File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project done on the East Line and Upper Fraser in collaboration with the University of Northern British Columbia researchers. Includes a CD titled "Kent's Upper Fraser Files" containing Kent's research files for the Upper Fraser project (7 Jan. 2004) and a computer diskette titled "Oral Histories" containing an oral history interview with a woman (2004).
File consists of clippings and notes relating to unions, trade, and tariffs in Prince George, including material on the International Woodworkers of America Canadian sector, lumber trading with the United States, and United States tariffs on lumber. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "IWA leadership: Controversies of the '40s" (20 May 2000); "American tariffs have long history" (7 Apr. 2001); and "IWA contract first for Interior" (28 Apr. 2001).
File consists of:
- List of communities on the Upper Fraser
- "Sawmill & Town Inventory"
- Photocopied excerpt from "Mile by mile details on driving to best sightseeing, camping, hiking, rockhounding, exploring fishing, hunting, picnicking." by Ken & Kathy Bernsohn
- "General Community Information" document regarding the Upper Fraser
- Photocopied excerpt from the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George's 1974 "Resource Community Structure - Phase I: Case Study of Upper Fraser Valley"
- Photocopied excerpts from various other published works
File consists of:
- Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project backgrounder and summary document
- Letter-size maps of the Upper Fraser River community area created for the project
File consists of two editions of a brochure created for the Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project.
File consists of:
- A digital file of the Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project database contained on a 3.5" floppy from July 2002
- Database print-outs
- Printed email correspondence
File consists of:
- "Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Interview Etiquette"
- Blank consent forms
- Blank interview checklists
- A hand-out for a May 15, 1999 Oral History Workshop organized by the Prince George Oral History Group
File consists of a oral history transcription index for the project, as well as copies of the interview summaries created for each of the oral histories.
File consists of:
- Directory of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project oral history interviews
- Printed email correspondence
- Status update documents on the project
- "Textual History of Upper Fraser" based off of Northwood textual files
- Handwritten notes
File consists of documents containing the questions created for use in the project's oral history interviews.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Upper Fraser townsite. Includes photographs depicting the Upper Fraser townsite (2003).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Valemount. Also includes a photograph depicting the Valemount autowrecker (2005).
File consists of material relating to the town of Vanderhoof. Materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, correspondence, a manual, postcards, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Vanderhoof District Chamber of Commerce, "Vanderhoof", [198-?] (welcome par-folio)
- District of Vanderhoof, "Resource Manual", 1988 (booklet)
- District of Vanderhoof, "Vanderhoof and area", [198-?] (pamphlet)
- CO-OP, "50 Proud Years with Vanderhoof co-operative Association", 1994 (newsletter)
- Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Happy Birthday Vanderhoof", 1976 (newsletter)
- Yellowhead Highway 16, "Gateway to Alaska", [198-?] (pamphlet)
- District of Vanderhoof, "1st Memorial Church", [198-?] (booklet)
- Vanderhoof Chamber of Commerce, "In the Geographic Centre of Beautiful British Columbia", [198-?] (pamphlet)
- Nechako Neyenkut. Neyenkut Newsletter, [198-?]
- NorthWest Interior Region, "Enterprise North West British Columbia", 1986 (fact sheet)
File consists of an oral history given by Violet Findlay, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Volksport trail in Prince George. The trail starts at the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum and follows the Heritage River Trail through parks along the Fraser and Nechako Rivers with some residential walking. Includes: "Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum 11 km trail for Volkssporting members" typed document (2004) and "Presentation for Railway and Forestry Museum Directors Meeting" typed document by Audrey L'Heureux (Jan. 2004).
File consists of an oral history given by Robert Parris, Elizabeth Cariselle, Rose Bortolon, Betty Williams, and Sherry Lewis recalling the walk to Island Cache school. This oral history was gathered in conjunction with Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Does not include a transcript or consent forms.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a walking tour of the Millar Addition in Prince George.
File predominantly consists of correspondence to Rev. W.H. Collison from the Church Missionary Society. However, some letters in this file are also from individual parishioners, fellow clergymen, Massett councillors, and the American Geographical Society.
This unpublished manuscript, authored by W.H. Collison and handwritten by Joyce Collison, comprises 29 identifiable chapters. Content of this manuscript appears to be focused upon the retelling of First Nations stories. The donor identified that this manuscript was intended for publication but was never completed.
Notebook contains two stories: "The Finding of the Crystals" and "Tit for Tat or The Porcupine and the Beaver". These stories are also found in the Collison manuscript.
Notebook contains Collison's recollections of local history as he heard it, and of the events he encountered during some of his time in ministry.
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 consists of notes and reproductions relating to William Binney Milner, a Vancouver-based financier who owned Eagle Lake Sawmills at Giscome and the Prince George Citizen newspaper. File also includes photographs depicting the exterior of a house at the address 2890 Marine Drive (2005).
File consists of consent forms from participants who did not wish to continue with the Island Cache Recovery Project or who did not wish their material to be archived.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Woodpecker and Hixon. Includes: "Heritage Week" poster with photographs depicting Huble Homestead, Valemount Museum, St Mark's Anglican Church, and the Church of St Pius X (Feb. 1994). File also includes photographs depicting various buildings in Woodpecker and Hixon, including the Woodpecker Church (2001).