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The sub-series consists of records relating to the administration of all branches of the C. S. Hook & Sons business, including businesses run by the company and businesses related to the company. The records include a 1943 agreement with Bulova Watch Company, a 1951 construction contract, 1945 and 1948 purchase agreements, a 1953 partnership agreement, business licenses and related material, a 1965 Board of Industrial Relations Inspector’s Report, Alberta Labour Act regulations, a 1958 Chamber of Commerce membership card, an application for rent reduction, an unsigned lease for a Dawson Creek location, 1958 Retail Merchants of Dawson Creek meeting minutes, notes on a possible expansion to Fort St. John and a 1959 newspaper clipping describing the expansion, records relating to the British Columbia Social Services Tax Act, and blank forms and letterhead.

The records have been arranged according to subject and date and divided into files by the archivist.

The sub-series consists of a small amount of material relating to C. S. Hook’s personal and professional life. Among the records are a short biography of C. S. Hook and his family, written long after his death, and several licenses and certificates of membership including a 1944 Canadian Association of Optometrists Alberta License, a 1950 License to Practice Optometry, a 1950 Alberta Optometric Association Membership and License, and Canadian Jeweller’s Institute (Watchmakers’ Division) memberships from 1947 to 1953. The certificates and licenses were originally framed, but were removed from their frames by the archivist. The stuck to the glass covering the Canadian Jeweller’s Institute (Watchmakers’ Division) certificate were additional membership stickers for the years 1954 to 1957 and 1959 to1960. The stickers, which were in poor condition, were discarded with the glass.

The sub-series consists of miscellaneous records relating to contacts useful to the C. S. Hook & Sons business. Some of the contacts relate to a particular branch of the business, for example jewellery and giftware or ladies wear. Other records relate to the business as a whole. The records include rough notes and lists of addresses for suppliers, lists of Herald Tribune Correspondents in various communities, pages from personal address and phone directories, and a 1959 Peace River District Phone Book with some numbers marked or added. All documents besides the Phone Book are undated, but were likely created or accumulated between 1945 and 1965.

The archivist arranged the material by type and content.

The sub-series consists of correspondence sent and received by C. S. Hook & Sons and associated businesses. The majority of the records date from the 1960s although some of the correspondence from suppliers goes back to the 1940s and 1950s. Various subjects are addressed in the correspondence including prices and supplies, sales, repairs, shipments, accounts and payment, employment, and store space.

The archivist divided the correspondence into "General" and "Suppliers" and then arranged the records chronologically. Much of the advertising literature, pamphlets, and catalogues originally in this accession have been discarded. Those which had letters addressed to C. S. Hook & Sons have been retained as attachments to this correspondence.

The sub-series consists of a material relating to Robert Hook’s personal and professional life. Some of the records also relate to the personal life of his ex-wife, Myrtle. The records are divided into several different general categories based on record type and content: Correspondence, Financial, War Service and Rationing, Education, Certificates and Licences, Events, Automobile, Travel, Miscellaneous, and Photographs and Postcards.

The correspondence files include personal letters and telegraphs from family and friends, schools, and charities, a list of addresses of family members in England, and letters and case notes relating to a professional complaint made against Dr. Hook. The majority of the correspondence dates from 1969 to 1970, although some also dates from the 1940s.

Financial records include a large number of receipts, predominantly from 1969 to 1972, with some correspondence interspersed. Most of the companies issuing the receipts are local companies and the receipts are primarily personal expenses, although some of them were issued to Valshel Holdings.

War service and rationing records include Robert’s National Registration Certificate, Enrollment in Non-Permanent Active Militia certificate, Notification of Training, Certificate of Medical Examination, and correspondence from the Edmonton Regiment and the Department of National War Services, all from the World War II period, an application for gasoline privilege registration, gasoline licence and ration coupon book, and ration and liquor control permits and coupons belonging to Robert and Myrtle and dating from the 1940s.

Records relating to Robert’s education include a 1944 yearbook from Grande Prairie High School, yearbooks from 1946 to 1949 from the College of Optometry in Toronto, Robert’s grades, various related newspaper clippings, the 1945-1946 college calendar, a 1947 student card, a 1949 letter regarding an interim licence in the Alberta Optometric Association, and correspondence with the British Columbia Board of Examiners in Optometry. Several binders, notebooks, and files of class notes were appraised out.

Certificates and licenses include a Canadian Wildlife Federation Associate Member Certificate from 1978, a Kinsmen Club Member Certificate from 1949, a 1950 License to Practice Optometry issued by the Government of Alberta, Annual Licenses to Practice issued by the Government of British Columbia from 1974 to 1978, a copy of the Canadian Association of Optometrists Code of Ethics, Beta Sigma Kappa Membership Certificate and Honorary Doctorate from 1952, a 1949 British Columbia Certificate of Registration under the Optometry Act, certificates entitling the holder to practice optometry from the Alberta Optometric Association and Alberta Association of Optometrists from 1949, 1950, and 1986, and a 1987 Doctor of Optometry diploma from the University of Waterloo. These licenses and certificates were originally framed, but have been removed from their frames by the archivist. The glass over the Beta Sigma Kappa membership certificate had additional membership stickers for the years 1953 through 1961 and 1963, 1964, 1967 stuck to it. The stickers were discarded with the frame.

Events records include programs for various banquets, concerts, plays, and other events, ball tickets, and invitations to Robert’s college graduation and a Conservative Association nominating convention. Most of this material dates from Robert’s time in Toronto.

Automobile records include vehicle insurance and registration papers from 1959 to 1987, licenses from 1938, 1951-52 and 1958, Canada customs documents from a 1959 driving trip, and various other records relating to cars and driving.

The travel records relate predominantly to the Robert Hook family’s trip to Europe in 1970 and his association with the discount travel group “Advantage Through Concord” (ATC) including information about ATC and “The London Society”, an ATC membership card, correspondence and receipts, a passport photograph of Valerie Hook, passport application instructions, customs information, and information for Canadians traveling overseas. Also included in the travel records are Canadian Pacific Railway tickets from 1948, a schedule of boat trips on the Peace River, and a message from a trip to Dawson Creek in 1969.

Miscellaneous records include a photocopy of Robert’s birth certificate (issued in 1946), a 1973 Wildlife certificate, and a 1932 journal and notebook.

The photographs and postcard file contains 11 photographic prints, 6 negatives, and 10 postcards. Many of the images are unfortunately unidentified, but they appear to relate primarily to Robert’s personal and family life, although a couple may relate to the C. S. Hook & Sons business. Eight of the postcards are promotional cards issued by Carl Brooks, an Outfitter from Wembley.

The sub-series consists of records relating to C. S. Hook & Sons employees from all branches and locations. The records include paysheets from all four locations (Peace River, Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek, and Fort St. John) predominantly from the 1960s and a Peace River payroll register, a 1957 contract of employment, receipts for unemployment insurance from 1959 to 1960, employment records of specific employees from 1963-1964, and minutes of a January 1955 staff meeting. There is also some material relating specifically to Ralph R. Dorland, an employee of C. S. Hook & Sons, including personal records and correspondence.

The records have been arranged according to record type by the archivist.

The sub-series consists of material relating to Evelyn McBryan’s personal life. The records include a 1937 postcard, 1946 letter, and an autograph book containing messages, drawings, and signatures collected between approximately 1924-1932.

The sub-series consists of material relating to the finances of the C. S. Hook & Sons business, including businesses run by the company and businesses related to the company. Some records relate to the entire business, while others relate specifically to one branch or location. The records include financial statements from the 1940s and 1950s, including one for the Alberta 5¢ to $1.00 Store, banking records including a Night Depository Agreement and bank passbooks from the 1950s and 1960s, personal income tax returns of C. S., Jack, Robert, and Myrtle Hook from the 1940s and 1950s, cash fund statements from 1964 and 1965, ledger pages from 1969 and 1976, financial information about the Grande Prairie Hook building in the early 1970s, material relating to mortgages and loans from the early 1970s, and miscellaneous receipts, returned cheques, deposit sheets, and petty cash vouchers predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s.

The records have been arranged according to subject and type and within these by date, by the archivist.

The sub-series consists of records relating to the inventory and stock used and sold through the various stores and locations of C. S. Hook & Sons, including businesses run by the company and businesses related to the company. Most of the records relate to a specific store or branch (optics, jewellery and giftware, ladies ware) of the business, although it is not always clear which one. Among the records are orders, stock books, and inventory lists from the 1940s to 1960s, Canadian Coachways Ltd. Shippers’ Receipts from 1963, and Northern Alberta Railway Companies shipping receipt books from the 1950s and 1960s, some of which were dismantled to compact their bulk.

The records were arranged by the archivist according to type of record and, as far as possible, business branch or location.

The sub-series consists of material relating to Jack Hook’s personal life and his involvement in the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The records include service and credit booklets for his car from around 1950, a 1961 letter, and correspondence, a registration form, and convention booklet from the 1956 Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycee) Regional Convention, for which he was the registration chairman.