The collection consists of a circular report and historical extracts giving details of construction of about 115 miles of the telegraph line along the south shore of Vancouver Island.

The fonds consists of records made or received by the TeleLearning Network's management office in the course of administering the Network's affairs. Activities documented include Annual General Meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors and TeleLearning committees, Network financial administration and budgeting, communications, media relations and web presence, the holding of annual TeleLearning Conferences, NCE reporting, management of research projects, and promotion of TeleLearning spin-off companies. Records include meeting agendas, minutes and supporting papers; NCE application submissions and working papers; reports, including Annual Reports, NCE statistical reports and the final NCE report; letters patent of incorporation, Network internal agreements, memoranda of agreement, by-laws, policies and procedures; correspondence, notes, and working papers; budgets, financial statements, audit reports, tax returns, year-end documents and planning documents; conference programs, audio tapes of conference presentations, conference promotional material and artifacts; TeleLearning software products on CD ROM, and TeleLearning's web site (burned onto a CD in September 2002); communications plan, press releases and press clippings. Record media include paper, electronic (spreadsheets, word-processing documents, graphics formats, and html files), optical disks, audio tapes, photographs, graphics and artifacts. The fonds is arranged into the following series: F-172-1 Board, committee and meeting records; F-172-1-1 Board of Directors meeting records; F-172-1-2 Executive Committee meeting records; F-172-1-3 Program Committee meeting records; F-172-1-4 Annual General Meeting records; F-172-1-5 Operations Committee meeting records; F-172-1-6 Knowledge and Technology Transfer Committee meeting records; F-172-2 Administrative and operational subject files; F-172-3 Financial files; F-172-4 Communications files; F-172-4-1 Communications Manager's subject files; F-172-4-2 Media releases and clippings; F-172-4-3 TeleLearning web site; F-172-4-4 TeleLearning demonstration disks; F-172-4-5 Tele-Chat electronic newsletter; F-172-4-6 Photographs, graphics and artifacts; F-172-4-7 Papers, presentations and reports; F-172-5 TeleLearning Conference records; F-172-6 Research files; F-172-6-1 Network of TeleLearning Communities project files; F-172-6-2 Research theme and project reports; F-172-6-3 Project management files; F-172-7 Spin-off companies files.

The fonds consists of bylaws, a minute book and a certificate of incorporation of the Telkwa Women's Institute.

The collection consists of oral history interviews with prominent Vancouver citizens, including J.V. Clyne, Hugh Pickett, Grace MacInnis, Bill Reid and Arthur Erickson.

Fonds consists of records which document the administration of the Centre, including the records of the Management Committee (1962-70) and the Board of Directors (1971-81), and include minutes, reports, and correspondence.

The fonds consists of page proofs for Boggs book entitled "The International Trade Balance in Theory and Practice" (1922), articles and clippings (1912-1925), and class records (1921-1925).

The fonds consists of photographs depicting primarily buildings, scenes, persons and activities at the Lytton Indian Mission.

The fonds consists of four diaries and a certificate of discharge.

The fonds consists of some curricular material and email correspondence that Dr. Healy used in shaping her course, a rough draft and notes on "Work in progress: a collection of local history essays by students of History 407", audio tapes, computer disks, transcriptions, release forms, notes, draft articles and Dr. Healy's comments on student projects.

The fonds consists of miscellaneous records of Thomas and Mary Vida McNair, including tourist information; records relating to Mary McNair's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan, including commissions and returns as Deputy Returning Officer.