Collection consists of records related to the Alcan/Kemano project on the Nechako River circa 1980-2000 from the Nechako Neyenk'ut Society, the Rivers Defense Coalition, and the Smelter Study Group.
Zonder titelPrince George's Central Interior Radio station CJCI interviewed Mayor John Backhouse about his 25 year career in Prince George at the end of his mayoral term. The interview covers his early career in England, his job at the Prince George Public Library as Chief Librarian, and his activity in Prince George municipal politics.
File consists of:
- Department of National Revenue, Taxation Clearance Certificate October 31, 1970
- photocopied correspondence regarding the Assignment of Lease No. 2324, Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd. to Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd., Prince George (1990)
- photocopied Affidavit and related correspondence
- photocopied documents related to the transfer of Forest Licences A27771 and A33801 from Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd. to Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd.
- photocopied report "Methods of Crown Timber Disposal and Appraisal in British Columbia" by J.J. Juhasz (March, 1974)
- History of Rustad Bros. purchase of Nielsen Sawmill, information from Jim Rustad 2012.
File consists of the book "Free Trade: The Real Story" edited by John Crispo gifted to James Rustad by Gordon Ritchie, author of the article "The Negotiating Process" within "Tree Trade" along with accompanying correspondence.
File consists of:
- 2 maps of Takla Lake and Babine Lake region
- Council of Forest Industries 1995 Annual Report
- British Columbia Forest Industry Fact Book 1992
- National Forest Sector Strategy for Canada: Second Implementation Progress Report (October 1989)
- B.C. Forest Industry Issues Briefing Book (September 1991)
- National Forest Sector Strategy for Canada: Implementation Progress Report [1989]
- BC Forest Industry Briefing Book [1992].
File consists of two booklets, one on "The History of Cowichan Lake Research Station" and the other on "The Aleza Lake Experiment Station (1920's and 1930's)".
Series consists of records related to the Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd. company and mills. Series also includes materials related to the forest industry in British Columbia and Canada.
Zonder titelItem is the published book "Sunshine and Rhubarb Wine: The Life and Legacy of Bea Dezell". The book is the life story of Bea Dezell, born in Vancouver in 1908 and moved to Williams Lake in 1932, then lived in Wells and Quesnel before settling in Prince George. She was a pioneer of the Cariboo region. Her husband Garvin Dezell, a builder, was the mayor of Prince George for many years in the 1950s and 60s. Bea died in 2014 at the age of 105.
This version of the book contains colour photograph reproductions. Other versions of the book have black & white photograph reproductions.
File consists of an electronic oral history transcript documenting the life of Ella Melvira Stephens from approximately 1911 - 1999. Interview conducted in spring of 1999 by an unidentified UNBC student.
File consists of an electronic oral history transcript documenting the life of Bea Dezell from approximately 189? to 2004. Interview conducted in May and June 2004 by Denise Torgerson and transcript prepared by Elaine Hauck, both of Prince George Oral History Group.
File consists of textual documents regarding fundraising for Northern Medical Programs Trust. Documents mostly consist of email correspondence.
File consists of a family cook book "Bea's Kitchen" dedicated to Bea Dezell and compiled by Noreen Rustad (nee Dezell).
File consists of the self-published book "Queen Bea: Highlights of the Life of Bea Dezell".
File consists of one VHS tape showing the building of the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George. Video has no sound.
File consists of 2 VHS tapes of Dezell Family Movies: 1953-1959 and 1964-1970. Videos include images of family Christmas celebrations, horse racing, Prince George Soapbox Car Derby races, and constriction. Videos have no sound.
File consists of Christmas cards, invitations, ribbons, programmes and other memorabilia collected by Bea Dezell while her husband was mayor of Prince George.
File consists of letters and notes to or on behalf of Mayor Garvin Dezell of Prince George.
File consists of several notes and letters addressed to Bea Dezell or Mr. and Mrs. G. Dezell. Most of the letters are short thank you notes but two letters concern her support for the creation and expansion of UNBC.
File consists of materials related to official events and invitations for Mayor Garvin Dezell of Prince George. File includes correspondence, invitations, event schedules, and two photographs: one of a local dinner with RCMP and the other of Winnipeg CFL Grey Cup win celebration.
File consists of 2 Prince George Golden Jubilee (1965) coins and 3 Corporation of the District of Kitimat (1953) coin.
File consists of one wooden dollar with commercial use for Holiday Motel, Hope, BC.
File consists of one pulp dollar bill made of thick paper.
File consists of various "Spruce Dollars" consisting of thin rounds of spruce wood stamped commemorating an event or place. Some are contained in their original plastic bags with some of the bags marked with the names of the people who owned them. File also includes a thank you note from UNBC for the donation.
Series consists of records reflecting the activities of the Dezell and Rustad families. Series include mayoral records from Bea and Garvin Dezell when Garvin served as Mayor of Prince George. Series includes materials celebrating Bea Dezell's life created by her family. Series also includes fundraising efforts for the Northern Medical Programs Trust. Finally, series includes a collection of "spruce" dollars and commemorative coins.
Fonds consists of records reflecting the activities of the Dezell and Rustad families. Fonds includes materials related to the Rustad Bros. & Co. Ltd. company and mills as well as materials related to the forest industry in British Columbia and Canada. Fonds includes mayoral records from Bea and Garvin Dezell when Garvin served as Mayor of Prince George as well as materials celebrating Bea Dezell's life created by her family. Fonds also includes fundraising efforts for the Northern Medical Programs Trust. Finally, fonds includes a collection of "spruce" dollars and commemorative coins.
Zonder titelThis film was created by Cornel Neronovitch who owned two sawmills in the Prince George area in the 1950s: the Prince George Sawmill at Peden Hill and the Cornel Mill at Dewey.
Film footage shows Neronovitch's Cornel Mill at Dewey with early logging and sawmilling practices in Northern BC, as well as interior shots of what are presumed to be bunkhouses. Also shows a short clip of family film footage.
Photograph depicts a man sitting on a truck that is transporting logs at Peden Hill Sawmill.
Photograph depicts a lomen planer in operation at Peden Hill Sawmill lumber yard. Other workers and stacks of timber are nearby.
Photograph depicts a log boom in the Fraser River. These logs were waiting to go into jackladder and down the log chute into the Fraser River backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch at a Peden Hill sawmill. Caption on back of photograph states: "Cornel Neronovitch".
Photograph depicts horse logging.
Photograph depicts a male worker operating a gin pole, winch and jammer to hoist logs onto a logging truck at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts two men perched on top of a freight truck carrying a load of timber at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a freight truck carrying timber at Peden Hill Sawmill.
Photograph depicts a young man sitting at the top of an active sawmill jackladder at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a man standing next to a log chute bringing logs out of the Fraser River into a backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a log deck at a sawmill, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts workers cutting timber with a lomen planer at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a Fraser River backchannel with logs at Peden Hill sawmill. The jackladder to the sawmill is visible on the bottom right.
Photograph depicts two men on a log deck, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts the lumber yard at Peden Hill sawmill, likely after the fire that burnt down the first mill at that location.
Photograph depicts a log jack-ladder up to Nash Sawmill, co-owned by Cornel Neronovitch and Fred Tesluk. This sawmill was steam powered and burnt down in 1941. The sawmill was located on a back-channel of the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a sawmill with a dry kiln next to a rail line. The location and name of the sawmill is unknown.
Photograph depicts the Peden Hill sawmill, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.
Photograph depicts a loaded logging truck on corduroy log road near Peden Hill sawmill. The truck has three passengers--a man and two women--sitting on top of the loaded logs. The leftmost passenger is Mrs. Fred Tesluk; Fred Tesluk co-owned the Peden Hill mill with Cornel Neronovitch. Cornel Neronovitch stands at the right of the photograph, in front of the truck.
Photograph depicts two men using a gin pole, winch and jammer to load raw logs onto a logging truck, likely near Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts two men felling a tree using a two-man crosscut saw in the Prince George area for processing at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch standing by a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill. Raw logs are stacked and chained on the truck.