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File consists of research material regarding the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway (Waneta to Nelson). Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "BN Branch Line: Border to Nelson" by Davies; "The Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway" by Barone; and information about the GNR in the Nelson area by Gerry & Corwin Doeksen.

File consists of notes and clippings relating to the Cariboo Road. The Cariboo Road (also called the Cariboo Wagon Road, the Great North Road or the Queen's Highway) was a project initiated in 1860 by the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas. The road stretched from Fort Yale to Barkerville, B.C. through hazardous canyon territory in the Interior of British Columbia.

File consists of notes and printed emails relating to a Japanese internment camp and sawmill near Penny and Hungary Creek.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Strathnaver, BC land records. Strathnaver, BC is located 42 kilometres north of Quesnel and was settled by the Duke of Sutherland.

File consists of audio and visual material relating to the interview of Trelle Morrow conducted by Kent Sedgwick. Also includes an audio cassette entitled "Trelle Morrow interview"; an audio microcassette entitled "Kent - CBC -Trelle"; and a CD-ROM entitled "Trelle Morrow interview colour photos" depicting photographs of the interview.

File consists of photographs depicting various buildings in downtown Prince George and the Fraser River taken by Trelle Morrow.

File consists of notes, reproductions, and clippings relating to an oral history interview with John Warren Meyer, veteran aviator, conducted by Kent Sedgwick. Includes: "College of New Caledonia Oral History Series" typed document with edits from Kent Sedgwick (2008); "Prince George oral history group interview with Frederick Thomas Norton" typed transcript of oral interview (9 Mar. 2005); and "RE: Interview arrangements" printed email from Bill Dodge to Kent Sedgwick (22 Aug. 2006). Also includes two 2006 photographs depicting Thomas Norton, Warren Meyer, Trelle Morrow, and Kent Sedgwick and a CD-R containing photos from the Exploration Place depicting WWII Aviation.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Royal Engineers and Henry Spencer Palmer, a British Army military engineer and surveyor. Henry Spencer Palmer was sent to British Columbia and completed a report in 1863 on Wiliams Lake, the Caribou Districts, and the Fraser River from Fort Alexandria to Fort George. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on Henry Palmer and his work in British Columbia.

File predominantly consists of photocopies of newspaper articles, along with notes and reproductions relating to the development of the Prince George townsite and subdivision of Fort George, especially the area covered by Cariboo District Plan 1268. Includes material on investments and sale of lots in Prince George, Grand Trunk Pacific development in Prince George, and incorporation of the city of Prince George.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the first Pentecostal church originally at 1405 Sixth Avenue, Prince George.

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Fall 2007 Farm Folk City Folk Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes conference and seminar materials related to the Mountain Pine Beetle.

File consists of ALRF project descriptions printed from the Research Projects Database of research projects associated the B.C. research forests and are related to riparian management, silviculture, wildlife, hydrology, ecology and other applied science fields.

File consists of a computer print-out of Ralph Schmidt and John Parminter's technical report entitled "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range".

File consists of two original copies of the Volume 17, No. 3 issue of UBC Forestry's Branch Lines newsletter from December 2006. This issue features various articles relating to the Aleza Lake Research Forest, including the front page article, "Percy Barr's Research Forest Legacy". Also includes correspondence relating to the newsletter issue.

File consists of contract documents for Hayer Homes residential subdivisions on 5th and Hill in Prince George, prepared by L&M Engineering.

File consists of Endowment Investment Committee records.

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

File consists of depictions of livestock cartage by rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes illustrations that Davies used for his article, "Railway Recollections of a BC Sheep Rancher".

File consists of research material compiled in conjunction with an article by David Davies and John (Jack) K. Moilliet entitled "Railway Recollections of a B.C. Sheep Rancher". Includes notes by Davies about one example of sheep ranching in the Kamloops area.

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of artifacts of the Comox Logging Railway in Ladysmith, British Columbia.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to British Columbia's provincial government land reserves. Includes material regarding railway land reserves on the Upper Fraser in 1912; homesteading land reserves; and pre-emptor land reserves for settlement. File predominantly consists of photocopied clipped articles regarding provincial government land reserves in northern and central British Columbia, particularly surrounding Fort George.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Joseph Hunter, a Scottish-born surveyor, civil engineer and political figure in British Columbia. Joseph Hunter was the first European to find and cross the Pine Pass. He was sent by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1877 to locate the pass. Hunter later represented Cariboo from 1871 to 1875 and from 1900 to 1904 and Comox from 1890 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Vanderhoof and area.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Soda Creek, BC. Also includes photographs depicting Soda Creek (2006).

File consists of the "Operational-Scale Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) Version 1.0: User's Guide" created by the Canadian Forest Service Northern Forestry Centre.

File consists of Russian language Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Pamphlets.

File consists of four field note journals. Collected notes and data appear to relate to dust studies.

File consists of notes and printed emails relating to a guest lecture by Kent Sedgwick for UNBC course "HIST 407 Local History/Methodology".

File consists of working records of the Central Coast Plan Implementation Monitoring Committee. The purpose of the committee was to monitor and report progress toward implementation of the British Columbia Central Coast land use plan and make recommendations on plan revisions to Provincial and First Nation governments. The land and resource management planning (LRMP) process in the Central Coast area began in 1996. In April 2001, an interim agreement was signed by the Province and stakeholders. Includes a promotional DVD created by the provincial government.

This CD-ROM contains a backup of Gary Runka's business digital records. Includes records relating to client jobs, Land Sense Ltd. company records, brochures, invoices, correspondence, drafts, reports, and other documents. Includes digital records for client files 622, 628, 644, 650, 658, and 660, among others. Also includes a full email backup.

File consists of digital dust sampling images taken May 5-10, 2006. These may have been taken in the area around Williston Lake.

File consists of general histories of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "A Historic Guide to the E & N Railway" by Baird; "List of E & N Stations"; "E&N Developments on Vancouver Island" by Davies; "Trackside, Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway" by MacLachlan; and "Vancouver Island's Railways" by Bob Turner.

File consists of material regarding the rail-related aspects of livestock cartage. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about SPCA inspections, stock car accidents, shipping cattle and sheep by rail, weight of livestock, stockmen on trains, livestock loading, the last stock car shipment in Canada, stockyards, ranching in the southern interior plateau of British Columbia, hay feeding, other details relating to stock trains. Also includes a book chapter by David Davies entitled "Cowtown and Railcity" about Kamloops' connection with rail livestock cartage.

File consists of material regarding related details about shipping livestock by rail. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about meat packing, dressed meat weights, ranching industry in BC, meat inspection, meat consumption in BC and Canada, the meat processing industry in BC before 1947, and livestock movement.

File consists of material regarding livestock cartage in the United States. Moving livestock by rail was developed in the United States and later evolved in Canada. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the stock cars of the Santa Fe Railway, Rio Grande narrow gauge stock cars, South Pacific stock cars, Eastern stock cars, and other early American stock cars.

File consists of material regarding the Hillcrest Lumber Company Limited and its leased rail line. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the steam locomotives of the Hillcrest Lumber Company, the rail line from the mill at Honeymoon Bay to the E&N/CPR branch line terminal at Cowichan Lake, and an article by Ian Smith entitled "B.C. Logging Line Set the Scene for Unique Fan-Trips".

File consists of material regarding the Comox Logging and Railway Company, which rafted timber to Fraser Mills, Coquitlam on the Fraser River. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of Endowment Investment Committee records.

File consists of a 2006 publication by James W. Kerr entitled "Illustrated Treasury of Modern Freight Cars of North America".

File consists of an original CPR Vancouver Service Area timetable 62 (20 Jan. 2006).

File consists of notebook filled with tree data from different sites.

File consists of documentation for E.P. 670.80.11.

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Okanagan Valley Railway in British Columbia.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to research conducted by Kent Sedgwick on Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and fur trader. Includes: "Simon Fraser: The Birth of Modern British Columbia" special edition issue of the Vancouver Sun newspaper (3 Jan. 2006).

File consists of a typed document titled "Fraser Canyon Park: A proposal to the British Columbia Government" prepared by the Fraser Canyon Ad Hoc Committee.

File consists of transcript of an oral interview with Trelle Morrow regarding the architectural development of Quinson Elementary School.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Mount Sir Alexander, a mountain in the Sir Alexander Area of the Continental Ranges of the BC Canadian Rockies.