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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Alan Haig-Brown fonds
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Alan Haig-Brown fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1698
  • Fonds
  • 1951 - 2012, predominant 1984-2012

The fonds consists primarily of Alan Haig-Brown's written and photographic works on the marine industry in Canada and internationally. Photographs document ships and boats, maritime scenes and personalities in fishing and ship-building. The geographical scope of the photographs includes British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii; Southern Coastal US (Texas and Louisiana); Thailand, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines; Netherlands; Brazil.

Textual records include annotated drafts for several of Haig-Brown's books, hand-written notes, newspaper clippings, design schematics and correspondence.

The fonds also contains audio recordings of interviews and oral histories with figures in the maritime trades.

Haig-Brown, Alan

FISHING FOR A LIVING DRAFT [1 of 3]

File contains a draft copy of Alan Haig-Brown's "Fishing for a Living," with annotations and edits. Includes the book sections "Native to the Waters" and "Introduction."

FISHING FOR A LIVING DRAFT [2 of 3]

File contains a draft copy of Alan Haig-Brown's "Fishing for a Living," with annotations and edits. Includes the book sections "Percich and Anzulovich," "They Built a Fleet" and "Menchion's Boats."

FISHING FOR A LIVING DRAFT [3 of 3]

File contains a draft copy of Alan Haig-Brown's "Fishing for a Living," with annotations and edits. Includes the book sections "The Ladner Boats," "The Haida Boats," "Kitaka" and "Seine Boat."

Anzulovich + Percich

File contains hand-transcribed notes from interviews with Louis Percich and Dick Anzulovich, and Christmas letter from Alan Haig-Brown to Louis Percich. Also contains several drafts of "They Love to Fish" - one handwritten, one with edits from Valerie Haig-Brown and one clean copy.

Assu, Herb

File contains several typed, annotated and handwritten drafts of "Native to the Waters."

BALLARD, Jack

File contains handwritten notes and chapter drafts related to "Canfisco and Sterling Shipyards" (also: "Canfisco and Jack Ballard").

Clarke, Charlie

File contains handwritten transcription of Charlie Clarke interview cassette, a handwritten draft and typewritten draft of the "Captain Clarke" chapter with handwritten annotations, other handwritten notes and an untitled black-and-white photograph of boats in a harbour (Vancouver Public Library photo no. 11831).

CHIEF Y

File contains typewritten drafts of "Keep on Fishing," as well as handwritten drafts and notes.

HAIDA

File contains handwritten and typewritten drafts of "The Haida Boats" with annotations, as well as a handwritten transcription of the Florence Davidson interview cassette.

HANSON, H.C.

File contains correspondence and ephemera from the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Bellingham, WA, relating to an exhibition on naval architect H.C. Hanson.

Kishi + Nakade

File contains handwritten notes, handwritten and typewritten drafts of "They Built a Fleet" and "Not Only Gillnetters," and newspaper articles related to Japanese-Canadian fishermen. Also contains photographs of various boats, Japanese-Canadian fishermen and boat-builders, and a boatworks in Steveston, BC.

KITAKA

File contains several typewritten and edited drafts of "Kitaka," handwritten notes and a handwritten transcription of an interview with Phil Haydon. Also contains photographs of the Kitaka and correspondence with Kitaka owners Barbara and Phil Haydon.

KOHSE, FRED

File contains handwritten notes and a handwritten chapter on seine and halibut fisherman Fred Kohse, as well as correspondence with Kohse and Kohse's handwritten annotations on the "Fred Kohse" chapter. There are several references to the boat Sleep Robber, which has been photographed by Alan Haig-Brown. Also contains a photograph of Kohse, scanned photographs of ships annotated by Kohse, and two photocopied articles written by Alan Haig-Brown on Kohse for Western Fisheries and National Fisherman, respectively.

MENCHIONS

File contains handwritten notes and other research materials related to Bert Menchions, as well as an edited draft chapter entitled "W.R. Menchions" and correspondence from Bert Menchions to Alan Haig-Brown. Also contains paper copies and mylar originals of technical drawings of purse seiners by naval architect Robert Allan.

MATSUMOTO

File contains handwritten notes from "Masumoto" cassette, and other ephemera related to Matsumoto shipyards LTD in North Vancouver. Also contains an undated photograph of the Sunnfjord fishing boat.

NEISH, SCOTTY

File contains handwritten notes by Alan Haig-Brown about his archival research on boats at the Maritime Museum and elsewhere, handwritten and typed drafts of "Scotty Neish: The Union and the Navy" with annotations and correspondence between Alan Haig-Brown and Neish. Also contains historic photographs of BC boats; many of the photographs appear to be identified in the archival research notes.

Nelson, Ritchie

File contains handwritten and typed drafts of "Ritchie Nelson and the Company," and "Laissez-Faire," a biographical account of Ritchie Nelson by an unidentified author (possibly Alan Haig-Brown). Also contains a photocopied technical drawing of a fishing boat belonging to Nelson Bros Fisheries.

TARA, Joe

File contains several typed drafts of "The Ladner Boats" and handwritten notes from Alan Haig-Brown's interview with Joe Tara in August 1985.

The Suzie A

File contains a typed draft of "The Suzie A," a children's book written by Alan Haig-Brown, with annotations. Also contains correspondence with the Pacific Educational Press and other materials related to preparing a unit planning guide around the Suzie A for use in upper elementary and junior secondary curricula in British Columbia schools.

[Interviews and Oral Histories]

File contains audio cassette recordings of interviews and oral histories with personalities in the maritime trades created by Alan Haig-Brown. Includes recordings with Pat Moone, Capt. C. Clarke [same as Charlie Clarke?] (2 cassettes), Charlie Clarke, Louis Percich, Dick Anzulovich, Burt Menchions (2 cassettes), Robert Allen Jr. (+ Charlie Clarke on side 2), Phil Haydon, Julie Edwards, Sam Matsumoto, Scotty Neish, Harry Assu and Al Renke. Names were transcribed from handwritten cassette labels. Additional information about the interview (e.g. date, location or boat) is also written on the cassette labels.

Haig-Brown, Alan

660601AHB_NorthernGirl

File contains scanned copies of Alan Haig-Brown's photographs of various boats along the Fraser River, including the Delta Queen V, and of a damaged container ship towed into Seattle from Gulf of Alaska. Also included are photographs of Northern Girl, operated by Logger Freight Services out of Granville Island in 1966; Alan Haig-Brown was second engineer (deck hand) on Northern Girl in May and June 1966.

Haig-Brown, Alan

880112AHB_fishing NEF

File contains photographs of fishing boats, including seiners and trollers, scanned by Alan Haig-Brown from the original copies.

Haig-Brown, Alan

890708AHB_GulfOpen

File contains photographs of fishing boats, including seiners, scanned by Alan Haig-Brown from his original copies. Boats depicted in the photographs include the Goodwin, Lion's Gate, C.F. Todd and Ocean Reaper.

Haig-Brown, Alan

950621AHB_Kuskokwim

File contains photographs of a towboat, Skipper Iyan Gusty and crew taken on the Kuskokwim River and in Bethel, Alaska. Several photographs depict a Crowley Maritime shipping container.

Haig-Brown, Alan

950900AHB_LogBarge

File contains photographs of a Rivtow log barge, partially submerged, being towed by a tug (Ocean Clipper) from Moses Inlet to Howe Sound. Also includes aerial photographs of the Nakwakto Rapids.

Haig-Brown, Alan

951100AHB_SpiritofVan

File contains photographs of BC Ferries' Spirit of Vancouver Island, its captain and crew. There are several photographs of the Spirit of British Columbia taken from inside the Spirit of Vancouver Island.

A caption from Alan Haig-Brown reads: "I rode this ferry with Capt. Myerscoup through Active Pass in November of 1995. The Spirit of Vancouver Island and sister ship Spirit of British Columbia were built in 1994. The[y] are 167.5 meters long and carry 470 cars and 2,052 people plus 48 crew."

Haig-Brown, Alan

971226AHB_Dunlap

File contains photographs of the interior and exterior of a tug in winter, with several images of crew removing ice. Also contains: photographs of the Island Monarch tug, in a shipyard while a Marcon system is being installed and in the water; photographs of a boat (Kamchatka) being scrapped with a backhoe; and photographs of Alan Haig-Brown and Don Pepper sitting in a Seine skiff at Queensborough in New Westminster, BC.

A caption from Alan Haig-Brown reads: "I rode a Dunlap Towing tug from Juneau Alaska to Seattle over the Christmas period."

Haig-Brown, Alan

980700AHB_Kennicott

File contains photographs from Haig-Brown's trip onboard the cargo ship, Swift Arrow, from Howe Sound to Port Edward. Also contains photographs of the Kennicott passenger ship and Rivtow Star tug.

A caption from Alan Haig-Brown reads: "Trip onboard the ship Swift Arrow. Robinson senior pilot and Boothby trainee. A second senior pilot was also onboard. Outside (Hecate Strait) from Pine Island to Triangle Island then into Port Edward at mouth of Skeena River."

Haig-Brown, Alan

990300AHB_Valdez

File contains photographs taken aboard a tug in the Port of Valdez, Alaska. Crew are shown in several interior and exterior shots.

A caption by Alan Haig-Brown reads: "with Crowley tanker escort tugs, for article in Professional Mariner, circa 1990s."

Haig-Brown, Alan

990527AHB_Harken

File contains photographs of tugs on the Fraser River: Sea Imp XVII, Harken 6, and the Ken Mackenzie towing logs.

From descriptive metadata written by Alan Haig-Brown: "High speed aluminum tug [Sea Imp XVII], wrote article for Finning's Tracks and Treads, also Professional Mariner" and "for Professional Mariner article, also in Tide and Current" [re: log towing].

Haig-Brown, Alan

000214AHB_Alert

File contains photographs of the Crowley escort tug Alert, built at Dakota Creek shipyard in Anacortes, WA, on sea trials.

Haig-Brown, Alan

000221AHB_Yucluta

File contains photographs of the Yucata Spirit tug towing log booms through the Yucultas.

Haig-Brown, Alan

010001AHB_Scenic

File contains a photographic portrait of Alan Haig-Brown on a boat holding a camera.

Haig-Brown, Alan

010717AHB_PolarEndevour

File contains photographs taken aboard the tanker Polar Endeavour, docking at Ferndale, Washington and in transit to Anacortez. Capt. Zeghibe and pilot Don Mayer.

Haig-Brown, Alan

020808AHB_Coos&Tall

File contains a combination of historical (1964-5) photographs of Clay's Wharf, and contemporary photographs of tall ships in Steveston, BC. Also contains a black-and-white photograph of Alan Haig-Brown as a young man, and Arrawac Freighter (ex Beatrice) upon which he worked.

On the historical photographs of Clay's Wharf, Alan Haig-Brown comments: "We lived there from 1962 to 1964 while I went to school and university in Vancouver. Rent free for caretaking, had use of the little cliner built boat." Of the tall ships, he notes: "Fraser River pilots greeted in the Gulf and then each rode a ship up the river."

Haig-Brown, Alan

040815AHB_Sacramento

File contains photographs of ships and tugs in Oakland, CA, including photographs of a tug pushing the container ship Kauai.

A caption from Alan Haig-Brown reads: "Riding down the dug channel on a ship with ship's Capt. Bonnafacio."

Haig-Brown, Alan

050412AHB_Foss [access record]

File contains photographs of container cranes on the Fraser River and Foss tugs in Tacoma, WA. There are numerous photographs of the Foss crew in the wheelhouse and engine room of the tug.

Haig-Brown, Alan

050413AHB_Glacier

File contains photographs of a shipyard and the engine room of a boat or ship, possibly the Glacier Bay Cruiselines ship depicted in the photographs. Also contains photographs of a Cummins Engines truck.

Haig-Brown, Alan

050422AHB_SkookumChuck

File contains photographs of the tug Kinnaird from Sechelt to Pender Harbour through the Skookum Chuck. Also contains photographs the Kinnaird's owner-operator, Don MacKenzie.

Haig-Brown, Alan

050509AHB_X-craft

File contains photographs of a US Navy X-Craft and the Alaska state Ferry Chenega docked at Everett, WA. Many of the photographs document the bridge, crew, vehicle deck, passenger areas and engine room of the ships.

From descriptive metadata created by Alan Haig-Brown: "Built at Nichols Brothers for the US military the experimental vessel was undergoing final fitting out when I photographered for Pro Mariner's Annual ship review."

Haig-Brown, Alan

050717AHB_Hovercraft

File contains photographs of a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft.

From descriptive metadata created by Alan Haig-Brown: "rode up Howe Sound from YVR, story for Professional Mariner."

Haig-Brown, Alan

050808AHB_Columbia Bar

File contains photographs of Columbia Bar pilots and pilot boat traveling ship to ship near Astoria, OR. Also contains photographs of sardine seiners.

Haig-Brown, Alan

050901AHB_Island Scout

File contains photographs taken in the engine room of the Island Scout tug. Also contains photographs of a rainbow ending at the Fraser Port in New Westminster.

Haig-Brown, Alan

051124AHB_FraserFog

File contains scenic photographs of log yarding tugs (including the River Eagle and the Dorothy Mackenzie) in the fog on the Fraser River off New Westminster. There are also three photographs of Alan Haig-Brown in his home office.

Haig-Brown, Alan

051207AHB_mvUDelaware

File contains photographs of a research vessel for the University of Delaware, showing its exterior, interior and Cummins KTA19 engine.

Haig-Brown, Alan

060426AHB_RiverStar

File contains photographs of tugs on the Fraser River, including the River Star and the River Eagle, and the River Eagle's engine (Cummins?).

Haig-Brown, Alan

060426AHN_MiscTugs

File contains photographs of tugs on the Fraser River, including the Iron Horse, the North Arm Prowler, the Ocean Monarch, the Pull Away and the Sea Imp V.

Haig-Brown, Alan

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