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Jill Singleton Collection
2020.09 · Collection · Aug. 1985

Collection consists of a travel scrapbook created by Jill Singleton documenting a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Includes photographs, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps.

2020.4.6.539 · File · 2000
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Queen Charlotte Islands Forest District for the "Facilitation and Mediation of Local Resource Use Plan for Tlell Watershed" project in Tlell River. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #539; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Leading Species", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Age Class", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Aspect", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Ownership/Tenure", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Ecosystem Types", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Groupings", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Soil and Moisture Regimes", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 1 of 5: Red Huckleberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 2 of 5: Alaskan Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 3 of 5: Salal", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 4 of 5: Oval-Leafed Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 5 of 5: Wetland Berries", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Known Scenic Areas", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Height Class", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Archaeological Overview Assessment", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Fire Legacy", Mar. 2000.
  • Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
  • Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
  • Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan, Feather Creek topographic map, n.d.
2020.4.6.543 · File · 2000
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Natural Resources Canada & BC Ministry of Forests for the "Facilitation of South Moresby Forest Replacement Account Strategic Plan Negotiations" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #543; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.579 · File · 2002
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management for the "Consultations on Land Use Planning Process Design Haida Gwaii/QCI Land Use Plan" project in Queen Charlotte City. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #579; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.626 · File · 2006
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Haida Tribal Society for the "Facilitation and Process Advice on Development of a Marine Use Strategic Plan" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #626; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.664 · File · 2011
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Misty Isles Economic Development Society for the "Food Planning Presentations on Haida Gwaii" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #664; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Kent Sedgwick and a Slug
2012.13.1.78.53 · Item · 1982
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Kent Sedgwick crouching and holding a stick; the slug on the end is barely visible. Located somewhere on Haida Gwaii.

Mask
2009.7.1.241 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden mask depicting a bird/human face painted with a stylized design of feathers and animal's ear to one side of the forehead. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-2”

Mask
2009.7.1.242 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved and painted wooden mask in the shape of a mythic creature with flaring nostrils and oblong eyes. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-6”

Mask
2009.7.1.244 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden mask in the shape of a mythic creature with distinct eyebrows, a wide and flattened nose and a thin lipped mouth. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-3”

Mask
2009.7.1.240 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved portrait mask featuring real fur eyebrow (one is missing) and mustache. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “45-4”

Mask
2009.7.1.238 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden mask of a mythic creature whose mouth is in the shape of an ‘o’. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “33-2”

Mask
2009.7.1.239 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Mask created from leather or metal, featuring eyeholes and a mouth hole as well as holes pierced around the perimeter of the mask itself. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “45-5”

Mask
2009.7.1.236 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden mask, perhaps a portrait mask. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “32-6”

Mask
2009.7.1.237 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden portrait mask. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “45-3”

Mask
2009.7.1.243 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Carved wooden mask featuring inlaid teeth and a halo surrounding the face. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-5”

2009.7.1.194 · Item · [ca. 1880]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Two carved wooden figures stand side by side to mark the burial of a Haida medicine man. Each figure has one arm up with a hand under or over the chin, while the other arm is down. Carved chiefly headdresses adorn each of their heads.

Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Illustration for insertion at end of Chapt XIX no. 2. Medicine man’s tomb Queen Charlotte Islands.” Photograph has pen markings made on its recto tracing the outline of these two shapes.

Model totem pole
2009.7.1.227 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Two cylindrical wooden columns stand parallel, connected at the top by a horizontal wooden panel featuring the carved head and front paws of a wolf. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources,

Model wooden totem pole
2009.7.1.200 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Frontal perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on a sheet covered table against the backdrop of an additional sheet. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “47-2”

Model wooden totem pole
2009.7.1.203 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Frontal perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-3”

2009.7.1.204 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Close-up perspective of the top of the model totem pole which is standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-4”

2009.7.1.201 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Profile perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on a sheet covered table against the backdrop of an additional sheet. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “47-3”

2009.7.1.202 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Profile perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-2”

2009.7.1.199 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Model totem pole standing upright on a chair against the backdrop of a sheet. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “46-4”

2009.7.1.080 · Item · October 1913
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large bear carving sits on top of wide pole, erected in memory of a chief of the Bear crest. Lines of houses stand in background.

Printed below image: "Totem Pole. Old Massett. Q.C.I / J.D. Allen photo Co."; handwritten below: "Mortuary Pole Bear [Crest?]"; on verso: "For Chapt. XIX. The old style and the new. Mortuary Pole & modern houses. No. 3. W.H.C. Oct. [6/ ?] 13".

Notes and drafts
2009.7.2.02 · File
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

This file contains handwritten and typed notes and drafts of First Nations legends, addresses and manuscripts. It is believed this material was authored by W.H. and W.E. Collison although none is signed or dated.

Oddly Shaped Tree Branch
2012.13.1.78.40 · Item · 1982
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an oddly shaped tree branch that appears to have grown downwards, and is covered in green, mossy growths. Located somewhere on Haida Gwaii.