UBC AtoM

[Siwash Indian Woman making a Mat]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1445-UL_1445_0169
Item
[between 1890 and 1900?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of an older First Nations woman making a mat.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indians catching salmon in the Fraser canyon

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1446-UL_1446_0017
Item
[between 1886 and 1906]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Thompson, Stephen Joseph

B.C. Natives, Orway and W

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1033-UL_1033_0010
Item
[between 1910 and 1920?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a First Nations man and woman with blankets wrapped around themselves. They are most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.

Leeson, Ben William

[Group of First Nations people]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1018-UL_1018_0018
Item
[between 1870 and 1880?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

A stereographic photo of a group of First Nations people. Totem poles can be seen in the background of the photograph. Possibly taken on Vancouver Island.

Maynard, Richard

Bonaparte River Indians

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1019-UL_1019_0017
Item
[1865?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Gentile, Carlo, 1835-1893

[First Nations family]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1601-UL_1601_0093
Item
[between 1915 and 1925?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a First Nations family sitting outside of a house.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Klootchmen

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1605-UL_1605_0007
Item
[between 1900 and 1910]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Portrait of an older woman and a girl.

Holliday, Charles William

Alfred Parminter fonds

UBCA-ARC-1378
Fonds
1817, 1940-[198-], predominant [195-]-[196-]

The fonds consists of papers, reports, printed material, essays and photographs created and acquired by Parminter in the course of his time as a student, professor and regional inspector, as well as some personal items. The fonds is divided into three series: Regional Inspector of Indian Schools, University of British Columbia and Research/Miscellaneous Material. The fonds had no discernable original order associated with them and so the archivist decided to arrange them by series.

Parminter, Alfred Vye

Angus Elias fonds : 1959-1966

RBSC-ARC-1177
Fonds
[Photocopied 1967]

The fonds consists of a photocopied diary recording personal experience, climatic and geographical conditions, and observations about nature written while Elias worked as a trapper on Banks Island, 1959-1966.

Elias, Angus

Imbert Orchard fonds

RBSC-ARC-1422
Fonds
1910, 1961

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the production of "The Way of the Indian", a program produced by CBC in 1961. It consists of transcripts of the program and transcripts of recorded interviews gathered to prepare the script. It also includes three essays, "Reminiscences of British Columbia from 1862" by Charles F. Morison [n.d.], "A Recollection of the Early Days in Northern British Columbia: Steamboating by Steamwheeler on the Skeena River" by J.W. Morison (1910) and a preliminary draft of "The Documentary in Sound" by Imbert Orchard [n.d.].

Orchard, Imbert, 1910-

Jim Spilsbury fonds

RBSC-ARC-1517
Fonds
1870-1991

The fonds consists of family papers including genealogical findings and legal documents concerning land owned by his family in the New Westminster District (Whonnock), 1870-1910; correspondence and newsclippings; records gathered or kept by Spilsbury on Spilsbury and Hepburn Ltd. and its successors in radio communications, 1940-1985; records of Queen Charlotte Airlines Ltd., 1946-1955; and a large collection of ca. 6000 photographs (including cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards) negatives, and slides, mainly taken by Spilsbury. The photographs consist mainly of images relating to Savary Island, Vancouver Island and other area of B.C.'s coast where Spilsbury lived and carried out his activities. As well as images of early native and logging sites and towns and topography of B.C., they also provide a record of Spilsbury's paintings. Photographs also depict Spilsbury's English relatives (1870-1906), friends and family at New Westminster, Whonnock and Savary Island, logging operations at Theodosia Arm in the 1930s, aircraft and personnel of Queen Charlotte Airlines, and equipment and personnel of Spilsbury and Hepburn.

Spilsbury, Jim, 1905-

R.C. (Bob) Harris fonds

RBSC-ARC-1664
Fonds
1835-1998

Fonds consists mostly of cartographic materials relating to reconnaissance trips taken by R.C. Harris. The maps are both historic and those drawn up by Harris for his trips, incorporating old trails on current maps. While the inclusive dates of the map collection are from 1835 - 1981, the majority of these maps were created from 1880 -1930. They are organized according to a personal classification system maintained by R.C. Harris. The remainder of the fonds consists of surveys, plans, photos, correspondence, topographical notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, Harris research notes, books, reports, brochures, photocopies, and book reviews.

Harris, Robert

Passengers of Maquinna buying Indian baskets at Nootka

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1440-UL_1440_0083
Item
1923-07

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Buying Indian Baskets

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1440-UL_1440_0123
Item
1923

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of people buying baskets made by First Nations women.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Siwash Indians Catching Salmon (Humpback Species), False Creek, Vancouver B.C. [negative]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1445-UL_1445_0159
Item
[between 2000 and 2010?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Negative of a photograph of an older photograph picturing a group of First Nations men fishing for salmon in False Creek. The photograph in the picture dates approximately between 1890 and 1900.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

[Siwash Indians, Vancouver B.C.]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1445-UL_1445_0163
Item
[between 1890 and 1900?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Siwash Indian Woman making a Mat

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1445-UL_1445_0167
Item
[between 2000 and 2010?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Photograph of an older photograph of an older First Nations woman making a mat. The photograph in the picture dates approximately between 1890 and 1900.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Siwash Indian Woman making a Mat [negative]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1445-UL_1445_0168
Item
[between 2000 and 2010?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Negative of a photograph of an older photograph of an older First Nations woman making a mat. The photograph in the picture dates approximately between 1890 and 1900.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indian Village

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1018-UL_1018_0014
Item
[between 1900 and 1910?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of a First Nations village along the coast.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

West Coast Natives, Wacas and wife

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1033-UL_1033_0004
Item
[1920]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of an older First Nations man and woman in a canoe. The man and the woman are most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.

Leeson, Ben William

[Portrait of three men]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1447-UL_1447_0143
Item
1912

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Men in the photograph are identified from left to right: Phillips, Lainson, Ted Smythe.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

[Group camping]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1447-UL_1447_0157
Item
1912

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a group of people sitting outside of a tent.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indian Home - Fort George, 1912

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1626_03-UL_1626_03_0214
Item
[not before 1892]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of a First Nations home with snowshoes over the door. Also visible are out buildings, a clothesline, and several dogs.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indian Racherie and mouth of Fraser Canyon

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1006_01-UL_1006_01_0017
Item
[1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of a First Nations community and Fraser Canyon. Photograph is numbered 96.

Macmunn, Charles

Indians fishing

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1006_01-UL_1006_01_0019
Item
[1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of two First Nations men fishing. Photograph is numbered 277.

Macmunn, Charles

[Collage showing photos of totem poles]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1451-UL_1451_0023
Item
[1900?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Collage of three totem poles, one of which includes a man posing next to a totem pole. Caption: "Indian totem poles".

Maynard, Hannah Hatherly

Indian Camp scene, Vancouver Island, B.C.

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1451-UL_1451_0030
Item
[1900?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of adults and children of First Nations descent next to tents.

Maynard, Hannah Hatherly

Indians on Parade

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1456-UL_1456_0030
Item
[between 1920 and 1930?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

First Nations people riding on horses in a parade. Specific group affliction unknown.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

[First Nations women]

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1596-UL_1596_0105
Item
[between 1930 and 1940?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Wilson, Jack

Indians making oolachan grease at the Naas

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1085-UL_1085_0024
Item
[between 1880 and 1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of First Nations people making oolachan grease in the Naas River.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indian Carving, Skidegate

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1085-UL_1085_0025
Item
[between 1880 and 1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a Haida totem pole carving.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Indian Village, Queen Charlotte Island

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1085-UL_1085_0027
Item
[between 1880 and 1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Queen Charlotte Island is now known as Haida Gwaii.

[Unknown] (Authorized heading)

Skin Lodges of the Dog Ribb Indians in front of H.B. Co.'s Fort Great Slave Lakes

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1116_03-UL_1116_03_0011
Item
[1901 or 1902]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of caribou skin lodges of the Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations.

Mathers, C. W.

Indians portaging a 5o ft. scow or boat on the Mantaise Portage

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1116_03-UL_1116_03_0017
Item
[1901 or 1902]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a group of Tlicho men portaging a boat. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "Goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave River."

Mathers, C. W.

Adrien Morice fonds

RBSC-ARC-1384
Fonds
1891-1930

The fonds consists of proofs of Morice's autobiography Fifty Years in Western Canada (1931) and five letters to Dr. Robert Bell, relating primarily to Morice's writings, particularly Indian legends.

Morice, A.G. (Adrien Gabriel)

Alfred Purdy fonds

RBSC-ARC-1452
Fonds
1961, 1968

The fonds consists of a manuscript of "Yeht the Raven and Other Creation Myths of the Haida" (ca. 1961) and letters (1968).

Purdy, Al

Ben Alexander fonds

RBSC-ARC-1002
Fonds
1931-1970

The fonds consists of correspondence and legal documentation sent between Ben Alexander and the office of Indian Agent, later the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The fonds reflects official business such as land claims, financial transactions, and grievances and also deals with Alexander's personal business with the tribe.

Alexander, Ben

Anthony Gargrave fonds

RBSC-ARC-1207
Fonds
1942-1966, predominant 1951-1958

The fonds consists mainly of subject files created by Anthony Gargrave in his work as a CCF MLA for the riding of Mackenzie, British Columbia, 1952-1958. Some of the subject areas include forestry, fishing, parks, education, municipal affairs, and Indian affairs.

Gargrave, Anthony, 1926-

Fisheries Association of British Columbia fonds

RBSC-ARC-1193
Fonds
1938-1975

The fonds consists of minutes, financial records, negotiations and agreements, speeches and subject files generated by the Fisheries Association. The subject files include information on the activities of the Association including labour, safety, pollution, resources, waste water and licence limitations. The material was primarily generated during the period 1955 to 1975, except for minutes of the Salmon Canners' Operating Committee (1943-1948), agreements (1946-1956) and one subject file on the Native Brotherhood of B.C. (1947-1958).

Fisheries Association of British Columbia

H.G. Barnett fonds

RBSC-ARC-1025
Fonds
1935-1940, predominant 1935-1936

The fonds consists of field research material for the Coast Salish (1935/36) and Tsimshian (1940) Indians of B.C.

Barnett, H.G. (Homer Garner), 1906-1985

James Swan fonds

RBSC-ARC-1539
Fonds
1852-1900

The fonds consists of extensive correspondence that reflects Swan's personal life and professional work as collector of Indian artifacts, as well as several cashbooks, estate records and miscellaneous items. The fonds also includes the official records of Swan's work as Notary Public, U.S. Commissioner, Pilot Commissioner, Hawaiian Consul, and Commissioner of Oregon.

Swan, James G. (James Gilchrist)

Irene Simmons Stephen fonds

RBSC-ARC-1533
Fonds
1948-1955

The fonds consists of drafts, research notes, galley proofs, and other materials related to Stephen's book "Winged Canoes at Nootka and Other Stories of the Evergreen Coast," as well as typed transcripts from her radio programs "Indian Trails," "Story Time," and other pieces of reporting. The fonds also includes creative writing drafts - short stories, radio dramas, and plays adapted for radio - and research related to an unpublished book about Alberta. Personal files include photographs, correspondence, and historical family records dating back to the 19th century. Materials related to Stephen's involvement with the Canadian Women's Press Club and the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Authors Association are also part of this fonds.

Stephen, Irene Simmons

S.S. Danube fonds

RBSC-ARC-1158
Fonds
1891-1897

The fonds consists of the logbook of the Danube which contains five cruise entries with log entries relating to Sitka, Refuge Bay, Pribiloff Islands, Alert Bay, seal slaughters, shooting polar bears, heavy seas and gales, trading with First Nations, Russian officials, and American commissioners.

Danube (Ship)

W. Neale Turner fonds

RBSC-ARC-1655
Fonds
1903-1906

The fonds consists of photograph albums depicting Turner's activities as managing director of the Fraser River Gold Dredging Company, including scenes of equipment, placer mining sites, and aspects of life in Lytton, including a native funeral procession. Includes scenes of Turner's voyage to Canada aboard ships and trains.

Turner, W. Neale

Totem Poles, Massett, Q.C. Islands

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1006_01-UL_1006_01_0069
Item
[between 1880 and 1890?]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

View of Haida totem poles on Haida Gwaii, which was once known as Queen Charlotte Islands.

Macmunn, Charles

An Indian packer with an average load of 200 lbs.

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1116_03-UL_1116_03_0024
Item
[1901 or 1902]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of an unidentified First Nations man hauling supplies on foot.

Mathers, C. W.

Grand rapids, Athabasca River

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1116_03-UL_1116_03_0026
Item
[1901 or 1902]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of unidentified First Nations men preparing to portage a boat hauling supplies on the Athabasca River. Caption on photograph reads, "The photo shows the H.B. Co's. fur boats landing at the foot of the rapid preparatory to making the portage, 265 north of Edmonton."

Mathers, C. W.

A Moose and Teepee

RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1116_03-UL_1116_03_0027
Item
[1901 or 1902]

Part of Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Image of a moose standing next to a tipi. The caption on the photograph reads, "The moose is not much used being too difficult to train. Dogs are used now exclusively instead."

Mathers, C. W.

Church at Chemainus, Vancouver Island