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68th Bulkley Valley Exhibition Supplement
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9777
- Date Range
- August 1998
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- Message from chairman Walter Hromatka, board of directors, future development of ski corporation, frostbite, Ladies' Day, Award of Merit ski trip, ski injury prevention, first-time skiers wanted, 20 years of ski patrol, map and rates, cross-country trails, town and mountain events, alpine racers, p…
R 1998
Honorary President - Hon. Corky Evans,
Provicial Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Honorary Vice Presidents - Mrs. Dulcina Herman
& Mrs. Phylis Davidson
President - Sandra Frenzel
Vice President - Anita Tomayer
Recording Secretary - Graeme Johnstone
Treasurer - Pat Munro
Co
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Smithers Ski Corporation
- Fonds No.
- AF1
- Accession No.
- 2020.34.14
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- August 1998
- History / Biographical
- Printed in the Interior News, Houston Today, Lakes District News, Omineca Express, and Terrace Standard.
- Scope and Content
- Message from chairman Walter Hromatka, board of directors, future development of ski corporation, frostbite, Ladies' Day, Award of Merit ski trip, ski injury prevention, first-time skiers wanted, 20 years of ski patrol, map and rates, cross-country trails, town and mountain events, alpine racers, preparation exercise, ski lessons, Bulkley Valley Days chairlift.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Bulkley Valley Exhibition
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
"Back to Our Roots" Bulkley Valley Exhibition Supplement
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9786
- Date Range
- August 16, 2006
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- Main Street parade, president's message from Anita Tomayer, officers and directors, 4-H club, rodeo, map of grounds, schedule of events, Kispiox Valley Drill Team, scarecrow contest, Shooting Star Amusements/Midway, history of the fair, food eating contest, Kids Zone, dog show, Doris Stahel memoria…
original
site. In 1975, the Bulk-
ley Valley Exhibition
moved to its current
location at the Smith
ers fairgrounds.
Smithers mayor Jim
Davidson, a dairy
farmer who exhibited
at the fair for over 20
years, underscores the
continuing importance
of agriculture today.
“Farming has been a
stablilizing
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Accession No.
- 2017.136
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- August 16, 2006
- History / Biographical
- Printed in the Interior News and Houston Today.
- Scope and Content
- Main Street parade, president's message from Anita Tomayer, officers and directors, 4-H club, rodeo, map of grounds, schedule of events, Kispiox Valley Drill Team, scarecrow contest, Shooting Star Amusements/Midway, history of the fair, food eating contest, Kids Zone, dog show, Doris Stahel memorial garden, logger sports, fly casting contest, new bleachers, milking demonstrations, heavy horse pull.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
BONE CRUSHER
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts417
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Description
- The frame of this bone crusher consists of three legs at the bottom which is fastened to a malleable piece of iron. This piece of iron encapsulates the axle. Above the axle, the malleable piece of iron divides into two pieces. Each piece has a hole through the top where a metal rod is located. T…
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- The frame of this bone crusher consists of three legs at the bottom which is fastened to a malleable piece of iron. This piece of iron encapsulates the axle. Above the axle, the malleable piece of iron divides into two pieces. Each piece has a hole through the top where a metal rod is located. The same rod is fastened to the large flywheel. The flywheel consists of a 54cm diam. wheel with a 12cm wooden handle. The same side has "JOLIET ILL., HUMPHREY & SONS" embossed and "4" imprinted on it. The other side of the wheel has a small gear fastened in the center of it. This small gear sits upon a larger gear that is fastened to the axle. The other side of the axle has an iron disk attached to it. One side of the disk has ridges while the other side is smooth. Three evenly spaced slits run from the center of the disk to the rim. Each slit has a blade fastened to one side. Beside the disk is a hopper with indecipherable letters on the face of it. The rim of the hopper is a separate piece of malleable iron. One part of the rim is ridged then it extends over the disk then onto the iron rod that's attached to the flywheel. A curved knob is attached near the end on top. A metal door that is shaped like the hopper is connected to part of the rim. It also connects to a wheel with a gear attached to the middle. This gear over along the ridged rim when the wheel turns. When the wheel turns the door also moves in the same direction. The face of the door has "PAT JULY 3, 1900, CANADA PATENTED 1901"
- Narrative
- 'Farm Tools' by Michael Partridge, p.179
- History Of Use
- This bone crusher was used to grind up animal bones to make bone meal for fertilizer. This was a common practice still in the early 1900's until commercial fertilizer became more readily available. Bone crushers such as this one were used by farmers because animal bones were readily available on the farm and therefore were an inexpensive form of fertilizer. This bone crusher was used on the Bayson farm which was established in the late 1800's by an uncle of Fred Bayson. Fred took over the farm upon the death of his uncle in 1924 and worked at farming in the Bulkley Valley until his death in 1979.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Height
- 115
- Width
- 54
- Length
- 49.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1979.115.12
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Booklet
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4356
- Material
- PAPER;
- Description
- Light blue booklet entitled Vinegar Making on the Farm, written by the Division of Bacteriology at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, and issued by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. 4 pages
- Title
- Vinegar Making on the Farm
- Artist or Maker
- Division of Bacteriology, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa
- Dominion Department of Agriculture
- Original Owner
- Carr or Bovill family
- Other Names
- Pamphlet
- Brochure
- Subject Access
- farm
- Category
- COMMUNICATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- DOCUMENTARY OBJECT
- Place Of Manufacture
- Canada: Ottawa, Ontario
- Place Used
- Bulkley Valley, British Columbia
- Period or Date Notes
- Early 20th century
- Description
- Light blue booklet entitled Vinegar Making on the Farm, written by the Division of Bacteriology at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, and issued by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. 4 pages
- History Of Use
- Was collected and used by the Carr or Bovill family. Passed on to donor Laura Bolster by her father-in-law, Barney (Bernard) Bolster.
- Material
- PAPER;
- Height
- 21.5
- Width
- 0.1
- Length
- 14
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2020.33.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Booklet
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4357
- Material
- PAPER;
- Description
- Brown booklet entitled Information Concerning the Policy of the Life Stock Branch (Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa) Regarding Pure-Bred Rams. Pamphlet No. 19. Picture of a sheep's head on the cover. 4 pages + application form.
- Title
- Information Concerning the Policy of the Live Stock Branch Regarding Pure-Bred Rams
- Artist or Maker
- Sheep and Goat Division, Live Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
- Original Owner
- Carr or Bovill family
- Other Names
- Pamphlet
- Brochure
- Subject Access
- farm
- Category
- COMMUNICATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- DOCUMENTARY OBJECT
- Place Of Manufacture
- Canada: Ottawa, Ontario
- Place Used
- Bulkley Valley, British Columbia
- Start Date
- 1919
- End Date
- 1919
- Description
- Brown booklet entitled Information Concerning the Policy of the Life Stock Branch (Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa) Regarding Pure-Bred Rams. Pamphlet No. 19. Picture of a sheep's head on the cover. 4 pages + application form.
- History Of Use
- Was collected and used by the Carr or Bovill family. Passed on to donor Laura Bolster by her father-in-law, Barney (Bernard) Bolster.
- Material
- PAPER;
- Height
- 20.3
- Width
- 0.1
- Length
- 11.3
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2020.33.2
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Booklet
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4359
- Material
- PAPER;
- Description
- Beige booklet containing the 1929 Report of the Farmers' Institutes of British Columbia, including advisory board meetings, representations/resolutions to/from the Legislature, and a synopsis of agricultural legislation from the session of 1930. 32 pages
- Title
- Report of the Farmer's Institutes of British Columbia for the Year 1929
- Manufacturer
- Charles F. Banfield
- Original Owner
- Carr or Bovill family
- Other Names
- Pamphlet
- Brochure
- Subject Access
- farm
- Category
- COMMUNICATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- DOCUMENTARY OBJECT
- Place Of Manufacture
- Canada: Victoria, British Columbia
- Place Used
- Bulkley Valley, British Columbia
- Start Date
- 1930
- End Date
- 1930
- Description
- Beige booklet containing the 1929 Report of the Farmers' Institutes of British Columbia, including advisory board meetings, representations/resolutions to/from the Legislature, and a synopsis of agricultural legislation from the session of 1930. 32 pages
- History Of Use
- Was collected and used by the Carr or Bovill family. Passed on to donor Laura Bolster by her father-in-law, Barney (Bernard) Bolster.
- Material
- PAPER;
- Height
- 25.3
- Width
- 0.3
- Length
- 17
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2020.33.4
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
The Bulkley Booster Vol. 1 No. 3
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions10049
- Date Range
- January 1924
- Collection
- The Bulkley Booster fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- Bulkley's first farm machinery, Capt. J. S. Wilson school appointment, traffic in Topley, "Song of the Bulkley Home Makers", "Optimism", North Bulkley school concert, Golden Keys establish hospital, church section, home section, school section, five years of South Bulkley Farmers' Institute, Topley…
lected in the past, but we hope to see more-
attention paid to it in the future. Why
should not the institute arrange a few
social events such as dances, picnics, etc.?
The government will send out, on the re
quest of the institute, an expert to lecture
on any topic of agriculture that would be
of local
- Collection
- The Bulkley Booster fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- BF3
- Accession No.
- 1978.6
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- January 1924
- History / Biographical
- The Booster Bulkley was published monthly, covering social activities and school life from Rose Lake to Barrett. The first issue was published on November 22, 1923. The original editorial committee consisted of representatives from different districts of the Bulkley Valley: community leader Reverend L. Clinton Johnson (Convener), and schoolteachers Miss E.G. Stratton (Houston), Miss R.O. Stewart (North Bulkley), J. Ronald Todd (Topley), Frank Rendle (Forestdale) and Miss G. Keith (Rose Lake). The Interior News of July 30th 1924 reported that “The popular young pastor and the school teachers … undertook the publishing of a community newspaper, which … carried the boosting beyond the name and each month breathed optimism.” In spring 1924, the Booster staff also held a series of concerts/dances throughout the District, appearing at Topley, Houston, Forestdale and Decker Lake. The Booster had a short run, with only seven issues ever published, but reportedly enjoyed great success among its audience. Proceeds from sales of the paper were used to start a school library in Houston.
- Scope and Content
- Bulkley's first farm machinery, Capt. J. S. Wilson school appointment, traffic in Topley, "Song of the Bulkley Home Makers", "Optimism", North Bulkley school concert, Golden Keys establish hospital, church section, home section, school section, five years of South Bulkley Farmers' Institute, Topley community piano, the Trail Rangers, supplement (earthquake, Houston provincial party).
- Subject Access
- The Bulkley Booster
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
The Bulkley Pioneer (Vol. 2, No. 8)
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions6644
- Date Range
- May 30, 1908
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
, M A Y 30, 1907.
Canada’s Forests A World Factor
Timber has been and will be,
so long as man requires houses
to shelter him, implements which
he may use for agriculture or in
dustries, one of the great needs
of the world. In countries where
the forests have long been used,
such as a great part of Europe
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- C1
- Item No.
- 2018.2.7
- Accession No.
- 2018.2
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- May 30, 1908
- Publication
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Aldemere, B.C.
- Notes
- Written on the front page: "Published at Telkwa Aldermere BC Joseph Coyle"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions4976
- Date Range
- [1919-2021]
- Collection
- Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- The fonds is arranged into two series, Administrative and Fall Fair, and contains newspaper programs, prize lists, prize tickets, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, newspaper supplements, entry forms, certificate of incorporation and a brief history on the founding of the fair.
and Industrial
Exhibition Association (Interior News, June 21, 1919). On July 14, 1919, the Bulkley Valley Agricultural
and Industrial Association was incorporated under the Agricultural Act. The mandate of the Association
was to "advance the interests of agriculture and to hold an annual exhibition
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Other Title Info
- Title based on contents of fonds.
- Fonds No.
- AF1
- Accession No.
- 1971.17
- 1978.5
- 1983.9
- 1983.65
- 1988.1
- 2007.3
- 1994.7
- 1994.13
- 2020.6
- 2020.12
- 2020.34
- 2022.1
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual record, 39 photographs
- Date Range
- [1919-2021]
- History / Biographical
- Talk of forming a Bulkley Valley Agricultural Association to oversee the planning of an exhibition began in 1910 (Interior News, May 1910). Various names were used before incorporation, such as: Bulkley Valley Agricultural Association (Interior News, July 27, 1912), Bulkley Valley Agricultural Association and Farmer’s Institute (Omineca Herald, June 7, 1913) and Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association (Interior News, June 21, 1919). On July 14, 1919, the Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association was incorporated under the Agricultural Act. The mandate of the Association was to "advance the interests of agriculture and to hold an annual exhibition of agricultural products at Smithers, and to do all such other things the directors may decide for the advancement of the association, the farmers and farming." The first directors of the Association included A. Kilpatrick (President, Smithers), J. G. Wood (Vice-President, Telkwa), and L.B. Warner (Secretary Treasurer, Smithers), George Oulton (Smithers), A. J. Prudhomme (Telkwa), E. C. Barger (Telkwa) and William S. Henry (Smithers) (Interior News, June 21, 1919). Smithers held its first Fall Fair in Albert Park, September 30th, 1919. After several years the Fair became a three-day event, presenting a wide variety of exhibits including agricultural displays, livestock and logging shows, handicraft and homemaking exhibits, stage shows, and a midway. The Fair continues to this day, having been held every year since 1919, except for 1932-1933, 1938-1945, 1950-1952. A virtual fair was held in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds is arranged into two series, Administrative and Fall Fair, and contains newspaper programs, prize lists, prize tickets, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, newspaper supplements, entry forms, certificate of incorporation and a brief history on the founding of the fair.
- Arrangement
- Records were rearranged in September 2016 by Manda Haligowski to better reflect archival standards and to improve accessibility.
- Subject Access
- Bulkley Valley Fall Fair
- Bulkley Valley Exhibition
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Bulkley Valley
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Bulkley Valley Progress Supplement
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9771
- Date Range
- March 1990
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- An overview of the Bulkley Valley's progress from the turn of the century to 1990.
was
erected in town.
The ladies had banded them
selves into a church guild and
their annual bazaar was the high
spot of the winter.
�Page 14— Progress 1990
agriculture
Dairy industry — cornerstone of farming
Since the first pioneers carv
ed homesteads out of the
forests and bogs around
Smithers at the turn
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Accession No.
- 2020.6.74
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- March 1990
- Scope and Content
- An overview of the Bulkley Valley's progress from the turn of the century to 1990.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Bulkley Valley School Days
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7010
- Date Range
- 1982
- Collection
- Della Herman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book, Bulkley Valley School Days, about the history of education in the Bulkley Valley. It was written by longtime local educator Della Herman in 1981 and published in partnership with School District #54 in 1982.
of
water, timber, minerals and land suitable for ranching and agriculture, this
vast area of the province had not been developed because it had no fast
and reliable transportation.
The Canadian Pacific Railway was already built across the southern part
of the province, but railway service to the north
- Collection
- Della Herman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Della Herman
- Fonds No.
- PF29
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 2012.56.7
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1982
- History / Biographical
- Della Herman (nee Carpenter) was a teacher, principal, supervising principal, and school trustee in the Bulkley Valley from 1936 until the mid-1980s, primarily working at Smithers Elementary School / Muheim Memorial Elementary.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book, Bulkley Valley School Days, about the history of education in the Bulkley Valley. It was written by longtime local educator Della Herman in 1981 and published in partnership with School District #54 in 1982.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Bulkley Valley Tourist Guide Supplement
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9766
- Date Range
- Summer 1989
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- Smithers Visitor Infocentre, Main Street and Central Park, summer events, Telkwa Highroad, Driftwood fossil beds, hiking trails and forest recreation sites, Toboggan Creek Fish Hatchery, Einar Blix hiking recommendations, Hudson Bay Mountain chairlift, Telkwa directory, pioneer farm families, Telkw…
, the Grand
Trunk Pacific, through the val
ley.
Other exhibits illustrate
pioneer lifestyles: farming,
railroad tie cutting, household
items and childhood in past
decades.
Temporary exhibits, changed
regularly, offer glimpses at
other aspects of the area’s
past.
E v e n t s
A busy summer
Three events stand
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Accession No.
- 2020.6.69
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- Summer 1989
- History / Biographical
- Printed in the Interior News and Houston Today.
- Scope and Content
- Smithers Visitor Infocentre, Main Street and Central Park, summer events, Telkwa Highroad, Driftwood fossil beds, hiking trails and forest recreation sites, Toboggan Creek Fish Hatchery, Einar Blix hiking recommendations, Hudson Bay Mountain chairlift, Telkwa directory, pioneer farm families, Telkwa walking tour, history of Telkwa stores, Quick, sites for naturalists, recreation in the Bulkley Valley, the Hazeltons, Kitanmaax School of Indian Art, fur trade history.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Construction of farm shed at Morice-Bulkley Museum site
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12362
- Date Range
- November 1990
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ongoing construction on the farm implement shed at the proposed site of the Morice-Bulkley Museum. This building was intended to hold agricultural machinery and other large artifacts.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bill Dungate
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9691
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- 1 b&w photograph; 17.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- November 1990
- History / Biographical
- In the early 1990s, the Morice-Bulkley Heritage & Museum Society attempted to establish an open-air museum at Four Seasons Park, near Houston. Heritage buildings and large artifacts from the surrounding area were transported to the site and intended to be restored to their original state. However, various issues brought construction to a halt by the end of 1991. After a brief return to the project in the late 90s and early 2000s, the Four Seasons site was abandoned and several of the buildings were moved to a park at the corner of Highway 16 and Benson Ave.
- Custodial History
- Negative taken by Bill Dungate in November 1990. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ongoing construction on the farm implement shed at the proposed site of the Morice-Bulkley Museum. This building was intended to hold agricultural machinery and other large artifacts.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Notes
- Envelope labelled "Museum Site Nov 13/90. Negs Are - School. From Sawmill Ranch. Crew Working in Side Shed - Coal Mine Building." Additional negatives from same event contained in folder.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Crane lifting rafters to roof of museum shed
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12359
- Date Range
- October 1990
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crane lifting rafters onto the roof of the farm implement shed, constructed to hold agricultural machinery and artifacts at the proposed Morice-Bulkley Museum.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bill Dungate
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9688
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- October 1990
- History / Biographical
- In the early 1990s, the Morice-Bulkley Heritage & Museum Society attempted to establish an open-air museum at Four Seasons Park, near Houston. Heritage buildings and large artifacts from the surrounding area were transported to the site and intended to be restored to their original state. However, various issues brought construction to a halt by the end of 1991. After a brief return to the project in the late 90s and early 2000s, the Four Seasons site was abandoned and several of the buildings were moved to a park at the corner of Highway 16 and Benson Ave.
- Custodial History
- Negative taken by Bill Dungate in October 1990. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crane lifting rafters onto the roof of the farm implement shed, constructed to hold agricultural machinery and artifacts at the proposed Morice-Bulkley Museum.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Notes
- Envelope labelled "Negs - Crane Lifting Rafters onto Shed Oct 31/90 Path Leading to Bridge - Pickett Home - Neg Showing Foot Bridge "Sept 1990" (Museum Site)." Additional negatives from same event contained in folder.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Documents
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11963
- Date Range
- 1942-1968
- Collection
- Gilbert family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Series is comprised of documents created for and collected by the Gilbert family. Includes school exercise books used by Ron Gilbert between 1945 and 1947, certificates for Ron Gilbert from Driftwood School (1942) and University of BC (1953), an agricultural newsletter for Skeena-Bulkley Valley (19…
- Collection
- Gilbert family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- PF37
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 2021.22
- Physical Description
- ~8 cm textual records
- Date Range
- 1942-1968
- History / Biographical
- The Gilbert family came from Stettler, Alberta to the Bulkley Valley in 1919 and ran a farm in the Driftwood hills for the next several decades.
- Custodial History
- Items from 2021.22 accession were donated by Janice Gilbert on September 9th and 15th 2021 and June 10th 2022.
- Scope and Content
- Series is comprised of documents created for and collected by the Gilbert family. Includes school exercise books used by Ron Gilbert between 1945 and 1947, certificates for Ron Gilbert from Driftwood School (1942) and University of BC (1953), an agricultural newsletter for Skeena-Bulkley Valley (1955), the 1953 report of the Dominion Experimental Farm, and a program for the 1964 Burns Night banquet and dance held in Smithers. A separate subseries has been created for documents relating to the Gilbert brothers’ forestry careers.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Dominion Experimental Farm at Smithers, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions1581
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on the image caption.
- Creator
- Ansgar Walter Lenser
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P0819
- Accession No.
- 1982.4
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard: b&w; 13.8 x 8.3
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- History / Biographical
- Established as an experimental substation in 1938 and an experimental farm in 1955. Located on the old Sproule Farm between Smithers and Telkwa. The directors were W.H. Hicks and K. McBean, and the farm provided information on the major agricultural problems of the area.
- Subject Access
- Dominion Experimental Farm
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Historical information from BV Museum reference file; INDUSTRIES/AGRICULTURE - dominion experimental farm.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Dominion Experimental Farm photos and correspondence
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- Date Range
- September 2002
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- File includes a letter from Agricultural Consultant (and former superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm) Walter Burns to Jane Young; handwritten notes (possibly by John Hamhuis Jr.?) containing descriptions of photographs and historical/social information about the Experimental Farm; and 7…
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Walter T. Burns
- Fonds No.
- C1
- Accession No.
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm textual recodrs
- 7 photographs (colour)
- Date Range
- September 2002
- Custodial History
- Items were sent to the Bulkley Valley Museum in September 2002 and kept amongst internal records until being accessioned in May 2021.
- Scope and Content
- File includes a letter from Agricultural Consultant (and former superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm) Walter Burns to Jane Young; handwritten notes (possibly by John Hamhuis Jr.?) containing descriptions of photographs and historical/social information about the Experimental Farm; and 7 polaroid photographs of buildings (office, seed house, cattle barn, dwellings) at the site of the former Experimental Farm.
- Subject Access
- Dominion Experimental Farm
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Dominion Experimental Substation, Smithers, British Columbia, progress report, 1938-1950
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- Date Range
- 1952
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a progress report created by the Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms Service, regarding the Dominion Experimental Substation in Smithers, B.C.
and these are relatively free from stones.
Fig. 3.—Overlooking the Driftwood District toward the Babine range. This is a typical
illustration of the degree of development of agricultural land in the area.
The agriculture of the area is in the nature of general farming, popularly
termed “mixed farming”. These areas
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- C1
- File No.
- File 138
- Item No.
- 2000.34.1
- Accession No.
- 2000.34
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (44 p.)
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1952
- Publication
- Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery
- Scope and Content
- Item is a progress report created by the Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms Service, regarding the Dominion Experimental Substation in Smithers, B.C.
- Subject Access
- Dominion Experimental Substation
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Dominion Experimental Substation, Smithers, British Columbia, progress report, 1938-1950
Evelyn 4-H Club fonds
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- Date Range
- 1989-1998, 2001
- Collection
- Evelyn 4-H Club fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains two scrapbooks compiled by the Evelyn 4-H club in 1989, and 1995-1998. Scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, Fall Fair guides and programs, auction records, judging notes, speech notes, regional demonstration prorams and ephemeral items related to the activities of the…
, leadership,
responsibility and life skills among young people through experiential learning programs and a positive
youth development approach. Founded in 1902, it initially focused on instructing rural youth in farming,
agricultural, and home-making practices. 4-H Canada is an independent non-profit
- Collection
- Evelyn 4-H Club fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Evelyn 4-H Club
- Fonds No.
- AF15
- Accession No.
- 2019.43
- 2020.36
- Physical Description
- 9 cm of textual and graphic material
- Date Range
- 1989-1998, 2001
- History / Biographical
- 4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations intended to promote citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills among young people through experiential learning programs and a positive youth development approach. Founded in 1902, it initially focused on instructing rural youth in farming, agricultural, and home-making practices. 4-H Canada is an independent non-profit organization which has overseen 4-H networks nationwide for over 100 years. Smithers’ local chapter, the Evelyn 4-H Club (then the Evelyn 4-H Beef and Garden Club), was founded on December 6th 1962; the first meeting was held on December 6th of that year at the Lake Kathlyn School. President elected was Don Chapman, Vice President Lorna Chapman, Secretary-Treasurer Gwen Ridennoure. Press correspondent was Yolanda Gyger, Dave Price was club leader, and William Quadros was assistant leader. The Evelyn 4-H Beef Club was formed in 1965 with Bob Storey elected president. Over the years its members have regularly contributed livestock and poultry to be judged at the annual Fall Fair. The club celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1987. As of 2020, it is one of three 4-H clubs in the Bulkley Valley and has projects in raising horses, cows, pigs, sheep, poultry, and rabbits.
- Custodial History
- Items with 2019.43 accession numbers were created by the Evelyn 4-H club and donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum by Jill Storey on November 18th 2019. Photo with 2020.36 accession number was found in collections in October 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains two scrapbooks compiled by the Evelyn 4-H club in 1989, and 1995-1998. Scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, Fall Fair guides and programs, auction records, judging notes, speech notes, regional demonstration prorams and ephemeral items related to the activities of the Evelyn 4-H club. There is also one loose photograph (P7892) of Evelyn 4-H Club members at an appreciation dinner in 2001.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Exterior of farm shed at Morice-Bulkley Museum site
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- Date Range
- November 1990
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of the farm implement shed at the proposed site of the Morice-Bulkley Museum. This building was intended to hold agricultural machinery and other large artifacts.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bill Dungate
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9692
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- November 1990
- History / Biographical
- In the early 1990s, the Morice-Bulkley Heritage & Museum Society attempted to establish an open-air museum at Four Seasons Park, near Houston. Heritage buildings and large artifacts from the surrounding area were transported to the site and intended to be restored to their original state. However, various issues brought construction to a halt by the end of 1991. After a brief return to the project in the late 90s and early 2000s, the Four Seasons site was abandoned and several of the buildings were moved to a park at the corner of Highway 16 and Benson Ave.
- Custodial History
- Negative taken by Bill Dungate in November 1990. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of the farm implement shed at the proposed site of the Morice-Bulkley Museum. This building was intended to hold agricultural machinery and other large artifacts.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Notes
- Envelope labelled "Museum Site Nov 13/90. Negs Are - School. From Sawmill Ranch. Crew Working in Side Shed - Coal Mine Building." Additional negatives from same event contained in folder.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
