The series consists of inward and outward Attorney-General’s Department correspondence created between 1926 and 1970, predominantly between 1956-1965. Records relate to a variety of matters for which the Attorney-General was responsible, including some ca.1955-1965 coroners' reports (within AG file code C-81-4).

Records are arranged by act and then by file code as assigned by the Attorney-General. File codes represent an act and specific subject matters under the act. Within the files, records are arranged chronologically. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. The records were scheduled for full retention.

Shows railways and counties.

Includes table of distances and index of post offices. Inset: [Southern Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland]. Scale [ca. 1:140 000]

The item consists of an instructional video created around 1988 to give an overview of the court services in British Columbia. The video is approximately 7 minutes long and consists of colour slides with an audio voice over and musical track. It includes an overview of court services starting in 1860 with slides of historical photographs and court locations on a map of BC. It then discusses the present state of court services including statistics of types of cases and describes the various types of court services including court administration, sheriff service, reporting/records and management/administration. If finishes with a discussion of what the future holds including new training programs, new technology and progressive management techniques.

Proclamation authorizing formation of Courts in the colony of Vancouver Island, April 4, 1856. Typescript available.

This series contains legal opinions offered by Attorney General on a wide range of subjects. For more information on the subjects covered, please consult the attached finding aid.

Item consists of a large wall map showing Land Recording Districts; County Courts; Mining Divisions, Recording Offices and Sub-recording Offices. The map includes complete index of cities, towns, villages, post-offices and railroad stations with population according to 1911 census. - Note on verso: "Mrs. Phillips Cherry Creek July 9/1970".

Handwritten notebooks with typed transcription of legal references arranged alphabetically by subject; letter (1926) to the Attorney-General and reply regarding Appeal Court review over "habeas corpus" proceedings; draft of letter (1935) to [Gordon McG.] Sloan regarding appointments to the Bench; copies of correspondence (1907-1909) regarding dispute on the Supreme Court over Rule 1043; notes and clippings on legal cases.

Presented by Judges Library, Vancouver Court House, 1979.

Miscellaneous published materials, some annotated, relating to operations of British Columbia courts at all levels, 1880-1970. Includes Supreme Court Rules, Magistrate's Manual, etc.

The item is a typescript copy of a paper by David Ricardo Williams titled "The administration of criminal and civil justice in the mining camps and frontier communities of British Columbia: frontier justice or reasonable unorthodoxy?" This paper was presented at the Western Canadian Legal History Conference, University of Calgary, April 1984.