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Subseries includes handwritten translations of the audio and video interviews.
Translations were done by Daisy Sewid-Smith and sent to Martine J. Reid for editing.

Item is handwritten translations of tape ----------------------- by Daisy Sewid-Smith.
Item includes a letter to Martine J. Reid from Daisy Sewid-Smith explaining the content of the notes, dated January 25, 1999.
Item includes notes by Martine J. Reid related to the edition of the manuscript

Item is a relation of the relocation of the Qwiqwasut t inux in Village Island they were attacked by the Bella Coola in 1856.

Item is the manuscript version of the final book "Paddling to Where I Stand." Item was created in Vancouver, in January 1992. Item is a typed version of the draft and includes manuscript notes and corrections.

Item is the draft of the book "Paddling to Where I Stand." Item was created in Vancouver, in August, 1991. Item is a typed version of the draft with manuscript notes and corrections. Item was donated divided by chapters with clip paper wires.

Image of one person signing a paper. More people on the background.
Handwritten annotation on back "Signing the Bella Coola Treaty Jun. 1987"
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 114.

Image of seven people standing on the stairs of a building. One of them is holding a banner.
Handwritten annotations on back "James Sewid", "Rev. Alfred James Hall and Church Army Members circa 1895", "Page 51"
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 124.

Item is a 4 pages-long document with relevant dates of Kwakwakawakw History.
Item includes typed information and handwritten annotations and grammar corrections.

Potlatch at Campbell River in honour of Mrs. Henderson. Recorded by Martine de Widerspach-Thor (Reid) on May 21, 1977.
Item a: side 1-2
Item b: side 3-4

Series includes photographs and other graphic materials related to the editing of the book

Series includes photographs and other graphic materials related to the editing of the book

Item is a pamphlet of the Sewide Potlatch celebrated on June 4 and 5, 1987. Item includes the names of remembered members of the community and a relation of the rites performed.

Item includes a memorandum email from Jean Wilson (UBC Press) to Martine Reid about the 2002 manuscript.
Item also includes the 2002 printed manuscript, without index or bibliography, and with a note: "Master Copy for field trip Campbell River March 2002."

Collection illustrates the gathering of information and writing of the book “Paddling to Where I Stand : Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman.” Includes interviews to Agnes Alfred conducted by Martine J. Reid and Daisy Sewid-Smith between 1979 and 1985. Interviews are documented as audio and video recordings and their written transcriptions, and other materials gathered by Martine J. Reid and Daisy Sewid-Smith for the edition and publication of the book. Collection also contains the manuscripts and draft for the book; correspondence between Martine J. Reid, Daisy Sewid-Smith and other people; eulogies and funeral pamphlets; Agnes Alfred’s family information; historical notes; and miscellanea. Collection includes photographic materials with photographs included in the book and additional photographs gathered by Martine J. Reid and Daisy Sewid-Smith during their research, and portraits of Agnes Alfred’s parents.

Files contains:

• A copy of a letter by Agnes Alfred to Commissioner Jim Harvey (Board of Parks and Recreation) regarding the Walkus pole in Stanley Park, July 8, 1983. Signed by her mark and witnessed and typed by Saisy Sewid-Smith. Copy sent to Bill Reid
• A letter from Alfred J. Scow to Robert Sewid about hereditary claims, February 7, 2003

Item includes notes, annotations, and corrections by Daisy Sewid-Smith sent to Martine Reid in several occasions.

Series includes notes related to the editing of the book

Image of the entrance to a cave with two people standing past the entrance.
Handwritten annotation on back "This is when I went to see the Cave, the Nawalakwaeiy in 1994."
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 107.

Mrs. Kitty Ferry's Potlatch, Alert Bay. October 15, 1977.
Side 1

Item includes two audio cassette tapes with recordings of Mrs. Agnes Cranmer.
Tape a: Mrs. Agnes Cranmer: Beliefs and Myths pertaining to the aquatic world.

• Side 1: 1- Max'enox. 2- Wawalis, 3- Xuyim
• Side 2: 4- Migwat

Tape b: Mrs. Agnes Cranmer: Beliefs and Myths pertaining to the aquatic world.

• Side 1: 1- Max'enox. 2- Wawalis, 3- Xuyim
• Side 2: 4- Migwat

Recorded by Martine de Widerspach-Thor (Reid) at the house of Mrs. Agnes Cranmer in Alert Bay.