House and dock on shore, Northern British Columbia
Little wooden dock on Hudson Bay
Young boy sanding on a fence post with barn in background
Mountain range
Prince George, B.C.
Drying of towels in the sun
Glass slide depicts a shepherd looking up at a cross. Written on the slide are lyrics from the song "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." Annotations include handwritten, "12. F.V."
Glass slide depicts a young girl holding flowers. Lyrics from the hymn "When He Cometh" are printed on the slide. Annotations on the slide include handwritten, "Refrain, 'When He cometh" et, (Copy)" and printed on stamp, "W.C. HUGHES "BREWSTER HOUSE" 82 MORTIMER ROAD, KINGLAND ROAD, LONDON N."
Glass slide depicts a girl holding flowers. Lyrics from the hymn "When He Cometh" are printed on the slide. Annotations include handwritten, " Verse 2, When He Cometh" (Copy)" and printed on three stamps, "2," "W.C. HUGHES BREWSTER HOUSE" and "82 MORTIMER RD. KINGSLAND ROAD, LONDON N."
File consists of drafts of unpublished children's book by Fawcett entitled "When Daddy Was A Little Boy".
Photograph depicts a wheelbarrow purchased in 1969, secondhand.
Photograph depicts a wheelbarrow purchased in 1969, secondhand.
Photograph depicts a wheelbarrow purchased in 1969, secondhand.
Photograph depicts the Wheatsheaf Inn "pub" on the way to Cedar-by-the-Sea from Nanaimo, B.C.
File consists of What's New at the "U" composites.
Frontal detail of <i>Taraxacum officinale</i> in fruit senescence
Includes press clippings, plotting notes, book reviews, book sticker for "Bolen Books Children's Book Prize Finalist" and related correspondence.
Scotland trip
Northern British Columbia
Log debris
File contains correspondence to Brian Fawcett from What Magazine. Includes a letter to Brian Fawcett from Jason Sherman, Editor, of What Magazine, regarding an article Brian written in the Globe and Mail. Letter dated January 20, 1986.
File consists of notes and the text of a speech given by Weller titled "What is National Health Insurance?", which was delivered at the 8th Annual Arrowhead Conference on Aging in Duluth on 27 August, 1985.
Bee on a flower head
Leaves and feathers on the forest floor
File contents relate to: Asbestos. Document type(s) include: pamphlet.
Warf construction visible in foreground. Background consists of a few built structures and several tents, location unidentified.
Photograph depicts a view from above, looking down on a wharf with water and treed hillsides in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "wharf at Sicamous".
Photograph depicts a wharf at Sechelt village on the Sechelt Peninsula. The view is looking southeast towards Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a wharf at Lang Bay, 14 miles southeast of Powell River. In fair repair, now used only by an oil company to pump in oil to a storage depot behind the camera.
Photograph depicts a wharf and buildings along the shore of an unidentified fishing community with a forested environment visible in the background.
Whale bone in foreground, boat in midground and ice and rocky slope in background, Nunavut
File contains correspondence to Brian Fawcett from Whacker. Includes a letter to Brian Fawcett signed from Whacker. Letter dated October 31, 1983.
Small booklet containing handwritten notes of what appears to be a speech prepared by W.H. Collison on the topic of traditions and events he had been witness to along the northwest coast of British Columbia.
Archdeacon William Henry Collison stands with cane in centre of group, trees and hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Meadow - Kincolith / Uncle Don - Grandfather, Aunt Alice, Aunt Elsie / Uncle Max + cousins". Donald Macdonald married W.H. Collison's daughter Emily.
W.H. Collison stands on a rocky river bed pointing to a pass in between distant mountains.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “A rift in the mountains for Chapt. XXI. No.4”
File contains obituaries for Collison as well as for his son Henry Alexander (H.A.) and granddaughter Katherine Clarke (nee Collison); various articles re: Collison’s many accomplishments; a letter of condolence from Councillors of the Haida Nation on the occasion of his death, a program from Collison’s memorial service at Metlakatla, and a typed biography.
Notebook contains Collison's recollections of local history as he heard it, and of the events he encountered during some of his time in ministry.
Notebook contains two stories: "The Finding of the Crystals" and "Tit for Tat or The Porcupine and the Beaver". These stories are also found in the Collison manuscript.
This unpublished manuscript, authored by W.H. Collison and handwritten by Joyce Collison, comprises 29 identifiable chapters. Content of this manuscript appears to be focused upon the retelling of First Nations stories. The donor identified that this manuscript was intended for publication but was never completed.