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2008.27.5 · File · 1928-1955
Part of Knox McCusker Collection

File consists of the following articles and speeches written by Knox McCusker:

  • "Reminiscences of Knox McCusker" (63 typewritten pages)
  • "Back and Beyond the Peace" by K.McCusker (taken from the Toronto Star Weekly Saturday May 5, 1928) – retyped
  • "The Alaska Highway" by Knox F. McCusker, D.L.S. (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1943)-photocopy
  • Mr. McCusker's speech (5 pages)
  • “Tropical Valleys of B.C.” (4 pages)
  • "The president has called me an old old surveyor…" speech written by K. McCusker
  • "In the early days of my career in the Surveying profession…" written by K. McCusker
General correspondence
2008.27.6 · File · 1931-1955
Part of Knox McCusker Collection

File consists of the following photocopied items:

  • Letter to Mrs. J. Norman Henry from G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer (May 22, 1935)
  • Memorandum to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General (Topographical Survey of Canada) from R. W. Cautley, Acting Chief of Control Surveys (Dec. 17, 1931)
  • Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from F.C. Green, Surveyor General (June 22, 1932)
  • Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 8, 1931)
  • Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 2, 1931)
  • Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Oct. 2, 1931)
  • Letter to unknown recipient from J. Norman Henry (Oct. 15, 1931)
  • Letter to K.F. McCusker from G.G.A. (G.G. Aitken?) Member on Geographic Board of Canada Representing B.C. (June 2, 1938)
  • Letter to unknown recipient from Gwen McCusker (Sept. 5, 1944)
  • Letter to Mrs. McCusker from Sgd. J. Clarke Williams on the occasion of the death of Knox McCusker (April 27, 1955)
W.H. Collison obituary file
2009.7.2.14 · File
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

File contains obituaries for Collison as well as for his son Henry Alexander (H.A.) and granddaughter Katherine Clarke (nee Collison); various articles re: Collison’s many accomplishments; a letter of condolence from Councillors of the Haida Nation on the occasion of his death, a program from Collison’s memorial service at Metlakatla, and a typed biography.

2001.1.085 · Item · 2016
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

This document is an unpublished draft manuscript of a Northern British Columbia history annotated bibliography. The document is based overwhelmingly on research into secondary sources published prior to 2016; more recent sources are not included. The annotated bibliography includes the following sections:

  • Historiography
  • Settlement Histories
  • Alexander Begg's History of British Columbia
  • R.E. Gosnell
  • E.O.S. Scholefield
  • Regional History
  • New Histories
  • Environment
  • Northern History
  • Ancient History
  • Bibliography