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File contains images of First Nations villages and peoples living along the Northwest Coast.

File contains images of Northwest Coast artifacts held by a private collector.

Subseries contains largely photographs of artworks of Northwest Coast First Nations artists located at various cultural heritage institutions as well as in private collections. The majority of the information within the files was collected by McLennan for research purposes, and includes textual documentation about the lives of the artists, correspondence with the artists, information about exhibits based on the artists’ work and newspaper clippings and other stories about the personal life of the artists.

File consists of collected research on the 1906 delegation of Chief Joe Capilano (Squamish), Chief Charley Isipaymilt (Cowichan), and Chief Basil David (Shuswap) to London, England. The purpose of the delegation was to petition the King on topics around land and other rights for BC First Nations.

File contains images of newly carved totem poles by Stan Bevan along with accompanying correspondence regarding the poles and biography for both Stan Bevan and Ken McNeil.

This file contains a newspaper clipping from the Vancouver Sun titled "Tall whale tale and other stories recounted in Barkhouse's works"

File consists of records about Dempsey Bob such as a student paper and exhibit proposal. In addition are images of Dempsey Bob and his artworks.

File contains correspondence between Bill McLennan and Vernon Brown regarding artworks made into cards for the MOA gift shop. In addition are photographs of the artworks.

File contains hand written research notes about Captain Carpenter, photocopies of articles including "The Vagabond Fleet" by Peter Murray, "Looking for Bella Bella: The R.W. Large Collection and Heiltsuk Art History" by Martha Black, "Searching for Du'klwayella" by Pam Windsor, and "A Brief Autosketch of my Life, and Missionary Activities During the Past Fifty-Eight Years; For the Information and use of the United Church of Canada" by Reverend C.M. Tate. In addition are correspondence between Bill McLennan and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Sotheby's Auction, Movable Cultural Property (Federal Government) and Joan Hall. This file also contains photographs of Captain Carpenters' carvings.

File contains images of artworks created by Captain Carpenter held in private collections.

File contains correspondence between McLennan and decedents of Captain Carpenter informing them of the forthcoming publication of "The Transforming Image".

File contains one image of bowls created by Captain Carpenter held in Osaka Museum in Japan.

File contains images of a canoe carved and painted by Captain Carpenter housed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

File contains photographs of a bench created by Captain Carpenter held at the Berlin Museum fur Volkerkande.

File contains images of masks housed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

File contains images of a bent-wood box painted by Captain Carpenter housed at the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh.

File contains a contact sheet of four images of a box painted by Captain Carpenter held at the Portland Art Museum.

File contains image of a bent-corner chest housed at the Seattle Art Museum.

File contains images and catalogue records of objects created by Captain Carpenter at the the Glenbow museum.