Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Nass River

25-04-10-a038456
Item
August 29, 1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles, canoes, and longhouses(?) in the Nass River valley of BC.

Anthony Carter

Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, B.C.

134-a040131c
Item
13 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Museum of Anthropology, U.B.C., Vancouve

25-05-11-a038619
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of poles in the Great Room at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Anthony Carter

Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043066
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Museum of Anthropology grounds and Great Hall. The totem poles were carved by Mungo Martin.

Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043071
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Museum of Anthropology around the time of its official opening in May, 1976. The mortuary poles on the viewer's right were carved by Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040346
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040350
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040347
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole about to be raised in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin memorial pole before being raised

132-1-C-A-a040353
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole being prepared to be raised in Alert Bay.

Moving the totem poles on Anthony Island

1-1-E-6 (Oversize 12.4)
File
[?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of totem poles being being crated and shipped by boat.

Mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay

132-1-C-E-a042798
Item
1901

Part of MOA General Media collection

Mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe.

Missing eagle arm totem pole

81-04-a033263
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of an unnamed totem pole located at the Namgis Burial Grounds. It features an eagle at the top, which is distinguished by having only one arm.

Michael Ames with guests in Great Hall

25-05-11-a038728
Item
[197-?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Michael Ames (MOA Director) is on the left. Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in on the right. The third individual is unidentified.

Memorial poles at Alert Bay

81-04-a033255
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts memorial poles in an Alert Bay cemetery. Some buildings and mountains visible in the distance.

Memorial pole

94-a034842
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a totem pole with an inscription indicating that it is in memorial to a Chief who died. The pole depicts two similarly carved creatures that may be owls. Several buildings are visible behind the pole and mountains can be seen in the distance.

Massett Village

96-01-03-a039351a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Massett [sic] Village Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Indian Totems Queen Charlotte's Island".

Masset Village

96-01-02-a039344a
Item
[ca. 199-]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.