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              2243 Archival description results for Prince George, BC

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              Queen Bea
              2014.6.1.11 · File · 2014
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of the self-published book "Queen Bea: Highlights of the Life of Bea Dezell".

              Cards and Memorabilia
              2014.6.1.08 · File · 1957-1964
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of Christmas cards, invitations, ribbons, programmes and other memorabilia collected by Bea Dezell while her husband was mayor of Prince George.

              Dezell Family Movies
              2014.6.1.09 · File · 1953-1970
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of 2 VHS tapes of Dezell Family Movies: 1953-1959 and 1964-1970. Videos include images of family Christmas celebrations, horse racing, Prince George Soapbox Car Derby races, and constriction. Videos have no sound.

              Mayor Garvin Dezell
              2014.6.1.05 · File · [1962-1965]
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of materials related to official events and invitations for Mayor Garvin Dezell of Prince George. File includes correspondence, invitations, event schedules, and two photographs: one of a local dinner with RCMP and the other of Winnipeg CFL Grey Cup win celebration.

              Bea Dezell Correspondence
              2014.6.1.06 · File · 1959-2004
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of several notes and letters addressed to Bea Dezell or Mr. and Mrs. G. Dezell. Most of the letters are short thank you notes but two letters concern her support for the creation and expansion of UNBC.

              Spruce dollars
              2014.6.1.01 · File · 1958-1981
              Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

              File consists of various "Spruce Dollars" consisting of thin rounds of spruce wood stamped commemorating an event or place. Some are contained in their original plastic bags with some of the bags marked with the names of the people who owned them. File also includes a thank you note from UNBC for the donation.

              McNaughton Lake, B.C. Map
              2016.5.5.05 · Item · 1984
              Part of Harry Coates fonds

              Item is McNaughton Lake, B.C. Map 83D and Part of 83C Second Status Edition (1975) from "Classification and Interpretation of some Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountain Trench, Prince George Forest Region, British Columbia: First Approximation" (1984).

              2016.5.5.01 · File · [19-?]
              Part of Harry Coates fonds

              File consists of trail maps and recreation guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Maps include:

              • British Columbia Road Map and Parks Guide
              • Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited Forest Operations Recreation Map
              • Provincial Parks of Northern British Columbia
              • Visitor's Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
              • Visitors Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
              • Mackenzie Forest District Recreation Map
              • Dawson Creek Forest District Recreation Map
              • Morice Forest District Recreation Map
              • Fort St. James Forest District Recreation Map
              • Lakes Forest District Recreation Map
              • Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map
              • Lakes District Visitors Map
              • Prince George Forest District Recreation Map
              • Vanderhoof Forest District Recreation Map
              • Fort St. John Forest District Recreation Map
              • Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map (East)
              • Robson Valley Forest District Recreation Map
              • Fort Nelson Forest District Recreation Map
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: Valemount - Blue River
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: McBride - Goat River
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: Prince George West
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: Moberly - Sukunka
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: Nation - Takla
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites: Murrat - Kiskatinaw
              • Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1987-1988)
              • Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1997)
              • The Bobtail Forest Service Road Tour
              • Forest Recreation Map: Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited
              • Forest Operations Recreation Map: Northwood pulp and timber limited
              • Forest Service: Recreation Sites Williston/Mackenzie
              • Forest Service Recreation Sites Prince George West
              • The Official Prince George Tourist Street Map
              • Ecological Reserves in British Columbia (July 1990)
              • Prince George Forest District map (April 1990) with annotations regarding trials.
              Recreational Guides
              2016.5.3.01 · File · [199-?]
              Part of Harry Coates fonds

              File consists of recreational guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Guides include:

              • The North Ridge Ecr-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest
              • Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area: Trail Guide
              • Willow River Interpretive Trail
              • Crooked River Forest Self-Guided Circle Tour
              • Forests for the World Interpretive Trail Guide
              • Cottonwood Island Nature Park: Habitat Enhancement.
              2001.1.023 · Item · 2005
              Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

              Item is two photocopied chapters from Gwen Abram's biographical manuscript entitled "Bone to Soup: A Memoir by Gwen Abram". The chapters are titled "Wood and Snow: Adventures in Prince George; Walls Come Tumbling Down" and "Fun at College: Prince George college sit-in".

              Bridget Moran fonds
              2008.3 · Fonds · 1935 - 1999, predominate 1954 - 1996

              This fonds illustrates Bridget Moran’s careers as a writer, a social worker and a social activist primarily within the Prince George region of British Columbia. This fonds also contains records pertaining to her personal relationships with family and friends and her receipt of various honours and awards.

              Types of records reflective of her career as a writer include: published articles and unpublished manuscripts, drafts and front cover mock-ups, correspondence with editors from Arsenal Pulp Press, grant applications, notebooks, background material, writer’s workshop invitations and overviews, photographs, oral history interviews and transcripts, and VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications.

              Types of records reflective of her career as a social worker and social activist include: annual reports, work journals, correspondence and published newspaper articles re: social policy, photographs, and general background material. Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings highlight her personal relationships, while her receipt of honours and awards is demonstrated through copies of letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photographs, VHS recordings of award ceremonies, event itineraries, congratulatory correspondence, and invitations.

              The Bridget Moran fonds has been divided into the following four series:

              1. Published and Unpublished Materials
              2. Career Related Materials
              3. Personal Papers and Correspondence
              4. Honours and Awards.
              Moran, Bridget
              Norah Banbery Doherty fonds
              2000.12 · Fonds · 1930 - 1960

              Fonds consists of 1 copy of an unpublished manuscript ("A Man's Country") written by Norah Banbery Doherty, and a photocopied article written by Doherty for the 11 April 1939 issue of the Express and Star

              2002.1 · Collection · 1887-1999

              The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

              The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

              The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

              1) Canadian National Railway
              2) Grand Trunk Railway
              3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
              4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
              5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
              6) Intercolonial Railway
              7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
              8) PGRFM
              9) Photographs

              Trelle Morrow Collection
              2007.47 · Collection · [2007]

              Includes an audiocassette and a CD copy of an interview conducted by Kent Sedgwick with Trelle Morrow on the history of architectural design in Prince George.

              Morrow, Trelle
              Harry Weaver collection
              2002.21 · Collection · [ca. 1985]

              Fonds consists of one copy of a manuscript of Harry Weaver's autobiography and copies of various accompanying records, as well as one black & white copy print photograph depicting the Weaver family.

              Weaver, Harry
              2006.18 · Fonds · 2001-2019

              The Aleza Lake Research Forest Society (ALRFS) records encompass material that was created or collected by the Society over its existence (2001-present). Records created by the ALRFS consist of administrative and operational records, as well as publications from the Society. Collected records include historical records relating to the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest gifted to the Society or its members. These include maps, photographs, reference material, and documents. Members and associates of the ALRFS also documented the history of the forest through the creation of oral history recordings and written histories such as John Revel's "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes".

              The fonds includes a significant amount of reproduced archival material about Aleza Lake from other institutions, such as BC Archives, the Canadian Forest Service, and the BC Forest Service. Many of these reproductions were created as part of the 2006 ALRFS Natural Resources History Internship in an effort to compile the history of the research forest.

              Also included are cartographic and photographic materials that depict the Aleza Lake Research Forest and surrounding areas.

              2003.11 · Collection · 1998-2000

              Collection consists of material resulting from Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project Collection. Includes oral history interviews of former Island Cache (Cottonwood Island) residents on recording media (cassette and VHS) as well as transcripts of the oral histories. Also includes administrative records for the project and photocopies of background research material used for the project, such as Prince George city records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

              Evans, Michael John
              2009.5 · Collection · 1899-1959

              This Collection consists of photographs documenting early development of the Central Interior including such subjects as: homesteading, railway construction, packing & freighting, modes and routes of transportation, schools, mercantile development, leisurely activities, sports, natural resource development and exploitation, political movements, town-site development and policing. This collection also provides a look at history of the Taylor-Baxter Family - a long time pioneering family of this region, including: A.K. & Lillian Bourchier; Hugh & Hermina "Minnie" (nee Wessel) Taylor and family; Herbert & Sarah (nee Wessel) Glassey; and Bob & Violet (nee Taylor) Baxter and family.

              UNBC History Collection
              1993.1 · Collection · 1988-2019

              Collection consists textual material, objects, and ephemera related to the history of the University of Northern British Columbia.

              University of Northern British Columbia
              2006.18.6.01 · File · [196-?]
              Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

              Photographs are panoramas taken from the Churchill BC Forest Service Lookout, located at latitude 54°04' and longitude 122°16'. The photographs were bound together and include a transparent grid that was intended to be used for locating forest fires.