Footage. Colour [Dufaycolor process]: shots of Vancouver skyline and Hotel Vancouver (the latter matching a shot in the film 'AND-'). B&W [Agfa stock]: underexposed night shots on and from a streetcar passing through downtown Vancouver on New Year's Eve, 1937 - passengers (including Dorothy Fowler), some in party hats; big Christmas tree, theatre marquees and electric signs. Scenes in nightclub with jazz band; trick shot of man "sucking in" smoke rings. Dorothy, Oscar Burritt and others swimming; Dorothy taking photos. Colour: brief shots of Oscar posing with unidentified man and woman in front of a sightseeing bus [Kodachrome, edge code 1938].

The series consists of 261 colour photographs of Western Canada and Alaska taken from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The photos are predominantly personal holiday photos taken in Haida Gwaii, Yukon, Alaska, Alberta, the Okanagan, and Vancouver Island. All but 6 of the photographs consist of photographic slides. Most of the scenes are landscape photos, but there are also some of gatherings of family and friends. Most of the slides have handwritten titles on them which have been used to create the file list. There are also a few that were created professionally and likely purchased as souvenirs.

The slides were originally housed in two slide cases when found. One of the boxes contained a handwritten index as well as little cards that provides a title for about half of the collection of the slides. The cards makes reference to some photographs taken in England and Europe, but these were not found within the collection, and so it is assumed that they had been removed by the donor before being given to the BC Archives.

CALL NUMBER: T0156:0009 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-05 SUMMARY: Kate McQueen was born in 1884 and gives a witty introduction. She attended the first Alpine Club of Canada (A.C.C.) in 1914 in Little Yoho Valley. She describes camp; climb up Mount President; news of WWI reaching the A.C.C. camp; enjoyable campfires. The next camp she attended was in 1916(?). Discussion of purchase of life membership. Camp at Healey Creek. Next camp she attended was at Assiniboine in 1920. Joined the British Columbia Mountaineering Club (B.C.M.C.) and climbed the North Shore mountains. Women's dress for climbing. Reverend Sovereign and meetings of the B.C.M.C. executives during the First World War. 1920 A.C.C. camp at Assiniboine. Description of Sydney Mitchell, early secretary of the A.C.C. Supply problems at Assiniboine camp. CALL NUMBER: T0156:0010 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-05 SUMMARY: Kate McQueen tells a story about a forest fire in Assiniboine; getting lost on the trails; anecdote about campfire talks; Col. Foster's strategem to shut up a loquacious speaker; women's dress in camp; the "tea tent" at camp. Camp at Tonquin Valley, 1926; days hike in Tonquin Valley; Swiss guide gets lost in the forest. Taking a rail trip in trousers -- seemed very daring. Protocol at camps. A romance at the 1914 camp. Conrad Kain. "Parting shot" a summary. Discussion of photography (in the midst of tea) cameras and film. Unrelated discussion of Fripp paintings in McQueen household. Subjects for mountain photographs. Anecdote about climbing Garibaldi. Anecdote about hike in Rockies -- modesty in the mountains.