Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

1-4-C-8 (64.1-3)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains historical images of the Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv First Nations. These images depict village life, architecture and house posts, and regalia. The file contains images of a group of Nuxalk who traveled to Berlin to perform there. Images that are not historical depict a ceremony happening in the Great Hall at UBC MOA, unidentified artists working on a set of drawings, and what appears to be the Acwsalcta High School in Bella Coola. Non textual records include photocopies of photographs, and photocopies of museum catalogue cards.

Hon. Chief Dan George, [Tsleil-Waututh]

25-04-05-a038343
Item
January 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of Chief Dan George carving a canoe.

Anthony Carter

Inner Habour of Victoria

86-02-a039745
Item
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of the Inner Harbour of Victoria with several barges sailing out the Harbour.

William Carr

Islander Lying at the Wharf Lax-Kw'alaams Fire Hall with Group in the Foregound

11-02-a032708_1
Item
[ca. 1889 - 1891]

Part of Robert Reford fonds

Item is an image of a group posing by a totem pole and in front of a building. A ship is visible in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Lax-Kw'alaams (previously known as Port Simpson and Fort Simpson) by the Fire Hall and the ship in the background is the Islander.

Kamtchatka and other docked fishing boats

81-03-a033189
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of docked fishing boats, possibly in Alert Bay, BC. One of the boats is named Kamtchatka. A stamp on the verso of the print indicates that it was printed in 1957.

Mildred Laurie

Kamtchatka, fishing boat

81-03-a033173
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a fishing boat named Kamtchatka. A stamp on the verso indicates that it was printed in 1957.

Mildred Laurie

Kwakwaka'wakw

1-4-C-2 (61.2-5; 62.1-4)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

Man carving canoe

25-03-01-a037806
Item
[196-?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an older man carving a long canoe.

Anthony Carter

Man on boat near Kingcome Inlet

25-03-13-a038196
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified person in a motor boat, near Kingcome Inlet.

Anthony Carter

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.

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".

May 25, 1948, Somass River - Sports Day

51-01-30-a039498
Item
May 25, 1948

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of a crowd gathered on the shore and in boats on the Somass River, Vancouver Island, for sports day.

Men on dock

81-03-a033172
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of men working on a dock next to fishing boats, possibly in Alert Bay, BC. A stamp on the verso of the print indicates that it was printed in 1957.

Mildred Laurie

Men raising brailer of fish onto boat

81-03-a033190
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of an unidentified fishing boat. Men on the boat are pulling up a brailer full of fish.

Mildred Laurie

Men raising brailer onto boat

81-03-a033191
Item
[ca. 1957]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of an unidentified fishing boat. Men on the boat are pulling up a brailer.

Mildred Laurie

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

Mission, Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson), B. C.

96-01-03-a039360a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts house and canoes with forest in background located in Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson). Printed on the image is the inscription "GOLD HARBOR, NEAR SKIDEGATE, Q. C. ISLAND." Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "S. A. SPENCER, Fort Street, VICTORIA, B. C." Handwritten inscriptions on the verso read "Mission house, Port Simpson" and "No 19".

Mosquito Creek, North Vancouver

25-04-04-a038321
Item
1967

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of boats docked at this commercial marina in North Vancouver. This image is pictured on pages 46-47 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: "Once of well-known clam bed and fishing area for the Tsla-a-wat people, this area in now a commercial marina owned and operated by the resident North Vancouver Indians."

Anthony Carter