Community Life

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  • Municipalities, towns, villages, neighbourhoods, religious and cultural groups, camps, schools, etc.
  • Community activities and events
  • Groups working for the development or maintenance of events, services and facilities for the community and its promotion
  • Community support and charitable organizations
  • Community booster and event promotion agencies
  • Fraternal organizations
  • SEE ALSO: Family and Personal Life; Events and Celebrations

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          2017 Archival description results for Community Life

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          2001.35 · Collection · 2001

          Collection consists of 17 oral histories, and transcripts generated for the Living Landscapes Red Rock Community History Project and copies of photographs. Recordings by Lorita Doudiet; Doris Holzworth; Torben Lindstrom; John Marcoll; Kate Marcoll; Eric Patterson; Bill and Mary Payne; Tom Payne; John Ryser; Mabel Rutherford; Margaret Shatzko; Krystyna Simpson and Marge Slater.

          Northern BC Archives & Special Collections
          2012.13.3.1.22 · File · 2001-2005
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to public libraries in Prince George. File consists of material about the various public libraries established in Prince George, including Prince George Public Library on Canada Games Way, as well as the earliest public library in Prince George at the First Presbyterian Church. Includes various clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper; a faxed document from Joan Jarman at the Prince George Public Library to Kent Sedgwick (5 Jan. 2001); and "Library plans" faxed letter from Kent Sedgwick to Joan Jarman (8 Jan. 2001).

          Prince George golf courses
          2012.13.2.06.15 · File · 2001-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to golf course history in Prince George. Includes information and clipped articles on the Prince George Golf and Curling Club and the Fort George Park golf course.

          Lawrence William Popovich
          2012.13.3.1.45 · File · 2002
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Lawrence William Popovich. Lawrence Popovich worked for the Canadian National Railway and Via Rail, and later for the Greyhound Bus Lines and Canada Post.

          2012.13.2.16.45 · File · 2002-2009
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Prince George Retired Teachers Association. Includes: "Kent Sedgwick's Information on Rural Schools" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (Feb. 2009); and "Help Save the History of Our Schools" pamphlet prepared by the Prince George Retired Teachers' Education Heritage Committee (Apr. 2004).

          Penny
          2012.13.2.17.29 · File · 2002-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Penny. Also includes photographs depicting various areas of Penny (2004).

          Blackburn and Pineview
          2012.13.2.18.08 · File · 2002-2009
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Blackburn and Pineview. Also includes photographs depicting the Blackburn Farm and other various buildings in Blackburn and Pineview (2002-2006).

          Giscome Farm Ltd.
          2012.13.4.27 · File · 2002-2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Giscome Farm Ltd. File also includes photographs depicting the Giscome Farm.

          Giscome research notes
          2012.13.4.17 · File · 2002-2010
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's research on Giscome. Includes: "Joe Rositano" typed transcript of an oral interview with Joe Rositano conducted by Dan Watt (14 Apr. 2000). Also includes photographs depicting various buildings in Giscome (2009), and a CD containing photographs depicting the Giscome town plans (2009).

          Mud River and Beaverly
          2012.13.2.18.05 · File · 2002-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings and reproductions relating to Mud River and Beaverly. Also includes photographs depicting various buildings and homesteads in Mud River (2002).

          2012.13.2.18.04 · File · 2003-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Salmon Valley and Old Summit Lake Road. Also includes photographs depicting a homestead on Old Summit Lake Road (2005).

          2012.13.2.16.46 · File · 2003-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to rural schools in the Prince George region. Includes photographs depicting the first and second school buildings for the North Nechako school; one was sold and the other has been closed (2005).

          2012.13.2.17.08 · File · 2003
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Upper Fraser historical geography field trip for the BC Historical Federation by Kent Sedgwick. Includes photographs depicting a group from the BC Historical Federation standing outside at one of the East Line communities listening to a presentation by Kent Sedgwick and Greg Halseth (May 2003).

          2012.13.2.08.01 · File · 2003
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of a clippings, notes, and typed documents relating to the Exploration Place Museum in Prince George. Includes a clipped article from the Prince George Citizen newspaper "Museum lands heritage grant" (17 Oct. 2003) and "2003 Co-op Project: The Exploration Place" typed document by Brian Stauffer (29 Oct. 2003).

          2012.13.2.02.04 · File · 2003-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and clippings relating to the history of Prince George from 1930-1939. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "City council coped with requests for additional relief during Depression" (Nov. 2008); "Means to correct a wounded economy debated in 1933" (Apr. 2007); "City's development continued through Depression-era" (June 2003); and "Depression years weren't pretty ones for most living in P.G". (June 2004).

          2012.13.2.17.03 · File · 2003-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project done on the East Line and Upper Fraser in collaboration with the University of Northern British Columbia researchers. Includes a CD titled "Kent's Upper Fraser Files" containing Kent's research files for the Upper Fraser project (7 Jan. 2004) and a computer diskette titled "Oral Histories" containing an oral history interview with a woman (2004).

          2012.13.3.2.04 · File · 2003-2009
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to a downtown walking tour conducted by Sedgwick for the British Columbia Historical Federation 2003 conference. Also includes photographs depicting participants of the BC Historical Federation Conference on a downtown walking tour in Prince George (2003).

          2012.13.2.18.07 · File · 2003-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Chilako River and Indian Reserve No. 4. File contains material regarding the discovery of Indigenous artifacts in an archaeological dig by faculty and students from the University of Northern British Columbia; the establishment of a fur trading fort at Chala-oo-chick for the Hudson's Bay Company; and Indian Reserve No. 4 of the L'heidli T'enneh. Includes photographs depicting Fernie Ollinger's barn on Chilako Station Road and Chilako River (2006).

          2012.13.2.13.01 · File · 2003-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the history of the Hudson's Bay Company in Prince George. Includes: "Project Proposal - Historical Kiosks in Fort George Park" typed assignment proposal from Barb Lloyd (10 Aug. 2007); "RE: Photo ID" printed email from Dan Savard to Kent Sedgwick (28 Oct. 2003); and photograph reproductions from the BC Archives depicting the Fort George trading post and South Fort George jail cell room.

          2012.13.2.02.08 · File · 2004-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of clippings and reproductions relating to the history of Prince George from 1970-1979. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Thirty years ago..." (2007); "Highlights of Prince George city life 30 years ago..." (Oct. 2006); "Pine Centre Mall turning 30 today" (2004); "History through the lens" (2007); and "Early 1970s had impact on Prince George" (2004).

          William Binney Milner
          2012.13.2.17.21 · File · 2004-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to William Binney Milner, a Vancouver-based financier who owned Eagle Lake Sawmills at Giscome and the Prince George Citizen newspaper. File also includes photographs depicting the exterior of a house at the address 2890 Marine Drive (2005).

          Northern Dairies Ltd.
          2012.13.2.17.22 · File · 2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Northern Dairies milk shipping company and William Binney Milner, a Vancouver-based financier who purchased Northern Dairies Ltd. In 1956.

          2012.13.2.02.02 · File · 2004-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of clippings and notes relating to the history of Prince George between 1900 to 1911. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Making a town"; "City council's 1919 agendas were varied and interesting" (2007); "Creating early transportation routes, services and destinations in northern British Columbia" (2008); "Managing fire and mud, part of civic business in 1916" (2004); and "Movie theatre, hospital and jail were the essential public needs in 1911" (2004).

          2012.13.2.02.05 · File · 2004-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of newspaper clippings relating to the history of Prince George from 1940-1949. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Domestic life far from the front in wartime" (Mar. 2007); "City life in the fall of 1940" (Feb. 2007); "Into the 1940s"; "Torn from the headlines, Prince George residents usher in first half of 1943" (2006); "Aspects of life in 1940s Prince George" (Mar. 2005); and "Ringing in the New Year in 1940" (Dec. 2004).

          John Prince Myers
          2012.13.3.1.47 · File · 2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to John Prince Myers, one of the founders of Cranbrook Sawmill, and his house at 1633 Norwood Street that burnt down in 1933. File primarily consists of photocopied newspaper articles relating to the Cranbrook Sawmill and the burning of the house at 1633 Norwood Street, and printed copies of photographs from The Exploration Place Museum database depicting the house and sawmill. Includes printed email chain between Greg Halseth, Kent Sedgwick, and John G . Myers (Sept. 2004).

          "Giscome Chronicle" files
          2012.13.4.22 · File · 2004-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's research on Giscome. Also includes a photograph depicting St. Fredrick's church in Giscome.

          2009.6.1.605 · Item · [ca. June 2004]
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Photograph taken in a park area during an unknown function, crowd seated in law chairs. The Lieutenant Governor sits between two unknown men; uniformed man on left believed to be a naval officer.

          Handwritten annotation on original envelope reads: “for Charlotte’s Princess. E.V. Wood 370-5441” (possibly a function celebrating the building or launching of the M.V. Charlotte Princess, a 135’ yacht moored through the summer at Langara Islands, Haida Gwaii).