File consists of photographs and printing layout. Items are labelled “6551-Dorse LS-5859” and “6551-LS-5853.”

File consists of 35 mm negative reproductions of larger (102 x 127 mm) negatives. Images include flowers, a snake, ducks, water, mountains, and buildings.

File consists of photographic reproductions of images of archival images. All are labeled 71M058.

File consists of reproductions of archival material, including photographs and maps, as well as a paper sleeve that originally housed the negatives and that has identifying stamps and information similar to the stamps Dorse used in his journal, which is also included in this fonds.

All slides are stamped AUG69V3. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1031, 1032, 1034, 1035, 1046, 1052, 1056, 1057.

Subject matter of the images includes the area of Smithers, BC; a hotel; waterfall; a riverbank with wildflowers; a ferry port; the Seven Sisters mountain range; the Cariboo region; a “Paddlewheels North” historic marker sign (north of the town of Quesnel); the town of Williams Lake; wildflowers; and a woman with a baby deer.

All slides stamped AUG70V1. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1024.

Subject matter of these slides is from throughout the southern interior region of BC, including mountains, lakes, rivers, towns, a museum, the Cariboo region, and bridges.

All slides are stamped AUG71V1. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1022, 1023.

Subject matter of the images includes the Hell’s Gate area and air tram (on the Fraser River) and EC Manning Provincial Park.

All slides are stamped AUG72V2. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1027, 1042.

Subject matter of the images includes Prince Rupert, a small church in a village on the water (interior, exterior, and stained glass windows), a sign for the Arctic Divide (located about 30 miles north of Prince George), another church, lake and mountain scenes, a blooming cactus, and ducks on water.

All slides are stamped AUG73V3. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1033, 1037, 1039.

Subject matter of the images includes the Nass River Bridge on Highway 37; mountain, lake and glacier scenes; and a black bear with a cub.

All slides are stamped AUG74V2 and 1030.

Subject matter of the images includes a sign for the Skeena River Boats and unidentified mountains (which may be in Kitwanga Mountain Park or the Seven Sisters range).

File consists of photographs that were in an envelope labeled “B&W prints of cards.” The envelope also had “LS 4474” written on it, which may correspond to a postcard. Images include Manning Park, black bears, Meziadin Lake, Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers, Babine Lake, Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake, Houston BC, Fort St. James, Barkerville, Rossland, Bella Coola, petroglyphs, Canim Lake, Loon Lake, Bear Glacier, Rock Creek, International Viewpoint Highway, Kaslo, Gyro Pool in Nelson, Frank-Alberta, Cranbrook, Fernie, Kimberley, Windsor Hotel, and Wardner. Many have text for postcards handwritten on the back and have been stamped with the words “rough proof.”

File consists of images of the community of Balfour located in the Kootenay region of BC.

File consists of images of the town of Barkerville, BC, as well as a paper sleeve that originally housed the negatives and that has identifying stamps and information similar to the stamps Dorse used in his journal, which is also included in this fonds.

File consists of images of the town of Barkerville and the nearby mountains. The prints are from the negatives in the file.

File consists of images of a show in the town of Barkerville, BC.

File consists of images of Bella Coola and the surrounding area.

File consists of images of the old Boston Bar Cable Ferry, an aerial cable that connected the towns of Boston Bar and North Bend in the Fraser Canyon region of BC. The ferry has since been replaced by a bridge.

File consists of images of the Bowron Lake Chain in the Cariboo region of BC, with accompanying identification information about the images.

File consists of images of Bowron Lakes, located in the Cariboo region of BC, and the surrounding mountains.

File consists of images of the Britannia Mine, located just south of Squamish, BC.

File consists of images from the Cariboo region.

File consists of images of central BC coast and mountains, including Fraser Lake, Kitimat, the Skeena River Boats, and Tweedsmuir Park. The print is labeled 74M036.

File consists of images from a theatre in Dawson City, as well as two letters dated February 14, 1972. These letters were written by Dorse and are about his interest in making postcards for Dawson City as a means to increase tourism, and the possibility of getting government funding to do so. Letters provide insight into the postcard business at the time.

Fonds consists of records relating to the landscape and postcard photography of Dorse McTaggart. McTaggart owned and operated his own postcard business. His photographs and postcards feature scenes from throughout British Columbia, including mountains and other nature scenes, parks, towns, historic sights and landmarks, recreation, bridges, museums, and industrial sites. Dorse’s photography went beyond this subject matter, including portraits and weddings, but this material is not included in the fonds.

Materials in the fonds include negatives, transparencies, photographic prints, and published postcards, which represent the various stages of postcard production. It appears that Dorse produced many of his postcards by shooting on 4x5 film, then creating a 4x5 film positive from which to print the postcard on his own printing press. The fonds also includes a journal kept by Dorse in which he wrote down brief descriptions of photographs that he took, marketing books that he used to show his postcards to potential buyers, and a small amount of correspondence and other textual records.

Items have been arranged into five series that maintain the organization they had when received by Rare Books and Special Collections. It is not clear if this organization was that of Dorse, Walter, or a combination of both.

File consists of images of the Dukhobor (also spelled Doukhobor) community in British Columbia.

File consists of photographs and negatives featuring Evans Lake and another unnamed lake.

All slides are stamped FEB70V2 and 1049.
Subject matter of the images includes an oil field with snow on it, a church, and an unidentified town on a river.

File consists of images of the Fort George Museum near Prince George, BC. File also includes a newspaper clipping about the museum. The prints and negatives from which they were made have identification numbers that likely correspond to those that Dorse used in his journal (which is included in this fonds). These numbers are: 75M098, 75M099A, 75M099B, and 75M100.

File consists of images of Fort St. James in north-central BC. Prints are labeled “Proofs Only” and have identification numbers similar to those found in Dorse’s journal (which is included in this fonds): 69M161 and 69M160.

File consists of images from a show in the historic BC town of Fort Steele.

File consists of film negatives and positives taken of the Hell’s Gate airtram and area. One of the 102×127 mm transparencies is labeled “LS-4983,” which may correspond to a number postcard printed with that image.

File consists of photographs and one film positive of miscellaneous scense, including Hell’s Gate, mountains, skiers, railroad bridges, a grade school pageant, a waterfall, and the Victoria Trail Riders. A handwritten note was attached to the photograph of these trail riders.

File consists of images of Heritage Village (exact location unknown). Prints and negatives have identification numbers that likely correspond to those that Dorse used in his journal (which is included in this fonds). These numbers are: 74M093, 74M094, 74M095, 74M096, and 74M097.

File consists of images of a funeral, Fort Babine, and another old fort.

All slides are stamped JAN73V3 and 1017.

Subject matter of the images includes scenes of the North Vancouver mountains and other unidentified mountains.

All slides are stamped JUL70V2. Slides were also stamped and grouped according to one of the following additional identification numbers: 1036, 1041.

Subject matter of the images includes a lake or lakes and looking down onto a town in a valley with mountains behind it.

All slides are stamped JUL71V2 and 1029.

Subject matter of the images includes the Hudson Hope Bridge, mountain and lake scenes, and a town that appears to be in the Hudson’s Hope region (but is not identified).