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Sheila Peters - Digital Items
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9146
- Date Range
- 2007-2018
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- electronic record
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of 9 CDs containing 51 audio recordings from Sheila Peters' radio show, In the Shadow of the Mountain (2014-2018), and one PowerPoint about the Highway 16 Missing Women Visual Arts Exhibition (2007); as well as a Word Document about the 1982 plane crash in which Emil Mesich was kill…
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Creator
- Sheila Peters
- Fonds No.
- PF31
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 2019.8
- Physical Description
- 9 CDs containing 51 .mp3 files (3.53 GB) and 1 PPT (94 MB); 1 Word Document (19.3 MB)
- Date Range
- 2007-2018
- Publication
- CICK Smithers Community Radio
- History / Biographical
- Sheila Peters is an author, journalist, artist, radio show host and activist who lived in Smithers from 1976 to 2018.
- Custodial History
- Items were donated by Sheila Peters on March 10th 2019.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of 9 CDs containing 51 audio recordings from Sheila Peters' radio show, In the Shadow of the Mountain (2014-2018), and one PowerPoint about the Highway 16 Missing Women Visual Arts Exhibition (2007); as well as a Word Document about the 1982 plane crash in which Emil Mesich was killed (originally appeared on Peters' blog in 2017).
- Notes
- In the Shadow of the Mountain interviewees include Richard Wagamese, Valerie Laub, Grace Hols, Eden Robinson, Janet Rogers, Caroline Woodward, Ann Cleeves, Josh Massey, Ev Bishop, Carol Shaben, Tricia Dower, Al Rempel, Neil Sterritt, Kathy Page, Jennifer Manuel, Matt Simmons, Joan Haggerty, RM Greenaway, Laurie Carter, Janet Romain, Graeme Pole, Don Precosky, Bob Hays, Jay Sherwood, River Wilde, Morgan Hite, Theresa Kishkan, Sarah de Leeuw, Dorothy Giesbrecht, Mark Thibeault, Terry Milos, Harold Feddersen, Thom Henley, Gillian Wigmore, Danica Boyce, Patricia Hetherington, and Donna Kane.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Sheila Peters - Ephemera
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9149
- Date Range
- 1998
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a poster, advertisement, and bookmark related to "Canyon Creek: a script." The bookmark has a mail order form attached. The poster and advertisement promote a reading of the book by Sheila Peters at the Museum of Northern B.C. on December 11th 1998, in conjunction with "Canyon Cr…
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Creator
- Sheila Peters
- Fonds No.
- PF31
- Series No.
- S4
- Accession No.
- 2019.8
- Physical Description
- <1 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date Range
- 1998
- History / Biographical
- Sheila Peters is an author, journalist, artist, radio show host and activist who lived in Smithers from 1976 to 2018.
- Custodial History
- Items were donated by Sheila Peters on March 10th 2019.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a poster, advertisement, and bookmark related to "Canyon Creek: a script." The bookmark has a mail order form attached. The poster and advertisement promote a reading of the book by Sheila Peters at the Museum of Northern B.C. on December 11th 1998, in conjunction with "Canyon Creek: an exhibit."
- Geographic Access
- Canyon Creek
- Prince Rupert, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Sheila Peters - Maps
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9899
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Series contains three hand-annotated maps of the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en territories.
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Creator
- Sheila Peters
- Fonds No.
- PF31
- Series No.
- S5
- Accession No.
- 2019.8
- Physical Description
- 3 maps
- History / Biographical
- Sheila Peters is an author, journalist, artist, radio show host and activist who lived in Smithers from 1976 to 2018.
- Custodial History
- Items were donated by Sheila Peters on March 10th 2019, and may have originally been given to her by Richard Overstall. Map 1 (Traditional Boundaries of the Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Territories) was found in collections on September 14th 2020; Map 2 (Territory of Wah Tah Keg'ht) was found in collections in early June 2021; Map 3 (map with Indigenous historical notes on the Gyedamskahish, Ootsa Lake, and Burns Lake areas) was found in collections in September 2021.
- Scope and Content
- Series contains three hand-annotated maps of the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en territories.
- Subject Access
- Gitxsan
- Witsuwit'en
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Sheila Peters - Publications
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9148
- Date Range
- 1998
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the book "Canyon Creek: a script" by Sheila Peters.
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Sheila Peters
- Fonds No.
- PF31
- Series No.
- S3
- Accession No.
- 2019.8
- Physical Description
- 0.4 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1998
- Publication
- Creekstone Press Ltd., Smithers B.C., Canada, 1998
- History / Biographical
- Sheila Peters is an author, journalist, artist, radio show host and activist who lived in Smithers from 1976 to 2018.
- Custodial History
- Items were donated by Sheila Peters on March 10th 2019.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the book "Canyon Creek: a script" by Sheila Peters.
- Geographic Access
- Canyon Creek
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Sheila Peters - Research and Drafts
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9147
- Date Range
- [1994-1996]
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of research notes and sources for Canyon Creek (written on note cards) and a draft copy of “Lot 1196: Canyon Creek: The Wet’suwet’en and the Bulkley Valley Settlers.”
- Collection
- Sheila Peters fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Sheila Peters
- Fonds No.
- PF31
- Series No.
- S2
- Accession No.
- 2019.8
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- [1994-1996]
- History / Biographical
- Sheila Peters is an author, journalist, artist, radio show host and activist who lived in Smithers from 1976 to 2018.
- Custodial History
- Items were donated by Sheila Peters on March 10th 2019.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of research notes and sources for Canyon Creek (written on note cards) and a draft copy of “Lot 1196: Canyon Creek: The Wet’suwet’en and the Bulkley Valley Settlers.”
- Subject Access
- Witsuwit'en
- Geographic Access
- Canyon Creek
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
P.E. Sands and E.S. Peters in Prince George
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12302
- Date Range
- July 27, 1930
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of P.E. Sands and Prince George sheriff E.S. Peters seated in the car that made the first automobile trip to Hazelton in 1911.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Ashael Curtis
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P5305
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- July 27, 1930
- History / Biographical
- The Golden Twilight Caravan drove from Seattle to Hazelton over the summer of 1930 in order to advocate the creation of an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific highway. The trip was led by P.E. Sands, head of the Sands Motor Company, in the same Studebaker car he had driven from Seattle to Hazelton in 1911.
- Custodial History
- No donor information known; possibly acquired around 2009-2012.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of P.E. Sands and Prince George sheriff E.S. Peters seated in the car that made the first automobile trip to Hazelton in 1911.
- Geographic Access
- Prince George, B.C.
- Notes
- "Sheriff E.S. Peters of Prince George, B.C., riding with Mr. P.E. Sands of Seattle in the old E.M.F. that made the first automobile trip to Hazelton, B.C. in August 1911. It was a happy reunion when the two old friends met again the other day - this time Mr. Sands bringing with him, besides the old car, a brand new 1930 model. City Hall of Prince George in background."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Fred LePage and Sheila Jackson wedding party
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7898
- Date Range
- 1961
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6609
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w; 25.2 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1961
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Back row, left to right: Johnnie Brinkac, Benny Hubbard, Steve Marco, Fred LePage, June Herdman (nee LePage), Dianne Herman, Irene LePage. Flower girls left to right: Aline LePage and Judy Jackson Previously identified as the Low family, with Junior bridesmaid on the right as Joanne Low.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Interview with Sheila Hagman
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12229
- Date Range
- June 14 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Sheila Hagman, recorded June 14 2021 at the Old Church by Geri Britton. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Geri Britton
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.23
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.60 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- June 14 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Sheila Hagman, recorded June 14 2021 at the Old Church by Geri Britton. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Sheila Hagman - June 15, 2021
Interview with Sheila Hagman - June 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.23_Hagman,%20Sheila/Hagman,%20Sheila%202021_06_14.ACCESS.mp3
Leaving the farm to move to Smithers, big changes in family dynamics.
keywords
adjustment; beef; chickens; crop farmer; Cutknife, Saskatchewan; family; farm; French; high school; Houston; pigs; train
subjects
family; farm
What high school was like in Smithers and later going to college to get a G.E.D.
keywords
auditorium; college; dances; French; GED; grade 11; grades; graduate; Mr. Ruiter; party; teachers
subjects
graduation; school
Hagman's family leaving Germany and coming to Canada as settlers and breaking the land.
keywords
Cutknife, Saskatchewan; German; house; power; Russian; Swift Current, Saskatchewan; wagon; water; winter
subjects
family; settlers
What it was like to live in Smithers and what Hagman would do to keep herself busy.
keywords
12th Avenue; 14th Avenue; apartment; bike; Bulkley Valley; electricity; garden; Goodacre's; house; ice skating; marriage; running water; Saturday matinee; snowball fights; tobogganing; town; trailer; TV; Vancouver
subjects
family; fun; house; Smithers
Why Sheila Hagman moved around so often and decided to stay in Smithers. As well as all the things Hagman loved about Smithers.
keywords
1967; bus stop; coffee shop; dances; disabilities; garage; handicap; highways; Hilltop; hotel; Houston; Mrs. Van Horn; Otto Hagman; pool hall; Shelly Hagman; Smithers; Smithers International Sales; strippers; Super Valu; truck driver; Vancouver
subjects
How running stores in Smithers was like and switching between four shops in one lifetime.
keywords
1982; 1996; Bank of Montreal; cigarettes; Edmonton; Fashion Plus; gift shop; hats; Heartstrings; hockey cards; land; lottery; Main Street; Mark's Work Wearhouse; photo finisher; post office; real estate; Rex Henry; shoe buying; Smithers; Smithers Video; stress; video store; water
subjects
business; Mark's Work Wearhouse; Smithers; Smithers Video
The time that a pipe broke in a new shop right after purchase and the Hagmans had to go to court.
keywords
1992; adjuster; broke; court battle; mall; pipe; staff; water; Zellers
subjects
court battle; flood; lawsuit
The struggle of getting diagnosed with cancer while running two businesses.
keywords
Bill Sullivan; bookkeeper; breast cancer; cancer; father; manager; Mark's Work Wearhouse; story; Terrace
subjects
cancer
What life was like taking care of a child with a disability, working, and losing a husband all in the same year.
keywords
care home; computer programmer; condo; Dana Gorban; dog; friendly; husband; partner; Smithers; stamping; Vancouver
subjects
care home; disability; Shelly Hagman
Lyle Flint and Sheila Mortensen
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7893
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6604
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w; 25.2 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Lyle Flint and Sheila Mortensen wedding party
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7892
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6603
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w; 25.2 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- L-R: John Mortensen, Billy Flint, Lyle Flint, Sheila Mortensen, Betty Flint, Gene Becker.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
![[?], [?], Sheila Hoops, and Ernest Hoops. (Images are provided for educational and research purposes only. Other use requires permission, please contact the Museum.) thumbnail](/media/All%20Numbered%20Photographs/P5800-P5899/P5829.jpg?width=1200)
[?], [?], Sheila Hoops, and Ernest Hoops
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5957
- Date Range
- [1924-1926]
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information from the donor.
- Fonds No.
- PF24
- Series No.
- P
- File No.
- File 4
- Item No.
- P5829
- Accession No.
- 2017.114
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 14 x 8.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- [1924-1926]
- Notes
- Sheila would be 8 or 10 years old in this photograph.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Photo is public domain.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Sheila Hoops' first communion
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5942
- Date Range
- May 31, 1925
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information written on back.
- Fonds No.
- PF24
- Series No.
- P
- File No.
- File 4
- Item No.
- P5814
- Accession No.
- 2017.114
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 16 x 11.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- May 31, 1925
- Notes
- Written on back: "Confirmation & First Communion [Class?] [?] [Tona Bramford?] Fr. Allard J[?] [?] Bishop Bunoz who married us Fr. Allard [?] met him our priest now [?] May 31st 1925 - Parocial [sic] house Smithers"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Sheila Hoops, Iona and Art on a horse
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5939
- Date Range
- [1924]
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Ernest Mostyn Hoops fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information on back of photograph and from donor.
- Fonds No.
- PF24
- Series No.
- P
- File No.
- File 4
- Item No.
- P5811
- Accession No.
- 2017.114
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: sepia; 13.5 x 8 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- [1924]
- Notes
- Written on back: "mom, Iona & her brother Art around 8 yrs old (1924?)"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Sheila Mortensen (Flint) on her wedding day
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7894
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6605
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w; 20 x 25.2 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- December 1, 1968
- History / Biographical
- Groom was Lyle Flint.
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Smithers Elks Lodge celebration, Sheila Clarkston on a bike
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions6497
- Date Range
- 1962 or 1963
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P6236
- Accession No.
- 2018.31
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1962 or 1963
- Subject Access
- Smithers Elks Lodge No. 240
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Written on the back of the photograph: "Sheila Clarkston"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Aida Family fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5884
- Date Range
- [1929-1946; 2008]
- Collection
- Aida Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual record
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes records collected and created by the Aida Family. Records include Tetsuo's school certificates, Aida Cleaners signs and photographs.
Aida Family fonds
Fonds No. PF5
Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records, 26 photographs, 3 postcards, 1 compact disc
Date Range: [1929 – 1946; 2008]
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Kintaro Aida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1888, and immigrated to Canada in 1906, completing part
- Collection
- Aida Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- PF5
- Accession No.
- 2015.13
- 2017.89
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- 26 photographs
- 3 postcards
- 1 CD
- Date Range
- [1929-1946; 2008]
- History / Biographical
- The Aidas were a Japanese-Canadian family who lived in Smithers during the 1920s-1940s. Kintaro Aida, born in Tokyo in 1888, immigrated to Canada in 1906 and married Sadako Fuseya-Wanibe, who had come to Canada from Japan in 1909. The couple had three sons in Prince Rupert - Tatsuo 'Tat' (b. 1916), Fujio 'Joe' (b. 1917), and Tetuso 'Ben' (b. 1919) - before moving to Smithers. Two more children - a son named Asao and a daughter named Sumiko - were born here in 1927 and 1929 respectively. Kintaro ran a tailor shop and rooming house, while Sadako managed a laundry. Sadako, Asao and Sumiko visited family in Japan shortly before the outbreak of World War II and were unable to return home until after the war. Asao got married in Japan and remained there. The rest of the Aida family moved to Stouffville, Ontario in the late 1940s. For more information, see finding aid.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes records collected and created by the Aida Family. Records include Tetsuo's school certificates, Aida Cleaners signs and photographs.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Alan Pickard fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5907
- Date Range
- 2001-2020
- Collection
- Alan Pickard fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains records related to Alan Pickard’s historical research. It is divided into two series based on the content of the research and the author’s own organization: Telkwa High Road History and Place Name Stories.
Alan Pickard fonds
Fonds No. PF23
Accession No. 2017.44, 2019.23, 2020.2, 2020.41
Physical Description: 1.71 GB of electronic records
Date Range: 2001-2020
Location: Z:\Digital Fonds and Collections\Alan Pickard
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Alan Pickard was born and raised in New
- Collection
- Alan Pickard fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Alan Pickard
- Fonds No.
- PF23
- Accession No.
- 2017.44
- 2019.23
- 2020.2
- 2020.41
- Physical Description
- 1.71 GB of electronic records
- Date Range
- 2001-2020
- History / Biographical
- Alan Pickard was born and raised in New Zealand. He met his wife, Anne, while visiting Calgary en route to Europe. They moved to the Bulkley Valley in 1970, working here for a few months before moving to Kitimat for four years. Afterwards, they returned to Smithers and built a log cabin on Telkwa High Road. The two were frequent international travelers, dividing their time between the Bulkley Valley and locations such as Alaska, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand. Pickard began researching early settler history of the Bulkley Valley in 1998. He initially focused on the Telkwa High Road and the two telegraph lines that ran along it: the Collins Overland telegraph (1866) and the Yukon telegraph (1900). His interests then broadened to include early trails, roads and bridges, early (pre-1914) settlers, place names, and maps. Pickard’s use of original sources (books, archival records, etc.) in his research led to him collecting documents such as early mining claims, Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company trading posts, and land surveys in the Bulkley Valley. Pickard’s research is a continuation of the work of other researchers, including local historian Lynn Shervill, author of “Smithers: From Swamp to Village,” and John Tupper Saywell. He also assisted Kate Smallwood with her book “Kate’s Selection,” published in 2005. In addition to his historical research, Pickard served as the Chairman of the Smithers Library Board, was a member of the Bulkley Valley Writers’ Group, contributed articles to the Interior News, staked mining claims, worked as an electrician, and wrote poetry (his volume being the first book printed by Bulkley Valley Printers). In 2005, Alan and Anne Pickard returned to New Zealand, where they currently reside.
- Custodial History
- Records were collected and created throughout Pickard’s research activities. Items were donated by Alan Pickard on June 29th 2017, July 22nd 2019, January 15th 2020, and October 18th 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains records related to Alan Pickard’s historical research. It is divided into two series based on the content of the research and the author’s own organization: Telkwa High Road History and Place Name Stories.
- Arrangement
- Items have been retained in the original order established by their creator (Alan Pickard). Duplicate records and empty folders have been deleted. Original order of the file structure has been screencapped and can be referred to if needed.
- Geographic Access
- Bulkley Valley
- Smithers, B.C.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Records collected for reference by Alan Pickard may or may not be protected by copyright. These include PDF articles and images.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Albert George Shepherd fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5003
- Date Range
- 1971
- Collection
- Albert George Shepherd fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains Shepherd’s personal memoirs entitled “Rural Memories” and “History of Schools in District #54 (Smithers)".
Albert George Shepherd fonds
Fonds No. PF13
Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records
Date Range: 1971
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Albert George Shepherd was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 14, 1914. When he was four
years old, he moved to Hubert, B.C. with his family
- Collection
- Albert George Shepherd fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Albert George Shepherd
- Fonds No.
- PF13
- Accession No.
- 1979.143
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1971
- History / Biographical
- Albert George Shepherd was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 14, 1914. When he was four years-old, he moved to Hubert, B.C. with his family and was on one of the last wagons to cross the bridge at Hubert before it was washed out. His family moved to the Bulkley Valley to make their fortune in farming. Shepherd was educated at the only school in Round Lake, and later worked on Joe Bourgon’s farm in the early 1930s before purchasing his own farm in the Round Lake area. In 1938, he married Grace Phillips, a school teacher, and the couple had a son (James) and a daughter (Sally). Shepherd was the manager of the Bulkley Valley seed cleaning plant for two years; he later became the northern representative (McBride to Terrace) for the Canadian Farm and Loan Board. After selling his farm in 1948, he was employed by Bulkley Valley Collieries for a year, and also worked as a woods foreman for the TFM Mills in Telkwa, B.C. In 1951, he went into partnership with his father-in-law, Bob Phillips, for two years. He was elected as a school trustee in 1952 and, later, secretary-treasurer of the Smithers and District School Board. Although Shepherd retired in 1976, he was appointed provincial government representative to the board of directors of Northwest Community College in 1977; director of the Telkwa Barbeque; director of the Telkwa Skating Rink; and served as rector warden for St. Stephens Anglican Church. His leisure diversions included woodworking, gardening, and the collection of pioneer artifacts. He died in Telkwa, B.C., on February 16, 1981.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains Shepherd’s personal memoirs entitled “Rural Memories” and “History of Schools in District #54 (Smithers)".
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Albert William Vinson fonds
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- Date Range
- 1946-1950; 2009; 2011
- Collection
- Albert William Vinson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds is organized into five series, reflecting Vinson’s various endeavours:
Albert William Vinson fonds
Fonds No. PF18
Physical Description: 6.4 cm of textual records; 7 b&w photographs
Date Range: 1946-1950; 2009; 2011
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Albert William (Bill) Vinson was born in Basingstoke, England on May 26, 1909 and immigrated to Nova
Scotia
- Collection
- Albert William Vinson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- PF18
- Accession No.
- 2013.14
- Physical Description
- 6.4 cm of textual records
- 7 b&w photographs
- Date Range
- 1946-1950; 2009; 2011
- History / Biographical
- Albert William (Bill) Vinson was born in Basingtoke, England on May 26, 1909 and immigrated to Nova Scotia in April, 1910. Vinson was Game Warden in Smithers, B.C., from November 1, 1946 to August 31, 1948. Vinson also owned and operated Smithers Second Hand Store until it burned down on February 2, 1949. During 1948, he was a polling station Deputy Returning Officer. On November 8, 2011, Vinson passed away in Prince George, B.C. For further information, see finding aid.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds is organized into five series, reflecting Vinson’s various endeavours:
- 1. Personal records
- 2. Smithers Second Hand Shop
- 3. Game Warden
- 4. Deputy Return Officer
- 5. Photographs
- Records include correspondence, receipts, forms, personal documents and reports.
- Arrangement
- No original order exists and the arrangment is an artificial one produced by the Archivist (March 2017).
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Alfred Coldwell Fowler fonds
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- Date Range
- [1890-1970]
- Collection
- Alfred Coldwell Fowler fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of certificates which depict the achievements of Fowler during his life time. Fowler received certificates for his baptism and confirmation, as well as from the Town of Smithers and the Rotary Club of Smithers.
Alfred Coldwell Fowler fonds
Fonds No. PF14
Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records
Date Range: [1890-1970]
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Alfred Coldwell Fowler was born to Alfred Fowler (Sr.) and Mary Isobel Caldwell in Headingly, Manitoba,
on January 27, 1889. He was the third
- Collection
- Alfred Coldwell Fowler fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- PF14
- Accession No.
- 1980.168
- 1981.51
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- [1890-1970]
- History / Biographical
- Alfred Coldwell Fowler was born in Headingly, Manitoba, on January 27, 1890. He moved with his family to Armstrong, B.C. in 1905, finally settling in Smithers in 1927. He married Muriel Spencer on May 3, 1921, and together they had five children: Muriel, Mary, Jean, Robert and Joyce. Fowler was co-owner of the Smithers Lumber Yard (with Reg Collison) and bought out of the partnership in 1951. He was also President of the Chamber of Commerce and was elected Chairman of the Village Council (1952-1963). Fowler passed away in 1974 at the age of 85. For more information, see finding aid.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of certificates which depict the achievements of Fowler during his life time. Fowler received certificates for his baptism and confirmation, as well as from the Town of Smithers and the Rotary Club of Smithers.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description