20*10
N. L. BARLEE, COLLECTION AND FAMILY PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1859-1950 |
| Extent |
approx. 3 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Restrictions |
Permission needed from N. L.
Barlee an appointment is necessary available to approved and accredited
researchers only. |
| Summary |
Collection consists primarily of
documents pertaining to mining in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
|
20*10*01
F. R. S. BARLEE, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1869-1902 |
| Extent |
250+ items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; photographs |
| Summary |
Diary and personal letters of F.
R. S. Barlee telling of his journeys to and exploits at the Stikine, Atlin and
Klondike gold rushes; photographs of northern British Columbia, and of his
family and home in Lakefield, Ontario. Includes his letters to the Strickland
family in Lakefield. |
20*10*02*01
CHINESE COLLECTION, QUESNEL FORKS COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1891-1942 |
| Extent |
400+ items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; map; photographs
|
| Summary |
Business and some personal
correspondence, a map of Quesnel Forks, and some photographs belonging to
Chinese who ran a store for gold miners in the Quesnel Forks area. |
| Language(s) |
English and Chinese. |
20*10*02*02
CHINESE COLLECTION, YALE COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1869-1884 |
| Extent |
20 itmes |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| General
Note |
Most of the financial records
written in Chinese have been translated. |
| Summary |
Financial records and business
letters from the On Lee Store of Yale. Includes a Chinese banker's book with
details of loans made and amount of gold dust weighed. |
| Language(s) |
Chinese and English |
20*10*03
JOHN MORGAN HARRIS, PAPERS AND COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1892-1954 |
| Bulk
Dates |
1898-1918 |
| Extent |
1000+ items |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text; maps |
| Summary |
Business records for the Reco
Milling and Mining Company, Reco Hotel, the City of Sandon, and the Sandon
Electric Power and Light Company as well as the private papers of John Harris,
a mine owner and businessman in Sandon. Includes: correspondence concerning
litigation which went to the Supreme Court of Canada and the Judical Committee
of the Privy Council; reports of the Mine Owners' Association and the Pinkerton
Detective Agency on mining unions in Sandon; Reco Hotel registers; hand drawn
mining maps and maps of the Nakusp and Slocan Railway (a CPR subsidiary) 1890s;
and a townsite map of Sandon 1942. |
20*10*04
MAP COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1859-1934 |
| Extent |
370 items |
| Type of
Unit |
maps & plans |
| Summary |
Original maps and prints
pertaining to mining and mining locations in British Columbia and the Yukon
Territory. Includes: a bird's eye view of Dawson City, Y.T., town plans, mining
and railroad maps of assorted places in British Columbia including Grand Forks
and Greenwood, as well as maps by George Mercer Dawson. |
20*10*05
MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1858-1942 |
| Extent |
approx. 1 m. |
| Type of
Unit |
ms. & text |
| Summary |
Correspondence, minutes and other
records pertaining primarily to mining in British Columbia. Includes: minutes
of Western Federation of Miners in Sandon 1898-1899, mining records from
Hedley, and Canadian Pacific Railway records from Cascade. |
20*10*06
PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1858-1976 |
| Extent |
125 items |
| Type of
Unit |
paintings, drawings & prints
|
| Summary |
Paintings, drawings and prints
representing scenes of and characters from the Interior of British Columbia.
Includes: a signed and annotated Frederick Whymper 1863 watercolor of Williams
Creek and Barkerville; Irvine Adams pastels. |
20*10*07
PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1868-1979 |
| Extent |
approx. 1100 items |
| Type of
Unit |
photographs |
| Summary |
Albums and photographs taken by
E. A. Hegg, the Muirhead Brothers, Larss and Duclos, Asahel Curtis, W. J.
Carpenter, R. H. Trueman and approximately 20 other amateur and professional
photographers of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. |
20*15
TOM EDWARDS, COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive
Dates |
1912- |
| Extent |
approx. 120 items |
| Type of
Unit |
prints |
| Restrictions |
An appointment is necessary.
|
| Summary |
Fruit labels. |
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