Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

File consists of colour photographs of Northwest Coast artifacts including masks, spoons, boxes, hats, and sculptures housed at the Museum of Vancouver.

Vancouver Museum

21-2-L-73
File
[no date]

Part of Elizabeth Johnson fonds

catalogue records

Vancouver Museum

1-1-MMM-d-28 (52.4-5; 53.1)
File
[198-]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of bentwood boxes and cedar hats housed at the Vancouver Museum (now the Museum of Vancouver). The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.

Vancouver land return ceremony

1 3-3-06-3-06-E-3-06-E-01
File
2003

Part of Vickie Jensen and Jay Powell fonds

File consists of photographs of the ceremony held to mark the return of city land to the Squamish in 2003. The ceremony was held near Vanier park, and the land in question is sometimes referred to as "railway land." Both RCMP and Squamish canoes landed at the site as part of the ceremony. Jensen was asked to photograph the event by Randy Bouchard and Dorothy Kennedy of the B.C. Indian Language Project in Victoria, B.C.

Vancouver Island rag rug and other contemporary examples

132-1-C-B-a040799
Item
1959

Part of MOA General Media collection

Display from the exhibit "North American Indian Basketry and Technology." Shows several examples of applications of basketry technology to new items including a rug, a bottle sleeve, and other items. Many items for this exhibit were borrowed from the University of Washington to supplement the museum's collection.

Vancouver Island and area territories

29-10-B-32
File
1965-1976

Part of Wilson Duff fonds

Items are published maps with ms. additions. Notations show the territories of the South Kwakiutl, Nootka and Coast Salish tribal groups; and some place names. Arrows drawn may represent the southward migration of the Comox, mentioned in Duff's lecture notes (box 11, file 3; box 8, file 32); and arrows and dates may indicate the annual movements for reef netting described in his lecture notes on the Coast Salish (box 7, file 25 and box 8, file 41). Notations are possibly in Duff's hand. Both sheets have been cut, possibly for presentation purposes. Encapsulated. Base maps cannot be identified.

Vancouver Island and area

29-10-B-10
File
1965-1976

Part of Wilson Duff fonds

Item is a map that shows location of South Kwakiutl, Coast Salish, and Nootka native people on Vancouver Island and within the surrounding area. May be in Duff's hand. Encapsulated.