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H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds
2002.7 · Archief · 1877-1960

Fonds consists of records relating to the personal, business and political life of H.G.T. Perry and as such, has been divided into the following four series: 1) Photographs; 2) Political Activities; 3) Business Ventures; 4) Personal Life; and 5) Miscellaneous Historical Information Files. Also includes material relating to his son, Frank Perry, and his failed political campaign. Includes World War II and Post-War printed materials.

Types of records included in this fonds include Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, maps, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, minutes, annual reports, telegrams, resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases, proposals, plans, charts, file notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, postcards and photographs.

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2011.9.01.08 · Bestanddeel · 2009
Part of Forest History Association of BC fonds

File consists of Harry Gairns' speaking notes for his 18 Sept. 2009 banquet talk at the "Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities Annual Conference of the Forest History Association of BC" at UNBC in Prince George, September 19, 2009. Gairns' speech was entitled "Prince George Forest History - The 50s and the 60s".

2001.1.069 · Bestanddeel · 2021-2023
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

File consists of flyers and leaflets relating to protests and activism in Prince George. Includes:

  • "Grasslands Not Gas Lands" leaflet regarding action against Westcoast Olefins extraction plant in Pineview, 2021
  • "'Centralized Strategy' Decision Student Led Protest" flyer regarding resistance against the City of Prince George's decision to centralize Prince George homeless populations into the Moccasin Flats encampment, 2023
2001.1.068 · Bestanddeel · 2020-2023
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

File consists of promotional pamphlets and brochures advertising the City of Prince George. Includes:

  • Prince George Downtown Business Improvement Association, "Your Guide to Downtown Prince George 2020/21"
  • City of Prince George, "Trail Guide", [ca. 2020]
  • Tourism PG, "Falls Guide: Waterfall Destinations", [ca. 2022]
  • Tourism PG, "Recreation Sites Guide: Prince George Area", [ca. 2022]
  • Prince George Citizen, "Taste of Prince George 2023" restaurant guide
2013.04.01 · Bestanddeel · 1958-1961
Part of Howard Foot collection

This scrapbook, entitled "My Two Year Term on the Teen Town Council", was created by Howard Foot to document his involvement in the Prince George Teen Town Council. Howard Foot was the elected "mayor" of the Prince George Teen Town Council for the 1958-1959 term. The British Columbia centennial year was 1958; Teen Town was involved in centennial event planning. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings from the Prince George Citizen relating to Prince George Teen Town events and the Teen Town Council. These clippings include mention of other Teen Town Council members, including Brian Fawcett who later became a nationally-recognized Canadian writer.

Original photographic prints and reproduced photographs relating to Prince George Teen Town are pasted in and interleaved into the scrapbook. Also interleaved into the scrapbook is a 26 February 1959 issue of the Prince George Echo newspaper. The newspaper issue has a feature article about a Prince George custom car show organized by Howard Foot.

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Historical Information
2006.18.1 · Reeks · 1990-2016
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

Series consists of records created or accumulated by the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society regarding the research forest's history. Includes oral histories and material from long-time personnel that worked at the ALRF, such as Harry Coates, John Revel, and Frank Hellenius. Also contains copies of archival records from other archival institutions that concern the history of ALRF, which were compiled as part of a 2006/2007 history internship project.

2001.1.060 · Stuk · [1949]
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

This promotional map of the city of Prince George describes the city as "the hub of our northwest empire". Includes a printed map drawn by Hammond that shows significant locations in Prince George, including the Prince George Citizen office, civic arena, bus depot, civic centre, city hall, city hospital, CNR station, fire hall, government building, post office, provincial library, and the junior-senior high school. Includes numerous handwritten annotations of other locations including the women's provincial jail, old army buildings, power house, armories, bowling alley, Connaught Hill, and "The Cache".

2001.1.057 · Stuk · 28 Dec. 1945
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

Item is a program for a "welcome home banquet in honor of our soldier men and women" in Prince George on December 28, 1945. Includes a menu and a programme of events, including a welcome from Mayor Jack Nicholson.

Family Records series
2014.6.1 · Reeks · 1953-2017
Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

Series consists of records reflecting the activities of the Dezell and Rustad families. Series include mayoral records from Bea and Garvin Dezell when Garvin served as Mayor of Prince George. Series includes materials celebrating Bea Dezell's life created by her family. Series also includes fundraising efforts for the Northern Medical Programs Trust. Finally, series includes a collection of "spruce" dollars and commemorative coins.

2014.6.1.16 · Stuk · 2017
Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

Item is the published book "Sunshine and Rhubarb Wine: The Life and Legacy of Bea Dezell". The book is the life story of Bea Dezell, born in Vancouver in 1908 and moved to Williams Lake in 1932, then lived in Wells and Quesnel before settling in Prince George. She was a pioneer of the Cariboo region. Her husband Garvin Dezell, a builder, was the mayor of Prince George for many years in the 1950s and 60s. Bea died in 2014 at the age of 105.

This version of the book contains colour photograph reproductions. Other versions of the book have black & white photograph reproductions.

1690 Dogwood Street
2012.13.1.24.32 · Stuk · 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts 1690 Dogwood Street, on the corner of 17th Ave and Dogwood St. in Prince George, B.C. Also depicts a portion of 1670 Dogwood Street at left.

"Millennium Report"
2012.13.2.01.09.3 · Stuk · Dec. 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The item is the millennium edition of The Prince George Free Press. The "Millenium Report" was one of two different inserts in an unknown December 1999 issue. The edition contains information about Prince George's past and speculation as to where Prince George will be in the future.

"Millennium Report"
2012.13.2.01.09.2 · Stuk · Dec. 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The item is the millennium edition of The Prince George Free Press. The "Millenium Report" was one of two different inserts in an unknown December 1999 issue. The edition contains information about Prince George's past and speculation as to where Prince George will be in the future.

"Millennium timeline"
2012.13.2.01.09.1 · Stuk · 29 Dec. 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Newspaper is a special edition of Prince George Citizen entitled "Millenium Timeline." The edition is about the new millennium and entering the twenty-first century.

"The Canada Chart"
2012.13.2.01.07.1 · Stuk · 1983
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The Canada Chart depicts Canadian federal and provincial and government information and graphics.

Houses on Dogwood Street
2012.13.1.24.34 · Stuk · 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts houses on Dogwood Street in the Millar Addition neighbourhood of Prince George, B.C. On the left is 1610 Dogwood Street and 1630 Dogwood Street is the middle house; 1650 Dogwood Street is the blue house on the right.