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File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with John and Bernice Trick.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Kate Anderson and Mae Romanin.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ken Sasaki.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lea Gobbi and Kate Anderson. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ray Williston.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ruth Cunningham, Lillian Coulling, and Evelyn Rebman. Also includes photocopies of Ruth Cunningham's personal records, such as photographs and newspaper clippings.

Side perspective of Knox United Church in winter. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The United Church.”

Side perspective of Knox United Church located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “United Church.”

Marsh along the edges of Eagle Lake features tall riparian plants and lily pads. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake.”

Six men visible on hillside and wood plank roadway, working together to roll cut logs down the hill and load them onto the truck.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso read: “logs up to 32 feet in length.”

Fully loaded logging truck driving along a switchback, wood plank logging road.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Truck Logging / Giscome BC.”

Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.

Man driving a two horse cart in front of beehive burner, cart is full of bark presumably sawed off the logs.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Mill Burner".

Overview of the Giscome sawmill behind road. Lumber yard is visible in foreground while mill stands in background.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Giscome Mill / lumber yard in foreground".

Image decpicts the old road to the townsite in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts an open field and numerous buildings, including a church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'03.2"N 122°22'04.6"W

Image depicts a field in Giscome, B.C. On the right side of the image, in the background, is a grey strip that appears to be a mine, possibly the quarry at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts a field in Giscome, B.C. On the right side of the image, in the background, is a grey strip that appears to be a mine, possibly the quarry at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts an open field and Giscome, B.C. in the background. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Photograph of various plant life with Eagle Lake visible in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake from the top of the bluff. Eagle Lake is about 7 miles long & about 1 mile wide. It is a fair sized lake.”

Photographic overview of the Eagle Lake Sawmill. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The mill.”

Overhead photograph of Giscome with the Eagle Lake Sawmill's beehive burner clearly visible in left foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Part of our community. school * ”

Overhead photograph of Giscome buildings with Eaglet Creek running through the foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Notice the flatness of the land. Part of our community.”

Previous site of sawmill in Giscome, B.C. looking northwest. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Daily Capacity 100,000 f.b.m. sawmill in foreground planer mill and lumber yard in background.”

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Photo displays the height of the snow on the front porch of the Giscome teacherage after a blizzard.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Photograph depicts mature spruce and balsam reproduction.

Side perspective of St. Frederick’s Catholic Church located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Catholic Church, St. Frederick.”

Image depicts a street in Giscome. The store was previously located on the left. The church is in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts a street in Giscome B.C. The Giscome Store is located on the left side of the image with the church in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Small wooden outhouse with wooden planked pathway sits in an open field behind the Teacherage. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Behind the teacherage. Guess what?”

Bob White, a teacher, standing on the porch of the teacherage after a blizzard.

Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in September. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Teacherage.”

Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in November after the first snow. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Our House.”

Image depicts several trains at the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

An “Indiana” flatbed logging truck releases logs from its load onto a makeshift log slide at the edge of a road.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "unloading logs".

Image depicts a view of Giscome with a train passing through.