Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

These Fifteen Years 1925-1940, Home Missions through Sunshine and Shadow

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Pièce
ca. 1940

Booklet documenting the mission locations, missionaries and other workers of The United Church of Canada. Includes locations across Canada.

The Stoney Indians

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Pièce
[between 1931 and 1940]

Fait partie de Jean Telfer fonds

Description of the Stoney Nakoda Nation, likely from the perspective of Telfer. Includes observations about the Stoney reserve, homes, seasonal activities, payments to the Stoney from the federal government and the Calgary Power Company, dress, gender dynamics, religion, food, the Annual Singing Festival, and names.

The Owl Dance, the Lodge, and the Torture

2-2-012
Pièce
[between 1931 and 1940]

Fait partie de Jean Telfer fonds

Document describing the Owl Dance, a lodge, and a method of torture. The specific culture/place related to these descriptions is not clear. "Catlin" is written at the bottom, either as the author of the document or the source of the information.

The Indian Residential School

2-2-009
Pièce
[between 1931 and 1940]

Fait partie de Jean Telfer fonds

Brief history and description of the Morley Indian Residential School, likely written by Telfer.

Telfer's room at Alberni Residential School

2-2-004
Pièce
[between 1931 and 1940]

Fait partie de Jean Telfer fonds

Page taken from a publication, with a photograph of Alberni Residential School and an annotation by Telfer indicating her room at the school.

Read Notes

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Pièce
1948

Fait partie de Stanley E. Read fonds

Read's note cards detail information about three groups of totem poles and contain text and page references to Marius Barbeau's book, Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia (published by the Canada Department of Mines and the National Museum of Canada, 1929).

Read Journal

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Pièce
1948

Fait partie de Stanley E. Read fonds

Read's handwritten journal (July 8 - August 5, 1948) of his trip from Vancouver to the Skeena River Valley and back, details the weather, road conditions, people he met, and fish caught along the way.

Programme for Indian Musical Festival - Chiniki, Wesley, and Bearpaw Bands

2-2-011
Pièce
[between 1931 and 1940]

Fait partie de Jean Telfer fonds

Programme for an "Indian Musical Festival, held yearly. Three bands competing: Chiniki, Wesley and Bearpaw Bands." Includes times of performances and songs sung. Songs are mostly Christian hymns.