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Cartoon picture by Doignant with words ""Cariboo Dayliner" cuts Vancouver trips in half...But it sure ruins those old PGE (Pacific Great Eastern) jokes!"

File consists of records including: newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation): a record of failure, by John A. Irving (10/10/55); CCF Program for British Colombia (04/53)

Photograph of Lieutenant Governor Clarence Wallace surrounded by Royal Canadian Air Force standing guard at a public ceremony

Photograph of rail track and two men crouched down securing the last spike on the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway extension. Photo taken near Squamish, British Columbia.

Photograph of provincial public utilities commissioners seated at the Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners held at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC. L. Wicks is standing fifth from left in the back row.

• Correspondence - primarily in reference to Wicks' appointment to the Public Utilities Commission
• Certificate of membership in the Advisory Council of The International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay, April 9, 1962

• Miscellaneous correspondence 1949 [approximately 70 to 80 pieces] including:
  · S. E. Low, MP, re oSocial Credit Association officially recognised in BC (April 20, 1949)
  · Peter Elliott, Executive Secretary, Premiers Office, Alberta to Mr. Pocklington re a Social Credit candidate for Vancouver ( May 27, 1949)
  · D. H. Sheppard, Director General of Income Tax, re the establishment of the status of the B.C. Social Credit League (Nov. 1 and Dec. 9, 1949)
  · Premier Manning, Alberta, Nov. 16, 1949, re proposed changes in the BNA Act to be presented to BC Government
  · Byron Johnson, Office of the Premier, BC, re Wicks' resolution dealing with the Hospitalization Plan in BC (Nov. 21, 1949)
  · Solon Low, MP, re development of a National Programme for Social Credit (Dec. 22, 1949)
• Minutes of the Nelson and District Social Credit Group (Sept. 18, 1949)
• BC Social Credit League Constitution and By-Laws
• transcript of Live radio broadcast, re Canadian Heritage and the economy, presented by the Chamber of Commerce [2 copies]
• Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the BC Social Credit League (Jan. 24, March 27, May 15, June 26, and Aug. 27, 1950)
• Minutes of a meeting of Group Representatives at New Westminster, BC (May 20 and 26, 1950)
• Press Release re Federal Government Funding for relief in the Okanagan Valley (June 12, 1950)
• Agenda for the 1st Annual Convention of the Burrard Social Credit Association, (June 17, 1950)

• Newspaper clippings
• Miscellaneous correspondence (Jan. to Dec. 1952)
• Formula for future organisation
• “What social Credit will do for BC,” Provincial Program of the BC Social Credit League, 1952
• The Canadian Social Crediter, vol. 3 no. 8 April 16, 1952 and vol. 3 no. 11 May 28, 1952 [includes front-page article by Wicks, "The Big Stick"] - 3 copies
• "Political and Controversial Broadcasting -- Policies and Rulings." Booklet issued by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (Revised May 1, 1948)
• Transcript of the Special Convention of the BC Social Credit League, to consider the appointment of a political leader (April 26, 1952)
• BC Election Campaign 1952 - guidelines for broadcasters, speakers, and agencies
• bulletins and pamphlets, including the "Fundamentals of Social Credit"
• letter verifying the 1952 vote electing W.A.C. Bennett as party leader (1968) 2 copies
• L. Wicks biography notes (April 1999)
• L. Wicks Certificate to Candidate Elected (July 4, 1952)
• List of 19 Social Credit MLA’s
• List of 1951-1952 officers of the BC Social Credit League
• Transcript of CBC radio broadcast speech (May 30, 1952)
• Minutes of the Board of Directors meetings, July 14, 16, 1952
• BC Social Credit League Convention Resolutions (Nov. 28, 29, 1952)
• Social Credit Annual Provincial Banquet Souvenir Menu with numerous autographs on verso (Oct. 23, 1953)
• General election summary (1952)