Includes correspondence and research related to Tlingit collection at MOA; one disc of photos of items in eth collection; and a copy of "Opening the Curtain: Tlingit and Haida Elders and Spiritual Leaders Discuss the Meanings and Classifications of Cultural Artifacts and Human Remains in Museum Collections" (February 1998).

The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.

File contains images of various First Nations Cultural groups from the Pacific Northwest. The images include negatives and slides of Northwest Coast villages, totem poles, longhouses, and First Nations peoples dressed in regalia.

This file contains letters and texts written by Joyce Wilke to Wilson Duff. The letters largely discuss the topic of publication, including revision notes and comments on errors made in other authors' texts. Texts included in the file focus on Coast Salish dancing and dance traditions, as well as economic relationships between Indigenous Nations of the Northwest Coast and European traders.

Texts on the theme of Coast Salish dances include Wilkes' typed summary of a Winter Dance that took place in Esquimalt in 1943, and handwritten notes about Spirit Dances at the Swinomish Reservation in 1940-41. The latter also includes language notes about community terms relevant to these dances. There is also a published article by David F. Aberle that theorizes about a so-called Prophet Dance movement.

Wilkes' more extensive manuscript represents her doctoral dissertation concerning maritime trade between various coastal First Nations and European traders, which focuses on the European demand for sea otter fur, and the interest of First Nations in obtaining iron, copper, firearms, and textiles. The author also discusses food and liquor as part of trade relations. A photocopy and original version of Wilkes' bibliography are also included.

This file contains a letter from Beth Van Dyke to Wilson Duff and a manuscript on silverwork among Northwest Coast First Nations that was included with the letter. The text discusses the development of silverwork through trade and economic relations with European settlers, with a focus on Tlingit and Haida silversmiths. Older traditions and records about copper and ironwork are also discussed.

File contains correspondence and two articles regarding the Tlingit.

File contains images of the First Nation artists involved with the Through My Eyes exhibit. The images show them looking at objects in the Vancouver Museum's collection. The artists shown in the photographs are Cyril Carpenter, Ben Davidson, Robert Davidson, Norman Tait, Isabel Rorick, Doreen Jensen, Judge Alfred Scow, Lyle Wilson, Dolly Watts, Bill Reid, Glen Tallio, Richard Hunt, Terry Starr, Tim Paul, Richard Summer, Dempsey Bob, Jim Hart, and William White.

This file contains correspondences to Wilson Duff from Laura Greenberg, a doctoral student in the Dept. of Anthropology at UBC. The majority of correspondences appear to be from her time as a pre-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. Many letters are personal correspondences, although there are discussions of job searches, copies of Greenberg's curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letters, among other content. Other letters deal specifically with her thesis research into Northwest Coast art, and the file includes various photocopied, sketched, and annotated images of objects, some with multiple overlays on transparency sheets. Most are from the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, and primarily represent bentwood bowls and dishes or horned spoons. Although little information is provided about communities or artists, catalogue IDs are listed. The interpretive focus of these objects in their correspondences emphasize themes of transformation and sexual readings of Northwest Coast motifs. Several pages also discuss research on Hopi and Chinese art.

This file contains a letter from Wilson Duff to Jane Wallen concerning the Totem Pole Survey of Southeast Alaska.

File contains a combination of historical and modern day images of canoes used by First Nation groups living on the Northwest Coast. The historical images contain images of village life and uses of the canoe in a historical context. The modern day images show canoes housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of canoes, both from historical photographs and of modern day photographs.

File contains articles related to art, objects, culture, and archaeology on the Northwest Coast.