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If you are planning a research visit, in person, to the BC Archives, please consult the following pages on our web site and be familiar with our current policies and procedures regarding research. Be reminded that archival research can take time so schedule your visit accordingly. |
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(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF)(PDF), 1891 (PDF),
1901 (PDF) and
1911 (PDF)Before you make your first research visit to the archives, please spend a little time doing some preparatory work. Do some thinking about your topic; it always helps to have a clearly defined research goal. Consult with your instructor if you're taking a course and unclear about the focus of your research. Do some background reading.
University and local public libraries will have many of the published sources you will need, and it may be wise to start there. These secondary sources will help you identify the important people, places, and events that you wish to study in the archival records.
Please Note:
New Procedure Effective 1 November 2005: To improve security of the collections and make it easier to monitor materials entering and leaving the reference room, all researchers who sign in with laptop computers, notebooks, files, or other research aids will be required to place these items in a clear plastic bag which will be issued for the purpose. The bag must be examined by security prior to entry, and upon exit of the reference room.
Some of our holdings are stored in off-site storage facilities. It can take from twenty-four hours to one week to retrieve records stored offsite. A maximum of ten boxes at a time can be ordered from off-site storage.
Government Records are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, hence some records may not be routinely open for access. Please consult Archival Records - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy for further details on this subject.
If your time on-site will be limited, please confirm the status of particular records before you visit by contacting the Access Unit.
The microfilm reader-printers are for the use of registered clients using BC Archives microfilms or microfilms ordered through the BC Archives on ILL (Inter Library Loan) only.
Please also consult our Services
page for an overview of our on-site research holdings and our copying and
reproduction information, including our current
price list. (PDF)
September 2006:
From 2 October 2006 to 6 April 2007 the Archives will run an Oversize Photographic Copying Pilot Project. The Oversize Photographic Copying Pilot Project is a six-month pilot project which will allow researchers at the British Columbia Archives to use their own photographic equipment (either digital or non-digital) to photograph oversize materials from the BC Archives textual records holdings for the purposes of research or private study. For more information, Notice of Oversize Photographic Copying Pilot Project.
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| Inquiries: | Inquiries related to archival holdings, specific records, access, research, or reproduction orders may be submitted via electronic form or Email, as well as by mail or fax. | ||
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| Copyright: | Information on this site is provided for research purposes only. Please review Access and Usage. Unless indicated otherwise, this page and all contents are Copyright ©, BC Archives, Royal BC Museum. | ||
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