This file contains a letter and photographs sent by Adelaide de Menil to Wilson Duff. de Menil photographs depict totem poles in multiple unoccupied Tlingit villages, with location notes on the verso of each. As indicated in her letter, she was sharing these samples with Duff in hopes of photographing totem poles kept in the storehouse of Totem Park at UBC. de Menil intended to compile and annotate the photographs of these and additional poles in British Columbia to produce a book for publication. This research appears to be what ultimately resulted in the 1971 book "Out of the Silence" by de Menil and Bill Reid.

Consists of audio recordings used as research material for Powell’s dissertation and in the creation of the Quileute language education materials

This file includes a letter from B. Robert Butler, an archaeologist with the university of Washington. It appears to be Butler's reply to an initial letter from Wilson Duff in relation to an article published by Butler. The text focuses on Butler's theses related to "pre-contact" artistic traditions in the region between the Fraser and Columbia River Valleys. Butler discusses materials (clay, basketry, and stone) and motifs

Images of petroglyphs, landscapes, plants and animals.

Series is made up of records relating to the creation of a Chinook Jargon dictionary, a Big Book created for the Quileute on Chinook Jargon, and lessons for a Chinook Jargon class at Langara College. Powell documented the use of Chinook Jargon in LaPush during research on the Quileute language. His informants used Chinook Jargon regularly, and he began to research the history of its use on the Northwest Coast with the intention of writing a book about it. The manuscript for his book was accepted by the publishing company Douglas and McIntyre, but as Powell was not satisfied with his work, publication did not take place. However, he did produce a number of works that have been used for education purposes in LaPush as well as in British Columbia.

Series comprises six sub-series:
A. Research materials
B. Field notes and correspondence
C. Unpublished manuscript and lessons
D. Chinook Jargon dictionary files

This file includes a letter from Don E. Dumond, with the Dept. of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Along with the letter, Dumond includes an article he wrote titled "A Note on the Prehistory of Southwestern Alaska".