File contains pamphlets produced by the Hazelton Pioneer Museum & Archives, describing the Collins Russian-American and Yukon telegraph lines, Jean Jacques Caux (Cataline), the Hagwilget Bridges, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
File contains pamphlets produced by the Hazelton Pioneer Museum & Archives, describing the Collins Russian-American and Yukon telegraph lines, Jean Jacques Caux (Cataline), the Hagwilget Bridges, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
File consists of a letter from Interior News, promoting the benefits of the circular letter system and use of the Interior News' services, as well as sample letterheads. These samples include letterheads for a variety of business in Smithers, the surrounding Bulkley Valley, and beyond.
The Interior News was the result of Joseph L. Coyle's determination to build a newspaper in Northwest British Columbia. In 1907 he started the Bulkley Pioneer in Aldermere/Telkwa; he then moved to Hazelton and published the Omineca Herald. In 1913, he settled in Smithers to coninue with the Interior News. In 1918, Joseph S. Coyle sold the paper to L. B. Warner; he remained the publisher for the next twenty-two years.
Custodial History
Records were donated to the Archives on August 19, 1981.
Scope and Content
File consists of a letter from Interior News, promoting the benefits of the circular letter system and use of the Interior News' services, as well as sample letterheads. These samples include letterheads for a variety of business in Smithers, the surrounding Bulkley Valley, and beyond.
Efforts to renovate Hazelton's Old Town in a pioneer style began in 1975 with a plan prepared for the Hazelton Area Historical Association and the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District by two UBC architecture students. The stockade and sign in this photo were erected at the end of summer 1975, with the intention of updating the sign every time a new phase was passed. (Interior News, August 3rd 1977, pg. 18).
Custodial History
Photo was taken by Interior News staff members or submitted to the News for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior 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 an unidentified man and woman unveiling the Old Town Redevelopment Phase One sign at the entrance to Old Hazelton.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Photo of the Hazelton District Public Library summer reading club marching in the 1997 Pioneer Days parade. They won best entry in the parade, with a balloon 'bookworm' and club members dressed as their favourite literary characters.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior 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 the Hazelton District Public Library summer reading club marching in the 1997 Pioneer Days parade. They won best entry in the parade, with a balloon 'bookworm' and club members dressed as their favourite literary characters.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Photo of members of the Hazelton District Public Library summer reading club marching in the 1997 Pioneer Days parade. They won best entry in the parade, with a balloon 'bookworm' and club members dressed as their favourite literary characters.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior 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 members of the Hazelton District Public Library summer reading club marching in the 1997 Pioneer Days parade. They won best entry in the parade, with a balloon 'bookworm' and club members dressed as their favourite literary characters.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Photo was submitted to the Interior News by Leonard Frazer in 1998. 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 the 25th Annual Pioneer Days Parade in Hazelton.
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.
Item is a booklet of maps following the Pacific Highway System accompanied by blurbs describing major towns and cities along the way. Featured in this booklet are Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa, and Hazelton.
Item is a booklet of maps following the Pacific Highway System accompanied by blurbs describing major towns and cities along the way. Featured in this booklet are Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa, and Hazelton.
Title based on information written on back of frame.
Fonds No.
PF7
Item No.
P5947
Accession No.
1987.57
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 33 x 28.5 cm (in frame)
Scan Resolution
300 dpi
600 dpi
Date Range
[1906 or after]
History / Biographical
Hay barn was built in 1906.
Custodial History
Item originally from the home (Pioneer Ranch) of Archie and Jessie McInnes, and eventually was held by their daughter, Vera Frank, before being given to their grandson, Archie Strimbold.
Item originally from the home (Pioneer Ranch) of Archie and Jessie McInnes, and eventually was held by their daughter, Vera Frank, before being given to their grandson, Archie Strimbold.
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