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Photographic negatives depict men on tour in unknown locations in Russia. Images depict urban areas, mining areas, construction of buildings, railway, mineral samples, and equipment including dump truck and electric shovel. Also includes images of area speculated to be a mine pit. Men on tour are dressed in formal attire.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on envelope containing negatives: "Russian 'Asbest' Mine Slides" "7 copies of each - 23 negatives - 161 prints".

File contains photographs featuring the tramline at Cassiar which ran from the crushing plant at the mountain mine to the plantsite in the valley (a drop of 427 meters). The first ore was originally transported by truck to the plant until the gravity chute was built in 1953. This chute was replaced with the first aerial tramline model in 1956, which was succeeded by the second model in 1975. This file also includes one photo of the original gravity chute, and one photo depicting a tramline worker.

Additionally there is a collection of eighteen photographs of tramline cars that were being surveyed for damage and condition, and another collection of six photographs of tramline study. The results of this study determined that there was variances in load sizes of the buckets caused by extra material falling off the panfeeder.

Photographs depict aerial views of the Cassiar townsite, plantsite, tailings pile, mine road, bench and pit mine, mine buildings (tramline loading station, crusher, shop, and garage), and surrounding mountain range. Here "aerial" refers to photos depicting a large area and taken from the air or from a high point of elevation.

File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.

File contains photographs featuring members of the Board of Directors of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., which was formed on the 17th of May, 1951. Cassiar's forerunner was a company named Conwest, formed in 1534, a consolidation of two companies owned by Fred Martin Connell and his brother W. Harold Connell. The first board of directors included the Connell brothers, George Armstrong, John E. Kennedy, Charles & Arthur Mortimer, and Charles Rainforth Elliot (chartered accountant and secretary-treasurer of Conwest & Cassiar). Directors depicted in this file include F.M Connell, Harold Connell, Charles Elliot, John E. Kennedy, George Armstrong, Ken A. Creery, John Drybrough, Tam Zimmermann, George Washington Smith (president of Bell Asbestos Mines), Nick Gritzuk, Jack Christian (general manager, president, and CEO). Other individuals depicted include Fred Murry, Andre Beguin, Plato Malozemoff from Newmont Mining (co-founder of Cassiar with F.M. Connell), Alfred Lloyd Penhale (founder and CEO of Asbestos Corporation of Canada Ltd.), C.B. Brown, Pierre Marcotte, Francis Parker Smith (brother of George Smith), Bill Oughtred, Bill Johnson, and a Mr. Janitsch. File also includes a portrait of an unidentified director of Cassiar from Turner and Newall in England, taken at the corporate club in Toronto. Group portraits were taken at the Cassiar Valley, the office building, "House 130," fishing outings, and at formal events in unidentified locations.

File contains letters and notes from October 31, 1895 to March 30, 1896 concerning the purchase of dynamite for the mine.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda between members of the British Columbia Utilities Commission involved in the Kemano Completion Project hearings.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to registered participants and others regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the government of Canada as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the government of Canada. Prominent correspondents include Harry Wruck and law firm Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from DFO. Prominent correspondents include J.H. Mundie, Gordon Hartman, Cole Shirvell, and Don Alderdice. Also includes news releases from DFO sent to BCUC.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to Alcan as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from Alcan and their solicitors. Prominent correspondents include Bill Rich, Vice President for British Columbia for Alcan, and their solicitors, Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to Vanderhoof Pulp and Paper as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from Vanderhoof Pulp and Paper.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Nechako Environmental Coalition as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the coalition and its representatives.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program (NFCP) as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the NFCP and its representatives.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council and the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Also includes incoming correspondence to BCUC from tribal council and the Cheslatta Band, as well as their representatives.

File consists of a draft copy of the list of exhibits (last revised August 12, 1994) for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Public Review hearings.

File consists of miscellaneous documents created or received by the British Columbia Utilities Commission regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings. Includes news releases, newsletters, meeting notes, excerpts from hearings transcripts, lists of registered participants, schedules, terms of reference, "Kemano Completion Project Review Draft Public Hearing Procedures", and a chronology of DFO's involvement in the project.

File consists of photocopied and original clippings of newspaper and magazine articles regarding the Kemano Completion Project and the BCUC hearings.

File consists of photocopies of reference material sent to BCUC for the Kemano Completion Project review hearings. Includes excerpts from Shirvell's thesis "Effects of Abstraction on a Trout Stream"; Shirvell's lecture notes on Instream Flow Incremental Methodology; a 1974 article by Larkin entitled "Play it Again Sam--An Essay on Salmon Enhancement"; graphs of results from the Fraser River Temperature Program; a copy of a September 28, 1989 agreement between Alcan and the Cheslatta Band; and a "Response to Department of Fisheries and Oceans Discussion Paper, Toward a Fish Habitat Decision on the Kemano Completion Project" by Save the Bulkley.

File consists of requests for information sent to Alcan by the British Columbia Utilities Commission and registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes Alcan's responses to those information requests and accompanying correspondence.

File consists of requests for information sent to BC Hydro by British Columbia Utilities Commission and registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes BC Hydro's responses to those information requests and accompanying correspondence.

File consists of a response to an information request sent to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs by the British Columbia Utilities Commission. Also includes accompanying correspondence.

File consists of requests for information sent to the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program by the British Columbia Utilities Commission and registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes NFCP's responses to those information requests and accompanying correspondence.

File consists of requests for information sent to various participants by the British Columbia Utilities Commission and other registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes responses to those information requests, summaries of information requests, and accompanying correspondence.

File consists of a copy of the "Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. Reply to Final Submissions of Intervenors" for the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project.

File consists of 1 audiocassette of Bob Harkins interviewing author, storyteller Joe Garner about his book "Never Fly Over an Eagle's Nest: A True Story of Courage and Survival" Also discusses his childhood and work as a logger on Saltspring Island.

File consists of 1 audiocassette of interview by Gil McCall with Branwen Patenaude who discusses her self-published book, “Because of Gold” about the history of gold mining and its impact on Quesnel's history. She also discusses the challenges of the publishing industry.

File consists of one video-recording related to the Fraser River Basin and water resource management issues on the Fraser River.

File consists of research materials regarding forestry in British Columbia. Includes newspaper clippings, booklets, pamphlets, correspondence, photocopied articles, and a proposal on land and resource management of Vanderhoof. Highlights include:

• Vanderhoof Forest District, "Vanderhoof Land and Resource Management Plan: Summary", 1997 (booklet)
• MacMillan Bloedel, "How the forest grows...", 1975 (booklet)
• MacMillan Bloedel, "Enjoying the forest...", 1974 (booklet)
• B.C. Business Magazine, "Forestry in B.C. The Winter Years", 1981 (booklet)
• Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests, "Integrated Resource Management", [198-?]
• Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests, "Reforestation: more than 7 seedlings planted every second", 1992 (booklet)
• The Shared Resource, "Our Forests" Vol. 2, 1993 (booklet)
• Plateau Forest Products Ltd., "2000 Forest Development Plan: 2000-2005 Beetle Management", Dec. 1999 (map)

File consists of research materials on the Fraser River such as newspaper clippings, correspondence, and reports on Fraser River management programs. Highlights include:

• Fraser Basin Management Board, "What People in the Communities Told Us: A Report on the Open House Discussions", 1993 (booklet)
• Fraser Basin Management Board, "What Basin-Wide Stakeholders Told Us: A Summary of the Presentations", 1993 (booklet)
• Fraser Basin Management Board, "Sustainability Together", 1993 (booklet)
• Environment Canada, "Fraser River Action Plan 1992-93, Progress Report", 1992 (booklet)
• The Mighty Fraser River, "Portraying its Scenic Beauty and Rugged Canyons", 1976 (booklet)

File contains correspondence and informational material for the Rolland Paper.

File contains correspondence and informational booklets on various companies operated by Weyehauser.

File contains correspondence, cancelled cheques, and other account information.