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Photographs
2009.7.1 · Reeks · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Series consists of images pertaining the Collison family, North Coastal First Nations communities, means of transportation along North Coastal British Columbia, and various church structures and religious events.

Jill Singleton Collection
2020.09 · Collectie · Aug. 1985

Collection consists of a travel scrapbook created by Jill Singleton documenting a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Includes photographs, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps.

2001.1.050 · Bestanddeel · 1911-1917
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

File consists of documents recording the founding, funding, explorations, and investments of the pioneering Queen Charlotte Islands General Development Company, Ltd. (London, England). Includes approximately 150 pages of manuscript and the following items of interest:

  • "Memorandum and Articles of Association, London, 1911
  • Notice of First General Meeting, 1912
  • First and later minutes of meetings in Victoria, BC and elsewhere
  • Extensive correspondence with their representatives in the Queen Charlotte Islands including mining surveyors
  • Reports from Queen Charlotte Islands from their representatives at Cumshewa, Skidegate, and Alliford Bay
  • Records regarding all aspects of financing the company
    Most of the items date from 1912-1913, providing a very detailed account of the founding and aspirations of the company, and revealing the difficulties in doing business in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands. Also notably includes correspondence and reports from Henry Collison.
W.H. Collison manuscript
2009.7.2.05 · Bestanddeel · [between 1880 and 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

This unpublished manuscript, authored by W.H. Collison and handwritten by Joyce Collison, comprises 29 identifiable chapters.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.

Publications Series
2009.7.4 · Reeks · 1872-1967
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

2009.7 · Archief · 1870-2006

The Archdeacon W.H. Collison fonds consists of textual materials, maps, published materials and photographs all documenting Collison’s life and work with North Coastal First Nations communities in British Columbia. Types of records found within this fonds include manuscripts, sermon notes, correspondence, oral history summaries, monographs, cartographic items, photographs and postcards. The Collison fonds also includes some records created by his children and grandchildren as well as a family tree created in 1986. The Collison fonds has been divided into four series.

Zonder titel
2009.7.3 · Reeks · 1878-1929
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

W.H. Collison correspondence
2009.7.2.01 · Bestanddeel · 1873-1921
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

File predominantly consists of correspondence to Rev. W.H. Collison from the Church Missionary Society. However, some letters in this file are also from individual parishioners, fellow clergymen, Massett councillors, and the American Geographical Society.

Notes and drafts
2009.7.2.02 · Bestanddeel
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

This file contains handwritten and typed notes and drafts of First Nations legends, addresses and manuscripts. It is believed this material was authored by W.H. and W.E. Collison although none is signed or dated.

W.H. Collison notebook (1)
2009.7.2.08 · Bestanddeel · [19-?]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

2009.7.2.06 · Bestanddeel · [ca. 1906]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

2020.4.6.539 · Bestanddeel · 2000
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Queen Charlotte Islands Forest District for the "Facilitation and Mediation of Local Resource Use Plan for Tlell Watershed" project in Tlell River. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #539; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Leading Species", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Age Class", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Aspect", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Ownership/Tenure", Feb. 1999.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Ecosystem Types", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Groupings", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Soil and Moisture Regimes", Feb. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 1 of 5: Red Huckleberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 2 of 5: Alaskan Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 3 of 5: Salal", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 4 of 5: Oval-Leafed Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 5 of 5: Wetland Berries", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Known Scenic Areas", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Height Class", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Archaeological Overview Assessment", Mar. 2000.
  • BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Fire Legacy", Mar. 2000.
  • Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
  • Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
  • Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan, Feather Creek topographic map, n.d.
2020.4.6.664 · Bestanddeel · 2011
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Misty Isles Economic Development Society for the "Food Planning Presentations on Haida Gwaii" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #664; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.626 · Bestanddeel · 2006
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Haida Tribal Society for the "Facilitation and Process Advice on Development of a Marine Use Strategic Plan" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #626; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.579 · Bestanddeel · 2002
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management for the "Consultations on Land Use Planning Process Design Haida Gwaii/QCI Land Use Plan" project in Queen Charlotte City. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #579; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.543 · Bestanddeel · 2000
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Natural Resources Canada & BC Ministry of Forests for the "Facilitation of South Moresby Forest Replacement Account Strategic Plan Negotiations" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #543; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Alaska Trip, August 1985
2020.09.01 · Bestanddeel · Aug. 1985
Part of Jill Singleton Collection

This travel scrapbook was created by Jill Singleton to document a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Jill Singleton and Eric Stathers embarked on a 1985 car camping trip using the BC Ferries and Alaska Ferry systems. Includes postcards, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps. Also includes 37 photographs.

Includes the following:

  • "Queen Charlotte Islands Observer" newspaper issue for August 8, 1985
  • "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Queen Charlotte City", June 1985
  • "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Tlell + Port Clements", June 1985
  • "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Skidegate Landing, Skidegate and Sandspit", June 1985
  • "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Masset", June 1985
  • "Explorations Q.C.I." pamphlet advertising guiding, outfitting, and touring
  • "Sandspit Inn, Queen Charlotte Islands" pamphlet
  • "Visit the Queen Charlottes" pamphlet
  • Queen Charlotte Islands map, circa 1985
  • BC Ferries pamphlet "New in 1985... Inside Passage Day Cruise"
  • BC Ferries pamphlet "Tickets and Boarding Information, Inside Passage"
  • "Alaska Marine Highway" pamphlet
  • "Discover Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan" pamphlet
  • "Alaska State Parks" pamphlet/map
  • "Tongass National Forest, Alaska" pamphlet/map
  • "Alaska Marine Highway Summer Schedule - May 1, 1985 through September 30, 1985" pamphlet
  • History leaflet for St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka, AK
  • Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute leaflets, 1984
  • Anchorage 1984 Visitors Guide, Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • "Skagway... some Steps on the Gold Rush Trail... walking Tour of the Historic District - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park"
  • "Skaguay Alaskan" newspaper issue, Vol. VIII, No. 1880 (1985)
  • "Klondike Gold Rush" pamphlet for tourists
  • "Broadway, Skagway, Alaska" pamphlet
  • "S.S. Tutshi, Carcross" pamphlet
  • "Moon Watching" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
  • "Some Insects of Provincial Parks" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
  • "Stewart, British Columbia - Hyder, Alaska... Your Gateway to Alaska and the Yukon!" pamphlet
  • "Stewart-Cassiar Highway 37" map
  • "Prince Rupert City Map & Guide" pamphlet
  • "Explore Canada's Yellowhead, Western Canada's New Interprovincial Highway" pamphlet (1983)
  • "101 Things To Do in Yukon" booklet published by Tourism Yukon (1985)
  • "Your Guide to B.C. Ferries' Inside Passage" booklet by British Columbia Ferry Corporation (1985)
  • "Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada" booklet (1981)

Trip itinerary:

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Nanaimo, BC
  • Port Hardy, BC
  • Prince Rupert, BC
  • Yakoun River, BC
  • Haida Gwaii, BC (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands)
  • Rennell Sound, BC
  • Graham Island, BC
  • Queen Charlotte City, BC
  • Sandspit, BC
  • Prince Rupert, BC
  • Ketchikan, AK
  • Sitka, AK
  • Tenakee Springs, AK
  • Juneau, AK
  • Skagway, BC
  • Carcross, YK
  • Atlin, BC
  • Telegraph Creek, BC
  • Kitwanga, BC
  • Prince Rupert, BC
  • Prince George, BC
  • Lillooet, BC
  • Vancouver, BC
2009.7.1.075 · Stuk · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".

Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."