Subseries consists of material related to the production of Stewart's book The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Captive of Maquinna, first published in 1995. This book contains the previously published narrative written by Jewitt (published in 1816), with annotations and illustrations by Stewart.
Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.
A group stands for an event in Alert Bay. One of the women is Marjorie Halpin. This may be related to the raising of the memorial pole for Mungo Martin.
A Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.