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Series consists of reference material collected by Dr. Paul Sanborn, including field trip guidebooks, resource inventory documents, collected sources for various areas of research, and proceedings and abstracts for conferences and workshops.

Series consists of research subject files accumulated by Audrey L'Heureux over the course of her journalism and writing careers, with material collected between 1960 and 2005. L'Heureux arranged her subject files alphabetically; the files were organized by topics such as specific communities, people, historical events, industries, and geographic features. The files consist of reproductions from secondary sources such as periodicals and publications, as well as reproductions from primary sources from other archives (including copy prints of historical photographs). The files also include newspaper clippings, maps, correspondence, books, postcards, and journal articles. The material in the files covers a date range of 1860 to 2005, but material from earlier dates are reproductions only.

The content of the research subject files spans Northern and Central British Columbia, with a focus on the communities of Smithers, Prince George, and Vanderhoof where L'Heureux lived. L'Heureux's research subject files cover the transitional phases in British Columbia’s history, including natural resource extraction, the impact of the railways, industrialization, land survey, and interactions with Indigenous communities. Other topics reflect changes to British Columbia post-industrialization, including collected research material on fisheries, telegraph lines, law enforcement, and historic sites. L’Heureux also collected research material about the people who shaped the province and local community figures in Northern and Central British Columbia.

Kent Sedgwick’s research subject files contain original research notes, interviews and oral histories, news clippings, and collected primary and secondary sources. The series also includes both original and reproduction photographs, audio recordings, and maps. The subject files primarily relate to the history, urban planning, and historical geography of the Central Interior of British Columbia, especially Prince George area and the East Line communities over the course of the 20th century. They also include extensive notes on geographic features, landscapes, interpretative trails, architectural history, industrial history, history of Western exploration and land survey, and the First Nations history of the region.

Series consists of articles, clippings, and other research material related to rolling stock used on British Columbia railways. Although the term “rolling stock” encompasses all vehicles that move on a railway, some material regarding rolling stock is filed separately, such as locomotives (see series 2013.6.11). Includes information about passenger cars, freight cars, and non-revenue cars (cabooses, cranes, service cars, etc.).

Series consists of records related to the Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd. company and mills. Series also includes materials related to the forest industry in British Columbia and Canada.

Series consists of scholarly works authored or coauthored by Weller and related records involved in their presentation or publication.

Series consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings about Mr. Williston’s political career and invitations, programs, menus and other miscellaneous ephemera accumulated by Mr. Williston and his wife in his role as a government minister. Scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order, the first of which is indexed and paginated.

Series consists of serial publications created by the UNBC Office of Communications, including the UNBC "Bulletin" and the UNBC "Update".

Series consists of draft manuscripts and published anthologies of short stories, including "My Career with the Leafs and Other Stories" (1982), "Capital Tales" (1984), "The Secret Journal of Alexander Mackenzie" (1985), "Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow" (1986), and "Public Eye: An Investigation into the Disappearance of the World" (1990).

Series consists of articles and clippings regarding short line railways in British Columbia. Includes information about the Southern Railway of British Columbia, the Kelowna Pacific Railway, the Okanagan Valley Railway, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, the Northern Alberta Railway, the Victoria and Sidney Railway, and the Mt. Sicker Railway, among others.

Series comprises correspondence, press releases, a report and other textual material pertaining to the Skagit Valley Hydro-Electric Project.

Series consists of 39 Kodachrome colour slides ca. 1960s taken from ships of ocean scenes and weather balloon launches from unidentified locations, possibly North Coast but also includes images of an unidentified tropical location.

Series consists of material regarding snow removal on British Columbia railways. Includes information about snow removal operations, snow removal equipment, and rotary snow plows.

Series consists of correspondence, agendas, brochures, newspaper clippings, reports, project summaries, minutes, newsletters, presentations, pamphlets, proposals, member contact lists, information sheets, background papers, conference programmes and agendas, articles, society constitutions, press releases, grant applications, information kits, position papers, conference proceedings, petition forms, certificates of society incorporation, society by-laws, posters, action plans, and conference invitations pertaining to Walt Taylor's extensive involvement with various grass-roots level environmental, socio-political and peace movements while living in the Bulkley Valley region of British Columbia from 1982-2000. Organizations represented in this series include: End Legislated Poverty; Act for Disarmament Coalition; Nuclear Free America; Vancouver Green Women’s Caucus; Waging Peace Society; New Democratic Party; British Columbia Environmental Network; Skeena Roundtable for Sustainable Development; British Columbia Environmental Network; National Centre for Sustainability; Northwest Study Conference; Driftwood Foundation; Environmental Action is Our Children's Heritage (E.A.C.H.); Smithers Human Rights Society; Northwest Development Education Association; International Green Cross; Canadian Voice of Women for Peace; Canadian Environmental Defence Fund; Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade; Centre for Communication, Culture and Society; Sierra Club of British Columbia; B.C. Teacher’s Federation; Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Human Rights Research and Education Centre; Canadian Network for Ethical Investment; Canadian Council for International Cooperation; Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia; Greenpeace; National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy; Harmony Foundation of Canada; Science Council of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Employment and Immigration Canada; Tin-Wis Coalition Society; Community Futures Program – Smithers to Burns Lake; Smithers Branch of the Legal Services Society; Union of Concerned Scientists; Project Ploughshares – Smithers; Telkwa Foundation; Centre for Popular Economics; Nechako Environmental Coalition; British Columbia Utilities Commission; Friends of the Stikine; Mondragon Cooperative System (Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa); British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and the Economy; The Council of Canadians; B.C., Federation of Labour; Kamloops Women’s Resource Centre; Vancouver's Food Policy Coalition; British Columbia Human Rights Commission; The Fraser Institute; United for a Fair Economy; Conscience Canada Inc.; Learning Education Action & Development Smithers (L.E.A.D.S.); Canadian Peace Alliance; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Nuclear Free America; Peace Education Centre of British Columbia; The David Suzuki Foundation; Northwest Development Education Association; Workfare Watch; Nanoose Conversion Campaign; and the Christian Task Force on Central America.

Series consists of newsletters, correspondence, reports, conference programmes, poetry, agendas, brochures, newspaper clippings, articles, conference proceedings, position papers, fact sheets, technical assessments, press releases, political campaign material and briefs pertaining to Walt Taylor's extensive involvement with various grass-roots level environmental, socio-political and peace movements while living in the Okanagan region of British Columbia from ca. 1965-1982. Also included in this series is a very small amount of early correspondence (1951 & 1955) regarding a recent publication (1951) and an update of their activities (1955). Organizations represented in this series include: British Columbia Man & Resources Programme & Provincial Conference (1972-1973); South Okanagan Civil Liberties Society; Human Rights Commission of British Columbia; the British Columbia Conference on the Emerging International Economic Order (1979); United Nations Environment Programme; New Democratic Party; Conserver Society; Amax of Canada Ltd. Mine at Kitsault; South Okanagan Environmental Coalition; Southern Interior Ecological Liaison; Peace Valley Environmental Association; Friends of the Stikine; Canadian Friends Service Committee; Cluff Lake Board of Inquiry; Dai Dong of the Fellowship of Reconciliation; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Institute for Food Development Policy; B.C. Hydro: Hat Creek Coal Fired Power Plant; the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace; and Amnesty International.

Series consists of 7 audio cassette tapes of oral history interviews.

Series consists of miscellaneous addresses and speeches given by Mr. Williston and miscellaneous articles and reports written by Mr. Williston.

Series consists of works written or collected by G. Gary Runka.

The 2020.4.2.1 Speeches sub-series includes manuscripts of speeches written by G. Gary Runka.

The 2020.4.2.2 G. Gary Runka Writing sub-series includes publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career.

The 2020.4.2.3 Collected Works sub-series includes works collected by G. Gary Runka. Runka collected a comprehensive resource library of publications, reports, and rare grey literature that reflected the depth and breadth of natural resource issues in British Columbia. Material from this resource library was intrinsically tied to Runka's work; selected unique items from the resource library are contained within this sub-series to contextualize the scope of land management issues.

Series consists of material regarding railway stations in British Columbia. Includes information about station furnishing, architectural history, flagstops, and railway station gardens. Also contains details about specific stations and types of stations built by each railway in British Columbia, including stations built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and the Great Northern Railway.

Series contains minutes from meetings, budget proposals, management and working plans, research projects and outlines, correspondence, and proposals to assume management over the Aleza Lake Research Forest from the Ministry of Forests.

Series consists of plans, articles, and clippings regarding structures built by railways (with the exception of bridges and stations) in British Columbia. Includes information about engine houses, roundhouses, turntables, water delivery structures, fuelling facilities, freight houses, ice storage shed, tunnels, and other railway structures.

Series consists of submissions and final arguments submitted by registered participants and intervenors to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes submissions to community hearings, submissions to the review hearings, final arguments, and rebuttals to submissions and final arguments. Submitters include Alcan, BC Hydro, the province of BC, the Government of Canada, private individuals, environmental organizations, community groups, and others.

Series consists of material regarding railway survey and construction in British Columbia. Includes information about construction statistics, surveying and tendering, construction methods, contractors, and equipment. Also includes details about the construction of specific railways, including the Canadian Northern Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Kettle Valley Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the Crow’s Nest Pass Railway, and others.

Series consists of records created and collected by wildlife biologist Grant Hazelwood in relation to his Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) research.

Series contains records related to Barry McKinnon's teaching career at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George. Includes teaching material such as syllabi, curricula, and teaching notes. Also includes administrative records relating to McKinnon's teaching at the College, including records related to the controversy of his lay off from CNC and support received from the community to reinstate his position. Additional material consists of documents regarding the creation of the University of Northern British Columbia, the controversial need for a university in the North, and its clash with the established College of New Caledonia.

Series consists of course development material created by Dr. Robin Fisher for his UNBC undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Fisher primarily taught in the Department of History and was instrumental in the development of the History Program at UNBC. Records include syllabi, course readings, resource material, and correspondence.

Series consists of printed overhead projector sheets and data sheets apparently used in the conferencs, as well as a conference program in brochure format.

Series contains textual material and publications related to UNBC's history.

Series consists of five files which are related to surveying experiences in northern BC from 1931 and 1934, personal documents belonging to Phipps and his wife Dorothy Summer Phipps, and documents from the time when Phipps was working in South Africa.

Series consists of correspondence, reports, press releases, a banner, academic gowns and other miscellaneous ephemera documenting the history and development of UNBC.

Series consists of correspondence, mock-ups of “Work in progress: a collection of local history essays by students in History 407”, the table of contents and cover, interview instruction sheets, bibliographies downloaded from the internet, curricular material from local/oral history courses taught at other universities.

Series consists of textual records (bound & unbound) generated by the BC Provincial Police. Includes administrative records dating from 1904 to the 1950s, including a Chief Constable Correspondence Notebook; BC Police General Orders & Criminal Investigation Branch Circulars.

Series consists of invitations, cards, news releases, and other textual material collected or created by the UNBC Office of Development.

Series consists of reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual material collected or created by the UNBC Office of Communications.

Consists of reproduced archival material collected from the Smithsonian Institution in order to facilitate regional access to records.

Series consists of correspondence, itineraries, newspaper clippings, reports, theatre and event programs, ephemera, contact lists, prop lists, scripts, rehearsal and performance schedules, set lists, minutes, agreements, cheques, receipts, and background material all pertaining to Iona Campagnolo's involvement with the planning of the Royal Visit to Prince Rupert in honour of British Columbia Centennial Celebrations, May 10, 1971; North Pacific Player theatre productions of Man of La Mancha (1971), Mary Stuart (1972), Tom Jones (1973), and Fiddler on the Roof (1974); planning and development of Prince Rupert’s first Folkfest '74; and initial planning for Prince Rupert Homecoming event, October 1973.

Series consists of timber sale contracts, correspondence, logging inspection reports, diagrams, datasheets, prescription reports, and maps.

Series consists of material regarding rail-related tourism and preservation in British Columbia. Includes information about rail tours (such as the Rocky Mountaineer and the Royal Hudson), preserved locomotives and rolling stock, the EXPO 86 transportation theme, railway museums, and heritage railways (such and the Kamloops Heritage Railway and the Kettle Valley Railway).

Series consists of material regarding the laying and maintenance of railway track and other trackside operations in British Columbia. Includes information about rails, track, turnouts, rail ties, gradients, telegraph lines, track signage, road crossings, and diamond crossings.

Series contains project reports, invoices, work orders, daily costs, maps, correspondence, forest related brochures and books, and trail guides.

Series consists of material regarding various train types and uses, including passenger trains and freight trains. Also includes information about train handling, train yards, and switching.

Series consists of written transcriptions prepared in 2000 by members of the Prince George Oral History Group of audio cassettes dubbed from original CKPG audio reels of radio programming broadcast in Prince George from 1960 to 1973.

Series consists of bound transcripts of seven oral history interviews of Prince George area residents.

Series consists of files of transcripts of interviews, correspondence, photographs, survey results, oral history consent forms, drafts of research papers and material pertinent to research papers organized by student name.

Series consists of 38 typed transcripts of radio interviews conducted by Bob Harkins. Transcripts created by Barbara Harkins

Series consists of treaty process advisory records, many of which came out of Dr. Robin Fisher's involvement in the Northern Interior Regional Advisory Committee. Dr. Fisher was often asked to act as a resource person, moderator, or advisor on First Nations treaty-related matters due to his knowledge of the history of First Nation-European relations.

Series consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, Official Greetings, ephemera, background information, event and convocation programs, speeches, invitations, memoranda, reports, songs, brochures and University publications related to the development of the University of Northern British Columbia and the role of the Honourable Iona Campagnolo as the founding Chancellor.

Series consists of different drafts of Chapter 7, "Unlocking the Medicine Chest: The Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations," for the book, Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of Aboriginal Settlement in British Columbia, published by the Laurier Institute, as well as other related records. Includes publication "A Statistical Report on the Health of First Nations in British Columbia", Health Canada, 1995.

Series consists of unpublished papers and reports.

Series consists of records created and collected by Grant Hazelwood for the BC Ministry of Environment's "Upper Nass Assessment Project", a project that included the biophysical mapping of the Northwest-Klappan Road Access Area. Grant Hazelwood (Alpenglow Resources) was hired as the wildlife biologist for to undertake project work.