funding agencies, budgets, cashflow statements, receipts, invoices, committee meeting minutes, volunteer training materials, employment offer letters, staff correspondence about internal issues, correspondence with other organizations, and annual reports.

The series contains records related to the projects and lobbying activities undertaken by Vancouver Status of Women (VSW) in BC from the early 1970s to 2015. Significant projects completed during this period include the publication of Kinesis, which was released ten times a year from 1974-2001, the Single Mother’s Resource Guide, which was released every two years beginning in 1991, reports on a range of topics, and the production of anti-gender role stereotyping kits for daycare and preschool workers. In addition, VSW offered a range of services to women, including research assistance, information gathering and dissemination, a library, a lawyer referral service, counselling referrals, community information and women’s movement referrals, endorsements and support letters, and advocacy on behalf of individuals. The organization put on a number of events: training on public speaking, assertiveness, financial management, and advocacy/organizing; workshops on useful tools for single mothers; panels and lectures; picnics; and annual parties. VSW also lobbied its municipal, provincial, and federal governments and other organizations about issues affecting women in Canada, encompassing such diverse topics as welfare, family law, sexual assault, and housing.

The physical order in which all records were received has been maintained; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types in the series include the following: VSW briefs, press releases, submissions to governments, and research reports; correspondence with members of the public, members of governments, and other women centers; songs, stories, and photographs for anti-gender role stereotyping kits; copies of the Single Mother’s Resource Guide; Kinesis back issue indexes, editorial board correspondence, events' brochures and posters, reader surveys, volunteer training kits, and volunteer applications.

This series contains materials relating to the production of Kinesis and the activities of the Vancouver Status of Women.

Records in this series are from the production room of Kinesis and predominantly reflect the production cycle of the magazine and its records organization system for photographic and graphic materials that were used in or collected for future use in the magazine.

This is seen, for example, in the files that are labeled [Kinesis Photobank], which represent materials that were collected by the editors and filed alphabetically by subject so that they could be retrieved for relevant future articles that required use of visual media.

In addition to these subject-oriented files, this series also contains a significant collection of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets that depict events that were assigned to photographers for Kinesis articles. Documented events include International Women's Day (various years), Single Mom's Day in the Park (various years), Vancouver Pride (various years), Take Back the Night (various years), Women Rally for Action 1976, and the World March of Women 2000. There are also photos from international conferences such as the XI International AIDS Conference, which was held in Vancouver in 1996, and the World Summit for Social Development, which was held in Copenhagen in 1995. While the events captured in these materials took place across the existence of Kinesis (from 1974-2001), a large bulk of the photos are from the 1990s. In addition to materials that were produced by individuals on the Kinesis masthead for the journal, there are also photographs, cartoons, and press releases that were sent to the editors for their consideration or at their request.

Other materials within this series include photographs and ephemera that relate to the production of Kinesis and the activities of VSW--such as writer training retreat materials; photographs of events such as VSW's annual 'Recommending Women' event as well as candids from the office; commemorative materials that were produced during significant anniversary years such as postcards printed for the 20th anniversary of the magazine; and posters and signage that used to hang in the production office.

While the series is predominantly graphic materials, there is a small amount of textual materials that relate to the administrative needs of the magazine and its production.

Series consists material related to other left-wing and labour activity in Evans’ life, including the Princeton mine workers strike, his work in support of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War and the Canadian Labour Defence League and the Communist Party of Canada.

This series consist of an assortment of records relating to the vast number of issues that concern the FVOA or directly relate to its operations. The Subjects include; the environment, fishing and vessels, spawning, fueling needs, membership, patrols, First Nations, Transport Canada policies and procedures, correspondence to and from the UFAWU, and correspondence to and from the FVOA management with numerous relevant individuals,
groups, associations, and governmental bodies. The folders are arranged by date.

Series contains flyers, pamphlets and newsletters produced by the W.I.L.P.F. Most of the publications were created by the Vancouver branch, but others were produced in other Canadian cities and also Geneva, Switzerland. The series also contains copies of, and source material for the quarterly newsletter Peace Lines from 1991 to 2002, and then 2005 to 2012.

Series consists of W.I.L.P.F. meeting minutes.

Records created by organizations that operated in concert with the W.I.L.P.F. These organizations include: the Vancouver Peace Assembly, the B.C. Peace Council, the Canadian Peace Congress, and the Voice of Women groups.

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, printed material and other textual records related to specific subjects of interest to the W.I.L.P.F.

Series consists of by-laws, membership lists, some in the form of annual returns of the Fort Langley and District Board of Trade, summary of meetings held during 1951 and 1959, and an incomplete history of the organization.