The fonds consists of newspaper issues, photographs, and publishing notes from 1988-2011 which provide a look into the day-to-day function of creating the newspaper.

The fonds consists of documents and records that would go on to compose The Pocket Desert radio documentary, which aired on CBC Radio’s Ideas, produced by Gayle Cornish, and co-created by Dr. Jeannette Armstrong and Dr. Geoffrey Scudder. The documentary concerns the unique desert climate and ecology in and around Osoyoos, British Columbia, and the significance of the land to Syilx Okanagan people. The fonds is organized into two series: 13.1 Production Files and 13.2 Broadcast Files.

The fonds consists of two separate streams of documentation. The first consists of documents, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to the operations of a succession of sawmills and wood manufacturing plants founded by Stanley Merriam Simpson) and assumed by his son, Horace B. Simpson in the Okanagan area.
The second stream consists of the materials generated by Sharron J. Simpson, a Kelowna author, publisher, and activist. Sharron J. Simpson's records within this aggregation are primarily in relation to legal proceedings against the City of Kelowna in pursuit of the maintenance of the Simpson Covenant, which limits use of waterfront land on a former mill site sold by S.M. Simpson to the City under restrictive terms of sale in 1946. In the 2000s, the City sought to dissolve the Covenant; Sharron J. Simpson founded a society to challenge this initiative.
In total fonds consists of approximately 2,642 photographs, in various forms, including some duplicates. Records provide documentation of legal proceedings, finances, substantial mill operations, safety initiatives, administration, civic engagement, publicity, and labour relations relating to mill business, general family research, and writing samples. Artifacts include exemplars of production and souvenir materials.

The series consists of Bill Collings’ correspondence records. Records in this series include fax sheets, copies of letters, printed emails, and memos between Bill Collings and various people such as government bodies, research entities, consultants, and other individuals involved in the wine industry. Abbreviated as CORRESPONDENCE in the file list.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the winemaking career of Bill Collings. Fonds includes records such as correspondence files, articles and writings, research documents, as well as posters and prints. Fonds contains records both created and received or collected by Bill Collings. This fonds is arranged into three series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Writings; 3) Collected materials.

The series consists of slide transparencies from ca. 1930 through 1992, depicting Princeton and environs, including Allenby, Ashnola, Tulameen, Hedley, and Coquihalla. Some depictions of mines, or the areas of mining activities, including Nickel Plate, Coalmont, and Brenda. Featuring predominant coverage of the outdoors, the series includes photographs of many area mountains, creeks, and lakes. Scenes of recreation, including fairs, parades, and rodeos are also available. These slides are mainly attributed to Roy Thomas.

Prints feature photographs of members of the Allison family, with item-level descriptions under development.

Series consists of records that pertain to the management and administration of the Quails’ Gate Vineyard Estate Winery business. Series includes both analog and digital records. Series includes records such as project documents, reports, and meeting minutes.

Series consists of records pertaining to winemaking and viticulture at Quails’ Gate Vineyard Estate and Winery. Series includes both analogue and digital records. Series includes records such as photographs, videos, maps, surveys, and tasting notes.

Fonds consists of records from Quails’ Gate Estate Winery located in West Kelowna, British Columbia. Records in this fonds pertain to the history of the vineyard and the Stewart family, as well as the winery’s business and administration. This fonds includes both analog and born-digital records. Fonds is arranged into four series: 1) Historical; 2) Promotional records; 3) Management records; 4) Winemaking and viticulture.

Series consists of records pertaining to the history of the Stewart family as well as records produced through research done on the Allison family. Series include both born digital and digitized records. Records include photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of marriage and birth certificates, and photocopies of correspondence.

Series consists of promotional and marketing records from Quails’ Gate Vineyards Estate Winery. Series includes both analogue and digital records. Series includes records such as wine labels and profiles, promotional ephemera such as brochures and posters, video tapes, as well as photographs of the vineyard and the estate’s accommodations.

The fonds consists exclusively of news photography captured by Kelowna Capital News staff from 1978 through 2000. Coverage includes events, persons, and locations assessed as newsworthy at the time, predominantly concerning Kelowna and its immediate adjacencies. Attributed photographers include Val Gluschenko, Glen Schaefer, Rainer Ziegenhagen, Larry Langton, Mike Condon, Maev Brennan, Paul Saturley, Mark Zuehlke, Gordon Bazzana, Kevin Bird, and Allyson Jeffs.

The fonds consists of 11 reel-to-reel tapes holding audio. Content includes capture of speeches and ambient audio of various events including dedications, conferences, and interviews.

Subseries consists of 265 photographs taken by Ed Aldredge of notable people, structures, landmarks, and events in Penticton, BC. The subseries consists secondarily of a collection of his published columns in the Penticton Herald and Okanagan Sunday as clippings, mounted in two large scrapbooks.

Collection consists of professional photographs captured by George Albert Meeres. Geographies documented centre on the Okanagan, Shuswap, and Thompson regions with predominant coverage of Vernon, BC. A suite of photographs within the subseries provides coverage of the Armstrong Fall Fair, later termed the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) during the 1940s and early 1950s. Includes a series of photos marked with association of "S.J. Ladyman" (Vernon, B.C.)

Series consists of records pertaining to the BCWI’s intersections with the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC), into which the BCWI reported. Documents in this series include publications printed by the organization, documents detailing the history of the group, as well as records relating to conventions hosted by the FWIC, where the BCWI was represented.

Scope and content
Series consists of records pertaining to the British Columbia Women’s Institute (BCWI), administered at the provincial level. Activities represented include convention planning and delivery, governance and decision-making, financial management, publications and communications, crafts and fine arts, activism and lobbying, and educational initiatives. Across activities are diaries, artifacts, and photographs.

Series consists of records pertaining to various individual Women’s Institute districts and branches forming regional representation of the British Columbia Women’s Institute. Records in this series mostly pertain to the areas of finance, governance, activism, and correspondence. Other significant records include photographs, artifacts, ephemera, as well as arts and crafts. Series is arranged into files according to creating body.

Series consists of records pertaining to survey and compilation projects undertaken by Women’s Institute committees, informal working groups, and individual members in the pursuit of BCWI historiography. Two publications were released as a result of this research: 100 Years of BC Women’s Institutes (history) and 100 Women (biography). Series is arranged into files, each pertaining to an individual (biography) or branch (history).

Fonds consists of records created and received by the British Columbia Women’s Institute and its constituents and relate to the work done by members of the BCWI at the provincial level as well as its various local chapters. Records in this fonds consist predominantly of administrative records as well as the compiled research materials pertaining to the Women’s Institutes and notable figures within.

The fonds also includes documentation of the BCWI’s intersections with the FWIC and the ACWW. Fonds is arranged into five series: 1) Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC); 2) Associated Countrywomen of the World (ACWW); 3) British Columbia Women’s Institutes (BCWI); 4) BCWI Districts; 5) Research files.

Series consists of the meeting minutes of the Viticulture Committee, Crop Insurance Advisory Committee, and Basket Committee.

Series consists of certificate of incorporation, minutes, executive orders predominant. Creatorship is variously assigned to the names ascribed to the organization over time.

Series consists of photographic capture of research sites, Lytton and Lillooet predominant. More specific locations and activities are in the file list.

Series consists of published resources including guides, intended for the use and education of grape growers.

Fonds consists of certificate of incorporation, board meeting minutes and those of some constituent committees, annual reports, education, marketing, and outreach materials, and digital photography of experimentation sites extracted from optical disc. Print photographs depict locations relevant to the Becker Project and a group portrait. The fonds contains reference material that predates the formation of the corporate creator.

Four published books arrived with the fonds; these have been separated and catalogued – please see bibliography for details.

Series consists of Dorothy and W.J. Zoellner’s family home movies. All the movies were captured on 8mm film. Home movies depict various family events such as school events, family vacations, weddings, and new babies.

Subcollection consists of two letters totaling twelve pages dated October and November 1955 addressed to Enid with one, possibly both, being signed “Mummsy.” The letters narrate the writer’s experiences in the early days of the Russian invasion of Austrian Galicia in 1914-15. The author’s family was directly on the route of the invasion and retaliation, and her account reflects details both on the ground and the political and military events of the time. Although written 40 years after the events, the letters seem remarkably clear and detailed. The letters appear to be “original” blue carbons, with some manuscript annotations both in the author’s and another’s hand.

Subcollection consists of an Oliver Townsite Map, Map of Lots South of Oliver, Map of Lots North of Oliver, and a terms of sale pamphlet prepared in advance of a land auction, March 4 and 5, 1921.

Series consists of records pertaining to the BCWI’s intersections with the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), with which the BCWI was affiliated.. Records in this series include photographs, publications, and some ephemera created by the ACWW. Other records in this series relate to various conventions hosted by the ACWW and affiliates held worldwide, including but not limited to where the BCWI was represented.

File contains letter written October 14, 2018 by James Anderson to his neighbours.

File contains copies of memorial service card, list of men killed in slide and order of service.

File contains two letters.

File contains pamphlet listing terms of sale and fees.

File contains original envelope with stamps.

File contains a map.

File contains a map.

File contains a map.

File contains personal journal, place and name unknown.

File consists of 2 folders. Contains the British Columbia Women's Institute's (BCWI) financial statements.

File contains BCWI financial statements from 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, and 1958-1962.

File contains three photographs of members of the BCWI on and around their one hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

File contains photographs of BCWI members at various events, the November 8, 1928 issue of the Salmon Arm Observer, and biographies of some of the BCWI members.

File contains a copy of A Century of Achievement, a program from the 1994 Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) Convention, and a listing of the B.C. Women's Institute branch files.

File contains correspondence, a BCWI life membership card, a handwritten account of a member's experiences being a part of the BCWI during World War I, and the papers and correspondence of Mrs. R. W. Chalmers.

File contains a booklet on Laws for Women and Children in British Columbia and an invitation from Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board to the unveiling of a plaque commemorating Margaret Watt.

File contains materials related to the FWIC Convention, which was hosted by the BCWI, including reports, planning documents and correspondence.

File contains assorted materials related to the BCWI at the provincial level, including photographs, reports, newspaper clippings and programs.

File contains newspaper clippings relating to the FWIC and BCWI. Most of the clippings are facsimiles.

File contains three photographic prints of BCWI convention delegates, each print includes a listing of identified subjects.

File contains newspaper clippings, the president's address, and photographs of delegates at the 1961 FWIC convention.