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File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the history of businesses within Prince George. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "The History of Pastry Chef Bakery" (Nov. 2010); "Sole man" (June 2009); "Celebrating 95 years in Prince George" (Feb. 2006); and "Overwaitea Remembers Famous Green Teapot" (Feb. 1986). Also includes a CKPG Radio special anniversary issue of "Golden waves" and photographs depicting the demolition of Parkwood Mall (8 Apr. 1997).

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research relating to community life in Prince George. The files primarily consist of notes and newspaper clippings discussing life in Prince George during the 20th century. Subseries contains material on public services and infrastructure including fire protection, electricity, water towers, policing and jails, and medicine; the history of businesses including Northern Hardware; public events; and recreational activities including hockey, baseball, curling, skiing, tennis, soccer, lacrosse, boxing, horse racing, golfing, and art.

Subseries includes research material created and collected by Kent Sedgwick relating to the incorporation of the City of Prince George. Topics include the naming of the City of Prince George, city boundaries, the city amalgamation with Fort George and South Fort George, city census records, and mayors of Prince George.

File consists of a "BC Rail" special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper celebrating 75 years of railway (21 May 1987).

File consists of a special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper celebrating the 75th anniversary of Prince George (Aug. 1990).

File consists of a special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper titled "70 years of Rail!" (27 Jan. 1984).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to churches in Prince George. Includes photographs depicting paintings of churches in Prince George and area. Also includes a 2005 DVD entitled "Rose Prince".

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the Centennial Fountain in Prince George. Includes various clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper; "Centennial Fountain - Status report" typed letter to The Mayor and City Council of Prince George from Mark B. Stagg, City Planner (11 June 1981); "Centennial Fountain Landscape" typed letter to C.A. Jeffery from C.E. Obst (21 Aug. 1986); "Centennial Fountain" typed letter to Mrs. Carrie-Jane Gray from Mark B. Stagg, City Planner (12 Dec. 1980); and "Office of the Mayor" typed letter to Mrs. Gwen Boyle from E. Mercier, Mayor of Prince George (9 Dec. 1980). Also includes photographs depicting the Centennial Fountain (1980).

File consists of brochures relating to Prince George and the surrounding area. Includes: "Regional Parks" prepared by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George; "A Guide to the Natural Habitat" prepared by the Habitat Information Group; "Wildlife Viewing at Forests for the World" prepared in co-operation with the Prince George Naturalists Club and British Columbia Wilflife Watch; "Your Guide to Downtown Prince George" prepared by the Prince George Town Centre Business Association; and "Welcome to the Forest" prepared by the City of Prince George.

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to Prince George aviation history. Includes: "An invitation to join the Canadian Museum of Flight" brochure and "50 years ago 'Lightning' over Prince George" booklet from Prince George plastic modellers (2006). Also includes photographs taken in 2006 depicting various buildings and houses in Prince George, including 7295 Cummings Rd. (relocated in 1976) and Zilkie Rd.

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding various areas within Prince George. These files include material on neighbourhoods and notable areas within the city, as well as the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. Notable areas include the Fort George Canyon, downtown Prince George, and Cottonwood Island. The files primarily contain notes and newspaper clippings relating to the development and history of these areas.

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to architects working in Prince George. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Paul Zanette: Designs for life" (July 2010) and "Look of city nothing to brag about" (Nov. 1989).

File consists of notes and clippings relating to a presentation on the Millar Addition by Kent Sedgwick. Also includes "Please join us as we celebrate Heritage Week 2000!" printed invitation (26 Feb. 2000).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the postal service on the East Line in the Upper Fraser area.

File consists of an original typescript document relating to postal service in communities in and around Prince George. A later version of this document was published by the Fraser Fort George Regional Museum in 1990 as "Postscript '90 : commemorating 75 years of postal history in the Fraser-Fort George Region".

File consists of notes and typed documents relating to a field trip along the East Line for the Planning Institute of British Columbia.

File consists of notes and photocopied photographs depicting historical Prince George that were used by Kent Sedgwick for tours.

File consists of photographs depicting the exterior of the University of Northern British Columbia and the College of New Caledonia taken by Trelle Morrow. Other photographic prints depict Knox United Church, Fire Hall no. 1, the Prince George Citizen office, a professional building downtown, Ecole Spruceland Secondary School, and Highland School.

File consists of photographs depicting various buildings in downtown Prince George and the Fraser River taken by Trelle Morrow.

File consists of clippings and reproductions relating to the history of photographers in Prince George, including material on Wally David West, Dave Milne, John Simonson, and Jacob Simonson. Includes clipped article from the Prince George Free Press "Capturing historic firsts" (4 Mar. 2001); "West proves to be very best" (9 May 1999); and "Mysterious photographer left behind a rich legacy" clipped article from Prince George This Week newspaper (23 Feb. 1997).

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

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding parks and outdoor recreation in Prince George. Material on parks includes Fort George Park (renamed to Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park in 2015); Cottonwood Island Park; Connaught Hill; Moore's Meadow; L.C. Gunn Park; the Nechako Cutbanks; Paddlewheel Park; Monkman Provincial Park; Fraser Canyon Park; and Carp Lake. Also includes information on the creation of plaques and monuments, including the Alexander Mackenzie monument; the “Arrival of Steel” CN railway plaque; heritage interpretative signs for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; the Millar addition; and flooding and rivers. The files consists of various pamphlets and correspondence regarding the development of parks and the creation of interpretive materials.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the ownership and chronology of Giscome Farm Ltd., on District Lot 9937 Cariboo District in Giscome, British Columbia.

File consists of letters and notes relating to the grave of Mr. Patterson of the overlanders near the original Fort in Prince George. Includes: "Regent's report" typescript document (3 Feb. 1976); "Letter to the mayor" typescript document to Mayor Backhouse from Maude D. Church (13 June 1991); and "Correspondence" printed emails between Mayor Backhouse and Maude D. Church (June 1991).

File consists of notes, reproductions, and clippings relating to an oral history interview with John Warren Meyer, veteran aviator, conducted by Kent Sedgwick. Includes: "College of New Caledonia Oral History Series" typed document with edits from Kent Sedgwick (2008); "Prince George oral history group interview with Frederick Thomas Norton" typed transcript of oral interview (9 Mar. 2005); and "RE: Interview arrangements" printed email from Bill Dodge to Kent Sedgwick (22 Aug. 2006). Also includes two 2006 photographs depicting Thomas Norton, Warren Meyer, Trelle Morrow, and Kent Sedgwick and a CD-R containing photos from the Exploration Place depicting WWII Aviation.

Photograph depicts an open grassy field surrounded by trees in Soda Creek.

File consists of clippings and reproductions of obituaries of Fred J Shearer, a pioneer realtor; Carl Strom; Ronald Joseph Seymour; Stan Carling, former government agent; Sarah Reid, a pioneer resident; Joe Novak, an innovator at Dunkley Lumber; William Jarvie Aitken, a dentist; Ernst Huber; Hartley Fawcett; Gustaf Albert Lund; Ray Williston, previous MLA for the Prince George area; Aberdina Cornelia Nielsen, wife to John Nielsen and instrumental in building the Summit Lake Sawmills; Frank Gordon Hewlett; Roy Wing Yip, a pioneer businessman; Holger Nielsen, one of the cities oldest residents at the time; Monica Marguerite Becott, long time city councillor; Alfred W. Holdner, advocate for senior citizens; Ted Williams, historian; Violet Baxter, historian; Ellen Agnes Garland, pioneer; and other pioneers and prominent figures in Prince George.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Northern Hardware in Prince George. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Northern Hardware featured in 1938 trade magazine" (Aug. 2005); "Pioneer, former mayor mourned" (Aug. 2009); and "Moffat's life, career chronicled in new book" (2007).

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.

File consists of "Northern BC in Retrospect" magazine volume 1 edited by Audrey Smedley-L'Heureux.

File consists of photographs depicting the North Thompson region. Includes photographs of a CN locomotive, an old barn, and Blue River Store. Also includes photographs of Trelle Morrow and Jim Rankin at the Soda Creek Cemetery in 2010.

Subseries consists of newspapers collected by Kent Sedgwick and documents regarding the newspaper history of Prince George and region. Includes newspaper clippings relating to the history of newspapers in Prince George; issues of "The Spruce Needle" Prince George community newspaper; issues of the "Prince George Echo" newspaper; special editions of the Prince George Citizen Newspaper; and issues of "The Islander" magazine from Victoria.

File consists of newspaper clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the history of various newspapers in Prince George. Also includes "Prince George This Week" newspaper article "New weekly makes debut" (13 Sept. 1989) and the 70 year anniversary edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper (16 May 1986).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Newlands, a settlement village along the East Line that had various mills, including the United Gran Growers Co-op mill, and mixed farming. Newlands was a substantial town between 1928 and 1950 when the post office was shut down. File also includes photographs depicting the Newlands homestead (Sept. 2001).

File consists of volumes of the "Museum Mirror" newspaper published by the Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum.

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).

File consists of clippings and notes relating to Prince George mascot, Mr. PG. Also includes collectable Mr. P.G. stamps (2009) and various clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper (2009).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Mount Robson and the Red Pass. Also includes photographs reproduced in 1982 depicting the Mount Robson Ranch (date of original photographs unknown).

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to the millennium in Prince George. Includes the article "'Looking forwards from our past': A Citizen millennium project" from the Prince George Citizen (29 Dec. 1999). Also includes "Millenium Timeline" special edition of Prince George Citizen (29 Dec. 1999); and special editions from the Prince George Free Press: "Millennium Report" (Dec. 1999) and "Millennium Report: Where we've been... Where we're going". (Dec. 1999). Also includes a millennium postage keepsake tin with three souvenir sheets (1999).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Mcbride and Dunster. Includes photographs depicting the Croyden cemetery and the Dunster ferry site (2005).

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the 1920s development of the McArthur Sawmill in Prince George, situated along the Fraser River between First Avenue and the original southern boundary of the city. Includes: "CNC Fraser River Syndicate" handwritten notes by Kent Sedgwick (2005); and "Fraser River Syndicate proposal for a pulp mill in the Prince George region, 1920" reproduction of the 14 Dec. 1920 typescript document. File also includes photocopies of newspaper articles regarding the City of Prince George's decision to allow the opening of the McArthur Sawmill and updates on the projects development.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Lutheran churches in Prince George. The Connaught Hill Lutheran Church took over the original Knox Presbyterian Church in South Fort George, which later moved into the new Knox Presbyterian Church at Fifth and Brunswick Street. By 1958 there were two Lutheran Churches including Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at 3590 Dufferin, and the Zion Lutheran Church at 180 South Tabor Street in Prince George.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Longworth, a community along the East Line. The community post office opened in 1915 and Longworth was dependent on the sawmill which closed in 1929. File also includes photographs depicting various buildings in Longworth, including the post office, railway tracks, and a log building (2010).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to log buildings in the central interior of British Columbia. Includes: "Log school" typescript letter from Kent Sedgwick to Susan Spoke, publisher for Canadian Heritage (23 June 1985). File also includes photographs depicting a log building and its building process (1985).

File consists of a duotang containing a typescript document titled "Local history cassette collection" and its regulations for use from the Prince George Public Library.