Photograph depicts several people in a large field. There are buildings and trees in the background.
Photograph depicts a tarp spread out on the grass, two men sit nearby the tarp. There is a canvas tent in the background with a man standing beside it. Behind the tent is a low hill with a fence bordering the top of the hill. There are blankets drying on the fence.
Photograph depicts a view from a high hill looking down on the Nechako river. There is forest and low rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view from a high hill, looking down on the Nechako river. There is forest and low rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby. This may be a double exposure and there is an indiscernible image in the center of the photo.
Photograph depicts a view of a lake from a row boat. The back of one male boat passenger and oars are in the foreground.
Photograph depicts several canvas tents set in lush vegetation near dusk.
Photograph depicts seven or more men relaxing near a canvas tent. Some of the men appear to be whittling wood. Long underwear dry on a tent rope and wood smoke drifts past the men and tent to the forest behind.
Photograph depicts a man bathing himself while standing in a small metal tub. Photograph description in album notes this as "His 'Semi Annual'" [bath]. On the left is a log structure, presumably a cache building. A large clearing surrounds the building and bathing man. There is a forest and bluff in the background. Possibly located near Giscome Portage.
Photograph depicts a view from the river looking at the river bank. There is a canvas tent with forest in the background.
Photograph depicts a wide expanse of river in the foreground looking across the water to a narrow clearing along the opposite riverbank. A few building are scattered across the clearing. There is forest in the background.
Photograph depicts four men pulling a long canoe across a clearing on a wheeled trailer.
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.
File consists of various "Spruce Dollars" consisting of thin rounds of spruce wood stamped commemorating an event or place. Some are contained in their original plastic bags with some of the bags marked with the names of the people who owned them. File also includes a thank you note from UNBC for the donation.
File consists of one pulp dollar bill made of thick paper.
File consists of one wooden dollar with commercial use for Holiday Motel, Hope, BC.
File consists of 2 Prince George Golden Jubilee (1965) coins and 3 Corporation of the District of Kitimat (1953) coin.
File consists of materials related to official events and invitations for Mayor Garvin Dezell of Prince George. File includes correspondence, invitations, event schedules, and two photographs: one of a local dinner with RCMP and the other of Winnipeg CFL Grey Cup win celebration.
File consists of several notes and letters addressed to Bea Dezell or Mr. and Mrs. G. Dezell. Most of the letters are short thank you notes but two letters concern her support for the creation and expansion of UNBC.
File consists of letters and notes to or on behalf of Mayor Garvin Dezell of Prince George.
File consists of Christmas cards, invitations, ribbons, programmes and other memorabilia collected by Bea Dezell while her husband was mayor of Prince George.
File consists of 2 VHS tapes of Dezell Family Movies: 1953-1959 and 1964-1970. Videos include images of family Christmas celebrations, horse racing, Prince George Soapbox Car Derby races, and constriction. Videos have no sound.
File consists of one VHS tape showing the building of the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George. Video has no sound.
File consists of the self-published book "Queen Bea: Highlights of the Life of Bea Dezell".
File consists of a family cook book "Bea's Kitchen" dedicated to Bea Dezell and compiled by Noreen Rustad (nee Dezell).
File consists of textual documents regarding fundraising for Northern Medical Programs Trust. Documents mostly consist of email correspondence.
File consists of an electronic oral history transcript documenting the life of Bea Dezell from approximately 189? to 2004. Interview conducted in May and June 2004 by Denise Torgerson and transcript prepared by Elaine Hauck, both of Prince George Oral History Group.
File consists of an electronic oral history transcript documenting the life of Ella Melvira Stephens from approximately 1911 - 1999. Interview conducted in spring of 1999 by an unidentified UNBC student.
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.
File consists of recreational guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Guides include:
- The North Ridge Ecr-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest
- Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area: Trail Guide
- Willow River Interpretive Trail
- Crooked River Forest Self-Guided Circle Tour
- Forests for the World Interpretive Trail Guide
- Cottonwood Island Nature Park: Habitat Enhancement.
File consists of two videos:
- A VHS video tape containing "Mark of Progress" promotional and possible training video for the BC forest industry in and around Prince George
- A VHS tape "Reforestation in British Columbia: A Growing Success" published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
A VHS tape containing "The Mark of Progress" film created by the British Columbia Forest Service and first played for a live audience in 1959 in Prince George, BC.
File consists of trail maps and recreation guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Maps include:
- British Columbia Road Map and Parks Guide
- Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited Forest Operations Recreation Map
- Provincial Parks of Northern British Columbia
- Visitor's Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
- Visitors Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
- Mackenzie Forest District Recreation Map
- Dawson Creek Forest District Recreation Map
- Morice Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort St. James Forest District Recreation Map
- Lakes Forest District Recreation Map
- Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map
- Lakes District Visitors Map
- Prince George Forest District Recreation Map
- Vanderhoof Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort St. John Forest District Recreation Map
- Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map (East)
- Robson Valley Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort Nelson Forest District Recreation Map
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Valemount - Blue River
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: McBride - Goat River
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Prince George West
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Moberly - Sukunka
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Nation - Takla
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Murrat - Kiskatinaw
- Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1987-1988)
- Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1997)
- The Bobtail Forest Service Road Tour
- Forest Recreation Map: Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited
- Forest Operations Recreation Map: Northwood pulp and timber limited
- Forest Service: Recreation Sites Williston/Mackenzie
- Forest Service Recreation Sites Prince George West
- The Official Prince George Tourist Street Map
- Ecological Reserves in British Columbia (July 1990)
- Prince George Forest District map (April 1990) with annotations regarding trials.
Item is McNaughton Lake, B.C. Map 83D and Part of 83C Second Status Edition (1975) from "Classification and Interpretation of some Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountain Trench, Prince George Forest Region, British Columbia: First Approximation" (1984).
This short colour film depicts logging and sawmill operations at Ferguson Lake in March 1959. Scenes include tree felling, log hauling equipment, the Ferguson Lake lumber yard, use of Ferguson Lake to float logs, and the inside operations of the Ferguson Lake sawmill. Film also includes a brief clip of family film footage of the McKay family home and garden on Melville Street in Prince George with scenes showing a Newfoundland dog named Barney with Donald McKay and Joan McKay.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ivan Andersen. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jeanne Anderson. Includes one copy of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Kate Anderson and May Romanin. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and three copies.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jack Boudreau. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Broderick. Includes one copy of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim Burbee. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ruth Cunningham, Lillian Coulling, and Evelyn Rebman. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Gaal. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
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 an audio recording of an interview with Lawrence Grinde. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and four copies.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Bob Harkins. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Myra and Glen Hooker. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim and Dianne Humphreys. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Terry Johnson. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.