Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

96-01-03-a039349a
Item
1863

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".

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

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

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

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.

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

Men on horseback crossing a river

22-2-a032907
Item
c.1920

Part of Fred Ryckman fonds

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

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.

Memorial carving for a chief

94-a034850
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a carving (possibly concrete) of a fish-like creature with a dorsal fin, mounted on stone. The inscription reads CHIEF WIEAHAKYSOU (?) Died Mar 1912 Aged 70 years.

Massett Village

96-01-03-a039351a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

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".

Masset Village

96-01-02-a039344a
Item
[ca. 199-]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.

Man standing next to totem pole

132-1-C-C-a041618
Item
[196-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

A man standing next to a totem pole. The caption for this slide suggests that it was taken in the community of Kispiox.

Mamalilikulla

25-03-17
File
July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Anthony Carter

Making Christmas cards

148-02-a035792
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image of a child sitting at a table, cutting a pieces of paper, craft supplies on the table. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Lavigne Jack makes Christmas cards."

Majorie Halpin - Alert Bay Memorial Mungo Martin

51-01-34
File
1970

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

File consists of images of Alert Bay, BC and the raising of a memorial pole for Mungo Martin in 1970. Based on annotations on the slides, they were likely taken by Marjorie Halpin, who was a curator at the Museum of Anthropology.

Main Street in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a street with five totems. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Alert Bay.

Made by

148-02-a035854
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image of a drawing by the Kyuquot Elementary School children titled "Made by F.+W. Stocks Kyuquot B.C. 1976 with the help of the people of Kyuquot."

Lyle Wilson fonds