File consists of notes C.F. Newcombe's description of the Haida flood story represented on monumental poles and Mary Lee Stearns' Life Cycle Rituals of the Modern Haida.
File consists of notes from sea captains' and traders' journals describing encounters with Haida from 1774 to 1867. Included is depictions of physical description of people and villages, monumental poles, cultivation of potatoes and tobacco, and the spread of smallpox.
File consists of twenty pages of Marchand's journal in the French language from the Archives Nationales in Paris describing his encounters with Haida in his 1791 voyage.
File contains research material for this exhibit. Some of this material includes a copy of an oral history, photocopies of historic newspaper articles, and handwritten notes.