Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Oversized photographs of totem poles on Anthony Island

1-1-E-5 (Oversize 12)
File
[?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of totem poles being removed from Anthony Island.

Moving the totem poles on Anthony Island

1-1-E-6 (Oversize 12.4)
File
[?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of totem poles being being crated and shipped by boat.

United Church Archives materials UBC

1-4-A-26 (20.1)
File
[197-?] - [199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of various First Nations villages and townspeople around Skidegate, Port Simpson, and Bella Bella.

Barbeau Nass River photos

1-4-A-66 (26.3-4)
File
[198-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains detailed catalogue lists of photographs of the Nass River taken by C.F. and W.A. Newcombe, Victoria B.C., and lent to C.M. Barbeau in September 1927.

Tsimshian

1-4-C-1 (60.13-14 & 61.1)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of Tsimshian artifacts housed in museums in British Columbia and in what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History. The file also contains images of Tsimshian villages along the Nass River, and historical photos of Tsimshian peoples.

Kwakwaka'wakw

1-4-C-2 (61.2-5; 62.1-4)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

Ktunaxa/Kinbasket/Okanagan

1-4-C-4 (62.6)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains historical images of the Ktunaxa peoples and some of their villages around the modern day Kootenay area. The textual records include two photocopies of images of the Ktunaxa peoples.

Nuu-chah-nulth

1-4-C-12 (66.5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains historical images of Nuu-chah-nulth villages and peoples. There is a focus on totem poles and canoes. There are also photographs of a pole raising ceremony to commemorate the visit of Governor General Willingdon who came to Tofino/Ucluelet in the 1920s. There are images of James Rush, Chief Miste Laabats Hamtsiid, and Chief Joseph John, dressed in Nuu-chah-nulth regalia.

[Bill Reid carving Spirit of Haida Gwaii model]

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035104
Item
1986

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid carving a model of his sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in Reid's Granville Island studio.

[Bill Reid carving Spirit of Haida Gwaii model]

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035106
Item
1986

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid carving a model of his sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in Reid's Granville Island studio.

[Bill Reid carving Spirit of Haida Gwaii model]

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035111
Item
1986

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid carving a model of his sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in Reid's Granville Island studio.

Bill Reid with Raven in MOA Rotunda

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035116
Item
[198-]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid sitting next to his sculpture, Raven and the First Men. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in the Museum of Anthropology.

Bill Reid with Raven in MOA Rotunda

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035120
Item
[198-]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid sitting next to his sculpture, Raven and the First Men. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in the Museum of Anthropology.

Bill Reid with Raven in MOA Rotunda

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035126
Item
[198-]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid sitting next to his sculpture, Raven and the First Men. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in the Museum of Anthropology.

Bill Reid with Raven in MOA Rotunda

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035130
Item
[198-]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid leaning against his sculpture, Raven and the First Men. The photograph was taken by William McLennan in the Museum of Anthropology.

Ninstints expedition (BCTPPC)

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035183-1
Item
1957

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Wilson Duff, Harry Hawthorn, Bill Reid and John Smyly under a shelter on Skunnggwaii llanas (Anthony Island). The image was taken during the Ninstints expedition to retrieve 11 totem poles from the area.