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- Aida Family fonds 117
- Alan Pickard fonds 2
- Albert William Vinson fonds 8
- The Bannister Collection 1
- Bill Dungate collection 524
- British Columbia Department of Lands and Forests fonds 1
- Bulkley Lodge fonds 2
- Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association fonds 6
- Bulkley Valley Brass Band fonds 2
- Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council fonds 6
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital fonds 4
- Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society fonds 1
Memorial Wing of the Bulkley Valley Hospital
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2400
- Date Range
- [195-]
- Collection
- Louis Schibli fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Louis Schibli fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Louis Schibli
- Fonds No.
- PF17
- Item No.
- P1640
- Accession No.
- 1988.3.11
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 12.5 x 10 cm
- 1 negative: b&w - (msg 2019)
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- [195-]
- History / Biographical
- Rose Adomeit and an unidentified patient in the Memorial Wing of the BVDH.
- Subject Access
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Government Liquor Store, Main Street, Smithers, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions4773
- Date Range
- [197-]
- 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.
- P5170
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col., 11 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 1200 dpi
- Date Range
- [197-]
- Subject Access
- Government Liquor Store
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
James Cronin
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2211
- Date Range
- [187-?]
- Collection
- Cronin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Cronin Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Taber
- Fonds No.
- PF11
- Item No.
- P1450
- Accession No.
- 1985.19
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; sepia; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- [187-?]
- Notes
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
First bridge at Hagwilget, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2214
- Date Range
- 1872
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- [Alexander Horetzky]
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1453
- Accession No.
- 1986.4
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 25.5 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1872
- History / Biographical
- Bridge was made by local Indigenous persons, using poles and rope made from cedar bark.
- Geographic Access
- Hagwilget, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Wedding portrait of Fred and Ann Heal
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9453
- Date Range
- 1886
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Painted wedding portrait of Fred Heal and his wife Ann Anderson. Probably taken in Victoria.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P3341
- Physical Description
- 1 negative: b&w; 8 x 6.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300dpi
- Date Range
- 1886
- History / Biographical
- Fred and Ann Heal moved with their eight children from Victoria to the Bulkley Valley in 1903, settling near Tyhee Lake. They were among the earliest European settlers to farm in the Valley. Ann served as Aldermere's postmistress and was the first mining recorder in the Valley.
- Scope and Content
- Painted wedding portrait of Fred Heal and his wife Ann Anderson. Probably taken in Victoria.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Headshot of unidentified (Bannister?) woman
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9913
- Date Range
- [1890s-1900s?]
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Formal headshot of a woman with roses on her collar. Probably a member of the Bannister family. Looks turn-of-the-century.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P7826
- Accession No.
- 982.4.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- [1890s-1900s?]
- Custodial History
- Item was discovered during the cleaning of Room 6 in September 2020 and accessioned.
- Scope and Content
- Formal headshot of a woman with roses on her collar. Probably a member of the Bannister family. Looks turn-of-the-century.
- Notes
- "Bannister" on back of photo.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Hauling freight from Ashcroft to Barkerville
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2875
- Date Range
- 1892
- 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.
- P2521
- Accession No.
- 1983.15.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 3 x 3.8 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1892
- Subject Access
- Gold rush
- Geographic Access
- Ashcroft, B.C.
- Barkerville, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Joseph Coyle
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions4078
- Date Range
- 1894
- 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.
- P4000
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: sepia; 25 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1894
- Notes
- Written on back of photo: "Joe Coyle, Ottawa, 1894, age 23"
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Business Records
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5357
- Date Range
- [1896-1935]
- Collection
- Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston sous-fonds
- Willard D. Tompson fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Records primarily pertain to a multitude of mining companies and groups Campbell-Johnston compiled reports for in a number of mining divisions across British Columbia, including: Groundhog Mountain Coal Lands, Omineca, Kamloops, Nelson, Slocan, Yale, New Westminister, Quatsino, Vancouver, Similkame…
- Description Level
- Series
- Fonds No.
- PF9 SF1
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 1985.6
- 1985.25
- 1990.113
- 1990.135
- 1990.140
- 1990.209
- Physical Description
- 74 cm of textual records
- 178 photographs
- cartographic materials
- Date Range
- [1896-1935]
- Scope and Content
- Records primarily pertain to a multitude of mining companies and groups Campbell-Johnston compiled reports for in a number of mining divisions across British Columbia, including: Groundhog Mountain Coal Lands, Omineca, Kamloops, Nelson, Slocan, Yale, New Westminister, Quatsino, Vancouver, Similkameen, Osoyoos, Portland Canal, Queen Charlotte Islands, Alberni, Nicola and Comox.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Willard D. Tompson fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5194
- Date Range
- [1896-1967]
- Collection
- Willard D. Tompson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- textual record
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds primarily reflects the business activities of Tompson while working as a geologist for Lost Resources Mining Syndicate, relating to the review of Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston’s mining claims.
- Collection
- Willard D. Tompson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- PF9
- Accession No.
- 1985.6
- 1985.25
- 1990.113
- 1990.135
- 1990.140
- 1990.209
- Physical Description
- 76.2 cm of textual records
- 178 photographs
- 41 cartographic items
- Date Range
- [1896-1967]
- History / Biographical
- Willard Dudley Tompson was born November 26, 1926 in Mexico, Missouri. He served with the U.S. Army, stationed in Berlin from 1945 to 1946. Tompson moved his family to Vancouver in 1962 to pursue a career as a geologist in mineral exploration. In 1974, he relocated to Smithers, BC. By 1999, Tompson was Vice President of Telkwa Gold Corporation and retired to Vernon, BC in 2001. Tompson passed away on January 30, 2015.
- Custodial History
- The papers of Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston, and his daughter Maisie Armytage Moore, were collected by Tompson during his contract with Lost Resources Mining Syndicate to investigate the mining claims of Campbell-Johnston.
- Tompson bought the papers of Francis Bell Chettleburgh at an estate sale. Since, these records are not related to Tompson or his work, they have been separated and arranged under their own fonds (see: PF10).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds primarily reflects the business activities of Tompson while working as a geologist for Lost Resources Mining Syndicate, relating to the review of Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston’s mining claims.
- Fonds is arranged into two sous-fonds:
- 1. Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston
- 2. Amy Campbell-Johnston Hurley
- Records include reports, correspondence, maps, pamphlets and photographs.
- Related Material
- Francis Bell Chettleburgh fonds (PF10)
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Documents
Ronald Campbell-Johnston sous-fonds
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions5265
- Date Range
- [1896-1935]
- Collection
- Willard D. Tompson fonds
- Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston sous-fonds
- Description Level
- Sous-fonds
- GMD
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Sous-fonds is arranged into one series: Business records. Records were created in the course of Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston’s time as a geologist in mining exploration. Records include reports, brochures, maps, sketches, and photographs.
- Description Level
- Sous-fonds
- Creator
- Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston
- Fonds No.
- PF9 SF1
- Accession No.
- 1985.6
- 1985.25
- 1990.113
- 1990.135
- 1990.140
- 1990.209
- Physical Description
- 74 cm of textual records
- 178 photographs
- 41 cartographic items
- Date Range
- [1896-1935]
- History / Biographical
- Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston was born September 18, 1863 in England to Robert Alexander Campbell-Johnston and Frances Palliser. He was married to Amy Ellen Chadwick Merry and had a daughter Amy Campbell-Johnston, born November 27, 1886. Around 1989, Campbell Johnston and his family immigrated to Canada to work as a geologist in mineral exploration, providing reports on mining and mineral claims for various claim holders. Campbell-Johnston passed away October 29, 1929 at the age of 66, in Vancouver, BC.
- Scope and Content
- Sous-fonds is arranged into one series: Business records. Records were created in the course of Ronald C. Campbell-Johnston’s time as a geologist in mining exploration. Records include reports, brochures, maps, sketches, and photographs.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Parade in Prince Rupert
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions3224
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- 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.
- P2872
- Accession No.
- 979.74.509
- Physical Description
- Negative
- Scan Resolution
- 300dpi
- 600dpi
- Negative Number
- F255
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Pack train on telegraph line north of Hazelton
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions3251
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- 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.
- P2899
- Accession No.
- 988.2.1
- Physical Description
- Negative
- Scan Resolution
- 300dpi
- 600dpi
- Negative Number
- F249
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- History / Biographical
- Man may be Jean Caux's (aka Cataline's) assistant, Dave Wiggins.
- Custodial History
- Photo was discovered in a house in Prince Rupert.
- Geographic Access
- Hazelton, B.C.
- Related Material
- P5003 is a tinted version of the same photograph.
- Notes
- Photo taken on Telegraph Line, possibly between the Nass River and Bell Irving River on Rochester Cr. (7th - 8th Cabin)
- Identified elsewhere (P5003) as "Klondike Cattle Drive by Norman Lee."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Unidentified woman (Bannister?) in white dress
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions9911
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio photograph of a seated woman in a white Edwardian-style dress, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is likely a member of the Bannister family. Probably circa 1900-1910.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P7824
- Accession No.
- 982.4.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- Custodial History
- Item was discovered during the cleaning of Room 6 in September 2020 and accessioned.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio photograph of a seated woman in a white Edwardian-style dress, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is likely a member of the Bannister family. Probably circa 1900-1910.
- Notes
- 'Bannister' written on back. "...McBride..." at bottom edge of front.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Martha Hanson and Linnea Hanson by a tent, Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions1766
- Date Range
- 1900s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information written on back of photograph
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1005
- Accession No.
- 1982.8
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; sepia; 12x8cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1900s
- Geographic Access
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Notes
- Martha Hanson is on the right.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
The Hanson's first residence when arriving in the Bulkley Valley
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions1768
- Date Range
- 1900s
- 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.
- P1007
- Accession No.
- 1982.8
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard; b&w; 14x8.5cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- 1900s
- Geographic Access
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Notes
- Written on back of photograph: "Where Mr. & Mrs. Hanson lived when first arrived."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions2654
- Date Range
- early 1900s
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- H.E. Lazarus
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P1903
- Accession No.
- 1988.19.1
- Physical Description
- 1 Postcard; sepia; 14 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96 dpi
- Date Range
- early 1900s
- History / Biographical
- Photo from black photo album which had this written on the first page: "In memory: Howard Sanborn, Hollywood, Calif. Early British Columbia 1900's. Prince Rupert on Skeena River by paddle wheeler to old Hazeltown*** By pack train and small boats on Bulkley River to Telkwa, B.C."
- "Hotel Vancouver Vancouver, B.C" printed on front. Souvenir Postcard of the Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., three unidentified men standing in the street in front of the Hotel.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Notes
- Negative copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Jenning brothers clearing land at Chicken Lake, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions875
- Date Range
- [19-?]
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on photo contents.
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P0114
- Accession No.
- 1979.7.96
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w negative; 15 x 10 cm
- Negative Number
- F2; F5
- Date Range
- [19-?]
- History / Biographical
- Chicken Lake is now known as Lake Kathlyn. Dave and Duncan Jennings came to the area in 1910. They moved to Lake Kathlyn in the winter of 1910-11 and they co-owned the Jennings store there from 1912-1914. They moved on to ice cutting and Duncan joined the army in 1917. Dave married E Underhill and Duncan married Gertrude Barwise.
- Geographic Access
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Notes
- Written on the negative in blue pen is: "Jennings Bros clearing land at Chickens Lake BC" as appears in print
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Pioneer Ranch, McInnes Bros.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions983
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- 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.
- P0220
- Accession No.
- 1979.7.140
- Physical Description
- b&w print: 15 x 10 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 96dpi
- Negative Number
- F28; F29
- Date Range
- [1900s]
- History / Biographical
- Property of Archibald and Jessie (Aitken) McInnes, Scottish immigrants that settled in Hazelton in 1904.
- Notes
- While it is written as McInnis Bros. on the photograph, the spelling is McInnes. Negative copy also available.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright belongs to BC Royal Archives.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Telkwa Hotel, Aldermere, B.C.
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions990
- Date Range
- [19-?]
- 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.
- P0227
- Accession No.
- 1979.7.147
- Physical Description
- 1 b&w reprint: 15 x 10 cm
- Negative Number
- F9; F13
- Date Range
- [19-?]
- History / Biographical
- Aldermere existed from 1905 to 1915. John Dorsey staked the claim. The General store was owned by J.J. McNeill and Lem Broughton. McNeill also owned the old (pictured here) and new Telkwa Hotels.
- Subject Access
- Telkwa Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Aldermere, B.C.
- Notes
- Identical to P0132 and P3225
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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