Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

96-01-03-a039351a
Item
1863

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, B.C.

134-a040131c
Item
13 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

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

New pole in Old Massett, Robt. Davidson, Massett, Aug. 69

51-01-33-a035234
Item
1969

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, and is seen just after it was raised. A crowd is still gathered for the pole raising ceremony.