British Columbia

25-02-11
File
[196-]

File consists of slides with images from various places and people in British Columbia. Some are identified.

Anthony Carter

Tahltan Native Studies Committee collection

147
Collection
Between [196-] - [198-]

Collection consists of ten audio reel tapes and eight audio cassette tapes with recordings of stories, obtained by Karen J. Clark and Tahltan community members in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Along with Tahltan Native Studies Committee members, including Rose Quash, Rachel Joseph, Anne Gleason, and Judy Joseph, Karen J. Clark traveled around the Telegraph Creek area to record stories of the Elders and procure photographs. This work became the "Tahltan Native Studies" book, produced in 1976.

Documentation includes a lists of recordings with tape descriptions, a short biography of Karen J. Clark, and letters and documents related to her awards and publications.

Textual materials include three "Tahltan Native Studies" books, two sets of accompanying job cards, one set of activity cards, one set of photograph cards, and a course outline. The collection also includes the three book set "Sun, Moon and Owl" and the accompanying reading workbook and teacher's guide. "Sun, Moon and Owl" was written by Karen J. Clark, with grant funding from the B.C. Teacher's Federation, and published in 1975.

Karen J. Clark (Kuil)

Northwest Coast Indian Art

85-02
Series
[197-?]

Part of Walter C. Koerner fonds

Series consists of binders made up of photographs, quotations, background information and photocopied text from published sources. These binders were created to provide context to Koerner’s collection of Northwest Coast Indian art. These albums were compiled by Madeline Bronsdon Rowan, who was one of the curators at the Museum of Anthropology.

Slave girl

96-01-01-a039297
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a young woman or girl clothed from the waist down in a blanket. She is seated outdoors in front of a blanket hanging on the wall of a house. Handwritten inscription on verso of photograph reads "Slave girl Native F? M? B.C."

Indian woman, Birds Inlet, B. C.

96-01-01-a039313a
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman seated on the floor next to what appears to be a woven willow clam basket. The woman is wearing a wool blanket shawl. Handwritten inscription on verso reads "Indian woman Birds? Inlet, B. C."

[Portrait of woman wrapped in blanket]

96-01-01-a039301a
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image is a posed portrait of a woman seated on the floor. The woman is wrapped in a blanket that appears to be a wool trade blanket. On the verso is a handwritten inscription which reads "Indian woman ? B.C."

Steamship's deck

96-01-03-a039347a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts a steamship's deck. Visible are four men standing within and adjacent to the ship's cabin. In the background is the ocean and land in silhouette. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "No 10".

Group portrait on ship deck

96-01-03-a039346a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts a group portrait of eleven figures standing and seated on a ship's deck. Group consists of two women and nine men in formal dress. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "No 13".