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Bibliography of British Columbia1 Bibliography of British Columbia1 Compiled by FRANCES WOODWARD, reference librarian, Special Collections Division, Library of the University of British Columbia. Books AKRIGG, G. P. V. and HELEN B. IOOI British Columbia place names, 3d ed. Vancouver, Discovery Press, 1973. 195 pp. $6.95. ANDREWS, GERALD SMEDLEY. Sir Joseph William Trutch, K.C.M.G., C.E., L.S., F.R.G.S. i826-igo4 surveyor, engineer, statesman — a memorial apropos the i8ji-igji centenary of British Columbia's Confederation with Canada. [Victoria] Published by the British Columbia Lands Service in co-operation with the Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia, 1972. 51 pp., Mus. $2.00. BOAS, FRANZ. The Kwakiutl Indian language, [from Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 40, 1911] Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1971. pp. 425-455- $7-5°- . The Tsimshian Indian language [from Bureau of American Eth­ nology, Bulletin 40, 1911] Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1971. pp. 285-422. $8.00. BRIEMBERG, MORDECAI. A taste of better things, being an account of recent events in the Department of Political Science, Sociology, & Anthropol­ ogy of Simon Fraser University; reprinted from This magazine is about schools. (Publication #9) Toronto, Hogtown Press [1970?] 12 pp. $.15. BRITISH COLUMBIA, University of British Columbia, Centre for Continuing Education. Land use in the Fraser Valley — whose concern? October 18, 1972, Town & Country Motor Inn, Delta, B.C. Vancouver, Centre for Continuing Education and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Uni­ versity of British Columbia with assistance from Douglas College, 1972. 1 v. (various pagings), illus. BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILWAY, Industrial Relations Division. About the company. Vancouver, 1973. 24 pp., illus. BURNABY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Joint report of the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce and the Vancouver Board of Trade respecting the future of municipal government in the Greater Vancouver area; report pre­ sented to the Councils of the District of Burnaby and the City of Van­ couver. [Vancouver, 1969] [4], 2, 11 pp. 1 June 1, 1973. 90 BG STUDIES, no. 18, Summer 1973 Bibliography of British Columbia 91 CARLSON, ROY L., ed. Salvage 'yi reports on salvage archaeology under­ taken in British Columbia in igji. (Simon Fraser University Dept. of Archaeology, Publication number i ) Burnaby, Dept. of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 1972. 209 pp., illus. CLUTTON-BROGK, ELIZABETH. Women of the paddle-song. Toronto, Copp Clark, 1972. 176 pp. [fictionalized life of David Thompson's wife]. COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL OF VANCOUVER. Directory of B.C. arts 1973- Vancouver Community Arts Council, 1973. 43 pp. $1.00. CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL PUBLISHING IN WESTERN CANADA. Proceedings [of first Conference, held in Vancouver, September 8-9, 1972. Van­ couver, 1972] 2 v. CONFERENCE ON THE OMBUDSMAN, Vancouver, B.C., 1970. "Let justice be seen to be done"; proceedings. [Vancouver] British Columbia Human Rights Council, 1970. 84 pp. COOK, WARREN L. Flood tide of empire: Spain and the Pacific Northwest, 1543-1819. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1973. xi, 620 pp., illus. $17.50. DAKIN, JEAN L. Kinbasket country: the story of Golden and the Columbia Valley. Golden, Golden & District Historical Society, 1973. 88 pp., illus. $3.00. DAWSON, GEORGE M, The Haidas; extract from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Aug. 1882. Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1965 [i.e. 1971 ] [401]-408 pp., illus. $1.00. Dictionary of the Chinook jargon: or, Indian trade language of the North Pacific coast. Seattle, Shorey Book Store [1971] 42 pp. $2.00. Reprint. EVANS, LYNETTE AND GEORGE BURLEY. Roche Harbor: a saga of the San Juans. Everett, Wash., B & E Enterprises, 1972. 95 pp., illus. FIENNES, RANULPH. The Headless Valley. London, Musson, 1973. 207 pp. illus. $8.95. FLADMARK, KNUT R. A summary of Queen Charlotte Island prehistory. [Burnaby] Dept. of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 1973. 4 pp. GIBSON, WILLIAM C. Wesbrook and his University. Vancouver, Library of the University of British Columbia, 1973. 204 pp., illus. $7.50. GREEN, JOHN. The Sasquatch file. Agassiz, Cheam Publishing, 1973. 80 pp., illus. $4.00. HERVEY, SHEILA. Some Canadian ghosts. (A pocket book edition) Rich­ mond Hill, Ont., Simon & Schuster of Canada [1973] 2°8 PP-> illus. $1.50. HODGES, LAWRENCE KAYE, ED. Mining in southern British Columbia. Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1970. 10, 117-192, xxvi-lii pp., illus. $10.00. Reprint. 92 BG STUDIES Hou, CHARLES. To potlatch or not to potlach; an in-depth study of cul­ ture-conflict between the B.C. coastal Indian and the white man. (Les­ son aid no. 2011) Vancouver, British Columbia Teachers' Federation, IO73- 8l PP-> illus- HUNGRY WOLF, ADOLF. Good medicine in Glacier National Park: inspira- tional photos and stories from the days of the Blackfoot people. (Good medicine series, no. 4) [Golden, Good Medicine Books, 1971] 32 pp., illus. $1.50. KENDRICK, TIM. Get back — alive! safety in the B.C. Coast Mountains. Vancouver, Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C., 1973. 32 pp., illus. KEN-JAG PUBLICATIONS, "VE y" radio amateur directory: a complete, con­ cise, up to date (igys) listing of all VE y district amateurs alphabetic­ ally arranged as to city, town and call, plus useful items for the ham. [Vancouver, 1972] 60 pp. $2.00. KENNEY, GERRY. Notes on communications in communities of the northern parts of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia: [prepared at the request of the Department of Communica­ tions, Government of Canada] by G. I. (Gerry) Kenney. (Man in the North technical paper). [Montreal, Arctic Institute of North America] 1972. 10 pp., illus. $1.00. LIVERSEDGE, RONALD. Recollections of the On to Ottawa trek; ed. by Vic­ tor Hoare. (Carleton Library #66) Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, IQ73- 300 PP- $4-5°- LOBBAN, CHRIS. Bamfield Marine Station igy2: a very good year for small­ town marine biologists. Bamfield, Western Canadian Universities Ma­ rine Biological Station, 1973. 50 pp., illus. $2.50. LORIMER, JAMES. A citizen's guide to city politics; photographs by My- fanwy Phillips. Toronto, James Lewis & Samuel, 1972. 216 pp., illus. LOUDON, PETER. The town that got lost [Anyox] Sidney, Gray's Publish­ ing* IQ73- llî PP-> illus- $7-5°- MANNING, DAVID & OTHERS. Some useful wild plants for nourishment and healing; compiled & written by David Manning, Dan & Nancy Jason, plates by Robert Inwood. Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1972. 194 pp., illus. $3.00. MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS. American Indian art: form and tradi­ tion; catalogue of an exhibition by the Walker Art Center, the Indian Art Association and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Minneapolis, In­ stitute, 1972? 152 pp., illus. $8.00 soft; $12.95 nard MORTON, ARTHUR S. A history of the Canadian West to iSyo-yi. 2d ed. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1973. 1039 PP- $25.00. NAPIER, JOHN. The Yeti and Sasquatch in myth and reality. London, Cape, 1972. 252 pp., illus. $2.95. Bibliography of British Columbia 93 NIBLACK, ALBERT P. The Coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia; based on the collections in the U.S. National Mu­ seum, and on the personal observations of the writer in connection with the survey of Alaska in the seasons of 1885, 1886 and 1887; reprinted from the U.S. National Museum Annual report, 1888 and U.S. 51st Cong., 1 st Sess. House Misc. doc. 142, pt. 2-15, published in 1890. (Landmarks in anthropology) New York, Johnson Reprint Corp.; Lon­ don, Johnson Reprint Co. [1970] pp. 225-386, illus. $15.00. OSGOOD, WILFRED H. Natural history of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, natural history of the Cook Inlet region, Alaska; prepared under the direction of Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Washington, G.P.O., 1901. (North American fauna, no. 21) Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1972. 87 pp., illus. $5.00. PARSONS, S. J. B. Centennial United Church 1885-1 gyo. [Victoria, 1972] 65 pp., illus. PATTON, BRIAN AND BART ROBINSON. The Canadian Rockies trail guide; a hiker's manual: Banff, Glacier-Rev elstoke, Jasper, Kootenay, Water- ton, Y oho. (A summerthought publication) Banff, Summerthought [1971] 207 pp., illus. $3.95. PERCY, RICHARD C. W. Salvage archaeology at Crescent Beach, B.C. [Pre­ liminary report] Burnaby, Dept. of Archaeology, Simon Fraser Uni­ versity [1973] 13 + [7] pp., illus. PLANNING INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Regional development; a framework for provincial policy; a brief to the Minister of Municipal Affairs . April 1970 [Vancouver, 1970] 6 pp., illus. REYNOLDSTON RESEARCH AND STUDIES, Oral History Programmes. Cata­ logue of oral history phonotapes in University of British Columbia Li­ braries. Vancouver, Reynoldston Research and Studies Oral History Pro­ grammes, 1973. 30 pp. ROSMAN, ABRAHAM AND PAULA G. RUBEL. Feasting with mine enemy: rank and exchange among Northwest Coast societies. New York, Co­ lumbia University, 1971. 221 p. $10. ROTHENBURGER, MEL. 'We've killed Johnny Ussherl' the story of the wild McLean boys and Alex Hare. Vancouver, Mitchell Press, 1973. 210 pp. illus. $5.50; $3.75 pa. SCHAFER, D. PAUL. A cultural survey of British Columbia: presented to the B.C. Centennial Culture fund, B.C. Government... Jan. 1972. [Vic­ toria? 1972] 77, 15 pp. SCOTT, R. BRUCE. Barkley Sound, a history of the Pacific Rim National Park area. Victoria, Printed by Fleming-Review Printing Ltd., 1973. 278 pp., illus. $5.00. 94 BC STUDIES SHAW, GEORGE G. The Chinook jargon and how to use it: a complete and exhaustive lexicon of the oldest trade language of the American contin­ ent. Seattle, Rainier Print. Go., 1909. Seattle, Shorey Book Store, 1965 [i.e. 1970] xvi, 65 pp. $4.00. SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Geography Students Union. Vancouver's trans­ portation future. Burnaby, Simon Fraser University, 1972. 52 pp. $.95. SMITHERAM, H. A. Brief on non status Indians of British Columbia', by H. A. (Butch) Smitheran, March 1970 & The Metis in Manitoba: a study by the Manitoba Branch, Canadian Association of Social Workers.
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