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 brief developed by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. examining the problems with expanding urban sprawl in Greater Vancouver, outlining the findings of the research, and offering future suggestions.
File consists of a 1957 North Peace High School yearbook.
This fold out brochure, published by the Prince George Board of Trade, provides an overview of the industries present in Prince George by the BC Centennial; as well as a brief presentation of local recreational opportunities and a mileage listing.
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".
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. outlining a continued program of housing research for the Greater Vancouver Area. The report examines similar experiences of other urban cities and outlines the proposed program for housing analysis.
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 a 1960 Modern Land Policy journal reprint of an article by Howard Conklin entitled "Principles of Land Classification".
File consists of G. Gary Runka's UBC academic records.
File consists of a report undertaken by the Lower Mainland Planning Board of B.C. forecasting the future of industrial land prospects. This report is part of a larger study of industrial settlement in the province.
File consists of a study examining the residential land structure of Metropolitan Vancouver. This study is supplementary to the Land for Living study. Includes one report of the findings and analysis of the study.
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.).
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. regarding the needs of industrial land. The report describes methods for carrying out these needs with suitable sites in the Lower Mainland area.
File consists of population data from the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. on the future industrial land prospects of the Lower Mainland.
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Plannng Board of BC concerning availible farming land in the Lower Mainland.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1147 entitled "Seeding Forest Ranges in the Dry Belt 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".
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. regarding the facilities that serve households and standards of lower mainland dwelling facilities. The study correlates with a larger "Land for Living" report about land development in the Lower Mainland.
File consists of material relating to William John "Wiggs" O'Neill, a riverboat pioneer. Wiggs began working on a Skeena River sternwheeler in 1898 and continued working on the river until the end of the steamboat era in 1911. He then moved to Smithers, where he operated the first power plant and owned an auto agency for 43 years. Materials include two books, newspaper clippings, and reproductions of journal articles. Highlights include:
File consists of a report by the Lower Mainland Regional Plannng Board of BC concerning availible land in the Lower Mainland.
File consists of a study by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. regarding the attitudes of residents in the Greater Vancouver fringe areas toward their environment. The study was part of the larger "Land for Living" report about land development in the Lower Mainland. Includes Part 1 and Part 2 of the report detailing survey structure, findings, and interpretation.
Item is a copy of "Scheduling of Irrigation" by Brownlee, C.H. and J.C. Wilcox.
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).
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1190 entitled "Climate and Agriculture in Central 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 1224 entitled "Climate of the Upper Peace River Region".
Item is a copy of "American Wilderness: A Unique Conservation Concept" Background Fact Sheet.
File consists of a study by the Associated Engineering Services Ltd. on the metropolitan traffic of Prince George.
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 photocopied journal reprint from Queen's Quarterly entitled "Public Management and Mismanagement of Natural Resources in Canada" from Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 1966, pp. 86-99.
File consists of a bylaw for the City of Prince George to establish zoning. Includes a regional index of the Prince George area.
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.
File consists of a petition by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities against the Amchitka Nuclear Test by the Atomic Energy Commission of the United States of America.
File consists of assorted maps, correspondence, and speeches examining the prospects of park establishment in the Prince George area.
File consists of a plan to develop Pigeon Lake as a provincial park.
File consists of G. Gary Runka's Cornell University academic records.
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 1967 comic book published by the Soil Conservation Society of America entitled "Food and the Land: The Role of Soil and Water Conservation in the World Food Crisis".
Item is a typescript draft of a report written by M.J. Romaine entitled "Region No. 13 East Kootenay - Soil Capability for Forestry Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee".
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1319 entitled "Grassland Ranges in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".
File consists of an appraisal by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of the labour force and employment in Vancouver. This report is supplementary to other similar studies examining changes in the labour force.
File consists of the preliminary outline of an urban pattern study by N. Pearson. Appended to the beginning of the report, members of the technical committee have laid out points of constructive critisicm about the drafted report. Includes a few pages of suggested edits and a drafted report on urban patterns.
File consists of a paper by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board of B.C. about the purchasing power of consumers in the Lower Mainland. The paper examines how rising income might affect urban living and possible responses.
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.
File consists of a draft copy of an address by J.D. Mawell for delivery at the Sixth Annual Aministrator's Seminar for the BC Hospital's Association. The speech outlines aspirations for the Hospital Association in the future.