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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          770 Archival description results for Family and Personal Life

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          Academic records
          2004.12.1.05 · File · 1931-1947
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of Bertha Schenk's educational records, including her high school diploma, school enrollment papers, and examination booklet.

          Marriage certificate
          2004.12.1.03 · File · 1951
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of Bertha Schenk and James Wood's marriage certificate and a newspaper clipping of their wedding announcement.

          Old House in Penny, B.C.
          2012.13.1.87.119 · Item · [between 1970 and 1990]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an old house in Penny and a woman, possibly Sue Sedgwick, standing in front of it. The location is uncertain.

          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.

          Bertha Wood fonds
          2004.12 · Fonds · 1919-2000

          This fonds illustrates the life of Bertha Wood (nee Schenk) before, during, and after the Second World War. Most of Bertha Wood's records were created in Ontario, where she lived most of her life. Later in life, Bertha Wood moved to Sechelt, B.C. and this is reflected in her personal records.

          The fonds is divided into two series: the Personal Life series and the War Experience series. The Personal Life series includes the records of Bertha Wood that do not pertain directly to her military career. These files relate to her education, family, real estate, and daily activities, which include day books and family photographs. The War Experience Series explores Bertha’s time during World War II, with materials such as her enlistment papers, wartime photographs, newspaper clippings related to the war, and uniform objects.

          Wood, Bertha
          Bea's Kitchen
          2014.6.1.12 · File · 2015
          Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

          File consists of a family cook book "Bea's Kitchen" dedicated to Bea Dezell and compiled by Noreen Rustad (nee Dezell).

          Queen Bea
          2014.6.1.11 · File · 2014
          Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

          File consists of the self-published book "Queen Bea: Highlights of the Life of Bea Dezell".

          Dezell Family Movies
          2014.6.1.09 · File · 1953-1970
          Part of Rustad & Dezell Family fonds

          File consists of 2 VHS tapes of Dezell Family Movies: 1953-1959 and 1964-1970. Videos include images of family Christmas celebrations, horse racing, Prince George Soapbox Car Derby races, and constriction. Videos have no sound.

          Weekly planner 1999
          2004.12.1.27 · File · 1999
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of Bertha Wood's weekly planner, which contains private notes on day-to-day activities and events, daily temperature logs, health updates, and daily moods.

          1998 calendar
          2004.12.1.16 · File · 1998
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of a calendar dated to 1998 filled with Bertha Wood's notes and events throughout the year.

          Address book
          2004.12.1.17 · File · 1946-1958
          Part of Bertha Wood fonds

          File consists of Bertha Wood's address book, which contains personal contact information, birthdates, and vital statuses.

          "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.

          Bridget Moran fonds
          2008.3 · Fonds · 1935 - 1999, predominate 1954 - 1996

          This 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:

          1. Published and Unpublished Materials
          2. Career Related Materials
          3. Personal Papers and Correspondence
          4. Honours and Awards.
          Moran, Bridget
          2008.3.1 · Series · 1945-1999
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Series consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, newsletters, advertisements, contracts, notebooks, audiocassettes of oral interviews and readings, transcripts, book launch announcements, front cover mock-ups, edited drafts, manuscripts, fact sheets, poems, catalogues, bookmarks, skits, conference events programme, poster, grant applications and related correspondence, a wooden placard, handwritten notes, book reviews, inquest reports, background material, VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications, and ephemera. This series contains material from all five of her publications:

          1. (1988) Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          2. (1990) Judgment at Stoney Creek. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press
          3. (1992) A Little Rebellion. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          4. (1994) Justa: A First Nations Leader. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
          5. (1996) Prince George Remembered. Prince George, British Columbia: Moran Publishing.
            This series also consists of, but is not limited to, a number of unpublished manuscripts and drafts and/or writing contest submissions also written by Bridget Moran, such as:
            • "Mary and Me" (ca. 1998)
            • "Where Winds Come Sweet" (ca. 1981)
            • "The Horizontal Land" (ca. 1992)
            • "The Summer of '81"
            • "The Relief Cheque" (ca. 1998)
            • "The Case of the Box of Matches" (ca. 1987)
            • "Unholy Deadlock" (ca. 1990)
            • "The Numbers Game"
            • "Reflections on Theme" (ca. 1967)
            • "Come Hell or High Water" (ca. 1976)
            • "Man Alive"
            • "The Deadbeat Mystique"
            • "Hell on Wheels"
            • "Backstairs at the Palace"
            • "James MacCallum" (ca. 1984)
            • "Hushaby, Baby" (ca. 1981)
            • "The Decline and Fall of Mr. Sullivan"
            • "Case History of a Gadfly"
            • "Welfare and the Good Life"
            • "Childhood Memories" (ca. 1976)
            • "The Three Musketeers" (ca. 1974-75)
            • "A Child's Christmas in Saskatchewan" (ca. 1979)
            • "Diary of Success Homecoming"
            • "My Old Flame" (ca. 1992)
            • "O Ye Dry Bones" (ca. 1996)
            • "Supper, Little Children" (ca. 1983).
          Harry Weaver collection
          2002.21 · Collection · [ca. 1985]

          Fonds consists of one copy of a manuscript of Harry Weaver's autobiography and copies of various accompanying records, as well as one black & white copy print photograph depicting the Weaver family.

          Weaver, Harry
          2008.3.4 · Series · 1935-1999
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Series consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, academic transcripts and diplomas, marriage announcements, a copy of a Last Will & Testament, a copy of a Court Order, a poster, a map, photographs, events programs, lyrics, a copy of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship and an autograph book all pertaining to the personal life of Bridget Moran.

          Career Related Materials
          2008.3.2 · Series · 1945-1999
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Series consists of annual reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, records of employment, a Retirement Party guest book, business cards, invitations, speeches, appointment announcements, pamphlets, Bridget Moran's "Oath of Allegiance; Office and Revenue to the Government of British Columbia", social work reports, contracts, copies of Employee Earnings Statements, background material on the case Hale vs. Her Majesty the Queen, and social work notebooks all pertaining to Bridget's career as a social worker with the Province of British Columbia and the Prince George School District, and as a member of the College of New Caledonia (CNC) Board, the Legal Services Society of B.C. and People on Welfare.

          2009.5.1.43 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Two women stand in walkway cleared of snow in front of tall brick home with a detailed porch, believed to be in Victoria, B.C. The women wear long winter coats, fur hand-warmers, and large hats. It is believed that one or both of these women is a cousin to Violet Baxter's family, through the Taylor line.

          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."

          2009.7.1.045 · Item · [1903?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Three men stand in centre, each wearing a chief's dress and head-dress. Family members stand and sit on either side. Carved boxes and masks are positioned in foreground. The group poses in front of drapery hung against tall wooden wall.

          Community members have stated that the people in this photo are from the Gitwilluyaxw clan from the wolf tribal house of Ksdiyaawak. The photo was taken at Gitlax̱t’aamiks along the Nass River.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tsimpshian Chiefs & family. Goods [for or fr.] Potlatch".

          2009.7.1.027 · Item · [ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Group stands and sits on front steps of rectory. Left to right: Rev. William Edwin Collison, Mabel and John Maxwell Collison, Alice Collison. (William, Max, and Alice are sons and daughter of Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dad & Auntie Al with Aunt May & Uncle Max at the rectory St. Luke's church [...?]".

          2009.7.1.021 · Item · 1910
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Rev. William Edwin Collison stands in centre of boat, with wife Bertha and daughters Muriel and Katherine seated behind. Unknown man and woman are also seated in boat, and an unknown man stands on shore holding rope.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Will Collison with wife & children leaving Metlakatla to catch steamship en route to England (1910)".

          2009.7.1.020 · Item · [ca. 1937]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Joyce stands knee-deep in water, holding a long wrapped object, with a bundle resting on her shoulder (daughter of Archdeacon W.H. Collison's eldest son William Edwin). Trees and bushes visible on opposite shore in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Joyce circa 1937 at Kincolith".

          2009.7.1.017 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts Archdeacon William Henry Collison to left of wife Marion, who stands bent over garden on right. Church steeple visible behind wood fence in background. Hills can be seen in distance.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Grandad & Grannie in garden at Kincolith".

          2009.7.1.016 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts Marion and William Henry Collison standing on left with shovel, Bertha Collison on right, and young Muriel and Katherine Collison in centre with shovel (eldest daughters of W.E. Collison). Wood buildings cross midground, trees and hills visible in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Garden at Kincolith / Grandad, Grannie / Mimi, Katie / Mother".

          2009.7.1.015 · Item · [ca. 1917]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts two young granddaughters of Marion and W.H. Colllison, holding flowers in grassy area. Forest and hills in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Winnie & Joyce at Kincolith". Marion Winnifred is the daughter of John Maxwell Collison, and Joyce is the daughter of William Edwin Collison.

          2009.7.1.014 · Item · [1916 or 1917]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          The group poses in front of a wood door, ivy on either side.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "The family at Kincolith - Summer House, 1916 / Back Row L-R: Art Macdonald, Bill Collison, Reg Collison, Jack [John] Macdonald / Front L-R: Katie Collison with Don Collison, Marion Collison, Joyce Collison, Muriel (Mimi) Collison with Colin Macdonald, Hugh Macdonald".

          2009.7.1.012 · Item · [1916 or 1917]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Marion sits to left of husband Archdeacon William Henry, small boy in between. Young children sit and stand in foreground, Katherine 'Katy' and Muriel 'Mimi' stand in background (daughters of W.E. Collison). The group poses in front of a wood door, ivy on either side.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Grand-dad (Arch. W.H. Collison) & Grannie with grandchildren at Kincolith".