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File consists of research material regarding railway road crossings, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on grade crossings, flashers, and wig-wags.

Series consists of material related to maintenance-of-way on British Columbia railways. Includes information about track sections, track vehicles, mechanized maintenance, and animals on railway tracks.

File consists of research material regarding maintenance of way track sections before 1960, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on pump cars, maintenance of way employees, section gang administration, track trollies, track tools, speeder patrols, tool sheds, section houses, and plans for maintenance of way structures. Also includes the following pieces by Davies: "Track Maintenance Facilities on CNR line: Jasper to Prince Rupert, 1915-1960s"; "History of Track Sections/Houses of CPR/KVR/GNR Princeton Sub."; and "Railway Sub-Divisions in B.C. and Probable Number of Sections Within Them".

File consists of documents regarding track vehicle specifications, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on push cars, speeders, inspection cars, section cars, motor cars, and other maintenance of way vehicles.

File consists of research material regarding mechanized railway maintenance after 1960, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on rail lifters, tie shearers, tampers, tie spikers, inspection cars, and other modern mechanical maintenance of way vehicles and practices. Also includes a 1963 catalogue of Fairmont maintenance-of-way equipment and track motor cars.

Subseries consists of research material relating to steam locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about steam locomotive types, manufacturers, mechanical details, and the steam to diesel transition period. Also includes details about specific steam locomotives owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the Great Northern Railway, and the White Pass & Yukon Route.

File consists of research material regarding steam locomotives in general, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on locomotive function, design, types, performance, manufacture, mechanical details, fitments, train whistles, tenders, fuel, and servicing. Also includes the following articles: "Canadian Steam Locomotives: The Top Twenty" by Blevins; "Angus Shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway" by Elson; "The Duplex Stoker" by Cole; "Locomotive Cabs" by Fischer; "From Coal to Oil" by Hedley; "Locomotive Builder's Plates" by Mentzer; "The Non-Automatic Stoker" by du Fresne; and "Valve Gear" by Kouhoupt.

File consists of research material regarding the transition period from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the last steam locomotives in British Columbia and the dieselization of the railways. Also includes the following articles: "How three BCER electric freight locomotives were cornered near Vancouver's downtown" by Davies and "Steam Out--Diesel In" by Perry and Smaill.

File consists of research material regarding steam locomotives operated in British Columbia by owners other than CNR and CPR, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on steam locomotives used by Pacific Great Eastern (PGE), Great Northern Railway (GNR), and the White Pass & Yukon Route. Also includes the following articles: "The PGE's Steam Locomotive Fleet: 1912-1956" by Hind; "GNR Motive Power Used in Southwestern B.C." by Merilee; and "PGE and BCR Locomotive Roster" by Crozier Smith.

File consists of research material regarding BC Rail diesel locomotives and diesel locomotives owned by other smaller railways in British Columbia, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the first PGE diesel locomotives; the PGE/BCR roster of diesel locomotives; BCR electric locomotives; BNSF diesel locomotives; GNR diesel locomotives; and VIA Rail diesel locomotives, among others.

File consists of research material regarding Budd cars (rail diesel cars) and earlier self-propelled coaches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on car schematics; the operating history of CNR Railiners; CPR Dayliners; GNR RDC-3 Budd car; CNR 15820; the CPR 'Motor Car' of 1906; the first use of diesel traction in British Columbia; GTW Doodlebugs; KVR Budd cars; and Kamloops rail jitneys. Also includes issue no. 491 of Canadian Rail, which features articles on Budd cars in Canada.

File consists of research material regarding miscellaneous topics related to diesel locomotives, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on diesel-electric locomotives; train horns; locomotive servicing; end-cab switchers; early diesel locomotive designs; and locomotive remote control.

Subseries consists of material related to passenger cars. Includes information about rail diesel cars (Budd cars), baggage coaches, diner cars, Pullman/sleeper cars, observation cars, business cars, private coaches, and other passenger coaches. Also includes information about manufacturers of passenger coaches, revenue head-end cars attached to passenger trains, and passenger cars owned by specific railways.

File consists of research material regarding freight car components, including couplers, trucks, brakes, doors, grab irons, wheel sets, and axles. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding lumber cars. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

Subseries consists of material related to non-revenue cars, which include cabooses, handcars, maintenance-of-way cars, track testers, railway cranes, pile drivers, ditchers, ballast spreaders, flangers, service cars, and work trains. More information about non-revenue cars can be found in the Maintenance-of-Way series (2013.6.8).

File consists of a photocopied PGE Squamish Division timetable 4 (11 Oct. 1914).

File consists of research material regarding railway management practices and personnel, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the CPR management attitude change in 2012 with Hunter Harrison, enforcement of rules, railway discipline, demerit marks (Brownie points), railway decline, and the culture of change.

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and workshop information from the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA). Gary Runka was a long-time BCIA member. Includes issues of the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the BCIA Special Report for the 65th Annual General Meeting, workshop materials for the BCIA 2012 ethics workshop, and the BCIA Committee on Principles of Stewardship Report to Council (29 March 2010).

File consists of materials for a presentation given by the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in June 2012. File consists of an information package entitled "Timber Tenures in British Columbia: Managing Public Forests in the Public Interest" and a printed slide presentation entitled "Overview of BC Forest Tenures".

Series consists of the client file project records of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., Gary Runka's consultancy business (co-owned with Joan Sawicki until 1991). G.G. Runka Land Sense Limited was incorporated as a company on 30 Nov. 1978 and dissolved on 30 Nov. 2018. Most business activity ceased after Gary Runka's death in July 2013. The company provided comprehensive professional services in land inventory, environmental assessment, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution and interdisciplinary land use planning. Over the course of the company's operation, Gary Runka and his firm consulted on 681 assignments ranging from very large projects (such as the Site C project) to small residential/commercial land capability assessments.

The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Some client files are accompanied by related maps, photographs, aerial photographs, and/or digital records on storage media.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for B.C. Women's Institutes for the "Site C - Environmental Impact Statement Technical Review" project in Site C. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #671; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Also includes an oversize bound map book by BC Hydro entitled "Preliminary Impact Lines and Preferred Highway 29 Realignments Maps" for the Site C project, published April 2012.

File consists of Chancellor's Budget records.

File consists of Board Budget Monthly usage records.

File consists of Board of Governors Budget for Food Services records.

File consists of Master Card records.

Series consists of general histories, statistics, and sources for railway subjects, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions and clippings from periodicals. Most documents are Canada-wide in scope.

Subseries consists of sources for railway history research. Includes bibliographies, glossaries, research guides, and indexes.

Photograph depicts a weathered barn along a body of water, presumed to be in the North Thompson area.

Photograph depicts a weathered barn along a body of water, presumed to be in the North Thompson area.

Photograph depicts a residential building in the North Thompson region.

Photograph depicts a wooden building presumably at the Fort St. James historic site.

Photograph depicts a wooden and abandoned building, the roof caving in and the sides tarnishing. Photograph taken in an unknown location.

Photograph depicts a wooden and abandoned building, the roof caving in and the sides tarnishing. Photograph taken in an unknown location.

Photograph depicts a wooden and abandoned building, the roof caving in and the sides tarnishing. Photograph taken in an unknown location.

Photograph depicts an abandoned and worn out grain elevator, with three buildings in a row and the elevators going down towards the ground.

Photograph depicts an abandoned and worn out wooden building in a flat field.

Subseries includes research material created and collected by Kent Sedgwick relating to the incorporation of the City of Prince George. Topics include the naming of the City of Prince George, city boundaries, the city amalgamation with Fort George and South Fort George, city census records, and mayors of Prince George.

Subseries includes research material created and collected by Kent Sedgwick relating to land survey, development, and settlement in Prince George and British Columbia. Land surveys were conducted in British Columbia by surveyors George Dawson, the North Coast Land Company, Alfred R.C. Selwyn, and the Geological Survey of Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. James C. Anderson and engineer J. Gill conducted topographical surveys for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on Fort George and the Indian Reserve. Surveyors and land plot companies developed the land for sale to promote settlement in the area. Also includes materials regarding the continued development of the City of Prince George throughout the 20th century. The files primarily consist of newspaper clippings, research notes, and photocopied documents.

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the promotion, development, and growth of the city of Prince George. Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Fur, gold and land" (July 1986) and "How a little community grew" (July 1986). Also includes a "References for Early Prince George" typed and printed document from Kent Sedgwick (1986).

This file consists of copies of two manuscript items relating to the history of the Oblates in Northern British Columbia; the third item is a copy of the transcription and translation of one of these accounts. Includes:

• A copy of a type-written unpublished account possibly written c. 1922 entitled "Indian Schools of Fort St. James and Fraser Lake, B.C." The account is written by Father Elphage Allard, OMI on the founding of the residential school at Fort St. James and later of the building of the residential school at Lejac, near Fraser Lake, BC. Allard refers to his, and his younger siblings', also named Father Allard, involvement in the building of the residential schools at Fort St. James in 1916-1917 and subsequently at Fraser Lake ca. 1920-1922. Father Allard provides a detailed account of daily life and spiritual work conducted by the Oblates at the schools including daily routines of the First Nations students, dormitory life, educational curriculum, religious education, and arrival of a group of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Congregation to assist at the school. The account provides descriptions of the 1918 flu epidemic and deaths that occurred among communities at Fort St. James, Pinchi, Tachi, Fraser Lake and Lake Porteur; involvement of the Anglo-Europeans in the construction of the schools; and interactions with the Chinese cook and Indian Agent in the communities. The manuscript also provides brief account of Allard's journey to provide religious services to other First Nations communities including Fort Graham, McLeod Lake, Atlin and Whitehorse. Both Father Allards were subsequently dismissed from involvement in the Fraser Lake School in 1922.
• A copy of a handwritten account by Father Jean-Marie Lejeune entitled "Comment la Sténographie a été introduite dez les sauvages" written by Lejeune at the Indian Missionary, Kamloops, B.C. c.1890-93 in which he describes his introduction of the shorthand in British Columbia to First Nations in the Kamloops region and the subsequent publication of the newsletter entitled Kamloops Wawa.
• A transcription and translation of Father Lejeune's account by William Poser with annotations.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to bibliographic references about Fort Alexandria (later renamed Alexandria). Fort Alexandria was a trading post, ferry site, and steamboat landing in the North Cariboo, 45 km south of Quesnel.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to immigration to British Columbia between 1910 and 1915. Includes material regarding James Mackay, an immigrant from Scotland who came to Canada in 1912, and his wife Dorothy Mackay; and passenger lists for immigration to Canada.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Duke of Sutherland. Also includes photographs depicting the area of White's Landing in Strathnaver (2010).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the MacKay family in Strathnaver, British Columbia.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the 4th Duke of Sutherland's background in Scotland.

File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the Central Fort George townsite. File predominantly includes Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes regarding land plots and development of Central Fort George. Includes: a map depicting Canadian National Railway plans along Hammond Street and the Fraser River (1936) and "Central Fort George lots" map depicting lot plans for the Central Fort George townsite (reproduced 1990).

File consists of cards produced by Tourism Prince George featuring artwork prints from the six bridges of Prince George series by local artists in Prince George. Includes: "Foothills Bridge" water colour painting print by Ruth Hansen; "Grand Trunk Pacific Bridge" painting print by Vivian Antoniw; "Simon Fraser Bridge" water colour painting print by Anne Bogle; "Yellowhead Highway Bridge" painting print by June Swanky Parker; "John Hart Bridge" painting print by Doris Dittaro; and "Cameron Street Bridge" painting print by Caroline Moorhouse.