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File consists on research on Thomas Ernest Edward (T.E.E.) Greenfield who spent time in the Pacific Northwest as an RCMP officer, gold miner, pharmacist, and construction worker between the years of 1926-1939. Materials include correspondence between Greenfield and L'Heureux, a manuscript, newspaper clippings, and a book. Highlights include:

• T.E.E Greenfield, "Drugs (Mostly)", 1976 (book)
• Photocopied travelogue by Annie Elizabeth Greenfield entitled "Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up My Longing Eyes" describing her personal experiences travelling to Prince George, Hazelton, and the Okanagan between June 30-July 20, 1927

File consists of material relating to Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 - April 15, 1912) who was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General Manager of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. He became Vice-President of that company in 1889 and remained as such until 1896 when he became General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) of Canada. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic before his plan was complete. File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and reproductions of articles.

File consists of material relating to Kitimat and its recognizable features like trails, mines, and industries like Alcan. Materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and a magazine. Highlights include:

• District of Kitimat, "Kitimat British Columbia Canada", [197-?] (pamphlet)
• Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Hike Kitimat: An explorers' guide for the whole family", [197-?] (booklet)
• Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Kitimat/ Kemano the first 25 years August 3, 1954-1979", 1979 (booklet)
• "Kitimat through Eurocan's Eyes" , [after 1972] (promotional booklet)
• Royal Canadian Legion, "The Bugle", 1980 (newsletter)
• Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Visitors' Guide to Kitimat", [197-?] (pamphlet)
• Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan Smelter Tours 1978", 1978 (pamphlet)
• Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1977 (booklet)
• Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Fishing in Kitimat B.C.", [198-?] (pamphlet)
• Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1972 (pamphlet)
• Outwest Magazine, "Kitimat British Columbia", Vol.1 No. 1, 1975 (magazine)

File consists of material collected on Frederick William Knewstubb. Frederick William Knewstubb, who first foresaw the possibility of the Kenney Dam/Nechako Reservoir project, which was carried out by the Aluminium Company of Canada (ALCAN). Knewstubb joined the Water Rights Branch as a draughtsman in 1911, became a hydrological engineer in 1926, and was Chief Hydrologic Engineer for the Water Rights Branch at the time of his death, 16 December 1937. Materials includes reproductions of articles, and correspondence.

File consists of material relating to Guy Lawrence who wrote the autobiographical "Forty Years on the Yukon Telegraph", which details his arrival in Canada in 1898 from England to prospect in the Klondike Gold Fields. While en route, a gold strike was made at Atlin, B.C. that was closer and changed his plans. Spending two years working in various mining camps in Atlin, Lawrence joined the Yukon Telegraph Line, which was just being completed. This line ran 1900 miles from Vancouver, B.C. through Ashcroft to Hazleton, Whitehorse and Dawson City. Up to World War I, Lawrence worked from isolated wilderness cabins, relaying messages and repairing lines. After serving overseas in the war, he ran the telegraph office in Stewart, which ran a branch line along the Portland Canal to the company town of Anyox. He remained in Stewart for 26 years, retiring in 1946. By this time, due to the wireless, most of the line had been abandoned. Materials include reproductions of articles, and a transcribed oral history from Guy Lawrence, copied from the BC Provincial Archives.

File consists of material relating to Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888 - September 27, 1947) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1947 as a Liberal. LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian. From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947. Materials include reproductions of articles, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

File consists of collected research materials regarding mines in British Columbia. Materials consist of a book review on "Rough Road to the North", compiled information written by Audrey L'Heureux on Thibert Creek mining, and reproductions of journal articles.

File consists of collected research material regarding BC Hydro, including development reports, community attitudes towards B.C. Hydro, and expansion plans. Materials include photographic negatives, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. Highlights include:

• B.C. Hydro, "Duncan Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (pamphlet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Cathedral Square Substation", 1984 (pamphlet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Cheekye-Dunsmuir Transmission Project", 1984 (pamphlet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Diesel Generating Stations", 1983 (pamphlet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Kootenay Canal Hydroelectric Development, Columbia River Power", 1978 (pamphlet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Trees and Overhead Powerlines, A Guide to safe, sensible tree selection", 1983 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Revelstoke Dam & Generating Station, Columbia River Power", 1984 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Mica Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam & G.M. Shrum Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1982 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "Peace Canyon Dam & Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1983 (booklet)
• Trade and Commerce, "10th Annual Market Survey, Northwest Territories, one of Seven Reports", 1974 (magazine)
• Photographic negative of a map titled "Early Days in Stewart"

File consists of material relating to the Peace River. Materials include a newspaper, magazines, a booklet, pamphlet, and reproductions of correspondence. Highlights include:

• Community West, "Dawson Creek the place to live", Vol 2. No. 7 1980 (magazine)
• Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce, "Welcome to Grande Prairie, A Visitors Guide", [197-?] (booklet)
• District of Chetwynd, "Chetwynd Resource Centre of B.C.", 1982 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam Peace River", [197-?] (pamphlet)

File consists of material relating to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), the company was acquired by the BC provincial government in 1918. In 1972 it was renamed as the British Columbia Railway and in 1984 it took on its present name of BC Rail. Materials include newspaper clippings, a report, correspondence, maps, a brief, reproductions of articles, a booklet, and a proposal. Highlights include:

• Hi-Ballers Railroad Club, "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company", Vol. 3 No. 1 1960 (reproduction from magazine)
• Province of British Columbia Department of Railways, "Pacific Great Eastern Railway also Proposed Extensions and Potential Resources of Central Interior and Northern British Columbia, 1949" (reproduction)
• Province of British Columbia, "Royal Commission on British Columbia Railway, Interim Report on the Future of the Fort Nelson Extension", 1977 (booklet)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 1", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 2", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 4", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "A Brief Submitted to the Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway", 1977 (booklet)

File consists of material relating to sternwheelers in British Columbia. Materials include newspaper clippings, magazines, reproductions of articles, and photographs. Highlights include:

• BC Provincial Archives, "SS Chilco upper Nechako River", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Fraser River Steam Boat South Fort George", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "At the Boat of the first Canyon upper Nechako River ", 1911 (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Passing Through the Fort George Canyon- Possibly the S.S. BX", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)

File consists of material relating to provincial lands surveys. Materials include newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, a booklet, a reproduction of the land survey act, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

• Province of British Columbia, "Protecting Land Survey Monuments", [198-?] (pamphlet)
• Nominal Roll, "The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia", 1970 (booklet)

File contains a copy of Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited, Prince George & Houston, Sawmill Division publication “Company Rules and Safety Regulations” May 1979; two Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. purchase orders; and an “Agreement between Northwood Timber Limited, Eagle Lake Sawmill, Prince George Sawmill, Shelley Sawmill, Upper Fraser Sawmill, Logging Division and International Woodworkers of America, Local 1-424,” September 1, 1972- August 31, 1974.

File consists of two Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. purchase orders, a blank “Analysis—Accounts and Notes Receivable”, blank “Lumber Inventory” forms for Northern Custom Sawmills Ltd., and blank “Operators Daily Equipment Report” and “Daily Time Report” forms used by the Takla Logging Company.

File consists of:

• A Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited publication “Instructions and Part List: ESH Horizontal ESV Vertical Compressors,” received and used by Vickers Krebs drawing office, 31 May 1967 (2 copies)
• Correspondence between B.C. Chemicals and other companies, 14 Mar. 1967-2 May 1967. The correspondence pertains to non-lubricated air compressors.
• A copy of Ingersoll-Rand, Air Power Compressor Division “Installation Manual ESH-ESV Lubricated and Non-Lubricated Double Acting Stationary Air Compressors,” July 1972.
• Two Flotec Inc. documents: “F Series Dimensional Data,” and “‘F’ Series Parts List: Phenolic Flexible Impeller Series.”
• Several documents pertaining to purchasing maintenance kits for air compressors. Includes advertisements, a business card, and “Maintenance Department Stores Code Sheet.”
• A hand drawn sketch for a discharge pipe modification and related correspondence between B.C. Chemicals and Bennett & Emmott Limited.
• An Ingersoll-Rand Co. certified plan 887-D-IAE “Foundation Plan for 7 X 5 ESV-INL-2 Compressor” created for Bennett & Emmott Ltd, March 1970.
• An information request from B.C. Chemicals to Normag Equipment and Rentals Ltd., 19 Oct. 1989.
• Invoices, correspondence and instructions pertaining to a B.C. Chemicals air compressor purchase from Bennett & Emmott in 1981. Includes an Ingersoll-Rand “ESH/V Installation Instructions” and “Parts List 5” & 7” Portable, Non-Lubricated ESV.”
• A plan entitled “20-3065 Grunewald.”
• A copy of Ingersoll-Rand, Air Power Compressor Division “5 & 7 Inch Frame, Lubricated or Non-Lubricated ESH/ESV Maintenance Instructions: Portplate Cylinder Continuous Duty Stationary Air Compressors,” Nov. 1974.
• A B.C. Chemicals memo “maintenance information” on compressors and pumps from 19 June 1978.
• B.C. Chemicals’ work forms, maintenance records, and purchase records for Item No. C-901, Air Compressor 18-3065.
• An Ingersoll-Rand Plan “Foundation Plan for 6 X 5 ESV-INL-2 Compressor,” received on 16 May 1967 and used by Vickers Krebs Drawing Office and B.C. Chemicals. (3 copies)
• A copy of a Ingersoll-Rand publication “Instructions Heavy-Duty T-Series, 7 ½ , 10 and 15 HP Type 30 Compressors,” received and used by Vickers Krebs Ltd., 28 Nov. 1966.
• Four advertisements from 1967 for Air-Maze Dry-Type Filter-Silencers received by B.C. Chemicals Ltd., and Vickers Krebs Drawing Office.
• A Canadian Ingersoll-Rand publication “Instructions for Stationary Compressor Foundation Building” received on 16 May 1967 and used by Vickers Krebs Drawing Office. (2 copies)
• A sheet of equipment notes received on 20 Mar. 1956 and used by B.C. Chemicals.
• Shipping correspondence from 1976 between Canadian Ingersoll-Rand co. and B.C. Chemicals. Two small instruction manuals, related to the equipment shipped, are also included: “Recommendations for the Installation, Fabrication, Testing and Cleaning of Air, Gas or Steam Piping” and “Section 2A General Operation: Non-Lubricated Cylinders, Vertical Units.”
• A Sarco Canada Limited Simplified Instructional Scheme for steam trapping and air venting. A completed examination, and correspondence are included in the course folios.

Photographs within this file document resource industries within Northern BC such as mining, fishing, forestry etc. They also represent resource industry cooperatives, processing, packing and shipping industries, construction and ship building, as well as salvage companies and operations.

This file consists of 10 photographs pertaining to the Hixon Creek Cariboo Gold Company, and the Quesnel Quartz Mine; as well as two sheets of letterhead from the "Hixon Gold Recovery Ltd." a handwritten speech re: a mineral claim, and a hand drawn map and overlay pertaining to the Wellington and Highland (Belle or Lass) mineral claims.

Images within this album consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1926-1933. Images also feature indigenous First Nations peoples, totem poles, the parliament buildings in Victoria, B.C., and the C.P.R. Pier in Vancouver, B.C. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.

This bound photo album comprises 122 photographic images featuring the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats, machinery) and First Nations Peoples on the Nass & Skeena Rivers and North Pacific Coast. Images also include warships, freighters, automobiles, railway stations and trains, and some photographs of Yokohama, Japan and California ca.1924-25. Includes photographs of the 1924 Special Service Squadron World Cruise in Vancouver. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image and each image is glued to the album page at its corners. The verso of front cover has a handwritten name plate:

Images within album consist primarily of fishery industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1924-1926. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.

File contains postcard photographs portraying life in various Northern BC Communities. Images depict buildings and streets, church structures, harbours and docks, and views of the shore from the water to name a few.

File contains postcards portraying life in Prince Rupert, B.C. Images depict harbour scenes, street scenes (Third Avenue, Sixth Street, Central Street, and Mainstreet), airplanes, large ships, fisheries, city aerials, parades, military, a dog sled mail team, and a frozen fishing boat.

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the forest and lumber industry in British Columbia.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ivan Andersen. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Bob Beeson. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Broderick. Includes one copy of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim Burbee. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Cox. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and three copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Gaal. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lawrence Grinde. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and four copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John and Elizabeth Haan. Includes two copies of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Bob Harkins. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Myra and Glen Hooker. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim and Dianne Humphreys. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Humphreys. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Terry Johnson. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Andre Laquerre. Includes one original recorded audio cassette.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Raymond Lee. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Earl Lousier and Harry Gairns. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jack and Sarah Marsh. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with James Lorne McConaghy. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and two copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Arne and Carrie Mellows. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Linda Mueller. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Louisa Mueller. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with the Perry Family. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.