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The Modern Growth of the Totem Pole on the Northwest Coast. Marius Barbeau. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1940. Signed by author, gift to W.E. Collison.

Indian Notes and Monographs (2 editions):

• Slate Mirrors of the Tsimshian: Indian Notes and Monographs – A series of publications relating to the American Aborigines. George T. Emmons. New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1921. Signed by author as gift to W.E. Collison.
• Jade in British Columbia and Alaska, and its Use by the Natives: Indian Notes and Monographs – A series of publications relating to the American Aborigines. George T. Emmons. New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1923.

Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia. Bulletin No. 61, Anthropological Series No. 12. Marius Barbeau. Ottawa: Department of Mines, 1929.

The Indian Background of Canadian History. Bulletin No. 86, Anthropological Series No. 21. Diamond Jenness. Ottawa: Department of Mines and Resources, 1937.

The Washington Archaeologist Vol. III, No. 12, December 1959 (newsletter)

Museum Notes (3 editions):

• Museum Notes, Vol. III., No. 2, June 1928. Vancouver: Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver, BC, 1928.
• Museum Notes, Vol. III., No. 3, September 1928. Vancouver: Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver, BC, 1928.
• Museum and Art Notes, Vol. II., No. 1, June 1932. Vancouver: Art, Historical and Scientific Association of Vancouver, BC, 1932.

Journal of The Royal Society of Arts, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 4320, 6 September 1935. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1935.

Haida Totems in Wood and Argillite. S.W.A. Gunn. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1967.

"The Haidas of British Columbia" - Chapter IX from an unidentified book, pages 221-263. (ca. 1933)

"Asiatic Survivals in Indian Songs" Dr. Marius Barbeau. Reprinted from The Scientific Monthly, April 1942, Vol. LIV, pages 303-307. Signed by author, gift to Rev. Collison.

Totem Lore. W. Nicholson. (souvenir pamphlet, ca. 1950)

American Anthropologist, Vol. 31, No. 1. January-March 1929. Menasha, Wis.: American Anthropological Association, 1929.

Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the Year 1930. Province of British Columbia. Victoria: 1931.

Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol. VII., No. 5. Montreal: The Canadian Geographical Society, May 1934.

The Pacific Salmon. John Pease Babcock. Victoria: The Province of British Columbia, Provincial Fisheries Dept., 1931.

Metlakatlah Inquiry 1884: Report of the Commissioners, together with evidence. British Columbia. Victoria: Government Printing Office, 1885. Handwritten annotation in pencil on book cover: "To be returned to Matt B. Begbie"

The Sailor - Bishop, or The Life of Bishop William Ridley. Church Missionary Society. 1913.

"The Indians of Northern British Columbia" J. H. Keen. Chapter taken from an unidentified book, pages 409-414

A Cruise Among Haida and Tlingit Villages About Dixon's Entrance. George A. Dorsey. Reprinted from Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly for June 1898.

The Man’s Knife Among the North American Indians: A study in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Otis Tufton Mason. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1899.

A Fragment of Primitive Speech: A study of the roots of the language of the Nisga Indians of British Columbia. Rev. J.B. McCullagh. March 1916.

Religion and Family Among the Haidas (Queen Charlotte Islands). Rev. Charles Harrison. London: Harrison and Sons, 1891.

The New Era (2 editions) :

• The New Era: the official magazine of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada. Vol. II, No. 4. Toronto: April 1904. (some annotations)
• The New Era: the official magazine of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada. Vol. III, No. 4. Toronto: April 1905. (some annotations)

The Whale House of the Chilkat. George T. Emmons. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XIX, Part I. New York: 1916.

The Letter Leaflet. Vol. XVIX, No. 4. February 1908. The Organ of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada

A Sketch of the Social Organization of the Nass River Indians. Edward Sapir. Museum Bulletin No. 19: Anthropological Series, No. 7. October 15, 1915. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915.

North British Columbia News with which is incorporated Aiyansh Notes (2 editions):

• North British Columbia News with which is incorporated Aiyansh Notes: A Journal of Missionary Endeavor in the Diocese of Caledonia, British Columbia. Vol. 1, No. 8. October 1911.
• North British Columbia News with which is incorporated Aiyansh Notes: A Journal of Missionary Endeavor in the Diocese of Caledonia, British Columbia. No. 84 April 1931.

The Caledonia Interchange, No. 5, Oct. 31, 1900.

S. Barnabas’ Hove Parish Magazine. March 1902.

"The Kitselas of British Columbia." George T. Emmons. Reprint from the American Anthropologist (N.S.) Vol. XIV, No. 3, July-September, 1912. Signed by author.

"The Geography of the Tsimshian Indians." G.A. Dorsey. Reprint from The American Antiquarian, October 1897.

The Languages of the Pacific. J. MacMillan Brown. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1920.

"North Pacific Mission" chapter from an unidentified book. (pages 219 – 224)

Report of Conferences Between the Provincial Government and Indian Delegates from Fort Simpson and Nass River. British Columbia. February 1887.

The Church Missionary Intelligencer. New Series. 1 September 1873

Haida Grammar. Reverend C. Harrison. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Volume I, Section II: 1895.

Series contains publications on the following subjects: linguistics, First Nations studies, anthropology, museum studies, the Missionary Society of the Church of England, the Metlakatla Inquiry, material culture and Canadian geography. It is believed that items published prior to 1922 had been collected by the Archdeacon W.H. Collison, while those published post 1922 (the year W.H. Collison passed away) were collected by both his son W.E. Collison and then his grandaughter Joyce Collison.

Maps within this series document the placer streams, islands and harbours of the Queen Charlotte Islands; as well as the mining properties located within the vicinity of Stewart, BC.

File contains a family tree created in 1986 which shows the Collison family tree from John Collison (ca. 1820) to the birth of the great-grandchildren of W.H. Collison (ca. 1980’s); as well as, brief handwritten notes created by Joyce Collison on the lives of her father and grandfather.

File consists of a blank notecard featuring colour aerial photograph of Metlakatla, B.C. Photograper: Eugene Mah.

File contains a prize-winning essay handwritten by Katy Collison, granddaughter of W.H. Collison, and daughter of W.E. Collison regarding the Confederation of Canada.