Princess Alice at Taku Glacier
- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1460-UL_1460_0099
- Item
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
Winter & Pond
Princess Alice at Taku Glacier
Winter & Pond
View of totem poles in a museum or gallery setting. Postcard includes description of totem poles. Thlinget is also spelled Tlinget.
Kern, Peter E.
Collins Overland Telegraph - Kathleen Fitzgerald
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a photocopy of a "booklength feature" in The Canada West Magazine on the Collins Overland Telegraph, a telegraph system planned to stretch from San Francisco to London. The BC-Yukon section of the telegraph line is discussed at lenght.
Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
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
Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
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
Part of Alan Haig-Brown fonds
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
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Winifred," also called "Winnifred." Documents include typed copies of the title, statements of the captain and a crew member, and notice of vessel detainment; draft declaration by Charles Spring regarding "Winnifred;" documents related to the Bering Sea Claims Commission claims; bill of sale for shares of "Winifred" to Spring; repair and improvement receipts; transcript of the record and proceedings of the United States court case against "Winifred;" and other documents.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains journal of "Winifred" account transactions from February 1891 through March 1892. Journal also contains multiplication exercises in pencil.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains ledger, with index, of accounts related to "Winifred" from 1891 to 1892. Includes payments to persons and businesses from "Winifred" account.
Papers and vouchers belonging to the schooner "Favourite"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Favourite," also called "Favorite." Documents include statements and declarations by Spring regarding "Favourite;" insurance policy; vouchers for expenses incurred by "Favourite;" account and expense sheets, including list of improvements and repairs, provisions purchased, and wages earned; claim to Pelagic Sealing Commission; statement from captain Amos Ellis; and other documents.
"Favourite" 1892 official log book
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log book contains a list of crew and report of character, draught of water on leaving Victoria harbour, and entries regarding the taking on of a new crew member. Log also notes the warning received from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering the Bering Sea.
Papers and vouchers belonging to the schooner "Kate"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Kate." Documents include exhibits to support claim of losses; account and expense sheets, including vessel inventories and lists of repairs and improvements; vouchers for expenses incurred by "Kate;" statements and declarations by Spring regarding "Kate;" insurance policy; related correspondence, a copy of the warning letter from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering Bering Sea; claim to Pelagic Sealing Commission.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log by commander A. J. Taylor contains entries on conditions, location, and activities of the crew on "Kate" from March 5, 1892 to August 4, 1892. The June 21 entry notes the arrival of H.M.S. "Daphne." The log also contains a list of crew and provisions taken on board.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log book contains a list of crew and report of character, as well as entries regarding the warning received from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering the Bering Sea and the transfer of a crew member to another vessel.
Schooner "Lilly" notes of credit and receipts
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains notes of credit for expenses to be charged to schooner "Lily," also called "Lilly," as well as receipts of funds received by "Lilly."
Schooner "Henrietta" documents
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Henrietta." Documents include accounts and expense sheets, including an accounting of expenses to outfit the vessel, lists of improvements and repairs, and payments to crew; promissory notes / receipts for advances to the crew.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains handwritten copies of the oath sworn by those giving evidence to Pelagic Sealing Commission in English, Nootka, and Chinook Jargon, as well as a note regarding the meaning of the word "Nootka."
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a journal of expenses and payments related Spring's business with entries from March 12, 1888 to October 20, 1898 (page 217). Entries include expenditures for good and services for vessels, wages, and other expenses. Some entries are out of chronological order. No entries exist between September 1892 and October 1898. Many of the pages in the journal are loose.
Memorial of Canadian sealers respecting their interests…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a memorial regarding reimbursement for financial losses brought forth by 19 owners of a number of sealing vessels, including the "Venture," "Penelope," "Favourite" (or "Favorite)," and "Kate." The memorial is addressed to the Governor-General of Canada.
Memorial of the owners of sealing schooners…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a memorial regarding regulations restricting the sealing industry brought forth by 25 owners of a number of vessels, including the "Venture," "Penelope," and ships formerly owned by Spring, "Favourite" (or "Favorite") and "Kate." The memorial is addressed to the Governor-General of Canada in Council.
Re: memorial respecting the seizure of S.S. "Coquitlam"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains declarations of eight individuals or organizations regarding compensation owed following the seizure of the steamer "Coquitlam" by the U.S. revenue cutter "Corwin" in 1892. Declarations request compensation for losses of seal skins, good shipped, legal fees, etc. Claimants include Cereno J. Kelley.
Petition to Canadian House of Commons
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
The file contains three copies of a 1914 petition prepared by Spring and brought forth by owners and masters of sealing vessels during the 1892 season. The petition requests an enlargement of the scope of the Pelagic Sealing Commission to include their claims for compensation. One of the copies is signed and two are unsigned. The petition is addressed to the House of Commons of Canada.
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Boats waiting for passengers coming from Schultz Glacier
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C.P.R. Steamer "Princess Royal"
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C.P.R. Str. Princess May, Sentinel Is., Alaska
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Indian Graves Near McQuestion, Stewart River
View of a Native American burial ground. Tribe unknown.
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Indians making oolachan grease at the Naas
Image of First Nations people making oolachan grease in the Naas River.
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View of canoes and small boat on Lake Bennett.
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Image of a person holding a stick with fish on it.
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Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Photograph number 8.
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View of Resurrection Bay at night. Postcard number 5624.
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S-147 Mendengall Glacier, Alaska.
Image from water of a glacier moving from mountain to water's edge. "Schallerers".
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S-147 Mendengall Glacier, Alaska.
Image from water of a glacier moving from mountain to water's edge.
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Portrait of a young woman wearing a ship captain's jacket and cap on the S.S. Alaska.
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Skookum No.1, Alex McDonald, Bonanza (Klondyke) Co. Ltd.
Image of miners at Skookum Jim's No.1 claim above Bonanza Creek. Bonanza Co. Ltd was owned by Alex McDonald. It is possible that the company owned Skookum No.1 at the time the photograph was taken.
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The Margerie Glacier, Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay
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Totem Pole of Thlinget, Chief Kian, Alaska
Postcard number 15343.
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[Memorial along White Pass-Yukon Railway]
Image of a monument for the thousands of pack animals that died during the Klondike Gold Rush between 1897-1898.
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View of glacier from the S.S. Prince George.
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View of snow covered mountains.
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View of snow covered mountains.
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