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2002.7.1.58 · Item · 13 Nov. 1914
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Fire at the Fort George Hotel devastated the entire block. Harry Perry's Tailor shop was right across the street from the fire. Handwritten annotations on recto: "Fort George Hotel Fire; Nov. 13, 1914"

"Hunting"
2002.7.1.66 · Item · ca.1912
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Three men (two with rifles) stand next to seven large deer suspended upside down from a building beam. Handwritten annotation along bottom of recto: "B-- Blain (?) Hunting, Lou Graham [name crossed out], Boyd, --"

On the way to the Peace
2002.7.1.78 · Item · Sept. 1921
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Handwritten annotation on recto: "On way to Peace, 1921". Photo depicts Harry Perry sitting by a campfire with two unidentified men. Photo may have been taken near Brennan's Flats where gold was being dredged from the Peace River.

2002.7.1.80 · Item · Sept. 1921
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Handwritten annotation on recto: "Meal time near Brennan's Flats where gold dredging on Peace River, Sept. 1921". Photo depicts three men standing next to a campfire.

2002.7.1.81 · Item · Sept. 1921
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Handwritten annotation on recto: (L-R)
"Patterson, unidentified, Bowman - CNR, Pete LaRie-CNR, Geo.Williams, Harry Perry, Gregory-Forestry, unidentified" Photo depicts Harry Perry standing with a group of eight men, two of which being identified as part of the CNR.

2002.7.1.82 · Item · Sept. 1921
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Handwritten annotations on recto: (L-R) "Jim Beattie, unidentified, Tom Menard, Harry Perry, Bill McFaren"; along top of photo:"Portaging from Rocky Mountain portage to Hudson's Hope". Five men stand next to, or within, a boat being portaged on a wagon deck.

2002.7.1.90 · Item · 11 Sept. 1935
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso: "11 Sep 1935, The monument is 18 feet high, they say. Some 16th century Chinese coins were found when the foundations were being dug. I heard of this the day before I left Victoria, and it seems worth enquiring into. Yours Sincerely, R (?) Bishop"; "I received medal for Bishop in 1935 in London from the Royal Geographical Society".

Political Activities
2002.7.2 · Series · 1914 - 1959
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

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.