The Certificate of Competency collection was created by Archives' staff to help organize related materials.
Edwards certificate donated to Nanaimo Museum by George Edwards in 1989. Remaining materials were donated to the Nanaimo District Museum in undocumented transactions and transferred to the Nanaimo Community Archives in 1993.
Collection consists of Certificates of Competency for coal miners issued to George W. Edwards, Joshua Martell, Robert Martell and William Wilgress.
Title based on contents of collection.
Original museum classification: Code 3