Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's personal life, including academic records, personal resume, and posthumous materials. Also includes Runka's personal correspondence during his time with the Agricultural Land Commission and memorabilia from his curling activities.
File consists of a copy of Gary Runka's resume prior to the creation of his consultancy business G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd.
File consists of G. Gary Runka's high school records.
File consists of a 1955 North Peace High School yearbook.
File consists of two Peace River District High School Curling Championship patches.
File consists of a 1953 North Peace High School yearbook.
File consists of G. Gary Runka's UBC academic records.
File consists of newspaper clippings of G. Gary Runka's participation in curling events.
File consists of Gary Runka's business and identification cards.
File consists of a 1957 North Peace High School yearbook.
File consists of G. Gary Runka's Cornell University academic records.
Item is a draft typescript of "Field Party Report on Land Capability Studies British Columbia" by D.S. Lacate, J.W.C. Arlidge, M.J. Floate, E. Mackintosh, P.N. Sprout, and G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture).
Subseries consists of publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career. Also includes conference proceedings that contain contributions by G. Gary Runka.
File consists of academic papers written by Gary Runka during his 1966-1967 Master of Science in Natural Resource Management and Land Use Planning at Cornell University, New York.
Item is an original copy of "Moran Dam Environmental Analysis" by the Cariboo Land Capability Analysis Committee and Intersector Special Study Committee of the British Columbia Canada Land Inventory. The committee members were A. Bedwany, D. Benn, D. Blower, R. Marshall, and G. Runka. Includes 24 original colour photographic prints pasted into the report.
Item is an original copy of "Resource Management Course for Certificate in Band Planning" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning.
Item is a photocopied copy of the 1992 "Cariboo-Chilcotin Tourism Resource Inventory Study: Explanatory Notes" prepared by Ethos Consulting, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. and Bioquest International Consulting Ltd. for BC Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Cariboo-Chilcotin Region.
Item is an original copy of "Interior Program Feasibility Study: A report submitted to Dr. W. D. Kitts, Dean of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences by the Dean's Interior Program Committee". The report was prepared in consultation with G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd.
Item is an original copy of "Explanatory Notes: Natural Resource Tourism Mapping Kamloops Resource Management Area" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the BC Ministry of Development, Trade and Tourism, Sustainable Development Branch.
Item is an original copy of "Forest Service Recreation Program Review" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the BC Forest Service.
Item is an original bound copy of "Use and Management of Land on Valley Train Deposits", Gary Runka's 1968 thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University for the Degree of Master of Science.
Item is an original copy of "Soil Resources of the Smithers-Hazelton Area" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Includes two accompanying maps.
Item is an original copy of the "Manitoba Land Use Conference Proceedings" on March 11-12, 1981 in Winnipeg. Gary Runka presented on his paper, "Expanding Needs from a Finite Resource: The Necessity for Sound Land Use Planning".
Subseries includes works collected by G. Gary Runka. Runka collected a comprehensive resource library of publications, reports, and rare grey literature that reflected the depth and breadth of natural resource issues in British Columbia. Material from this resource library was intrinsically tied to Runka's work; selected unique items from the resource library are contained within this sub-series to contextualize the scope of land management issues.
Item is an original copy of "Lands of the East Kootenay: Their characteristics and capability for agriculture and forestry - Report to the B.C. Soil Capability for Agriculture and Forestry Committee", a co-operative interim report comprising sections and maps, compiled by G. G. Runka, Soils Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Other authors include J.R. Jungen, T. Lewis, J.R. Marshall, M.J. Romaine, J. van Barneveld, and U. Wittneben.
Item is a reproduced conference paper for the 4th North American Forest Soils Conference entitled "Bio-Physical Land Classification in Canada" by authors M. Jurdant (Canadian Forestry Service), D.S. Lacate (UBC), S.C. Zoltai (Northern Forest Research Center), G.G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture), and R. Wells (Newfoundland Research Centre).
Item is an original copy of "Methodology - Land Capability for Agriculture - B.C. Land Inventory (CLI)" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture.
Item is an original copy of the "Western Land Directors Conference Proceedings" in Victoria, BC between June 7-11, 1981. Gary Runka was a guest speaker with the speech "Agricultural Land and Land Use Decision Making in the 1980's".
Item is an original copy of "Charlotte-Alplands SRDZ Forest Recreation and Wilderness Tourism Opportunities" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. et al. for the Anahim Round Table and Forest Renewal BC.
Item is an original copy of the "Proceedings of the Urban Issues, Opportunities and the Canadian Agriculture Industry Seminar" on November 3-7, 1998 organized by the Canadian Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Program.
Item is a photocopied version of "Soil Survey of the North Okanagan Valley" Interim Report by P.N. Sprout & C.C. Kelley for the BC Department of Agriculture.
Item is an original reprint of an article by G.S. Andrews entitled "Air Survey and Photogrammetry in British Columbia" from the March 1948 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering journal.
Item is a 1960 Modern Land Policy journal reprint of an article by Howard Conklin entitled "Principles of Land Classification".
Item is a photocopied reprint of Tisdale's "The Grasslands of the Southern Interior of British Columbia" in the Ecology journal, Vol. 28 No. 4.
Item is a copy of "Soil Productivity and the Potential Food Supply of the United States: An Address before the Academy of Political Science at the Annual meeting on Food" by Bradfield, R.
Item is an original typescript of a BC Department of Agriculture report entitled "Factors that Contribute to Successful and Profitable Bulb Culture".
Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication, compiled by the Co-ordinating Committee on Agriculture for Central British Columbia, entitled "Agricultural Recommendations for Central British Columbia".
Item is an original National Research Council Canada Technical Memorandum 44 entitled "Guide to Field Description of Muskeg".
Item is a 1961 Land Economics journal reprint of an article by D.S. Lacate entitled "Review of Landtype Classification and Mapping" (Vol. XXXVII, No. 3.).
Item is a copy of "Scheduling of Irrigation" by Brownlee, C.H. and J.C. Wilcox.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1319 entitled "Grassland Ranges in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".
Item is an original reprint from Canadian Fisheries Annual 1963 by Dr. J.L. Kask (Fisheries Research Board of Canada) entitled "Fisheries in the Year 2000".
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1179 entitled "Suitability for Irrigation of Water from Lakes and Streams in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".
Item is an original typescript entitled "Water Delivery by an Irrigation District" by J.C. Wilcox and C.H. Brownlee.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1190 entitled "Climate and Agriculture in Central British Columbia".
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1224 entitled "Climate of the Upper Peace River Region".
Item is a copy of the "North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA)" presentation to Cornell University Water Resources Center, Ithaca, New York by Roland P. Kelly, Edward R. Trapnell, and Ralph M. Parsons Company.
Item is a 1967 published lecture by Dr. C.F. Bentley entitled "Food for All: Can Agriculture Provide?" for the Agricultural Institute of Canada Centennial Lecture in Quebec.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1147 entitled "Seeding Forest Ranges in the Dry Belt of British Columbia".
Item is a copy of "American Wilderness: A Unique Conservation Concept" Background Fact Sheet.