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Item is handwritten translations of tape ----------------------- by Daisy Sewid-Smith.
Item includes Daisy Sewid-Smith's comments from December 28, 1998 and a note by Martine J. Reid with a reference to its use for the book's manuscript.

Item is a X̄a’islak̓ala language course, with exercises. The course is based on a wordlist compiled in 1974 by linguist Hein Vink. Vink was helped by Jeffrey Legaic, Irene Starr, Amelia Grant, Kay Grant, Nelson Grant, and others. Accompanying the course are sound recordings, located in the Sound recordings series within this collection.

Scope and content: Item consists of recordings of the book Gitksan for Kids III.
Side 1 – Gitksan for Kids III page 28-63
Side 2 – Gitksan for Kids III page 63-89
Also includes an interview conducted by Vickie Jensen with Edith Gawa, Kispiox resident and Gitxsan language teacher at Kispiox day school.

Victor's membership card for the International Sporting Club of Shanghai, dated 15/1/40. A photograph of Victor is attached.

The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, exhibitions, educational activities, artifacts loaned to other institutions, public programming, and events. The report was submitted to the National Museums of Canada, from which the museum received an operating grant.

This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibition and events, the museum's activities with other museums in the province, a recently acquired woven violin case, educational programs for school groups, artists, mining, and logging along the Sepik River, art and photography in relation to the 2011 earthquake in Japan, and the Museum Associates.

The bulletin provides information about:

• Theatre Gallery renovations
• Rotunda case installation
• Anthropology 431 students working in the ramp, information desk area, Masterpiece Gallery, and Visible Storage
• New source book by VA Kathy Road on the Klix'ken House posts
• Pole, panels, and "Bill Reid Invitational Concerts" at the Haida House
• Possibilities of Bill Reid's Spirit of Haida Gwaii being displayed at MOA before installation at Vancouver International Airport
• Exhibitions closing soon
• Cleaning and dusting of the ramp, platform, and Great Hall
• New edition of Harbour that focuses on Savage Graces and other books available for temporary loan from Jennifer
• Residency of John Stanton
• Informal Friday lunches
• Career Day at the First Nations House of Learning

Chief “Bob” Selqua of Pavilion – Lillooet Indian village. Says his ancestors painted a man pictograph every time a chief died. The pictures of stars around one of the men indicate his greatness and some of the pictures represent bear tracks

Scrapbook created by B.C. and Jessie Binning to commemorate their first visit to Japan in 1958. Many notes that accompany the photographs describe how the trip transformed the direction of B.C.’s artistic and architectural works. The purpose of the trip was to study the art and artists of Japan in order to form a working relationship between one another; it specifically marked the beginning of a decade-long relationship with Bishop Kojo Sakamoto. The trip was partially sponsored by the Canada Council and the University of British Columbia.

Image of Agnes Alfred. Item was originally numbered by creator with roman number II.

Image of five women standing with funeral wreaths.
Handwritten annotation on back "Margaret Alfred funeral (Moses Alfred's mother Qacugow). (L) Emma Mrs Ben, Kitty Daisy, Axuw, Beans Alfred (Nuladiy), Beand Roberts."
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 108.

Item includes information on the Kwakwala language.
Item includes one page with the Kwakwala and Liqwala keyboard layout and four pages with names of places, people, etc. in Kwakwala and their translations in English (typed and handwritten).

Item is an album of photographs from Meiji period Japan. There are also a few photos from Scotland; Naples, Italy; and Port Said, Egypt.