File consists of photocopied documentation for E.P. 646.3 Reciprocal Planting of Spruce Provenances in the Rocky Mountain Trench along with printed satellite maps from Bing Maps. File also includes a map of Buckhorn Barn showing reserve no. EP 505, research & R.N. projects. Map includes annotations for EP 646.3.
File consists of E.P. 657.06 Test Site Report, region 10 Mackenzie site 4 Weston Creek, block 97 & 98.
File consists of "EP 657.06 Lodgepole Pine Provenance Plantation Fall 1993" report by Harry Coates on behalf of the Aurora Forestry Services.
File consists of a report and documentation on E.P. 657.06 Test Site Report Region 9 Nechako Site 5 Barton Lake Block 80 & 90.
File consists of E.P. 657.06 Test Site Report, region 10 Mackenzie site 2 Carpet Lake, Block 93 & 94.
File consists of documentation on E.P. 668 and a two printed satellite images of E.P. 549.2.
File consists of maps and notes of Experimental Plot 668.
File consists of two sets of photographs. The first set consists of 19 photographs of a cleared site with evidence of former fire damage and new growth. The second set consists of 40 photographs from EP 668 from 1972 of seedling or [wildling] heights, this set of photographs are documented with notes.
File consists of documentation for E.P. 670.
File consists of documentation for E.P. 670.80.11.
File consists of photographs of sapling measurements for experiment 697.
File consists of photographs of sapling measurements for experiment 713.
File consists of documentation on the Limited Extension of the Silvicultural Mechanical Site Preparation Trial (E.P. 741) to Additional Biogeoclimatic Zones on an Operational Scale.
File consists of "Ministry of Forests Tour Frost Lake Experimental Plots Prince George Forest District: Post Treatment Review" June 28, 2010 and documentation on various Eps including E.P. 858.04.01, 895.03, 786.06, 973.02.
File consists of E.P. 886.01 "Responses of Thinned, Immature Lodgepole Pine to Fertilizer Application".
File consists of:
- "E.P. 972.01 The Biological Effectiveness of Mounding and Herbicide Treatments Handout, 92.07.30 Tour"
- "E.P. 972.03 The Biological Effectiveness of Prescribed Fire Handout, 92.07.30" and other documentation regarding E.P. 972.03.
File consists of Field Cards from site G, and Field Notebooks from Sites J, K, M, N.
File consists of a field notebook recording notes from experimental plots, phone numbers, and other notes. Notebook contained four photographs found together in a section of blank pages of the notebook. The photographs depict research trial seedling assessment for E.P. 668.
File consists of course materials for an UNBC course on Forest Ecology taught in 1973.
File consists of research materials related to the history of forestry on BC and the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File consists of issues from the "Forest: Research Note" Prince George Forest Region, Forest Resources and Practices Team March 1997 Notes #PG-12 and PG-12-1, January 1998 Note #PG-12-2 and PG-12-3.
File consists of a "Operational Manual with Instructions to Forest Officers in Forest Protection" by the Province of British Columbia Department of Lands (Forest Branch) 1942. File includes letters, notices, and updates to the manual.
File consists of the Forestry Worker Development Program: Basic and Advanced Forestry Instructors Manuals. These include Basic Forestry FWDP 94-100 and Advanced Forestry FWDP 94-200 by the Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Social Services, Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour, and BC 21 - Ministry of Employment and Investment. File includes lesson plans, instructor's overheads, and participant's manual for both courses.
File consists of the Forestry Worker Development Program: Safety in the Forestry Workplace (FWDP 94-011) Trainer's Manual by the Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Social Services, Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour, and BC 21 - Ministry of Employment and Investment. File includes lesson plans, instructor's overheads, and participant's manual.
File consists of a forestry tool called a dibble and mile marker.
File consists of two videos:
- A VHS video tape containing "Mark of Progress" promotional and possible training video for the BC forest industry in and around Prince George
- A VHS tape "Reforestation in British Columbia: A Growing Success" published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
File consists of three copies of two photos of Harry Coates printed next to each other with the words "Genetic Variability of a White Spruce Seedlot".
File consists of forest research materials in various stages of publication, which informed Harry Coates' professional practice. File includes:
- "Forestry Canada in the Pacific & Yukon Region" contact list pamphlet
- "Summary of Forestry Canada Forest File Research in the Prince George Forest Region 1966-94" prepared by Stephen W. Tylor and Bruce D. Lawson, Revised February 1995
- "Silviculture Opportunities in the Vanderhoof Area" tour
- "Hardwood Stand Rehabilitation: Stand and Site Treatment Evaluations at Stewart Lake"
- "Contortatallens Rotstabilitet Proveniensens inflytande" by Owe Martinsson och Jan-Erik Lundh 1981 *
"Soil Disturbance Workshop" - "Bednesti Site: Testing the Biological Effectiveness of Mechanical Site Preparation Equipment" MSP Contractors Tour May. 5, 1992
- Hand-drawn map to Shelley attached to "Silviculture Site Preparation Equipment Study" by J Maxwell, revised 1989
- "A Joint Swedish Canadian Forest Industry University Project: A species-genotype-environment-interaction study"
- "Silviculture Policy and Treatment Guidelines for the Prince George Forest Region"
- R.H. Tables 0-Over 6,000 Feet Elevation
- "The Armason Method: Comparing Techniques Required in a Study of Root Development" by Elaine Goodvin, CNC Forest Resource Student, December 4, 1991
- Faxed forestry project descriptions (1993)
- "Some 'Physioclimatic' Background Information"
- "Lodgepole pine toppling, and a review of some factors which may be related to toppling" by G. Dykstra.
File consists of a draft of "Guidelines for Vegetation Management SX Trials (Draft)" by Jacob O. Boateng (1984).
File consists of Hardwood Stand Rehabilitation: Stand and Site Treatment Evaluations at Stewart Lake. File includes documentation about the site and tours of different areas.
File consists of Harry Coates CV.
File consists of many printed articles from the Journal of Applied Ecology, the Journal of Mammology, Can. J. For. Res. [Canadian Journal of Forest Research?], J. Wildl. Manage. [Journal of Wildlife Management], Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests Research Notes, and typed reports. All of these reports were authored or co-authored by Thomas P. Sullivan, often along with Druscilla S. Sullivan or Richard A. Moses.
File consists of Harry Coates personnel file containing information about his employment.
File consists of a letter to Harry Coates from the Prince George Fire Centre confirming his qualification to teach safety courses and Harry Coates' CV.
File consists of a plaque dedicating a tree to Harry Coates for his work in the Prince George Forest Region (1957-1993).
File consists of handbooks and guidebooks on forest species identification and forest inspection as well as Forest Officer Field Guides in British Columbia. These include:
- Field Guide to Causes of Seedling Damage & Mortality in First Year Plantations
- Harvesting Edible Wild Mushrooms in British Columbia
- Drag Scarification in British Columbia (1979)
- Mechanical Site Preparation Reminders
- Planting Quality Inspection (1986)
- Enhancing Forest Growth Fertilizing our Forests
- Metric Practice Guide: For Forestry Research
- Site Preparation Strategies to Manage Soil Disturbance: Interior Sites (1990)
- Aircraft Use Forest Officer Field Reference (1989)
- Scarification
- Dissemination and Application of Research Information in the Field (1972).
File consists of five posters Harry Coates created to convey his ideas about sustainable forest management. Posters contain photographs and text.
File consists of notes on Sx 93101 interior spruce planting trials. File includes working plan, objectives and discussion, handwritten notes, and treatment descriptions.
File consists of materials related to "A Short Course on Bedrock, Landform and Soils" including handouts, handwritten notes, and other materials.
File consists of a photocopy of the article "Local history regained at Aleza research forest".
File consists of issues of the "LTSPS: Research Note" Prince George, Prince Rupert and Cariboo Forest Regions LTSPS-03 and LTSPS-04 (March, 2000) and "Forest: Research Note" Prince George Forest Region: Forest Resources and Practices Team PG-22 and PG-23 (March, 2000).
File consists of "Managing Your Woodland: A Non-Forester's Guide to Small-Scale Forestry in British Columbia" (1988).
File consists of office listings of the Ministry of Forests for July 1979 and personnel listings for the Prince George Forest Region for the Winter and Summer of 1979.
File consists of various EP experiment reports and documentation many of which are reproductions of original copies, either faxed or photocopied.
File consists of various documents including:
- plantation charts at McLeod Lake
- notes on lodgepole pine
- notes entitled "A Sustainable Forest for Tomorrow"
- notes on white spruce
- "B.C. Natural Resources"
- E.P. 966 Post-Planting Ecophysiology on Interior Spruce Handout, 92.07.30 Tour
- "The Rise and Fall of Lodgepole Pine"
- Aleza Lake Research Forest "Historic Timber Sales" map (2013)
- "The Need to Develop a Sustainable Forest"
- "1992 N.S.C. Field Tour" Aleza Lake Research Forest"
- Typed notes entitled "Fifty Years of Practical Research - White Spruce and Lodgepole Pine" consisting of brief point-form notes on white spruce, lodgepole pine, and other species
- "E.P. 972.01 The Biological Effectiveness of Mounding and Herbicide Treatments Handout, 92.07.30 Tour"
- Photocopy of page from Appendix II of EP 668
- Edits to text entitled "Forest Management in BC: Evolve or Die" and accompanying email exchange
- handwritten notes
- photocopied pages from E.P. 786.06 and 859.03 report
- correspondence regarding presentation.
File consists of photographs mostly depicting trees, forests, and logs. Some photos include Harry Coates. One set of photographs shows Harry Coates accepting an award.
File consists of information on the Cull Study - August 1985; map of Camp 4 for EP 657, Growth charts for various Eps; drafts of some of Harry Coates' reports from 1964/65; photocopies of charts from unknown source(s); notes on EP 845 (1981); notes and charts on Growth Patterns of Lodgepole Pine in the Nursery; notes on Sx 75102 at Gregg Creek in August 1997.
File consists of a letter to Harry Coates from J.T. Arnott referring to the enclosed excerpt of a unfinished report on the North Purden trials.
File consists of fliers for Northern Silviculture Committee Winter Workshops in 2016 and 2017.
File consists of photographs of "partial willow kill - good Aspen + Fireweed control 147-009 85/87" largely depicting deforested land and young trees. Some photographs are aerial photographs.