Series consists of miscellaneous dated records relating to a range of subjects. Included are correspondence, resolutions, reports, a seating plan, financial statistics, a radio script and radio transcripts, briefs, minutes, itineraries, press releases, plans, statements, proposals, programs, a schedule, notes and an Order-in-Council (copy).

Series consists of miscellaneous undated records relating to a range of subjects. Included are statements, lists, financial statistics, letters, statements, notes, itineraries and poems.

Series consists of miscellaneous telegrams. Included are congratulatory messages which emanated from federal leaders, royalty, family and many others, and telegrams concerning strikes, potential libel charges and departmental decision-making.

Series consists of miscellaneous speech texts.

Series consists of records of the Premier's Office relating to the passage of various Municipal Acts. Included are copies of bills, notes on second reading, copies of Acts, draft amendments, and other records.

Series consists of audio recordings presented to or regarding W.A.C. Bennett. Items were produced primarily by radio stations, although some were created by private citizens.

The series focuses on a variety of subject matters regarding Bennett. The majority of the reels document tributes and dinners which were given in honour of the Premier. Several of the reels also document interviews with Bennett as well as many radio commentaries on his performance as Premier. Finally, a significant number of reels document political functions and gatherings which Bennett attended. These include the Ottawa Conference on the Constitution, a Social Credit leadership convention, and the provincial Social Credit convention of 1963.

Series consists of moving image recordings presented to or regarding W.A.C. Bennett. Series includes film reels and video cassettes created by public and private producers. Materials relate to activities and projects of the British Columbia government, and to the life of W.A.C. Bennett. Included are recordings of public ceremonies, interviews with Bennett, and biographical sketches of Bennett.

Items within the series vary in quality, with some recordings having no sound components. Some recordings are composed of out-takes which were spliced together.

Reference cassettes (U-Matic format) were produced to provide access to eleven of the items originally on film. Other items are in VHS cassette format originally or have had individual VHS cassette copies made of them. U-Matic and VHS cassettes were digitally copied to uncompressed .mov format. Three items are available on film only, including a film produced by the National Film Board, newsreel footage produced by M.G.M studios, and a film produced by the Mining Association of B.C. which was presented to W.A.C. Bennett, but is not directly related to Bennett himself.

Series consists of photographs produced throughout W.A.C. Bennett's personal and political life, including personal and family photographs, photographs of Bennett and other political figures during Bennett's term as Premier of British Columbia, and photographs of British Columbia Social Credit Party activities. Series includes photographs, negatives, slides, and contact sheets.

Series consists of records relating to W.A.C. Bennett's involvement with the Kelowna Board of Trade, his term on the Executive Council, and as president from 1937-1939. Included are correspondence, minutes, lists, a financial statement and a budget.

Series consists of records relating to W.A.C. Bennett's campaign for the January 23, 1935 election. Included are correspondence, an invoice, forms and an annotated printed list of shareholders.

Series consists of records relating to W.A.C. Bennett's membership in the Gryo Club. Included are correspondence, a speech, financial statements, notes, invoices, a membership directory, newsletters and pamphlets.

Series consists of records compiled by W.A.C. Bennett as an active member of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Activities documented are election campaigns and the 1948 Yale by-election for which W.A.C. Bennett was a candidate. Included are lists, statements, notices, newspaper clippings, 1948 poll statements, a map, minutes, memoranda, newsletters, pamphlets, reports, manuals, and correspondence addressed to W.A.C. Bennett as secretary-treasurer of the Yale Conservative Association.

Series consists of sources and notes for each chapter. Materials include transcribed interviews, clippings, photocopied articles, government documents, and materials such as correspondence copied from W.A.C. Bennett's personal papers.

Series consists of materials relating to W.A.C. Bennett's family background and to the development of the Social Credit Party in B.C. Includes transcribed interviews with family members, copied documents such as death certificates, copies of Social Credit Party papers, copies of Bennett's speeches, interviews with Bennett, and research correspondence.

Series consists of records relating to W.A.C. Bennett's political contemporaries. Includes transcribed interviews, newspaper and magazine articles and correspondence. Some interview transcripts are incomplete, and some contain Mitchell's annotations.

Series consists of records relating to issues dealt with by the Bennett government and the workings of the Social Credit Party. Includes interview transcripts, copies of speeches, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, papers, annual reports and Mitchell's notes.

Series consists of published and unpublished reference articles. Includes newspaper clippings, journal articles and academic papers.

Series consists of records relating to biographies of W.A.C. Bennett and his family. Includes a family history written by Bennett's sister Cora (Bennett) Macaulay, chapter outlines for Mitchell's book, an unpublished draft biography by Bennett's daughter, Anita Tozer, and reviews of other published biographies.

Series consists of graphic material gathered by David Mitchell for his book. Includes photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence regarding photograph orders and permissions, and a copy of the British Columbia Centennial '71 Committee's Premiers Since Confederation which includes 20 5x7 photographs of the provinces' premiers.

Series consists of copies of the constitution, bylaws and letters patent of the IPA and ACP, and correspondence, memos and notes from executive members and staff concerning constitutional revision. The series is arranged chronologically.

Series consists of records of the Literary Press Group. Projects documented are the 'Access Project', or annual LPG catalogue, and the Cloudland Direct Marketing initiative. Included are the constitution, minutes and papers of general and executive meetings, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, grant applications, catalogue supplements, mailing lists, contracts, reports and surveys.

Series consists of records relating to the creation, operation and administration of the Book Purchase Program. The records document IPA involvement in its planning and administration, as well as program details such as titles and recipients selected. Included are minutes, speech, clippings, press releases, correspondence, address and account book, budgets, lists and purchase orders.

Series consists of records relating to the operation of three projects initiated by the IPA: Canadabooks, Canadian Basic Books and Canadian Book Information Centre. The records of the overseeing body, Canadian Publishers Project Co-ordinating Committee, are absent. Included are correspondence, legal documents, minutes, notes, catalogues, questionnaires, audit statements, budgets and reports.

Series consists of grant applications to the Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council by the ACP and its affiliates for the years 1979-1981 and 1983, and of ACP audited financial statements for the years 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1981.

Included are budgets, financial statements, annual and semi-annual reports, correspondence and proposals for the ACP, the BC, Alberta and Atlantic publishers, the LPG and the projects Canadabooks and Canadian Book Information Centre projects. The files have been maintained in their original alphabetized order.

Miscellaneous audited IPA/ACP Financial Statements are also found in the series.

Series consists of records documenting the ACP's relationship with the Book and Periodical Development Council and as a member of three committees within it. Included are minutes and papers of the Council and General meetings from 1978; the 1978 Book and Periodical Development Council bylaws, memos, reports, briefs and correspondence relating to the first two years of the Council's existence; the results of a 1978 election survey on publishing policies of the three federal political parties and minutes and papers of the Freedom of Information Committee, the Task Force on Library Information and the Distribution Task Force.

Series consists of several groups of working files, most apparently maintained by the IPA/ACP's Executive Directors, and reflecting the Association's efforts in gathering information and monitoring and encouraging government policy on aspects of the book publishing industry. Included are correspondence, minutes, lists, speeches, reports, memoranda, questionnaires, surveys, and statutes.

Series consists of brochures, handbooks, catalogues, pamphlets and reports produced by the ACP or drawn from the ACP's collection. Included are IPA/ACP information brochures, handbooks and directories, Literary Press Group catalogues, reports taken from the Education Committee's collection of publications and a pamphlet celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the House of Anansi.

Series consists of agendas, minutes and papers of the Executive Committee of the IPA and the Executive Council of the ACP. Included are committee and project reports to Council, copies of correspondence, memoranda, financial statements and budgets circulated to council members or considered at council meetings. The series is arranged chronologically.

Series consists of records relating to IPA and ACP Annual General Meetings and Policy Conferences. Included are agendas, minutes, annual reports from committees, budgets, financial statements, notices, minutes of special general meetings, correspondence, guest lists, memoranda, draft agendas, transcripts, brochures, and membership lists. The series is arranged chronologically.

Series consists of records relating to 24 ACP committees. The committees were formed to deal with different aspects of ACP initiatives and the publishing trade. The Children's Book Publishers, Educational Publishing and Production committees prepared special reports and amassed research information. The IPA became a sustaining member of the Canadian Copyright Institute and their collection of minutes and papers from this organization are found with the Copyright Committee papers. The Membership Committee had a sporadic existence, but all defunct members' files and papers relating to membership status have been grouped with the committee's papers. The Management Committee was responsible for co-ordination and direction of ACP activities between Council meetings. The Booksellers Committee and Export Committee records are completely absent. Included are agendas, minutes and papers, correspondence, briefs, reports and drafts, articles and clippings.