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File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Cariboo and Northwest Digest publication. Also includes a CD-R that contains Sedgwick's index spreadsheet and accompanying documentation about the publication.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs. Cox.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Crissie Ward and Laureen Stewart.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Terry Johnson.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Marilyn Wheeler.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with John Humphreys.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with the Perry Family.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Sandra Trolian.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Jim Burbee.

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Western Canadian Agriculture - A Look to the Future" for an unknown audience.

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"As the title suggests, this speech is largely a look at agriculture in Western Canada and therefore breaks from many of the familiar themes in GGR's speeches and includes several interesting statistics.

For example in 1921 the average Canadian farmer could feed 11 people. By 1981 the average farm could feed 56 people. [In 2012 The average farm in Canada produced enough food to feed 120 people every day.] The average Canadian expenditure of income on food after taxes:
1947 - 25%
1969 - 22%
1980 - 18%

The speech considers the following topics:
A. The changing Picture of Western Canadian Agriculture

• Energy Costs
• Cropping Options
• Northern Expansion
• Diversification, Intensification, Specialization
• Foreign Ownership

B. Agricultural Land Use Planning
C. Integrated Land Use Issues"

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Steve and Helen Wlasitz.

File contains timber sale contracts and related correspondence between the Department of Lands and the Northland Spruce Lumber Company.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Buster Brown.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Kate Anderson and Mae Romanin.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Mike Moore.

File consists of the following photocopied items:

• Letter to Mrs. J. Norman Henry from G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer (May 22, 1935)
• Memorandum to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General (Topographical Survey of Canada) from R. W. Cautley, Acting Chief of Control Surveys (Dec. 17, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from F.C. Green, Surveyor General (June 22, 1932)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 8, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 2, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Oct. 2, 1931)
• Letter to unknown recipient from J. Norman Henry (Oct. 15, 1931)
• Letter to K.F. McCusker from G.G.A. (G.G. Aitken?) Member on Geographic Board of Canada Representing B.C. (June 2, 1938)
• Letter to unknown recipient from Gwen McCusker (Sept. 5, 1944)
• Letter to Mrs. McCusker from Sgd. J. Clarke Williams on the occasion of the death of Knox McCusker (April 27, 1955)

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Joe Rositano.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Alice Sanregret.

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the Agricultural Institute of Canada entitled "Managing Our Land Resources for Survival and Pleasure".

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This speech is aimed at land use planning and planners, and GGR provides his definition of "ecology" which includes:
"...the basic characteristics of the land - its geology, soils, climate, vegetation, and animal life, including the devil that does the most damage, man. It also includes the interrelationships within these basic characteristics and of course this is where the word "complexities" comes in. There are no two places where these components combine in exactly the same manner and each ecological unit, if you like, is unique."

GGR mentions the importance of considering options.

This package includes a copy of the speech as well as a second, 2 page document, with the same title in which GGR is noted as 'Manager of the BC Land Commission'. This second document is largely a summary of the more formal speech."

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Dennis Spoklie.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Barb Harkins. Also includes photocopies of Barb Harkins' personal records, such as photographs.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ralph Spoklie.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ray Williston.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Bob Harkins/

File consists of the following items:

• "Mac" by D.L. Surveyor
• "Knox (Mac) McCusker: Dominion Land Surveyor" by E.L. Rutherford, V.C. Brink, R.S. Silver and M.Z. (Smokey) Neighbour
• Excerpts from Men and Meridians by Don W. Thomson
• Article re: Knox McCusker written on the occasion of his death (April 14, 1955)
• "McKusker (sic) to open up Blueberry Mountain Area" (Alaska Highway News, June 8, 1950)
• "McCusker was surveyor, big game guide….also rancher and trail blazer"
• "Knox Freeman McCusker" written on the occasion of his death (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1955)
• "Veteran Surveyor - Alaska Highway Stories"
• Memories of Knox McCusker by his oldest niece Betty (McCusker) Rutherford
• "Veteran Surveyor prefers horses for long bush treks" by Eric Young (Edmonton Journal)
• Eulogy for Knox McCusker read by Stanley D. Seif at Burch Presbyterian Church in Fort St. John, B.C.
• Eulogy for Gwendolyn Dorothy McCusker (July 1997)
• "Tropical Valley No Myth: amazing story of woman who lived there" by Thomas A. Wayling (Vancouver Sun)
• Photocopy of section of map: "Topographical sketch map showing route traversed by the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition 1934 through the Rocky Mountains" (by Frank Swannell, March 27, 1935)
• Memories of Knox McCusker by Bill McCusker, his oldest nephew
• "There is always a reason; destiny made it a date. The corridor of the Alcan didn’t just happen" (Fort St. John publication)
• Article on Knox McCusker (ALS News, Winter 1983)

File consists of:

• David Mills, "Aleza Lake Research Forest Historical Internship Summary" (2 Jan. 2007), 26 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
• David Mills, "Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station Socio-Economic Time Line 1905-1937" (2007), 68 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
• ALRFS employment paperwork for David Mills, the ALRFS Natural Resource History Intern
• Research notes, including a copy of a map of the town of Aleza Lake in the 1920s

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lea Gobbi and Kate Anderson. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with John and Bernice Trick.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ken Sasaki.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ivan Andersen.