Subject areas identified in this collection include: church and hospital buildings (including nurses quarters); group photos featuring doctors, nurses, and hospital workers; grave markers; landscapes; processing of oolichan fish; and various church-related events such as weddings and church openings.
Zonder titelSally Tretiak standing outside with hands clasped. An automobile and a building visible in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "1932, Sally Tretiak, Indian nurse, Kispiox".
Group photo of Mrs. Moore, Sally Tretiak, an unidentified woman, and two Moore children standing outside. An automobile and a building visible in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Moore Family, Mrs. Moore & children with Sally Tretiak. Mr. Moore was minister at Kispiox."
This Collection consists of photographs documenting early development of the Central Interior including such subjects as: homesteading, railway construction, packing & freighting, modes and routes of transportation, schools, mercantile development, leisurely activities, sports, natural resource development and exploitation, political movements, town-site development and policing. This collection also provides a look at history of the Taylor-Baxter Family - a long time pioneering family of this region, including: A.K. & Lillian Bourchier; Hugh & Hermina "Minnie" (nee Wessel) Taylor and family; Herbert & Sarah (nee Wessel) Glassey; and Bob & Violet (nee Taylor) Baxter and family.
This photograph album consists of images pertaining to early settlements, bridges, riverboats, railways, cross-land travel companies, and family and social life including portraits and such events as cross country skiing, picnics, family gatherings, basketball team photos, masquerade dances, dramatic plays, hockey games and team dinners. Identified individuals include: the Tillicums, Bill Bennett, Jean Caux, Frank Johnstron, the Taylor Family (Hermina, Hugh, Ellen, Violet, Lucy, Dixon, Arthur, Virginia, Tom and Hugh Jr.), H.G.T. Perry, Betty Angus, Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Davis. Identified geographic locations include: South Fort George, Prince George, Hagwilget Bridge, Walcott, Prince Rupert, Finlay River Rapids, Lulu Island, Ashcroft, Skeena River, Nechako River, Bulkley River, Kispiox and Hazelton.
This file also contains a one way Canadian National Railways ticket in the name of Miss V.B. (Violet Bourchier) Taylor to travel from Prince Rupert to Vancouver in July 1927.
Zonder titelGroup of women and children sit on steps in front of unidentified building. Hermina Taylor holds one year old Dixon. Five year old Ellen sits behind Hermina and between two unidentified women, one of whom holds four year old Violet. Ellen holds a doll.
Each child is dressed in white and seated on different level of steps. In descending order: Ellen, Violet, Lucy, and Dixon. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Violet Lucy and Dixon". It is believed that the children are sitting in front of their home in Kispiox, B.C. See also items 2009.5.1.45 and 2009.5.1.47.
Each child is dressed in white and seated on deck in front of wood building. In descending order: Ellen, Violet, and Lucy. A barn, fence and forest can be seen in background. It is believed that the children are sitting in front of their home in Kispiox, B.C. See also items 2009.5.1.45 & 2009.2.1.46.
Photograph depicts an unidentified man driving a buggy with Lucy Taylor on his knee, and Violet and Dixon sitting beside him. Ellen stands behind Dixon on the seat. Field crosses midground, forest in background. Horse is not visible in image. It is believed that this photograph was taken near Kispiox, B.C.
Violet Taylor stands in front of hedges wearing a white dress and holding what appears to be the handle of a shovel or hoe. Forest in background.
This photograph album consists of photographs, membership cards and correspondence of Herbert F. Glassey. Subjects identified in this album include: automobiles, landscape vistas, hunting scenes, snowshoeing, dog sledding, provincial government offices and waterscapes. Identified geographic locations include: Nesutlane Trading Post, Atlin, Teslin Lake, Atlin Lake, McKee Creek, Taku Glacier and Otter Creek. The following of Mr. Glassey’s membership cards are also included within this album: “White Pass & Yukon Route, No. 308: Government Agent, Atlin account, 1939-1940”; “White Pass & Yukon Route, No. 283: Government Agent account, 1941-1942”; “Registration Certificate, 1940”; “The Wartime Prices and Trade Board, no.1305, 1942”; “Dominion Bureau of Statistics, no.252”; “The Society of Notaries Public Membership Card, 1956”; and “Prince Rupert Liberal Association, 1953”.
Zonder titelPhotograph depicts Sarah Glassey, holding her fox terrier, and standing at corner of log house. Felled trees in foreground, forest trees in background. Photograph believed to have been taken on the 160 acres of land which Sarah purchased in the Kispiox Valley in 1911. She became the first single woman to pre-empt land in British Columbia. This house was built in a year with the help of a Gitxsan Elder.
Buildings and power lines cross midground, mountains stand in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Kispiox with Hugh Faulkner”.
Crowd stands in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Fall 1978, Kispiox, 2 Poles by Walter Harris”.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Kispiox”.
Photograph was taken during a tour of the Skeena riding in the summer of 1978.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Kispiox Walter Harris + UBCIC Pres. George Manuel”.
Caption below entitled: “All Set for Snowslide Victory,” and reads: “Sometimes political candidates kiss babies and sometimes political candidates kiss dogs, but in this particular case, Skeena Liberal candidate Iona Campagnolo does both. This 12-week-old St. Bernard, which weighs 25 pounds seems to enjoy the embrace as much as Iona Campagnolo. Also pictured is Teresa Wright, campaign assistant, as the Liberal candidate visited the Kispiox Rodeo on Saturday.”
Campagnolo holds microphone while wearing cowboy hat, and standing on a wagon pulled by team of horses.
Accompanying handwritten note on UNBC Chancellor’s letterhead reads: “1974 Campaign, Kispiox Rodeo with Neil Sterritt”.
Crowd visible in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Campaigning 1974 Kispiox".
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with an unknown man at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with an unknown man at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood George Manuel, Gitxsan artist and hereditary chief Walter Harris, an unknown man, and an unknown woman at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood George Manuel, Gitxsan artist and hereditary chief Walter Harris, an unknown man, and an unknown woman at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
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 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 Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Hugh Faulkner greeting First Nations elders wearing button blankets.
Photograph depicts Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Hugh Faulkner shaking hands with First Nations elders wearing button blankets.
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 glancing away from two unknown men at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
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 standing with unknown children by a First Nations art blanket representing a whale at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with unknown children by a First Nations art blanket representing a whale at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Hugh Faulkner, George Manuel and others at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Hugh Faulkner, George Manuel, Walter Harris and others at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with Hugh Faulkner, George Manuel, Walter Harris and others at Kispiox as part of her Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First nations whale art on a hanging blanket is also pictured.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on a hanging blanket.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on hanging blankets.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on a hanging blanket.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on a hanging blanket.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on a hanging blanket.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Hugh Faulkner talking with a group of children and adults at Kispiox as part of Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour. First Nations art is pictured on a hanging blanket.
Photograph depicts members of the Kispiox community carrying a totem pole. Photograph also depicts elders with black, red, and white button blankets.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo helping to transport a carved wooden totem pole with other members of the Kispiox community at a pole raising ceremony. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo crouching near a carved wooden totem pole in order to help other members of the Kispiox community with its transportation at a pole raising ceremony. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts members of the Kispiox community transportating a carved wooden totem pole at a pole rising ceremony. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts male members of the Kispiox community transportating a carved wooden totem pole at a pole rising ceremony. Photograph was taken on Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.