Item is a audio interview recorded by Bridget Moran with Justa Monk.
Audiocassette Summary
00’ 10” Moran asks Theresa about when she first started living with Justa. They discuss the beginning of their relationship. Theresa discusses her former husband, how she began drinking because of his abuse. She says Justa made her settle down.
11’ 22” Moran asks Theresa about the things her and Justa do together. She says they garden. She says he looks after her well, but in the past Justa ‘slapped her around’ when they were drinking. Theresa talks about her past with alcoholism and how it affected her relationship with Justa.
18’ 30” Moran asks about when Justa and Theresa got married. Theresa talks about the wedding. Theresa talks about how Justa’s parents initially did not accept her, but they eventually started to treat her well when they saw Justa and her were doing well.
21’ 35” Moran asks Theresa about her children. Theresa discusses them all individually. Two of her daughters were killed.
31’ 45” Moran asks Theresa about going to Tachie for salmon fishing. Theresa talks about the process of fishing from the shore. Theresa also talks about hunting and preparing for the winter.
37’ 45” Moran tells Theresa no names will be mentioned in the book, such as the last name of her first husband.
37’ 59” Moran asks Theresa why she thinks alcoholism is such a problem on the reserves nowadays.
42’ 59” End of tape.
Habitat of maturing <i>Coprinus comatus</i> turning black and liquifying into ink
Item is a photograph of two men standing by a stone cairn, each with packsacks on their backs. One man points while the other man looks in the direction being pointed to.
Mountain range on border of Kootenay and Yoho National Parks
Item is an original report by Ian Hatter entitled "The Woodland Caribou of Northern Tweedsmuir Park". The report is self described as: "a collation of material presently available on the subject of woodland caribou in northern Tweedsmuir Park. It is based upon file information of Parks and Fish & Wildlife Branches, interviews of local residents and discussions with historic users of the Park such as guides, trappers, airplane pilots, Park staff, etc."
Victoria, B.C.
Habit of <i>Castilleja</i> in flower, Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut
Photograph of a small vessel on the ocean with a dock and harbour buildings in the foreground. Tents and piles of lumber can be seen among the buildings. Annotation on recto reads: "The Wharf, Prince Rupert, BC. 1657."
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.
Postcard depicts the west portal of the Connaught Tunnel, near Glacier, BCDavies noted the ventilation engine house above the entrance.
Sun beginning to set on Vancouver's West End skyline
Caption: The Weir family, Regina, just after the war. Item is a group photograph of two men, three women and two children identified as the Weir family, standing together on a wooden pathway outside a house.
Caption: The Weir family, Regina, just after the war. Item is a group photograph of two men, three women and two little boys and one older boy all identified as the Weir family, standing together on a wooden pathway outside a house.
Item is an issue of The Watershed, Vol. No. 3 from June 1994, and includes a feature article on saving the Nechako which was a protest against Alcan's Kemano 2 project.
Photograph depicts four men in a boat on a lack with a waterfall in the background running through a forest into the lake. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "The water fall + flume for Brown's sawmill Hoscall River BC"
Debris left after logging
The Washington Archaeologist Vol. III, No. 12, December 1959 (newsletter)
People sitting on grass by the side of a road, Alpine Club of Canada's 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition, Kluane National Park, Yukon
Panorama of downtown Vancouver, B.C.
Stand of trees on road to Ness Lake
Item is a copy of the 1981 "The Vegetation of Burns Bog, Fraser Delta, Southwestern British Columbia" by Hebda, R.J. and W.G. Biggs in Syesis (Vol. 14) published by British Columbia Provincial Museum.
Photograph depicts the building for the Vancouver Supply Company located at 25 Alexander St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is at the center of the old downtown and may have been a former fire hall.
Postcard depicts the Van Horne Range, looking west from Field, BC
Item is an original report by Gordon C. Haber entitled "The Upper Stikine-Spatsizi Wolf-Ungulate System, Northwestern British Columbia".
Jasper National Park
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.
Image depicts half of a ship, which is named the Tutshi, in Carcross, Y.T.
This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "Tug-of-war - Fort St. James - July 29, 1911".
<i>Mentha</i>[?] in flower
The item is a photograph depicting a logging truck with fully loaded sleighs of uncut timber in the winter. There are two men standing on the side of the truck. Annotations on the reverse side of the photograph state, "The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. Log Sleigh Train early 1950's Reserve, Saskatchewan."
Woodland lanscape in foreground, snowy mountain peaks in background
Washington Cascades with snow
Annotation on recto of photograph: "The Seel arrives at Prince George BC. The track laying machine is at George Street Feb 1st 1914."
Postcard depicts the town of Field and Mt. Stephen. Near Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
Item consists of one annual yearbook published by the University of British Columbia and offered as a record of the year’s activities to the student body as a whole and more particularly to the Graduating Class of 1932. This yearbook indicates those academic and extracurricular activities Mary Fallis was involved in during her final year at university
Detail of unidentified flower
Frost on <i>Cirsium</i>
Aerial view, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Aerial view, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Alpine Club of Canada's 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition, Kluane National Park, Yukon
Publication is entitled "The Terms of BC's Entry into Confederation as they Relate to Transportation" by John Christopher of the Research Branch, Library of Parliament.
Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in November after the first snow. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Our House.”
Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in September. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Teacherage.”