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Closeup of Giscome School. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Our school. This is my 0 room – the back of it.”

Head on class photo featuring 28 students of grade 3, 4 and 5 posing for an outdoor photo in a field of grass. Wooden support for swing set visible to the left.

Photograph taken from the back of the classroom. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “In the classroom.”

Elevated class photo featuring 28 students of grade 3, 4 and 5 posing for an outdoor photo in a field of grass. Wooden support for swing set visible to the left.

Photograph taken from the back of the classroom. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “In the classroom.”

Some of the children from Division II standing for a group photograph in front of a wall displaying their work.

Photograph taken from the front of the classroom of Division II children in their desks. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Studying.”

Photograph taken from the front of the classroom of Division II children in their desks.

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.”

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

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

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?”

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.”

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

Photograph of the front of Brown's General Store. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Brown’s General Store. The wheelbarrow is for bringing the groceries and mail over from the train. Also if you buy a great quantity of things you wheel it home and then bring back the barrow (Taken on Sunday).”

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

Side perspective of wooden swings covered in snow. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The school swings.”

Shoreline perspective of Eagle Lake. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake from the C.N.R. railway tracks.”

Shoreline perspective of Eagle Lake. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “This is Eagle Lake. It is about 2 blks [sic] away.”

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

Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Looking out of our classroom window up the street.” According to the donor, the car stuck in the snow belonged to his colleague, Bob White.

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

Overview of sawmill situated in valley. Finished lumber visible in distance.

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 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.”

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 * ”

Street view featuring a dirt road leading directly to Giscome School, a three room institution. On the right the steeple of the Catholic church is visible, beside which was Neff’s (sp?) corner store. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Looking up our street. The school is at the end.”

Image depicts the site of Giscome's first quarry, with a train passing by and Eaglet Lake located in the foreground.

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

Image depicts a farm in Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts the site of Giscome's first quarry, with Eaglet Lake located in the foreground.

Image depicts the old Giscome Train Station in Giscome, B.C. It was demolished between 1976 and 1977.

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".

Overview of Giscome, BC showing built and natural landscape.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Bunkhouse & Dining Room / Giscome BC".

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".

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.

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

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Logging - Giscome B.C. Plank truck road - also road under construction showing sills & cribbing."

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.

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

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Caption states: "Note openings made in stand."

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Jeanne Anderson.

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 Buster Brown.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Heather (Scott) Empey.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Arturo Garcia-Alonso.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Joe Rositano.