President's Foreword

May 1979 was the twenty-fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Nelson Historical Society. This was celebrated by the holding of the first James Jenkins Memorial Lecture, a Social Evening and the twenty-fifth Annual Meeting. The Committee appreciated the interest shown by members in these functions. It is also pleasing that there are members who are carrying on work in research, in the collecting of archival material and in the writing of articles and books. The Society works closely with the Provincial Museum where many diaries, articles and other records are stored. There are still many sections of Nelson's history to be recorded and also valuable material to be collected and preserved. We urge all our members to be on the look out for such material, so often we do not appreciate the value of old things until it is too late, an important part of our work is to educate and inform and this can be carried on by all members.