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Photograph features a steep cliff across water, rocky shore in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Up the 'Big Creek' at Kincolith B.C. Rock face called 'the place of echoes' by the Indian people."

Two carved poles stand in front of a wide wooden building. Forest in background.

Printed below image: "OLD KAGAAN TOTEMS, KETCHIKAN, ALASKA".

Photograph depicts a row of spectators wearing nice clothing, sitting on the curb in the shade of mature chestnut trees. Many of the spectators appear to be Indigenous women and children. They may be gathered to watch a parade or special event. There are Union Jacks and Canadian Red Ensign flags hanging in the trees, suggesting the event may be a Dominion Day event. Although the location is unknown, the presence of the chestnut trees suggests that this may have been taken on Lillooet Main Street.

Photograph depicts the confluence of the Cayoosh Creek outflow into the Fraser River in Lillooet, BC. Seton River is visible in the foreground. This area is Cayoose Creek Band (Sekw'el'wás First Nation) territory and includes land currently encompassed within Cayoosh Creek Indian Reserve 1. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge over the Fraser River is also visible in the background.

Photograph depicts tall building, with long shorter section crossing midground in front. Path runs through garden in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Back of Mission House Kincolith".

Canoe with mast floats close to shore in foreground, mountains visible across river in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Arch. W.H. Collison & wife with native friends en route up Skeena River."

Photograph depicts a view of the Lillooet Indian Reserve in the foreground; the town of Lillooet and the Fraser River are visible beyond.

Photograph depicts three Indigenous totem carvings in front of various buildings on the shoreline.

Photograph depicts three First Nations women facing the camera.

Photograph depicts two First Nations boys posed for the camera in the forest.

Photograph depicts a young First Nations man and a First Nations boy posed for the camera.

Photograph depicts a First Nations women seated in front of a wooden lattice.

Photograph depicts a group seven of First Nations children seated on a dock with a woman standing in the background.

Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a father, mother, two young girls, and a dog seated on a porch in front of a house.

Photograph depicts a First Nations family with five young children, three women, and a man seated on the ground in front of a tent with wooden houses and trees in the background.

File includes "In the Wake of the War Canoe" Chapter XX revisions and a note from donor Jean Whiffin on behalf of Joyce Collison regarding the revisions.

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "No. 54. Old tombs & totems. / to Haida graves Massett".

Two tombs stand in foreground, each consisting of a horizontal box held by two hollow posts sunk in the ground.

Photograph depicts large church in fenced area, mission house visible behind trees in background.

Printed on image: "The Church. Old Massett. Q.C.I. / J.D. Allen. Photo. C."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of forest trees, fallen logs on beach in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Indian Totems along beach on Q.C. Islands"

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures, forest visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A deserted Village, Q.C. Islands [...]" (various notes crossed through on verso).

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures built along sandy shore. View from above, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[? illegible] Deserted village West Coast QCIs."

Photograph depicts narrow valley between steep cliffs.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "on left Vertical side of old Indian fort at Nagas W. Coast Q.C.I".

Buildings visible on shore in distance.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Amidst drift ice on Fishing Bay Nass River. Insert at Page 38. Indian Fishing Encampment".

Photograph depicts two men handling fishing net in canoe full of fish. Hills visible on opposite shore in distance.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Oolichan Fishing on Nass River".

Photograph depicts two men standing beside beds of fish laid out to dry. More oolichan fish hang on tall structures in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Oolichan drying & [?] grease at Fishing Bay Nass River 'Winter food supply'".

Forest and hills on opposite shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "poling canoe up Nass River".

Carvings visible on a moss covered rocky outcrop. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Rock carvings. Copper Mountain, Al”.

Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing in front of an Indigenous totem pole.

Photograph depicts a totem pole and a tall wooden plant holder in front of a body of water.

Photograph depicts an elderly First Nations woman walking on a wooden walkway in front of a row of houses.

Photograph depicts two young First Nations women posed for the camera inside a house.

Photograph depicts four Indigenous totem carvings at Kitwanga with two wooden houses in the background.

Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and young girl posed for the camera in front of the house.

Hand coloured photograph of a cemetery in Gitxsan territory. Annotation on recto reads: "Indian Cemetery, Hazelton, BC."

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A very old Tsimpsion women - said to be over 110 yrs old."

Photograph depicts a large two-storey building with the sign: "CALEDONIA HOSPITAL". Fence crosses foreground, hills visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Mission Hosp at Metlakatla B.C."

Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children walking across beach towards water. Buildings visible on shore in left background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Funeral party - en route to boat Metlakatla BC (Taking body over to Grave Island".

The couple walks arm in arm along dirt path in grass, buildings visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Joshua [Moody?] & Wife / ? Masset B.C."

Carvings sit among bushes in front of what appears to be a totem pole.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Eagle & whale Monument Tanu".

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Sandy beach in foreground, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Kai sun W. Coast Q.C.I."

Photograph depicts two men standing beside beds of fish laid out to dry. More oolichan fish hang on tall structures in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "'Food for winter' Oolichans drying at Fishing Bay, Nass River".

Forest and hills on opposite shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Travelling thru' canyon on Nass River 'Engine & poles'".

Hill on opposite shore in background.

Rocky shoreline featuring a small dwelling, totem pole, net rack, canoes pulled up to shore, barrels and boxes and a tent.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Kunhalas [sic] at entrance to C--- Harbour”.

Photograph depicts a First Nations man standing beside a gravestone that reads: "In Memory of Jim, Jack and Sam."

Photograph depicts an Indigenous totem pole. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Totems of Old Kasaan Alaska"

Photograph depicts a Haida crest carving on a wooden pole in front of a house. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Indian Totem Pole, Massett B.C."

Photograph depicts a First Nations woman standing in a cleared forest area.

Photograph depicts a First Nations family with a mother, father, and two sons posed for the camera in a grassy area.

Photograph depicts a First Nations woman and child standing next to a man holding a bucket with a wood house in the background.