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Atlin Cemetery Sign
Atlin Cemetery Sign
2012.13.1.98.49 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a sign in the Atlin Cemetery, it reads: "In 1898, Fritz Miller and Kenny McLaren found gold on nearby Pine Creek, triggering British Columbia's last placer gold rush. The boom subsided by 1908, but gold has kept Atlin alive. Now Miller and McLaren lie here among hard-bitten prospectors, young miners, northern aviators, brave women and new-born infants, all part of Atlin's pioneer heritage R.I.P."
Atlin Museum - Moose Hall
Atlin Museum - Moose Hall
2012.13.1.98.13 · Item · 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Moose Hall in the Atlin Museum. A sign above the door reads: "In 1905 this building was the new Arctic Brotherhood Hall in Discovery. Some years later it was hauled here in two parts by horses to become the Moose Lodge and Community Hall."
Barry McKinnon fonds
2000.6 · Fonds · 1958-2003

Fonds consists of a large and extended correspondence, manuscript materials (both his own and others), publications, proofs, financial records, transcriptions, audio tapes, lectures and preparation work for teaching. A large quantity of influential (and obscure) periodicals published in the west is also included. Includes material related to Barry McKinnon and The Caledonia Writing Series and Gorse Press. The audio collection consists of cassette and reel to reel tapes of poetry readings and interviews in Prince George and other locations within Canada, including Edmonton, Montreal, and Vancouver. Readings from the 1980 Writing Conference Words/Loves at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) are also included along with many Poetry Readings at CNC during the 1970s to the 1990s. Poets and writers in the audio collection include Barry McKinnon, Ken Belford, Earle Birney, Bill Bissett, George Bowering, Robert Creeley, Brian Fawcett, Gerry Gilbert, Arti Gold, Elizabeth Hay, Roy Kiyooka, Robert Kroetsch, Evelyn Lau, Irving Layton, Dorothy Livesay, Daphne Marlatt, Susan Musgrave, bp Nichol, Michael Ondaatje, Stan Persky, David Phillips, Al Purdy, George Stanley, Sharon Thesen, Fred Wah, and Tom Wayman.

 McKinnon, Barry
Battle Hill
Battle Hill
2012.13.1.51.108 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Battle Hill National Historic Site in Kitwanga, B.C.. The sign located there says: "The small knoll in the valley was a native fortress. Legends maintain that it was man-made: built to repel marauding coastal tribes. The hill was the scene of local tribal battles, and at one time was crowned with the defenders' buildings. Known as Dhawdezp, the unique mound is a prominent feature in the legends and history of the Indian people."
BC forestry delegation at Japanese banquet
BC forestry delegation at Japanese banquet
2000.13.1.43 · Item · 1970.
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston at a banquet hosted by Sanyo Pulp Ltd. in May 1970. Mr. Williston is flanked by Vern Stothert of Stothert Veco Consultants Ltd., who designed BC Forest products’ mill in Mackenzie and Margaret Nagy, who was scouting financing for a pulp mill in Bella Coola.
BC Provincial Archives research
2000.23.1.007 · File · 1966-1979
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of correspondence and reproductions from L'Heureux's research at the BC Provincial Archives in Victoria. Contains photocopies of BC Archives archival materials, correspondence, memoranda, articles, archival manuscript, research requests, and pamphlets. Highlights include:

  • Illustrated street map of the University of British Columbia campus, 1972
  • Reproduction of article entitled "Jack Fannin, Pioneer Extraordinaire" in "British Columbia - The Pioneer Years" book, [197-?] (article)
  • British Columbia Provincial Museum, "Publications", 1979 (pamphlet)
  • Two-sided "Guide Map of British Columbia Government Offices, Victoria, B.C". and "Guide Map, Legislative Precinct, Victoria, B.C.", 1975 (map)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Research Procedures and Regulations", 1979 (pamphlet)
  • BC Provincial Archives of Manitoba, "Rules & Regulations", [ca. 1977] (pamphlet)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Research Procedures and Regulations", [197-?] (pamphlet)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Parliament Buildings, A Visitors' Guide to the Legislative Precincts", [197-?] (pamphlet)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Manuscript Inventory No. 1", 1976 (booklet)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Manuscript Inventory No. 2", 1978 (booklet).
    File also includes photographs of the exterior of B.C. Archives building in Victoria ([197-??]), photographs of the interior of the B.C. Archives reference room (1977), a photograph of a topographic physical relief map of British Columbia (1977), and photographs of a historical exhibit in the entrance to B.C. Archives (1977).
Bear Snow Sculpture
Bear Snow Sculpture
2012.13.1.3.147 · Item · Apr. 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a snow sculpture of a bear, possibly during the Winter City Conference, in Prince George, B.C. Taken at the Prince George Civic Center. Map coordinates 53°54'45.6"N 122°44'59.6"W