Dominion Securities envelope labelled "Miscel North. McK. Dist. Summer "Distributor" Keep", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats next to shore, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Slave Lake 1931"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of water and landscape, caption reads "Great Slave Lake, 1930"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement and landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, Copy of above, darker exposure
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of man standing next to aircraft on floats at riverbank, registration G-CASM, caption reads "?"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft on the water, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Western Canada Airways plane leaving Ft. Smith N.W.T."
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of cliffs along river, caption reads "Ramparts"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two aircraft on floats, boats, and men at riverbank, registration G-CASM and G-CAGD
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of sternwheel paddle steamer on river, smaller boat in foreground, caption reads ""Distributor""
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of sternwheel paddle steamer Distributor at dock, tenders in foreground, caption reads "HBC "Distributor""
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of man next to large catch of fish on shore
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of river and landscape, aircraft wing in right foreground
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, caption reads "Snow patches"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 men posing on riverbank next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "L to R, Lew Parmenter, ? not known, Col. Jim K. Cornwall" [another print appears in 8-190]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings on small rocky islands, caption reads "Fort Rae? 1930"
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of CHD standing next to aircraft on riverbank, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of shoreline and mountains behind, water in foreground [another print appears in 6-151]
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of group of men sitting near buildings at waterfront [another print appears in 6-143]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement along shoreline, caption reads "Resolution NWT"
Envelope from Dev Salkeld labelled "Fort Rae, McKenzie [sic] River, 1931 etc, Ft Resolution Jan 1929", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of two aircraft in the snow, registration G-CASK and CF-AJC, caption reads "Fort Rae NWT. March 1931, S.K. - CHD - pilot. Photo from D Salkeld, Yellowknife NWT Oct. 1980
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of man wearing parka standing in snow, caption reads "Bob Porritt, Ft Resolution, Jan 1929"
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of two men wearing parkas standing in front of a post office, caption reads "On R, Dr Bourget postmaster, Resolution, Jan 1929"
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm postcard, two men, one in parka, standing in front of post office, caption reads "Inspector Reilly, Doctor Bourget Postmaster, Fort Resolution. NWT. First air mail - Jan 1929"
b&w ; 11 cm x 8 cm print, group portrait of 4 men holding cargo bags next to aircraft, caption reads "[??]? Eddie Jones, Snow drift?"
B.C. Hydro envelope labelled "Eldorado 1931", contains:
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print, portrait of Clennell Dickins sitting amongst rocks, caption reads "Clennell (Punch) Dickins holder of the McKee Trophy for aerial exploits, at Great Bear Lake, 1931. Courtesy Canadian Airways", crossed out text suggests CHD at the LaBine ore dump in 1931
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of man unloading canoe from aircraft at shoreline, registration G-CASN, caption reads "First plane at site of Eldorado mines - LaBine Point, Bear Lake, June 1930 - unloading sectional canoe"
b&w ; 10 cm x 15 cm print of tent, log cabin, and log cache, caption reads "First buildings at Eldorado Gt. Bear Lake Sept. 1930 -"
Envelope labelled "NWT Jan 1929 Base Fort McMurray, aircraft at Base McMurray 1931, SM & SN Fokker Super, Gilbert & Dickins", May 1929, Digging Plane out of Slush - 1931", contains:
b&w ; 21 cm x 26 cm print of man on dock next to aircraft, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Western Canada Airways dock, Fort McMurray, July - 1929"
Envelope labelled "Digging plane out of slush 1931, Bellanca", containing:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of men digging aircraft landing gear [skis] out of slush, caption reads "Digging out of Slush, winter 1931, property of C.H. Dickins"
Assorted documents produced by the Royalite Oil Company Ltd., which include:
- An Oct. 9, 1929 letter to Mr. Gardiner C. Boyd, from F. M. Smith, Secretary, which details a new issue of shares by the company; the option to purchase some of the new shares is offered.
- A note, dated Mar. 16, 1931, which originally accompanied a dividend cheque from the company.
- A notice to shareholders, dated July 19, 1929, announces the decision of the company directors to issue additional shares.
- A May 10, 1929 letter to G. C. Boyd, from F. M. Smith, acknowledging a transfer of shares in the company, and requesting payment for charges connected to this transaction.
Response letters from various radio stations to Wellington Fields, a fan living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The radio companies who responded to Fields are Sparks Company CKWX in Vancouver, BC, Radio Biblioteca in Bogota, Columbia, Radio Station WHBL in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Sation KIEV in Glendale, California, Northwest Broadcasting System in Seattle, Washington, Maple Leaf Radio Co. in Hamilton, Ontario, Station KSCJ in Sioux City, Iowa, Station CHWK in Chilliwack, BC, and Station KGGF in Coffeyville, Kansas. All the letters are kept with their corresponding envelope. Nearly all the letters are reception verification letters for the respective stations.
Reed, Vera L.Documents and correspondence relating to fundraising drives by the Winnipeg Community Fund.
- An informational and advertising booklet produced by the Fund in support of its tenth annual campaign, Nov. 2 – 7, 1931. The booklet details the programs and institutions that the fund supports, and ends with a solicitation for donations.
- A typed document labelled ‘Instructions to Canvassers’, which provides instructions for fundraising workers.
- A letter from the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, expressing gratitude to the fund for its work.
- An Aug. 11, 1931 letter from the Winnipeg Board of Trade, praising the work of the fund.
Clean up, clean up yourself!... (ts/ms)
"To know silence perfectly is to know music." -Carl Sandburg (ts/ms)
Far cry! I did not treasure you enough… (ts/ms)
My heart is full of hard thoughts… (ts/ms)
I thought of you... (ts/ms)
"Write of a crocus;" so she said… (ts/ms)
It is easy, so they say… (ts/ms)
This broken laughter has changed to laughter now… (ts/ms)
How like a ship your hands are fashioned out;… (ts/ms)
"Shut up the Windows" (ts/ms)
Paint the heart with yellow in slow bloom… (ts/ms)
I never was exultant in the dark… (ts(2)/ms)
Shake me with your own grief… (ts(2)/ms(2))
I shall still be wandering through this wood… (ts/ms)
In the wood wild orange lilies burn… (ts/ms)
"The Egypt and Sudan Command" from Legion of Frontiersmen History and Archives Section.
Envelope labelled "Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of Charles and Anne Lindbergh on the wing of their Lockheed Sirius aircraft ca. July 1931, caption on reverse reads "Charles & Ann [sic] Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik - photo from Walter Gilbert"
sepia ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, same as above, with caption "Charles & Ann [sic] Lindberg [sic] at Aklavik N.W.T. Canada. On seaplane flight to Japan - Photo by Walter Gilbert"
Air Engineer's Certificate. Issued to Dickins by Canada Dept. of National Defence, Jan. 29, 1931.
Envelope labelled "Prints MFSH print - Parka - 1930 - negatives also, 2 negs McKee Trophy 1929, Edm Airport 1927", contains:
b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print, portrait of Clennell Dickins in parka, caption reads "1930, Edmonton" [has negative]
b&w ; 12 cm x 17 cm print, portrait of Clennell Dickins in flight suit shaking hands with Edmonton Mayor Ambrose Bury in front of aircraft, caption reads "official opening Edmonton Municipal Airport. March 1927, CH Dickins, Mayor Bury, 3 copies made 1982"
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, portrait of 5 men standing in front of aircraft and equipment, caption reads "L to R Jim Uhlman, Laurie ? Finnie, Jock Barclay, Chas Travers, Marlowe Kennedy, May 1932, Cormorant L. Manitoba, Man Govt Air Service"
Envelope labelled "CH Dickins in 1930 parka, 1 print & negative", containing b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print, portrait of Clennel Dickins in parka [same as above], caption reads "Clennell H. "Punch" Dickins Pioneer Flye[r], 1930, 1 col X 3-1/2" [has negative]
KCTS envelope labelled "Planes, Fox Moth Seapl., Vickers Vedette, Junkers W34", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of an aircraft on floats at dock, caption reads "Fox Moth, De Havilland Canada"
b&w ; 12 cm x 17 cm print, aerial photograph of a seaplane in flight, a person just below with parachute opening, registration DU, caption reads "Vickers (Canada), Vedette? I don't think so 1929, more likely HS2h boat 1926 to 1929"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 people standing next to Junkers aircraft, caption reads "Junkers W34, P&W Hornet Wpg - 1932 - [??]"
Eaton's envelope labelled "Prints, Great Bear Lake, people, 1930-1931-32 Ted Watt, 1932", contains:
b&w ; 16 cm x 11 cm print of group of men at a table playing cards, caption reads "Fort Resolution. Winter 1928-29 - Jan/29, playing cards in house of Murdoff, Northern Traders, mgr, L to R, 'Rags' Wilson - trader & trapper, C.H.D., Lew Parmenter - my mech, Bob Porritt - (now at Hay River), Karl Murdoff - Northern Traders mgr, Tom Reilly - post office inspector from Edmonton, Note radio receiver in back ground -"
b&w ; 13 cm x 10 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "Resolution, Jan 1929"
b&w ; 13 cm x 10 cm print, similar to above
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of dog team pulling man and sled from aircraft, copy of photograph in [another print appears in 6-130]
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "Fort Simpson Jan-Feb - 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "[Fort] Simpson 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard depicting man loading mail bags into aircraft, caption reads "Western Canada Airways first flight Air Mail Fort McMurray to Fort Simpson Jan 23/29.", reverse reads "First air mail to Fort Simpson N.W.T. Jan 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard depicting aerial photograph of houses and landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of mountain-side and landscape, caption reads "Bear Rock, Norman, 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of dog team approaching aircraft, caption reads "Fort Simpson, Jan 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of group of people standing next to aircraft on snowy field, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Simpson - Jan 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print, copy of above, brighter exposure, caption reads "Simpson, Jan 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of men and dog teams next to aircraft, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Fort Resolution"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of men handling cargo next to aircraft on the ice, registration G-CASK, caption reads "[typed] Freight being unloaded from your old friend" and "[written] Winter 1929-30 Fort Smith N.W.T., 4 COLS x 3"/2" P41, CH Dickins"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of men and dog teams next to aircraft and cargo bags in the snow, registration G-CAS[?], caption reads "Furs from Fort Simpson flown to McMurray, Feb 1929 for Wpg Fur auction April 1929, First time McKenzie [sic] River furs at auction in same winter, First mail out during winter from Simpson & Providence
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of scene from above, close-up of cargo bags, caption reads "First Furs & mail, flown out Feb 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, group portrait of 7 men standing/sitting on rocks, caption reads "L to R. Standing, Chas LaBine, Stan Graham, John Rogers, Gilbert LaBine, Cyril Knight. Seated, L to R Shirley Cragg, John McDonough. Great Bear Lake 1930, Eldorado at La Bine point"
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of man standing in front of tent, caption reads "Ted Watt, Cameron Bay?, 1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print, group portrait of 5 men standing in front of cabin, caption reads "L to R, Stan Graham 1, C.B. Dawson 2, J.J. Byrne 3, 4 & 5 unidentified, Gt Bear Lake 1931 or 1932"
McCutchon's Camera & Arts double-sided envelope labelled "Keep, McKenzie [sic] R + Bear L negatives, mostly 1929-30-31-32, Eldorado & Cameron Bay", containing:
In a pocket labelled "mostly McKenzie [sic] River, various": a glassine-type envelope labelled "Eldorado 1931" containing 8 B&W film negatives of various size, depicting mining operations
In a pocket labelled "Miscel. Eldorado '32": 11 B&W film negatives of various sizes depicting scenes in the north, often featuring aircraft with registration G-CASM
Envelope labelled "Mis. negatives - Fort McMurray", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm film negative depicting group of men standing at dock next to aircraft on floats, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm film negative depicting aircraft on floats flying above the water
Envelope labelled "Negatives, Ft. McMurray, about 1931-32", containing:
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting men tending to an aircraft next to buildings in the foreground, another aircraft in background bears registration CF-AAL
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting men tending to aircraft on skis, another aircraft to the right bears registration CF-AAL
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting 3 aircraft on ground, aircraft in centre bears registration CF-AAL
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting 3 aircraft on ground, registration [L to R] CF-AKI, CF-A[FL?], CF-AAL
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting 3 aircraft on ground with men attending, registration CF-AAN, CF-AFL
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting aircraft on floats landing in river, registration G-CASK
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting aircraft on floats at dock, registration G-CASM
Eaton's envelope labelled "prints NWT, winter, 1929 - Porritt & Ft Resolution, Blizzard Ft Norman, to be sorted & identified, Keep", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man on snowshoes standing next to aircraft [has negative]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two aircraft in the snow, registration G-CASM and unknown, caption reads "Winter storm Fort Norman NWT" [a sharper-focus print appears in 6-141]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of several men near aircraft in deep snow, caption reads "Storm at Ft Norman winter 29-30"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "4-3/8" [??] Take special care of these"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 4 men standing next to aircraft in snowy field, registration G-CA[SM?]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of man holding aircraft propeller, group of people stand under wing of aircraft
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of aircraft with left-side landing gear having broken through ice, registration [G-CASM], caption reads "Cooking Lake April 1930"
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of man tending to aircraft, landing gear broken through ice, registration [G-CASM]
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of aircraft with landing gear having broken through ice, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of men working on aircraft with landing gear having broken through ice, registration [G-C]ASM
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of mountains and landscape, caption reads "Thunder storm in mountains on Prophet River, B.C."
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft in snowy field, registration G-CASQ
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings, settlement, and landscape
b&w ; 6 cm x 9 cm print of 3 men and one child riding sleigh behind team of horses
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings, settlement, and landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings next to shoreline, landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two men standing next to aircraft in snowy field, registration [G]-CASM
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings comprising a fort, landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings comprising a fort next to shoreline, landscape
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of mountains and landscape
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of people and dog teams lined up outside Hudson's Bay Company building
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft on snowy field, registration G-CAS[Q], caption reads "Taking off"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of group of people next to aircraft in snowy field, registration [G-]CASQ, caption reads "At Fort Smith N.W.T."
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft in snowy field, registration G-CASQ, caption reads "Landing at Fort Smith N.W.T."
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of group of people next to aircraft in snowy field, registration G-[CASQ], caption reads "Western Canada Airways Plane at Fort Smith N.W.T First Mail plane to the North 24-1-29"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of group of men and dog next to aircraft and fire, registration G-CAS[Q], caption reads ""warming up" Temp -40˚ W. Can Airways Plane. -40 below."
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of men and children displaying large number of furs on line and timber frame, tipi and log cabin in background, caption reads "Snowdrift NWT 1930"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of people tending to furs on line and timber frame, caption reads "Trappers at Snowdrift NWT, 1930"
b&w ; 9 cm x 11 cm print of person with dog team arriving to meet aircraft
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of people next to buildings at waterfront, aircraft at dock, registration [G-CASN?], caption reads "fort Rae, 1929 or 1930"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of aircraft on floats at shoreline, group of people sitting on shore adjacent, buildings in background, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Fond du Lac Sask, Lake Athabasca, 1930"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of men refuelling aircraft at shoreline, registration G-CASN, caption reads "Fort Rae NWT 1930"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of 2 aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, G-CASN
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print of 5 aircraft at shoreline, registration CF-AJC, rest unknown, caption reads "Ft Rae?"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print of instrument panel of aircraft, caption on face reads "The Instrument Board on W.Can Air. Plane G-CASQ. Super-Universal Fokker. 400 H.P.", caption on reverse reads "1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of men tending to aircraft with landing gear sunken in slush, caption reads "Flying [?] stuck in water and slush [??] snow and over the ice. Winter 1932, Nelson River northern B.C. CH Dickins"
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of large group of people in snowy field between two aircraft
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, copy of above
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, copy of above
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of man in cockpit with people looking on, registration G-CASP
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of pilot tending to engine of aircraft as people look on
sepia ; 14 cm x 9 cm postcard of pilot tending to engine of aircraft as another person looks on
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of dog sled and group of people next to aircraft, print has been exposed incorrectly
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of group of people standing next to aircraft, registration G-[CASP]
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of group of people standing next to aircraft, registration G[-CASP]
Veterans Affairs Canada envelope labelled "Pics C.H.D. NWT, Summer - 1929, Eskimos, Fort Hearne, (Coppermine)", contains:
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of Aboriginal people standing at tail of aircraft on shore, caption reads "Coppermine 1931, Eskimos meeting the plane" [a larger print appears in 6-148]
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of group of people next to aircraft on pontoons at shoreline, registration [G]-CASK, fishing boat in distance, caption reads "Coppermine 1932", [another print appears in 6-146]
b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print of Aboriginal man, two women, and child (in amauti) standing for portrait in front of buildings, caption reads "Eskimo family, Coppermine NWT 1932", [another print appears in 6-146] [has negative]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of men and one child in front of an HBC Fort Hearne sign, caption reads "Coppermine CHD center Back row, 1932. Party of 5 mining engineers from Great Bear Lake" [another print appears in 6-143]
Envelope labelled "Scenic, Arct coast, Buffalo Park etc, 1928 to 1932", contains:
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of man at stern [?] of boat, caption on face reads "R. Wylie. Ft Nelson river june 1931", reverse caption reads "R Wylie, on Nelson River, June 1931"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of 2 men and 4 dogs on twin-mast boat, caption on face reads "two trappers [sic] on McKenzie [sic] river delta", caption on reverse reads "Two trappers with their boat & dogs. McKenzie [sic] River delta, 1930"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man in parka holding axe, standing in snowy field next to killed buffalo with lever-action rifle leaned against, caption on face reads "Wood Buffalo Park Dec 1931, Knox from Muskox Reserve.", caption on reverse reads "Wood Buffalo Park, Dec 1931"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man with dog team and sled, caption reads "R. Wylie Wood Buffalo Park, Dec 1931"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of several buildings, some log construction, caption on face reads "reindeer Camp arctic coast", caption on reverse reads "Reindeer Camp on Arctic Coast near McKenzie [sic] Delta"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of men with several dog teams and canoes on snowy field, settlement buildings (including church) in the background, caption reads "Fond du Lac or [erased] 1931, Trappers setting out for winter trap lines with canoes to return open water in late spring"
Envelope labelled "People & planes, Ft. McMurray & elsewhere, summer and winter - prints, keep 1929 to 1932", with crossed-out text "and negative of group passenger load (Boland)", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of two men loading cargo back into aircraft at dock, registration G-C[??], caption reads "High grade ore from Eldorado Bear Lake - 1931"
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of CHD on pontoon of aircraft, caption reads "Fokker Super Universal, 1928"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people looking at aircraft next to dock, CHD in cockpit and man entering door of aircraft, registration G-CASM [another print appears in 8-176]
sepia ; 9 cm x 14 cm postcard of man pushing Fokker Super Universal aircraft propeller as 2 others watch, caption reads "Buck Bochemin, Behind Bob Porritt - lives in Hay River, Tom Gilmour - wiping hands, Fort Resolution - winter 29-30"
Envelope labelled "Riley Cooper & trout catch negatives at Bear Lake, Cam 1932 negatives good keep", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting 3 men posing with catch of fish on the shore [negative is damaged]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm film negative depicting 2 men posing with catch of fish on the shore
I have to listen hard for the clock's ticking… (ts/ms)
"Tomorrow" (ts(2)/ms)
Now I am free… (ts(2)/ms)
Within the dark you come… (ts/ms)
Chartree… (ts/ms)
Your honesty… (ts/ms)
"Withdrawal" (ts/ms)
"Old Tree at Pere La Chaise" (ts)
The skulking dead lie huddled in these roots---… (ts/ms)
What pitiful thing can love do… (ts/ms)
Shut out the personal element, can't you?... (ts/ms)
You know me now,… (ts/ms)
Envelope labelled "Gt Bear L, 1932-33, Eldorado Mines - Eld etc prints", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement at inlet
b&w ; 11 cm x 17 cm print, group portrait of 7 men standing in front of log building, caption reads "March 6 1932, Labine Pt, Gt. Bear L., L to R 1, 2 [Sfend? Spud?] Arsenault, 3, 4, 5 Ron George Pilot Cdn Airways, 6 Rudy Heuss crew man mechanic Cdn airways, 7"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 5 men including CHD in front of log building, caption reads "Burwash - R, C.H.D. - , McKay Meikle (2nd from left), Bear Lake"
B.C. Telephone Corp. Envelope labelled "negatives Cameron Bay?", contains:
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting group portrait of 7 people in front of a log cabin -- heavy staining to negative
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm film negative depicting group portrait of 10 men in a clearing -- light staining to negative [print in 7-163]
If I have blundered, that's because growing up… (ts/ms)
Take a walk through the city, believe me… (ts/ms)
Lenin, I hear your voice… (ts/ms)
"Montreal -- 1933" (ts/ms)
Mitchell Photo Supply envelope labelled "Cameron bay, Contact Lake, Sloan river, Great Bear Lake N.W.T.", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of men sitting on hill, lake and landscape in background, caption reads "Country around Bear Lake, Contact Lake"
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, group portrait of 12 men outside mine entrance, caption reads "B.E.A.R - Contact Lake"
b&w ; 10 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 15 men outside mine entrance, caption reads "Mining at Bear Lake, group of visitors at Contact L. Mine B.E.A.R., 1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of men loading barrel into aircraft at dock, registration CF-AAO, caption reads "Bear Lake - Cameron Bay, Fairchild 71, 12/12 1933"
b&w ; 11 cm x 16 cm print of inlet and landscape, caption on front reads "Echo Bay - Great Bear Lake.", dedication on reverse reads "Wishing you The seasons best, J.[S?] Byrne, Hailey [??]"
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print, aerial photograph of aircraft in flight, registration G-CASP, caption reads "Between Ft Rae and Grt Bear Lake 1931"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 5 people outside of tent with dog team in snow
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of buildings on waterfront and boat at dock, caption reads "Hunter Bay, D[??] Bay, Gt Bear Lake 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of 2 aircraft at shore next to tent and cache, registration [LtoR] G-CASM, G-CASN, caption reads "Sloan River Great Bear Lake Summer 1930" [another print appears in 6-152]
Envelope labelled "Upper Hay River Post, & 2 Fort Rae, Indians etc, 1933.", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of fenced garden in foreground, waterfront in background with floatplane near shore, caption reads "Ft Rae NWT 1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of man standing next to barrels in foreground [out of focus], houses on waterfront, caption reads "Ft Rae NWT 1932"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of men seated together; 4 Aboriginal, one Caucasian who wears a habit
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of tipis next to river in the distance
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of settlement next to river
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of small building next to river, caption reads "Fort Nelson BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Fort Nelson BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats in river, registration CF-AKI
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of two Aboriginal men standing next to riverbank, aircraft wing barely visible below
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 men posing for photograph in front of aircraft on floats, one man in background works on aircraft
Envelope labelled "Cameron Bay Picnics & Persons, Prints", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of large group of people standing on hill, another group sitting in the foreground
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of people next to cabin, aircraft, and canoes on shoreline, caption reads "2 for CHD"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of Clennell Dickins and 3 other men sitting amongst brush, caption reads "L CHD, McMullin, ?, W. Hale R"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of group of men marching and following a bag piper
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of group of men on shoreline awaiting arrival of aircraft on floats
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of large group of men amongst trees and log cabins, caption reads "Bear Lake Picnic, 1933?"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of men standing on shore looking at 3 aircraft, registration (for centre aircraft) UW, caption reads "Bear Lake 1932, Cameron Bay, RCAF Fairchild"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of canoe at shore in foreground, 6 aircraft at shore in background, caption reads "Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake Summer 1932, cargo planes"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, group portrait of 10 men, caption reads "1933, Eldorado Mine baseball team, Great Bear Lake Picnic" [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of large group of men standing amongst log cabins
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of two men smoking and unloading box of cigarettes from aircraft, caption reads "Bill Tall? Cdn Airways mec. Gerry Murphy "Murphy Service". Unloading at Cameron Bay, 1932" [similar image appears in 8-190]
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of 7 men in a canoe, caption reads "John Michaels - Walter Hale - Bear Lake 1932"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of men standing near shore and cabins, aircraft in the background, registration [?]-CARE, [?]-CAS[?] -- some staining on print
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of log cabins, caption reads "Cameron Bay? About 1933"
b&w ; 9 cm x 13 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings on shoreline, caption reads "Cameron Bay, 1932-33, Great Bear Lake"
Correspondence relating to the Legion from 1933.
"Montreal" (ts/ms)
"Testament" (ts/ms)
Do you see them running? -- Who? -- The people… (ts/ms)
"The Fallow Mind" (ts)
"An Immigrant (Nick Zynchuk)" (ts/ms)
"Repeal" (ts)
"Struggle (A Mass Chant)" (ts)
Correspondence and documentation relating to the Legion from 1934.
Envelope labelled "Prints 1936-, CHD Atlin BC, Wasson, Simmons, Sydney", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of aircraft at shore of small tree-covered island with mountains in background, caption reads "Atlin, B.C. Seaplane Base on I. across from Town. 26-7-35"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of 3 men standing next to aircraft on shore of island, waterfront buildings in background, caption reads "Atlin, B.C. from seaplane base on Island, 26-7-35"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, group portrait of 4 men and dog on beach with camp stove, caption on front reads "Dickens - Wasson - Simmons - Sydney", caption on reverse reads "July 1935"
Envelope labelled "Negatives Con - 1919 and 1934, keep", contains:
Envelope labelled "Family, me - 1934 or 5, Con, 3 negatives - adult, Con - 1934 or 35" with three b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm film negatives of Connie Dickins
Envelope labelled "B&W neg - Constance Gerrie about 1919" containing one b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm film negative of Connie Dickins (nee Gerrie)
Correspondence and documentation relating to the Legion from 1935.
Photocopy of "The Lone Wolf Pioneer" (weekly installments of a story by Roger Pocock) from the newspaper: "The News of the World" May 19, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 1935.
"Twenty Years After" (ts/ms)
Give us rain in April; for rain is harsh… (ts/ms)
The boss was a friend of mine… (ts/ms)
"Canada to the Soviet Union" (ts/ms)
"I Am Ahead of You" (ts/ms)
I'm in a tight place, God… (ts/ms)
I can be a vegabond and still… (ts)
I sit and hammer melodies… (ts/ms)
In the beginning was the word… (ts/ms)
The little hearts still say: "Tomorrow spring,… (ts/ms)
"Man Asleep" (ts/ms)
A sagging woman, sagging breasts… (ts/ms)
"A Song for Parents" (ts/ms)
"They Speak to the Enemy" (ts)
"Walls" (ts/ms)
We are the ones without a stone… (ts/ms)
"Case History" (ts)
"Elegy for Today" (ts)
"Song" / "From the Husk" (ts(2))
It's joy to see… (ts/ms)
"Stop a moment!" (ts/ms)
"Unemployed" (ts(2)/ms)
"Perspectives" (ts)
Blow my bugles, the time is ready… (ts)
"Yes!" / "Christmas Lullaby" (ts(2))
"Queen City" (ts)
Shaped like a bugle… (ts)
"Only fi' cents Buy a song"… (ts)
Handwritten notes; photocopied articles.
"Challenge from Clairton" (ts)
"Day and Night" (ts)
"Chorus of Youth" (ts)
"The Outrider" (ts(4))
"2000 A.D." (ts)
"Where is Revolt?" (ts/ms)
Noranda envelope labelled "Grt Bear Lake pics", contains:
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print, aerial photograph of buildings on shoreline, landscape, caption reads "Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake, 1934?"
b&w ; 13 cm x 18 cm print of 6 aircraft on shoreline, registration CF-ATZ, CF-AIJ, small boat in foreground, caption reads "6 planes at Bear Lake, Summer 1932"
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, portrait of 3 men holding fish on shoreline, CHD in centre, caption reads "Echo Bay Gt Bear Lake, 1931, McMullen, CHD, Brough"
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of log across water-filled crevice, caption reads "1930" [other prints appear in 7-160]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of buildings on waterfront
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, portrait of 2 men holding catch of fish at shoreline, caption reads "G. Murphy, Ryley Cooper, 3 fish that weighed nearly 80 lbs total, caught with rod & line"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, group portrait of 13 people in front of log building with dog, caption reads "Trip with Lord Duncanon on to Coppermine - Lord D. In centre, Contact Lake? 1935? 12/12"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of shoreline with banner reading "Murphy Services Limited", tent and people in background, caption reads "Cameron Bay 1931"
b&w ; 12 cm x 8 cm print of man holding a catch of fish, caption reads "1932"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of shoreline with banner reading "Murphy Services Limted", tent behind with group of people, caption reads "Cameron Bay 1931"
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of smoke rising from tent chimney, lumber in foreground, caption reads "Contact Lake probably 1932"
b&w ; 10 cm x 12 cm print of buildings, barrels, and construction materials, caption reads "Eldorado 1931" [another print appears in 7-159]
This is the diary of Charles Walter Laidlaw. This is due to the annotation in the book on the interior cover. This indicates that Laidlaw was an educator in Winnipeg, a colleague of Sybil Shack and W. J. Sislar, a member of the board of governors at the U of M (Manitoba) and a member of the board of regent for the United College and a president of a committee. The first nine pages are printed and cover information like seasons, air mail rates and postal rules, how to compute interest, and a 13 period calendar.
The diary begins with the death of Gladys (relations unknown), and covers his attendance at various meeting with the legislative committee, records monthly bills for central heat for 1938 – 1945, the days he worked on the Professional Bill, and ends the diary entries on December 31st 1938.
Laidlaw tends to skip whole months or large portions of months in his recording. Skips around in diary re: when entering days.
Envelope labelled "Flight thru Cdn Rockies, Cranbrook, Salmo - Dragon Rapide 1936 - solo CHD, prints", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of dirt road in foreground and train in the background at foot of a hill, caption reads "[Midway?] (road across)"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/settlement below, caption reads "Columbia Gardens"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/settlement below, mountains in the background, caption reads "Grand Forks B.C., rolling"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/roads below, caption reads "Yak [sic] BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, bottom wing of bi-plane dominates foreground, caption reads "Salmo BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/roads below, caption reads "Midway N.G. [???] - road"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/settlement, top of bi-plane wing in foreground, caption reads "Princeton [good?]"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape/settlement/roads below, caption reads "Oliver BC"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, bottom wing of bi-plane in foreground, caption reads "Cranbrook BC"
Envelope labelled "People, prints, 1928 1936", contains:
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of two men standing outside, caption reads "Jack St Paul, Beresford, at Bear Lake 1930"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of two men smoking and unloading box of cigarettes from aircraft, registration G-CAS[?], caption reads "Jerry Murphy taking carton Bear L 1932" [a similar image appears in 7-163]
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 6 men standing in front of entrance to a building, caption reads "[Corbutt?] on Right, Tom Clark - Godsell center in cap, probably Ft Simpson 1930" [another print appears in 8-192]
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of group of people standing next to cargo bags and aircraft, caption reads "G Pinsky far right, Bob Porritt [??] left, Resolution Feb 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print, group portrait of 4 men standing on pontoon of aircraft at shore, registration G-CASK, caption reads "L to R. 1 Boland 2 Leigh Brintnell 3 John Dryborough 4 unknown, June or July 1929, Hunter Bay - Great Bear L"
b&w ; 8 cm x 6 cm print of two men standing on pontoon of aircraft at dock, caption reads "Walter Hale, John Michaels, 1932" [another print appears in 7-159]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of man looking out of aircraft cockpit, caption reads "Andy Cruikshank[s]"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of 3 men posing on riverbank next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "L to R L Lew Parmenter, C don't know, R Jim Cornwall" [another print appears in 7-156]
b&w ; 11 cm x 5 cm print of man in parka standing in front of [??], caption reads "Walter Gilbert"
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of man in suit on dock, caption reads "Frank Baragar?"
Photocopied excerpts; article by Dorothy Livesay.
"I Never Hear" (ts/ms)
"Dominion Day at Regina" (ts(2))
"Resurgence" (ts)
"Deep Cove: Vancouver" (ts/ms)
"Comrade" (ts)
Even although the skimpy relief investigator… (ts/ms)
"In Preparation" (ts(2))
"The Second Journey (From a Train, at Night)" (ts(2))
Correspondence and documentation relating to the Legion from 1936.
Various photographs from the United Kingdom; clippings from Leeds which may be related.
Nos 1, 7 (one original and one photocopy), 8, 9, and 10.
b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, at dock, caption reads "2 floats upright on Junkers, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, at dock, caption reads "2 floats on Junkers upside down, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on floats, with extra pair of floats, in motion on water, registration CF-ARI
Sears Canada photo envelope labelled "Cooking Lake + Fort McMurray personalities, Miscellaneous, 1929 to 36", contains:
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of 3 men on pontoon of aircraft, 1 man opening cockpit, caption reads "W Hale unloading Bear Lake trout at McMurray"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of 5 men posing for photograph on dock next to aircraft, 1 man stands on aircraft pontoon in background, caption reads "2 for CHD"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of 4 men next to a dock, caption reads "Cooking Lake, CHD Canadian Airways, John Michaels, Gus Lundburg Cdn Airways, Avisom (Imp Oil), 1929 or 1930"
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of 3 men standing in front of post office, one man wearing habit, caption reads "Fort Rae? 1933, Fr., Walter Hale, John Michaels"
b&w ; 14 cm x 9 cm print of men shaking hands while standing in front of a building, caption reads "Lord Duncannon, 1935, + natives"
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print of man on pontoon of aircraft with fuel barrel and hose, caption reads "Walter Gilbert refuelling summer 1930"
b&w ; 11 cm x 9 cm print of 4 men standing on dock next to aircraft, caption reads "McMurray, L to R Parmenter, Dickins, Dr Graham Queens Univ., J. Skeel agent"
"Nocturne" (ts)
Contains volume 2, no 5.
Paper scroll certifying Edmonton as division headquarters.
"Annie Charlotte Dalton" (ts/ms)
"An English Bay" (ts/ms(2))
"Ghost Town" (ts(2))
I have no special book of songs for you… (ts/ms)
"The Mother" (ts/ms)
O shaggy city, sprawling from the hills… (ts/ms)
"A Song for Vancouver" (ts/ms)
"SOS" (ts(2)/ms)
"Spain" (ts/ms)
Turn the view outward, outswept, seaward… (ts/ms)
"Wind on the Heath" (ts)
Envelope labelled "Fort McMurray, 1 print of planes at Fitzgerald", contains:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 5 aircraft on a snowy field two in distance, 3 in foreground, registration [L to R] CF-AI[?], CF-AAL, caption reads "Winter 1933-1934"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of 5 aircraft in a snowy field, registration [L to R] CF-AX[?], CF-ARI, CF-AAL, caption reads "McMurray Winter 1935-1936"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of CHD standing out of cockpit in aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Ft. McMurray Summer 29. May 25"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of 3[?] aircraft on snowy field, registration [L to R] CF-AAN, CF-AFL, caption reads "McMurray. Winter 31-32"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on skis in a snowy field, tarp covers engine, registration G-CASQ, caption reads "Heating up preparing to start engine"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "McMurray May 1929"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of aircraft landing[?] in river, registration G-CASM
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of aircraft approaching river
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of man on top of aircraft cockpit/engine, at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "McMurray"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft taking off from river, registration G-CAS[M], caption reads "McMurray Take Off"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people standing on shore next to aircraft, caption reads "Bellanca CH 300"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of front of aircraft at shoreline, taken from water, caption reads "Junkers W 34"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people looking at aircraft next to dock, CHD in cockpit and man entering door of aircraft, registration G-CASM [another print appears in 8-172]
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 2 aircraft in snowy field, group of people standing next to one, buildings in background, registration of other plane is CF-AAL
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print of 3 aircraft at snowy field, one aircraft with nose in building, registration [L to R] CF-AAL, CF-A[RI?]
sepia ; 7 cm x 9 cm print of CHD loading cargo into automobile bed
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on pontoons in the water, registration CF-BAM, caption reads "Norseman seaplane 1936-37"
b&w ; 11 cm x 17 cm print, group portrait of 13 men under aircraft wing, one holds a husky dog, caption reads "McMurray, 1933? 34?"
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of group of people next to aircraft in snowy field -- damage to bottom right corner of print
b&w ; 11 cm x 17 cm print of 3 aircraft on snow-covered river, riverboat on waterfront in background, caption reads "March 1932, Fitzgerald RCAF Bellancas"
b&w ; 11 cm x 16 cm print of 3 aircraft on snow-covered river, registration G-CASL, caption reads "Fitzgerald March 1932"
Empty envelope labelled "Ft McMurray, 1929-30-35 etc"
Letters exchanged between Harwood Steele and Pocock regarding attempts at getting Harwood's writings published and their well-being.
Pocock, RogerEnvelope labelled "Pics, North & Cdn Airways, Eskimos, Aircraft: Fokker, Fairchild, Junkers 34, Junkers 52 - ARM, Stinson - Reliant, Norseman, Bellanca", contains:
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of floatplane in flight, caption reads "'Norseman' on floats 1937"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of aircraft in flight, registration CF- BAU, caption reads "Norseman 1937"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft from directly ahead, caption reads "Norseman 1937"
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print of aircraft on field, registration CF-AZV, caption reads "Stinson Reliant - 1937 -"
b&w ; 18 cm x 13 cm print of aircraft on floats on calm water, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Contact Lake – [near?] Bear Lake, Bellanca Pacemaker, 1933."
Give me the sinews, and the gusty glance… (ts/ms)
"Invitation to Silence" (ts/ms)
In what disguise… (ts/ms)
Speak through me, mountains,… (ts/ms)
Take me for the breath blown and eyes opened,… (ts/ms)
Those who can spring, barefooted to the icy floor… (ts/ms)
"Words for a Chorus" (ts/ms)
"Certified true copy" of charter document issued to the Legion of Frontiersmen (Canadian Division) in 1937 by the Secretary of State of Canada. Identifies the "head office" of the corporation as the "City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta".
Correspondence and documentation relating to the Legion from 1937.
b&w ; 25 cm x 30 cm print, group portrait of 18 men, each with signature above or below, caption on reverse reads "Ford Motor Co, Greenfield Village near Detroit, 1938" -- some damage to mat and print
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Certificate for 20 units of Northern Salt Syndicate stock, made out to Henry Greenwood Stewart and dated July 14, 1938. No. 204. “Crawford 924 303” written in pencil on the back.
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Prospectus for Northern Salt Syndicate, located in Winnipeg. Lists board members and other personnel and describes company properties, including geological reports. “Remember, There Is No Substitute For Salt.” Back page states that the company is also considering mining potash.
Correspondence, documentation, and ephemera relating to the Legion from 1938.
Reminiscences of Frederick Turner Elliot, East African Labour Corps; "BUKOBA 22nd - 23rd June 1915" by Geoff Pocock; emailed correspondence from Geoff Pocock to BW Shandro, October 14 2001; The Royal Fusiliers -Victoria Cross information ca 2001; correspondence from Shelagh Gregory to BW Shandro, including 5 photographs; 25th Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in East Africa information ad.
One Defensive Bond ($10 dollar Chinese money) from 1938 [Located in Oversize File].
I snatched a day from time's onrush… (ts/ms)
The rowen berries bunched in red grape clusters… (ts/ms)
"At the Beach" (ts/ms)
"Board Meeting" (ts)
"The Child Looks Out" (ts(2)/ms)
The excitement of evening, bare belief… (ts)
"Lorca" (ts(3)/ms)
"Lullaby 1938" (ts)
"The Wife" (ts/ms)
Dominion Securities Harris envelope labelled "Keep People, 1929-33", containing:
b&w ; 9 cm x 7 cm print of a man resting in a chair, caption reads "Darcy Arden, Ft Simpson"
b&w ; 9 cm x 6 cm print of Wop May in front of a building, caption reads "Wop May, McMurray 1932"
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of Bill Tall in parka, standing on pontoon of an aircraft, caption reads "Bill Tall"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, group portrait of men and women standing on a lawn
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of man holding a catch of fish, caption reads "Riley Cooper, Bear Lake, 1931 or 2 [has negative]
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print, group portrait of 6 men standing in front of entrance to a building [another print appears in 8-190]
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, portrait of Konrad Johannesson and Clennell Dickins in front of an aircraft, caption reads "L to R, Konnie Johannesson, CHD, 1936"
b&w ; 10 cm x 13 cm print, group portrait of 5 men standing in front of aircraft as above, caption reads "Stinson Reliant at factory - 1936, Konnie Johannesson 2nd from right, CHD right"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print, group portrait of 4 men, caption reads "L to R, CHD, Channing Chairman of HB M+S, Norman Pearse "northern miner" at Flin Flon - 1937"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of 3 men standing on dock next to pontoon of aircraft, caption reads "[Ike?] Waite - Norman Pearse, CHD charter to northern Manitoba - Flin Flon etc, Stinson, 1936 or 37"
b&w ; 11 cm x 8 cm print of a man standing in front of a Yellowknife Express aircraft, caption reads "North Sawle, 1938, Cdn Airways pilot"
Contains volume 1.1.
Two documents pertaining to commands in Canada and Legion of Frontiersmen Aerial Scouts.
"War" (ts(2)/ms)
"Surrealism" (ts/ms)
"Sing!" (ts/ms)
"The Lizard" (ts/ms)
And life goes on. And here… (ts)
And love, the beauty and the brunt of it… (ts/ms)
"Catalonia" (ts(2)/ms)
"A Clearing (Frontier)" (ts)
"Of Freedom" / "Unto the Hills" (ts/ms)
O hold me closely in your arms, beloved comrade… (ts/ms)
"Prelude for Spring" (ts)
"We Are Alone" (ts)
"Words Before Battle" (ts(2))
- One book “Jia ting yi yao gu wen” (家庭醫藥顧問) about family medical council, edited by Hong Chunpu (洪春圃), published by Guang yi shu ju (廣益書局) in 1937.
- One book “Nei wai ke bai bing yan fang da quan” (内外科百病验方大全) about the prescription formula of case of external and internal ailments, edited by Hong Chunpu (洪春圃), published by Guang yi shu ju (廣益書局) in 1937.
- Three newspapers The Chinese Times “Da han gong bao” (大漢公報) from issues March 25, 27, April 8, 1939.
- A bookkeeping record of an army of guards in February 1925 (齊塘堡辦團防徵信錄), including withdraws, deposits, donor names and donation amounts.
- One thread-bound chinese book “Leigong pao zhi yao xing fu jie, shang” (雷公泡製藥性賦解, 上), pubished by Shang wu yin shu guan (商務印書館), pubished year unknown.
- One thread-bound chinese book “Bi hua yi jing” (筆花醫鏡), written by Jiang Handun (江涵礅), published by Shanghai jin zhang tu shu ju (上海锦章圖書局), published year unknown.
- One thread-bound chinese book “Wong Sai Chung book”, published year unknown.
"Autumn" (ts)
"Frontier" (ts(2)/ms)
"Grouse Mountain" (ts/ms)
Highways we trod… (ts/ms)
"I, Challenger" (ts)
The long unquiet breath is over… (ts/ms)
"Riel" [Fragment] (ts/ms)
"Louis Riel" (ts)
"O Canada (After swallowing a New Canadian Anthology)" (ts/ms)
"Question" (ts)
"Scourge" (ts(4))
Small things move the heart to wonder… (ts/ms)
"The swimmer (The Anarchist)" (ts(4)/ms)
And supposing it was Beethoven ploughing his field… (ts/ms)
"Te Mortituri Saluamus" (ts)
Time slipped down the corridor… (ts/ms)
"Two Sides of a Window" (ts)
Correspondence, documentation, and ephemera relating to the Legion from 1939.
The fifth issue of the record of donations to support the National Salvation anti-Japanese war effort from the members of the Chinese Benevolent Association in Edmonton in 1940 (民國二十九年十二月).
Photo of Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre (點問頓中華文化中心).
Poster of Chinatown gate [Located in Oversize File].
Record of donations and donors from the Chinese communities in Calgary, Alberta by Association of Overseas Chinese to resist Japan in Calgary, Canada. The donation activities were organized by Chinese Benevolent Association.
Seal-hunt on land in Quebec. Cars in image appear to be from 1940’s era
a) Large herd of seals. Edge of car hood with ornament.
b) Small group of seals being killed by six men with clubs. Other men in background.
c) A group of men tearing off skins of dead seals with skinned ones in image.
d) A field of skinned seals with skinning going on in the distance.
Correspondence, documentation, and ephemera relating to the Legion from 1940.
Teaspoon bearing a slightly tarnished crest with Legion motto "God Guard Thee" on a Union Jack pattern.
One Japanese military bill: 100 yen.
Photographic scrapbook dedicated to the Legion of Frontiersmen, UK and containing photographs relating to Frontiersmen and Legion activities in Canada.
Vol 3, no 4; vol 4, nos 1 through 5, 9, and 10. Multiple nos printed in single issues.
Correspondence to and from Maj. HT Guest of British Columbia Command.
Police compilation of press cuttings: "Savage attack on Police picket by Infuriated mob of Mill Strikers."
19 Japanese military bills including 4 Japanese 100 yen bills, 4 Japanese 10 yen bills, 4 Japanese 5 yen bills, 2 Japanese 1 yen bills, 2 Japanese 50 sen bills, 1 Japanese 10 sen bill, 1 Japanese 5 sen bill, 1 Japanese 1 yen bill.
Envelope labelled "Eldorado Mine - Great Bear L. 1930-1940", contains:
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft with spare pontoons on the water, registration CF-AR[I?]
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft with spare pontoons at dock
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft with spare pontoons at dock, caption reads "2 floats on Junkers 34, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft with spare pontoons at dock
b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm print of spare pontoon attached to aircraft at dock
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft in snowy field on skis with spare pontoons, registration CF-ARI, captions read "2 Fchild floats on Junkers 34" and "To CH Dickins, [S?] McMullen"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft in snowy field on skis with canoes attached to wings, captions read "2 - canoes on Junkers 34" and "To CH Dickins, [S?] McMullen"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above, wider crop
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of group of people unloading a person on stretcher from Canadian Airways Limited aircraft, registration C[F]-AMZ [has negative]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of men working on pontoons under aircraft in snowy field, registration CF-ARI, captions read "unloading floats from Junkers" and "CH Dickins - Ax Camp - [S?] McMullen"
b&w ; 8 cm x 12 cm print of aircraft on skis in snowy field, registration CF-A[RI], captions read "To CH Dicksins - Ax Camp Yellowknife - [S?] McMullen" and "float under fuselage 1936"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of 2 men with (one beside, the other on top) aircraft in snowy field, canoes attached, caption reads "2 canoes on Junkers W34, 1936"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of snow covering mine cart tracks next to log building, caption reads "1931 Eldorado Mine"
b&w ; 9 cm x 14 cm print of 4 aircraft at shoreline, registration CF-AAD
b&w ; 15 cm x 9 cm print of man standing in crevice
b&w ; 9 cm x 15 cm print of men using simple timber crane to hoist barrel
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of men next to simple timber crane and crevice
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of men standing amongst exposed rock
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of log across water-filled crevice [another print appears in 7-161]
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print, copy of above, darker exposure
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape, caption reads "approaching Aklavik, July 1 - 1929, first plane"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph, copy of above, caption reads "approaching Aklavik, Delta of McKenzie [sic] River, 1929"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph, copy of above, caption reads "Aklavik from air July 1 1929"
Envelope labelled "Prints for Summer 1929 Story, First Flight down McKenzie [sic] River to Aklavik, June 30 - July 1/1929, C.H.D. pilot, Lew Parmenter engineer crewman", containing:
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape, caption reads "McPherson, Peel River, First plane - July 1/29"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of people on shore, tail of aircraft in foreground, caption reads "Wrigley, June 30/29"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement on shoreline, caption reads "Chipewyan"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above, darker exposure, caption reads "Chip"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of people on shore next to aircraft, registration G-CA[??], caption reads "Norman July 1/29"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of settlement on shoreline, landscape, caption reads "Good Hope"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of mountain in foreground, landscape and river in background, caption reads "Fort Norman"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of river and lakes, landscape, caption reads "Arctic Red River"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "Arctic Red River July 1/29 (first plane)"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, aerial photograph of landscape, lakes in foreground, mountains in background, caption reads "[Carcajou] Ridge"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of mountain top, caption reads "Bear Rock"
b&w ; 7 cm x 10 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape, caption reads "McPherson"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print of makeshift structures on shore, aircraft in background, registration G-CASK, caption reads "Hay River NWT"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of people next to aircraft at dock, registration G-CASM, caption reads "At Providence N.W.T. June 1929, McKenzie [sic] River. Fokker Super Universal"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of people on shore next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "At Arctic Red River, July 1/29 1st plane"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print, copy of above, caption reads "Arctic Red river 1929"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of pack ice, caption reads "Ice at Simpson, June 1929"
b&w ; 11 cm x 7 cm print of two men standing at shore in front of aircraft, registration CF-AKI, caption reads "Ice at Norman June 1932"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of men working near two aircraft at shore, registration [L to R] G-CAGD, G-CASM, caption reads "Simpson NWT 1930"
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print [image is reversed] of man standing out of cockpit of aircraft on water, registration G-CASN [a sharper-focus print appears in 6-136]
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of large group of people in background, and dogs tied to posts on shore in foreground, caption reads "Coming ashore at Aklavik, first plane - July 1/29, "reception committee", CH Dickins pilot, L. Parmenter - mechanic" [has negative]
b&w ; 8 cm x 13 cm print of aircraft on water moving away from shore, boats adjacent, registration G-CASM, caption reads "Good Hope Summer 1929"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, view of aircraft at shore from between gap in ice chunks, caption reads "Ice at Norman June 1932"
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of boat in middle of river [has negative]
b&w ; 8 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of boat in middle of river, caption reads "River Boat in rapids at Ramparts on McKenzie [sic] River"
b&w ; 12 cm x 7 cm print of people aboard sailboat, caption reads "St Roche RCMP Schooner Coppermine NWT 1930"
b&w ; 7 cm x 12 cm print of group of people at dock next to aircraft, registration G-CASM, caption reads "At Dock, Resolution, Summer 1929"
b&w ; 7 cm x 11 cm print, aerial photograph of settlement next to river, landscape, caption reads "Good Hope, McKenzie [sic] River in foreground"
Assorted materials and documents produced by the Hudson Bay Company (HBC), Land Department, including:
- A form for advertising a land sale, with blank spaces to be filled in with the details of the particular parcel of land on offer.
- Forms for use by travelling representatives of the department, to be used to record land inspections and the performance of interviews.
- Form letters for arranging meetings
- A note accompanying a prospect book and interview report, explaining the purpose of the book. Only the note is included in this file; the prospect book itself is not present.
- A land department interim receipt book
- Unused HBC land department stationary
- Newspaper coupons, to be mailed in for a free informational booklet on land available for purchase from HBC
- A receipt, made out to Mr. C. E. Bodnar, of Loon Lake Saskatchewan, for $18.
- Various correspondence sent to C.E. Bodnar by HBC managers, chiefly regarding payment arrangements for the amounts owed by Mr. Bodnar for his farmland.
- A crop declaration form, to be filled out by the farmer on HBC lands, to indicate their production for the season
- A producer acknowledgement form, which consents to the assignment of part of the signing farmer’s crop to the HBC
I cannot weep again, although the tears… (ts/ms)
Our slow spring tempers the blood… (ts(2))
You would not know these hands, for they were poised… (ts/ms)
Terrible to be a child, you said, so unaware… (ts/ms)
"Letter to a Friend" / "A Letter to Magaret" (ts(4))
"Play School" / "Art Class" (ts/ms)
Old woman now… (ts/ms)
"The Refugees" (ts)
"Serenade for Strings" / "Midnight Concerto" (ts(4))
"Song of the Nations" (ts)
Correspondence, documentation, and ephemera relating to the Legion from 1941.
These materials comprise various cards, invitations and programs originating from the Jewish community in Winnipeg immediately prior to, and during the first years of the Second World War. Included are:
- An invitation to a ‘stag’ in honor of Hy Chmelnitsky, held on Dec. 27, 1941.
- An invitation to the wedding of Mary Zilberman and Jack Chochinov, held on Dec. 21, 1941.
- A pamphlet from the National Council of Canadian Hadassah, which carries information about the work performed by the council in facilitating and supporting the movement of Jewish refugees into Palestine.
- An invitation to, and program for an open meeting of the Hadassah Organizations of Winnipeg. The booklet includes a brief description of the Hadassah’s contribution to the Allied war effort.
- An invitation to the wedding of the children of the Gold and Chmelnitsky families, Leah and Hymie, held on Jan. 4, 1942.
- An album containing a variety of small – generally business card sized - greeting cards or invitation, as well as membership cards for the Hadassah Organization of Canada. Many of the cards carry content in Hebrew script, in addition to English text.
Passport. Issued to Dickins by Canada Dept. of External Affairs, May 5, 1941.
Empty file folder.
Photocopied excerpts; articles and papers on the magazine and Alan Crawley; subscription order form; handwritten note.
Correspondence from Garnet [English] to family.
Air lanes and air lines of western Canada / by J.P. de Wet.
Correspondence, documentation, and ephemera relating to the Legion from 1942.
Nos 1 through 12.
b&w ; 19 cm x 24 cm print, mounted in Pratt & Whitney folder, group portrait of 4 men each with a 'visitor' button, caption on front of folder reads "Ford Motor, Greenfield Village picture, Wop May, Hollick Kenyon" [unrelated; may refer to other items that had been stored with this print], caption inside reads "at Hartford Conn., P. & W. Works., Ham. Std. prop. 1942. [L to R] CHD CPA, James Young Cdn. P & W, Grafton Carlisle[?] CPA, Ron Reiley Cdn P & W"