Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

"Nass River"

25-04-10-a038456
Item
August 29, 1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles, canoes, and longhouses(?) in the Nass River valley of BC.

Anthony Carter

(Replica) Haida house front and poles #14, 15, 16 + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040089c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Haida mortuary pole, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040079
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian and Haida memorial poles #9, 10, 13, 14, 15, + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040080
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial pole #13, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC

134-a040082c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial poles #9, 10, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040081
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica)?, Haida memorial pole #4, 6, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040106c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Double mortuary pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61). Moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver

134-a040105c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

The Wasgo is a monster of Haida legend that had the ability to transform between wolf and sea creature. Carved and painted by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer in 1962.

(Replicas)?, mortuary poles (Haida), dwelling house and sea wolf, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040107c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

MOA Object ID numbers correspond to poles in the image from left to right.

A50030 carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1961-62) as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at the University of British Columbia, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

3D cards

1-2-P-4 (11.11)
File
2000-2004

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

This file contains images of totem poles collected for research. Some images are from the collections of other institutions.

A break from carving

92-1-a034532
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer taking a break from carving. He sits on a wooden stool with his chain saw at his feet.

A tree for a pole

92-1-a034507
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a felled tree which will possibly become a totem pole.

AMNH [American Museum of Natural History]

1-4-A-6 (18.12)
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of various Northwest Coast artifacts including masks, boxes, carvings, totem poles, and other items housed in the American Museum of Natural History.

Alert Bay Abraham memorial pole

86-02-a039767
Item
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of a memorial pole for Abraham at Alert Bay. Carving of pole attributed to Charlie James for Abraham who hailed from Village Island and Fort Rupert.

William Carr

Alert Bay Abraham memorial pole

86-02-a039772
Item
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of a memorial pole for Abraham at Alert Bay. Carving of pole attributed to Charlie James for Abraham who hailed from Village Island and Fort Rupert.

William Carr

Alert Bay Kingcome 73

144-1-7
File
[1973]

Part of Minn Sjolseth fonds

File consists of slides depicting totems in what the file annotation refers to as Alert Bay and Kingcome.

Alert Bay [cemetery and totem pole]

25-03-06-a037959
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem pole and cross gravestones, with forest in the background.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay [cemetery and totem poles]

25-03-06-a037963
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay [cemetery and totem poles]

25-03-06-a037960
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay [memorial pole?]

25-03-06-a037962
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole featuring two creatures - a winged animal on top and what appears to be a human figure with raised arms on the bottom. Gravestones are visible in the foreground.

Anthony Carter

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