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Town of Smithers
- Date Range
- 1967-2020
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Town of Smithers since its incorporation in 1967. These include flyers/pamphlets, newsletters, correspondence, a program for the inaugural meeting of Smithers Town Council, items from Smithers’ 60th and 75th anniversaries (program, letters, gue…
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- Creator
- Town of Smithers
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S2
- Item No.
- P7723-P7733
- Accession No.
- 1983.12
- 1988.8
- 1999.239
- 2012.16
- 2012.17
- 2017.22
- 2017.41
- 2017.71
- 2018.2
- 2018.19
- 2020.9
- 2021.12
- Physical Description
- 5.5 cm of textual records, 43 maps/plans, 34 colour photographs
- Date Range
- 1967-2020
- History / Biographical
- Smithers was officially incorporated as a town in 1967, having been designated as a village since 1921. It remains town status as of 2020. The Town of Smithers is governed by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Town Council, and is made up of several departments including: the Department of Recreation, Parks, and culture, the Fire Department and Emergency Services, the Prevention and Community Safety Department, the Administration and Human Resources Department, the Works and Operations Department, the Development Services Department, the Finance Department, and the Bylaw Enforcement and Animal Control Department.
- Custodial History
- This series was created by Holly Peterson in July 2020 as a complement to the pre-existing Corporation of the Village of Smithers fonds, created by Manda Haligowski circa 2016-2018.
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Town of Smithers since its incorporation in 1967. These include flyers/pamphlets, newsletters, correspondence, a program for the inaugural meeting of Smithers Town Council, items from Smithers’ 60th and 75th anniversaries (program, letters, guestbooks, photographs), Smithers land plots, Central Park Building renovation and Central Park redevelopment plans, and cemetery maps.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Of the photographs, 11 have been assigned P numbers and scanned as a representative sample of the collection, while the remaining 23 have been deliberately left unnumbered and unscanned. They are still available upon request for those interested.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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