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Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with three First Nations women and a button blanket.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with three First Nations women and a button blanket.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo visiting with students in a classroom at a predominantly First Nations school, possibly in Atlin or the Nass Valley.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo visiting with students in a classroom at a predominantly First Nations school, possibly in Atlin or the Nass Valley.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo visiting with students seated at desks in a classroom at a predominantly First Nations school, possibly in Atlin or the Nass Valley.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo visiting with students seated at desks at a predominantly First Nations school, possibly in Atlin or the Nass Valley.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo walking with Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Hugh Faulkner, Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood George Manuel, Gitxsan artist and hereditary chief Walter Harris, and others at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.

Photograph depicts MP Iona Campagnolo wearing a button blanket next to a First Nations young woman also wearing a button blanket, probably on a visit to the House of Commons.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo wearing a button blanket while speaking to Dempsey Collinson, holding a wooden staff and wearing a button blanket and head dress.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo wearing a button blanket while speaking to Dempsey Collinson, wearing a button blanket and head dress at an event in Skidegate.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “In the great hall of the B.C. Museum of Anthropology, in front of Ninstints Totem wearing cape of Sahn-nag-x-wha (One who sits high) gift of Chief Skidegate ‘Dempsey’ Collinson - Q.C.I. made by his wife Irene for ‘naming feast’ Autumn - 1977. June 5, 1982, Address to the First National Womans Network. Age - almost 50.” And “Alive Again 82”.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo cutting a ribbon with a small girl at the opening of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo cutting a ribbon with a small girl at the opening of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo cutting a ribbon with a small girl in front of a crowd at the opening of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood George Manuel and Gitxsan artist and hereditary chief Walter Harris.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo in her Ottawa office looking at drawings of fish with members of Glen Vowell First Nations.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo in her Ottawa office looking at drawings of fish with members of Glen Vowell First Nations.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo in her Ottawa office looking at drawings of fish with members of Glen Vowell First Nations while an unknown man talks about the pictures.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with three unknown men in suit jackets at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Johnny Clifton, chief of Hartley Bay, and Senator Guy Williams at the raising of Eli Gosnell's Unity Totem Pole in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Johnny Clifton, chief of Hartley Bay, and Senator Guy Williams at the raising of Eli Gosnell's Unity Totem Pole in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo smiling and holding hands with Nadine Sante at a community banquet held at a Terrace school.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding hands with Nadine Sante at a community banquet held at a Terrace school.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo smiling and holding hands with Nadine Sante while others clap at a community banquet held at a Terrace school.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding up a necklace at a Glen Vowell Reserve potluck after the key presentation.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Alice Jeffrey, unknown men, and children while holding a necklace gift at a Glen Vowell Reserve potluck after the key presentation.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Alice Jeffrey and children while holding a necklace gift at a Glen Vowell Reserve potluck after the key presentation.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting with Nishga Tribal Council member James Gosnell and an unknown man at the Nishga Tribal Council 22nd Annual Convention.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting with Nishga Tribal Council member James Gosnell and an unknown man at the Nishga Tribal Council 22nd Annual Convention.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo wearing a “Nishga Land is Not For Sale” button with Nishga Tribal Council member James Gosnell and others in a school gym at the Nishga Tribal Council 22nd Annual Convention.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with Nishga Tribal Council members at the Nishga Tribal Council 22nd Annual Convention.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and possibly James Gosnell with Nishga Tribal Council members in a school gym wearing a “Nishga Land is Not For Sale” button at the Nishga Tribal Council 22nd Annual Convention.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with an unknown woman on stage surrounded by children at a Glen Vowell potluck.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo, Heber Maitland, Mrs. Ivy Maitland, and others at the opening celebrations of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.

Photograph was taken during a tour of the Skeena riding in the summer of 1978. Unidentified man walks in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “June 78, Kitamaat, Heber Mrs. Maitland”.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo, Peter Jones, and constituents standing in the snow at a raising event for Eli Gosnell’s Unity totem pole in New Aiyansh.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo crouching, holding a lacrosse stick and posing with Noel Starblanket (chief of National Indian Brotherhood) and an unidentified man. Eight unidentified people are watching in the background, one in indigenous dress.

Photograph depicts (from left) Jack Lee and Gordon Wyness sitting on a car next to their equipment while surveying at an Indian Reserve. A cabin on the reserve is also depicted. According to the transcription on the photograph verso, they were surveying road through an "Indian Reserve South of South bank François Lake".

Photograph depicts James Joseph Claxton standing in front of a fence with a memorial pole in the background. The memorial pole depicts painted First Nations designs, with additional totem poles and houses visible in background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Jim Claxton 1959”

Photograph depicts Jamie Sterrit wearing a button blanket and holding a piece of paper on stage with women wearing button blankets at an event in Skidegate.

Photograph depicts Jamie Sterrit wearing a button blanket and holding a piece of paper on stage with women wearing button blankets and feather headbands at an event in Skidegate.

Photograph consists of Jean Caux and several men loading supplies onto a horse and mule pack train. Large building in background. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Jean Caux's Pack Train, loading at Harvey Baileys for Babine Lake - 1897." Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "CATALINE 1897" "Born in 1856 in Mexico on Spanish border. Died at Hazelton 1922 burried in old cemetery."

Photograph consists of Jean Caux and several men loading supplies onto a horse and mule pack train. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Jean Caux's Pack Train, loading at Harvey Baileys for Babine Lake - 1897."

Photograph depicts men loading a line of approximately twenty mules facing large building in background with the sign: "[WBBAILEY?] ANDCO'S OFFICE." A second sign is posted on deck of building: "ALWAYS CURES! CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY." More men wearing suits watch from deck. Small building in hillside can be seen in background. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Last Pack Train leaving Ashcroft for Hazelton -1909." Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "CATALINE 1909".

Item consists of a letter written by John McCormick to a person named James; it is not made clear if James is a friend or relative. In both his letter to James, John McCormick makes several references to Victoria. His familiarity with Victoria suggests that he may have travelled from Victoria to Barkerville to mine for gold. In his letters to James, John McCormick describes having no money and living under poor conditions. He mentions the great fire that swept through Barkerville and that he lost nothing due to its distance from his house. McCormick also mentions that the Indians are dying quickly of Small Pox in Victoria.

Boat floats close to shore in foreground, forest and hills on opposite shore in background. Joyce is the daughter of Bertha and W.E. Collison, and the granddaughter of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Upper Nass River Sept. 1933. Joyce with Tom Moorhouse & the medical officer".

Justa Monk and Bridget Moran stand in foreground. Unidentified individuals can be seen in bookstore in background. Bridget Moran published a book in 1994 entitled 'Justa: A First Nations Leader, Dakelhne Butsowhudilhzulh'un'.

Photograph depicts three unidentified individuals gathered around Justa Monk as he signs a copy of 'Justa: a First Nations Leader'. Plants and bookshelves in background.

Photograph depicts Justa Monk standing to right of Premier Harcourt in unknown room. John Alexis can be seen between them in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Justa Monk / John Alexis Tachie Village / The Premier / Taken in Prince George, B.C. Jan 23/95 / 'The day Kemano 2 was killed'."