This series contains correspondence, statistical returns, and reports of the Public Library Commission (PLC) and its successors, the Library Development Commission and the Library Services Branch. The series includes files of PLC pioneers Helen Gordon Stewart, H.N. Lidster, and C.K. Morison, plus records of PLC members at Provincial Library and Archives. The records also contain documents relating to regional libraries in Fraser Valley, Okanagan district, and Vancouver Island, along with correspondence pertaining to provincial library schools and associations.

This series include records of the Library Services Branch and its predecessors, the British Columbia Library Development Commission and the Public Library Commission (PLC). Includes PLC minute books (1919-1960) and correspondence and reports regarding local and regional libraries (1934-1977). Also includes statistical summaries, miscellaneous reports, and manuscript history of the Capilano Public Library Association by Eleanor Godley. 16 mm film of Fraser Valley bookmobile (ca. 1920's) transferred to PABC's Sound & Moving Image Division [Acc.# F1984:5/1]. This series may be used in conjunction with GR-1387 [British Columbia. Library Services Branch, 1919-1979].

Notes, speeches, and correspondence of Muriel (nee Page) Ffoulkes. Correspondence with Dr. Helen Gordon Stewart and John Ridington re: Mrs. Foulkes appointment as Regional Librarian, Okanagan Union Library, 1936; speeches and addresses on library services in the Okanagan; account of motor car trip from Kelowna to Qualicum Beach, ca. 1952. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198608-2.

Presented by Peter Lofts, Okanagan Regional Library, Kelowna, 1986.