File contains a trail guide, a report on potential trail building, and related maps.
File contains trail guide brochures, a 1931 original copy of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station statement of its purpose and development, and other forest related brochures and books.
File contains a 1931 original copy of "The Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station: A Brief Statement of its Purpose and Development". Includes photographs.
File contains a 1921 original copy of "The Talking Trees and Canadian Forest Trees" by James Lawler and the Department of the Interior Forestry Branch.
Item is "The Aleza Lake Experiment Station (1920's and 1930's)" by Ralph Schmidt and the British Columbia Forest Service.
Item is "Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area Trail Guide" by the BC Ministry of Forests.
Item is "The North Ridge Eco-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest".
Item is the BC Forest Service's "A Guide to Stand Treatment".
File contains road reconstruction project reports, photocopies of invoices and work orders, records of daily costs, photocopies of hired equipment daily time reports, related correspondence, and maps.
File contains handwritten messages, photocopied invitations to a field tour, and related correspondence.
File contains datelines, small maps consisting of ecological site types, handwritten notes, overheads, terrain resource management information digital map data, and trail system maps.
Maps reflect reserve boundary, roads, trails, 20 feet contour intervals, air photo centre, declination, swamps, and mile post.
File contains photocopies of survey notes from 1954.
This souvenir program for the New York Harlem Aces Basketball Show. Includes autographs from Rip Collins, Smokey Johnson, Marty Garrett, William "Champ" Brown, K. Scott, and others. This souvenir program may have been obtained at a show in Prince George, BC (unconfirmed).
Item consists of one funeral ledger that contains personal information regarding individuals' causes of death, their name, age, and place of residence. The ledger also contains information regarding payment for caskets or other funeral arrangements.
Transcript of the contents of the Richard Corless Funeral Ledger made by the Prince George Genealogical Society. Transcript includes a column of comments by the transcriber providing some additional information and corrections.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 1 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 2 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 3 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 4 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 5 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 6 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 6 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 8 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of "Exploring and Plant Collecting in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry, reprinted from the 1933 Year Book of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of "A Thousand Miles Exploring on Horseback in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The original document may have been a draft article written for the Canadian Geographical Society in 1935.
Item consists of photocopied documents regarding Mary Gibson Henry's expeditions in Northern BC. Includes itineraries for her team's 1931 trip and 1932 trip. Also includes a document that provides additional details about the expeditions.
Item consists of a summary document entitled "Notable Surveys" by Mrs. W.K. Rutherford, V.C. Brink, R.S. Silver, and M.Z. ("Smokey") Neighbour. The document summarizes Knox McCusker's notable surveys. This article may have been put together by the authors for, or in conjunction with, a submission to a historical serial publication.
File consists of photocopies of various report front covers and references to Knox McCusker from 1926-1931.
File consists of the following items:
- "Mac" by D.L. Surveyor
- "Knox (Mac) McCusker: Dominion Land Surveyor" by E.L. Rutherford, V.C. Brink, R.S. Silver and M.Z. (Smokey) Neighbour
- Excerpts from Men and Meridians by Don W. Thomson
- Article re: Knox McCusker written on the occasion of his death (April 14, 1955)
- "McKusker (sic) to open up Blueberry Mountain Area" (Alaska Highway News, June 8, 1950)
- "McCusker was surveyor, big game guide….also rancher and trail blazer"
- "Knox Freeman McCusker" written on the occasion of his death (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1955)
- "Veteran Surveyor - Alaska Highway Stories"
- Memories of Knox McCusker by his oldest niece Betty (McCusker) Rutherford
- "Veteran Surveyor prefers horses for long bush treks" by Eric Young (Edmonton Journal)
- Eulogy for Knox McCusker read by Stanley D. Seif at Burch Presbyterian Church in Fort St. John, B.C.
- Eulogy for Gwendolyn Dorothy McCusker (July 1997)
- "Tropical Valley No Myth: amazing story of woman who lived there" by Thomas A. Wayling (Vancouver Sun)
- Photocopy of section of map: "Topographical sketch map showing route traversed by the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition 1934 through the Rocky Mountains" (by Frank Swannell, March 27, 1935)
- Memories of Knox McCusker by Bill McCusker, his oldest nephew
- "There is always a reason; destiny made it a date. The corridor of the Alcan didn’t just happen" (Fort St. John publication)
- Article on Knox McCusker (ALS News, Winter 1983)
File consists of the following materials:
- Letter to Vernon C. Brink from the National Archives of Canada re: Knox McCusker holdings (March 1, 1999)
- Photocopy of article: "Living Landscapes: Exploring the wilds of northeaster BC" by Ross Peck and Brian Apland
- Some materials for an article on Knox McCusker, D.L.S.
- Material about the life of Knox Freeman McCusker
- Letter to Mrs. Rutherford (Oct. 5, 1999) re: access to interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis
- Accession information print-out re: interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis in 1954
- National Archives of Canada accession information print-out re: Dominion Land Surveyor Diaries, 1881-1930
- Mary Henry / Knox McCusker "Team" (April 19, 1998)
- Letter to Mrs. Rutherford from George Ungar re: background information on Knox McCusker
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
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)
File consists of the following original items:
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (Jan. 9, 1934)
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (June 20, 1934)
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (May. 9, 1938)
- Certificate no. 484 bestowed upon Knox Freeman McCusker enabling him to be admitted as an Articled Pupil with the Dominion Lands Surveyors. (Feb. 22, 1909)
File includes "In the Wake of the War Canoe" Chapter XX revisions and a note from donor Jean Whiffin on behalf of Joyce Collison regarding the revisions.
Small booklet containing handwritten notes of what appears to be a speech prepared by W.H. Collison on the topic of traditions and events he had been witness to along the northwest coast of British Columbia.
File contains listing of items donated by Rose Margaret Davies to the Ridley Home Archives in 2008 that documented accomplishments of Margaret West; handwritten notes regarding place names along the North Pacific Coast and one page from an issue of the Monthly Reporter, No. 9, September 1873 published by the Church Missionary Society.
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.
File contains an article identified as having been written by W.E. Collison on the topic of the development of First Nations peoples along the North Pacific Coast.
File contains articles and obituaries regarding the life and death of W.E. Collison, as well as a letter of condolence from T.D. Patullo to Bertha Collison. Also contained within this file is an attestation to the baptism of Bertha Davies on 26 January 1897 in Devon, England and a certified handwritten copy of the marriage register entry for the marriage of W.E. Collison and Bertha Davies in Metlakatla on 8 June 1900.
File contains letter to Miss Collison from Dr. Robert Sayson, UBC Department of Medicine regarding the post mortem study conducted on her sister Muriel (11 Oct. 1988); program from the Celebration of Life held for Miss Collison on 29 April 2006; an obituary re: the life and death of Miss Collison; and a newspaper article regarding the sale of W.E. Collison’s First Nations art collection to the UBC Museum of Anthropology by his daughters Joyce and Muriel in 1960.
Newspaper consists of the recto and verso of 2 pages (p. 1-4). It was published in Aiyansh on the Nass River in British Columbia in April 1895 and presents a missionary's perspective of regional First Nations traditions and current affairs of the day.
A monthly journal published by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) featuring the work of CMS missionaries around the world. Note: pages 315-320 are missing.
A monthly journal published by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) featuring the work of CMS missionaries around the world.