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Image of the village of Greenville on the Nass River in British Columbia.

Individuals in photograph from left to right: Donovan Miller, Walter Koerner, Douglas Kenny (UBC President), Marianne Koerner, Art Sterritt, Earl Muldoe, unknown, unknown, Walter Harris (only partially shown).

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

Image of Haida totem poles and a Haida that stand outside the Museum of Anthropology.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while it was being constructed. Two men are in the picture.

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while it was being constructed.

Image of a totem pole in a storage area at the Museum of Anthropology. Based on annotations on the slide, the image may have been taken by Michael Ames.

Note reads:
"1948, Left hand p. 4 at bottom. HBH at Nass River, the family shows its ceremonial costumes." It is not clear which image this note describes.

Image of a totem pole in Montreal, carved by Henry Hunt. This is likely one of the poles that he carved for Expo 67. The pole is seen at night, lit up from below.

Image of a small cluster of trees growing in a grassy plain, somewhere in the interior of British Columbia..

Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."

Image of an old house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology. This museum item is decribed as follows: "The lower section of a totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: bear with protruding tongue and raven on body, kneeling on head of unknown creature... Figures probably from historical narratives owned by lineages of house owner and wife. Grizzly bear was a crest of the lineages of the 'Striped Town People' and 'Sand Town People' of the Raven Moiety, to one of which the husband may have belonged. The supernatural Snag was also a crest of the 'Striped Town People'. Human arms of the raven or cormorant may indicate ability to transform from animal to human."