Item is a photocopied reprint of Tisdale's "The Grasslands of the Southern Interior of British Columbia" in the Ecology journal, Vol. 28 No. 4.

Item is an original reprint of an article by G.S. Andrews entitled "Air Survey and Photogrammetry in British Columbia" from the March 1948 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering journal.

Item is a copy of "Soil Productivity and the Potential Food Supply of the United States: An Address before the Academy of Political Science at the Annual meeting on Food" by Bradfield, R.

Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's personal life, including academic records, personal resume, and posthumous materials. Also includes Runka's personal correspondence during his time with the Agricultural Land Commission and memorabilia from his curling activities.

File consists of a 1953 North Peace High School yearbook.

File consists of a 1955 North Peace High School yearbook.

Subseries contains material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research on various areas in British Columbia and Alberta. Includes written notes by Kent Sedgwick, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to towns and settlements. These areas include Quesnel, Likely, the Yukon Telegraph Trail, Barkerville, Wells, the Cariboo region, Fort Alexandria, Soda Creek, the Chilcotin region, Jasper, the Rocky Mountains, Mackenzie, Tumbler Ridge, the Peace River region, Fort St. James, the Omineca region, Kitimat, Lethbridge, the Bulkley Valley, and Fort Mcleod. These files cover a variety of topics including Chinese people in British Columbia, land settlement, tourism, and historic information on the regions.

File consists of G. Gary Runka's high school records.

File consists of two Peace River District High School Curling Championship patches.

File consists of notes relating to Buckhorn Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the old Buckhorn School building and the Prince George Snowmobile club building from the exterior (between 2001 and 2005).

Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. His photographs document the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of his photographs tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of photographs related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as the West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These photographs also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.

Series consists of print photographs created or collected by Gary Runka over the course of his personal and professional life. Includes school portraits, sporting event photographs, and work-related group portraits. Also includes aerial photographs of the West Coast Trail.

File consists of a 1957 North Peace High School yearbook.

This fold out brochure, published by the Prince George Board of Trade, provides an overview of the industries present in Prince George by the BC Centennial; as well as a brief presentation of local recreational opportunities and a mileage listing.

Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication, compiled by the Co-ordinating Committee on Agriculture for Central British Columbia, entitled "Agricultural Recommendations for Central British Columbia".

Item is an original National Research Council Canada Technical Memorandum 44 entitled "Guide to Field Description of Muskeg".

Item is a photocopied version of "Soil Survey of the North Okanagan Valley" Interim Report by P.N. Sprout & C.C. Kelley for the BC Department of Agriculture.

File consists of information gathered on Gerald (Gerry) Smedley Andrews, Surveyor General of the Province of British Columbia and Director of Mapping and Provincial Boundaries Commissioner. File contains greeting cards, correspondence, articles written by both Audrey L'Heureux and Gerry Andrews, a booklet on land surveying, and reproductions from the G. Smedley Andrews collection at BC Archives. Correspondence includes letters to and from L'Heureux and her publisher Northern B.C. Book Publishing as well as letters between L'Heureux and Gerry Andrews. Highlights include:

• Reproduction of G.S. Andrews' article "Surveys and Mapping in British Columbia Resources Development", 1954 (article)
• G.S. Andrews, "The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia", 1955 (booklet)
• Reproduction of article by Gerry Andrews in The Victoria Naturalist 46 (3) entitled "My Bear", 1989 (article)
• G. Smedley Andrews, "Metis Outpost", 1985 (promotional pamphlet)
• Reproduction of paper by G. Smedley Andrews entitled "The Makings of a Surveyor General", 1989 (document)
• Dave Robinson and Mike Hocking, "The Monkman Pass and Trail: A Brief History", 1982 (book)
• G.S. Andrews, "Professional Land Surveyors of British Columbia: Cumulative Nominal Roll, 4th Edition", 1978 (booklet).
  File also includes a photograph reprint of "Trout Lake Johnny" from the collection of the uncle of G.S. Andrews.

Item is a 1960 Modern Land Policy journal reprint of an article by Howard Conklin entitled "Principles of Land Classification".

File consists of material relating to William John "Wiggs" O'Neill, a riverboat pioneer. Wiggs began working on a Skeena River sternwheeler in 1898 and continued working on the river until the end of the steamboat era in 1911. He then moved to Smithers, where he operated the first power plant and owned an auto agency for 43 years. Materials include two books, newspaper clippings, and reproductions of journal articles. Highlights include:

• Wiggs O'Neill, "Steamboat Days on the Skeena River British Columbia", 1963 (book)
• Wiggs O'Neill, "Whitewater Man of the Skeena", 1960 (book)

File consists of G. Gary Runka's UBC academic records.

Subseries consists of publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career. Also includes conference proceedings that contain contributions by G. Gary Runka.

Item is a 1961 Land Economics journal reprint of an article by D.S. Lacate entitled "Review of Landtype Classification and Mapping" (Vol. XXXVII, No. 3.).

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1147 entitled "Seeding Forest Ranges in the Dry Belt of British Columbia".

Item is an original reprint from Canadian Fisheries Annual 1963 by Dr. J.L. Kask (Fisheries Research Board of Canada) entitled "Fisheries in the Year 2000".

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1179 entitled "Suitability for Irrigation of Water from Lakes and Streams in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".

Item is a copy of "Scheduling of Irrigation" by Brownlee, C.H. and J.C. Wilcox.

Item is a draft typescript of "Field Party Report on Land Capability Studies British Columbia" by D.S. Lacate, J.W.C. Arlidge, M.J. Floate, E. Mackintosh, P.N. Sprout, and G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture).

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1190 entitled "Climate and Agriculture in Central British Columbia".

Item is an original typescript entitled "Water Delivery by an Irrigation District" by J.C. Wilcox and C.H. Brownlee.

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1224 entitled "Climate of the Upper Peace River Region".

Item is a copy of "American Wilderness: A Unique Conservation Concept" Background Fact Sheet.

Series consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick in relation to his writings, publications, editorial work, and lectures. The files contain material regarding Kent Sedgwick’s writing and lectures on the Lheidli T’enneh cemetery; his book "Monumental Transformation: The Story of Prince George's National Historic Monument"; his book chapter "Crossing the Divide: Northern Approaches to New Caledonia"; his book "Giscome Chronicle: The rise and demise of a sawmill community in central British Columbia, 1912-1976"; edits done to June Chamberland’s book "From Broadaxe to Clay Chinking: Stories about the Pioneers in and around the Prince George area"; writing for the Prince George Heritage Advisory Committee; and Sedgwick’s MA thesis on the Peyto Glacier. The files primarily consist of notes, correspondence, and completed works.

File consists of Gary Runka's business and identification cards.

Item is a copy of the "North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA)" presentation to Cornell University Water Resources Center, Ithaca, New York by Roland P. Kelly, Edward R. Trapnell, and Ralph M. Parsons Company.

File consists of G. Gary Runka's Cornell University academic records.

File consists of academic papers written by Gary Runka during his 1966-1967 Master of Science in Natural Resource Management and Land Use Planning at Cornell University, New York.

Item is a photocopied journal reprint from Queen's Quarterly entitled "Public Management and Mismanagement of Natural Resources in Canada" from Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 1966, pp. 86-99.

Item is a 1967 published lecture by Dr. C.F. Bentley entitled "Food for All: Can Agriculture Provide?" for the Agricultural Institute of Canada Centennial Lecture in Quebec.

File consists of papers written by G. Gary Runka during his role as BC Land Inventory Field Coordinator. Selected works include:

• "Comments on General Soil Characteristics related to B.C. Industrial Zoning Maps",
• "Ektachrome Infra-red and Ektachrome Aerial Photography Project - Pitt Meadows",
• "A Short Course on Mapping Forest Lands Sept. 21-23, 1972, Prince George, Glacial Landforms and Surficial Materials",
• "Soil Stability Ratings - South Okanagan", "East Kootenay Soil Capability for Agriculture - Agriculture Sector Review - Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee",
• "Bulkley Intersector Analysis Area - Section I: Agriculture Sector Report - Report to B.C. Intersector Analysis Committee",
• "Dryland and Irrigated Agriculture Capability Ratings - Sept. 1, 1971",
• "Report on Land Capability for Agriculture and Forestry Prince George - Quesnel, Special Sale Area, B.C.",
• "East Kootenay (Region 13) Soil Capability for Agriculture and the Intersector Evaluation",
• "Tentative Correlation of Soils of British Columbia with Climatic Criteria", and,
• "Urban Suitability vs Resource Conservation an Interpretation of British Columbia Land Inventory Data, 14 May, 1973".

Item is an original 1967 comic book published by the Soil Conservation Society of America entitled "Food and the Land: The Role of Soil and Water Conservation in the World Food Crisis".

Item is a typescript draft of a report written by M.J. Romaine entitled "Region No. 13 East Kootenay - Soil Capability for Forestry Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee".

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1319 entitled "Grassland Ranges in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".

Series consists of records created and collected by Gary Runka during and after his time with the British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission. In the early 1970s, Runka served as the first general manager of the BC Agricultural Land Commission, the independent provincial body that has administered BC's Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) for over 40 years. As the first manager, Runka spearheaded the establishment of the ALR undertaking the technical tasks of setting ALR agricultural use boundaries, policies and procedures, as well as the building awareness and support for farmland preservation within government and with the public. He later served as Commission chair. Records include correspondence, informational material, publications, clippings, news releases, memoranda, symposium/conference material, reports, speech notes, and other textual material. Also includes seven maps, two buttons, six floppies, eighty slides, and one audio cassette tape.

Item is an original bound copy of "Use and Management of Land on Valley Train Deposits", Gary Runka's 1968 thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University for the Degree of Master of Science.

Item is a reproduced typescript of a paper prepared for the 1968 annual meeting of the Association of BC Foresters in Kamloops by Dr. Peter Pearse. The paper is entitled "Principles for Allocating Wildland Among Alternative Uses".

Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication entitled "Growing Filberts in the Fraser Valley".

Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. This slide collection documents the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of these slides tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of slides related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These slides also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.

Item is an original typescript of "British Columbia Recreation Sector Analysis East Kootenay Intersector Evaluation" by the Canada Land Inventory (ARDA) Recreation Sector, led by W.C. Yeomans.