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Joseph L. Coyle and Mr. James Kirby
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2295
- Date Range
- ca 1962
- 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.
- P1535
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.72
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: colour; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1962
- History / Biographical
- Written on top front of photo: "at Mrs. Whitakers - 1962" & at bottom: Dad & Mr. Kirby - Vancouver" On back of photo" (both lived to be centenarions); Joseph Coyle - James Kirby at Mr. Kirby's cousins(?) Home West Vancouver 1962"
- Notes
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Joseph L. Coyle and Mr. Murphy standing in the streets in Aldermere.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2249
- Date Range
- ca May 1911
- 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.
- P1488
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.25
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: b&w; 13.5 x.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- ca May 1911
- Geographic Access
- Aldemere, B.C.
- Notes
- 1 Photograph: b&w; 17 x 10.5 cm; Both photographs have information written on back Joseph L. Coyle and Mr. Murphy (telegraph operator in Aldermere until 1913) standing in the streets in Aldermere.
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Joseph L. Coyle and Wiggs O'Neil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2291
- Date Range
- August 1962
- 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.
- P1531
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.68
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: b&w; 9.0 x 9.0 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- August 1962
- Notes
- Written on back of photograph: "Joseph L. Coyle chatting with Wiggs O'Neil - 1962. Two old-timers meeting again: 'Wiggs' and Dad, Smithers, B.C. Summer 1962".
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Joseph L. Coyle at the Centenial Pavillion
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2293
- Date Range
- April 1971
- 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.
- P1533
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.70
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: Colour; 9.0 x 9.0 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1971
- Notes
- Written on back of photograph: "Joseph L. Coyle in foreground; Dad in foreground, Centennial Pavilion Centenial awards, Apr. 1971, Grace McCarthy, president".
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Joseph L. Coyle fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5415
- Date Range
- [1910; 1916; 1942]
- Collection
- Joseph L. Coyle fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes correspondence and ephemera. Ephemera includes business cards and signs for egg-safety cartons, as well as an order book for his company: Coyle-Riegle Specialty Co.
Joseph L. Coyle fonds
Fonds No. PF16
Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records
Date Range: [1910; 1916; 1942]
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch
Joseph Leopold Coyle was born in Ontario on May 31, 1871 and began his career as clean-up and
delivery boy to the Walkerton Telescope
- Collection
- Joseph L. Coyle fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- PF16
- Accession No.
- 1987.1
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- [1910; 1916; 1942]
- History / Biographical
- Joseph Leopold Coyle was born in Ontario in 1871 and began his career as a journalist apprentice. Coyle first moved to New Jersey, then Alaska, before settling in the Bulkley Valley in 1906. He founded several newspapers, including the Omineca Herald, Bulkley Pioneer and Interior news. He is best known for inventing the egg carton in 1911, patented 1918, settling a dispute between a farmer and hotel owner near Aldermere, B.C, over broken eggs being delivered. While the original carton was created by hand, Coyle later designed, engineered and fabricated a machine for the mass production of egg cartons in Smithers. To finance this endeavor, Coyle sold his interests in the Interior News, as well as all of his holdings in the Bulkley Valley. He later moved his base of operations first to Vancouver, B.C., and then to Los Angeles, California. Coyle also invented other items, such as a coin counter/separator, an automobile anti-theft club and a pocket cigar-cutter. Coyle passed away in New Westminster, B.C. on April 18, 1972.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes correspondence and ephemera. Ephemera includes business cards and signs for egg-safety cartons, as well as an order book for his company: Coyle-Riegle Specialty Co.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Joseph L. Coyle with daughter Ellen and playmate Violet Whitlow at McNeil's Store in Aldermere.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2247
- Date Range
- May 18, 1913
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Item No.
- P1486
- Accession No.
- 987.1.23
- Scan Resolution
- 96dpi
- Date Range
- May 18, 1913
- History / Biographical
- Ellen and Violet were the only two children in Aldermere at this time.
- Geographic Access
- Aldermere, B.C.
- Notes
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Coyle
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2257
- Date Range
- 1908
- 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.
- P1496
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.33
- Physical Description
- 1 Postcard: sepia; 14 x 8.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1908
- Notes
- 1 Photograph: b&w; 18 x 11.5 Mrs. Winnifred Coyle with husband Joseph Coyle and daughter Ellen, Mrs. Davey Scott and two unidentified people (one man and one woman). Addressed to "Miss Bradly, Port Essington, B.C." mailed from Kitselas Jul 4 08
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Interviews with Ellen Coyle Myton
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12237
- Date Range
- April 1987
- [1987]
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Ellen Myton (nee Coyle), daughter of egg carton inventor and Interior News founder Joseph Coyle. One was recorded in April 1987 by Carol Morgenthaler as part of a BVLD radio show. The other was recorded at an unknown date (prior to Myton's death around 1999) by Bulkley Valley Mu…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carol Morgenthaler
- Ruth Murdoch?
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.31
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 733 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- April 1987
- [1987]
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Ellen Myton (nee Coyle), daughter of egg carton inventor and Interior News founder Joseph Coyle. One was recorded in April 1987 by Carol Morgenthaler as part of a BVLD radio show. The other was recorded at an unknown date (prior to Myton's death around 1999) by Bulkley Valley Museum staff. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and MP3 access files.
- Notes
- Second interviewer unidentified but sounds like Ruth Murdoch.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ellen Coyle Myton - April 1987?
Ellen Coyle Myton gives an overview of her father's career, from working a boyhood job at a newspaper office in Ontario, to becoming the founder of the Interior News in Aldermere.
keywords
Aldermere; careers; Juno, Alaska; Ontario; Telkwa; typesetting; Washington state
subjects
Interior News; Joseph Coyle
Myton recounts her memories of Aldermere, including the difficulty of receiving water and milk, the precise location of the town, and a sled that her father gave her when she was a little girl.
keywords
Aldermere Heights; childhood; Croteau's ranch; location of Aldermere; sleigh; Telkwa; Tona Hetherington
subjects
Aldermere
Myton describes how her father ran the Interior News as a one-man business in Aldermere, including what sort of news was reported and how it was gathered.
keywords
isolation; London, England; news; newspapers; printing; typesetting; winter
subjects
Aldermere; business; Interior News
Myton discusses her family's move to Smithers around 1913-14 and life in the town during its earliest days.
keywords
Bulkley Hotel; cars; clearing land; ditches; Doodson's butcher shop; Joseph Coyle; Muriel Adams; news; pack train; railroad; roads
subjects
childhood; Interior News; Smithers
Myton describes where her family moved after Smithers and how her father's egg carton business expanded over the following years.
keywords
1920s; business; California; Depression of 1920-1921; invention; Los Angeles; Vancouver
subjects
egg carton; Joseph Coyle
Myton describes her teaching career and adult life, including moves along the west coast and a vacation to Europe.
keywords
Bellingham, Washington; Europe; New Westminster; retirement; Santa Monica, California; teaching
subjects
careers; Ellen Coyle Myton
Having returned to Smithers for the 80th anniversary of the Interior News, Ellen Coyle Myton describes her impression of the town and how it has changed since she left.
keywords
anniversary; Interior News; old vs. new
subjects
Smithers
Interview with Ellen Coyle Myton - [1987?]
Interview begins with Ellen Coyle Myton discussing the Catholic missionary Father Godfrey (Eichelsbacher), who baptized her as a child, as well as the Anglican Church that her mother attended in Telkwa. Note: interview starts mid-sentence without any introduction.
keywords
Anglicanism; baptism; Catholicism; Father Godfrey Eichelsbacher; mass; missionary; priest; Telkwa Anglican Church; worship
subjects
religion
Myton shares her childhood memories of Smithers, including the time she fell in the Main Street ditch.
keywords
Adams Drugstore; Jean Kilpatrick; Main Street ditch; Muriel Adams
subjects
childhood; Smithers
Myton describes her father's invention of the egg carton and how her family supported itself after leaving Smithers.
keywords
Depression of 1920-1921; Interior News; Jack McNeil; Los Angeles; Patrick Coyle; Vancouver
subjects
egg carton; inventions; Joseph Coyle
Subject changes abruptly (mid-sentence) to outings and social events in early Smithers, as well as Joseph Coyle's ranch and brick-making business in Tatlow. Interview ends without a proper conclusion.
keywords
berry picking; boating; brick-making business; cars; Chicken Lake; fishing; gatherings; Joseph Coyle; kiln; Lake Kathlyn; Moricetown; outdoors; picnics; salmon; Tatlow; Witset
subjects
outings; Smithers; social events
Ephemera, egg-safety carton
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5569
- Date Range
- [1942]
- Collection
- Joseph L. Coyle fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes ephemera produced for Joseph Coyle's egg carton business, including two business cards and an ink blotter.
- Collection
- Joseph L. Coyle fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Joseph Coyle
- Fonds No.
- PF16
- File No.
- File 4
- Item No.
- 1987.1.1
- 1987.1.2
- 1987.1.3
- Accession No.
- 1987.1
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- [1942]
- Scope and Content
- File includes ephemera produced for Joseph Coyle's egg carton business, including two business cards and an ink blotter.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver, B.C.
- London, Ont.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Smithers: From Swamp to Village
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- Date Range
- 1981
- Collection
- Lynn Shervill fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is the book "Smithers: From Swamp to Village" written by R. Lynn Shervill in 1981 for the 60th Anniversary Project for the Town of Smithers.
and the Methodist Church all
constructed houses of worship, an outdoor
skating rink was built, and a bridge was being
constructed across the Bulkley River at the foot of
Main Street.
Joseph L. Coyle, former editor of The Bulkley
Pioneer in Telkwa and The Omineca Herald in
Hazelton, moved his paper, The Interior
- Collection
- Lynn Shervill fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Lynn Shervill
- Fonds No.
- PF27
- Item No.
- 2017.17.1
- Accession No.
- 2017.17
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Standard No.
- ISBN 0-9690737-0-4
- Date Range
- 1981
- Publication
- Smithers, B.C.: Town of Smithers, 1981
- Scope and Content
- Item is the book "Smithers: From Swamp to Village" written by R. Lynn Shervill in 1981 for the 60th Anniversary Project for the Town of Smithers.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Three photographs do not appear in the digital copy of this item due to copyright.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Smithers 75th Homecoming Supplement
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- Date Range
- June 26, 1996
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- newspaper
- Scope and Content
- Celebration of 75th anniversary of Smithers' incorporation as a village.
, B.C.
YEARS OF FLAVOUR,
YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP!
40
�Memories: Early Smithers and Main Street
SMITHERS townsite, 1913
Ellen Coyle Myton (daughter of Joseph Coyle,
founder of Interior News)
"I was three ... when we moved to Smithers
[1913/14] and six when we left... I remember the
ditch very well
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Accession No.
- 2020.6.80
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Date Range
- June 26, 1996
- History / Biographical
- Printed in the Interior News and Houston Today.
- Scope and Content
- Celebration of 75th anniversary of Smithers' incorporation as a village.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Place Name Stories of the Bulkley Valley, Book 1
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- Date Range
- 2019-2020
- Collection
- Alan Pickard fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is the compiled book "Place Name Stories of the Bulkley Valley, Book 1" written by Alan Pickard. Place names include Aldermere, Aldrich Lake, Barrett Place, Bigelow, Bulkley River, Canyon Creek, China Nose, Cronin Mountain, Debenture Creek, Dennis Lake, Dibble Place, Driftwood Creek, Elwyn Lak…
- Collection
- Alan Pickard fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Alan Pickard
- Fonds No.
- PF23
- Series No.
- SS1
- File No.
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2020.2.1
- Physical Description
- 28.4 mb PDF
- Standard No.
- ISBN 978-0-9739123-3-3
- Date Range
- 2019-2020
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publication
- Alan Pickard, January 11 2020
- Scope and Content
- Item is the compiled book "Place Name Stories of the Bulkley Valley, Book 1" written by Alan Pickard. Place names include Aldermere, Aldrich Lake, Barrett Place, Bigelow, Bulkley River, Canyon Creek, China Nose, Cronin Mountain, Debenture Creek, Dennis Lake, Dibble Place, Driftwood Creek, Elwyn Lake, Glacier House, Glentanna, Goathorn Creek, Government Ranch, Gramophone Creek, Harvey, Howson, Lake Kathlyn, Little Joe, Maney Creek, Meed Creek, Moricetown (Witset), Newitt Creek, Oschawwinna, Reiseter Creek, Roche Deboulez, Rose Lake, Round Lake, Seymour Lake, Simpson Creek, Telkwa High Road, Tenas Creek, Twin Creek, Tyhee Lake, Webster Creek, and Wilson Lake.
- Geographic Access
- Aldemere, B.C.
- Aldrich Lake, B.C.
- Barrett, B.C.
- Canyon Creek
- Debenture Creek
- Driftwood, B.C.
- Reiseter Creek
- Babine Mountains
- Bulkley River
- Bulkley Valley
- Cronin Basin
- Glentanna, B.C.
- Hagwilget, B.C.
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Moricetown, B.C.
- Witset, B.C.
- Rocher De Boule Mountain
- Round Lake, B.C.
- Seymour Lake, B.C.
- Tyhee Lake
- Notes
- Second edition of the book, including updated materials, donated January 2020, replacing the first edition.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Images included in the publication may or may not be protected by copyright, including images credited to the BC Archives.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Historical Writings
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- Date Range
- 2008-2019
- Collection
- Harry Kruisselbrink fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Series contains short articles and other historical writings by Harry Kruisselbrink including: Tribute to Gordon Hetherington, Crossing the Bulkley: A History of the Bulkley River Bridges, Smithers: BC's First Village, Fred Watson's Last Flight, The Dave Havard Story, as well as other short article…
{add=Gordon Hetherington – a tribute.
Gordon Stuart Hetherington was born in Smithers on March 14, 1923. He passed away in
Victoria, B.C. on March 20, 2017 just days after his 94th birthday.
Gordon’s roots in Smithers and the Bulkley Valley ran deep. His father, Joseph Harris
Hetherington, was born
- Collection
- Harry Kruisselbrink fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Harry Kruisselbrink
- Fonds No.
- PF32
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 2019.33
- 2020.18
- 2021.8
- Date Range
- 2008-2019
- Scope and Content
- Series contains short articles and other historical writings by Harry Kruisselbrink including: Tribute to Gordon Hetherington, Crossing the Bulkley: A History of the Bulkley River Bridges, Smithers: BC's First Village, Fred Watson's Last Flight, The Dave Havard Story, as well as other short articles about Gilbert Clarke Killam, James Kirby, Sadie Hadley and D.C. Sangster, Werner (Vern) Dettwiler, Art Priestly written by Kruisselbrink. Some articles were published in Autumn Leaves (produced by the Smithers Senior Citizens Association and Heirlines (produced by the BV Genealogical Society).
- Arrangement
- Items were compiled together from previously shared material for research purposes.
- Subject Access
- Bulkley River
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Some articles co-written by Dirk Mendel. Crossing the Bulkley cowritten by Phillip Jones.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
PF32S1_2019.33_Heirlines_December_2015_Hadley%20and%20Sangster
Interior News fonds
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- Date Range
- 1910-2011
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Records in the fonds reflect the functions of the Interior News, which included printing for other businesses, as well as publishing a weekly paper. Records include photographs, promotional materials, cheques, supplements, advertisements, sample circular letterheads, microfilm reels containing the …
History/Biographical Sketch
The Interior News was first established as the Bulkley Pioneer in 1907 by Ontario-born Joseph Coyle,
who had moved to the Bulkley Valley from Juneau, Alaska in the hopes of starting a paper. Coyle, who
would later invent the egg carton, ran the Pioneer from his ranch
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Interior News
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Accession No.
- 1981.53
- 1982.34
- 2017.130
- 2017.136
- 2018.2
- 2020.6
- 2020.34
- 2020.36
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 9 cm of textual records; 82 microfilm reels; 1000+ photographs; 24 boxes of negatives; 1000+ PDF files
- Date Range
- 1910-2011
- History / Biographical
- Although it was initially established in 1907 as the newspaper for the nearby community of Aldermere, the Interior News transferred to Smithers in 1915 with Joseph Coyle as the editor. He remained editor until 1918 when the newspaper was sold to Lawrence Beverly (L. B.) Warner (nee Nyland), who published the paper out of his house in Smithers with the help of his wife, Margaret “Peg” Warner. In its initial years, the paper was hand set, five pages long, and cost ten cents. After Warner’s death on February 25, 1940, his wife, Margaret, and son, Kenneth (Ken) Warner, continued to publish the paper. Ken Warner sold the paper to Bill Yorke-Hardy, Keith Marshall, and Gary White, of North Central Press. In 1981, North Central Press sold The Interior News to Black Press, which still owns the paper to this day. For more detailed information, see Finding Aid.
- Custodial History
- It is unknown when and how exactly the 1910-2007 Interior News microfilm reels, which make up the bulk of this fonds, were donated. They were most likely microfilmed by the BC Archives. They were never given accession numbers. The 2007-2011 Interior News pdfs were donated to the Museum by the Interior News in July 2019. They were also never given accession numbers. Items from 1981.53 were donated to the archives by an unknown donor on August 19, 1981. They were originally processed by J.J. Horne in 1992. Items from 1982.34 were donated by Mary Wood in 1982. Items from 2020.6 were donated to the museum in 2007 by the Interior News and stored in the Old Works Yard building until being removed and processed in April 2020. On May 5th 2020 an accession form for them was signed by Grant Harris of the Interior News. Items from 2020.34 had previously been in the museum’s reference files, but were accessioned and added to fonds in August 2020. Items from 2020.36 and 2021.1 were found while cleaning Room 6 in September 2020-February 2021 and may have been among the items donated by the Interior News in 2007.
- Scope and Content
- Records in the fonds reflect the functions of the Interior News, which included printing for other businesses, as well as publishing a weekly paper. Records include photographs, promotional materials, cheques, supplements, advertisements, sample circular letterheads, microfilm reels containing the paper’s entire run from 1910 to 2007, and pdf files of the paper’s run from 2007 to 2011.
- Arrangement
- Fonds is arranged into four series. S1 contains the full run of the Interior News from 1910 to 2011, stored as microfilm and PDF files. S2 contains physical copies of supplements which were published alongside the Interior News. S3 contains ephemera produced by the Interior News, such as letterhead and cheques. S4 contains photographs and negatives which were produced by or submitted to the Interior News.
- Subject Access
- Interior News
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Bulkley Valley
- Notes
- All papers from 1910 to 2007 (minus most supplements) are available on Newspapers.com.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Village of Telkwa fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7094
- Date Range
- 1962-1965
- Collection
- Village of Telkwa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Records include auditor’s reports and financial statements for the Village of Telkwa.
office, and a newspaper run by Joseph Coyle, among other businesses. However,
the proposal of the GTP’s construction of a divisional point in Telkwa was met with local opposition; the
company instead chose a location at the base of Hudson Bay Mountain which later became the town of
Smithers. In 1914
- Collection
- Village of Telkwa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- GF7
- Accession No.
- 2017.36
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1962-1965
- History / Biographical
- Euro-Canadian settlement in the Telkwa area began around 1904 in the nearby town site of Aldermere. Around 1907, many people began to move down the hill to be closer to the juncture of the rivers and the anticipated route of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP). The town site of Telkwa was soon surveyed and growing rapidly, with a hotel and church being constructed. By 1912, the village boasted a laundromat, real estate office, and a newspaper run by Joseph Coyle, among other businesses. However, the proposal of the GTP’s construction of a divisional point in Telkwa was met with local opposition; the company instead chose a location at the base of Hudson Bay Mountain which later became the town of Smithers. In 1914, Telkwa’ s boom ended abruptly as it suffered tremendous loss during a fire that started in Kennedy’s Pool Room and spread to other businesses. In total, 13 buildings in the village were lost and many others damaged. Many business owners chose not to rebuild in Telkwa, instead deciding to move to the growing town of Smithers. Today, the village has a population of approximately 1000.
- Scope and Content
- Records include auditor’s reports and financial statements for the Village of Telkwa.
- Geographic Access
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Coyle Ranch, Tatlow
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2274
- Date Range
- 1909
- 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.
- P1513
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.50
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: b&w; 13 x 8 cm 1 enlargement: b&w; 17.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1909
- Subject Access
- Brick Kiln
- Coyle Ranch
- Notes
- View of the Joseph Coyle ranch in Tatlow on the Bulkley River, one mile from Telkwa. Joseph L. Coyle can be seen faintly by trees.
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Ellen Coyle-Myton correspondence
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- Date Range
- 1982 - 1994
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- 1994 correspondence between Lillian Weedmark, BVM curator, and Ellen Coyle-Myton about photographs donated to the Museum, and other recollections by Ellen about her father, and early Smithers / Bulkley Valley settler history. Also a letter to curator Susan Denny in 1982.
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Ellen Coyle-Myton
- Lillian Weedmark
- Fonds No.
- C1
- File No.
- 315
- Accession No.
- 2020.27
- Physical Description
- 1cm textual record
- Date Range
- 1982 - 1994
- History / Biographical
- Ellen Coyle-Myton was the daughter of Joseph Coyle, inventor of the egg carton
- Scope and Content
- 1994 correspondence between Lillian Weedmark, BVM curator, and Ellen Coyle-Myton about photographs donated to the Museum, and other recollections by Ellen about her father, and early Smithers / Bulkley Valley settler history. Also a letter to curator Susan Denny in 1982.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Aldermere, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Coyle Ranch Clay Pit
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2273
- Date Range
- 1909
- 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.
- P1512
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.49
- Physical Description
- 1 Photogra[h: sepia; 13 x 8 cm 1 enlargement: b&w; 17.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1909
- Subject Access
- Brick Kiln
- Coyle Ranch
- Notes
- "Clay pit on Coyle Ranch, Tatlow; Joseph L Coyle looking on. (Maggie Doyle's father made chimney bricks from this clay)".
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Ellen Coyle Myton on the Interior News' 80th anniversary
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions10186
- Date Range
- April 1987
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photo of Ellen Myton (nee Coyle) at a party held at the Central Park Building to celebrate the 80-year anniversary of the Interior News. Appears to have been taken in the Smithers Art Gallery.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P8002
- Accession No.
- 2020.36
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1987
- History / Biographical
- Ellen Coyle Myton was the daughter of Joseph Coyle, founder of the Interior News and inventor of the egg carton.
- Custodial History
- Item was found inside a scrapbook in Room 6 in October 2020. It was removed and accessioned into the BVM visual record collection on October 29th.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of Ellen Myton (nee Coyle) at a party held at the Central Park Building to celebrate the 80-year anniversary of the Interior News. Appears to have been taken in the Smithers Art Gallery.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Blue Clay Steeple
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2276
- Date Range
- ca 1909
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- William E. Covert
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1515
- Accession No.
- 1987.1.52
- Physical Description
- 1 Postcard: sepia; 8.5 x 13.5 cm 1 Enlargement: b&w; 11.5 x 19 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1909
- Subject Access
- Brick Kiln
- Coyle Ranch
- Geographic Access
- Telkwa, B.C.
- Notes
- Printed on both, bottom front corner "Gumbo Vent (?) Telkwa B.C." On back of enlargement is: "Blue clay Steeeple on bank of Bulkey river flats - near Coyle Ranch 1909 " The smaller photo has the same except it is "near Joseph L Coyle ranch - Tatlow".
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
