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9th Annual Women's Ski Fest 2001
- Date Range
- January 2001
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pdf report on the 9th Annual Women's Ski Fest, held on January 9th-10th 2001 at the Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre. Includes photographs and comments from participants.
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- C1
- Accession No.
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf (600 KB)
- Date Range
- January 2001
- Custodial History
- Item was found on a CD in Room 6 in early January 2020, amongst other materials which had been submitted to the Interior News in the early 2000s and which were later transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum (possibly in 2007).
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pdf report on the 9th Annual Women's Ski Fest, held on January 9th-10th 2001 at the Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre. Includes photographs and comments from participants.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Digital copy only; CD was disposed of.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
9th Annual Women's Ski Fest 2001
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Accordion players at NW Fiddlefest
- Date Range
- March 16, 2003
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Photo of two boys playing accordions at Northwest Fiddlefest, 2003.
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Creator
- Richard Grice?
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Series No.
- S4
- Item No.
- P8813
- Accession No.
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour [JPG]
- Date Range
- March 16, 2003
- Custodial History
- Photo was submitted to the Interior News in 2003 by Richard Grice, in CD format. 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. CD was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in January 2021.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of two boys playing accordions at Northwest Fiddlefest, 2003.
- Arrangement
- Items from this CD have been left in the order in which they originally appeared.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Aida Family fonds
- 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.
- Collection
- Aida Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual record
- electronic record
- 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
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Alan Pickard fonds
- 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.
- Collection
- Alan Pickard fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
- 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
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Anonymous interview
- Date Range
- January 15 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with an anonymous Smithers town councillor, recorded January 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question pre…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.4
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.91 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 15 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with an anonymous Smithers town councillor, recorded January 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
Topics include: childhood and schooling, St. Joseph's School, Indigenous students, moving to Kalmoops, Central Europe, ICBC, Smithers Town Council, community involvement, raising children, life in Smithers.
- Notes
- Interview has been anonymized at request of interviewee. Please contact Bulkley Valley Museum if interested in accessing it.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Anonymous interview
- Date Range
- April 29 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with an anonymous resident of Smithers, recorded April 29 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Paulie Threlkeld. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
Subjects include: moving to Canada, teaching at home and a…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Creator
- Paulie Haines
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.19
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.46 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- April 29 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with an anonymous resident of Smithers, recorded April 29 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Paulie Threlkeld. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
Subjects include: moving to Canada, teaching at home and abroad, conscientious objector, mine caretaker, Smithers Golf Course, work as a carpenter, shoe house, fire lookout, Mall Santa, advice column, artwork, travel, college courses, and the Northern Training Centre.
- Notes
- Interview has been anonymized at request of interviewee. Please contact Bulkley Valley Museum if interested in accessing it.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Apple, 1970
- Date Range
- 1969-1970
- Collection
- School District No. 54 fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a 1970 "Apple" yearbook for Smithers Secondary School.
Arrow, 1966
- Date Range
- 1965-1966
- Collection
- School District No. 54 fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a 1966 yearbook for Smithers Secondary School.
At Malkow Ski Hill, January 27, 1946
- Date Range
- January 27 1946
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
At Schufer's cabin, Easter Monday, March 25, 1940
- Date Range
- March 25 1940
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
- Creator
- Philip A. Jones
- Fonds No.
- C1
- File No.
- File 175
- Item No.
- P5293
- Accession No.
- 2009.75
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Scale
- 2240 x 1488 pixels
- Date Range
- March 25 1940
- Geographic Access
- Silvern Lake
- Notes
- File name on DVD-R: DSC_0012.
Title from donor.
Photographed are Al Benson, Bob Stephens, Norman Tycho, Elsie Dahlie, Hallvard Dahlie, Jim Allan, and Eric Tycho.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail
Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society
- Date Range
- 1984-2020
- Collection
- Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a hard drive containing thousands of BVFMS photographs dated between 1984 and 2020.
- Collection
- Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Creator
- Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society
- Fonds No.
- AF23
- Accession No.
- 2020.40
- Physical Description
- 1 hard drive of photographs
- Date Range
- 1984-2020
- History / Biographical
- The Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society (BVFMS) is a Smithers-based non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and celebration of folk music within the Valley. It developed out of the Styx River Coffee House, a folk music organization coordinated by George and Norma Stokes in the late 1970s. Marion Rose and Kevin Widen sought to establish a yearly music festival and formed a new organization in order to run it. The BVFMS was officially incorporated in 1984, held its first general meeting on March 19th of that year, and joined the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council in 1985. It has run the Midsummer Music Festival every year since its inception, with the exception of 2020, in which the smaller Midsummer Memories event was held instead. The Festival includes over 30 acts and draws over 3000 attendees from northwestern BC and beyond. In addition, the Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society holds two annual guitar camps for youth and adults, hosts the BVFMS Coffeehouse from October to April, awards bursaries to students pursuing post-secondary education in music or creative arts, and rents out sound equipment and a CD/DVD duplicator.
- Custodial History
- Items with accession number 2020.40 were donated to the Museum by Kevin Widen of the BVFMS on October 7th 2020. They were grouped together with 2020.7 to create the Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society fonds on October 8th.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a hard drive containing thousands of BVFMS photographs dated between 1984 and 2020.
- Arrangement
- The photographs on the hard drive have been arranged by donor Kevin Widen, with each year from 1984 to 2020 having its own folder. These folders typically include a small number of ‘selected’ photos, a large number of processed photos, a larger number of unprocessed photos, and sometimes a collection of top photos for the year. For most years, the unprocessed photo files are named beginning with the year, followed by the photographer’s initials, the film roll number, and the frame number. Scans of the BVFMS scrapbooks are included in some of the folders. Years 1984, 1985, 1991, 2007, and 2016-2019 include a selection of photos used in slideshows as well.
See 2020/10/06 Note by Kevin Widen (accessions binder) or the ‘About these Photos’ document on the W Drive for further information on the photos.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Bulkley Valley
- Notes
- Photographers include: Jeanette Brinkman, Karen Durant, Cindy Savage, Stephanie Smart (Martin), Beba Stoyka, Graham Sutherland, Kevin Widen, Gordon Forsyth, Allen Banner, Pierre and/or Lisbeth Beaudry, Cindy Cunliffe/Sleeman, Dave Gillespie, Anne Holtby, Sherman Jaycox, Evelyn Riechert, Ted Turner, Kathy Wagar, Adrian Forsyth, Lorne Clarke, and Doug Koyama.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- The Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society must be consulted and give permission if the photos are to be used for external publications outside the Museum.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society
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BVCAC bursary applications
- Date Range
- 1982-2013
- Collection
- Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- electronic record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- This series contains bursary applications sent to the BVCAC from high school graduates intending on pursuing post-secondary education in the arts. Many applications include letters of recommendation and samples of the applicant’s work, in the form of drawings, photographs, poetry, short stories, ch…
- Collection
- Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- electronic record
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council
- Fonds No.
- AF27
- Series No.
- S4
- Accession No.
- 2021.15
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual/graphic material, 2 CDs
- Date Range
- 1982-2013
- Custodial History
- Items donated from the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council on May 19th 2021.
- Scope and Content
- This series contains bursary applications sent to the BVCAC from high school graduates intending on pursuing post-secondary education in the arts. Many applications include letters of recommendation and samples of the applicant’s work, in the form of drawings, photographs, poetry, short stories, choreography routines, and digital recordings on CD.
- Arrangement
- This series has been divided based on chronological order, with one file for every five years’ worth of applications (with the exception of the 1980s, which constitute a single file).
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Bulkley Valley
- Notes
- Both successful and unsuccessful applications are included, as well as (in many cases) letters of acceptance/rejection from the BVCAC and any further correspondence with the applicant.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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BVM Oral History collection
- Date Range
- 1987-2022
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of approx. 84 interviews with Smithers and area residents about life in the community. Some interviews exist in cassette, CD and electronic form, some were born digital. Digital files include raw and edited .WAV files as well as MP3 access files.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 84 GB of electronic records
- 50 cassette tapes
- 50 CDs
- Date Range
- 1987-2022
- Custodial History
- Oral history interviews were recorded either by Bulkley Valley Museum staff or on behalf of the Bulkley Valley Museum by volunteers and community members. Interviews conducted in 2020-2022 were completed as part of an Oral History Internship project by Cassandra McKenney, and by volunteer interviewers through a New Horizons for Seniors grant.
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of approx. 84 interviews with Smithers and area residents about life in the community. Some interviews exist in cassette, CD and electronic form, some were born digital. Digital files include raw and edited .WAV files as well as MP3 access files.
- Arrangement
- Records were arranged by Kira Westby and Holly Peterson in 2021-2022 to encompass interviews conducted prior to 2020, some of which had "OH" numbered designations, and interviews completed after 2020.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Cello players at NW Fiddlefest
- Date Range
- March 16, 2003
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Photo of four women playing cellos at Northwest Fiddlefest, 2003.
- Collection
- Interior News fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- Creator
- Richard Grice?
- Fonds No.
- BF5
- Series No.
- S4
- Item No.
- P8815
- Accession No.
- 2021.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; colour [JPG]
- Date Range
- March 16, 2003
- Custodial History
- Photo was submitted to the Interior News in 2003 by Richard Grice, in CD format. 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. CD was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in January 2021.
- Scope and Content
- Photo of four women playing cellos at Northwest Fiddlefest, 2003.
- Arrangement
- Items from this CD have been left in the order in which they originally appeared.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Centennial Plus 1, 1967-1968
- Date Range
- 1967-1968
- Collection
- School District No. 54 fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a 1967-1968 'Centennial Plus 1" yearbook for Smithers Secondary School.
Centennial Souvenir, 1966-1967
- Date Range
- 1966-1967
- Collection
- School District No. 54 fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a 1966-1967 "Centennial Souvenir" yearbook for Smithers Secondary School.
Chris Dahlie, Malkow Hill, Jan. 20, 1946
- Date Range
- January 20 1946
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
Chris Dahlie, view southwest above Silvern Lake, Easter 1946
- Date Range
- 1946
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
Cookhouse, Schufer's cabin, Silvern Lake, Jim Allen, Easter Monday, March 25, 1940
- Date Range
- March 25 1940
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- electronic record
- graphic material
COVID-19 collection
- Date Range
- 2020-2021
- Collection
- COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- This collection contains material related to the impact of, and the response to, the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic in Smithers. It includes over 200 photographs by Chris Duncan of the town during the early stages of the pandemic, a CD of the 2020 virtual Canada Day event, and ephemera such as posters…
- Collection
- COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- electronic record
- sound recording
- Creator
- Bulkley Valley Museum
- Fonds No.
- C4
- Accession No.
- 2020.7
- 2021.6
- 2021.14
- Physical Description
- 1 cm graphic material
- 210 JPEG photographs
- 2 PDFs
- 1 CD
- Date Range
- 2020-2021
- History / Biographical
- The COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic is an ongoing (as of March 2021) global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019. First identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the disease soon spread across the globe, being declared a pandemic on March 11th 2020 by the World Health Organization.
- Custodial History
- These records were collected by Bulkley Valley Museum staff throughout 2020 and 2021 in order to document the COVID-19 pandemic as it occurred. Several of them were initially added to other fonds (Discrete Item Collection, Town of Smithers Fonds, Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society Fonds) before the COVID-19 Collection was created on March 26th 2021.
- Scope and Content
- This collection contains material related to the impact of, and the response to, the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic in Smithers. It includes over 200 photographs by Chris Duncan of the town during the early stages of the pandemic, a CD of the 2020 virtual Canada Day event, and ephemera such as posters, cards, flyers, and digital records relating to COVID-19.
- Arrangement
- Arrangement is artifical and has been imposed by museum staff.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Related Material
- Related material in the Museum’s artifact collection includes a refillable hand sanitizer can produced by the Smithers Brewing Co. in response to a shortage of such containers in Smithers.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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