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As a leader in Canada's forest industry, Adam Zimmerman was a member of many Canadian forest industry associations and councils. Throughout his career he also founded or was chairman of a number of such councils. This series includes records of Zimmerman's involvement with the Canadian Forest Industries Council (CFIC), the Canadian Softwood Lumber Committee (CSLC), the Business Council on National Issues (BCNI), the Canadian Forestry Advisory Council (CFAC), the Canadian Pulp & Paper Association (CPPA), the Forest Industries Advisory Committee (FIAC), the Forest Products Employee Relations Council (FPERC), the Forest Sector Advisory Council (FSAC), Forest Products Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade (SAGIT), the "Group of Seven", and the Pulp & Paper Research Institute Of Canada (PPRIC).

Adam Zimmerman was involved from the very beginnings of Noranda Mine's foray into the forest industry sector. In April 1961, Zimmerman was part of making the deal to acquire National Forest Products, Noranda's first forest products company, which was renamed Northwood Mills after its purchase. By 1964, he was the President (and later Chairman) of Northwood Mills and Northwood Pulp. In 1974, Zimmerman was appointed Executive Vice-President of Noranda, which included responsibility for the forest products activities of the company. When Noranda underwent a major company reorganization in 1987, Zimmerman became CEO of Noranda Forest Inc. By the end of his Noranda career, Zimmerman had had an executive or director role in nearly every forest product company developed or acquired by Noranda. That included: Northwood Mills, Northwood Pulp (and its successors Northwood Pulp & Timber and Northwood Forest Industries), Noranda Forest Inc., BC Chemicals, BC Forest Products, Bulkley Valley Forest Industries, Fraser Inc., Maclaren, and Macmillan Bloedel, among others. The records in this series demonstrate Adam Zimmerman's extensive involvement in Noranda's forestry division throughout his career.

In 1974, Adam Zimmerman was appointed Executive Vice-President and a director of Noranda Mines Ltd., with the responsibility for the manufacturing and forest products activities of the company. Series contains administrative records regarding the manufacturing division and Noranda Manufacturing Ltd. Also includes records of Noranda's manufacturing companies: Canada Wire and Cable, the Free Piston Development Company, Noranda Aluminum, Noranda Metal Industries, and Wire Rope Industries.

Series contains records created and accumulated by Adam Zimmerman at the Noranda Inc. (formerly Noranda Mines) during his tenures as Noranda's Assistant Comptroller (1958-1961), Comptroller (1961-1966), Vice-President and Comptroller (1966-1974), Executive Vice-President and Director (1974-1982), and President and CEO (1982-1987). As Noranda's Comptroller, Zimmerman had a large role in Noranda Mines' legal action regarding the strike at Gaspe Copper Mines; records that represent this are contained in the legal records sub-subseries. Later in his career, as a director and Noranda's President and CEO, Zimmerman had a high-level administrative role with Noranda's mining division. Sub-subseries represent this with administrative records and reference files for Noranda's many mining and metallurgical operations.

Also contains records regarding Noranda's exploration companies and the Noranda Sales Corporation, which sold and marketed the mining division's ore and products.

Series contains records created and accumulated by Adam Zimmerman at the Noranda Inc. (formerly Noranda Mines) corporate office in Toronto during his tenures as Assistant Comptroller (1958-1961), Comptroller (1961-1966), Vice-President and Comptroller (1966-1974), Executive Vice-President (1974-1982), President and CEO (1982-1987), and Vice-Chairman (1987-1992). Includes administrative records, information regarding events attended by Zimmerman and other Noranda executives, government liaison material, financial records, human resources records, and documents regarding Noranda's many and various acquisitions and investments.

This series consists of miscellaneous letters, ration cards, birthday and Christmas cards addressed to Josephine Mitchell of Summit Lake.

This series consists of the August 1963 edition of Alaska newsletter "News Digest of the Far North" (Vol. 2 No. 8) ; 14 August 1963 newspaper "Jessen's Weekly" ; and the summer 1962 Whitehorse Nugget.

This series consists of a 1961 letter from Walter Sage to George Baldwin answering historical queries regarding Simon Fraser and associated other Frasers in B.C. ; Royal Arch Masonry, Prince Geogre Chapter, history, including two speeches by George Baldwin and a Quesnel Lodge brochure ; typed history of Barkerville Cairn ; and miscellaneous photographs, including 3 colour snapshots of unidentified people in front of BC Rail and cars (c. 1970) and 9 black and white snapshots of a canoe parade in Fort George and street parade lumber promotions (c. 1960).

This series consists of the typed Prince George Kiwanis History, 1957-68 ; PG Kiwanis Members Roster, 1967 ; agendas, installation invitation cards, and programmes, 1960s-70s ; files of correspondence relating to the Robert P. Connelly Medal ; 2 files relating to the Spruce Dollar history ; miscellaneous photos of Spruce Dollar ; and brochures from the Kiwanis Clubs of Dawson Creek, Williams Lake, Kitimat and Prince George.

Fonds consists of 1 box audio recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Prince George Oral History Group in 2002 and 2003 for their website.

Series consists of Shirvell’s records and collected material related to his activities as a research scientist, particularly his involvement in the Kemano Completion Project. Shirvell’s records are arranged into six subseries:

• literature review, consisting of published material;
• research and publications, consisting of Shirvell’s publications and research material;
• Envirocon and Alcan, consisting of Envirocon and Alcan publications and records;
• Nechako River court action, consisting of records related to the DFO-Alcan court case;
• Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, consisting of material relating to NFCP; and,
• BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review, consisting of records relating to Shirvell’s participation in the public review.
  The majority of the material in all subseries consists of copies of publications related to Shirvell’s activities and research, many of which were written or annotated by him, such as reprints of journal articles, draft scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings. Shirvell’s research records comprise raw data, field notes, memoranda, and draft reports, many of which relate to his 1986 Nechako River salmon overwintering studies. Records regarding the Nechako River court action range from 1980 to 1987, and include correspondence, internal DFO memoranda, legal documents, and related scientific reports. Also includes significant material emanating from the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review, such as correspondence, BCUC newsletters and news releases, exhibits and evidence submitted to the review panel, documents produced for the hearings, and the final report.

Series consists of Hartman’s records and collected material related to his activities as a research scientist, particularly his involvement in the Kemano Completion Project. The majority of the material consists of copies of publications related to Hartman’s research, many of which were written or annotated by him, such as reprints of journal articles, draft scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings. Includes correspondence regarding the Nechako River court action between DFO, Alcan, and the province and scientific reports that were created in anticipation of the case. Also includes significant material emanating from the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review, such as correspondence, BCUC newsletters and news releases, exhibits and evidence submitted to the review panel, documents produced for the hearings, and the final report. In addition, includes records and publications relating to the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, the Nechako Watershed Council, the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund, and the Nechako River Alliance.

Series consists of Mundie’s records and collected material related to the Kemano Completion Project. Mainly includes copies of publications related to Mundie’s research and activities, such as reprints of journal articles, scientific reports, and government publications. Also includes a small portion of correspondence and internal DFO memoranda regarding the Nechako River court action.

Series consists of Alderdice’s records and collected material related to the Kemano Completion Project and his activities as a fisheries biologist. Early material includes research records on total gas pressure and flow analysis research, particularly in regards to the Nechako River, which Alderdice was working on in anticipation of the Nechako River court action. Records regarding the Nechako River court action range from 1984 to 1987, and include correspondence, internal DFO memoranda, and legal documents. Records created by Alderdice after his retirement from DFO in 1987 document his involvement with the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review and his connection to the Siddon v. Mair court case. Also includes copies of publications related to Alderdice’s research and activities, such as reprints of journal articles, scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings.

The Cottonwood Island series consists of 36 images photographed by J. Kent Sedgwick when he was an instructor in Geography at the College of New Caledonia. The images were taken in support of a proposal by the New Caledonia Institute of Environmental Studies to create a municipal park at Cottonwood Island

The Island Cache series consists of 17 images photographed in April 1970 by students involved in a Geography class at the College of New Caledonia. They record the community of Island Cache before the major flood in the spring of 1972

Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.

Series consists of photographs of the Island Cache Reunion on June 12-13, 1999.

Series consists of administrative records for the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes grant funding paperwork, correspondence, and researcher privacy forms.

Series consists of research material collected for the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes resources photocopied from participants in the study (particularly material collected by Bob Parris), including newspaper articles, photographs, and personal correspondence. Also includes research material gathered by the researchers from other sources, such as copies of maps, articles, and public records.

Series consists of copies of City of Prince George records photocopied and organized by Island Cache Recovery Project researchers. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence between the city and Island Cache residents, legal real estate and building inspection documents for Island Cache properties, and reports regarding Island Cache (Cottonwood Island).

Series consists of the 46 oral histories conducted by the Island Cache Recovery Project. A file exists for each participant in the research project, which includes the original recorded oral history on cassette tape and/or VHS, consent forms for use of the oral history, a written transcript for the oral history, and a digital version of the written transcript. Label on diskette states, "Island Cache Research Project. Transcription of Heinz Bartkowski interview (by: Lori Koop) June 12-99 file: Heinz.rtf FNST 272."

Series consists of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, posters, calendars, articles, information booklets, brochures, court documents, fact sheets, magazines, newsletters, and open correspondence related to Walt Taylors interest and research into issues of employment and unemployment; forestry economics; fisheries; bicycle helmet legislation; peace movements; poverty; wealth and taxes; housing; debt and deficit; education; transnational corporations; Canada Pension Plan; capitalism & socialism; costs of war; the World Bank; land use and agriculture; North America Free Trade Agreement; economics; racism; democracy; pollution; pesticides; alternative energy consumption; population growth; bioregionalism; biotechnology; Star Wars; and NATO low-level military training flights in Canada.

Series consists of posters, newsletters, maps, reports, articles, statements, conference proceedings, background papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, declarations, brochures, memoranda, proposals, speeches, publications, court documents, and telexes related to Walt Taylor's direct involvement with, or indirect research into, the following First Nations groups, individuals and events: Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Tribal Council; Gitksan-Carrier Tribal Council; Cariboo Tribal Council, Tahltan Nation, Nisga'a Tribal Council, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, Council of the Haida Nation, Cree Nation, Leonard Peltier (Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations) Iroquois Nations, Nazko Nation, Kluskus Band and the Delgamuukw et al v. The Queen court case.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic environmental justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates. The CCPA publishes on a wide range of social, economic and environmental issues in formats that include research studies, short commentaries, articles in "The Monitor" (monthly national research magazine) and monographs. It is believed Mr. Taylor collected these publications to further his own research interests. For more information on the CCPA please visit <a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/">http://www.policyalternatives.ca/</a>.

This series consists of CCPA monographs, articles, research studies and issues of "The Monitor" magazine.

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 includes Boy Scout ephemera, Robert Burns articles, a list of bursaries, and cancelled Bank of British North America cheque.

Series includes material related to the personal activities of H.G.T. Perry, which incorporates various materials from family and acquaintances. Included are correspondence between family and friends, news clippings regarding family funerals, Christmas cards, telegrams and postcards. Also includes printed notes and clippings of poetry, stories, and humour with commentary by H.G.T. Perry.

Series contains material related to H.G.T. Perry's publishing activities with two British Columbian newspapers: the Prince George Citizen, and the Prince Rupert Daily News.

Series documents H.G.T. Perry's political activities primarily in British Columbia. They include his tenure as Mayor of Prince George (1917-1918; and 1920); as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort George (1920-1928 & 1933-1945); as Speaker (1933-1937)and Deputy Speaker (1924 to 1928) of the Legislative Assembly; as Minister of Education (1941- 45); and as Chairman of the Post-War Rehabilitation Council (1942-194?). This series is comprised of significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to Northern British Columbia (such as Northern BC political and economic developments); World War II and Post-War Rehabilitation and politics in British Columbia.

Types of records include: Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, memoranda, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, speeches, radio addresses, proposals, maps, plans, file notes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, and postcards and WWII and Post-War Printed Material.

Photographs in this series document Perry's political career, his business enterprises and his familial connection with relatives in England. Other featured subjects include various transportation modes (ca. 1913) used in the BC Interior, as well as railroad and bridge construction in the same era.

Series consists of records generated by the British Columbia Provincial Police Veteran's Association (BCPPVA).

Series consists of published materials (bound and unbound) generated by the BC Provincial Police.

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.

Consists of 3 notes sent by Blunt & Brocklehurst, Solicitors, Macclesfield, to C.H. Henderson-Roe, Esq. concerning financial matters.

Consists of 5 letters written by Jack Henderson-Roe, of Fort George, to his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, of England, regarding investments and proposed land acquisitions in Fort George.

Consists of 6 letters written by Jack Henderson-Roe, of Fort George, to his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, of England, regarding proposed land acquisitions in Fort George.

Consists of legal records and documents related to the holdings and activities of J. B. Henderson-Roe and his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, including a hand-drawn map of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George, as well as a surveyor's plan for a subdivision.

Photographs consist of 16 black & white photographs depicting Fort George land and surveying, including 3 photographs of Jack Henderson-Roe in front of his log cabin that he constructed in Fort George in 1913.

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Ainley and colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. Correspondence includes handwritten and typescript letters, postcards, Birthday cards, and Christmas cards.

Series consists of Ainley's professional development activities throughout her career including attending and speaking at conferences. Most files include information on academic conferences and colloquia she attended and presented at. Series includes speaking notes, conference registration and programs, related research materials, overhead transparencies, slides, and photographs.

Series contains material relating to Ainley's personal projects and research and professional projects. The material consists of transcribed copies of Ainley's early articles; drafts of sections, notes, research material and correspondence relating to "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; conference proceedings, research material, notes and correspondence relating to her research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; material, predominately course descriptions and syllabi, relating to administering the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia; and photographs and slides relating to both her research and her personal life and hobbies. Series also contains conference proceedings, research notes, bibliographies, curricula vitae and other material.

Series largely consists of Ainley's administrative activities as professor and chair of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Material is arranged, predominately, according to the activities with which Ainley was involved, including overseeing program restructuring, coverage of the Women's Studies Program in the media, presentations to prospective students, planning for research presentations and conferences, curriculum development and retirement preparation. Series also documents Ainley's appointment as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Victoria. The series also includes records concerning Ainley's graduate student research assistants and their work with her. The series consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, posters, speaking notes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, articles, course descriptions and syllabi, notes, printed emails, and employment contracts.

Series contains two diplomas awarded to Dr. Ainley by the University of Northern British Columbia, news clippings, and photographs. Series also includes some of her activities during her retirement including her art exhibits, a cruise, and membership in Federation of BC Writers.

Series documents academic research undertaken by Dr. Marika Ainley throughout her academic career. It contains research material from projects in Ainley's main areas of research, the history of ornithology and the history of early and contemporary women scientists, as well as research on the relationship between early women scientists and Aboriginal peoples. The series is arranged into thirteen subseries: ornithology research, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs correspondence monograph; "Scientists vs. government experts: The wood buffalo controversy, 1920-1991," "Restless energy: A biography of William Rowan, 1891-1957," women in science and engineering research, Catharine Parr Traill, "Critical turning points: Women engineers within and outside the profession," funding applications, North American and Australian indigenous knowledge and science, oral histories, "Creating complicated lives," publications, and Mabel F. Timlin. Series consists of photocopies of articles; correspondence; bibliographies; draft and published versions of articles, conference proceedings, and monographs; interviews and transcripts; recordings of conferences; statistical data; questionnaires; consent, submission, and other forms; pamphlets and other material from conferences; applications for grants and funding; overhead transparencies; photographs; and notes.

Series consists of 30 sound recordings of 46 radio interviews conducted primarily by radio broadcaster Bob Harkins for CJCI Radio, Prince George.

Series consists of transcripts of radio interviews conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI. Additional tape summaries created by Archives staff in 2009.

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

Consists of photographs depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes photographs of various forestry-related scenes.