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Traveling south from British Columbia to Washington State, one passes the whitewashed Peace Arch that straddles the border between Canada and the United States. Marking a boundary that has stood 150 years, the arch proclaims these two nations “Children of a Common Mother.” Of course, time has a way of calming nerves and tensions and of making boundaries such as this appear natural. But as Ken S. Coates notes in his introduction to this collection, there is little that is natural about these “artificial lines.” Like all such boundaries, the border separating British Columbia and Washington is the product of

It was with a sense that their actions were long overdue that, in October 1922, a group of interested individuals met at the Provincial Archives in Victoria to found the British Columbia Historical Association. The initiative for the meeting came from Provincial Archivist John Hosie, who had circulated invitations to prospective founding members. (superscript 10) The Victoria-based NHS also was a moving force, helping to organize the association's inaugural meeting and providing the initial membership base for the BCHA. (For instance, Judge [Archer Martin], who would be the primary antagonist in the birthday dispute, moved from the NHS into the BCHA with the latter's formation. There was, then, a strong Victoria and Island flavour to the young historical association, reinforced by the fact that the Provincial Archives remained the venue for its meetings. Indeed, the Provincial Archivist, with the assistance of Victoria residents on the BCHA council, largely ran the association's day-to-day affairs. (superscript 11) 11. For instance see, \"British Columbia Historical Association, Minutes of Council (1922-34),\" BC Archives, AM 2779, Box 1 File 1. 12. For the inception and early history of the BCHA, see: \"British Columbia Historical Association Minutes,\" (31 Oct. 1922), Box 1 File 1; \"British Columbia Historical Association Scrap-book (1922-64),\" Box 6 File 1 pp. 1, 2, 12, both from British Columbia Historical Association Papers (1923-70), BC Archives, AM 2779. Also see: \"Minutes of Committee on Constitution and Bylaws,\" (Oct. 1922), Box 2 File 1; A. Russell, \"The British Columbia Historical Association: a Review,\" [1937], Box 9 File 7, both from British Columbia Historical Association Papers (1900-76), BC Archives, AM 2736. 13. \"Constitution of the British Columbia Historical Association,\" BCHA Report (1923): 9. 14. On the activities of the BCHA, see the four volumes of its Report (1923, 1924, 1925, 1929). 18. Howay to Hosie, 27 October 1926, 6 December 1926, [Frederic Howay] Papers, UBC Archives, Box 8 File 9; Howay to Hosie, 25 October 1926, 19 November 1926, 2 December 1926, Frederic Howay Papers, UBC Archives, Box 3 File 21. 19. BCHA Report (1929): 8; Hosie to B. McKelvie, 21 May 1927, B.C. Provincial Library Correspondence, BC Archives, GR 726, Box 1 File 3. 20. BCHA Report (1929): 9; Victoria Daily Colonist, 12 March 1931, 12 March 1932, 13 March 1933, 13 March 1934. 21. Hosie to Howay, 19 Nov. 1926, 7 December 1926, Frederic Howay Papers, UBC Archives, Box 2 File 21; \"Premier Speaks at Douglas Day Dinner,\" Victoria Daily Colonist, 20 November 1926.