Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041523
Item
1976?

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041530
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041561
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Bill Reid's Bear sculture

25-04-12-a038510
Item
[197?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an Bill Reid's bear sculpture, taken at the University of British Columbia. This sculpture is part of MOA's object collection.

Dr. Walter Koerner commissioned Reid to make this sculpture for his personal collection. It was originally commissioned for his backyard garden, but Koerner decided it looked too large for the space so he donated it to UBC. It was installed on the UBC campus in 1963, in the woods near International House. A bronze plaque made for that location reads: Haida Bear by Bill Reid Presented to UBC by Walter C. Koerner 1963. At some point, after the new Museum building was built, the bear was transferred to MOA and moved indoors.

Anthony Carter

Bill Reid's Mother

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035139-1
Item
[192-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid's mother standing on a wooden porch, looking towards the camera.

Bill Reid's pole at Skidegate prepared for raising

7-a033421
Item
1978

Part of Kuldip Gill fonds

Photograph shows Bill Reid's pole wrapped, propped, and prepared during the ceremony for its raising in Skidegate.

Bill Reid's pole at Totem Park

132-1-C-E-a042704
Item
[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of a house frontal totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Bill Reid's pole at UBC Totem Park

132-1-C-E-a042703
Item
[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of the mortuary totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Bill Reid's speech

131-a040252
Item
February 1987

Part of Joi Carlin fonds

Image is of Bill Reid standing in front of the canoe log and delivering his address at the welcome ceremony.

Bill Reid's speech

131-a040251
Item
February 1987

Part of Joi Carlin fonds

Image is of Bill Reid holding a piece of paper during his address at the welcome ceremony.

Bill Reid's work at UBC totem park

132-1-C-E-a042700
Item
[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of a memorial totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex in Totem Park.

Bill swinging an adze

131-a040221
Item
February 1987

Part of Joi Carlin fonds

Image features a profile view of Bill Reid using a traditional, well-sharpened tool, called adze to cut away the outer the sap wood of a log. The adze appears blurred as he is about to strike the log.

[Bird by river, Nausori, Fiji]

10-a033035
Item
[1909]

Part of A.F.R. Wollaston fonds

A.F.R. Wollaston

Bird figure on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040572
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Bird figure on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Bird in grass

25-04-04-a038327
Item
1967

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a bird in the grass. The bird has a red breast and beak, and is black everywhere else.

Anthony Carter

Bird sculpture, St. Georges' Church, Kingcome

25-03-13-a038214
Item
July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a small sculpture of a gold bird in St. George's Church, and Anglican church in Kingcome Inlet. The exterior of this church is pictured on page 41 of Carter's book From History's Locker.

Anthony Carter