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Bridget Moran fonds
2008.3 · Fonds · 1935 - 1999, predominate 1954 - 1996

This fonds illustrates Bridget Moran’s careers as a writer, a social worker and a social activist primarily within the Prince George region of British Columbia. This fonds also contains records pertaining to her personal relationships with family and friends and her receipt of various honours and awards.

Types of records reflective of her career as a writer include: published articles and unpublished manuscripts, drafts and front cover mock-ups, correspondence with editors from Arsenal Pulp Press, grant applications, notebooks, background material, writer’s workshop invitations and overviews, photographs, oral history interviews and transcripts, and VHS recordings of classroom talks given by Bridget Moran, Mary John and Justa Monk re: her publications.

Types of records reflective of her career as a social worker and social activist include: annual reports, work journals, correspondence and published newspaper articles re: social policy, photographs, and general background material. Correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings highlight her personal relationships, while her receipt of honours and awards is demonstrated through copies of letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photographs, VHS recordings of award ceremonies, event itineraries, congratulatory correspondence, and invitations.

The Bridget Moran fonds has been divided into the following four series:

  1. Published and Unpublished Materials
  2. Career Related Materials
  3. Personal Papers and Correspondence
  4. Honours and Awards.
Moran, Bridget
Awards
2000.1.1.4.2 · File · 1962 - 1978
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs depicting superintendents accepting safety awards on behalf of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation ltd, and BCIT Scholarship Winners.

Underground mine
2000.1.1.3.09 · File · 1988-1992
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

This file contains various aspects of the underground mine.

  • Photos depicting damage to the underground mine such as fallen rocks, cracked shotcrete, twisted rock bolts and metal mesh, exposed and damaged steel structural frames, and repairs underway.
  • Steel cables, chains, support arches, and custom welded rebar frames used in the structural reinforcement of the underground mine.
  • Several engineering tests related to the structural damages are depicted.
  • Two sets of images show a Porta Power hydraulic tool with a ready rod attached, a hand pump, as well as images of a technician testing the holding power of a rock bolt.
  • Set of images documents a technician drilling cores and installing extensometer anchors, as well as grouting the anchors and connecting an extensometer. Technicians are shown inspecting damages with a ruler and rockhammer for scale.
  • A set of images showcase the threaded rebar, nuts, and face plates used for rockbolts.
  • Utility vehicles, yellow vent ducting, and utility pipes are visible in several images.
  • Also include is an image of a man in office space, foggy night scene with a telephone pole, office desk, stack of supplies including concrete, steel cable, and spray paint, and several images of a broken piece of ore and concrete outside the mine portal.
  • Several images depict miners working in the bucket of a scoop tram.
  • Photos of the stramler feeder breakers, which was used in the underground mine.
  • Images of ground support verifications where the deficiency of the exhaust ramp was investigated. This collection has various annotations explaining the broken shotcrete and the wire mesh installed.
  • A collection of photographs depicting tunnel shotcrete failures. Each photograph has an accompanied textual annotation.
  • Photos of MMD #750 Sizer equipment - assumed used in Underground Mine.
  • Photos of pump used in 1335 level, wheel fan for ventilation removed from 1350 level,
  • A collection of ground fall event 29 March 1989 - with annotations depicting damage
2008.3.1.024 · File · 1992-1995
Part of Bridget Moran fonds

File consists of:

  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Edel Toner-Rogala, Director, Prince George Public Library re: donation of A Little Rebellion (Dec. 17, 1992)
  • Book review of Stoney Creek Woman (date unknown)
  • Book review of Judgement at Stoney Creek (date unknown)
  • Letter from Viola Thomas, Native Publications Coordinator/Fieldworker and Sadie Kuehn, Managing Editor/Project Developer for Native Programs, Legal Services Society re: first annotated listing of First Nations Legal Resources (Jan. 11, 1993)
  • Order form for the First Nations Resource Guide
  • Photocopy of a cheque for $5,000 (Jan. 7, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Richard Brownsey, Director, Cultural Services Branch, Province of British Columbia re: funding (Jan. 8, 1993)
  • Newsletter from Brian Gardiner, MP (Jan. 8, 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Community service medals awarded" by Paul Strickland (date unknown)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Doreen (?) re: thank you (Feb. 8, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Craig (?) re: thank you (Jan. 1, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Marion Jones re: genealogy (Jan. 12, 1993)
  • Thank you note to Bridget Moran from Jan Timberlake (Jan. 20, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Ann Johns, Chairperson, Equal Justice For Women re: congratulatory wishes on the creative writing grant (Feb. 17, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Helen De Groot, Executive Director, Phoenix Transition Society re: thank you (Jan. 21, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from barb Emery, Young Writers' Committee '94 re: participating in Young Writers' Week in Terrace, BC (1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Mary Ellen Kelm re: meeting time (Jan. 12, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Gordon Ingalls, Chairman, Board of School Trustees, School District No. 57 re: complimentary copy of The Carrier of Long Ago (Oct. 22, 1992)
  • Thank you card to Bridget Moran from SFU (1993)
  • Pamphlet from New Caltec Campus Conference re: Raising Awareness of Social Issues: An Informed Look at the Classroom Mosaic (Feb. 8 - 11, 1993)
  • Advertisement for Stoney Creek Woman and A Little Rebellion (Pulp Press, Spring 1993)
  • Review of A Little Rebellion from Bob Harkins (CKPG TV and radio, Dec. 17, 1992)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Darlene Marzari, Minister of Tourism and Minister for Culture re: grant from Project Assistance for Creative Writers (Dec. 23, 1992)
  • Newspaper clipping: "One person can make a very big difference" (The Guardian, Hospital Employees' Union, March 1, 1993)
  • Note to Bridget Moran from The Canada Council for the Arts re: receipt of application (Feb. 16, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Diane Ally, Writing and Publishing Section, The Canada Council of Arts re: A Little Rebellion accepted to the Public Readings Programme (Feb. 3, 1993)
  • Thank you letter to Bridget Moran from Nena Joy (Feb. 25, 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "National Book Un-Festival Week" (Cariboo Observer, April 7, 1993)
  • Advertisement for "Project Friendship"
  • Congratulatory card to Bridget Moran from Doug and Mayo
  • Bob Harkins comment re: Bridget Moran and Mary John receiving the Governor General's Award for Community Service (April 5, 1993)
  • Congratulatory letter from Brian Lam, Managing Editor, Arsenal Pulp Press re: Bridget Moran and Mary John receiving the Governor General's Award for Community Service (April 2, 1993)
  • Thank you letter to Bridget Moran from Shannon Smith (April 1993)
  • Thank you letter to Bridget Moran from Myra Rutherdale re: attending Canadian Women's History class at UNBC (April 23, 1993)
  • Thank you letter to Bridget Moran from Margaret (April 18, 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Authors Reading" (Valley Sentinel, April 27, 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Pulp author 'too busy to attend Summit'" (Pulp Poop, Spring 1993)
  • Advertisement for Stoney Creek Woman, Judgement at Stoney Creek, and A Little Rebellion (Arsenal Pulp Press)
  • Remembrance card for Winnifred Agatha Bernier
  • Telephone messages for Bridget Moran re: date for the Bill Good show (May)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Diane Weismiller and Barbara Emery for Young Writers' Committee re: invitation to Terrace and District Teacher-Librarians' Assocation's Young Writers' Week
  • Bookmarks advertising Stoney Creek Woman, Judgement at Stoney Creek, A Little Rebellion, and Justa (Arsenal Pulp Press)
  • Birthday wishes and a biography of Bridget Moran
  • Advertisement for Judgement at Stoney Creek
  • Letter from Brian Gardiner to his constituents with a photo of Bridget Moran and Mary John receiving the Governor General's Award for Community Service at Mosquito Books, Prince George, BC (May 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Author Finds Success in Her Sixties" by Ruth Scoullar (Observer, date unknown)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Book chronicles stormy career in social work" by Sydney Jones (The Kamloops Daily News, May 31, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Murray Mohur (?) re: article (July 5, 1993)
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Sue Trhalley (?) re: contacting Irene Rothenburger (date unknown)
  • 1992 and 1993 Sales for multiple School Districts
  • Study Question for A Little Rebellion
  • Textbooks for a class with A Little Rebellion as one of the selections
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Rosalie Goldstein re: attending Social Work classes (Oct. 14, 1995)
  • Press release: "B.C.'s Welfare Controversy: The Other Side of the Story" (Arsenal Pulp Press, July 1993)
  • Advertisement for A Little Rebellion
  • Letter to Bridget Moran from Dick Splane(?) re: review of A Little Rebellion; review is attached to the letter (Sept. 18, 1993)
  • Advertisement for the UBC Social Work Alumni Division Annual General Meeting with Bridget Moran speaking (Oct. 21, 1993)
  • Newspaper clipping: "Let's Stop slandering welfare recipients" by Bridget Moran (The Vancouver Sun, July 29, 1993).