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Fonds consists of records relating to the personal, business and political life of H.G.T. Perry and as such, has been divided into the following four series: 1) Photographs; 2) Political Activities; 3) Business Ventures; 4) Personal Life; and 5) Miscellaneous Historical Information Files. Also includes material relating to his son, Frank Perry, and his failed political campaign. Includes World War II and Post-War printed materials.

Types of records included in this fonds include Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, maps, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, minutes, annual reports, telegrams, resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases, proposals, plans, charts, file notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, postcards and photographs.

Photographs in this series document Perry's political career, his business enterprises and his familial connection with relatives in England. Other featured subjects include various transportation modes (ca. 1913) used in the BC Interior, as well as railroad and bridge construction in the same era.

Series documents H.G.T. Perry's political activities primarily in British Columbia. They include his tenure as Mayor of Prince George (1917-1918; and 1920); as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort George (1920-1928 & 1933-1945); as Speaker (1933-1937)and Deputy Speaker (1924 to 1928) of the Legislative Assembly; as Minister of Education (1941- 45); and as Chairman of the Post-War Rehabilitation Council (1942-194?). This series is comprised of significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to Northern British Columbia (such as Northern BC political and economic developments); World War II and Post-War Rehabilitation and politics in British Columbia.

Types of records include: Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, memoranda, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, speeches, radio addresses, proposals, maps, plans, file notes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, and postcards and WWII and Post-War Printed Material.

• Reports of the Post-war Rehabilitation Council, The Interim Council (1943) and Supplementary Report (1944). C.1

• Reports of the Post-war Rehabilitation Council, The Interim Council (1943) and Supplementary Report (1944). C.2

• Invitation for the Old Timers Reunion to meet up with “old friends [such] as Alex Moffat, Billy Fraser, Fred Burden and L.C. Gunn.”
• Invitation signed by the Premier of BC: W.A.C Bennett.

Printed Material Hydro Bylaw
“Rate payers of Prince George… Vote Against By-Law 590” re: reasons to oppose Hydro By-Law.

“Vote For Perry" re-election posting – 5 identical ones on green paper. 20.3 cm x 38.5 cm.

“Scrapbook Perry Municipal Report”

• Scrapbook Album of HGT Perry c.1921-23 – Title: “Perry Municipal Report” –
• News-clippings of various political issues related to Perry’s involvement in provincial politics as MLA for Fort George - including clippings from regional newspapers: Nechako Chronicle, Vanderhoof as well as Vancouver and Victoria papers. Subjects include: Pacific Great Eastern Railway Construction; election reform; pulp and paper mill construction promises in region (1922); Ephemera includes: invitation to the Prince George Liberal Association Banquet, 1921.

? Blueprint Plan
? Alaska proposed pipeline, oil route noted as “confidential”

? Legend includes: 1) Railroads: i) Existing, ii) Possible Connections; 2) Roads (Including truck, sled): i) Existing, ii) Possible Future; 3) Navigable Waterways, 4) Airways, 5) Proposed Pipe Line, Oil.
? File no. N-186-10

? Colorful map of mostly Yukon, BC, AB, and parts of Alaska, Northwest Territories and southern part of the United States.
? Legend, Mileage Tables and notes are printed on a white sheet that is then glued onto the map
? Legend includes: 1) Main Routes shown, 2) Roads Fully or Partially Constructed in B.C. and Yukon, 3) Roads Elsewhere, 4) Airports.

B.C.-Yukon-Alaska Highway Commission – Map showing Highway Routes to Accompany Preliminary Report on Proposed Highway to Alaska
? January 1940
? Legend includes: 1) Existing Main Highways, 2) Roads in Northern Area, 3) Routes Under Construction.

Completed Map Suggested Highway Routes to Alaska with Legend.
? Map Showing Suggested Highway Routes to Alaska “to accompany report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska Highway.”
? Legend includes: 1) Proposed Main Routes, 2) Possible Alternative Routes, 3) Possible Connections or Branch Roads, 4) Roads Fully or Partially Constructed in Province and Yukon, 5) Roads Elsewhere.

• Prince Rupert Daily News Ltd Financial Report

Carew Martin Q.C. re HGT Perry Will
Correspondence between HGT Perry and J.T. Harvey

2 Sheets of PMT. Each sheet is 43.5 cm x 28 cm

• Sheet 1 – street view of Rupert Daily news; group photo; 3 people working at desks
• Sheet 2- one outside view; 5 inside views of presses, office, etc.

Series includes material related to the personal activities of H.G.T. Perry, which incorporates various materials from family and acquaintances. Included are correspondence between family and friends, news clippings regarding family funerals, Christmas cards, telegrams and postcards. Also includes printed notes and clippings of poetry, stories, and humour with commentary by H.G.T. Perry.