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 g...
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."
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."
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."
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 edit...
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...
File contains handwritten and typewritten drafts of "The Haida Boats" with annotations, as well as a handwritten transcription of the Florence Davidson interview cassette.
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.
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, ...
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 an...
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 ...
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 an...
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.
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 betw...
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 tec...
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 g...
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 Cla...
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 North...
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.
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.
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.
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: ...
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; pho...
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: "Tr...
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...
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 T...
File contains photographs taken aboard the tanker Polar Endeavour, docking at Ferndale, Washington and in transit to Anacortez. Capt. Zeghibe and pilot Don Mayer.
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 (...
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."
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.
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.
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.
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 create...
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."
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.
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.
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.