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Notes on First Nations place names

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2006.001
Scope and Content
File contains information taken from the Linguistics Department at UBC.
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
2
File Number
6
Accession Number
2006.001
Material Type
textual records
Custodial History
Received from May Ellingsen
Scope and Content
File contains information taken from the Linguistics Department at UBC.
Storage Range
1-26
Name Access
Thompson, Doreen
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First Nations families, seated on a bench and on the floor

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Scope and Content
Photograph of First Nations families, seated on a bench and on the floor
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Greene, Alan
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0957
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1922
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of First Nations families, seated on a bench and on the floor
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Five women holding First Nations baskets

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.717
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 17.5 x 12 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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First Nations: Repatriation Symposium, Kelowna, 2017

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
2016-2017
Scope and Content
Info from "Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together" symposium, including conference itinerary, 2017. First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) information/resource booklets: Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook; 2015/16 Year In Review; BC's Master-Apprentice Language Program Handbook; Culture Camps for Language Learning, an Immersion Handbook; and Language Nest Handbook. Additional information booklets: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2011; and What's inSight: Repatriation in the Spirit of Reconciliation, Royal BC Museum. Additional info on: First Voices language resources; Canada's Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program; Cultural Resource Management diploma, UVic; The Witness Blanket Project; FPCC Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, 2016-2017; Kelowna Art Gallery exhibits; and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
22
Date Range
2016-2017
Scope and Content
Info from "Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together" symposium, including conference itinerary, 2017. First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) information/resource booklets: Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook; 2015/16 Year In Review; BC's Master-Apprentice Language Program Handbook; Culture Camps for Language Learning, an Immersion Handbook; and Language Nest Handbook. Additional information booklets: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2011; and What's inSight: Repatriation in the Spirit of Reconciliation, Royal BC Museum. Additional info on: First Voices language resources; Canada's Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program; Cultural Resource Management diploma, UVic; The Witness Blanket Project; FPCC Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, 2016-2017; Kelowna Art Gallery exhibits; and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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First nations basket with baby Charlie Jeffery inside

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.003
Date Range
1946
Scope and Content
"These pictures belong in the museum. They show Charlie Jeffery as a baby in the native basket."
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.010
Accession Number
2019.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 13.5 x 9.5
Custodial History
"Joan (Jeffery) Hewison sent them to me."
Scope and Content
"These pictures belong in the museum. They show Charlie Jeffery as a baby in the native basket."
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
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Long house at a coastal First Nations village (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0969
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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First Nations people with dugout canoe (Needs ID)

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Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2013.002
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of First Nations people on the beach with three dugout canoes; a cedar mat is in the middle boat.
Part Of
Michael Carkener collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2013.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2013.002.022
Accession Number
2013.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of First Nations people on the beach with three dugout canoes; a cedar mat is in the middle boat.
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First Nations: Visit to Royal BC Museum, 2016

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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1909-2017
Scope and Content
Information gathered by Rose Hansen. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples info, 2011. First Voices and First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) language resources. Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook, FPCC. First Peoples' News, issue #1, 2015. "Keeping the Circle Strong" 2017-2017 calendar, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nations research resources at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), including info on anthropology collection resources at the RBCM and First Nations genealogical research at the BC Archives. Report on the status of BC First Nations Languages, 2014. Printed info on archival catalogues: one linguistics tape from Liz Harry Hagege (born in Squirrel Cove), 1977 (CAL0000066); and approx seven ethnology tapes "Recorded Coast Salish General" (Catalogue item #s COAG-T-001 to COAG-T-005)
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
2
File Number
23
Date Range
1909-2017
Scope and Content
Information gathered by Rose Hansen. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples info, 2011. First Voices and First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) language resources. Artist Grant Proposal Writing Handbook, FPCC. First Peoples' News, issue #1, 2015. "Keeping the Circle Strong" 2017-2017 calendar, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nations research resources at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), including info on anthropology collection resources at the RBCM and First Nations genealogical research at the BC Archives. Report on the status of BC First Nations Languages, 2014. Printed info on archival catalogues: one linguistics tape from Liz Harry Hagege (born in Squirrel Cove), 1977 (CAL0000066); and approx seven ethnology tapes "Recorded Coast Salish General" (Catalogue item #s COAG-T-001 to COAG-T-005)
Storage Range
Drawer 2
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Four girls; coastal First Nations village in the background (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0974
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1940s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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First Nations people poling a dugout canoe on the Kingcome River

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Scope and Content
Photograph of First Nations people poling a dugout canoe on the Kingcome River.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0984
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of First Nations people poling a dugout canoe on the Kingcome River.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Corner posts and beams of a long house in a coastal First Nations village

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0971
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the frame of a longhouse, with the supporting posts and round beams. Boards are lying on the ground beside it.
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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View looking over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[cal 1920s-1950s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view looking towards the water and islands, over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village. (ID)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0972
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[cal 1920s-1950s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a view looking towards the water and islands, over the roofs of a coastal First Nations village. (ID)
Subject Access
Columbia Coast Mission
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Violet Herrewig and two other people, one in First Nations attire

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Scope and Content
Photograph of Violet Herrewig with two other people, one of them dressed in First Nations attire.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.190
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[197-]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 6 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Violet Herrewig with two other people, one of them dressed in First Nations attire.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Date Range
1867-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Part Of
CIMAS information files
Description Level
File
Series Number
4
File Number
58
Date Range
1867-2018
Scope and Content
Clippings, emails, and written info on history, people, events, placenames, schools, post offices, libraries, churches, parks, SRD updates, and businesses in Whaletown, info from 1867-2018. Additional keywords: Columbia Coast Mission; Whaletown Commons; Trude's Cafe; Wee Park; WNE. Excerpt from Phillip Major's Diary, 1948. Excerpts from Chalkdust & Outhouses, West Coast Schools 1893-1950, Barbara Ann Lambert, and The Log of the Columbia, 1947-1950. A Tour Guide to Whaletown, K. Pemberton, 1999. Letters to Doreen Thompson from Mary M. McMillan, Etta Byers, D. Henderson, McKay, and Peggy Munro Anderson, 1999. Photos (copies) from Norma DeWolfe of Whaletown store, dock, post office, ferry, 1970s.
Storage Range
Drawer 4
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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1976
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown, taken from the water. (check)
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0436
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Whaletown, taken from the water. (check)
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Aerial view of Whaletown and Whaletown Bay from the northwest

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.370
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1968
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 2
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Air transport
Transportation
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1977-1979
Scope and Content
Rules and regulations governing the operation of the Whaletown cemetery, letter from the Province, cemetery report 1979.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
3
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1977-1979
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
Rules and regulations governing the operation of the Whaletown cemetery, letter from the Province, cemetery report 1979.
Storage Location
1-49
Storage Range
1-49
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2017.009
Date Range
[197?-19??]
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to the Whaletown Cemetery, including original draft of "Rules and Regulations Governing the Operation of the Whaletown Cemetery, Whaletown, B.C." (1970s), Whaletown Cemetery Board meeting minutes, a map of the old cemetery, and newspaper clipping of obituaries for Norene Kvello and Richard Irwin Teames. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
5
File Number
13
Accession Number
2017.009
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[197?-19??]
Scope and Content
Series consists of documents pertaining to the Whaletown Cemetery, including original draft of "Rules and Regulations Governing the Operation of the Whaletown Cemetery, Whaletown, B.C." (1970s), Whaletown Cemetery Board meeting minutes, a map of the old cemetery, and newspaper clipping of obituaries for Norene Kvello and Richard Irwin Teames. Series was removed from a binder when accessioned.
Storage Location
2-20
Storage Range
2-20
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
Whaletown
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Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2004.004
Date Range
1998-2001
Scope and Content
File contains material re Transport Canada's divestment of the wharf.
Part Of
Regional Director of Area I (Cortes Island) fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2002.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
4
File Number
9
Accession Number
2004.004
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1998-2001
Scope and Content
File contains material re Transport Canada's divestment of the wharf.
Storage Location
4-53
Storage Range
4-53
Name Access
Sirk, George
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
6
File Number
4
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1921-1960
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the contentious sale of the piano in 1960 along with correspondence documenting the purchase of the piano in 1921 and subsequent correspondence regarding its ownership. The material was gathered together by Gilean Douglas in 1960. The original file also contained insurance records; they are in File 6-5.
Storage Location
1-36
Storage Range
1-36
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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