The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Patrick George Hill titled "A failure of unity: Communist party - CCF relations in British Columbia, 1935-1939." 1977. iv, 130 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1977. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 127-130. Canadian theses on microfiche, 34111.

The fonds consists of records created by the British Columbia Social Credit Party between 1956 and 1993.

The records include Social Credit newspapers and brochures, manuals and history files, correspondence, budget and election material. The records also include member files arranged by the name of Social Credit candidates which contain biographical information and photographs.

In addition there are records relating to leadership conventions and provincial elections which include photographs, audio and video records, posters and metal election buttons, especially relating to the Social Credit leaders Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm and Rita Johnston.

There are photographs in many forms including prints, negatives, slides and contact sheets of Social Credit events, training sessions and campaigns.

In 1968, David Anderson was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal MP for Esquimalt-Saanich; he held his seat until 1972 when he left Ottawa to lead the Liberal party of British Columbia. In August 1972, he was elected as Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria and served until his defeat in 1975. David Anderson was educated in Victoria and Hong Kong. Upon receiving his law degree from University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1962, he entered the Foreign Service. He began his political career in 1968 when he was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal member for the riding of Esquimalt-Saanich. Anderson left Federal politics in 1972 to take on the leadership of the Liberal Party of British Columbia; he was elected MLA for the Victoria City riding in August 1972 and served until his defeat in 1975. Anderson returned to politics briefly in 1978 and won the Liberal nomination for the federal riding of Cowichan Malahat-The Islands; however, he was defeated in the 1979 election by the Progressive Conservative candidate Don Taylor. Upon leaving politics, Anderson became a full time environmentalist acting as intervenor on behalf of the BC Wildlife Federation at hearings into a proposed oil pipeline from Kitimat to Edmonton; studying the proposed oil tanker routes through waters adjacent to the coast of B.C., etc. He also accepted a teaching position in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. In 1984 he was appointed to the bench of the Immigration Appeal Board Court in Vancouver. His MP files consist of general office files and outgoing correspondence. The general office files contain correspondence, reports, and clippings on a wide range of subjects. The outgoing correspondence files consist of additional copies of outgoing letters filed by month and year. Anderson's files as MLA for Victoria contain, correspondence, speeches and press releases on subjects of interest to his constituents.

Series consists of: correspondence as Member of the Legislative Assembly, 1953-1972; briefly annotated bound copies of British Columbia Government Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure; committee files and collected briefs; speeches and notes; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings re sessional coverage, politics; personal and Social Credit files.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Melva Jean Dwyer titled "Laurier and the British Columbia Liberal Party, 1896-1911: a study in federal-provincial party relations." viii, 166 p; illus. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia. 1961. Bibliography: 160-166.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Bruce Alan Mackenzie titled "Party and press portrayals of the British Columbia CCF-NDP: 1937-1979." viii, 146 pages: figs. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: pages 143-146.

Purchased from the National Library, 1987.

Correspondence and reports related to Social Credit political organization in British Columbia and Canada; personal notebooks, speeches and campaign materials; pamphlets transferred to BC Archives Library.

The series contains personal correspondence; letters to editors; essays, articles and lectures; poems and songs, most of which reflect Harris' socialist viewpoint.

For ease of retrieval, since some essays duplicate letters to editors, only those items which are specifically addressed to an editor are considered letters to editors; these are filed in chronological order. Those items not specifically addressed to an editor are considered essays and are arranged alphabetically by title.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Eleanor Brown Mercer titled "Political groups in British Columbia, 1883-1898." 1937. iii, 206, xxvii leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1937. Bibliography: leaves xviii-xxvii. Canadian theses on microfiche, 22177.

Series consists of personal and political material. His personal effects include correspondence with his family in Scotland and memorabilia of Strachan's boyhood (such as badges and certificates earned as a corporal in the 211st Glasgow Company of the Boys' Brigade), and family photographs. Most of Strachan's papers concern his political career, as member of the legislative assembly, and as Leader of the Opposition, and government minister.

These papers were originally arranged by topic and subject, and, as far as possible such arrangement has been maintained. Thus notes and correspondence pertaining to Strachan's constituency have been separated from papers dealing with provincial topics, such as the Columbia River power project. Similarly, papers dealing with the CCF/NDP caucus are distinct from the extensive correspondence that resulted from unrest within the New Democratic Party during the various leadership challenges of the 1960s.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Brian Ray Douglas Smith titled "Sir Richard McBride: a study in the Conservative Party of British Columbia." i, 362 p. Thesis (M.A.), Queen's University, 1959. Bibliography: p 357-362.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Edwin Robert Black title "The Progressive Conservative Party in British Columbia - Some aspects of organization." v, 156 p. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1960. Bibliography: pages 153-156.

Inventories of the papers of Dorothy Steeves, Ernest Winch and Leonard Shepherd, all held in the Special Collections Division of the University of British Columbia Library.

Presented by Special Collections, UBC, 1978.