Bill Dungate collection
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- Date Range
- [1910s-1990s]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- This fonds contains over 600 photographs, prints, negatives, and slides depicting people, places, and events in the history of Houston and the surrounding area from the early 1910s and early 1990s. It also includes 22 pages of typewritten notes about Houston's early history.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 638+ negatives, slides, prints, and photographs
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- [1910s-1990s]
- History / Biographical
- William 'Bill' Dungate was born in Vernon in 1909 and moved to Houston with his family as a young boy. The Dungates ran a farm in the area for 10 years before moving to Prince Rupert. Bill returned to Houston as an adult with his wife, Betty (nee Aitken) and they raised their daughter, Nora, on a farm near town. In addition to farming, Bill worked in the logging industry, as a weatherman for the Forest Service, and as a community photographer. He also collected and restored many historic photographs from the Houston area. Betty played a major role in the development of the Women's Institute and the recording of Houston's history in the book "Marks on the Forest Floor." Bill recieved the Queen's Jubilee Medal for his contributions to the community in 1978, and both he and Betty were declared Freemen of Houston in 1985. Bill Dungate died in 1993 and Betty in 2004. (For more detailed info, see Finding Aid).
- Custodial History
- The photographs, prints, negatives, and slides in this fonds were all created or collected by Bill Dungate during his lifetime. Many of the older negatives (pre-1960s) are reproductions of historic photographs lent to him by locals for copying, whereas many of the newer ones (1960s onwards) were taken by Dungate himself. The textual records were likely produced by the Houston Centennial '71 Committee. These items eventually came into the ownership of Dino Laramee, who donated them to the Bulkley Valley Museum on two dates; one prior to 2020 and the other August 12th 2021. All items have been consolidated under the accession number 2021.23.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds contains over 600 photographs, prints, negatives, and slides depicting people, places, and events in the history of Houston and the surrounding area from the early 1910s and early 1990s. It also includes 22 pages of typewritten notes about Houston's early history.
- Arrangement
- Fonds has been arranged into two series: S1) Visual records, and S2) Textual records.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Notes
- Not all of the original donation (1000+ photos) has been retained. Of those kept, a representative sample of those with identifiable context and relevance to the Museum’s mandate were selected for scanning and accessioning into the database. Many additional and/or unidentified negatives, photographs, and slides are also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description