Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of twelve people by the shore with hunted animals. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

41-1-a060273c
Stuk
June 21, 1958

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of a procession of people walking down a road in Alert Bay in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) and regular clothes. Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel lead the group in the front row.

Totems, Alert Bay B.C. R.S.3

41-1-a060279c
Stuk
[ca.1947-1950]

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of painted cedar wood carvings including Sisiyutl (serpent), thunderbird, coppers, and [wolf?] figures in Alert Bay.

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

41-1-a060271c
Stuk
June 21, 1958

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of men gathered together for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. They are sitting down in front of a painted wall and some are wearing ceremonial dress, such as button blankets and woven cedar headbands. A drum and a painted dance screen [thunderbird?] on fabric are also visible. Men in the photograph include: Charles Nowell, Billy Assu, and George Scow.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033145
Stuk
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of Henry Speck carving a house posts for a Bighouse in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC.

A group stands for an event in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040324
Stuk
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A group stands for an event in Alert Bay. One of the women is Marjorie Halpin. This may be related to the raising of the memorial pole for Mungo Martin.