Series displays photographs taken on Piers Island showing the officers, guards, and matrons; male and female prisoners visiting through a fence that separates men’s and women’s compounds; female prisoners working; penitentiary buildings; penitentiary perimeter; vessel used for transferring prisoners; and a patrol boat. As there are no dates recorded for these photographs, it is not possible to determine the exact dates they were taken; however, based on the subject matter, it is assumed that dates of creation are between 1932 and 1934.

Series consists of client cards on individual clients of the Society, dating mainly from its early period. The client cards are 5 x 8 stock cards containing personal information about individual clients and include details about the Society's involvement with the client. typically included on the cards are sentence and release dates, prison identification numbers, racial origin, education and type of crime committed.

Series consists of correspondence created and received by Patrick McTaggart-Cowan in both his personal and professional life. Includes records that reflect his student days at UBC and Oxford, his professional life from when he first joined the Meteorological Service to when he retired from the Science Council in 1975, and correspondence after his retirement. Also includes correspondence relating to a number of projects, events or interests with which McTaggart-Cowan was concerned.

This series consists of personal records of Stephan Sorokin including identity documents issues by various governments of countries where Sorokin lived in or traveled through, such like Germany, Yugoslavia, Iran, Palestine, Canada, Uruguay and Bolivia. Most of these identity documents contain portrait photographs of Sorokin. This series also includes some correspondence and other related documents.

Dallas Smythe began his involvement in the field of agricultural economics in 1934, when he worked as an extension specialist in agriculture for the College of Agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley. In this position, he studied economic outlooks for various California farm products. In 1937, he was hired as an associate economist by the U.S. Central Statistical Board, where he oversaw the collection of statistics for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This involved the review of information collection policies and procedures, and the planning of the Census of Agriculture. Smythe left the Central Statistical Board in 1938.

Series consists of records written or co-authored by Smythe in his positions as extension specialist in agriculture for the University of California, Berkeley, and as an economist for the U.S. Central Statistical Board. Series includes research and reports regarding various farm crops in California, and reports and chart books from the federal Census of Agriculture.

Series consists of publications written or collected by McTaggart-Cowan. Includes articles by McTaggart-Cowan, newspaper clippings, and publications and reports about the oil spill at Chedabucto Bay.

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 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 Peter Trower’s incoming and outgoing correspondence. Includes correspondence with family, friends, other writers, publishers, fans, media personnel, and granting agencies.

Series consists of the administrative files of the Society from about 1969 to 1982. During this period, a new file classification plan was in place where each file category or subject area was assigned a unique numeric code.

Researchers should be aware that the files are not arranged according to strict chronological and alphabetical order within or between subseries, and therefore the entire file list for the subseries below should be reviewed to determine the existence of all files on a particular subject.

This series consists of correspondence between Efanov and various individuals and organizations that were a part of the Doukhobor community and some from beyond the community. The series contains Efanov’s inbound and outbound letters as well as letters reproduced by him, but written by Stephan Sorokin. Some letters are undated and authorship is not clear. All are handwritten in Russian, except for a few letters in English.

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 correspondence between Ann Messenger and her parents, and incoming correspondence from friends.

Series consists of records relating to the Social Credit League. Records document early ideology, election campaigns, party developments in the 1970s, the 1973 leadership campaign and the conventions of 1975 and 1976. Included are pamphlets, poems, mimeographed statements, scripts, calendars, programs, a survey, posters, correspondence, invoices, a receipt book, speeches, lists, newspaper clippings, a folders, buttons, a portfolio, press releases, minutes, newsletters, cartoons, statements and resolutions.

Series consists of records relating to recidivists, also known as 'habituals', also known as repeat offenders, those individuals who were convicted of a crime, released from prison, and then rearrested for a similar arrest.

Series is arranged into two subseries: Case Files and Assistance Program

Series consists of photographs and biographical information of British Columbia Provincial Police officers on and off duty as well as in retirement, and stories of their careers. Series includes some information relating to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as many BCPP officers continued their careers with the RCMP when it took over responsibility for policing in British Columbia

Series consists of records relating to Bennett's association with the B.C. Progressive Conservative Association and his first successful election campaign in 1941. Included are correspondence, file notes, lists, statements, receipts, a certificate, ballots, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, proposals, pamphlets and transcripts.

Series consists of typed and handwritten manuscripts of stories, novels, and poems written by June Skinner. It also contains galley proofs from several of her novels. Series is arranged into two sub-series: Published ([195-?]-1981), and Unpublished (1936-[1992?]).

This series consists of correspondence of Stephan Sorokin in capacity as the leader of the CCBRD and a leader/spokesperson of the Sons of Freedom with various individuals of within the Doukhobor community and outside of it, including representatives of the Canadian government and other organizations. This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence. Many of the letters are with or regarding of the imprisoned members of the Reformed Doukhobors community. Besides letters, telegrams, and open letters, the files in this series contain other records including Sorokin addresses to community, resolution, clippings, texts of poems, psalms and prayers, reports, meeting minutes of the Fraternal Council of CCBRD and other matters related to the CCBRD and the Sons of Freedom. Sorokin’s letters are sent from South America, mainly Montevideo, Uruguay.

Some of correspondents include: F. J. Mead, William Evans, Rankin, Dean & Munro, Joseph Podovinikoff, Walter Siegmeister, W. M. Moojelsky, A. Kolesnikov, I. I. Perepelkin, S. Tomilin, Petr Iliasov, Ivan Chernov, A. Reibin, Steve Lapshinoff, Joseph Ogloff, and Mikhail Chernenkoff.

In English and in Russian and some in Spanish.

Series comprises records from various sources on a variety of topics of interest to the BCHPA. Records include annual reports, correspondence, lecture notes, publications, membership lists and other documents.

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 relating to publications and presentations produced by Smythe in his role as a student at the University of California, Berkeley; a professor at the University of Illinois, the University of Saskatchewan at Regina, Simon Fraser University, and other universities; and as a peace activist. Series includes publications, presentations, and correspondence.

Publications arising from Smythe's employment as an agricultural economist (at the University of California, Berkeley and at the U.S. Central Statistical Bureau), and as chief economist with the Federal Communications Commission are located in series F-16-3 (Agricultural economics) and F-16-5 (U.S. Federal Communications Commission).

Series consists of records generated from Neil’s work as a musician and artist. These include publicity materials, performance notes, set lists, exhibition files, grant applications, correspondence, original paintings, music scores, and essays about Al Neil.

Series consists of records relating to the Glengarry Camp. Activities, events and topics documented include meetings and other activities of the Camp, its Executive Committee, Entertainment Committee, and Ladies Auxiliary; joint meetings with Montrose Camp, and activities and events of Montrose Camp during that period; the financial management of the Camp; and its relations with other District No. 16 camps. Records include minutes and minute books; financial statements, balance sheets, and financial reports; record books and note books; bylaws; correspondence, reports, and newletters; and lists.

Series consists of files relating to a number of issues, activities, and areas of interest to the women's movement in North America. Files contain material on such diverse topics as birth control, socialism, pornography, rape and beauty pageants. Also includes files on organizations, groups, and movements in the fight for women's rights, such as the Younger Lesbian Association, Women Against the Budget, Vancouver Rape Relief, Concerned Citizens for Choice on Abortion, the Childcare Occupation Forces, and others. Includes articles, clippings, newsletters, academic papers, reports, posters, calendars, and ephemera.

Series consists of records relating to meetings and activities of the Glamis Camp. Records include minute books, with related correspondence and other papers, dating from the Camp's establishment in June 1937 until 1998. Minute books include lists of new members and rolls of camp officers. Correspondence is mainly with other camps.

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

Series consists of diaries, journals, notepads, and appointment books that reflect McTaggart-Cowan's daily activities. Also includes one diary written by Margaret McTaggart-Cowan, and scrapbooks complied by her.

This series consists of the Doukhobor community matters correspondence received or send by J. J. Verigin as the Secretary or the Honorary Chair of The Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ (USCC), including letters, telegrams, open letters, declarations and proposals. The majority of the documents are in Russian.

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.