Kent Sedgwick’s research subject files contain original research notes, interviews and oral histories, news clippings, and collected primary and secondary sources. The series also includes both original and reproduction photographs, audio recordings, and maps. The subject files primarily relate to the history, urban planning, and historical geography of the Central Interior of British Columbia, especially Prince George area and the East Line communities over the course of the 20th century. They also include extensive notes on geographic features, landscapes, interpretative trails, architectural history, industrial history, history of Western exploration and land survey, and the First Nations history of the region.
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding schools in Prince George and area, as well as materials relating to Kent Sedgwick's involvement with the Prince George Retired Teacher's Association. Files primarily consist of notes regarding the location and history of various schools in and surrounding Prince George and photographs depicting historic school buildings. The research on schools aided the development of a history of schools for the Prince George Retired Teachers' Association.
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.
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.
Subseries consists of raw footage created by the UNBC Office of Communications, primarily for the "Spotlight on UNBC" television show.
Videotape contains footage of: 14-Jan-10 - Green Day
Item is a UNBC strategic plan titled: UNBC "The University Plan", 2010.
Videotape contains footage of: Feb-10 - Basketball - 21-Mar-12 - Brian Woolf regarding research in Prophet River
Subseries contains material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding various areas surrounding Prince George. Includes materials on the Crooked River area; Summit Lake; Ferguson Lake; Chief Lake; Salmon Valley; Mud River; Beaverly; Buckwater; Chilako River; Indian Reserve no. 4; Blackburn; Pineview; Stone Creek; Red Rock; Woodpecker; and Hixon. The files primarily consist of research notes and photographs depicting the communities.
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research relating to museums and historical societies within Prince George. Includes material regarding the Fraser Fort-George Regional Museum, the Exploration Place Museum, the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, the Fraser-Nechako Historical Society, the Prince George Oral History Group, and the Prince George Genealogical Society. Also includes publications such as newspapers and calendars created by the museums and societies and various materials regarding activities conducted by the institutions.
Subseries consists of materials collected by Kent Sedgwick for research relating to Lheidli T'enneh First Nations. The Lheidli T'enneh are a sub-group of the Dakelh people whose traditional territory includes the city of Prince George, British Columbia. These files primarily consist of material regarding the original Lheidli T'enneh reserve and cemetery, the reserve relocation, and the desecration of the cemetery.
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.
File consists of two copies of the Forest History Association of British Columbia Newsletter, Issue No. 88, published July 2010. This issue contains a synopsis of the 2009 Forest History Conference that look place at UNBC Prince George.
Videotape contains footage of: 30-Jan-10 - Torch relay at UNBC
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding transportation. Includes notes and research on airplanes, specifically Prince George aviation and the Junkers aircraft named "The City of Prince George"; highway transportation; the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; ferry boat service including the Fraser River Fort George ferry, the Isle Pierre ferry, and the Miworth ferry; the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line; the British Columbia Railway; and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes essays and typed documents on railway history in Prince George.
Subseries consists of materials collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research on prominent individuals within Prince George and northern/central British Columbia. These individuals include various photographers, John Warren Meyer, Fannie Kinney, Father Adrien Morice, Henry Spencer Palmer, and Bridget Moran. The files also contain various other obituaries and materials regarding prominent individuals in Prince George.
File consists of Harry Gairns' speaking notes for his 18 Sept. 2009 banquet talk at the "Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities Annual Conference of the Forest History Association of BC" at UNBC in Prince George, September 19, 2009. Gairns' speech was entitled "Prince George Forest History - The 50s and the 60s".
File consists of:
- An original manuscript of John Revel's 1963 thesis for registration with the Association of BC Foresters entitled "The Effect of Browsing by Columbia Black-tailed Deer and Sooty Blue Grouse on the Establishment of Conifers on Vancouver Island, British Columbia"
- A 1996 informational pamphlet on the Coastal Black-tailed Deer Study (No. 3 of 5) on "How Black-tailed Deer React to Logging in their Winter Habitat"
File consists of the following issues of the UNBC Learning Skills Centre micropublication zine, "Inked":
- Issue No. 1, Oct. 2008
- Issue No. 2, Nov. 2008
- Issue No. 3, New Years 2009
- Issue No. 4, Feb. 2009
- Issue No. 5, Mar.-Apr. 2009
Videotape contains footage of: 22-Jan-09 - New North announcement by Charles Jago
Videotape contains footage of a class trip to the Ancient Forest trail, a nursing class (possibly for the Rural Nursing Certificate program), and an interview with Heidi Mois in the Northern Sport Centre.
Series consists of 7 mini DVs recording "Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities Annual Conference of the Forest History Association of BC" at UNBC in Prince George, September 18-19, 2009. Harry Gairns and Mike Apsey spoke and conference panel topics include:
- Looking to the Past to Inform the Future? Forest History within a Contemporary Context
- Applying Traditional Knowledge to Future Initiatives: First Nations Historical and Future Relationships with the Forests
- Forestry History in Our Communities: Robson Valley & Prince George
- Exploring Our Roots: Forest History Research Methodology
- From Exploration to Development: Bringing Forest History Forward.
Videotape contains footage of: [200-?] - BC Tourism shots of UNBC Prince George campus
Videotape contains footage of: 16-Jan-08 - Greg Halseth class; cold weather; Northern Sport Centre clips with Annika Klopp
Videotape contains footage of: 23-May-08 - Inaugural UNBC and Lheidli T'enneh competition powwow at the Northern Sport Centre (Part 1)
Videotape contains footage of: [May-08?] - Wilp Wilxo'oskwhl Nisga'a graduation ceremony; interview with Ben Spencer Sr.
Aerial photograph depicts a view overlooking the Georges farm. Note on back stated that this photograph was presented in a frame to the Georges in 2008.
File consists of:
- Dr. Donald B. Rix BC Leadership Chair in Aboriginal Environmental Health annual activity report for 2007
- Dr. Donald B. Rix BC Leadership Chair in Aboriginal Environmental Health annual activity report for 2008
Recording is a television clip called "Medical Students Graduate from UNBC" which was featured on Global BC News Hour on May 11, 2008 with Aaron McArthur.
Videotape contains footage of: 1-Mar-08 - Basketball BC Championships; Taneille Johnson research; waste audit; Green Day
Videotape contains footage of: 8-Mar-08 - Northlink mental health
Videotape contains footage of: 10-May-08 - Graduation of first Northern Medical Program class with Shirley Bond and Charles Jago; NMP class lecture
Videotape contains footage of: 23-May-08 - Inaugural UNBC and Lheidli T'enneh competition powwow at the Northern Sport Centre (Part 2)
Videotape contains footage of: [Sep-08?] - Carrier language program taught at CNC in Burns Lake in collaboration with CNC, UNBC, and Lake Babine Nation
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research relating to agriculture in Prince George and the surrounding areas including Pineview, Mud River, and Blackburn. Includes material regarding the Prince George experimental farm, historical agriculture, dairying, and ranching.
Item is an original final report from UNBC's first Green Day entitled: "UNBC's 1st Annual Green Day: 'Spring into Green' - Final Report". The final report is a compilation of reports written by the organizers of Green Day, the students of ENVS 325 (Global Environmental Change: Science and Policy).
Subseries consists of television recordings of UNBC news collected by the UNBC Office of Communications.
Videotape contains footage of: 14-Aug-08 - Archaeology dig west of Fort St. James with Prof. Farhid Rahemtulla (Part two)
Fonds consists of maps, plans, and drawings collected by faculty in the UNBC School of Planning and Sustainability. The majority of these maps reflect the planning history of the City of Prince George and include large format, hand-drawn plans created by the City Planning Department from the 1970s and 1980s. Maps from City of Prince George Official Community Plans are also included.
Series consists of photographs created or accumulated by the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society.
File contains the following Annual Reports of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society:
- 2003
- 2005
- 2006
- 2008
Videotape contains footage of: 18-Jul-08 - Bioenergy ICE - 14-Aug-08 - Archaeology dig west of Fort St. James with Prof. Farhid Rahemtulla (Part one)
Videotape contains footage of: [9-Sep-08] - Castle Creek Glacier research with Professor Brian Menounos and PhD student Matt Beedle
This map is the May 2008 amendment (Bylaw 8061) of the Schedule C of the 2001 Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 7281 for the City of Prince George. This Schedule C map shows the long range land use for the City of Prince George.
File consists of Task Force To Review Northern Post Secondary Education
File consists of documents and ephemera from the MOU signing ceremony between UNBC and Takla Lake First Nation on September 17, 2007. Includes:
- Signing Ceremony program
- Signing Ceremony invitation
- Speaking notes for UNBC President Don Cozzetto
- Guest Lists
Item is a Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies brochure.
Includes an audiocassette copy of an interview conducted by Kent Sedgwick with Trelle Morrow on the history of architectural design in Prince George.
Videotape contains footage of: 4-May-07 - NCMA; Cozzetto and Colin Kinsley on $2 million dollar Northern Medical Program Trust; Soccer
Videotape contains footage of: 4-May-07 - Canfor and Northern Sport Centre; Dave Snodden and the $2 million dollar donation to the Northern Medical Program Trust - 5-May-07 - Prince George shots for TSN