Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Forest Service personnel photographs
General material designation
- graphic material
- textual record
- multiple media
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the series.
Level of description
Series
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1913-1982 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Forest Service
Physical description area
Physical description
4503 photographs : b&w and col. and 1 cm of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Established March 28, 1945 when the Forest Branch of the Dept. of Lands became the Forest Service of the Dept. of Lands and Forests. The Forest Service retained its name when the Dept. of Lands and Forests became the Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources in March 1962. On Dec. 23, 1975 the Forest Service was transferred to the newly created Dept. of Forests. Ceased to exist April 1979.
Custodial history
Accession 199003-004 was initially transferred from Ministry of Forests to the Government Information Services' (GIS) Image Bank. These records were then transferred to BC Archives in 1988, after the dissolution of the GIS.
Scope and content
The series consists of Forest Service personnel photographic prints and negatives created by the British Columbia Forest Service between 1913 and 1982. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the employee. The photo prints are mounted on cards which contain the title, the Oxford Forest classification number, the Forest Service photo number, the photographer's name and the date the photo was taken. The negatives are arranged alphabetically. The negatives have been removed from the original glassine negative sleeves. These sleeves, which often have notes written on them, have been preserved.
Notes area
Physical condition
Includes some nitrate, acetate and colour negatives displaying early stages of deterioration.
Immediate source of acquisition
Accession 197910-003 transferred to BC Archives by the British Columbia Forest Service, Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, ca. 1973.
Arrangement
The records accessioned as 199003-004 were never fully inventoried and identified. The Forest Service records within this accession were added to the earlier Forest Service accession 197910-003 and reaccessioned as 88-0730.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Approximately 2450 items have been described at the item level, 265 have scanned images attached.
Restrictions on access
Conservation restriction: the negatives in cold storage are not available for access.
These records are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or other acts and access may be restricted. Please contact the BC Archives to determine the access status of these records.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright belongs to the Government of British Columbia. Any published records will come into the public domain 50 years from the date of publication. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine which records have been published.
Finding aids
A box and file list is available: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-3001_to_GR-3500/GR-3437.pdf
Associated materials
See GR-4186 for various indexes and inventories of Forest Service photographs, including a list of FS personnel.
See GR-3426 Forest Service photographs for related records from the same accessions. Some of which were previously part of this series.
Accruals
No further accruals expected.
General note
Accession number(s): 197910-003 (88-0730), 199003-004.
Conservation
Nitrate and acetate negatives rehoused, scanned onto BC Archives visual records database and placed in cold storage, 1999-2014.
Physical description
Includes nitrate, acetate and polyester negatives, transparencies and photographic prints: b&w and col.
4503 prints , 2077 b&w negatives and 195 col. negatives.
Alpha-numeric designations
Oxford Forest Classification number 681.3.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- British Columbia. Forest Service (Subject)
- British Columbia. Forest Branch (Subject)
- British Columbia. Government Information Services (Subject)