The majority of the file contains historical images of the Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, and the Nlaka'pamux peoples. The photographs depict village life, including images of building structures in the BC interior, fish processing techniques such as fish drying, and carvings such as mortuary poles. Some of the images also depict First Nations people, some in regalia. The other images are official photographs taken by various museums in Canadian and American museums of Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, or Nlaka'pamux artifacts. The textual records contained in this file consist of a photocopy of a magazine article titled "Upstairs, downstairs: the early years," written by Heather Pringle, and published in the June 1996 (Volume 111, number 5) edition of the magazine Saturday Night.

Series consists of photographs documenting totem pole raising or restoration and other events held at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Museum of Anthropology (MOA).

In 1976 Jensen was hired by MOA to document the installation of totem poles into the new building. Jensen did not keep the negatives for these photographs (MOA did in this instance). She was hired again in 1981 to create a slide loop of images to be featured in the museum. After working with the museum, she felt welcome there and often gave talks or did training. Most of the subsequent photographs in this series were taken at public events such as book launches or pole raisings.

File contains images showing artists beginning to work on Bill Reid's pole..

File contains images showing the final touches being done on the pole as well as ceremony and raising the pole at the Museum of Anthropology.

File contains images showing the ceremony and pole raising at the Museum of Anthropology.

File contains images showing the Respect to Bill Reid Pole being unloaded from the flat bed truck.

File contains a slides of work being done on the Respect to Bill Reid Pole.

This file contains images of totem poles taken by Edward Malin and used in the Quatsino source book.

File contains slides of Davidson working on and carving his totem poles for the Pepsi-Co commission project.

File contains images of totem poles and other Northwest Coast artifacts, such as weavings and carvings, housed at the Peabody Museum in Boston.

File contains images of Stan Green carving outside his workshop as well as close up images of his masks. In addition is coresspondence between Stan Green and Darrin Morrison inviting Green to speak at an event.

File consists of images of Walter Harris standing in front of a totem pole.

File contains photographs of a pole raising ceremony. Included are images of drummers, and community members in regalia, and transporting and raising the totem pole.

Subseries contains images mostly taken by McLennan that show the Bill Reid pole which sat outside the Museum of Anthropology at UBC being taken down and moved inside the museum because it was no longer stable due to weathering. This spurred a project funded with a Canada Council grant to then create a new pole to put up in its place. This pole was carved by Jim Hart and called the Respect to Bill Reid pole.