Petroglyphs, totem poles, and an image of a Kwakiutl "fool's mask" from Cape Mudge.
This file contains correspondences between Wilson Duff and George F. MacDonald, chief of the Archaeology Division of the National Museum of Man. MacDonald shares the text of a talk he gave on art and architecture based on archaeological excavations of Haida and Tsimshian villages. The text details MacDonald's ethnohistorical interpretations of social, spiritual, and economic structures. In providing comments and critiques to the text provided by MacDonald, Duff also describes social practices among Gitxsan and Tsimshian communities as a point of comparison.
This file contains various notes related to totem poles surveyed in coastal communities in Northern BC. These include oral histories associated with poles as well as notes about poles at museums and other facilities in the region.
Fonds consists of 45 glass-plate lantern slides featuring scenes from Osterhout's work with B.C. First Nations, including Haida, Tsimshian and Kwakwaka'wakw. Images document First Nations individuals, communities, totem poles and landscapes of British Columbia.
Smith Stanley Osterhout
