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              2001.1.045 · File · 1922-1925
              Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

              File consists of six love letters written by an unknown woman from Masset on Graham Island, BC to her husband Constable Donald Stevenson in Prince George. Donald Stevenson was employed by the North-West Mounted Police. The woman was employed at Tow Hill cannery.

              2009.7.1.074 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Photograph depicts many crest poles in front of wooden homes. An unidentified family can be seen sitting by house in centre. Wood pile and path in foreground.

              Handwritten annotation on image reads: "Masset Queen Charlotte's Islands, Crest Poles / Masset with Totems."; on verso: "Chap. XIII. No. 1 This photo to be copied as an illustration on 1st page or I Chapt. 'Section of Massett, Haida Encampment showing Totems. Queen Charlotte's Islands.' For heading of page 2 of Trophies."

              2009.7.1.075 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".

              Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."

              2009.7.1.076 · Item · [between 1876 and 1915]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Tombs. ? Massett".

              Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "At Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. The side-posts are solid and sunk in the ground. The horizontal piece is hollow, and contains the corpse. These tombs are now falling through decay." (see page 216).

              2009.7.1.079 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1915]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Three unidentified men stand by poles in foreground, wood houses and crest poles visible in background.

              Printed below image: "Totem Poles, Massett, Q.C. Island, B.C. "; "T.N. Hibbon & Co., Victoria, B.C. [crossed through with ink]"; handwritten below: "The old style giving way to the new."

              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".

              2009.7.1.086 · Item · [1898?]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Photograph depicts an unidentified individual leaning against a large overturned dugout canoe; barrel, bucket, and wood planks in foreground. Houses and other buildings can be seen on shore above beach, and two unidentified individuals stand in distance on far right.

              Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida canoe on beach at Masset / ? 1898”; “No. 4 Page 5. Haida Canoe ready for steaming to [widen?] out and finish.”

              An original negative of this photograph is held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, no. 26664.

              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.

              Skeletal remains – Haida
              2009.7.1.195 · Item · [ca. 1880]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              Photograph depicts close-up of unidentified skeletal remains situated on the ground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “skeleton fallen from burial box at Masset QCIs. Remains were buried near original site”.

              Bentwood box
              2009.7.1.197 · Item · [ca. 1939]
              Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

              A bentwood box sitting on a pedestal in front of a bookcase in the office of W.E. Collison. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Carved ‘hope chest’ sent to New York. The box was carved by -- Luke Watson Skidegate. The photo was taken in the office – not bad for a --”

              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”

              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”

              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”