Collection

Interior News fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Fonds No.

BF5

Series No.

S4

Item No.

P8499

Accession No.

2020.36

Physical Description

1 photograph; b&w

Scan Resolution

300 dpi

Date Range

[1930s-1940s]

History / Biographical

Bill Cocks was the son of William Cocks and Henrietta Reynolds, who were among the first couples married in the new town of Smithers (1913). The family settled in a log cabin at Quick and made a farm there which eventually passed to Bill Jr. June was the daughter of Katie and Alfred Giddings, who moved to Telkwa in 1923.

Custodial History

Photo was submitted to the Interior News for publication by Bonnie Mickalow in the 1990s or early 2000s. It was retained by the News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.

Scope and Content

Photo of Bill Cocks Jr. and his wife June Giddings, probably in the 1930s-40s.

Arrangement

Item was found in an envelope with other submitted photographs. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.

Notes

Modern reprint

Type of Record

Archival Description

Less detail