Opening of Totem Park. The date given on the slide label is incorrect. People in the photograph from viewer's left: Rev. Peter R. Kelly (the Haida ordained minister and Indigenous political leader,) Hunter Lewis, UBC Chancellor Eric Hamber, Mungo Martin, UBC Chancellor Norman Mackenzie, Abaya Martin.
Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island). This work was part of the "Ninstints Expedition" to recover eleven totem poles from the area.
Fonds consists of audio, video, and visual materials created by Basil and Edythe Hartley. Materials include video footage of the Haisla people, which Hartley shot while working in Kitimaat from 1941-1944, a voiceover for the footage which Hartley’s widow, Edythe McClure, created in ca. 1983, a letter, and three photographs of Kitimat people and landscapes. The three audio cassettes all contain the same 1983 recording.
Portrait of an older woman wearing traditional dress and headpiece. She is standing in a grassy area. Woman is Taha, wife of Chief George Slahholt of the Burrard Reserve [Coast Salish] in North Vancouver and mother of Dan George
Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He is standing on one end of the canoe looking down it lengthwise. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.
Image of two people standing next to a canoe that is propped up in a yard. The canoe, which is upside down, ha s a white strip painted along the top edge, and is labelled `St. John.
Image of two people standing next to a canoe that is propped up in a yard. The canoe, which is upside down, ha s a white strip painted along the top edge, and is labelled `St. John.
Image if a rocky area with either litter or remnants or a picnic. A man is standing in the foreground, and the arm and leg of another person is visible in the background.