Image is of Moya Waters, Bill Reid and Bill McLennan and unidentified persons consuming refreshments and conversing. Ron holds box of oranges in background.
Consists of collected material about or by artist Bill Reid, with whom Hilary was acquainted. Includes clippings, reproductions of Reid's work, pamphlets, obituaries, correspondence, and a photograph.
Negatives show the carving of Bill Reid's Lootaas (Loo Taas) canoe, which was carved in 1984 at MOA for Expo '86. The canoe now resides at the Haida Heritage Centre.
See file 03 in this series for prints of these negatives.
File also includes Hilary's notes about and sketches of the canoe, newspaper clippings, and MOA/UBC press releases.
Photographs show the carving of Bill Reid's Lootaas (Loo Taas) canoe, which was carved in 1984 at MOA for Expo '86. The canoe now resides at the Haida Heritage Centre.
Note that accompanied photographs: "These are not Hilary Stewart photos - whose?" It is not clear who wrote this note. The negatives are in file 02 of this series.
The fonds consists of photographs documenting the welcome ceremony that occurred in February 1987 for the canoe project by Nisga’a carver Norman Tait. The Museum of Anthropology appears in the background of multiple pictures in which spectators can be seen gathered for the 1st cut ceremony of the canoe log. Norman The event included speeches as well as ceremonies and performances by Norman Tait and his close relatives. Joe David, Reva Robinson, and Bill Reid are among the other notable individuals that appear in these images.
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 blurred profile view of a second person appears on the far right hand side of the photograph.
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.
Image is of Rob't, Mercy, Norman, and Bill Reid during welcome ceremony. Bill Reid is speaking with folded notes in his hands. Mercy holds an umbrella while Norman holds a paddle.
![[Bill Reid makes his cut]](/uploads/r/null/e/4/0/e4011588de360abebc635f3d82d4aacfb93c6d4aa2d6ef2c19629fccd91db3ba/a036391c_142.jpg)
![[Doreen Jensen, Bill Reid and guests]](/uploads/r/null/1/0/1/1018c2aafaed965fec35a8ddc5254f3b223dfabe46db6d64a97a44a18a5ca684/a036395c_142.jpg)
![[Handing out oranges]](/uploads/r/null/0/6/e/06ec802262a9f3fc22ad63f24068fa8e24def84dc61ad09cfde4d1e7897c817c/a036397c_142.jpg)
![[Guests post ceremony]](/uploads/r/null/8/1/4/8143254b4161c37da7affd5bd921728670e7eda0cbe100222559ccdeafa293e4/a036403c_142.jpg)
