Family and Personal Life

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  • Individuals of all ages and families
  • Friendships, personal relationships, home life
  • Generational and genealogical records
  • Sexuality
  • Support and charitable organizations for the private lives of families and individuals
  • SEE ALSO: Community Life; Children and Youth; Women

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          Stewart Access Road
          2012.13.1.51.036 · Item · May 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man, possibly Kent Sedgwick, leaning against a sign forbidding public traffic on the Stewart Access Road from between 5 am to 8 pm. Located in Hazelton, B.C.

          Sue Sedgwick
          2012.13.1.65.60 · Item · [1976?]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts Sue Sedgwick holding what appears to be cooked pork and onions.

          2014.6.1.16 · Item · 2017
          Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

          Item is the published book "Sunshine and Rhubarb Wine: The Life and Legacy of Bea Dezell". The book is the life story of Bea Dezell, born in Vancouver in 1908 and moved to Williams Lake in 1932, then lived in Wells and Quesnel before settling in Prince George. She was a pioneer of the Cariboo region. Her husband Garvin Dezell, a builder, was the mayor of Prince George for many years in the 1950s and 60s. Bea died in 2014 at the age of 105.

          This version of the book contains colour photograph reproductions. Other versions of the book have black & white photograph reproductions.

          2000.1.1.3.08 · File · July 1987 - Apr.1989
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains images of mine operations and construction, as well as a variety of other subjects.

          • Elements of the underground mine are depicted, including miners working, the marked rock face, yellow ducting and ventilation fan, the portal, mesh rockbolted onto adit walls, shotcrete being applied, and stacked mining construction materials.
          • Mining equipment depicted in this file includes underground ore haulage truck, Wabco ore haulage truck, jackleg drill, stoper drill, scoop tram, jumbo drill, conveyor, pickup trucks, unidentified mixing or grinding machine, a cable wagon and half constructed ore haulage truck in the shop, and a continuous miner (also known as alpine miner or roadheader).
          • A set of images show a dozer and a lowbed truck transporting a temporary building down the pit mine access road.
          • Several images depict drill core fragments, asbestos ore, and geological features of the mine.
          • Mining related process are depicted, including a young man sluicing and panning, a mine building under construction, and an unidentified steel frame structure with a hydraulic device suspended on a rail.
          • A set of images shows a railway or highway construction project, including stockpile of construction materials, rail cars, caboose, locomotive, front end loader, dump truck, concrete mixing trucks, semi-trucks, and a rail car with large steel drums which are speculated to be specialized for tunnel construction.
          • Further images show what is speculated to be tunnel construction.
          • A set of images at a high ceiling underground mine which is not Cassiar depicts a man in a suite by a underground ore haulage truck, and other mining vehicles including a crane.
          • A set of images depict an ungulate herd, possibly bighorn sheep, on a mountain side.
          • The file includes several images which depict personal life, presumably from a family vacation, and access to these images may be restricted. These images depict man with children on a fishing trip, adults and children around a pool, a woman on a motorcycle, and a house and kitchen. Several groups of images are contained in envelopes annotated with dates and “K. Minty”.
          Swimming in a Lake
          2012.13.1.84.35 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts numerous unknown individuals swimming in a lake or standing on a dock at an uncertain location.

          2009.5.4.60 · Item · May 1981
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Julian Fry reminisces on his early life and acquaintances in Prince George during his work along the Blackwater Road in the early 1920's. Some notable references include: Blackwater Road, C.F.S. Baldy Hughes, Bill Comstock, Tom Cornell, Duncan MacKenzie, Ernest Levesque, [?] Hathaway, [?] Nelson, Ed and Julia Erickson, Blackwater Telegraph Station, Everett Vandenburg, and [?] Mackenzie.

          2009.5.1.3 · Item · [ca. 1920]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Hermina Taylor stands with group gathered on front steps of veranda. An elderly couple and young girl sit on the steps beside Lucy and Violet Taylor (Violet holding a baby). Hermina and young girl stand behind them on right, and a man and young woman stand behind on left. A wood pile can be seen behind the house.

          2009.5.1.83 · Item · 1916
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Group of men, women, and children stand in field below large sign that reads: "GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC TRACK CONNECTED APRIL 7th 1914 PRINCE RUPERT MILEAGE 373-96 - WINNIPEG MILEAGE 1,374". Two men in formal attire stand on either side of group, women and children in between. A spotted dog stands on right. It is believed that members of the Taylor family are present in group (Hermina holding infant Tom, surrounded by Violet, Lucy, Arthur, Virginia, and Dixon). Man and woman in back left speculated to be Lillian and A.K. Bourchier. Handwritten annotation on envelope of negative reads: "Ft. Fraser 1916".

          2009.5.1.30 · Item · [ca. 1955]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Standing from left to right: Hugh Taylor Jr. and wife Corrine, Hermina Taylor, Alan Baxter (son of Violet Taylor) and wife Margret, Beverly Taylor (wife of Ian), Arthur Taylor, Ian Taylor (son of Arthur), Ronald Butler (husband to Jillian).

          Seated from left to right: Virginia (nee Taylor) Silvester, Jillian Butler (daughter of Arthur Taylor), Dixon Taylor.

          Group is gathered at a farm on Lulu Island, B.C. belonging to a friend of the family named Edna Mozer. Wood building, trees and vehicle in background.

          Taylor Family in Town
          2009.5.4.45 · Item · [ca. 1935]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Front, left to right: Hermina Taylor, Kay (nee Irwin, wife of Arthur Taylor), Violet and Bob Baxter. Back, left to right: [Ellen?], Percy Garland (husband to Ellen Taylor), [Tom Taylor?]. Hermina holds a baby, speculated to be Ian or Jillian (children of Arthur Taylor). Houses stand in background behind road.

          2009.5.1.31 · Item · [ca. 1960]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Back, left to right: Ellen (nee Taylor) and husband Percy Garland, Joan Graves (daughter of Lucy Taylor), Dick Baxter (son of Violet), Violet (nee Taylor) Baxter. Front, left to right: [unknown], Margret Baxter (wife of Alan Baxter), Judy Taylor (daughter of Arthur Taylor), Edna Roth (daughter of Violet).

          Photograph taken on Ross Crescent, Prince George, at the home of Violet Baxter. Car and trees in background.

          The Bourchier Album
          2009.5.3 · File · [ca. 1895 - 1950]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          This photograph album consists of photographs of remote police barracks at Mile 47 and Mile 29; early settlements and/or mercantile stores at Tete Jaune Cache, McBride, Sand Creek, Fort George and South Fort George; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway forestry and railway camps; scows and paddlewheel conveyors on the Fraser River; automobiles; community leisure activities; as well as, images of the Bourchier family. The following South Fort George establishments are identifiable within these photographs: Empress Hotel, Ah Yee General Merchant, German Bakery, Northern Hotel, South Fort George Drug Store & Post Office, St. Michael’s Church, Prince George Hotel, Ford Monarch dealership, Astoria Hotel, and King George V Elementary School. Identified geographic locations featured in these photographs include: Tete Jaune, Upper Fraser, Mile 47, Mile 29, Fraser River, Mt. Robson, McBride, Sand Creek, Glacier Mountain, Moose River, Giscome Portage, Pott Falls, Red Deer River, Grand Canyon, Summit Lake, Canoe Pass, Connaught Hill, Nechako Bridge, and Island Cache.

          Bourchier, Alan K.
          2009.6 · Fonds · 1937 - 2007

          This fonds illustrates the Honourable Iona Campagnolo’s careers as a broadcaster, a theatre producer, community leader, a politician, a feminist, a social activist, a speaker, a lecturer, a Chancellor, an advocate, a consultant and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Types of records reflective of her various careers include: speeches, correspondence, itineraries, contracts, draft manuscripts, newspaper clippings, background material, photographs and ephemera. The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds has been divided into the following thirteen series:
          1) Photographs
          2) Theatre & Community Development
          3) Political Career
          4) Non-political Activities
          5) McMaster International Health Centre
          6) Women in Power Project
          7) University of Northern British Columbia
          8) Fraser Basin Council
          9) Miscellaneous – First Nations Material
          10) National Speakers Bureau
          11) Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
          12) Honours & Awards
          13) Political Papers

          Campagnolo, Iona
          "The Pundit"
          2004.12.1.13 · File · 1968
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of a booklet called "The Pundit" which is an anti-war propaganda promoting free speech.

          Three Children and Two Goats
          2012.13.1.87.022 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts three unidentified children standing in the doorway of a house, with two goats ascending the porch steps. The location is uncertain, likely Sinclair Mills, B.C.

          2009.5.1.47 · Item · [1908?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          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.

          Three People, Three Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.04 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts three individuals and three dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.

          Tom Taylor's Basketball Team
          2009.5.1.41 · Item · 1935
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Seven men in basketball uniforms stand next to coach Morrison, who wears a suit. Twenty year old Tom Taylor stands last in line, next to coach. Each man holds the waist of the next, and the first man holds a basketball. A building and trees can be seen in background. Handwritten annotation on verso: "1935", on recto: "Danny Palumbo, Bill Smith, Owen Duprie, Hilton, Bill Aikin, Jack McKinzie, Tom Taylor, Dr. Morrison."

          Tommy / WWII WREN Reunion
          2008.3.4.04 · File · 1993-1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          File consists of:

          • 1 colour photograph of an elderly couple [Grace Boice, aka "Tommy" and Rex Boice] sitting hand in hand and side by side in lawn chairs on a patio. (April 1993)
          • Newspaper clipping: "Together Again" (Haliburton County Echo, June 13, 1995)
          • Victoria College Song " On the Old Ontario Strand"
          • Program for Victoria College, 45th Reunion for the class of '50 (June 3, 1995)
          • Events program for University of Toronto 1995 Spring Reunion*Song book for Victoria College, Class Reunion
          • Letters from Grace Boice to Mickey [aka Bridget]
          • Letter and 2 black and white photographs from Betty Pincombe, aka "Chick" to Mickey [aka Bridget] (Nov. 8, 1994); photos include: Three women in their Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service uniform standing on a beach (L-R: Bridget, Betty and Grace), ca. 1945; Three women in their Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service uniform sitting on a sandy beach (L-R: Betty, Bridget and Grace), ca. 1945.
          Trip Preparation
          2012.13.1.60.01 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of people preparing to depart on a trip. Location is uncertain, though it is possibly in Prince George, B.C.

          2008.3.3.3.32 · Item · 26 May 1995
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Moran standing between cameraman and son Pat (who holds infant) on deck in backyard. Trees, fence, and neighbouring yard in background. Accompanying note from Maureen Faulkner: "T.V. Camera & crew documents you, your life & family." Photo taken on the day Bridget Moran received an Honourary Law Degree from the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, B.C.

          Two Dogs and a Person
          2012.13.1.60.16 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two dogs and a person walking on a path through the woods somewhere in Carp Lake Provincial Park.

          2011.3.3.27 · Item · 1909
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Two men standing beside wheelbarrows with signs that read: “Prince Rupert Transfer Co.” The men appear to be standing on large dock or boardwalk, water and hills in background. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Prince Rupert First Transfer Company.” Handwritten message in pencil on verso is addressed to “Mr. Gordon Penning 1600 Bld. Barclay Vancouver B.C.” Cancelation date on 1 cent Canadian Stamp is dated “Prince Rupert B.C. July 16, 09”.

          Two People, Three Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.05 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two individuals and three dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.

          Two People, Two Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.06 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two individuals and two dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.

          2009.5.1.50 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a man seated with bundles and briefcase in front of two small log cabins with sod roofs. What appears to be an elevated log cache stands to left behind cabins, with a ladder raised to its door. Rocky, dry field crosses foreground, mountains visible in background.

          Unidentified Man in Garden
          2009.5.1.87 · Item · [ca. 1930]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Man stands on wooden walkway in midground on right. He is smoking a cigarette, wearing a bow-tie and sweater. Chicken wire is visible throughout garden, log fence and trees in background. Rooftop of unknown house can be seen against forest in distance.

          Unidentified Man Reclining
          2005.3.22 · Item · [ca. 1945]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts unidentified man with glasses reclining on blanket, coats hanging behind him. Some type of shelving or roofing can be seen in background. Man is wearing pants, belt, and striped shirt with a pencil in the pocket. It is speculated that this man may be Bert Youngstrom, (see items 2005.3.4 & 2005.3.59).

          Unknown Family by House
          2009.5.2.22 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a man and woman standing beside an elderly woman on grass lawn. Wood boardwalk runs beside house, steps and porch featured on left. A jack russell terrier stands at their feet. Neighbouring yards in background.

          Unknown Family by House
          2009.5.2.25 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a man and woman standing beside an elderly woman on wood boardwalk near front porch. Window plants hang beside them and a jack russell terrier sits at their feet. Neighbouring yards in background.