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William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds
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Photos of canoes

File contains images of canoes from various Northwest Coast First Nations communities including Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth.

Dr. George H. Raley

File contains a brief biography of Dr. George H. Raley who donated his Northwest Coast collection to the UBC Archives and to the Vancouver Museum. The file also contains catalogue lists of items donated by Raley.

Gordon Miller

File contains images of drawings done by Gordon Miller of objects in the museum as well as of totem poles and houses. All drawings were done on contract with the Museum of Anthropology, some became labels in the Great Hall.

Painted wealth

File contains images depicting a canoe and images of Northwest Coast art. The textual records include information about the use of boxes, chests and dishes, as well as information about painted objects.

Book production

File mainly contains photocopies of images and information pertaining to the Tsimshian Housefront Screen at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Other records include copies of correspondence addressed to McLennan regarding the housefronts, and reviews of McLennan's work in the Image Recovery project.

Gitxsan

File contains historical photographs of Gitxsan villages, with a specific focus on totem poles and various buildings in the villages. There are also some images of the Gitxsan people in regalia. The textual records contain information to some of the photographs, listing the photograph's title and the museum and/or archive it originated from.

Salish

File contains a combination of historical photographs depicting village life of the Coast Salish people, and modern day photographs of Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world. The historical photographs contain images of Coast Salish peoples, totem poles, house posts, canoes, and petroglyphs. The modern day photographs contain images of Coast Salish artifacts such as blankets, spindle whorls, masks, carvings, house posts and totem poles, and household items such as combs and bowls. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of Coast Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world.

Culture photographs

Subseries contains binders of copies of images that McLennan has ordered, and some cases paid for, from other institutions, in addition to some that he has taken himself. He has arranged them in binders according to culture. He created these binders as an easy reference system for faculty, students, community members, and artists to use when identifying and comparing cultural artistic styles, and traditional customs. First Nations included in the culture photographs include: Tsimshian, Haisla, Kwakwaka’wakw, Northern First Nations, Ktunaxa, Kinbasket, Okanagan, Salish, Tlingit, Tahltan, Tsilhqot’in, Secwepemc, Stl’atl’lmx, Nlaka’pamux, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Oweekeno, Gitxsan, Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth and Nisga’a. A file also pertains to differentiating between different styles of canoes.

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