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Assessment roll ledger
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5370
- Date Range
- February 28,1923 -1930
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a rather large red bound ledger, documenting accounts payable in Smithers based on property owned (block / lots)
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S1
- Item No.
- 2009.50.1
- Accession No.
- 2009.50.1
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Scan Resolution
- 240 dpi
- Date Range
- February 28,1923 -1930
- Custodial History
- Donated to the BV Museum in 2009 by Jocelyn Pearce, the President of the Museum's Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a rather large red bound ledger, documenting accounts payable in Smithers based on property owned (block / lots)
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Corporation of the Village of Smithers
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9622
- Date Range
- 1922-1965
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Municipality/Corporation of the Village of Smithers from its inception in 1921 until its incorporation as a town in 1967. These include financial reports (1923-1950), an assessment roll ledger (1923-1930), a scavenging ledger (1946-1950), land …
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Creator
- Village of Smithers
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 1975.107
- 1981.6
- 1983.10
- 1983.14
- 1988.1
- 1988.5
- 1988.9
- 1988.12
- 1990.172
- 2007.3
- 2009.50
- 2017.36
- 2017.41
- 2018.2
- Physical Description
- 22 cm of textual records, 15 maps/plans
- Date Range
- 1922-1965
- History / Biographical
- The Village of Smithers was incorporated in December 1921, becoming the first B.C. community to receive this status under the Village Municipalities Act. It was governed by Village Commissioners. It was known as the Municipality of the Village of Smithers until 1936, when it became the Corporation of the Village of Smithers. In 1967 Smithers officially became a town.
- Custodial History
- This series was created by Manda Haligowski circa 2016-2018 and completed by Holly Peterson in July 2020.
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Municipality/Corporation of the Village of Smithers from its inception in 1921 until its incorporation as a town in 1967. These include financial reports (1923-1950), an assessment roll ledger (1923-1930), a scavenging ledger (1946-1950), land lot tax assessments (1938-39), a 1924 municipal voters’ list, Board of Trade bylaws, specifications for the Smithers Government Building, blueprints for the Central Park Building and a proposed sanitary sewage system, and maps of the Smithers Cemetery.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Municipality Land Assessment for Simpson home
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9981
- Date Range
- 1945
- Collection
- Simpson Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Municipality Assessment on Land and Improvements for the Year 1945 for Mary Simpson's home on Block 75, Lot 37, Smithers, B.C.
- Collection
- Simpson Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- PF36
- Series No.
- SS3
- Accession No.
- 2020.39.16
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1945
- Custodial History
- Item was in the ownership of the Simpson family for many years before being donated by Elizabeth Cameron, granddaughter of James Simpson, on October 2nd 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Municipality Assessment on Land and Improvements for the Year 1945 for Mary Simpson's home on Block 75, Lot 37, Smithers, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Plan of Cemetery Portion of Block 5
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7267
- Date Range
- 1922-1924
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Village of Smithers
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S1
- Item No.
- 2017.41.27
- Accession No.
- 2017.41
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1922-1924
- Arrangement
- Scale: 1" = 10'
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Large Images
Scavenging ledger
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5371
- Date Range
- 1946-1950
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a medium-sized green fabric and red leather bound ledger, documenting scavenging services provided by the Village of Smithers at the time.
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S1
- Item No.
- 2009.50.2
- Accession No.
- 2009.50.2
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1946-1950
- Custodial History
- Donated to the BV Museum in 2009 by Jocelyn Pearce, the President of the Museum's Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a medium-sized green fabric and red leather bound ledger, documenting scavenging services provided by the Village of Smithers at the time.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Town of Smithers fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9621
- Date Range
- 1922-2020
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- This fonds contains records created by or relating to the municipal governing body of the Town, formerly Village, of Smithers. These include documents such as financial reports, assessment rolls, a scavenging ledger, land lot tax assessments, a voters’ list, bylaws, programs, pamphlets, newsletters…
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Town of Smithers
- Village of Smithers
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Item No.
- P7723-P7733
- Accession No.
- 1975.107
- 1981.6
- 1983.10
- 1983.12
- 1983.14
- 1988.1
- 1988.5
- 1988.6
- 1988.8
- 1988.9
- 1988.10
- 1988.12
- 1990.172
- 1999.239
- 2007.3
- 2009.50
- 2012.16
- 2012.17
- 2017.22
- 2017.36
- 2017.41
- 2017.71
- 2018.2
- 2018.19
- 2020.9
- 2021.12
- Physical Description
- 27.5 cm of textual records, 72 cartographic and architectural records, 34 colour photographs
- Date Range
- 1922-2020
- History / Biographical
- The town of Smithers was established in 1913. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) selected the swampy, flat area at the base of Hudson Bay Mountain as the divisional point for the railroad and the development of the town followed. Smithers grew very quickly and by 1914, it boasted two newspapers, banks, hotels, businesses, many residences, and a main street running six blocks north of the railroad tracks. In 1921 it was incorporated as British Columbia’s first village. Over the following decades, the small community continued to grow and expand, receiving town status in 1967. Today it serves as the regional center for the Bulkley Valley. The population as of 2016 was 5,351.
- Custodial History
- Series 1 was created circa 2016-2020 by Manda Haligowski. Arrangement of the fonds was completed by Holly Peterson in July 2020.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds contains records created by or relating to the municipal governing body of the Town, formerly Village, of Smithers. These include documents such as financial reports, assessment rolls, a scavenging ledger, land lot tax assessments, a voters’ list, bylaws, programs, pamphlets, newsletters, building specifications, and records from special events such as Smithers’ anniversaries. There are also many cartographic and architectural records, such as maps of Smithers and its Cemetery; blueprints, fire protection plans, and proposed renovations for Central Park Building; and plans for projects such as a new sewage system and the redevelopment of Central Park.
- Arrangement
- This fonds has been arranged into two series, reflecting two stages in the development of Smithers as a municipality: S1, Corporation of the Village of Smithers, which contains items dating from the village’s incorporation in 1921 until 1966; and S2, Town of Smithers, which contains items dating from after the town’s incorporation in 1967. In addition, 14 maps and plans (1988.1.1, 1988.6.1, 1988.13.1, 2017.41.15, 2017.41.17, 2017.41.18, 2017.41.19, 2017.41.21, 2017.41.22, 2017.41.23, 2017.41.25, 2017.41.30, 2017.41.33, and 2017.41.34) were undated and as such have not been sorted into any series, instead remaining as loose items within the fonds. These are primarily cemetery plans, with some land plot maps and one set of proposed plans for the Smithers courtyard front porch.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description