Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

22-2-a032907
Item
c.1920

Four men on horseback cross a river with four other horses carrying packs. At the river's distant shore trees and a tent-like structure are visible.

Fred Ryckman

Men on horseback following a river crossing

22-2-a032908
Item
c.1920

Part of Fred Ryckman fonds

Men and horses with packs complete a river crossing and proceed into the forest. Mountains in distance.

Fred Ryckman

Minn Sjoselth Paintings 73-75 Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)

144-2-1
File
1967-1974

Part of Minn Sjolseth fonds

File consists of slides depicting Minn Sjolseth's paintings and labeled "Longhouse Posts Totem, Village Island, BC, 1974," "Kitwanga Village, 1967," "'Intermission' Kwakiutl, 1974," "Kwakiutl Totems, Alert Bay 1971,", "Last Totem of Skidegate QCI," "Native Cariboo Child, 1973," "Final Rest 1973," "Kwakiutl Totem 1973," "Dominic Charlie, Weather Prophet, Squamish Tribe, 1972," "Wilderness Watch, 1973," and "Basket Weaver." Many of these paintings depict individuals also photographed by Anthony Carter for his book publications.

Miscellaneous North Coast images

25-01-03
File
1966

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images form the north coast and fjords of British Columbia, as well as the North Vancouver area. Subjects include fishing boats, canoe carving, canoe paddlers and races, and rock paintings.

Anthony Carter

Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

149
Collection
([192-] - [195-])

Collection consists of 48 glass lantern slides (29 of them tinted) and 2 negatives. The lantern slides include images related to four Residential Schools: Elkhorn (Manitoba), St. Michael’s (British Columbia), Shingwauk (Ontario), and Choutla (Yukon).

Collection includes images of the schools, classrooms, and different areas of the buildings (dining room, kitchen, etc.); the staff, students, and families engaged in different activities; and surroundings of the schools (cemeteries, churches, villages, etc.). Collection also includes images of landscapes and two images unidentified villages.

Collection might be similar to the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada fonds, at the Anglican Church of Canada Diocese of Rupert's Land, Manitoba.

Lantern slides shows were used during the 1920s and 1930s by the Church of England in Canada to promote the work of their missionaries and to raise funds. The slide shows took place during missionaries’ services, church services, Sunday school groups, and special church programs. Usually, the slide shows were complemented with a text with basic commentary on the mission and content of the slides.

Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada

Model totem pole on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040457
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

Mount Currie (Stl'atl'imc nation)

25-04-11
File
June 1971

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images of the Mount Currie reserve (Stl'atl'imc nation) and its people.

Anthony Carter

Mountain House, Moresby Island

96-01-03-a039349a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts exterior view of the Mountain House, frontal pole, house post, and mortuary pole located on Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, B. C. In the foreground is a canoe. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Gold Harbour 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 Village".

Mountain view

22-2-a032910
Item
c.1920

Part of Fred Ryckman fonds

View from an elevated site showing mountain tops. Snow-covered evergreens appear in the foreground.

Fred Ryckman

Mountains and river valley

94-a034852
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a range of mountains with a valley and river running through it. Based on Read's itinerary for this trip, this may be the Skeena River and valley.

Mr. & Mrs. McKay

25-03-19
File
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Anthony Carter

Mr. Tate, [Nisga'a]

25-03-13-a038227
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Mr. Tate, Nisga'a.

Anthony Carter

Mr. Tate, [Nisga'a]

25-03-13-a038228
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Mr. Tate, Nisga'a.

Anthony Carter

Mr. Tate, [Nisga'a]

25-03-13-a038230
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Mr. Tate, Nisga'a.

Anthony Carter

Mr. Tate, [Nisga'a]

25-03-13-a038229
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Mr. Tate, Nisga'a.

Anthony Carter

Mrs. Agnes Cranmer: Beliefs and Myths Pertaining to the Aquatic World

138-02-01-05 (MAN 224 a - b)
Item
November 28 - December 6, 1976

Part of Paddling to Where I Stand collection

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.

Martine J. Reid

Mrs. Sewid and daughters

81-03-a033157
Item
[ca. 1958]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Sewid and four younger women identified as her daughters. All five of them are in ceremonial dress. They are standing outside, with a group of spectators behind them. It is not clear what type of event they are at. A stamp on the verso of the print indicates that it was printed in 1958.

Mildred Laurie