Photograph depicts framework of one side of the crusher building next to rocks from excavated mountain wall. Lumber in foreground. Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Note confined area to work in, and need for rock fences."
Photograph depicts men working on different levels of construction site, some in dangerous areas, one man driving unidentified machinery in foreground. Long hose in right of image. View facing into the mountain.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Lunchroom Damaged by Boulder". Large boulder stands to right of small building, walls of right corner partially destroyed. Lumber, upturned saw horse, and various other material lie on ground. Dirt road in foreground, mountainside in background.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Elaborate barricades required due to amount of loose rock falling continuously". Three men work in area confined by barricades made of vertical metal rods and horizontal wood planks. Miscellaneous building material and supplies cover the ground. Rock pile in foreground on right.
Photograph depicts a construction worker carrying a plank of lumber across a higher level area of the construction site, semi-constructed walls below him. Barricades against loose rock are semi-visible in foreground (see item 2000.1.1.2.352).
Three men work in area confined by barricades made of vertical metal rods and horizontal wood planks (see item 2000.1.1.2.352). Two ladders in foreground, (one being used by construction worker). Lumber and semi-finished walls can be seen at higher level of elevation in background.
File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.
Photograph depicts unidentified woman using Bauer Mcnett machine to test length of fibre samples by using water. Woman stands facing wall, away from photographer, unidentified equipment on either side.
Photograph depicts young man in hospital clothes, arm resting on table beside bed. An open book can be seen lying on bed, and miscellaneous items on bedside furniture. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph gives name of individual.
Photograph depicts man with arm in cast, lying in hospital room, nurse on left, Doctor on right. Windows and miscellaneous hospital equipment on shelves in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph gives names of individuals in image.
Photograph depicts woman wearing safety gear in second floor of mill building, holding unidentified instruments. Helen Joseph took air quality tests in the working areas and town (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.147).
Photograph depicts two unidentified policemen standing in front of RCMP vehicle in snowy area. Trees, power lines and unidentified building visible in background.
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting different areas of operations at Clinton Creek. Locations include the mine, plant, town, tailings pile, main office, the 40 Mile River, and surrounding area. Town photos depict the grocery store, cafeteria, medical clinic, school, auditorium residential area, Connell Street and power house. File also includes aerial photographs and images depicting forest fighting, photographers capturing the tailings pile, asbestos samples, mining machinery, staff offices, and operations in the mill, lab, and garage.
Additional photographs integrated into file depict Clinton Creek's surrounding area, and three slides of a tailing pile explosion believed to be Clinton Creek.
Item is a photograph of the Cabinet taken in late February 1956 days before the resignation of Lands & Forests Minister Robert Sommers. From left: Highways Minister P.A. Gaglardi; Education Minister Ray Williston; Trade, Industry & Fisheries Minister R. Chetwynd; Health Minister Eric Martin; Agriculture Minister Ken Kiernan; Premier Bennett; Attorney-General R. Bonner; Provincial Secretary W. Black; Mr. Sommers; Labour Minister L. Wicks and Public Works Minister W. Chant.
File consists of "Two" (pages 12-15 typewritten and annotated pages), "Just for the Record..." (21 typewritten pages), and "A Minority of One" by Bridget Moran (26 typewritten pages).
File consists of newspaper clippings on "Welfare protest halts legislature" (Sun Victoria Bureau) and "Gallery protest fails to stop House passing welfare bill (Province Victoria Bureau).
File consists of:
- Misc. handwritten notes re: public policy and numbers
- Handwritten table comparing social work case loads in 1945, 1951, 1961, 1964, 1970
- Handwritten notes re: social work case loads in 1945
- Handwritten table "Who Gets What" re: areas of government expenditure
- Letter to Mrs. Kris Robinson from Norman Levi, Minister of Rehabilitation and Social Improvement (March 28, 1973)
- Fax sent to Jacqui Bobenic, Ministerial Assistant to Hon. Joan Smallwood, Minitery of Social Services Victoria from Bridget Moran re: request for information.
- Faxes from Rosemary McCullough at the Ministry of Social Services re: staffing for fiscal year 1991/92; FTE increase in basic field structure (April 27, 1992)
- Prince George Public Library microform photocopying order form submitted by Bridget Moran for copies from the Prince George Citizen newspaper (Nov. 28, 1991) and the following newspaper clippings: "Welfare children beaten but court action not impending" (Jan. 21, 1957); Letter to the Editor: "Shocked" (Jan. 24, 1957); "Welfare branch may charge former foster parents here" (Jan. 28, 1957); Out of the Mail Bag: "The Welfare Reply" (Jan. 28, 1957); "Foster parent trial delayed" (April 18, 1957)
- Prince George Public Library microform photocopying order form submitted by Bridget Moran for copies from the Prince George Citizen newspaper (Dec. 2, 1991) and the following newspaper clippings: "Couple charged after infant seized in cache" (April 26, 1960); "Woman charged with murder" (Aug. 15, 1960); "City woman gets another remand on murder charge" (Aug. 29, 1960); "$5,000 bail granted Mrs. Dorothy Tosoff" (Sept. 22, 1960); "Tosoff hearing opens in court here today" (Oct. 6, 1960); "Mrs. Tosoff freed of murder charge" (Oct. 7, 1960); "Malnutrition case opens" (Oct. 25, 1960); "Couple convicted of starving child" (Oct. 26, 1960); "Wades get jail - 1 and 2 years - for child neglect" (Oct. 31, 1960)
- Copy of letter written to Hon. Ray Williston from Bridget Moran (Feb. 12, 1964).
File consists of a newspaper clipping: "Injured B.C. baby forces foster care changes" (The Citizen, April 29, 1998).
File consists of:
- Newspaper clipping: "Welfare: Are you tired of it?" (The Citizen, Feb. 19, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Welfare Minister in Hot Water" by Douglas Collins (Globe and Mail)
- Newspaper clipping: "Political Cartoon"
- Newspaper clipping: "Editorial - Ye Olde Violin" (Prince George Progress, Feb. 20, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (Prince George Progress, Feb. 27, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "City Welfare Workers Axed" (The Citizen, Feb. 18, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Aldermen Request Report on Welfare" (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Social Work Class Told 'Avoid B.C.'" (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "'Northern Social Workers Speak'" (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Four suspended workers get their jobs back" (Prince George Citizen, Feb. 24, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "4 Social Workers Get Jobs Back" (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (The Citizen, Feb. 28, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor (The Citizen, Feb. 25, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (The Citizen, Feb. 27, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (The Citizen, Feb. 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (The Citizen, Feb. 26, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (The Citizen, Feb. 27, 1964)
- Letter of support to Bridget Moran from the University of Victoria Pre-Social Work Club, Donald E. Bell, Program Chairman (Feb. 20, 1963)
- Newspaper clipping: "Welfare slipped for years" (The Citizen, Feb. 25, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor"(Vancouver Sun)
- Newspaper clipping: "Moran in 'lions den'" (The Citizen, March 18, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Bridget refuses to keep quiet" (The Citizen, Feb. 28, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Socreds reject debate on B.C. welfare crisis" (The Citizen, Feb. 19, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Moran caseload spread among other workers" (The Citizen, March 17, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Mrs. Moran's Work Split by Department" (Daily Colonist, Victoria, march 18, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Temporary worker gone"
- Newspaper clipping: "Pressure on Welfare" (Daily Colonist, Victoria, March 19, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Socred MLAs Lash Socreds" (Daily Colonist, Victoria, March 19, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Bridget finished for good, result of explosive scene" (Prince George Citizen, March 20, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Welfare Rush Anti-Climax" (Daily Colonist, Victoria, March 20, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the editor" (Lillooet News, April 16, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Bridget to write her story" (The Citizen, April 20, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "'Sick attitude' hit by social worker" (The Province, May 9, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Trip Delays Moran Plea" (Vancouver Sun, May 21, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Editorial" by James Nesbit (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 25, 1964)
- Newspaper clipping: "Bridget Moran Makes New Bid For Return To Old Position" (The Citizen, March 7, 1966)
- Letter from Bridget Moran to Black re: no job available (March 2, 1966)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (Vancouver Sun)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the Editor" (Vancouver Sun)
- Newspaper clipping: "Martyred Social Worker Asks Gaglardi for Justice" (Victoria Daily Times, Feb. 22, 1968)
- Newspaper clipping: "'Justice-Minded' Phil Gets Plea"
- Newspaper clipping: "One Family Cost Taxpayer $500, 000 in 22 Years" (Vancouver Sun, march 1968)
- Newspaper clipping: "Social worker struggles back" (The Province, Oct. 25, 1968)
- Newspaper clipping: "Letters to the editor"
- Newspaper clipping: Photo of Bridget Moran (The Citizen, Oct. 1968)
- Letter to Bridget Moran from the Prince George Regional Hospital regarding employment (July 12, 1968)
- Newspaper clipping: Political cartoon
- Newspaper clipping: "Welfare protest halts legislature" (Vancouver Sun, 1972)
- Poverty Is Big Business: paper presented to Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Social Workers by Bridget Moran (June 1973).
File consists of the Annual Report of The Social Assistance Branch of the Department of the Provincial Secretary, for the Year ended March 31st 1945, the Annual Report of The Social Welfare Branch of the Department of Health and Welfare for the Year ended March 31st 1951, the Annual Report of the Department of Social Welfare for the Year ended March 31st 1961, and the Annual Report of the Department of Social Welfare for the Year ended March 31st 1964.
File consists of a copy of fax sent to Kent Patenaude from Anja Brown re: Bella Bella meeting with Legal Services (Sept. 14, 1998); a fax copy of LSS News featuring article on Bridget Moran (Sept. 24, 1998); a fax of email sent to Kent Patenaude by Dennis Morgan re: Alert Bay meeting (October 6, 1998); a memo to Notes on File from Kent Patenaude re: Community Consultation - Alert Bay (Oct. 7, 1998); and the Native Community Law Office Association of B.C. Newsletter (August, 1998, Vol. 1, Issue 1) including: draft copy of letter written by Bridget Moran to the Editor (Sept. 25, 1998).
File consists of newspaper clippings from The Citizen; a thank you card, invitation and open letter regarding her involvement in the fighting back the recall attack on P. Ramsey (1998); pamphlets published in support of Paul Ramsey; a copy of letter to Editor of The Citizen newspaper regarding local health care issues.
File consists of:
- Letter to Bridget Moran from the Welfare Rights Organization (1972)
- Newspaper clippings from the following newspapers: The Sun, The Vancouver Sun and the Province*Extract from the Minutes of the Vancouver city Council meeting of October 2, 1973
- Copies of "A Charter of Human Rights for Recipients of Social Assistance" (July 1973)
- Letter and candidate information package sent to Bridget Moran regarding election to the South Vancouver Community Resource Board
- Copies of paper "Poverty is Big Business" presented to Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Social Workers, June 1973 by Bridget Moran
- Copy of "Brief Committee on Integration of Welfare Services" by People on Welfare (?) August 1973
- "The Forgotten Poor: Who Are We?" by the Committee on Welfare
- Copy of letter to Harry Rankin, Chair, Social Services Committee from Bridget Moran on behalf of People on Welfare (July 8, 1973)
- An address delivered at the School of Social Work, U.B.C. on September 25, 1972 by Bridget Moran
- "Emergency Welfare Services" by People on Welfare (Jan. 24, 1974).
File consists of:
- Staff meeting brief outlining requests from Prince George and Vanderhoof Dept. of Social Welfare offices
- Copy of letter to Mr. J.A. Sadler, Director of Social Welfare from V.H. Dallamore re: survey of educational needs [of] unemployed employable applicants (April 4, 1961)
- List of [identified] people taking correspondence courses on June 1, 1961 [RESTRICTED]
- Copy of "Education & Vocational Potential Assessment"List of [identified] "heads of families" who have been on Social Assistance for one year or more [RESTRICTED*]
- "Planning" document reporting on the state of welfare in Prince George by C.H. Moorhouse, Acting District Supervisor.
- Newspaper clippings from the following newspapers: Vancouver Sun; The Citizen; the Sun; the Province; and Victoria Daily Times.
- Letter to Bridget Moran from Harry Rankin re: Department of Social Welfare (April 21, 1964)
- Copy of letter from Bridget Moran to W.B. Milner.
File consists of:
- Letter and copy of 1936 presentation sent to Bridget Moran from Betty Rutherford (Nov. 2, 1978)
- Letter of thanks from the Ron Brent staff
- Copy of newspaper clippings from the Citizen
- Fax from Clelie Rich to Bridget Moran wishing her luck upon her resignation from the Board [CNC?] (July 1998)
- Fax from Mavis M. Gillie to Bridget Moran re: support for the finalization of the Nisga'a Agreement (Jan. 16, 1999)
- Generic letter to Bridget Moran from Mavis M. Gillie re: the Friends of the Nisga'a Committee. (Jan. 18, 1999).
File consists of Bridget Moran's Social Work notebook for Kelly Road School (Sept. 1981 - June 1982).
File consists of Bridget Moran's Social Work notebook for Quinson Elementary (Sept. 1984- June 1985).
File consists of Bridget Moran's Social Work notebook for Quinson Elementary (Sept. 1988 - June 1989).
File consists of Record Book, Bridget C. Drugan, Social Welfare Branch, Prince George, BC (May 3, 1954 - Feb. 10, 1955) which includes handwritten notes on visits made to clients in Prince George and District.
Collection consists of 30 audio cassettes containing 46 interviews conducted primarily by radio & TV broadcaster Bob Harkins with local personalities. Most recordings were conducted at CJCI Studios, Prince George. The station was launched in 1970 by Central Interior Radio, broadcasting on 620 AM. In 1983, Central Interior also launched CIBC-FM in the city. Central Interior Radio was acquired by the Vista Broadcast Group in 2005.
Zonder titelItem consists of transcript of interview with John Backhouse regarding the need for a Cancer clinic in Prince George
Zonder titelFile consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews on a number of topics. Bart Hollinger discusses energy alternatives; Kerri Stratton conductor of the New Caledonia Symphony; Betty Harrower discussing the United Way activities; August Dornbierer discussing history of the PG Fire Department, and Ken Bernsohn discussing his career as a freelance writer. Side B consists of interviews with Ron Thorsen discussing athletics at the College of New Caledonia, Kathrine Mathews of the Elder Citizens' Recreation Society, Bob Martin alderman on his upcoming campaign for mayor and Vic Litnosky also a mayoral candidate in the 1977 election.
File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins on the CJCI radio show 'City Pulse' Interviews with Bill Stanton, coroner, Susan Dewolf, chair of the Prince George Parents for French group and Bill Braun, musical director for upcoming musical in Prince George. Also interview with Major Glen McEwan of the Salvation Army discussing its activities in Prince George.
Series consists of different drafts of Chapter 7, "Unlocking the Medicine Chest: The Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations," for the book, Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of Aboriginal Settlement in British Columbia, published by the Laurier Institute, as well as other related records. Includes publication "A Statistical Report on the Health of First Nations in British Columbia", Health Canada, 1995.
Consists of 1 annotated copy of "A Statistical Report on the Health of First Nations in British Columbia" (1995).
Consists of 1 edited and revised early draft of chapter for Prospering Together. Initial paper--which was subsequently heavily revised--was written by Lee G. Morrison and David Fish, and was entitled "Land Claims Settlement and the Devolution of Control of Health Services: The Health and Economic Report".
Series consists of unpublished papers and reports.
Consists of 1 unpublished paper entitled "The Delivery of Health Care to Remote Populations: An Introduction," presented as an introduction to a seminar of the same name. By D.G. Fish, Ph.D., Head, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Consists of 1 unpublished paper entitled "Dentists".
Consists of 1 unpublished paper entitled "Disposition of Surviving Children of Parents Deceased from AIDS," presented at the 10th International Conference on AIDS, Yokohama, Japan, 7-12 August 1994.
Consists of 1 unpublished paper entitled "The Two Scientists: A Study of the Career Orientation of Scientists in Industry and Academic Research Settings," presented by D. de Hesse and D.G. Fish, The Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, at the meetings of the Canadian Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Ottawa, 10-11 June 1967.
Series consists of the published papers and reports authored and co-authored by David G. Fish.
Consists of 1 publication entitled "Interim Report on the National Health Manpower Study in the Republic of Sri Lanka," published by Health Planning and Programming Division, Ministry of Health, Government of Sri Lanka, WHO Regional Office for South-East Assia, Project: Sri Lanka 0101, February 1974.
Consists of 165 black and white photographs depicting Northwest Coast communities including Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet, Port Simpson, and Prince Rupert between approximately 1900 and 1920. Also includes postcard images of ships and boats on the North Coast belonging to the Large family, from Reverend Large's son Dr. R.G. Large. Also includes 39 colour slides ca. 1960 of ship scenes and weather balloon launches from the Dr. R.G. Large family.
Zonder titelPhotograph depicts the multi-level Prince Rupert hospital with trees and shrubbery in the foreground. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Prince Rupert Hospital W.W.W. Photo"
Photograph depicts a multi-level hospital surrounded by smaller buildings and a wooden walkway. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Methodist Hospital, Bella Bella B.C. George E. Darby, B.A., M.B., Superintendent"
Collection consists of records created, received, and collected by the Prince George Women's Centre, the Prince George Women's Collective, the Prince George Women's Equal Rights Association, the Prince George Women's Resource Centre, and the Prince George Women's Connection. This collection also features some materials on the Daughters of Lilith organization.
Zonder titelThis fonds illustrates Bridget Moran’s careers as a writer, a social worker and a social activist primarily within the Prince George region of British Columbia. This fonds also contains records pertaining to her personal relationships with family and friends and her receipt of various honours and awards.
Types of records reflective of her career as a writer include: published articles and unpublished manuscripts, drafts and front cover mock-ups, correspondence with editors from Arsenal Pulp Press, grant applications, notebooks, background material, writer’s workshop invitations and overviews, photographs, oral history interviews and transcripts, and VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications.
Types of records reflective of her career as a social worker and social activist include: annual reports, work journals, correspondence and published newspaper articles re: social policy, photographs, and general background material. Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings highlight her personal relationships, while her receipt of honours and awards is demonstrated through copies of letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photographs, VHS recordings of award ceremonies, event itineraries, congratulatory correspondence, and invitations.
The Bridget Moran fonds has been divided into the following four series:
- Published and Unpublished Materials
- Career Related Materials
- Personal Papers and Correspondence
- Honours and Awards.
Photograph depicts a paddle wheel conveyor believed to be in distress in the Fort George Canyon on the Fraser River. Trees on opposite shore in background.
Photograph depicts James Joseph Claxton, on board the M.S. Columbia, awaiting the arrival of a public health nurse, lighthhouse keeper and assistant lighthouse keeper who are approaching in a small boat. Handwritten annotations on verso read: “James Joseph Claxton - my uncle. Cook on the Columbia”; “James Joseph Claxton. JJC awaiting arrival of Public Health Nurse, Lighthouse Keeper and Asst Light house Keeper at Pine Island between Port Hardy & Bull Harvour. M.S. Columbia, Columbia Coast Missions (Anglican)”