The Julian Mills fonds consists of 0.42m of mixed media material. This includes news clippings relating mainly to northern communities and transportation, correspondence, a series of handwritten reminiscences, certificates and other professional documents and approximately 450 photo images in the form of prints, 35mm negatives and glass plate negatives. There was little original order in the material
Mills, JulianPhoto depicts 2 women and man on deck of ship.
Photo depicts crew relaxing on deck of ship.
Photo depicts two ships on river.
Photo depicts ship with banner marked "Yellowknife" decorated with flags and bunting.
Photo depicts close-up of ship with "Yellowknife" banner, flags and bunting.
Photo depicts ship at loading dock.
Photo depicts ship pushing several barges.
Photo depicts ship in mid-river, men in foreground.
Photo depicts four men and a dog in a Hudson's Bay Company boat with oars at shore.
Photo depicts men with dead birds in boat "Arriving at Simpson from the fall hunt."
Photo depicts riverbank with people and tents, several small boats in the water. Photo is titled "On the beach at Fort MacPherson [sic]". See also 78-45-319 (description only).
Photo depicts two York boats with crews on the Slave River.
Photo depicts five men and a dog in a boat "Bound for the Klondike goldrush, Yukon".
Photo depicts a York boat lining up Grand Rapids.
Photo depicts York boat with sail and crew.
Photo depicts boat on Grand Rapids, Athabasca River.
Photo depicts Grand Rapids, Athabasca River, head of island, about 1910.
Photo depicts boat on Grand Rapids, Athabasca River.
Photo depicts three men in small boat in rapids.
Photo depicts boat going over Big Cascade rapid on Athabasca River.
Photo depicts men hauling boats up rapids.
Photo depicts boats with crews having lunch on river.
Photo depicts four boats with crews on shore. Photo is captioned "A spell on the river".
Photo depicts boat or boats in the Vermillion Chutes, Peace River.
Photo depicts "a bark camp below [Fort] Good Hope".
Photo depicts trappers tents on the Athabasca River with men pulling boat along shore.
Photo depicts scows and canoes at Athabasca Landing.
Photo depicts scows at the Mountain Portage.
Photo depicts scows tied up for dinner on the Athabasca River below Big Cascade rapid.
Photo depicts boiler for "S.S. Mackenzie River" being transported by horse team from Edmonton to Fort McMurray.
Photo depicts boiler for "S.S. Mackenzie River" being hauled across the Smith Portage by oxen in winter.
Photo depicts boiler for "S.S. Mackenzie River" being transported by horse team from Edmonton to Athabasca Landing.
Photo depicts boiler for "S.S. Mackenzie River" being transported from Edmonton to Athabasca Landing - one of the upsets on the way.
Photo depicts boiler for "S.S. Mackenzie River" being transported by horse team from Edmonton to Athabasca Landing.
Photo depicts Fort Mackay in winter.
Photo depicts Fort McMurray in 1914.
Photo depicts first school house at [Fort] McMurray. A note on reverse side states "started by McTavish of McTavish Business College, Edmonton."
Photo depicts buildings (restaurant, tobacconist, etc.) people and dog teams at [Fort] McMurray.
Photo depicts load of mail coming into Fort McMurray from end of steel.
Photo depicts Hudson's Bay Company store, Fort McMurray, sleigh and dog team in front.
Photo depicts Hudson's Bay Company store, warehouse and dwelling house at Fort McMurray, where bridge is now.
Photo depicts ice breakup at Fort McMurray. Written on back of photo is "Taken from the deck of the Northland "Echo" when the ice went out at McMurray this spring / 92".
Photo depicts strawberry plants at Fort Simpson. Note on back of photo reads "Strawberry flowers at Simpson growing near store. 1899. June".
Photo depicts sun dial at Fort Simpson. Caption reads "Sun dial erected 1823 at Fort Simpson by Sir John Franklin (never been [repaired])".
Photo depicts graveyard and mission at Fort Simpson.
Photo depicts buildings in the Hudson's Bay Fort at Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
Photo depicts Hudson's Bay Company dwelling house, Fort Simpson.
Photo depicts the Hudson's Bay Company dwelling house ("Big House") at Fort Simpson before the veranda was built.
Photo depicts Christmas day at the Hudson's Bay Company dwelling house at Fort Simpson "after veranda was built" with many people standing outside building on both levels.
Photo depicts stuffed animals on display at museum at Fort Simpson.
Photo depicts ice piled up at mission fence at Fort Simpson during spring break-up with Charlie Christie, Bishop Lucas, E. Sprake-Jones and Julian A. Mills (boy).
Photo depicts ice piled up at mission fence at Fort Simpson during spring break-up with Charlie Christie, Bishop Lucas, E. Sprake-Jones and Julian A. Mills (boy).
Photo depicts Fort Simpson taken by moonlight. Image not digitized - same as 78-45-154.
Photo depicts Fort Simpson taken by moonlight.
Photo depicts aerial view of Fort Simpson, looking east - Liard River to the right, Mackenzie river to the left. Probably a Government Photograph.
Postcard depicts "The farthest north ice cream parlor in the world, Fort Smith, N.W.T." with men, women and a child.
Photo depicts log houses in Fort Smith after mud slide in spring, 1908.
Photo depicts Imperial Oil Limited plane equipped with pontoons landing at Fort Smith, N.W.T.
Photo depicts Hudson's Bay Warehouse at Waterways under construction, winter 1921-1922.
Photo depicts flood at Waterways in 1936.
Photo depicts flood at Waterways in 1936.
Photo depicts flood at Waterways in 1936. N.A.R. Station, Hudson's Bay Company warehouse and office in background.
Photo depicts old Waterways hotel during flood in 1936.
Photo depicts buildings at Waterways
Photo depicts Old Fort Rae, N.W.T.
Photo depicts tent camp in unidentified settlement.
Photo depicts street scene with parked cars, possibly Fort McMurray.
Photo depicts Pagwa, Ontario
Photo depicts the store at Herschel Island, Yukon.
Photo depicts dwelling house at Herschel Island, Yukon.
Postcard depicts man standing in front of log building, caption reads "After the storm. End of Steel A.G.W.R.R. [Alberta Great Waterways Rail Road]".
Photo depicts log trapper's cabin with sod roof, two men in doorway.
Photo depicts unidentified trading post.
Photo depicts two buildings of squared timber, not identified.
Photo depicts Roman Catholic Mission at Fort Chipewyan.
Photo depicts Roman Catholic Mission at Fort Liard.
Photo depicts interior of Anglican Church [St. David] at Fort Simpson.
Photo depicts interior of Anglican Church at Fort Simpson showing pulpit and side wall.
Photo depicts interior of Anglican Church showing lectern and organ.
Photo depicts first Roman Catholic mission at Fort Smith, 1897.
Photo depicts Hay River Catholic Mission.
Photo depicts Hay River [Anglican?] mission school with children and adults.
Photo depicts Captain James W. Mills on the deck of the "Mackenzie River" circa 1900.
Photo depicts Mrs. Louisa Camsell Mills (Mrs. J.W. Mills).
Photo depicts Mrs. J.W. Mills with three of her children.
Photo depicts Mrs. J.W. Mills, her daughter and son.
Photo depicts Mrs. J.W. Mills (right), Mr. and Mrs. Tully and their triplets.
Photo depicts Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Mills.
Photo depicts Mrs. Louisa Mills in a fur coat standing in front of house on February 1, 1940. On back of photo is written "Me in my new Fur Coat."
Photo depicts Mrs. Camsell and two boys.
Photo depicts Violet Mills, Mrs. J.W. Mills, and [?].
Photo depicts Julian A. Mills as a young child sleeping on floor amid toys. Caption reads "Having a snooze."
Photo depicts Seton and Violet (standing) and Julian Mills as young children.
Photo depicts the Mills children, Julian, Violet, and Seton, posing with a moose head in Winnipeg.
Photo depicts Julian (left) and Seton Mills as young children in paper frame marked "Julian's first work."
Photo depicts Captain Brown (left) and Engineer Julian Mills on the deck of the Hudson's Bay Company ship the "Canadusa" in 1937.
Photo depicts Julian Mills as a young man in suit and coat.
Photo depicts Julian Mills in suit with fishing rod.
Photo depicts Julian Mills on riverbank holding fish.